Announcing EOL (End of Life) for Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Netbook and ARM

Oct 31, 2011 08:07 GMT  ·  By

Kate Stewart announced on October 28th that thr Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Netbook and ARM editions reached EOL (End of Life) on October 29th, 2011.

The ARM and Netbook editions of Lucid Lynx were released 18 months ago, on April 29th, 2010. Since then, it received important security updates and critical fixes.

On October 29th, 2011, Canonical stopped supporting the Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Netbook Edition and the Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) ARM Edition.

"The upgrade path from Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook and ARM is to Ubuntu 10.10. Instructions and caveats for the upgrade may be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MaverickUpgrades" - said Kate Stewart in the announcement.

The Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop and Server editions are still supported with critical bugfixes and security updates until April 2013 and April 2015. The Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS update is scheduled for January 25th, 2012.