Ubuntu

Ubuntu is an operating system that can run on almost any computer. It is Linux based, and thus can be edited by many people. It is free to install and contains many free programs, so it is a great low-cost alternative to Windows.

Ubuntu is constantly being updated by dozens of people, so it is an operating system that fits the needs of many types of people.

Ubuntu is an African

word meaning 'Humanity to others', or 'I am because we are'.The Ubuntu distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world. This is where the name for the OS came from as it was developed by a South African named Mark Shuttleworth.

Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.

ubuntu releases are made semiannually by canonical ltd,

the developers of the ubuntu operating system ,using the year and month of the release as

a version number

the first ubuntu release , for example , was ubuntu 4.10 and was released on 20 oct 2004.

Ubuntu releases are timed to be approximately one month after GNOME releases, which are in turn about one month after releases of X.Org, resulting in each Ubuntu release including a newer version of GNOME and X.

All Version Name :

Version	Code name	Release date	Supported until
Version	Code name	Release date	Desktops	Servers
4.10	Warty Warthog	20 October 2004	30 April 2006
5.04	Hoary Hedgehog	8 April 2005	31 October 2006
5.10	Breezy Badger	13 October 2005	13 April 2007
6.06 LTS	Dapper Drake	1 June 2006	14 July 2009	1 June 2011
6.10	Edgy Eft	26 October 2006	25 April 2008
7.04	Feisty Fawn	19 April 2007	19 October 2008
7.10	Gutsy Gibbon	18 October 2007	18 April 2009
8.04 LTS	Hardy Heron	24 April 2008	12 May 2011	April 2013
8.10	Intrepid Ibex	30 October 2008	30 April 2010
9.04	Jaunty Jackalope	23 April 2009	23 October 2010
9.10	Karmic Koala	29 October 2009	30 April 2011
10.04 LTS	Lucid Lynx	29 April 2010	April 2013	April 2015
10.10	Maverick Meerkat	10 October 2010	10 April 2012
11.04	Natty Narwhal	28 April 2011	October 2012
11.10	Oneiric Ocelot	13 October 2011	April 2013
12.04 LTS	Precise Pangolin	26 April 2012	April 2017
12.10	Quantal Quetzal	18 October 2012	April 2014