Ubuntu Animal Zoo

The Ubuntu zoo of alliteration make their releases a little more fun than other Linux distributions on similar 6 month release cycles. See the timeline here, and take a look back at each product for a touch of nostalgia, as we approach the 20th release and 10 years of Ubuntu Linux.

Warty Warthog  4.10 : Oct 04 :  Kernel  2.6.8

Hoary Hedgehog 5.04: Apr 05 : Kernel 2.6.10

Breezy Badger 5.10: Oct 05 : Kernel 2.6.12

Dapper Drake 6.06 : Jun 06 : kernel 2.6.15

Dapper was the first LTS or Long Term Support version of Ubuntu offering 5 years support from the release date. This would have take the update cycle through to June 2011 where security and maintenance updates would have been made available.

Edgy Eft 6.10 : Oct 06 :  2.6.17

Feisty Fawn 7.04 : Apr 07 : Kernel 2.6.20

Trusty Tahr LTS : 14.04 : Apr 14 : Kernel 3.1.13

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