Launched almost a year and a half ago, Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) is now less than a month closer to its end. Since its release on April 19th 2007, Ubuntu has been committed to security and critical fixes but this is about to stop, as on Sunday, October 19th, Ubuntu 7.04 will reach its end of life. Therefore, neither information nor updated packages for the Feisty Fawn will be included in the Ubuntu Security Notices from then on.

An OS upgrade will soon be imperatively necessary for Ubuntu 7.04 users, and the best and only supported way to do it is to first upgrade to Ubuntu 7.10 (Gusty Gibbon). If you want to upgrade to a more recent version, like 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron), you still have to upgrade to 7.10, and then to 8.04 LTS. It's important to mention here that both Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04 LTS are currently supported by security notifications and benefit from important bug fixes.

About Ubuntu OS

Ubuntu is one of the world's most popular open source operating systems. It is a Linux-based operating system that is community-developed, updated regularly and offered for free. Designed to be user-friendly, the Ubuntu OS comes with built-in software for office productivity (i.e. word processor, spreadsheets and presentation applications), e-mail, calendar, chat, web browsing, photos, and more.

Here's a short history of Ubuntu releases:

October 20th, 2004 - Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog)
April 8th, 2005 - Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog)
October 13th, 2005 - Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger)
June 1st, 2006 - Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)
October 26th, 2006 - Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft)
April 19th, 2007 - Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)
October 18th, 2007 - Ubuntu 7.10 (Gusty Gibbon)
April 24th, 2008 - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron)

Upcoming releases:

October 30th, 2008 - Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)
April, 2009 - Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)


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