Users are urged to upgrade to Ubuntu 19.04

Jul 5, 2019 01:30 GMT  ·  By

Canonical announced today that the Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) operating system is approaching end of life later this month, urging users to upgrade to a newer release.

Released last year on October 18th, Ubuntu 18.10 was dubbed as Cosmic Cuttlefish by Canonical's CEO Mark Shuttleworth. It shipped with the GNOME 3.30 desktop environment and the Linux 4.18 kernel series, and featured a fresh new look based on the in-house developed Yaru theme, formerly Communitheme.

Ubuntu 18.10 also brought support for unlocking your PC with your fingerprint, mobile phone integration, as well as support for managing Thunderbolt devices. However, being supported for only nine months, Ubuntu 18.10 will reach end of life on July 18th, 2019, which means it will no longer receive security or software updates.

"Ubuntu announced its 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) release almost 9 months ago, on October 18, 2018.  As a non-LTS release, 18.10 has a 9-month support cycle and, as such, the support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 18.10 will reach end of life on Thursday, July 18th," said Adam Conrad in an email.

Upgrading to Ubuntu 19.04

If you're using the Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) operating system on your personal computer, you should consider upgrading to the latest release, Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo) until the end of life on July 18th. Basically, Canonical gives users a two weeks notice to upgrade their systems following these instructions.

We recommend doing a fresh install if possible instead of upgrading from Ubuntu 18.10 to Ubuntu 19.04, and you should always makes sure you have a backup before upgrading or reinstalling. Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo) will be supported with security and software updates until sometime in January 2020.