Version: 12.04
LTS
Code Name: Precise Pangolin
Release
Date: April 26, 2012
Supported until: April 2017
Kernel Version: 3.2
What
is Ubuntu?
Ubuntu
is a complete desktop Linux operating system, freely available with
both community and professional support. The Ubuntu community is
built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Manifesto: that software
should be available free of charge, that software tools should be
usable by people in their local language and despite any
disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customize
and alter their software in whatever way they see fit.
- Ubuntu will always be free of charge, and there is no extra fee for the “enterprise edition”, we make our very best work available to everyone on the same Free terms.
- Ubuntu includes the very best in translations and accessibility infrastructure that the Free Software community has to offer, to make Ubuntu usable by as many people as possible.
- Ubuntu is shipped in stable and regular release cycles; a new release will be shipped every six months. You can use the current stable release or the current development release. A release will be supported for 18 months.
- Ubuntu is entirely committed to the principles of open source software development; we encourage people to use open source software, improve it and pass it on.
Ubuntu
is suitable for both desktop and server use. The current Ubuntu
release supports Intel x86 (IBM-compatible PC), AMD64 (Hammer) and
PowerPC (Apple iBook and Powerbook, G4 and G5) architectures.
Ubuntu
includes more than 1000 pieces of software, starting with the Linux
kernel version 3.2 and GNOME 3.4, and covering every standard desktop
application from word processing and spreadsheet applications to
internet access applications, web server software, email software,
programming languages and tools and of course several games.
Reference:
Retrieved
May 2013
Long Term Support (LTS)
Long Term Support (LTS)
- LTS is an abbreviation for "Long Term Support."
- A new LTS version is released every two years.
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS will receive 5 years support.
- Ubuntu 12.04 was released on April 2012 and will be supported until April 2017.
- New LTS versions are released every two years.
- "Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS is a long-term support release. It has continuous hardware support improvements as well as guaranteed security and support updates until April 2017."
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Reference:
Retrieved May 2013
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