[ale] DRAT! - Ubuntu 11.04 end of life

[David Tomaschik]

I've been running Cinnamon for quite a while now, both at home and at
work.  I use this PPA to install Cinnamon:
https://launchpad.net/~gwendal-lebihan-dev/+archive/cinnamon-stable

(The PPA is maintained by one of the Cinnamon devs, so I fairly well
trust it...)

David


On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE)
<atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> FYI.  Ubuntu 11.04 has reached end of life and is no longer supported.  I
> guess I have to upgrade now.  Yuck.  See the note below copied from Ubuntu's
> website.  Ubuntu 12.04 is an LTS (long term support) release and its end of
> life is April 2017.
>
> So.  Question.  Can I run Cinnamon or Mate as a UI instead of Unity on 12.04
> (if I do upgrade)?  If so, what do I have to do once I upgrade to 12.04 to
> make that happen?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
> --------------------
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-October/000165.html
>
> Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) end-of-life reached on October 28, 2012
> Kate Stewart kate.stewart at ubuntu.com
> Sun Oct 28 16:24:47 UTC 2012
>
> This note is just to confirm that the support period for Ubuntu 11.04
> (Natty Narwhal) formally ends on October 28, 2012 and Ubuntu Security
> Notices no longer includes information or updated packages for
> Ubuntu 11.04.
>
> The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 11.04 is via Ubuntu 11.10
> (Oneiric Ocelot).  Instructions and caveats for the upgrade may be
> found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OneiricUpgrades.  Note
> that upgrades to version 11.10 and beyond are only supported in
> multiple steps, via an upgrade first to 11.10, then to 12.04.
> Both Ubuntu 11.10 and Ubuntu 12.04 continue to be actively
> supported with security updates and select high-impact bug fixes.
> All announcements of official security updates for Ubuntu releases
> are sent to the ubuntu-security-announce mailing list, information
> about which may be found at:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security-announce.
>
> Since its launch in October 2004 Ubuntu has become one of the most
> highly regarded Linux distributions with millions of users in homes,
> schools, businesses and governments around the world. Ubuntu is Open
> Source software, costs nothing to download, and users are free to
> customize or alter their software in order to meet their needs.
>
> on behalf of the Release Team,
> Kate Stewart
>
>
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