Ubuntu 7.10 End-of-Life on April 18th

[Savvas Radevic]

 Gutsy fans, get ready to pack your bags...er, data!
 Gutsy has had a good run with many features that made it a favourite
operating system and ubuntu release. Unfortunately, as with all
releases, there is a date after which a release is no longer
unsupported and more importantly unsecure, because the ubuntu
developers cease to provide support for it, making it possible to
focus more on new releases. This date is known as "End-of-Life" (EoL).

You can upgrade from Ubuntu 7.10 to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS using the instructions here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades

You can also see a list of Releases along with their date of End-of-Life:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Cheers,
Savvas Radevic
aka medigeek

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek at ubuntu.com>
Date: 2009/3/23
Subject: Ubuntu 7.10 reaches end-of-life on April 18, 2009
To: ubuntu-announce at lists.ubuntu.com


Ubuntu announced the release of 7.10 almost 18 months ago, on October
18, 2007. As with the earlier releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing
security and critical fixes for a period of 18 months. The support
period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 7.10 will reach end of life
on Saturday, April 18, 2008. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will
no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 7.10.

The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 7.10 is via Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.
Instructions and caveats for the upgrade may be found at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades. Note that upgrades
to version 8.10 and beyond are only supported in multiple steps, via
an upgrade first to 8.04 LTS, then to 8.10. Both Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 8.10 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.

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