Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS Update Released

Posted by Michael Larabel on January 21, 2008

While all of the excitement at the Ubuntu camp is brewing over the upcoming Hardy Heron (8.04) release, Dapper Drake (Ubuntu 6.06) has received a minor update. Ubuntu 6.06.2 is an LTS (Long Term Support) update for i386 and x86_64 architectures. This maintenance release has over 600 post-release updates and a number of bug fixes as well. Today's Ubuntu 6.06.2 announcement can be read here.

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS will be supported by Canonical on desktops until June of 2009 and another two years after that on servers. Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" is the next LTS version, which will be released in April.

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