<div dir="ltr">FYI :) <div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Adam Conrad <<a href="mailto:adconrad@ubuntu.com">adconrad@ubuntu.com</a>> Date: Fri, May 10, 2013 at 12:05 AM Subject: Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) End of Life reached on May 9, 2013 To: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-announce@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-announce@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Cc: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com</a> This is a follow-up to the End of Life warning sent last month to confirm that as of today (May 9, 2013), Ubuntu 8.04 is no longer supported. No more package updates will be accepted to 8.04, and it will be archived to <a href="http://old-releases.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">old-releases.ubuntu.com</a> in the coming weeks. The original End of Life warning follows, with upgrade instructions: Ubuntu announced its 8.04 (Hardy Heron) release almost 5 years ago, on April 24, 2008. As with the earlier LTS releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 5 years. The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 8.04 will reach end of life on Thursday, May 9th. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 8.04. The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 8.04 is via Ubuntu 10.04. Users are encouraged to evaluate and upgrade to our latest 12.04 LTS release via 10.04. Instructions and caveats for the upgrades may be found at <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LucidUpgrades" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LucidUpgrades</a> and <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PreciseUpgrades" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PreciseUpgrades</a>. Ubuntu 10.04 and 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 <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security-announce" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security-announce</a>. 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 customise or alter their software in order to meet their needs. On behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team, Adam Conrad -- ubuntu-announce mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-announce@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-announce@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce</a> </div> <div> </div>-- <div dir="ltr"><div>Best Regards, </div><div><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/" target="_blank">amjjawad</a> </div><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu/StartUbuntu" target="_blank">Start Ubuntu</a> <div> </div><div>Test Machine: ASUS F3F Laptop - Intel Core Duo T2350 @ 1.86GHz with 489MB RAM </div><div> </div></div> </div>