RIESI, Bureaucrats, Administrators
3,063
edits
Changes
From Karnataka Open Educational Resources
→Introduction
Line 5:
Line 5:
Since all the software like Office suite, web browser, educational software can be bundled with Ubuntu GNU/Linux operating system, all these applications can be installed on the computer at one time. On proprietary software Windows, each software has to be separately installed, which can make it cumbersome and time consuming.
Since all the software like Office suite, web browser, educational software can be bundled with Ubuntu GNU/Linux operating system, all these applications can be installed on the computer at one time. On proprietary software Windows, each software has to be separately installed, which can make it cumbersome and time consuming.
+
+==Ubuntu versions detail ==
+Ubuntu releases new versions every six months, and always supports them for at least 18 months with daily security fixes and patches to critical bugs. Some releases are designated as Long Term Support (LTS) versions, which have three years support for the desktop and five years for the server editions. It is intended that new LTS versions will be released every two years.
+
+* The most recent standard version, Ubuntu 17.04, was released on April, 2017.
+* The most recent LTS version, Ubuntu 16.04 (Wily Werewolf), was released on April 21, 2016
+* The next version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 17.10, will released in October 2017.
==Ubuntu benefits==
==Ubuntu benefits==
