Linux Distros
Release IDs
(names,
numbers,
dates)
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Linux Distros
Release IDs
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! Note !
This page is not updated often, but there are
Wikipedia links and 'WEB SEARCH' links to
provide up-to-date info.
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INTRODUCTION : The several Linux distros that I am most interested in using on my computers (Ubuntu, LinuxMint, Debian) have release identifiers (names, numbers, and/or dates) that are hard to keep straight unless you deal with them daily. The 3 tables below are meant to help keep track of the names, numbers, and dates. Another handy resource is the Wikipedia page for each of the distros : This page gives me a place to add notes of interest to me --- for example, notes describing the rather confusing way Debian 'unstable' and 'testing' code transitions into 'stable' releases. Release Schedules Around the year 2011: Ubuntu and Linux Mint made distro releases (for personal computers) every 6 months. For Ubuntu and Linux Mint 'personal computer' releases, LTS (= Long Term Support) for a release meant 3 years (36 months) of software updates support --- rather than a year and a half (18 months) of updates support for most (about 3 out of 4) of their releases. Ubuntu server releases were supported for about 5 or 6 years. Debian releases were coming out every 2 to 3 years, in the 2002 to 2011 time frame. Debian is used at many server sites. You can check the Wikipedia pages of these distros (links above) --- and by those Wikipedia pages, access the web sites for those distros -- for more recent info on their release schedules. |
DEBIAN Release Numbers-Names-Dates :
(named after Toy Story characters)
| 1. Release Number | 2. Release Name | 3. Release Date | 4. Image |
| 5.0 stable |
Lenny (the binoculars toy) |
2009 Feb 14 --- supported with updates to 2012 Apr |
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| 6.0 stable |
Squeeze (the aliens squeeze toys) |
2011 Feb 06 --- supported with updates to ? 2014 ? |
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'testing' --- will be 7.0 |
'testing' --- called Wheezy (the penguin toy) in mid-2011 ('testing' was Squeeze=6.0, until its Feb 2011 release) |
in ? 2013 or 2014 ? |
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'unstable' Never given a release number. Always has the same Toy Story name. (It's a 'rolling' non-release.) |
always called 'Sid' (the mean kid who mangled his toys, in Toy Story) |
'unstable' has no release date, and its name is always 'Sid' |
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For more recent info on Debian releases, you can try this
Debian Version History page at Wikipedia.
And you can do a WEB SEARCH on keywords such as
debian release toy story characters.
LINUX-MINT Release Numbers-Names-Dates :
| 1. Release Number | 2. Release Name | 3. Release Date |
| 8 |
Helena (based on Ubuntu 9.10, Karmic Koala) |
2009 Nov 28 --- updates support expired 2011 May |
| 9 (LTS) |
Isadora (based on Ubuntu 10.04, Lucid Lynx) |
2010 May 18 --- supported with updates until 2013 May |
| 10 |
Julia (based on Ubuntu 10.10, Maverick Meerkat) |
2010 Nov 12 --- supported with updates until 2012 May |
| 11 |
Katya (based on Ubuntu 11.04, Natty Narwhal) |
2011 May 26 --- supported with updates until 2012 Nov |
For more recent info on Linux Mint releases, you can try this
Linux Mint Version History page at Wikipedia.
And you can do a WEB SEARCH on keywords such as
linux mint release history lts.
UBUNTU Release Numbers-Names-Dates :
| 1. Release Number | 2. Release Name | 3. Release Date |
| 9.10 | Karmic Koala |
2009 Oct --- updates support expired 2011 Apr |
| 10.04 (LTS) | Lucid Lynx |
2010 Apr --- supported with updates until 2013 Apr |
| 10.10 | Maverick Meerkat |
2010 Oct --- supported with updates until 2012 Apr |
| 11.04 | Natty Narwhal |
2011 Apr --- supported with updates until 2012 Oct |
For more recent info on Ubuntu releases, you can try this
Ubuntu Version History page at Wikipedia.
And you can do a WEB SEARCH on keywords such as
ubuntu release history lts.
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Page was created 2011 Jun 24.
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