Ubuntu 14.04 Release Date

**pfeiffep** · April 17th, 2014

Originally Posted by deadflowr

From my somewhat faded memory, I think it'll be release around noon(12 pm) UTC.

That said, no need to rush.

If on 12.04, then maybe wait until first point release in late July.
By then all the stuff you might need to wait on should be ready.

I'm not familiar with 'point release' - does a point after 14.04 indicate the version is LTS?
if so
Does one need to perform an fresh install to take full advantage of LTS?
or
Can one simply perform apt-get update, upgrade, dist-upgrade to take full advantage of LTS?

**Elfy** · April 17th, 2014

Originally Posted by Navneet_Kumar

When it will be available exactly???

just after it's released

**Warren Hill** · April 17th, 2014

You don't have to reinstall for the point release.

The reason for the point release is that as people use Ubuntu we find bugs and other problems and fix them.

If you consider an LTS release which is supported for 5 years and install it a long time after the initial release you would need to do a lot of updates for all the fixes that have happened since the release. The point releases are just an opportunity to update the iso files to include these fixes so you have less updates to do.

May be important if you have a slow internet connection.

**pfeiffep** · April 17th, 2014

@Warren Hill
Thank you - makes perfect sense!

**SantaFe** · April 17th, 2014

Originally Posted by not found

Happy birthday

Thanks!

**SantaFe** · April 17th, 2014

I'm one of the "Get it on the day of release" types myself. Although in this case, I might just burn a new DVD & use it as an excuse to format the whole Laptop HD & wipe out the dreaded Windows 7 infestation once & for all!

And +1 on thank you for the B-Day wish!

**LillyDragon** · April 17th, 2014

I'd like to wish you Happy Birthday too, SanteFe! Not everyday your favorite OS releases a new version on the same day as your birth date, it's pretty convenient.

Originally Posted by Warren Hill

You don't have to reinstall for the point release.

The reason for the point release is that as people use Ubuntu we find bugs and other problems and fix them.

If you consider an LTS release which is supported for 5 years and install it a long time after the initial release you would need to do a lot of updates for all the fixes that have happened since the release. The point releases are just an opportunity to update the iso files to include these fixes so you have less updates to do.

May be important if you have a slow internet connection.

That is a huge relief to me, Warren. It's been a while since I read into LTS releases, and I seem to remember 10.04 getting support cut off pretty quickly, so I felt I had to upgrade soon.

On the off chance I need to reinstall, I'm definitely keeping a disc of 14.04 handy for that, but as long as 12.04 still gets security updates, I'm pretty happy with Precise Pangolin. Everything works, and I have all the software I need.

**SantaFe** · April 18th, 2014

Liking it so far! In fact, I haven't been seeing any of those Intel On-Board Graphic adapter glitches for the past few hours. Will be glad to see those gone.