Ubuntu 16.10 no longer has official support

Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak

Yesterday, July 20, one of the latest non-LTS Ubuntu versions was no longer supported, specifically, Ubuntu 16.10 or also known as Yakkety Yak. This version was released last October and its support or rather, its official life, ended on July 20.

The old version of Ubuntu will no longer have official support, which means that you will not receive any more security updates or bug fixesTherefore, it is recommended to update to the latest stable version of Ubuntu, that is, Ubuntu 17.04.

The latest version of Ubuntu is not an LTS version either, so I would personally recommend waiting if your computer is a home computer or updating to an LTS version if your computer is used professionally. Not having support means that you will not receive updates or corrections of bugs found, but it does not mean that it does not work, on the contrary. And since there will be a new version of Ubuntu in three months, it is worth it. wait and have the latest version, that as long as our equipment is domestic or is not very exposed to serious security attacks.

If you are really using it as a server or for business work, the truth is that You should already have updated or opt for LTS versions that are more stable and with greater support. Even so, there are always some laggards and this news is always used to recommend updating to the latest version. And so Ubuntu has done this time.

If you want update Ubuntu 16.10, you just have to update the system with the commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

And then run this command:

sudo do-release-upgrade

With this, the update from Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak to Ubuntu 17.04 will begin and it is something you must repeat next October with the arrival of Ubuntu 17.10 or next January when the official support for Ubuntu 17.04 ends. You choose but remember that you have to have the updated distribution.


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  1.   黒 木 江 said

    does that tbm count to ubuntu gnome 16?