The wait is over. The final version of Canonical’s Ubuntu 12.04, Precise Pangolin is out. To download your copy of this popular Linux distribution head to the Ubuntu download page.
If you’re already using the last version, Ubuntu 11.10 you can now
upgrade automatically upgrade to 12.04 with Update Manager. If you need
more help with your upgrade see the Upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 LTS page.
LTS, you ask? That stands for long term support. This is the Ubuntu
version that will be supported for five years, through April 2017.
If you have a business, and you’ve been thinking about using Ubuntu on you desktops or servers, this is the version you want.
However, before leaping to the Ubuntu site to download the freshest
bytes and bits, you may want to wait for a bit. Canonical tells me that
the site is currently getting overwhelmed and some people are not being
able to get into it. For me, the site and download links worked, but at
speeds of about 100Kbps, they certainly aren’t fast.
If you really can’t stand to wait for a minute, take Jorge Castro, a Canonical staffer’s suggestion, and use one of “mirrors hosted on Amazon’s S3 service, which has a bunch of capacity and should be fast for users where an Amazon region is close:”
If you have a business, and you’ve been thinking about using Ubuntu on you desktops or servers, this is the version you want.
However, before leaping to the Ubuntu site to download the freshest
bytes and bits, you may want to wait for a bit. Canonical tells me that
the site is currently getting overwhelmed and some people are not being
able to get into it. For me, the site and download links worked, but at
speeds of about 100Kbps, they certainly aren’t fast.If you really can’t stand to wait for a minute, take Jorge Castro, a Canonical staffer’s suggestion, and use one of “mirrors hosted on Amazon’s S3 service, which has a bunch of capacity and should be fast for users where an Amazon region is close:”
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