Hey, just so you know ... this post is now about 12 years old. Please keep that in mind as it very well may contain broken links and/or outdated information.

Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) was officially released today, although I was able to download and upgrade my server from Quantal last night, avoiding the rush.

Upgrading to the latest Ubuntu server release is really becoming a non-event for me, which is great news especially since support for non-LTS releases has been cut to 9 months. Starting with 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) I have had pretty much no issues to deal with after an upgrade. Just run ‘do-release-upgrade -d’ from the command-line and sit back and wait. Then clean up a few config files to re-apply customizations, reboot, and you’re done.

Since I run just the basic server software (no GUI) I can’t comment on the latest Ubuntu as a client desktop, but check out this article on PCWorld.com for more details.

Next up in October: Saucy Salamander. Saucy!