The Ubuntu team is proud to announce version 7.04 of the Ubuntu family
of distributions.

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a fast and easy install, regular releases, a tight selection of excellent software installed by default, an incredible variety of add-on software available with a few clicks, and professional technical support from Canonical Limited and hundreds of other companies around the world.

Ubuntu 7.04 is also the basis for new 7.04 releases of Kubuntu and Edubuntu:

Kubuntu announcement http://www.kubuntu.org/announcements/7.04-release.php
Edubuntu announcement http://www.edubuntu.org/news/7.04-release

Ubuntu 7.04 will be supported for 18 months on both desktops and servers. Note that 6.06 LTS is a long-term support release, and so users requiring a longer support lifetime may choose to continue using that version rather than upgrade to or install 7.04.

Read more in the following press releases:

Ubuntu 7.04 http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu704
Desktop edition http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntudesktop704
Server edition http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntuserver704
Ubuntu flavours http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntuflavours704

To Get Ubuntu 7.04
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To download Ubuntu 7.04, or obtain CDs, visit:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu

Users of Ubuntu 6.10 will be offered an automatic upgrade to 7.04 via Update Manager. As always, upgrades to the latest version of Ubuntu are entirely free of charge. For further information about upgrading, see: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

We recommend that everyone, especially those upgrading an existing Ubuntu system, read the release notes available at:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/704

Find out what's new in this release with a graphical tour:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/704tour

Helping Shape Ubuntu
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If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at

http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/

If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but aren't sure, try asking on the #ubuntu channel on IRC.FreeNode.net, on the Ubuntu Users mailing list, or on the Ubuntu forums:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/

More Information
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http://www.ubuntu.com/

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