Two Years Fly By: Ubuntu Precise Pangolin Pads Into Production
Updated: 2012-04-30 18:40:14
I've been holding my breath for two years since the last Long-Term Support Ubuntu release, 10.04 Lucid Lynx. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Precise Pangolin, was just released so at long last I can breathe again.

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