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Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine Reached End of Life

Last updated: July 19, 2020

Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine reached end of life on July 17 2020. Users are recommended to upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Ubuntu 19.10 was released 9 months ago, on October 17, 2019. As a non-LTS release, it has 9 months support. Now it is no longer supported by Canonical. No more security and package updates will be accepted to 19.10.

Users are argued to upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04, a LTS release with 5-year support. To get started, do following steps one by one:

  1. Disable third-party repositories by Software & Updates -> Other Software.
  2. Launch Software Updater and install all the updates after checking for updates.
  3. You may restart your computer to complete updates.
  4. Launch Software Updater again, and you’ll see option to upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04

Full instructions and caveats for the upgrade may be found at:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FocalUpgrades

Ubuntu 18.04

The beta release of Ubuntu 19.10, codename “Eoan Ermine“, was announced today.

This beta includes images for not only the Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, but also the Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, UbuntuKylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, and Xubuntu flavors.

Ubuntu 19.10 includes Linux Kernel 5.3, Gnome 3.34, and GCC 9.2 compiler, Python 3.7.3 by default, and new light Yaru GTK theme.

To upgrade to Ubuntu 19.10 Beta from Ubuntu 19.04:

Ubuntu 19.04 users can upgrade to Ubuntu 19.10 Beta by following this community guide.

By installing regular updates, Ubuntu 19.10 beta will be automatically updated to Ubuntu 19.10 final.

To download the iso image:

Ubuntu 19.10 iso images are available to download at the link below:

Download Ubuntu 19.10 iso

For Kubuntu, Lubuntu, and other flavors, check the links in the official announcement.