Today, July 20, 2017, is the last day when the Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) was supported by Canonical as the operating system now reached end of life, and it will no longer receive security and software updates.
Dubbed by Canonical and Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth as the Yakkety Yak, Ubuntu 16.10 was launched on October 13, 2016, and it was a short-lived release that only received nine (9) months of support through kernel updates, bug fixes, and security patches for various components.
“Ubuntu announced its 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) release almost 9 months ago, on October 13, 2016,” said Adam Conrad. “As a non-LTS release, 16.10 has a 9-month support cycle and, as such, the support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 16.10 will reach end of life on Thursday, July 20th.”
Users are urged to upgrade to Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) immediately
Starting today, you should no longer use Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) on your personal computer, even if it’s … (read more)
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