Stable release cycle

Ubuntu and Kubuntu release every six months

Release numbers reflect year and month

Release names are alphabetical

4.10    Warty Warthog
5.04    Hoary Hedgehog
5.10    Breezy Badger
6.06    Dapper Drake (LTS)
6.10    Edgy Eft
7.04    Feisty Fawn *
7.10    Gutsy Gibbon
8.04    Hardy Heron  (LTS)
8.10    Intrepid Ibex
9.04    Jaunty Jackalope
9.10    Karmic Koala
10.04   Lucid Lynx (LTS)