I am sorry if this question has been asked before. If it has then I could not locate it. My question is regarding the Ubuntu release cycle. It is very confusing to me. The official release date for Ubuntu 22.04 is today (April 21st, 2022). However, it seems the Beta version has been available for at least several weeks now. When I go to the Ubuntu page, I do not see Ubuntu 22.04 as an available download:
Listed there are 20.04.04 and 21.10. However, via a web search I can find links to both the Beta release and the Daily Build:
(Beta Release)
(Daily Build)
So which one is the official release? Are either? I realize that it has happened before where the official release date gets pushed back, but that doesn't appear to be the case this time. Would either of these suffice and any changes be available via apt-get upgrade? Or should I wait until 22.04 is shown on the desktop download page? This all seems confusing to me, especially with articles appearing in the last 8 hours saying that the official release is here. Any clarification would be appreciated.
2 Answers
The planned release date for Ubuntu 22.04 is April 21, 2022 but there is not an official time announced for when it will be released. You will just have to wait until it gets released.
Once it is officially released, the release info will be updated in all of the official documentation. If you want to follow the live updates, you can use IRC or subscribe to the mailing list for release announcements.
I actually shared the same confusion about the release date and learned this information after posting a similar question on discourse.
5It's not been updated yet, it is available on the Download tab on the Ubuntu homepage (that is ubuntu.com).
Hopes this helps in any way possible!
