From London, Ubuntu has officially announced the end date for Ubuntu 7.10 support. Ubuntu announced the release of 7.10 18 months ago, on July 18, 2007. After 18 months of continuous Ubuntu 7.10 security and critical patch releases, the support period has now come to an end and Ubuntu 7.10 will cease to be supported on April 18, 2009. After this, security and information updates for Ubuntu will no longer include Ubuntu 7.10.