It's time to say goodbye to it functional Ubuntu 20.10 “Groovy Gorilla” system as it reached end of support on July 22, 2021.
As announced some time ago by the manufacturer company του Ubuntu Canonical, η έκδοση Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla, δεν θα υποστηρίζεται με updates λογισμικού και ασφάλειας από τις 22 Ιουλίου 2021. Αυτό σημαίνει ότι εάν χρησιμοποιείτε το Ubuntu 20.10, θα πρέπει να σκεφτείτε σοβαρά την αναβάθμιση σε κάποια νεότερη έκδοση το συντομότερο δυνατό.
Ubuntu 20.10 was released nine months ago on October 22, 2020 and was the first version of the Raspberry Pi 4 operating system. It used the Linux 5.8 kernel and by default had the GNOME 3.38 desktop environment.
However, because it was not an LTS (Long-Term Support) version, Ubuntu 20.10 could only be updated for nine months, until July 22, 2021. After that date, Canonical ceased to have updates for Groovy Gorilla, which, over time, will become vulnerable to all kinds of attacks.
On July 21, 2021, Canonical released its latest information security for Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla), so if you're still using the distro for a few more days or weeks until you're ready to upgrade to Ubuntu 21.04, you should be safe. However, you should consider considering an upgrade as soon as possible.
Before upgrading to Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo), which has a newer kernel for better hardware support (Linux 5.11), and support for GNOME 40 and Wayland applications by default, you should get a backup.
Ubuntu 21.04 will be supported for another six months, until the end of January 2022, but Canonical will release Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) on October 14, 2021, with the latest GNOME series in version 40 by default, Linux 5.14 kernel and many other improvements.
