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You can optionally install the <ulink url="http://www.kde.org/">KDE</ulink> and <ulink url="http://www.xfce.org/">Xfce</ulink> desktop environments, which have their own distinctive look and feel. KDE and Xfce are made available in Ubuntu by the <ulink url="http://www.kubuntu.org">Kubuntu</ulink> and <ulink url="http://www.xubuntu.org">Xubuntu</ulink> projects respectively. You can even install a KDE-only or Xfce-only version of Ubuntu if you wish.

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The Ubuntu version numbering scheme is based on the date we release a version of the distribution. The version number comes from the year and month of the release rather than reflecting the actual version of the software.

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Ubuntu is maintained by a quickly growing community. The project is sponsored by <ulink url="http://www.canonical.com">Canonical Ltd.</ulink>, a holding company founded by Mark Shuttleworth. Canonical employs the core Ubuntu developers and offers support and consulting services for Ubuntu.

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Under <guilabel>Release upgrade</guilabel>, make sure that <guilabel>Normal releases</guilabel> is selected and click <guibutton>Close</guibutton>.

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Open the Update Manager (<menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Administration</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Update Manager</guimenuitem></menuchoice>), click <guibutton>Check</guibutton> and enter your password if prompted. Wait for the list of available updates to be downloaded.

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If a new version of Ubuntu is available, a box at the top of the window will appear saying that a new distribution release is available.

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Upgrades usually take a while to complete. Typically, around 700MB of packages must be downloaded and installed, although the actual figure will depend on how many packages are already installed on your computer.

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You can only upgrade to the latest Ubuntu release if you are running the second most recent release. If you have an older release, you must upgrade to the next release after that, and so on until you are running the most recent version. For example, users of version 7.10 would first have to upgrade to version 8.04 before upgrading to version 8.10. An exception to this rule is with LTS (Long Term Support) releases. You can upgrade directly from the previous LTS release to the current release.

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If you would like to install and test the latest development version of Ubuntu before it is released, press <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>, type <userinput>update-manager -c -d</userinput> into the box and click <guibutton>Run</guibutton>. If a development release is available, an <guibutton>Update</guibutton> button will appear in the Update Manager. Click it to upgrade to the development version.

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Development releases often suffer from package breakages and other problems. Only install a development release if you are prepared to attempt to fix these problems for yourself.