Dapper Drake
Dapper Drake is the code name for the next version of Ubuntu Linux. It will not just be supported for the standard 18 months, but for 5 years on the server, and 3 years on the desktop.
This is possible because we are looking at a confluence of upstream stability. GCC, x.org, the kernel, and other key components are now at, or are quickly approaching stable releases, so it only makes sense to capitalize on this to produce a long-term stable release.
This is not a move away from the 6 month release cycle that Ubuntu is now famous for. So, there will be 10 new Ubuntu versions before Dapper Drake is no longer supported.
It will be interesting to see what this does for Ubuntu in the enterprise. I’m sure that some large enterprises want this, but I’m also pretty sure that they are going to want a few other things too.
I will have more updates on stuff that was discussed today this evening.