Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala is just around the corner, due for a release next month. If that doesn’t excite you enough, then take a look at the release schedule for the version that comes after it – Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, which will be a Long Term Support Release, providing three years of updates for desktops and five years of updates for servers.

Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Release Schedule

December 3rd, 2009 – Alpha 1 release

January 7th, 2010 – Alpha 2 release

February 4th, 2010 – Alpha 3 release

March 4th, 2010 – Beta 1 release

April 1st, 2010 – Beta 2 release

April 15th, 2010 – Release Candidate

April 29th, 2010 – Final release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

For a further detailed Roadmap with Kernel Freezes and dates of testing and developers summits, check out the schedule on the Ubuntu Wiki.

Thanks to the guys at Ubuntu Geek for bringing this to our attention!