Ubuntu 20.10 codename is “Groovy Gorilla” and Ubuntu 20.10 release date is October 2020. The Ubuntu codename of a release takes the form “Adjective Animal”.
Ubuntu 20.10 Release Date
The Ubuntu 20.10 release date is October 22, 2020. Other important release dates for Groovy Gorilla:
- Testing week: July 3, 2020
- UI Freeze: September 17, 2020
- Ubuntu 20.10 Beta: October 1, 2020
- Kernel Freeze: October 8, 2020
- Release Candidate: October 15, 2020
Release Naming Scheme
The official name of an Ubuntu release is “Ubuntu X.YY” with X representing the year (minus 2000) and YY representing the month of eventual release within in that year. Ubuntu’s first release, made in 2004 October (10th month) was Ubuntu 4.10.
Since the actual release date is not known until it’s ready and humans tend to prefer names rather than numbers, a set of codenames are used by developers and testers during the buildup to a release.
| Adjective | Animal | Version | Description |
| Warty | Warthog | 4.10 | The first “hog” |
| Hoary | Hedgehog | 5.04 | Meaning “covered with hair”, or “mature/old/wise” |
| Breezy | Badger | 5.10 | was going to be “Bendy Badger”…  |
| Dapper | Drake | 6.06 LTS | Polished, with 5 years of support! |
| Edgy | Eft | 6.10 | |
| Feisty | Fawn | 7.04 | Courage and restlessness |
| Gutsy | Gibbon | 7.10 | Go Ape! |
| Hardy | Heron | 8.04 LTS | Hardy Heron with 5 years of support! Most people wanted Happy/Hungry Hippo  |
| Intrepid | Ibex | 8.10 | Released October 2008 |
| Jaunty | Jackalope | 9.04 | Released April 2009 |
| Karmic | Koala | 9.10 | Released October 2009 |
| Lucid | Lynx | 10.04 LTS | clear minded thoughtful predator |
| Maverick | Meerkat | 10.10 | sabdfl: Meerkats are light, fast and social – everything we want in a Perfect 10 |
| Natty | Narwhal | 11.04 | That’s one pretty tusk you got there. |
| Oneiric | Ocelot | 11.10 | part daydream, part discipline |
| Precise | Pangolin | 12.04 LTS | All in all, a perfect fit |
| Quantal | Quetzal | 12.10 | |
| Raring | Ringtail | 13.04 | |
| Saucy | Salamander | 13.10 | |
| Trusty | Tahr | 14.04 LTS | |
| Utopic | Unicorn | 14.10 | |
| Vivid | Vervet | 15.04 | |
| Wily | Werewolf | 15.10 | Instead, my waggish friends, the winsome W on which we wish will be… the “wily werewolf”. |
| Xenial | Xerus | 16.04 | |
| Yakkety | Yak | 16.10 | Yakkety yakkety yakkety yakkety yakkety yakkety yakkety yakkety yak. Naturally ☺ |
| Zesty | Zapus | 17.04 | jumps. 18 teeth. fearsome. |
| Aardvark | Aardvark | 17.10 | |
| Bionic | Beaver | 18.04 | |
| Cosmic | Cuttlefish | 18.10 | |
| Disco | Dingo | 19.04 | |
| Eoam | Ermine | 19.10 | |
| Focal | Fossa | 20.04 | |
| Groovy | Gorilla | 20.10 | Giant ape |
The names live on in one hidden location—the archive release name in /etc/apt/sources.list and seen on the download mirror network.