Separately, the board decided that it will switch to a rolling release model, in which users won't have to do a full system upgrade to take advantage of major OS updates.

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Their London Calling album was voted the greatest release of the 1980s by Rolling Stone magazine - despite being released in 1979.

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"The migration of all existing users from Ubuntu 10.04 to the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS release is something we are looking forward to rolling out and reaping the benefits of the improved ease of use and additional functionality built-in to the Unity-based desktop" - Pawel Zieba, Senior IT Innovation Consultant at Capgemini BPO.

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The release couldn't have had better timing as the Rolling Stones recently announced plans to mark their 50th anniversary this year.

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