Apparently Ubuntu 8.10 is coming out on October 30 2008
About updating:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
Note: If you have a version of Ubuntu other than 6.06 LTS or 7.10, please see Installation/UpgradeFromOldVersion for information on how to upgrade.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/UpgradeFromOldVersion
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