This is a notice regarding releases of Ubuntu that will reach end of life.

The following versions of Ubuntu and derivatives will be officially **end of life** as of January 27, 2014:  

 - Raring 13.04

New questions regarding the above posted after the aforementioned date may need to be considered **off-topic**.  Old questions (posted before the end of life date) that are still being answered regarding these releases should have a comment included on them about upgrading to a supported release to continue to get support for their versions of Ubuntu.

This information can be confirmed on the **[official Ubuntu Wiki page that lists all current, development, and end-of-lifed releases](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases)**

<sub>The date "January 27, 2014" was established in an IRC discussion with the release team.  It has been confirmed in [this announcement email](https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2014-January/000178.html).</sub>