Open edX Ficus release must be deployed on Ubuntu 16.04, due to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS expiring April, 2017. Therefore, Open edX Eucalyptus installations are here to stay for long, at least until some procedure of duplicating their content to Ficus is developed. Thus said, all currently deployed Open edX installations will benefit greatly from exploring the new hotfixes and updating their Eucalyptus platform’s functionality to the max. So here you have it, a comprehensive list of the latest Open edX Eucalyptus hotfixes and new features released February, 2017.