Then, GNOME key grabbing has been improved as well, and there are also new Unity Dash overlay scrollbars, along with better Unity Dash theming support. The switcher and spread backends have received multiple improvements, users can now activate app spread using the Super+Ctrl+W keyboard shortcut, and the Unity control center option now always shows menus. Visual changes in Ubuntu 16.04 LTSįirst, take the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS visual tour now! Visually speaking, not much has changed since the previous release of Ubuntu Linux, with the exception of some small graphical tweaks to icons and the Unity interface, which can now integrate itself with the file manager and devices, supports the formatting of removable devices from quicklist, and provides support for GTK applications that use headerbars. And when Linux kernel 4.4 LTS reaches end of life, Canonical will most certainly continue to support it until the end of life of the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS operating system, until the year 2021, that is.
It is an LTS (Long Term Support) release that will receive updates and security patches for five years, during which multiple point releases will be made available (Ubuntu 16.04.1, Ubuntu 16.04.2, etc.).īest of all, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) uses a long-term supported Linux kernel, version 4.4, which will also receive security updates and bug fixes for a few more years than a normal kernel release would. Ubuntu 16.04 is now the latest and most advanced version of the Ubuntu OS, which has been dubbed Xenial Xerus by Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth. Today, April 21, 2016, Canonical has officially launched the new version of its widely used Ubuntu Linux operating system for PCs, laptops, netbooks, tablets, and smartphones.
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