Ubuntu 18.04 downloads are live, ready and waiting for you to go and grab them!

But before you rush off to download a copy be sure to swt up on all the new Ubuntu 18.04 features, changes and improvements this release brings – because honestly there are there a lot of changes.o

Codenamed ‘Bionic Beaver’, the Ubuntu 18.04 release is the first long-term support edition of the popular Linux-based Ubuntu operating system in two years. It comes with 5 years of support and updates from Canonical.


Which is huge — you won’t have to upgrade again until well into the next decade!

New Ubuntu 18.04 features include the GNOME Shell desktop, a slate of updated software, and a promising preview of next-gen open source technology Wayland.

A lot has happened in Ubuntu land since the last LTS, Ubuntu 16.04, was released. Read on for a comprehensive rundown of everything that’s new in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, to watch our Ubuntu 18.04 LTS video, and to grab an Ubuntu 18.04 download of your own.

Ubuntu 18.04 is the most exciting release of Ubuntu in years. Having helped test it for the past week or so I’d go as far as to say it is the best Ubuntu release.

‘It might be the best Ubuntu release in recent memory’

Long Term Support releases typically focus more on conservative software refinement than they do on major changes. Traditionally this isn’t a bad thing, and people opt to ride an LTS release for the reassurance of ongoing support.

Not so with the “Bionic Beaver.”

For those upgrading from 16.04 Ubuntu 18.04 is arguably the single biggest Ubuntu release in recent memory.

Almost every part of the OS is different, improved or new. There’s a new desktop, new kernel, new apps, new lock screen,new workflow, and more:



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