Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: Ο CEO της Canonical Mark Shuttleworth αποκάλυψε σήμερα την κωδική ονομασία της επόμενης LTS διανομής του λειτουργικού συστήματος Ubuntu Linux. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will be released in late April 2018.
LTS for those who do not know comes from long-term support and refers to a type of special versions of software or operating systems designed to support a longer period of time.
In line with the tradition of the upcoming brand versionof Ubuntu, Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth with a staff post of the blog, welcomed the new distribution Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) congratulating all those who participated in the development and at the same time announced the release of the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS which he named “Bionic Beaver. ”
"Our mascot is a mammal known for its energy, its work in nature and its know-how. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver ", wrote Mark Shuttleworth.
Mark Shuttleworth did not reveal what the upcoming Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will bring, except that more emphasis will be put on Ubuntu Snappy Core for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. At the same time, the development program, which states that the release date for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will be at 26 April 2018, was also posted.
The development starts in two days from today, that is, on October 26. From this date on, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" will follow the same path as its predecessors. This means that two Alpha and two Beta versions will be released during the six-month development cycle.
According to the release schedule, the first Alpha release is expected at 4 January 2018 and the second will be released in 1 in February, but only for opt-in flavors.
On 8 March, we will have the first beta release and the Final Beta will be released at 5 April 2018.
