A while ago Canonical announced the release of the sixth LTS (Long Term Support) version of Ubuntu on April 21 and officially presented the new characteristics of the upcoming operating system.
The new Ubuntu LTS 16.04 it is called Xenial Xerus and according to Canonical, it offers to users support for snap packages in desktop and server versions, new secure and powerful app format, LXD 2.0 pure-container hypervisor with OpenStack Mitaka, as well as support for IBM's LinuxONE and System Z platform.
In addition, the operating system Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will be the first of its kind to support CephFS and ZFS filesystems for large-scale cloud storage.
Canonical says it has made great progress with the vision of convergence, bringing the Ubuntu platform closer to the Linux OS that will work on desktop, phones, servers and IoT.
“Top cloud-based businesses and advanced robots run with Ubuntu. This new release is the basis for the next wave of their innovation, ”said Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical.
"We are proud to serve the needs of businesses and research, as well as millions of users, with a unified common free software platform."
So tomorrow 21 April of 2016, Canonical will officially release Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus. Those who want to read all the new features will find the link to the announcement at the end of the publication.
Ubuntu 16.04 as we mentioned above is an LTS (Long Term Support) release, which means that Canonical will support the operating system with patches security and updates for the next five years.
