Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) final for everyone

Canonical has just announced the release of Ubuntu 20.04, a version that will be supported for five years (long-term or LTS). This long-term support version brings a new light theme, but also a dark one. Beneath the surface, you'll find an upgraded Linux kernel and a new way to install apps.

And if 2025 seems too far away, until the next update. That's the point. There are too many users who only install the LTS versions because they prefer stability in their system.

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But let's look at some of them separate changes brought by this version.

The new Ubuntu has GNOME version 3.36.0, a great customization. The most important thing for me personally is the Fractional Scaling feature.

It is a very welcome addition to the Settings dialog box and is a control for fractional scaling of your screen.

If you have a screen where the standard scale of 100% makes the objects surface too small to see them larger there is also the 200% scale. If the second scale is too large, this Fractional Scaling setting will give you exactly the size you want.

Another big change is in Ubuntu 20.04's package installer. In addition to a few packages, the widget now also installs software from the Snap Store. Of course you can still use it or apt to install regular builds from the command line.

Focal Fossa comes with Linux kernel 5.4.0-21. It is the first kernel to come with the long-awaited “lockdown” feature ” a Linux Security Module. It is disabled by default as it is feared to cause problems in system upgrades. Still, it's an important feature worth watching.

There are two ways to lock.

Confidentiality mode prevents user processes from extracting confidential information from the kernel. The other feature is Integrity, which allows the kernel to disable features that allow user processes to modify the current kernel. Both of these functions prevent even root-based processes or anyone with sudo privileges from modifying the kernel.

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