Canonical has released the latest version of Ubuntu a few hours ago. The company just added distribution to Microsoft Store for Windows 10 users who want to install it on their system.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS comes with many additions and security enhancements, such as Secure Boot to protect against low-level attacks and rootkits.
Additionally, this is the first version to feature Fast ID Online, ή το FIDO, για την τροφοδοσία καθολική χρήση της ταυτότητας πολλαπλών παραγόντων χωρίς να χρειάζονται καθόλου κωδικοί πρόσβασης στο λειτουργικό σύστημα.
Another notable addition is the WireGuard VPN, which is pre-installed on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, but will also support the 18.04 LTS distribution version, according to Canonical.
Of course, anyone can upgrade to the latest version of Ubuntu manually, but the version of Microsoft Store makes it very easy for users using Windows Subsystem for Linux to install it.
The Windows Subsystem for Linux, or WSL, allows users to run a Linux distribution on top of Windows 10, and Microsoft has managed to make significant improvements to the existing implementation over the years. The next one information δυνατοτήτων των Windows 10 που ονομάζεται May 2020 Update θα συμπεριλαμβάνει το νέο Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 από προchoice.
"Ubuntu 20.04 on Windows lets you use the Ubuntu Terminal and run command-line utilities such as bash, ssh, git, apt and more," Microsoft said in a release note to the new distribution in the Microsoft Store.
What you should know is that Ubuntu 20.04 from the Microsoft Store cannot be installed on Windows 10 in mode S (Windows 10 S). This particular version of Microsoft's operating system is limited to installing apps from the Microsoft Store only, but the Ubuntu distribution is currently not supported.