Unlike previous point releases, 16.04.6 is a security-targeted release for the purpose of providing updated installation media which protects new installations from the recently discovered APT vulnerability (USN-3863-1). Many other security updates for additional high-impact bugs are also included, with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
Kubuntu 16.04.6 LTS, Xubuntu 16.04.6 LTS, Mythbuntu 16.04.6 LTS, Lubuntu 16.04.6 LTS, Ubuntu Kylin 16.04.6 LTS and Ubuntu MATE 16.04.6 LTS are also now available. More details can be found in their individual release notes:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes#Official_flavours Users of Ubuntu on clouds are recommended to launch new instances using the latest images from the 16.04 release stream, which include the fix in APT for USN-3863-1. Maintenance updates are provided for 5 years for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Cloud, Ubuntu Base, and Ubuntu Kylin. All the remaining flavours are supported for 3 years.
To get Ubuntu 16.04.6
In order to download Ubuntu 16.04.6, visit: http://www.ubuntu.com/downloadUsers of Ubuntu 14.04 will be offered an automatic upgrade to 16.04.6 via Update Manager. For further information about upgrading, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XenialUpgrades
As always, upgrades to the latest version of Ubuntu are entirely free of charge.
We recommend that all users read the 16.04.6 release notes, which document caveats and workarounds for known issues, as well as more in-depth notes on the release itself. They are available at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes
If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but aren’t sure, you can try asking in any of the following places: #ubuntu on irc.freenode.net http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users http://www.ubuntuforums.org http://askubuntu.com
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More Information
You can learn more about Ubuntu and about this release on our website listed below: http://www.ubuntu.com/ To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu’s very low volume announcement list at: http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce On behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team, Łukasz ‘sil2100’ ZemczakOriginally posted to the ubuntu-announce mailing list on Thu Feb 28 18:08:59 UTC 2019 by Łukasz ‘sil2100’ Zemczak, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team
October 8th, 2022 at 17:28:29 GMT+0000
Hope I signed up for the Ubuntu Announcements Mailing List correctly. Thanks for the Fridge version. Been a BSD-Unix/RSX/Linux/VMS/OpenBSD/B6800 … user/developer
for more than 33 years. Also dabbled in several assembly languages. But I really enjoyed
using any versions of Ubuntu. Desktop and Server LTS versions.
Happened to run across the info on the Fridge version. I’m happy as a clam. Excellent work all these years guys. Keep it up. I could not have come this far and picked up so much knowledge without any of you and your group. If only I knew 1% of what you people know, my bucket list would be complete.
Thanks again.