The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, as well as other flavours of Ubuntu with long-term support.
Like previous LTS series’, 16.04.5 includes hardware enablement stacks for use on newer hardware. This support is offered on all architectures except for 32-bit powerpc, and is installed by default when using one of the desktop images. Ubuntu Server defaults to installing the GA kernel, however you may select the HWE kernel from the installer bootloader.
As usual, this point release includes many updates, and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation. These include security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
Kubuntu 16.04.5 LTS, Xubuntu 16.04.5 LTS, Mythbuntu 16.04.5 LTS, Ubuntu GNOME 16.04.5 LTS, Lubuntu 16.04.5 LTS, Ubuntu Kylin 16.04.5 LTS, Ubuntu MATE 16.04.5 LTS and Ubuntu Studio 16.04.5 LTS are also now available. More details can be found in their individual release notes:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes#Official_flavours
Maintenance updates will be provided for 5 years for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Cloud, Ubuntu Base, and Ubuntu Kylin. All the remaining flavours will be supported for 3 years.
To get Ubuntu 16.04.5
In order to download Ubuntu 16.04.5, visit:
http://www.ubuntu.com/download
Users of Ubuntu 14.04 will be offered an automatic upgrade to 16.04.5 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 16.04.5 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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http://www.ubuntu.com/community/get-involved
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Originally posted to the ubuntu-announce mailing list on Thu Aug 2 12:24:28 UTC 2018 by Łukasz ‘sil2100’ Zemczak, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team
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