- This tutorial is going to show you 2 ways to upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04 : using the graphical update manager and using the command line.
- It is the official release date of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS stable release. Both Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu server. Users should be able to update to the latest version.
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is the new state of the art open source platform for the enterprise and the entrepreneur,” said Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical.
- These include security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
- Ubuntu 20.04 is a Long-Term Service (LTS) release, and as with any LTS release, it will be supported for 5 years until 2025.
- GNOME 3.36 is claimed to be less resource hungry and faster. For me, it was difficult to measure because both Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 18.04 feel fast enough.
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is based on the long-term supported Linux Kernel 5.4 and includes the new version of Gnome desktop environment, Gnome 3.36, by default.
- In our next article, we will show how to install the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS server. Drop your comments via the form below.
- With the Ubuntu 19.10 release successfully done, attention turns to the next major update: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, which is due to be released on April 23, 2024.