It aims to help app developers bring newer versions of their apps to the Ubuntu desktop, instantly, reliably and safely. Snappy is Ubuntu’s brand new packaging format. Developers are advised to upgrade their software to take advantage of Python 3.Īs we’ve previously warned, if you use a device with AMD Radeon graphics hardware you should NOT upgrade at present. The fglrx driver is now deprecated in 16.04, and although open source alternatives (radeon and amdgpu) are recommended, they do not deliver comparable performance. Apps that are based on and/or use Python 2 remain available and will continue work as normal. Ubuntu has produced a reference guide to help those interested in filesystems take advantage of ZFS on Xenial. ZFS is best described as a combination of a volume manager (like LVM) and a filesystem (like ext4, which remains the default for Ubuntu installations). ZFSĪ bigger (and somewhat controversial) change is the addition of support for the Zfs filesystem on Linux - the first version of Ubuntu to support it natively, out of the box. It also introduces drivers for the Logitech G29 racing wheel and enables support for hardware features on some newer Toshiba laptops.

Improved Intel Skylake processor support.

This kernel features numerable improvements to system stability, performance, power efficiency, and file system handling, and introduces support for newer Intel and AMD hardware. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ships with a modified version of Linux 4.4 kernel. Ubuntu 16.04 - New Features Linux Kernel 4.4 You can upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04 from Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS using the Update Manager app. Remember: you do not have to do a fresh install to get this release. You can download Ubuntu 16.04 LTS faster (and help other users get theirs quicker too) if you use the official Ubuntu Torrents:

Scroll down to find out what’s new & improved in this release, or hit the download below to start downloading an. Support for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS desktop ends in 2021, Canonical will continue to provide some critical updates as an ESM release, but only for enterprise and sever customers.

Also Read: ‘ 16 Things to Do After Installing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS‘

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