The first update of Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Bionic Beaver has already been released

The popular Linux distribution, Ubuntu, which is available in a wide variety of flavors, has been recently updated to its new version 18.04.1 LTS (Long Term Support). This is the first of the updates you will be receiving the 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver version, and with it brings a lot of optimizations and fixes that many users have been waiting for.

Today, only Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and now Ubuntu 18.04 LTS are the only official Ubuntu versions that are receiving regular updates and patches, since they are the only LTS versions currently supported and also without forgetting that for next year Ubuntu 14.04 will stop receiving updates.

There are some Ubuntu users who prefer to upgrade to LTS versions instead of each install with each new version that comes out of it, since LTS versions generally release most of the bug fixes, and of course offer long-term support.

What's new in the Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Bionic Beaver update?

After a few months since Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver was released, Canonical has released the first update for this version of the distribution which includes all the bug fixes, application updates and security patches that have been issued to the operating system.

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its desktop, server, and cloud products, as well as other versions of Ubuntu with long-term support.

As usual, this release point includes many updates and updated installation support has been provided so that fewer updates will have to be downloaded after installation.

Between the changes that we can find in this new update, basically it can be said that several fixes were added regarding the desktop environment, security patches that have been released in the last few months, and minor fixes.

As soon as to the kernel this remains the same, there were no changes as there is no update at the moment as well as the graphical serverThese at the moment remain the same.

These include security updates and bug fixes for other high-impact ones, with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Budgie, Kubuntu 18.04.1 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS MATE, Lubuntu 18.04.1 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Kylin, and Xubuntu 18.04.1 LTS are also available.

As for the Ubuntu Server was the one who received improvements, Well, this one received an improved installer with support for LVM, RAID and VLAN configuration.

How do you upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Bionic Beaver?

If you are currently a user of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver dYou should receive the update message in a matter of hours or possibly in a few days with which you can perform the system update.

However We can force this process, for this we must open a terminal and execute the following command in it:

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

And ready with it, all the updates and corrections available to the system will begin to download, this may take a while.

At the end you will only have to restart your computer so that the new changes are loaded at the start of the system.

How to download the new version of Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Bionic Beaver?

Similarly we can download the system image and perform an installation of this new Ubuntu update on our computers if we do not have Ubuntu installed.

Only We must go to the official Ubuntu page and in the download section will be available now the link to download the ISO image of the system.

These new system images are convenient if you are downloading the Ubuntu ISO for a clean install as it includes all last minute updates and packages.

Well, during the next 5 years, Canonical will be releasing updates to the system periodically, with which we will have a supported and updated system during this period.