There are two months to go until the release of Ubuntu 17.10, the next stable version of Ubuntu, but the team has not forgotten other Ubuntu versions or projects. A few hours ago the third update of Ubuntu LTS was released, this is 16.04.3. A version that will be the last of the version during this year since the next version will be released next year, possibly weeks before the release of Ubuntu 18.04, a version that will also be LTS.
Version Ubuntu 16.04.3 does not bring big changes to the distribution, that is, we will not see that Unity change us to Gnome or we will see changes in graphical servers, or anything similar. The changes are focused on keeping the version as up-to-date as possible without breaking stability.
We can say that Ubuntu 16.04.3 focuses on three major changes: correction of bugs that have appeared during this time; kernel update to increase hardware compatibility, and update important components like MESA, X.Org server or Systemd.
The kernel version is now version 4.10, a version of the kernel that is in Ubuntu 17.04. A version that expands the list of hardware compatible and supported by the distribution. This is especially interesting for users who have had a hardware compatibility problem, as this update will improve the performance of these components. The list of bugs and changes made can be seen in this link more details.
If we have the latest version of Ubuntu LTS, the update to Ubuntu 16.04.3 will appear in a few hours. If on the contrary we have Even the first version of Ubuntu 16.04, this update will take much longer, to speed up the process we have to open the terminal and write the following:
sudo apt-instalar --install recomienda linux-generic-HWE-16.04 servidor X-xorg-HWE-16.04
Although the commands «dist-upgrade" Y "apt-get upgrade»Are still just as good for having an up-to-date, stable and secure distribution. And in case of not having this distribution, in this link you can get the iso image of Ubuntu 16.04.3 installation