Mako guda da ya wuce, an makara biyu, Canonical jefa Focal Fossa's sabuntawa na farko. Duk nau'ikan Ubuntu suna karɓar sabuntawa na wannan nau'in, amma LTS suna karɓar ƙari, tunda ana tallafawa su tsawon shekaru 5 kuma ba na watanni 9 ba kamar sakewar yau da kullun. A halin yanzu akwai wasu nau'ikan LTS guda biyu waɗanda har yanzu ana tallafawa, kuma kamfanin da Mark Shuttleworth ke gudanarwa sun fito da sabbin hotuna na Bionic Beaver da Xenial Xerus waɗanda yanzu za a iya zazzage su azaman Ubuntu 18.04.5 da Ubuntu 16.04.7.
Kamar yadda muka yi bayani a makon da ya gabata, waɗannan ba sababbin sifofin tsarin aiki bane, ɗayan an ƙaddamar da shi a watan Afrilu 2018 ɗayan kuma a cikin wannan watan na 2016, amma suna sabon hotunan ISO waxanda suka haxa da duk labarai da ci gaban da aka haxa a watannin baya, musamman waxanda suka danganci aminci, kwanciyar hankali da kuma tsaro na tsarin aiki. Masu amfani da suka kasance za su karɓi duk labaran da aka gabatar a cikin waɗannan sabbin hanyoyin ISO ɗin da zaran sun shirya.
Ubuntu 18.04.5 da 16.04.7 suma sun sha wahala sosai
Ba su bayyana dalilin ba, amma nau'ikan LTS guda uku na ƙarshe, wato, hotunan su na ISO, na tsarin Canonical da duk abubuwan dandano na hukuma. sun gamu da jinkiri. Musamman, kamar ya ruwaito Steve Langasek, ya kamata a ce an sabunta Bionic Beaver a ranar 6 ga Agusta, kuma ba 13 ba kamar yadda yake.
Game da sabbin abubuwan da suka gabatar a zamaninsu, Xenial Xerus ya yi fice don kasancewa farkon wanda zai tallafawa fakitin Snap, a tsakanin sauran sabbin labarai. A gefe guda, Bionic Beaver ya kasance mafi yawan ƙaunatattun masu amfani da Ubuntu kuma shine karshe don amfani da Unity zane zane, don haka magoya bayan tebur ɗin da Canonical ya ƙirƙira sun ɓata rai watanni 6 bayan haka lokacin da kamfanin ya yanke shawarar komawa GNOME. Ala kulli hal, aikin yana nan Ubunty hadin kai wanda ke aiki don zama dandano na hukuma.