Eminyakeni engaphezudlwana kwemithathu edlule, abakwaCanonical bavula umndeni I-Bionic Beaver kohlelo lwakho lokusebenza. Ifike ngo-Ephreli 2018, ngakho-ke kubizwa inguqulo eyinhloko Ubuntu 18.04 nawo wonke amanye ama-flavour engeze izinombolo ezifanayo kumagama abo. Njengokukhishwa kuka-Ephreli kweminyaka ebaliwe, lokhu bekuyinguqulo ye-LTS, okusho ukuthi bayasekelwa isikhathi eside, kepha akuwona wonke ama-flavour asekelwa iminyaka emihlanu.
Iminyaka emihlanu yokwesekwa ingeyenguqulo eyinhloko, okungukuthi, leyo i-GNOME isebenzisa futhi negama limane nje Ubuntu. Bonke abanye, uKubuntu, uLubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio kanye no-Ubuntu Kylin bayasekelwa iminyaka emithathu, ngakho-ke, ngoMeyi 2021, sebefinyelele ukuphela komjikelezo wayo wokuphila. Ukuvuselelwa kokugcina kwesondlo sabo kube yi- 18.04.5, Agasti 2020, kepha baqhubeka nokuthola amaphakheji amasha nezimagqabhagqabha kuze kube ngu-Ephreli 30.
Ubuntu 18.04 izoqhubeka nokuxhaswa. Okunye kuzofanele kuvuselelwe
Abasebenzisi abasasebenzisa ukunambitheka kwe-Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver kufanele babuyekeze manje. Ngokwami, ngincoma ukusekela amafayela akho abalulekile futhi yenza ukufaka okuhlanzekile, ngoba kungenzeka ukuthi othile usebenzisa inguqulo engama-32-bit, engasasekelwa, futhi kukhona okunye ukunambitheka okushintshe nemvelo yokuqhafaza, njenge-Ubuntu Studio, eqhubeke nokusebenzisa i-KDE Plasma, neLubuntu, eyahamba kuya ku-LXQt.
Ngokuqondene nokuthi iyiphi inguqulo ongayifaka, uma bekusetshenziswa i-LTS, into enengqondo ukucabanga ukuthi kukhethwa enye i-Long Term Support, ngakho-ke ukweqa kuzoba kuFocal Fossa (20.04). Uma uthatha isinqumo sokusebenzisa ukukhishwa okwakamuva kakhulu, leyo yi- 21.04 efike emasontweni amabili edlule. Okungangenakulayishwa kusuka ku-Ubuntu 18.04, inguqulo eyinhloko, ngoba iHirsute Hippo ibonakala inguquko yesikhashana kunokujwayelekile, kepha uBuntu uzoqhubeka nokujabulela ukwesekwa eminye iminyaka emibili. Khetha ukuthi ukhetha ini, kufanele buyekeza manje.