Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS released

Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak lukasz.zemczak at canonical.com
Thu Sep 1 18:27:39 UTC 2022


The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS
(Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, as well
as other flavours of Ubuntu with long-term support.

Like previous LTS series, 20.04.5 includes hardware enablement stacks
for use on newer hardware. This support is offered on all architectures.
Ubuntu Server defaults to installing the GA kernel; however you may
select the HWE kernel from the installer bootloader.

As usual, this point release includes many updates, and updated
installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to
be downloaded after installation. These include security updates and
corrections for other high-impact bugs, with a focus on maintaining
stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Kubuntu 20.04.5 LTS, Ubuntu Budgie 20.04.5 LTS, Ubuntu MATE 20.04.5 LTS,
Lubuntu 20.04.5 LTS, Ubuntu Kylin 20.04.5 LTS, Ubuntu Studio 20.04.5 LTS,
and Xubuntu 20.04.5 LTS are also now available. More details can be found
in their individual release notes:

    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes#Official_flavours

Maintenance updates will be provided for 5 years for Ubuntu Desktop,
Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Cloud, and Ubuntu Core. All the remaining
flavours will be supported for 3 years. Additional security support is
available with ESM (Extended Security Maintenance).

To get Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS
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In order to download Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS, visit:

    https://ubuntu.com/download

Users of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will be offered an automatic upgrade to
20.04.5 LTS via Update Manager. For further information about upgrading,
see:

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FocalUpgrades

As always, upgrades to the latest version of Ubuntu are entirely free of
charge.

We recommend that all users read the 20.04.5 LTS release notes, which
document caveats and workarounds for known issues, as well as more
in-depth notes on the release itself. They are available at:

    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes

If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but
aren't sure, you can try asking in any of the following places:

    #ubuntu on irc.libera.chat
    https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
    https://ubuntuforums.org
    https://askubuntu.com


Help Shape Ubuntu
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If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways
you can participate at:

    https://discourse.ubuntu.com/contribute


About Ubuntu
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Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops,
clouds and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular
releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is
included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few
clicks away.

Professional services including support are available from Canonical and
hundreds of other companies around the world.  For more information
about support, visit:

    https://ubuntu.com/support


More Information
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listed below:

    https://ubuntu.com/

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On behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team,
Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak




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