After the postponement of the one-time release date of Ubuntu 20.04 and 18.04, the Ubuntu team has finally released Ubuntu 04/20.1. This is the first draft of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, which arrived on April 23, 2020 with a number of new features and improvements.
Additionally, the team also announced a one-time release of seven official flavors of Ubuntu. He understands Kubuntu 20.04.1 LTS, Ubuntu Budgie 04/20.1 LTS, Ubuntu MATE 20.04.1 LTS, Lubuntu 20.04.1 LTS, Ubuntu Kylin 20.04.1 LTS, Ubuntu Studio 20.04.1 LTS, and Xubuntu 20.04.1 LTS.
Being a long-term release, Ubuntu 20.04 as well as its other variant for Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core will be supported for five years until 2025. However, you can also extend its security support through ESM ( Extended Security Maintenance) at the cost of money.
Ubuntu 04/20.1: What's new?
The point release of Ubuntu 20.04 primarily includes a number of bug fixes for packages, security, hardware, and installation media updates. This is the reason why most people wait for the most stable, bug-free version of the new Ubuntu LTS.
It also contains fixes for the recent BootHole bug that affected most Linux distributions using the GRUB2 boot loader with Secure Boot. To read the full list of bugs fixed between Ubuntu 20.04 and 20.04.1, go to the Summary of Changes here.
Unfortunately, Ubuntu 20.04.1 does not ship with a new hardware activation stack (HWE), which is often included in a first intermediate release. Therefore, 20.04.1 ships with the same Linux 5.4 kernel as 20.04.
With this release, all users using the old Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will now receive a notification for an automatic upgrade to 20.04.1 LTS very soon. However, if you want to upgrade your Ubuntu 18.04 or 19.10 to 20.04.1 right now, you can do the same using the force upgrade.
If you don't know how to upgrade your system, follow our beginner's guide to upgrade Ubuntu using graphical or command line methods. For a fresh install from scratch, you can also download the Ubuntu 20.04.1 ISO image available on the Official page.
Meanwhile, development for the upcoming Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" is underway. If you want to test it, download the daily version of 20.10 from here.
