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Ubuntu: Review of LTS 16.04.02, Latest Developments, and Linux Lite 3.6

By Roy Schestowitz Created 05/09/2017 - 10:29am Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 5th of September 2017 10:29:31 AM Filed under Ubuntu [1]

Review: Ubuntu LTS 16.04.02 has a long shelf-life [2]

Controlling snap releases with channels, tracks and branches ? Part 1 [3]

Ever since snaps were introduced, a crucial part of their feature set has been the ability to release a snap on a particular ?channel? indicating how stable or production-ready it is. The well-known channel names stable, candidate, beta and edge indicate a snap?s stability, according to the developer, and users are then empowered to choose the level of risk they are prepared to accept when installing a snap.

From a developer?s point of view, it makes sense to release new changes on edge, which will presumably have a small number of users willing to accept some instability in exchange for bleeding-edge features (but also, tacitly, a disposition to report problems), and as any rough edges are taken care of, release the updated snap to beta, candidate and finally to stable once it?s deemed adequate for anyone to use.

Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) Beta 1 Out for Opt-In Flavors, Here's What's New [4]

On the last day of August, the upcoming Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) operating system entered Beta stages of development, but only for some of the official flavors, including , , , , Ubuntu MATE, , and . Ubuntu itself will be available for public beta testing at the end of the month, on September 28, when the Final Beta development milestone is expected to launch for all Ubuntu flavors. Until then, let's have a look at the new features introduced by the Beta 1 release for the opt-in flavors.

Linux Lite 3.6 Operating System Launches Officially Based on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS[5]

Linux Lite developer Jerry Bezencon had the pleasure of announcing the general availability of the final release of the Ubuntu-based Linux Lite 3.6 operating system.

Coming five months after the release of Linux Lite 3.4, Linux Lite 3.6 is based on Canonical's latest Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system, which means that it's powered by its long-term supported Linux 4.4 kernel, though users can install a wide range of kernels from the distro's stable repositories. Linux Lite 3.6 also introduces the Lite Sources in-house built app and several improvements across the entire system.

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Links: [1] http://www.tuxmachines.org/taxonomy/term/121 [2] https://www.networkworld.com/article/3221422/linux/review-ubuntu-lts-16-04-02-has-a-long-shelf-life.html [3] https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/09/04/controlling-snap-releases-with-channels-tracks-and-branches-part-1/ [4] http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-10-artful-aardvark-beta-1-out-for-opt-in-flavors-here-s-what-s-new- 517593.shtml [5] http://news.softpedia.com/news/linux-lite-3-6-operating-system-launches-officially-based-on-ubuntu-16-04-3-lts- 517594.shtml