Released on April 26, 2018, Kubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system is supported for three years with software and security updates, which means that is ships with the long-term supported version of the KDE Plasma desktop environment, KDE Plasma 5.12 LTS. The most recent point release, KDE Plasma 5.12.6 LTS, is now available for all Kubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) users, an update that promises to improve the overall stability and reliability of the open-source desktop environment by addressing numerous issues and bugs across various components.