Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) Officially Released, Here's What's New | Linux Today

Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) Officially Released, Here’s What’s New

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Marius Nestor
Oct 18, 2018

Dubbed Cosmic Cuttlefish, Ubuntu 18.10 has been in development during the past six months, during which it received numerous improvements over previous releases. Ubuntu 18.10 features the latest GNOME 3.30 desktop environment and it’s powered by the most recent and advanced kernel, Linux 4.18. Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) will be supported by Canonical for the next nine months with software updates and security patches. It’s now available to download as Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Kylin, and Ubuntu Studio flavors.

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