Canonical the first corrective release of the distribution , which includes updates for several hundred packages aimed at fixing and , affecting stability. The new version also resolves issues in the installer and bootloader. The release of Ubuntu 20.04.1 marked the completion of the base stabilization of the LTS release — users of Ubuntu 18.04 will now be prompted to upgrade to the branch .
Similar updates for Ubuntu Budgie 20.04.1 LTS, Kubuntu 20.04.1 LTS, Ubuntu MATE 20.04.1 LTS, Ubuntu Studio 20.04.1 LTS, Lubuntu 20.04.1 LTS, Ubuntu Kylin 20.04.1 LTS, and Xubuntu 20.04.1 LTS have also been released. The presented builds are only meaningful for , existing systems can receive all changes present in Ubuntu 20.04.1 through the standard update installation system. Support for updates and security issue fixes for the server and desktop editions of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS will last until April 2025.
Among the most notable mentions include:
- Performance optimizations have been made. Support for hardware-accelerated AES-GCM has been backported in zfs-linux.
- The GNOME control center introduces a new design for the fingerprint authentication settings dialog.
- Support for Wireguard VPN has been added.
- The Linux kernel for OEM deliveries has been updated to version 5.6 (it comes with 5.4 in Ubuntu 20.04).
- Support for the LED mute indicator has been added for new HP laptops.
- disabling the tracker blocking proprietary NVIDIA drivers.
- ZFS autotrim support has been included in the installer. Riscv64 support has been added to live-build.
- Updated versions of packages libreoffice (6.4.4), GNOME (3.36.2), snapd, evince, golang-1.14, curtin, nautilus, gedit, gnome-control-center, evolution-data-server, mutter, gnome-software, shotwell, netplan.io, OpenStack Ussuri,
cloud-init, open-vm-tools, gtk+3.0, ceph, sosreport, libgphoto2.
Integration of the new kernel, drivers, and graphics stack components is expected in the planned release of Ubuntu 20.04.2 in February, as these components will be imported from the Ubuntu 20.10 release, which will not be ready until fall and will require additional testing time.
Source: opennet.ru
