🥇Release of Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS with updated graphical stack and Linux kernel

Generated distribution update Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS, which includes changes to improve hardware support, updates to the Linux kernel and graphics stack, and fixes for issues in the installer and bootloader. It also contains the latest updates for several hundred packages related to addressing vulnerabilities and issues, affecting stability. At the same time, similar updates Kubuntu 18.04.3 LTS, Ubuntu Budgie 18.04.3 LTS, Ubuntu MATE 18.04.3 LTS,
Lubuntu 18.04.3 LTS, Ubuntu Kylin 18.04.3 LTS, and Xubuntu 18.04.3 LTS.

The release includes some improvements ported from release Ubuntu 19.10 Ubuntu 19.04:

in Ubuntu 18.04 used kernel 4.15, and in Ubuntu 18.04.2 — 4.18, in Ubuntu 18.04.3 — 5.0); 5.0 (Ubuntu 18.04 used kernel 4.15, while Ubuntu 18.04.2 used 4.18).
The components of the graphical stack have been updated, including new releases of mutter 3.28.3 and Mesa 18.2.8, which were tested in Ubuntu 19.04. New versions of video drivers for Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA chips have been added.
Updated versions of packages OpenJDK 11, LLVM 8, Firefox 66.0.4, cloud-init 18.5-21, ceph 12.2.11, PostgreSQL 10.7, snapd 2.38, modemmanager 1.10;
The installer for the server edition now supports encrypted LVM volume groups and allows the use of existing disk partitions during installation. Automatic checking for a new version of the snap package with the installer has been implemented, offering to install an update if available;
A new version of the Livepatch system has been backported from Ubuntu 19.04, providing updates that address critical vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, applied to the running system on the fly, without requiring a reboot.For desktops, the new kernel and graphical stack are offered by default. For server systems, the new kernel is added as an option in the installer. Using the new builds makes sense only for new installations — previously installed systems can receive all changes present in Ubuntu 18.04.3 via the standard update installation system.

In builds The rolling model of update support, according to which backported kernels and drivers will only be supported until the release of the next minor update of the Ubuntu LTS branch. For example, the Linux kernel 5.0 proposed in the current release will be supported until Ubuntu 18.04.4 is released, which will offer a kernel from Ubuntu 19.10. The initially provided base kernel 4.15 will be supported throughout the entire maintenance cycle.

It is important to remember that the delivery of new versions of the kernel and graphics stack is conducted The security firmware analyzer code FwAnalyzer has been released.