Canonical Company Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS distribution update, which received a number of innovations to improve performance. The build includes updates to the Linux kernel, graphics stack, and several hundred packages. Bugs in the installer and bootloader have also been fixed.
Updates are available for all distributions: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS, 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 .
In addition, some improvements have been exported from the Ubuntu 19.04 release. In particular, this is a new version of the kernel - the 5.0 family, mutter 3.28.3 and Mesa 18.2.8 updates, as well as fresh drivers for Intel, AMD and NVIDIA video cards. From 19.04, the Livepatch system was transferred, which can patch the OS kernel without rebooting. Finally, server version 18.04.3 LTS introduced support for encrypted LVM partition groups. The function of using existing disk partitions during installation has also been added.
It is important to note that the Linux 5.0 kernel will be supported until Ubuntu 18.04.4 is released. The next build will have the kernel from Ubuntu 19.10. But version 4.15 will be supported throughout the maintenance cycle of the LTS version.
At the same time, we recall that a lot of innovations are expected in the autumn version of 19.10. First, there support for the ZFS file system, albeit as an option. Second, GNOME faster, and also promised a solution to problems with Nouveau drivers. Obviously, this will be done through NVIDIA.
Source: 3dnews.ru