Ubuntu

wikipedia:Ubuntu is a Linux distribution derived from Debian first released in 2004.

Mayor changes/ Versions

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (BionicBeaver):

• chrony replace ntpd as the recommended server for the NTP protocol.
• Some application delivered by default as snapssnap search canonical, such as Docker, Kubernetes, microk8s, aws-kernel or azure-kernel

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

• netplan for network configuration
• Ceph and ZFS filesystems supported
• Snap packages

You can also visit wikipedia:Ubuntu_version_history or https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases for a detailed list of versions and changes

Activities

Intermediate

• Review Ubuntu unattended installation methods https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-guide/i386/ch04s06.html
• Learn about Landscape systems management developed by wikipedia:Canonical
• Modify default editor using sudo update-alternatives --config editor

See also

• Linux distributions: Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, Amazon Linux, Oracle Linux, ArchLinux, SUSE
• snap
• Landscape and Red Hat Satellite

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseAnnouncement

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes#Network_configuration

https://askubuntu.com/questions/615178/getting-the-default-text-editor-used-in-system