14 DAY TRIAL // Today, February 18, 2016, Canonical's Adam Conrad proudly informs us that the fourth point release of the long-term supported Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) operating system has been released.
In an email received by Softpedia just a few moments ago, Adam Conrad notes the fact that the Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS (Long-Term Support) builds are available for download in the form of Live and Installable ISO images for Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, on both 64-bit and 32-bit platforms, and that existing Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS users can now update their systems.
But not only Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) users can update, as all the official flavors have been updated as well, so users of Kubuntu 14.04 LTS, Edubuntu 14.04 LTS, Xubuntu 14.04 LTS, Lubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu Studio 14.04 LTS, Mythbuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 LTS, and Ubuntu Kylin 14.04 LTS can also update their systems today or grab the new ISOs.
If you're wondering what's new in Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS (Trusty Tahr), we can tell you that the updated ISO images include hundreds of improvements and bugfixes for many of the system's core components, including Unity and the Linux kernel, which you can view in detail here. In addition to the bugs listed there, the 14.04.4 update includes all security updates that were released as of February 17, 2016.
"The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, as well as other flavors of Ubuntu with long-term support," says Adam Conrad. "We have expanded our hardware enablement offering since 12.04, and with 14.04.4, this point release contains an updated kernel and X stack for new installations to support new hardware across all our supported architectures, not just x86."
Here's how to update to Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS
The new ISO images for Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS (Trusty Tahr) and all the official flavors mentioned above are available for download to those who want to reinstall the operating system, as well as to those who want to deploy Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on new computers (see the download links in the last paragraph).
Existing Ubuntu 14.04 LTS users don't need to download anything, though, as they can update to today's 14.04.4 build using the build-in package management system, so just make sure that your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS installation is up to date. Canonical will support Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with security patches and software updates until the year 2019.
Download Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu Server 14.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu Core 14.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu Cloud 14.04.4 LTS, Kubuntu 14.04.4 LTS, Edubuntu 14.04.4 LTS, Xubuntu 14.04.4 LTS, Lubuntu 14.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu Studio 14.04.4 LTS, Mythbuntu 14.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu GNOME 14.04.4 LTS, and Ubuntu Kylin 14.04.4 LTS right now via Softpedia.