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Jul 24, 2018 21:33 GMT  ·  By

Canonical announced today that Release Candidate images of the forthcoming Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver) point release are now available for public testing.

Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS is the first point release of the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system series, due for release this Thursday on July 26, 2018, and Canonical now wants the community to help test the Release Candidate images before the final builds hit the streets for all supported flavors.

"These builds have bionic-proposed enabled and are not final. Despite this, please test your images and do not wait for a "final" build to test. We need you testing now, iterating uploads to get your bugs fixed, filing bugs and escalating where you need help," said Jean-Baptiste Lallement in a mailing list announcement.

Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS makes the Bionic Beaver more stable and reliable

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) being a long-term supported operating system means that Canonical will release five point releases with up-to-date components and all the latest security updates. Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS is the first and promises to make the Bionic Beaver more stable and reliable.

Unfortunately, there won't be any kernel or graphics stacks bumps for Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS, which will ship with the Linux 4.15 kernel and Mesa 18.1.3 graphics stack, but you can rest assured that you'll now be able to upgrade from previous releases like Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) or do a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

To ensure Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS delivers the stability improvements needed for those who use long-term Ubuntu releases, you should test the Release Candidate images and report any bugs you might encounter. The Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Release Candidate images are available for download for all flavors here.