The beta release is expected to land on March 28th

Mar 6, 2019 11:12 GMT  ·  By

It would appear that Canonical decided to ship the upcoming Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo) operating system with a fresh new kernel series, namely the recently released Linux 5.0.

Dubbed "Disco Dingo," Ubuntu 19.04 is the next major release of the popular Linux-based operating system developed by Canonical, which promises to introduce several enhancements and new features, including a brand-new kernel, Linux 5.0. That's right, the final Ubuntu 19.04 release will be powered by Linux kernel 5.0.

Released over the weekend, the Linux 5.0 kernel series adds FreeSync support in the AMDGPU open-source graphics driver for stutter-free viewing on machines using AMD Radeon GPUs, swap files support in the Btrfs file system, as well as Adiantum file system encryption support in fscrypt for low power devices.

Linux kernel 5.0 also adds power management improvements for devices using ARM big.LITTLE CPUs thanks to a new energy-aware scheduling feature, support for the Generic Receive Offload (GRO) feature in the UDP implementation, and support for the binderfs file system to allow running of multiple Android instances.

Ubuntu 19.04 is coming on April 18th

With the recent Feature Freeze development stage, Canonical is now working hard to add any last minute touches to the Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo) release. A beta version will be available for public testing at the end of the month, on March 28th, for Ubuntu and all official flavors, including Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Lubuntu.

The final release of the Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo) operating system is scheduled for April 18th, 2019. Apart from shipping with the Linux 5.0 kernel series, Ubuntu 19.04 will also include the forthcoming GNOME 3.32 desktop environment, as well as up-to-date components and applications. Ubuntu 19.04 will be supported until January 2020.

Thanks Simon Quigley for the tip!

Ubuntu 19.04 powered by Linux kernel 5.0
Ubuntu 19.04 powered by Linux kernel 5.0

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