14 DAY TRIAL // The developer behind the Ubuntu-based Voyager Linux distribution released a new LTS (Long Term Support) branch based on Canonical's recently released Xubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system.
Meet Voyager Linux 18.04 LTS, the newest long term supported series of the Voyager Linux operating system, based on the Ubuntu and Xubuntu 18.04 LTS packages. Powered by the Linux 4.15 kernel, this release uses the latest Xfce 4.12 desktop environment by default, but comes with a highly customized desktop interface.
Included in Voyager Linux 18.04 LTS, there's the LibreOffice office suite, Shotwell image viewer and organizer, Kodi media center, Clementine audio player, Pitivi video editor, GIMP image editor, Mozilla Firefox web browser, Mozilla Thunderbird email and news client, Transmission BitTorrent client, and Pidgin IM client.
Voyager Linux 18.04 LTS also comes with support for multiple profiles where various options can be activated or disabled to make your computing experience more enjoyable. Under the hood, the entire internal structure of Xubuntu 18.04 LTS was kept in place to avoid any security or dependency issues.
Supported for 3 years, until April 2021
Now that Voyager Linux focuses only on LTS (Long Term Support) releases of Ubuntu Linux, Voyager Linux 18.04 LTS is here as a drop-in replacement for the Voyager Linux 16.04 LTS series if you want to upgrade, and it will receive support for 3 years, until April 2021. However, all the updates are provided from the Ubuntu repositories.
"Voyager is not a distribution with its own repos, but a variant of Xubuntu, itself derived from Ubuntu with all its official repositories," explains the developer in the release notes (in French). "Both share the same base and common software, the same APT repositories, the same codename, and the same development cycle."
If you're interested in upgrading your Voyager Linux installations to version 18.04, you can download the Voyager Linux 18.04 LTS release for either 64-bit or 32-bit computers right now through our web portal or from the official website. Check out the attached video and image gallery to see Voyager Linux 18.04 LTS in action.
