Kamuva kule nyanga, kuzokhishwa inguqulo elandelayo ye-Ubuntu LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver. Inguqulo entsha engeke ibe nokuxhaswa okude kuphela kodwa futhi izoba yinguqulo yokuqala ye-LTS ene-Gnome 3 njengedeskithophu ezenzakalelayo (izinhlobo zangaphambilini zazine-Gnome 2 ne-Unity).
I-Ubuntu 18.04 inguqulo esalokhu inezinto ezimangazayo, ngisho nangemva kokubuyekeza izinguqulo ze-beta. Enye yalezi zinto ezimangazayo ukufakwa kwesici se-LivePatch kunguqulo ye-Desktop. Lesi sici sinikeza ukuphepha okwakutholakala kuphela kunguqulo yeseva futhi manje sizotholakala kuzo zonke izinguqulo ze-Ubuntu.
I-Livepatch iyisici esikuvumela ukuthi ubuyekeze i-kernel ye-Ubuntu ngaphandle kokuqala kabusha ikhompyutha yakho . Lesi sici sasitholakala ngaphambilini enguqulweni yeseva, njengoba ukugcina amaseva esebenza kuyinto edingwa abaphathi bezinhlelo abaningi abasebenzisa i-Ubuntu.
I-LivePatch manje izotholakala ku-Ubuntu Desktop ngohlelo lokusebenza lweSoftware & Updates . Inketho ye-LivePatch izovela kwenye yamathebhu, kodwa ukuze uyisebenzise, ​​uzodinga i-akhawunti ye-Ubuntu One. Futhi yilapho i-Canonical iqhubeka nenzuzo khona kulesi sici, njengoba ivumela amakhompyutha afinyelela kwathathu kuphela abhaliswe nge-akhawunti efanayo ye-Ubuntu One. Ngamanye amazwi, i-akhawunti ngayinye ye-Ubuntu One izovumela isici se-LivePatch kumakhompyutha amathathu asekelwe ku-Ubuntu. Uma ufuna ukuyisebenzisa kumakhompyutha amaningi, kufanele ukhokhele isici se-Advantage se-Canonical One Program , okuyilapho imali yangempela yenziwa khona.
I-Livepatch yethulwe ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, futhi ngaphandle kwemiphumela yayo yebhizinisi, ngokuqinisekile iyisici esithakazelisayo ngoba isenza sikwazi ukubuyekeza uhlelo lokusebenza ngaphandle kokuphazamisa imisebenzi ebalulekile, njengokulanda ifayela elikhulu noma ukwenza ukulungiswa. Yiqiniso, akukhuthazwa ukushiya ikhompyutha yakho ivuliwe amahora angu-24 ngosuku, izinsuku eziyi-365 ngesonto. I-Livepatch iyisici esihle kakhulu futhi isengezo esamukelekayo kubasebenzisi be-Ubuntu Desktop, kodwa kukhona okungitshela ukuthi ngeke kube yisici esisha kuphela, awucabangi?