Ubuntu 18.10 Released : Overview & Top New Features
Ubuntu’s October release Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish is out of beta now and released officially.
After six month of development and various new development and bug fixes Ubuntu 18.10 is finally released.
Ubuntu releases their OS every six month (In 4th And 10th Month of Year). And After every every two years Ubuntu releases their Long-Term-Support (LTE) version.
New Ubuntu Theme
Ubuntu finally has a new look with theme called “Yaru” (and was known as the ‘Community Theme’) , earlier the Community theme was not part of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS as the development process was not complete.New Icon Set
To compliment the Yaru theme Canonical has also introduced a new icon set, called ‘Suru‘.GNOME 3.30
Ubuntu 18.10 comes with lates version of Gnome 3.30. This includes new versions of core apps like Calendar, To Do and the venerable GNOME Terminal emulator.Updated Software
OS comes with latest softwares built in which includes
Mozilla Firefox 63
Thunderbird 60
LibreOffice 6.1
Remmina 1.2.3
Shotwell 0.30
Rhythmbox 3.2.4
Better battery life for laptops
The new Ubuntu supposed to give better battery life as it comes with latest Linux Kernel.
Linux Kernel 4.18
Ubuntu 18.10 has Linux Kernel 4.18. This Kernel version has some improvements for AMD and Nvidia GPU, USB Type-C and Thunderbolt.
Improvements In Snap
Ubuntu 18.10 comes with notable changes in snap apps in Ubuntu software.
Snap applications will take less time to start. With XDG portal, you should be able to install Snap in a few clicks from the Snapcraft Store website.
Download Ubuntu 18.10
You can download Ubuntu 18.10 via the official Ubuntu website.
System Requirement for installing Ubuntu 18.10 is minimal and listed as below.
2GHz dual-core processor
2GB RAM
25GB of free hard drive space
USB port (or DVD drive) for installation