The Xubuntu team is happy to announce the immediate release of Xubuntu 18.04. Xubuntu 18.04 is a long-term support (LTS) release and will be supported for 3 years, until April 2021.

The final release images are available as torrents and direct downloads immediately from xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/. As the main server and mirrors might be busy for the first few days after the release, we recommend using the torrents if possible.

Xubuntu Core, our minimal installation option, is available to download from unit193.net/xubuntu/core/ [64-bit magnet, 32-bit magnet]. Find out more about Xubuntu Core here.

We’d like to thank everybody who contributed to this release of Xubuntu!

Support

For support with the release, navigate to Help & Support for a complete list of methods to get help.

Highlights and Known Issues

The below is just a quick peek at the most important highlights and issues. More updates and new features are listed on the very thorough release notes.

Highlights

• Some GNOME applications are replaced with corresponding MATE applications for improved consistency with almost identical set of features
• The Sound Indicator plugin is replaced with the Xfce PulseAudio plugin in the panel, improving controlling the volume and multimedia applications from the panel
• The new xfce4-notifyd panel plugin is included, allowing you to easily toggle “Do Not Disturb” mode for notifications as well as view missed notifications
• Significantly improved menu editing with a new MenuLibre version
• Better support for HiDPI screens, better consistency and other improvements from the Greybird GTK+ theme

Known Issues

• The “Force UEFI installation” dialog has non-working Go Back/Continue buttons (1724482).
• The automatically selected keyboard layout does not necessarily match the chosen region (1706859).

As always, check Launchpad for bugs related to your hardware to make sure there aren’t any critical bugs that could potentially make your system unbootable or otherwise unusable.