Ngesikhathi se-OpenStack Summit eBerlin, umsunguli weCanonical kanye no-Ubuntu uMark Shuttleworth ubalule ukuthi ukwesekwa kwe-Ubuntu 18.04 LTS kuzosuka eminyakeni emi-5 kuye kwengu-10.
“Ngiyaziqhenya ngokumemezela ukuthi Ubuntu 18.04 uzoba nokwesekwa iminyaka eyi-10. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi izimboni eziningi ezinjengezezimali, ezokuxhumana ngocingo kanye ne-Intanethi zezinto zethula izinhlelo ezizohlala okungenani iminyaka eyishumi. " Ubalule uShuttleworth kwiKeynote yakhe.
Ngenkathi abasebenzisi be-Ubuntu bethola zonke izibuyekezo nezindaba, inhlokodolobha enkulu yeCanonical iya kumaseva nakumakhasimende esevisi. Kulaba basebenzisi bezinkampani, ukuxhaswa okwandisiwe kwe-Canonical kwe-Ubuntu 12.04, bese wenza okufanayo ku-Ubuntu 14.04, futhi manje Ubuntu 18.04. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uShuttleworth ubalule ukuthi Ubuntu 16.04, ezofinyelela ekupheleni komjikelezo wayo ngo-Ephreli 2021, nayo izokwelula ukwesekwa kwayo.
UShuttleworth uphinde waveza embhalweni oqavile ukuthi amakhasimende eRed Hat eCanonical ahamba indlela ye-Ubuntu, hhayi ukuyifaka esikhundleni sayo, kepha ukukhulisa ubuchwepheshe bayo ezindaweni ezifana ne-Intanethi Yezinto, ukufunda ngemishini, nobuhlakani bokuzenzela.
Yize uShuttleworth ebikezela ukuthi ukuthengwa kweRed Hat ngabakwa-IBM uma kungaholela ekutheni abasebenzisi bashintshe amasistimu, esho ukuthi banethuba lokuthi abathathi hlangothi emafini omphakathi.
Uthi iCanonical ukuphela komncintiswano wangempela weRed Hat uma kukhulunywa ngezikhala zamafu zeLinux, yize ecabanga ukuthi i-SUSE isondele futhi.
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Ekugcineni, uShuttleworth ubalule ukuthi akanazo izinhlelo zokuthengisa uBuntu kungekudala, yize asho ngokungaqondakali ukuthi uma bemnikeza isipho esikhulu futhi uma bemvumela ukuthi ahlale njengenhloko yeCanonical ukuze aqhubeke nokufeza umbono wakhe.