Ezinsukwini ezidlule, kwamenyezelwa ukuthi igama le-Ubuntu 18.10 yi-Cosmic Cuttlefish futhi intuthuko yethulwa nge-GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) 8.1, yize kungeke kube yinto ezenzakalelayo, nokho, kunezinhlelo zokuba ibe khona esikhathini esizayo.
I-Ubuntu 18.10 kulindeleke ukuthi ibe ne-kernel yochungechunge lwe-5.x, njengoba uLinus Torvalds azama umphakathi ngokukhishwa kwe-Linux 5.0 lapho eqeda ukuthuthukiswa kochungechunge lwe-4.7.
Indawo ezenzakalelayo yedeskithophu ye-Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish izoba yi-GNOME 3.30 , ezokhishwa ngomhlaka-5 Septhemba. Kodwa-ke, njengoba kujwayelekile ekusakazweni kwe-GNU/Linux, bangase basebenzise isibuyekezo sokuqala ngemva kokukhishwa okukhulu, ngakho-ke i-Ubuntu 18.10 ingasebenzisa i-GNOME 3.30.1, ezofika ngomhlaka-26 Septhemba.
Ubuntu 18.10 ikhishwe ngokusemthethweni ngo-Okthoba
Nakuba umjikelezo wokukhishwa kwe-Ubuntu 18.10 ungakamiswanga, kwamenyezelwa ngaphambilini ukuthi izigaba ze-alpha 1 kanye ne-2 kanye ne-beta 1 kuzosuswa ngokuphelele kuzo zonke izabelo; esikhundleni salokho, kuzoba nalokho okubizwa ngokuthi "amasonto okuhlola" okuhlelwe kanje:
- Isonto lokuqala: Meyi 21 kuya ku-25
- Isonto lesibili: Juni 25 kuya ku-29
- Isonto lesithathu: Julayi 23 kuya ku-27
- Isonto lesine: Agasti 27 kuya ku-31
I -beta yokugcina ye-Ubuntu (kanye ne-beta 2 kwezinye izabelo) nayo ikhishiwe kulo mjikelezo; esikhundleni salokho, kuzoba ne-beta eyodwa kuphela ezofinyelela umphakathi ngoSepthemba 27 ye-Ubuntu kanye nezabelo zayo ngokufanayo. Ngemva kwalokho, sizobona amasonto ambalwa okuphumula ngaphambi kokuba ukukhishwa kokugcina kwenzeke ngo-Okthoba 18.
Vele, lezi yizinsuku zokuzama futhi njengoba kwenzeka njalo singabona ukubambezeleka noma intuthuko, noma ngabe isiphakamiso sokuqalisa sihlale sigcwaliseka ezinsukwini ezimbalwa omunye nomunye. Ukwazi imininingwane eminingi ngemijikelezo yokukhishwa udinga nje ukuvakashela ikhasi elisemthethweni le-Ubuntu.