Bekuyisikhathi eside siza, kodwa sekuseduze sifike. Sekukhulunywe kakhulu ngalokho okuzolethwa yile Ubuntu LTS entsha, kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi i- Xenial Xerus , inguqulo yakamuva ye -Ubuntu 16.04 , izokhishwa ngomhlaka -21 Ephreli.
Kuzoba ukukhishwa okusekelwayo kwesikhathi eside , futhi kulindeleke ukuthi kusekelwe njalo okungenani iminyaka emi-5. Kuzosebenza njengesisekelo sokuthuthukiswa nokusetshenziswa kwemisebenzi nezici ezintsha, ezizongezwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
I-Xenial Xerus , igama elingavamile elinikezwe yi-Canonical kule nguqulo entsha, livela ku-Xenial, okusho ukuthi " onobungane ," kanti i-Xerus ibhekisela ohlotsheni lwe-squirrel olwaziwa " ngesivinini nobungane ." Lokhu kunikeza i-Ubuntu 16.04 isithombe sohlelo oluguquguqukayo nolusebenziseka kalula.
Kungakapheli amasonto amabili, okuningi sekuvele kwaziwa mayelana nokuthi le phakethe ye-LTS izoletha ini, futhi ngokuqinisekile kuzoba nemininingwane eminingi kakhulu esingakazi namanje, noma kunjalo, ngalokhu esesikwazi, sinokwanele ukujabula ngale nguqulo entsha.
IKernel 4.4 nobunye 7 no-8
Phakathi kwezici ezihlaba umxhwele kakhulu zephakheji ye-16.04 ukufakwa kwayo kwe- kernel enkulu ye-4.4 , okwakucatshangwa ukuthi ayitholakali ekuqaleni ngenxa yokukhishwa kwayo kwakamuva. Kodwa-ke, i-Canonical ikwazile ukuhlanganisa i-Kernel 4.4, ephelele ngoba kokubili i-Ubuntu kanye ne-kernel kwakhishwa njenge-Long Term Support (LTS), ngakho abasebenzisi bangathembela ekusekelweni kwesikhathi eside kokubili kohlelo lwabo lokusebenza kanye ne-kernel.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kube nengxoxo enkulu mayelana nokuthi iyiphi inguqulo ye-Unity engasetshenziswa yilolu hlelo olusha. Ekugcineni, ideskithophu ye-Ubuntu 16.04 izosebenzisa i-Unity 7, kanti i-Unity 8 iyindlela yokukhetha . Enye yezinguquko ezinkulu ezibonakalayo zale nguqulo, futhi ephendula isicelo sesikhathi eside esivela kubasebenzisi, ikhono lokuhambisa i-Unity Launcher , iyikhulule ekuvalelweni kwayo ohlangothini lwesobunxele lwedeskithophu.

Amaphakheji we-Snappy ne-End of Ubuntu Software Center
Ngemva kwalokhu kukhishwa, abathuthukisi be-Canonical babheja ku-GNOME, ngakho-ke i-Ubuntu Software Center iyanyamalala , inika indawo yokuyithatha indawo: i-GNOME Software Center. Izinhlelo zokusebenza ezazifakwe ngaphambilini ngokuzenzakalelayo, njenge-Empathy ne-Brasero, ngeke zisafakwa, kuyilapho i-GNOME Calendar kanye ne-LibreOffice suite sezifakiwe ngokuzenzakalelayo.
I-Ubuntu 16.04 izosekela amaphakheji e-Snappy , ngomqondo wokulungiselela uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Unity 8 kanye nokuhlanganiswa okungenzeka nezinhlelo zokusebenza zeselula ezisebenzisa i-Ubuntu, okuhlose ukuhlangana kwesistimu.

Okwamanje, i-Canonical ikhiphe izinguqulo ze-beta zansuku zonke ze-Ubuntu 16.04 okuholela ekukhishweni kwayo okusemthethweni ngo-Ephreli 21. Ama-beta okugcina nawo akhishwe ngenxa "yezinambitheka" ezahlukahlukene zalolu hlelo lokusebenza ezifakiwe kulokhu kukhishwa kwe-LTS: Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Kylin, Mythbuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, kanye ne-Kubuntu , okufakiwe kule nguqulo yakamuva, okususa noma yikuphi ukuqagela mayelana nokuyekiswa kwayo okungenzeka.
Uma ungakwazi ukulinda ukukhishwa okusemthethweni kwe-Ubuntu 16.04, ungaqala ngokuzama ama-beta e-distro ngayinye, atholakala ku- portal ye-Ubuntu.