Ubuntu 18.04 is a Linux kernel-based operating system developed by Canonical and programmers around the world. Ubuntu 18.04 is open-source software. It works with almost any hardware and virtualization platform.
Ubuntu 18.04 uses .deb as a package format and has an extensive base of supported software.
Pay attention!
Free update support, including security software updates, for Ubuntu 18.04 ends in April 2023.
For this reason, we recommend using this distribution only for tasks for which later versions cannot be used. If possible, install and use Ubuntu 20.04 or Ubuntu 22.04.
For this reason, we recommend using this distribution only for tasks for which later versions cannot be used. If possible, install and use Ubuntu 20.04 or Ubuntu 22.04.
Ubuntu 18.04 features
- Support for updates until April 2023
- Linux kernel base version: 4.15
- The versions in standard software repositories:
- PHP v7.2
- Python v3.6.5
- Ruby v2.5
- MySQL v5.7.21
- Go v1.10
- Apache v2.4.29
- NGINX v1.14.0
- Replacing ifupdown with Netplan
- LXD 3.0
