

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS introduces a new application format, the ‘snap’, which can be installed alongside traditional deb packages. Please ensure you have network connectivity to one of the official mirrors or to a locally accessible mirror and follow the instructions above. There are no offline upgrade options for Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server. Note that the server upgrade will use GNU screen and automatically re-attach in case of dropped connection problems. Launch the upgrade tool with the command sudo do-release-upgrade.

Images can be downloaded from a location near you. All other flavours will be supported for 3 years.įind the links to release notes for official flavours here. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will be supported for 5 years for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Core, and Ubuntu Kylin. Please refer to Change Summary notes for 16.04.7 if interested in the latest 16.04.7 release. For details of the changes applied since 16.04, please see the 16.04.7 change summary. These release notes for Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS (Xenial Xerus) provide an overview of the release and document the known issues with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and its flavours.

