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Ubuntu 16.04 - Xenial Xerus
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Tomorrow, 21/04/2016, sees the release of Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) Final -- for which I've been very excited about!

The last release desktop release I used was 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) with the older Linux 3.19 kernel. 16.04 comes with 4.4, along with Unity 7.4 -- disappointing yet understandable that Unity 8 wasn't included given that this is a LTS release.

Sad to see Ubuntu Software Center go - I always liked it, it did everything I asked of it. Similarly, I'm excited to see what's in store with its replacement - GNOME Software :)

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes

Anyone else planning to take a look? 

I'll be sure to post back here tomorrow when I've updated with some screenshots and any other thoughts!  :+

(No idea if there's any Ubuntu and/or Linux fans here, but I figured it'd be fun to find out!)
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I don't know if comparing the kernel update of 3.19 to 4.4 is as significant as you make it appear - it's effectively the same difference as between the 2.6.25 and 2.6.29 releases, just with bigger numbers :)

Are there change-logs of the kernel somewhere?
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(04-23-2016, 12:30 AM)Russell Wrote: I don't know if comparing the kernel update of 3.19 to 4.4 is as significant as you make it appear - it's effectively the same difference as between the 2.6.25 and 2.6.29 releases, just with bigger numbers :)

Are there change-logs of the kernel somewhere?

The 2.x kernels I mainly toyed with include 2.6.18 and 2.6.32 (CentOS 5 and 6, respectively) - especially on OpenVZ virtualization nodes: https://download.openvz.org/kernel/ - granted there weren't huge differences between these two. 

One of the greatest (and much needed) features of the 4 series is the ability to perform kernel updates without rebooting. I relied on third party products to do this in the past, and still do for the majority of my servers (namely, Ksplice and KernelCare) - I come across an overwhelming of systems that are compromised at the root-level, which could have easily been prevented if the administrator were to have installed a kernel update - but the convenience isn't so widely available in Linux ~4.00 - due to the need to reboot. 

Elsewhere, there's improved hardware support - nothing too magical here though.

As for the changelogs, here's a nice place for those: http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxVersions
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