Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will be based on the Linux Kernel 4.15

Earlier this week, Canonical’s Mark Shuttleworth announced naming the next Ubuntu Linux system as “Bionic Beaver”, and now the Ubuntu Kernel team said Ubuntu 18.04 LTS default kernel will use Linux 4.15. At present, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has begun to develop, according to the current published roadmap system development for 6 months, almost all software packages and core components will be a lot of updates.

“Every six months, the Ubuntu Kernel team picks the kernel for the next release,” Ubuntu Kernel wrote in the latest weekly newspaper. “This is a very difficult thing because we do not know the kernel and the next six months. Development progress and quality. Based on the comprehensive information, we plan to equip the Bionic Beaver 18.04 LTS with the 4.15 kernel.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS “Bionic Beaver” will follow the same program as its predecessor, which means that in the six-month development cycle, there will be two Alpha and two Beta releases. According to the release schedule, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is expected to take the first alpha version on January 4, 2018, the second Alpha should arrive on February 1, March 8, the first release of Beta, the final beta version Released on April 5, 2018.