Ubuntu 18.10 cosmic cuttlefish beta now available

Canonical has announced the availability of beta versions of the ISO for Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish, the next version of the popular Linux kernel-based operating system. This version will serve to test the foundations of what will be the next LTS, scheduled for April 2020.

Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish, beta version available

Canonical has announced the availability of the beta version of Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish for Ubuntu Desktop, Server and Cloud, as well as Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio and Xubuntu. Anyone who wants to try beta versions should know that this is not a version intended for work teams, as it can have a large number of errors. Therefore, it is only recommended for computers that do not do important tasks regularly.

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Codenamed Cosmic Cuttlefish, Ubuntu 18.10 continues the proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has worked hard on this cycle, introducing new features and correcting bugs.

This new update will bring several notable changes, including a new default theme for the GNOME Shell session, it also includes X.Org Server 1.20, the new Linux 4.18 kernel and other package updates. If you are running Ubuntu 18.04 and want to jump to beta, update instructions have been released. If you want to download the ISO images for a new installation or to test them in a virtual machine, use the links that we offer you.

What do you think of this beta of Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish? You can leave a comment with your impressions after having tried it, surely the rest of the users will thank you.

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