Kubuntu 16.04 LTS Arrives with New Plasma Discover Software Center, KDE Plasma 5

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

The Kubuntu team was proud to announce the official release and general availability of the Kubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system, which has been unveiled yesterday as part of the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS launch.

Just like its bigger brother, Kubuntu 16.04 is an LTS (Long Term Support) version that will receive critical security patches and software updates for a few more years than regular releases, such as Kubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) whose end-of-life support will be reached around July 2016.

However, this time, Kubuntu will follow a short LTS cycle, which means that it will be supported for only three years, not five like Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. But this shouldn’t be an impediment for not using the distro and remain stuck with the Kubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) operating system.

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