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The Bionic Beaver, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is here! It’s been a busy six months for the desktop team, and indeed for everyone working on Ubuntu. We’ve been working on making sure that your upgrade from previous releases is smooth and trouble free, tracking down bugs to make 18.04 LTS stable and reliable, and adding some new features which I’d like to introduce you to and quickly run through how they work.

Minimal Install

A minimal install is ideal for people who want to have more control over the applications which are pre-installed on their Ubuntu machine and don’t want things like games. You can find the full list of packages that are removed as part of the minimal install and you can always install them later if you need them.

Ubuntu Welcome

Using a modified GNOME Initial Setup you are taken through setting up LivePatch, making a choice about sharing some system information to help improve Ubuntu, and are introduced to some apps which you might like to install now that your system is up and running. GNOME Initial Setup was chosen for this job as we will be exploring how to integrate more features of the tool during the 18.10 cycle.

If you don’t want to use the Ubuntu Welcome tool you can quit from the system menu in the top left corner:

LivePatch

The Canonical Livepatch Service lets you apply critical kernel security fixes without rebooting and reduces planned or unplanned downtime while maintaining security. It’s available as part of an Ubuntu Advantage subscription, or for all Ubuntu community members it’s free for up to three machines. You’ll need to have an Ubuntu One account in order to use this service. You can either set one up now or the Ubuntu Welcome tool can help you get started. In the example below I’ll assume you don’t already have an account registered.

First off, click the button to start the process of enabling LivePatch:

Then you need to enter your Ubuntu One credentials:

If you already have an account enter your credentials here, if not click “I want to register for an account now” and click Connect.

You’ll be taken to the Ubuntu One website to set up your new account. Fill out the relevant fields. You’ll need a valid email address in order to confirm and activate the account.

Once that’s all done you can close the browser, select “I have an Ubuntu Single Sign-On account” and enter your credentials:

To confirm it’s working, give your machine a few moments to finishing installing and setting up the LivePatch service, open a terminal and type:

$ canonical-livepatch status

You should see that the service is running

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