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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS “Focal Fossa” Will Ship with Linux Kernel 5.4 LTS

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9to5Linux; By Marius Nestor
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Canonical announced that the upcoming Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" operating system will ship with the Linux 5.4 kernel series.

Development on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS kicked off last year in October, based on the kernel and graphics stack from Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine." However, a few months later the Ubuntu Kernel Team has bumped the kernel version to Linux 5.4.

With the Linux 5.5 kernel series out the door in January, many believed that Ubuntu 20.04 LTS will get another kernel bump before the final release hits the streets in April 2020. But it won't happen, because Linux kernel 5.4 is a Long Term Support (LTS) version, which will get maintenance updates until December 2021.

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