Today is April 18, so it is the day of the launch of Ubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo and all its official flavors. The first thing I have to say is that the release is not official yet, which would mean that it was published on social networks and that it would appear as available on the different official websites, but the new images are available and appear in the «release ». Although it seems to me that Canonical has made a small mistake with the major version of their operating system.
The new images are now available at cdimage.ubuntu.com, and anyone interested can access the Ubuntu ISOs page to check it. Until yesterday, when entering sections 19.04 and Disco Dingo we saw that the folder that was available was "beta". Today already appears "release" (launch). The error I was talking about, if I am not totally wrong, is that when accessing the Ubuntu Desktop download page what we see are the options to download Ubuntu Server. All the other options do take us to the image of the desktop operating system.
What news will Disco Dingo include?
As in each release, the news included will depend on each operating system. The main version comes with a Updated Yaru theme that supports more icons, possibility to mark files as favorites in Nautilus, control of permissions in applications from a new setting, improvements in the Terminal app that includes tabs and search option, control of the temperature of Night Light and an improved audio control . Furthermore, it is Too much faster and the general feeling is fluid in all animations.
All X-Buntu versions will include updated packages of your applications (Firefox, LibreOffice, etc) and its graphical environment, in the case of Ubuntu is GNOME 3.32. They also come with Linux Kernel 5.0 and Live Patch, which will allow us to update the kernel without restarting.
I want to end by saying that, if you are a bit fussy, maybe it is better to wait for Canonical to make the launch official and Disco Dingo appear as downloadable directly from their website. I am doubtful, but I think that is what I will do in the end. In this it is partly to blame that what I see when I enter the Ubuntu ISO images website is the Disco Dingo version of Ubuntu Server and not Ubuntu Desktop. What will you do? Are you going to update now or will you wait a few more hours?
