@@ -48,20 +48,22 @@ major reason why you must use them in lieu of Linux.
4848Ubuntu is a Linux distribution packaged by the
4949[ Canonical Ltd] ( http://www.canonical.com/ ) company. Ubuntu uses the
5050Debian distribution as a base for packages, including the
51- [ aptitude package manager] ( http://wiki.debian.org/Apt ) . For desktop versions
52- of Ubuntu, GNOME (until the 11.04 release) or Unity (11.10 through current)
53- is bundled with the distribution to provide a user interface.
51+ [ aptitude package manager] ( http://wiki.debian.org/Apt ) . For desktop versions
52+ of Ubuntu, GNOME (until the 11.04 release, then again in 18.04) or Unity
53+ (11.10 until 17.10) is bundled with the distribution to provide a user
54+ interface.
5455
5556Ubuntu [ Long Term Support] ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS ) (LTS) releases
5657are the recommended versions to use for deployments. LTS versions receive
5758five years of post-release updates from Canonical. Every two years, Canonical
5859creates a new LTS release, which allows for an easy upgrade path as well
5960as flexibility in skipping every other LTS release if necessary. As of
60- April 2016 ,
61- [ 16 .04 Xenial Xerus ] ( https ://wiki .ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes )
61+ May 2018 ,
62+ [ 18 .04 Bionic Beaver ] ( http ://releases .ubuntu.com/18.04/ )
6263is the latest Ubuntu LTS release. Xenial Xerus includes
63- [ Python 3.5] ( /python-2-or-3.html ) as its default Python version, which is
64- a major update compared with 2.7 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
64+ [ Python 3.6] ( /python-2-or-3.html ) as its default Python version, which is
65+ a major update compared with 2.7 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and a solid
66+ improvement over Python 3.5 included in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
6567
6668
6769#### Ubuntu Python Packages
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