The team of the Ubuntu Kylin open source operating system announced today that the official Ubuntu Kylin 20.10 version will be released simultaneously on October 22 with the official Ubuntu and other derivative versions.
Ubuntu Kylin 20.10 is a short-term support release and will be the 16th official release of Ubuntu Kylin.
It is codenamed "Groovy Gorilla" and is currently in the development phase with 9 months of support, including ongoing core bug fixes, security patches, and new app releases.
Ubuntu Kylin has developed several popular applications that are still in the testing and refinement phase for user use. It will eventually be integrated into the official Ubuntu Kylin 20.10 release as well.
The following are the changes in Ubuntu Kylin 20.10:
Linux Kernel 5.6
Ubuntu Kylin version 20.10 will integrate Kernel 5.6 or above by default.
Key changes and features of the Linux Kernel 5.6 distribution:
WireGuard support
USB 4.0 support
Compression of F2FS data using LZO/LZ4 algorithm
Addressing the 2038 issue for 32-bit systems
Improved hardware support
Support for MX Master 3 mouse and other Logitech wireless products
Improved temperature/power reporting for AMD Zen
Fix AMD CPU overheating in ASUS Flying Fortress Series laptops
Supports NVIDIA RTX 2000 Turing series graphics cards
Built-in FSCRYPT encryption
UKUI 3.0 is now available
The Ubuntu Kylin 20.04 LTS integrates with the UKUI 3.0 preview by default. The Ubuntu Kylin 20.10 release will also bring the official UKUI 3.0 release.
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