The heart of the Linux desktop beats on with the latest release of Canonical’s Ubuntu distribution: Ubuntu 19.04. But, in addition, the server version comes ready with the latest cloud and container tools.
Now, if you’re using Ubuntu in production, you probably should stick with the Long Term Support Ubuntu 18.04. After all, it comes with ten years of support. But there’s a lot of tempting goodness in Disco Dingo, Ubuntu 19.04’s playful moniker.
If you run the Ubuntu desktop on VMware WorkStation, you’ll be glad to know it now automatically installs the open-vm-tools package for improved integration. It also runs just fine, I found in my own tests, on my desktop virtual machine of choice Oracle VirtualBox.
As fun as all that is, the real improvements are in Ubuntu server and for the cloud. For example, Ubuntu comes with support for the just released OpenStack Stein Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud and Kubernetes 1.14 container orchestration. Canonical is also providing optimised Ubuntu Server 19.04 and Minimal Ubuntu 19.04 images on all major public clouds.
Canonical is also continuing its work on Ubuntu for the edge and the Internet of Things (IoT). For example, Amazon published Greengrass for IoT as an Ubuntu snap. Ubuntu also supports The EdgeX IoT stack.
Taken all-in-all, this is an important update. I wouldn’t get rid of Ubuntu 18.04 for the bulk of my work on the desktop, server, or cloud. But I would consider using 19.04 as my programming desktop. Maybe you will too. What do you think? Will you be giving Ubuntu 19.04 a try?
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