Kubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (Trusty Tahr) is finally out. The LTS flavour will support for five more years. Kubuntu follows the release and support cycle similar to Ubuntu. The distro will receive same kind of important patches and major Linux kernel updates. The latest version does not bring any new feature.
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Kubuntu 14.04.2 LTS still uses KDE SC 4.13 branch. The branch is no longer supported or maintained. In age of Plasma 5 desktop, Kubuntu sticking to such an old branch makes it little quirky and unattractive. The latest release brings important security patches.
Kubuntu hasn't released any official statement about this release. Linux experts have reported that this new rulers comes with the same old kernel that was implemented in Kubuntu 14.10. This old kernel does not support the latest Plasma. You have to stick to old KDE 4.13.
If you are a power user and you want to try the latest Plasma desktop, there is no way that you can do that with the latest Kubuntu release. The old PPAs do not work in this release. You can expect the support in future releases of Kubuntu. You can try new Plasma only in Kubuntu 15.04.
The official announcement has some more details too. You an download the Kubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (Trusty Tahr) from here. The ISO contains new security fixes, you can easily upgrade to the latest version, if you are existing Kubuntu user.
Courtesy: Softpedia
Kubuntu 14.04.2 LTS still uses KDE SC 4.13 branch. The branch is no longer supported or maintained. In age of Plasma 5 desktop, Kubuntu sticking to such an old branch makes it little quirky and unattractive. The latest release brings important security patches.
Kubuntu hasn't released any official statement about this release. Linux experts have reported that this new rulers comes with the same old kernel that was implemented in Kubuntu 14.10. This old kernel does not support the latest Plasma. You have to stick to old KDE 4.13.
If you are a power user and you want to try the latest Plasma desktop, there is no way that you can do that with the latest Kubuntu release. The old PPAs do not work in this release. You can expect the support in future releases of Kubuntu. You can try new Plasma only in Kubuntu 15.04.
The official announcement has some more details too. You an download the Kubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (Trusty Tahr) from here. The ISO contains new security fixes, you can easily upgrade to the latest version, if you are existing Kubuntu user.
Courtesy: Softpedia
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