Anyone running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) on a server yet?

Just wondering if anyone here's using the new Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) long-term support version (EOL Apr 2023) on their servers yet?

It's been out for a month or so, but the ability to upgrade from 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS won't be enabled until after the first patch expected late July.. I guess I can wait though, 16.04 LTS doesn't reach end of life for nearly 3 more years.

Release notes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes

Pros / cons / thoughts?


On a side note, I'd say "Bonic Beaver" is the best code name they've come up with for a version yet though... makes me think of robot vaginas.

I tried for a moment...
Generally, it seemed good but I still experienced so issues mainly with the new networking configurations (probably lack of skill/understanding) and some with the software compatibility. Nothing major tho, but those compatibility issues were a problem for me so I ended up switching back to 16.04

Even tho its already been a month the documentation is still very lacking compared to 16.04 and some software might still need updates to work properly.

EDIT:
Can't really give you any pros or cons since my experience was brief, but the picture I got is that its very similar with some new features and might still need some work.

27-05-2018, 08:48 AM

PenguinGuy Wrote: I tried for a moment...
Generally, it seemed good but I still experienced so issues mainly with the new networking configurations (probably lack of skill/understanding) and some with the software compatibility. Nothing major tho, but those compatibility issues were a problem for me so I ended up switching back to 16.04

Even tho its already been a month the documentation is still very lacking compared to 16.04 and some software might still need updates to work properly.

EDIT:
Can't really give you any pros or cons since my experience was brief, but the picture I got is that its very similar with some new features and might still need some work.

Ahh, yes, good points!

I'm no Linux whisperer/guru myself and occasionally struggle even with perfect documentation, so it's probably safest (and easiest) for me to hold off as well until they've got it a little more polished.

Cheers for the info =)