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| Feature | Focal | 18.04.3 | 16.04.4 | 14.04.4 | 12.04.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release Date | 2022-05-27 | 2019-09-09 | 2018-05-16 | 2016-03-25 | 2014-10-23 |
| End Of Life | |||||
| Price (US$) | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free |
| Image Size (MB) | 1700-1800 | 1200-1400 | 1400-1500 | ||
| Free Download | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO |
| Installation | Graphical | Graphical | Graphical | Graphical | Graphical |
| Default Desktop | LXDE | LXDE | LXDE | LXDE | LXDE |
| Default Browser | |||||
| Package Management | DEB | DEB | DEB | DEB | DEB |
| Release Model | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed |
| Office Suite | LibreOffice | GOffice | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | LibreOffice |
| Processor Architecture | x86_64 | i686, x86_64 | i686, x86_64 | i386, x86_64 | i386 |
| Init Software | systemd | systemd | systemd | systemd | Upstart |
| Journaled File Systems | Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS |
| Multilingual | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Asian Language Support | |||||
| Full Package List | focal | 18.04.3 | 16.04.4 | 14.04.4 | 12.04.5 |
| Package | Focal | 18.04.3 | 16.04.4 | 14.04.4 | 12.04.5 |
| alsa-lib (1.2.15) | 1.2.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.0 | 1.0.27.2 | 1.0.25 |
| amdgpu (25.0.0) | 19.1.0 | 18.0.1 | -- | -- | -- |
| apparmor (4.1.2) | |||||
| apt (3.1.12) | 2.0.8 | 1.6.11 | 1.2.26 | 1.0.1 | 0.8.16 |
| bash (5.3) | 5.1 | 4.4.18 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| bind (9.20.16) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| chromium (143.0.7499.109) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| cinnamon (6.6.0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| cups (2.4.16) | 2.3.1 | 2.2.7 | 2.1.3 | 1.7.2 | 1.5.3 |
| e2fsprogs (1.47.3) | 1.45.5 | 1.44.1 | 1.42.13 | 1.42.9 | 1.42 |
| ffmpeg (8.0.1) | 4.2.4 | -- | -- | -- | 0.8.16 |
| firefox (146.0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | 33.0 |
| flatpak (1.16.1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| freetype (2.14.1) | 2.10.1 | 2.8.1 | 2.6.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.4.8 |
| gcc (15.2.0) | -- | -- | -- | 4.8.2 | 4.6.3 |
| gimp (3.0.6) | 2.10.18 | -- | 2.8.22 | 2.8.16 | 2.8.14 |
| git (2.52.0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| glibc (2.42) | 2.31 | 2.27 | 2.23 | 2.19 | 2.15 |
| gnome-shell (49.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| grub (2.12) | 2.04 | 2.02 | 2.02beta2 | 2.02beta2 | 1.99 |
| gtk (4.20.3) | 3.24.20 | 3.22.30 | 2.24.30 | 2.24.23 | 2.24.10 |
| httpd (2.4.66) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| inkscape (1.4.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| kmod (34.2) | 27 | 24 | 22 | 15 | -- |
| krita (5.2.14) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| LibreOffice (25.8.3) | 7.3.3rc2 | -- | 6.0.4rc2 | 5.1.1 | 4.3.2rc2 |
| Package | Focal | 18.04.3 | 16.04.4 | 14.04.4 | 12.04.5 |
| libselinux (3.9) | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.2.2 | 2.1.0 |
| linux (6.18) | 5.4 | 4.15 | 4.4 | 3.13 | 3.2 |
| mariadb (12.1.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| mate-desktop (1.28.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| mesa (25.3.1) | 21.2.6 | 19.0.8 | 17.2.8 | 10.1.3 | 8.0.4 |
| mysql (9.5.0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| nautilus (49.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| NVIDIA (580.119.02) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| openjdk (25) | -- | -- | 8u171 | 7u95 | 7u65 |
| openssh (10.2p1) | 8.2p1 | 7.6p1 | 7.2p2 | 6.6p1 | 5.9p1 |
| openssl (3.6.0) | 1.1.1f | 1.1.1 | 1.0.2g | 1.0.1f | 1.0.1 |
| perl (5.42.0) | 5.30.0 | 5.26.1 | 5.22.1 | 5.18.2 | 5.14.2 |
| php (8.5.0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| plasma-desktop (6.5.4) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| postfix (3.10.7) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| postgresql (18.1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Python (3.14.2) | 3.8.2 | 2.7.15 | 2.7.12 | 2.7.5 | 2.7.3 |
| qt (6.10.1) | 5.12.8 | 5.9.5 | 5.6.1 | 4.8.5 | 4.8.2 |
| samba (4.23.3) | 4.13.17 | 4.7.6 | 4.3.11 | 4.1.6 | 3.6.3 |
| systemd (258.2) | 245.4 | 237 | 229 | 204 | -- |
| thunderbird (146.0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| vim (9.1) | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
| vlc (3.0.22) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| wayland (1.24.0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| xfdesktop (4.20.1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| xorg-server (21.1.21) | 1.20.13 | 1.19.6 | 1.18.4 | 1.15.1 | 1.11.4 |
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