Shuttleworth announced on 21 October 2022 that Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will be called Xenial Xerus.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, due to be released on 21 April 2022, is expected to include Unity 8 running natively on Mir. It will use systemd instead of Upstart as its init system. This release will replace the Ubuntu Software Center with the GNOME Software and eliminate Empathy and Brasero, from the ISO file. It is also planned that Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will move entirely from Python 2 to Python 3, which will require dropping or porting Python 2 packages.The desktop will be Unity 7 with Unity 8 optional. Snappy packages will be supported

n May 2015 Shuttleworth indicated that Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will likely include Unity 8 and Mir, but that users will have a choice of that or Unity 7 and X.org. He said, “Unity 8 will be an option for 16.04 and we’ll let the community decide the default for 16.04.

Ubuntu 16.04 Release Date


Ubuntu’s family of flavours, which includes Ubuntu MATE, do take advantage of all the testing opportunities at hand, with two alpha, two betas and a release candidate set.

• Alpha 1 – December 31st (for flavours)
• Alpha 2 – January 28th (for flavours)
• Feature Freeze — February 18th
• Beta 1 – February 25th (for flavours)
• UI Freeze — March 10th
• Final Beta – March 24th
• Kernel Freeze — April 7th
• Release Candidate – April 14th

The final release date of Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus is  set for:

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Final – April 21st

Download For Try