The Kabuntu team is excited to announce the release of Kabuntu 18.04 LTS. Kabuntu 1804 comes with a variety of new features, updated theming, improvements to the user experience, and so much more to make the best version of Kabuntu yet. If you're a fan of long-term support or LTS releases, then Kabuntu 1804 LTS will be perfect for you. Because in addition to being based on a Ubuntu LTS, Kabuntu 1804 is utilizing KDE Plasma 5.12 LTS, and the 5.9 LTS version of the Qt application toolkit. This release of Kabuntu introduces a new, light and dark hybrid theme to the Plasma desktop. This new theme features a light design for applications while using a dark design for the Plasma panels, menus, and widgets, adding a more sleek and cleaner presentation. There's been a lot of enhancements to the user experience in Kabuntu 1804, such as using double-click by default for opening files and navigating through folders. We've streamlined the indexing performance of Balu, the desktop search and file indexer, added Google Drive Integration with support in a variety of applications like the Dolphin File Manager, and updated KDE Connect to 1.3 for improved integration with your Android-powered devices. Kabuntu 1804 adds a great new minimal installation option, which provides the ability to remove a large number of the default applications, offering much more control to the user. With this option, you'll pretty much just get the Plasma desktop, the core utilities, and a web browser, so that way you can make your own custom Kabuntu from there. The Discover Software Store has been updated to be visually leaner and more stable. Discover now has support for app URLs to easily install applications from your web browser, and Kabuntu 1804 adds an option to add a snaps back in for installing snap packages with discover. In addition to Discover, Kabuntu 1804 adds the ability to use the Mewon Package Manager for those who prefer a more direct approach to package management. There's been some changes to the default applications for 1804 by adding the widely popular VLC media player and replacing Amarok with the MPD-powered music player, Kintata. Kabuntu 1804 provides the ability to use Plasma Vaults, Vaults allow you to lock and encrypt sets of documents to hide them from prying eyes, even if the user is logged in. Vaults offer strong encryption features with a user-friendly presentation, and for even more security, you can also isolate individual vaults to specific plasma activities. Global Minus is a feature that may be familiar to users of Ubuntu's Unity Desktop Environment, and Kabuntu's Global Minus features many usability improvements in this latest release, including the automatic starting of the corresponding background service when the menu is enabled. Kabuntu 1804's desktop provides the ability to use KDE Plasma's really cool Spring Loading feature. Spring Loading allows you to drag and drop items through subfolders without the need of even opening your file manager. Thanks to KDE Plasma 5.12, Kabuntu's notification system sees many improvements. The notification history adds the option to store, mist, and expired notifications, making it possible to review what happened in your absence. It is also now possible to select and copy text and even links to your clipboard directly from notifications. If you enjoy using Kabuntu, please consider donating to help the project. Thank you so much for watching, and we'd love to know what you think of this release, so please let us know in the comments below. Thanks for watching, and I'll see you next time.