A new release of the Ubuntu Cloud Images for stable Ubuntu release 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) is available at [1]. These new images superseded the existing images [2]. Images are available for download or immediate use on EC2 via publish AMI ids. Users who wish to update their existing installations can do so with:
   'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && sudo reboot'.

The following packages have been updated. Please see the full changelogs
for a complete listing of changes:
 * linux-meta: 4.4.0.194.200 => 4.4.0.197.203 
 * linux-signed: 4.4.0-194.226 => 4.4.0-197.229 


The following is a complete changelog for this image.
new: {'linux-modules-4.4.0-197-generic': '4.4.0-197.229', 'linux-headers-4.4.0-197': '4.4.0-197.229', 'linux-headers-4.4.0-197-generic': '4.4.0-197.229'}
removed: {'linux-headers-4.4.0-194': '4.4.0-194.226', 'linux-modules-4.4.0-194-generic': '4.4.0-194.226', 'linux-headers-4.4.0-194-generic': '4.4.0-194.226'}
changed: ['linux-headers-generic', 'linux-headers-virtual', 'linux-image-4.4.0-197-generic', 'linux-image-virtual', 'linux-virtual']
new snaps: {}
removed snaps: {}
changed snaps: []
==== linux-meta: 4.4.0.194.200 => 4.4.0.197.203 ====
====     linux-headers-generic linux-headers-virtual linux-image-virtual linux-virtual
  * Bump ABI 4.4.0-197
  * Bump ABI 4.4.0-196
  * Bump ABI 4.4.0-195
==== linux-signed: 4.4.0-194.226 => 4.4.0-197.229 ====
====     linux-image-4.4.0-197-generic
  * Master version: 4.4.0-197.229
  * Master version: 4.4.0-196.228
  * Master version: 4.4.0-195.227

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[1] http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/xenial/release-20201202/
[2] http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/xenial/release-20201201/