Ubuntu 23.10 Official Flavors Are Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
Kubuntu 23.10 and Ubuntu Studio 23.10 both ship with the latest KDE Plasma 5.27 LTS desktop environment by default, which is accompanied by the KDE Gear 23.08 and KDE Frameworks 5.110 software suites, all compiled against the Qt 5.15.10 LTS open-source application framework.
Xubuntu 23.10 ships with the latest Xfce 4.18 desktop environment, but it also features apps from the GNOME 45 and MATE 1.26 stacks. This release also features improved support for Bluetooth headphones under PipeWire, as well as support for recent touch input devices, including the second-generation Apple Magic Trackpad.
Kubuntu:
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Kubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur Released
The Kubuntu Team is happy to announce that Kubuntu 23.10 has been released, featuring the ‘beautiful’ KDE Plasma 5.27 simple by default, powerful when needed.
Codenamed “Mantic Minotaur”, Kubuntu 23.10 continues our tradition of giving you Friendly Computing by integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.
Under the hood, there have been updates to many core packages, including a new 6.5-based kernel, KDE Frameworks 5.110, KDE Plasma 5.27 and KDE Gear 23.08.
OMG Ubuntu:
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Xubuntu 23.10 Refines its Winning Formula
Xubuntu 23.10 released on October 12, 2023, with an array of performance buffs, stability boosts, memory management tweaks, and a refreshed pack of preinstalled software. User interface scaling is also greatly improved in this release – something I appreciate personally.
As with the main edition, Xubuntu 23.10 is an interim release supported for 9 months (until July 2024) with select app updates, security patches, and bug fixes. It will be possible to upgrade to Xubuntu 24.04 LTS, supported for 5 years, in April 2024.
Also like the main edition, Xubuntu 23.10 is powered by Linux kernel 6.5. Kernel uplifts always improve hardware support (for newer hardware at least, occasionally support for old hardware is jettisoned), and deliver better overall system performance, stability, and security.