Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” Is Slated for Release on October 10th, 2024
Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” will be Canonical’s 41st Ubuntu release and it’s an interim one that will be supported with software and security updates for only nine months, until July 2025. It will be a release for bleeding-edge Ubuntu users who are willing to trade Ubuntu LTS’s stability with the latest technologies.
While there’s no official word from Canonical yet, the six-month-long development cycle of Oracular Oriole apparently kicked off on April 25th, 2024, the same day Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) was released, with the toolchain upload.
OMG Ubuntu:
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Ubuntu 24.10 Release Date Set for October 10, 2024 - OMG! Ubuntu
According to the timetable we should expect the final stable release of Ubuntu 24.10 to arrive on Thursday October 10, 2024.
Six months of development lay ahead, with a beta release of the ‘Oracular Oriole’ set to take flight on September 19, followed by a release candidate build on October 3 to help identify extant issues.
As a short-term or ‘interim’ release Ubuntu 24.10 will only get 9 months on support from its release. Short but sweet and it dovetails into the Ubuntu 25.04 release due in April of next year.
Neowin:
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Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole beta due in September, final release on October 10 - Neowin
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has shared its timetable for Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole with the community. The schedule states that a beta release will be made available on September 19 before a release candidate on October 3 and the final release on October 10.
What’s important to keep in mind with Ubuntu 24.10 is that it’ll only receive updates for nine months before being discontinued. If you’re looking for a more peaceful experience then choosing Ubuntu 24.04 LTS would be a better option as you won’t need to do any upgrades until 2029.
Linuxiac:
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Insight into Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) Plans
In a recent post, Oliver Smith, Engineering Director for the Ubuntu Desktop team at Canonical, shared the strategic vision for the upcoming Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole). Under his leadership, the team aims to refine the operating system’s integration and functionality, continuing the evolution witnessed since Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
The main efforts will be directed in one direction, namely as stated, “polish, polish, polish.” This sounds very promising, suggesting a meticulously crafted release that will please not just avid Ubuntu fans, but the entire open-source community as well. Let’s see what the developers will mainly focus on.