Kubuntu 24.10, Lubuntu 24.10, Xubuntu 24.10, and More
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Kubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole Released
The Kubuntu Team is happy to announce that Kubuntu 24.10 has been released, featuring the new and beautiful KDE Plasma 6.1 simple by default, powerful when needed.
Codenamed “Oracular Oriole”, Kubuntu 24.10 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 6.11 based kernel, KDE Frameworks 5.116 and 6.6.0, KDE Plasma 6.1 and many updated KDE gear applications.
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Lubuntu ☛ Lubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) Released!
Wake up and hear the birds sing! Thanks to the hard work from our contributors, Lubuntu 24.10 has been released. With the codename Oracular Oriole, Lubuntu 24.10 is the 27th release of Lubuntu, the 13th release of Lubuntu with LXQt as the default desktop environment.
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Xubuntu 24.10 released!
Xubuntu 24.10 features the latest updates from Xfce 4.19, GNOME 47, and MATE 1.26. For Xfce enthusiasts, you’ll appreciate the new features and improved hardware support found in Xfce 4.19. Xfce 4.19 is the development series for the next release, Xfce 4.20, due later this year. As pre-release software, you may encounter more bugs than usual. Users seeking a stable, well-supported environment should opt for Xubuntu 24.04 “Noble Numbat” instead.
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Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) released
Ubuntu 24.10, codenamed "Oracular Oriole", is here. This release continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open-source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, partnering with the community and our partners, to introduce new features and fix bugs.
Ubuntu 24.10 features the latest Linux 6.11 kernel for improved performance and hardware support, marking a shift to a more aggressive kernel version selection policy going forward.
Building on our previous LTS efforts around performance engineering, Ubuntu 24.10 now includes kdump-tools on relevant platforms for automatic kernel crashdumps. The default desktop installation also includes sysprof for application and workload profiling.
Ubuntu Desktop delivers GNOME 47 with improvements to performance, user experience and enhanced touchscreen support. The power-profiles-daemon improves power management for AMD CPUs and GPUs while libfprint adds support for many new fingerprint reader devices. Ubuntu Desktop now defaults to Wayland on devices with NVIDIA graphics cards and defaults to the NVIDIA 560 open driver version.
Snap management has also been improved on desktop with better update management and messaging in both the dock and the App Center, alongside an experimental new permissions prompting feature which can be enabled in the new Security Center application.
Valkey now replaces Redis in Ubuntu 24.10 with a configuration migration package to support the transition. As always Ubuntu provides updated toolchains for GCC, LLVM, Rust, Golang and .Net alongside TCK certified packages for OpenJDK 21 and 17.
The newest Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Unity, and Xubuntu are also being released today. More details can be found for these at their individual release notes under the Official Flavours section:
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/oracular-oriole-release-notes/44878#heading--official-flavours
Maintenance updates will be provided for 9 months for all flavours releasing with 24.10.
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Ubuntu Unity 24.10 released
Ubuntu Unity 24.10 continues to use Unity 7.7, and has seen a move away from unity-greeter as a result of some bugs discovered only a short while before the release (after the archive freezes) to lightdm-gtk-greeter; we continue to use lightdm, of course (this bug also affected other flavours of Ubuntu that used unity-greeter atop lightdm).
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Ubuntu Studio 24.10 Released
The Ubuntu Studio team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu Studio 24.10 code-named “Oracular Oriole”. This marks Ubuntu Studio’s 35th release. This release is a Regular release and as such, it is supported for 9 months, until July 2025.
Since it’s just out, you may experience some issues, so you might want to wait a bit before upgrading. Please see the release notes for a more complete list of changes and known issues. Listed here are some of the major highlights.
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Ubuntu 24.10 is Now Available to Download - OMG! Ubuntu
The latest release offers plenty of changes and new features, including the latest GNOME 47 release, more preinstalled tools for developers, and better signalling of background snap app updates.
As a short-term release, Ubuntu 24.10 receives 9 months of supports. Users will need to upgrade again by July 2025 to keep getting updates. The next major update, Ubuntu 25.04, is released in April 2025.
I showcase the new features in Ubuntu 24.10 in a separate article, so if you want lashings of detail give that a read. Otherwise, a condensed overview of what’s new is below, along with what I think of this version, and how to download it or upgrade to it to try it yourself.
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Ubuntu 24.10 'Oracular Oriole' arrives with latest kernel and GNOME 47 - Neowin
Ubuntu 24.10 launches with the Linux 6.11 kernel. According to Canonical, this marks a shift in its kernel selection policy so that the newest available upstream Linux kernel is chosen so that users get the latest features and hardware support at release. Doing this also benefits silicon vendors, who can now easily plan for future kernel versions for Ubuntu releases and hardware enablement updates to LTS releases.
Another change in this update is permissions prompting, a "critical tool for privacy and security conscious users." The feature is technically experimental. The implementation uses AppArmor and enforces sandboxing and mediates access at the system call level so that everything is "tightly controlled and subject to user consent".
The latest version of Ubuntu Linux is here -- don’t delay, dump Windows 11 today!
While Microsoft’s newest operating system continues to frustrate users with its limitations and updates, Ubuntu has been quietly improving. The latest release, Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole”, is the best version yet, giving users a new Linux alternative to Windows 11 that combines cutting-edge technology with enhanced security features. Ubuntu 24.10 (download here), brings the latest Linux kernel, GNOME 47 desktop environment, and improved security tools, making it a serious contender for those considering a shift away from Microsoft’s ecosystem.
This release includes Linux kernel 6.11, which supports the latest hardware and allows for smoother integration with future updates. By adopting this newer kernel, Canonical aims to stay ahead in supporting a wide range of hardware configurations, ensuring compatibility and performance for both desktop and server users. For those running systems on Dell’s Ubuntu-powered PCs, the move promises quicker updates and better support, which is especially beneficial for enterprise deployments.
Ubuntu Linux 24.10 Is Finally Available
Ubuntu 24.10, codenamed Oracular Oriole, has released today. It's coming with many new features, including some that mark the 20th anniversary of the operating system.
Ubuntu 24.10 is available to download and install from the official website. It ships with the Linux 6.11 kernel and the latest GNOME 47 desktop enviroment. This version switches to Wayland by default for hardware with NVIDIA graphics, matching the previous Xorg transition for Intel and AMD graphics users, and uses the open-source NVIDIA 560 kernel modules by default on supported hardware. The kernel also has kdump-tools, which enables kernel crash dumps by default. This helps streamline troubleshooting by automatically capturing critical data after a crash.
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Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) Now Available, Here's What's New
Today, Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 24.10, codenamed “Oracular Oriole,” which delivers important updates, new features, and improved performance.
In addition, this release is a bit more special than the other short-term ones for one simple reason—it marks Ubuntu’s 20th anniversary, celebrating two decades of innovation that changed the Linux desktop ecosystem forever. So, here’s what’s new.
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Xubuntu 24.10 Released - Sean Davis
Xubuntu 24.10, “Oracular Oriole,” is now available. This 38th release of Xubuntu features many updated applications from Xfce (4.18 and 4.19), GNOME (46 and 47), and MATE (1.26). In particular, the Xfce 4.19 components are prerelease software: Xfce 4.20 is the next stable release, due in December of this year.
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Ubuntu Fridge | Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) released
Ubuntu 24.10, codenamed “Oracular Oriole”, is here. This release continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open-source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, partnering with the community and our partners, to introduce new features and fix bugs.
Ubuntu 24.10 features the latest Linux 6.11 kernel for improved performance and hardware support, marking a shift to a more aggressive kernel version selection policy going forward.
Building on our previous LTS efforts around performance engineering, Ubuntu 24.10 now includes kdump-tools on relevant platforms for automatic kernel crashdumps. The default desktop installation also includes sysprof for application and workload profiling.
Ubuntu Budgie 24.10 now available with a refined desktop
Strange enough, while Ubuntu 24.10 was unveiled yesterday, the Budgie flavor was uncovered on October 7th. Ubuntu Budgie 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) arrives as a Standard Release that gets nine months of support, both from Canonical and distro maintainers. While an internal Wayland-based distro is already undergoing testing, the aforementioned release only refines the Budgie desktop and prepares the distro for its shift to the communication protocol that aims to replace X11.
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Ubuntu Studio 24.10 – the free Linux audiovisual workstation – is here
Fully free, completely open source, Ubuntu Studio can breathe life into old machines and give you powerful free toolsets on new ones. It’s one of the easiest ways to get creative with Linux, and this new release looks better, supports more audio configurations, and is simpler to install, as well as bringing the latest-and-greatest package support.
Ubuntu Studio has a nice balance of everything: audio, music production, graphics and 3D, video editing, and photography. And it’s uniquely easy to use for audio, including easy setup of low-latency audio and inter-app sound that can sometimes confuse people or cause issues even on macOS and Windows.
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Ubuntu 24.10, Kubuntu 24.10 and other Linux flavours now officially released
The day is here. Canonical have announced the release of Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole), along with various flavours like Kubuntu 24.10 now being available. This is not an LTS (long term support) release, but an interim release towards the next LTS.
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Ubuntu celebrates 20th anniversary with a new release
The first interim release of Ubuntu since the somewhat troubled Noble Numbat is a smooth upgrade - but not all of the new hotness is here yet.
Ubuntu 24.10 is out, with several acknowledgments that this release marks 20 years of the Ubuntu project.
For a glimpse of what's new, we looked at the beta of the flagship desktop version last month. It uses Canonical's slightly-tweaked version of GNOME version 47, but with a few refinements, such as a permanent dock – by default on the left – desktop icons, improved window tiling, and a few other refinements.
Ubuntu 24.10 'Oracular Oriole' released
Ubuntu 24.10 'Oracular Oriole', the latest version of the Linux distribution, has been released for the Linux operating system’s 20th anniversary.
The OS has several enhancements, including a revamped GNOME Initial Setup for ARM64 devices, improved file management features, and a seamless experience with dialog boxes that adjust to aspect ratios.
When the system boots up, you'll see the 20 Years Ubuntu logo at the bottom of the screen. You can also set the desktop background to the original Ubuntu 4.10 wallpaper, and a Warty Brown accent colour is an option to complete the feel. To round out the experience, Ubuntu 24.10 uses the original startup sound from 4.10, which plays every time you log in."
The most significant change is that ARM64 devices now use GNOME Initial Setup. This offers a cleaner, slicker setup process after the first install.
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Ubuntu 24.10 Released! Kernel 6.11, GNOME 47, & More
Ubuntu 24.10, code-name “Oracular Oriole”, was officially released! This is the latest short term release with 9 months support until July 2025. It features GNU/Linux Kernel 6.11 and GNOME Desktop 47.
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Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole brings tighter security controls
Canonical released Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole, which brings notable advancements, including an updated kernel, new toolchains, and the GNOME 47 desktop environment, along with significant enhancements in software security.
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Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole arrives with the latest kernel, toolchains, GNOME 47, and heightened security
Yesterday, Ubuntu 24.10 finally came out of beta. Codenamed "Oracular Oriole," it sports the latest kernel (version 6.11), expanded toolchains with versioned Rust and Java TCK, tighter security controls via improved permissions prompting, GNOME 47, support for OpenVEX and OSV vulnerability reporting, and more.