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.
Some of the big changes include the latest 6.11 kernel, along with Canonical's shift to "a more aggressive kernel version selection policy going forward", automatic kernel crash dumps, GNOME 47 with its various new additions to the desktop and also Wayland by default for NVIDIA.
Pictured - Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole)
You'll also find various Raspberry Pi support improvements, various improvements to the Snap packages like the new security center, additional stability and performance patches added to GNOME, Firefox 130, LibreOffice 24.8, Thunderbird 128, Pipewire 1.2.4 and the list of updates goes on and on.
See more in the release announcement.
Of course there's all the extra flavours too like my favourite Kubuntu 24.10 which comes with KDE Plasma 6.1 that also has Wayland by default now too.
Release notes:
- Ubuntu Release Notes
- Edubuntu Release Notes
- Kubuntu Release Notes
- Lubuntu Release Notes
- Ubuntu Budgie Release Notes
- Ubuntu MATE Release Notes
- Ubuntu Studio Release Notes
- Ubuntu Unity Release Notes
- Xubuntu Release Notes
- Ubuntu Kylin Release Notes
- Ubuntu Cinnamon Release Notes
I'm confused. Is that the LTS release? Does this mean I can now get Plasma 6 with Kubuntu 24? I tHought it always took longer for things to arrive in the LTS branch
This is not LTS. But yes, Kubuntu has Plasma 6.1.
Time to take it for a spin.
I'm confused. Is that the LTS release? Does this mean I can now get Plasma 6 with Kubuntu 24? I tHought it always took longer for things to arrive in the LTS branchIt's probably also because Plamsa 5 is officially no longer supported upstream at all. Thus, anyone wishing to keep it 'alive' has to maintain it themselves. My guess is the ubuntu guys didn't want that extra work.
Which is fair, since I upgraded its been working fine, no real issues other tha
iwantlinuxgames Oct 11
I'm confused. Is that the LTS release? Does this mean I can now get Plasma 6 with Kubuntu 24? I tHought it always took longer for things to arrive in the LTS branch
April releases(the XX.04 releases) are usually the LTS releases and receive stable updates and are supported for 5 years. October releases (the XX.10) releases are sorta like mostly stable testing/dev releases which often bring updates to be used in the next April release.
Which is fair, since I upgraded its been working fine, no real issues other thaAre you actually typing this from that "working fine" Plasma 6?
Last edited by Boldos on 11 October 2024 at 5:58 pm UTC
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CyborgZeta Oct 11
I'm confused. Is that the LTS release? Does this mean I can now get Plasma 6 with Kubuntu 24? I tHought it always took longer for things to arrive in the LTS branch
April releases(the XX.04 releases) are usually the LTS releases and receive stable updates and are supported for 5 years. October releases (the XX.10) releases are sorta like mostly stable testing/dev releases which often bring updates to be used in the next April release.
Ubuntu LTS releases are every 2. even year, so next LTS is 26.04 - unless Canonical has changed the release schedule?
iwantlinuxgames Oct 11
I'm confused. Is that the LTS release? Does this mean I can now get Plasma 6 with Kubuntu 24? I tHought it always took longer for things to arrive in the LTS branch
April releases(the XX.04 releases) are usually the LTS releases and receive stable updates and are supported for 5 years. October releases (the XX.10) releases are sorta like mostly stable testing/dev releases which often bring updates to be used in the next April release.
Ubuntu LTS releases are every 2. even year, so next LTS is 26.04 - unless Canonical has changed the release schedule?
you are correct however that wasn't the question...
tuxisagamer Oct 14
I'm on Nvidia.
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