Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” Is Now Available for Download, This Is What's New - 9to5Linux
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Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.11, GNOME 47, and other changes.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1225458

Powered by the latest Linux 6.11 kernel series, Ubuntu 24.10 features the latest and greatest GNOME 47 desktop environment for the Ubuntu Desktop flavor with additional patches for Mutter and GNOME Shell to enhance stability and performance. In addition, the Ubuntu Dock now visualizes Snap refreshes and includes better handling for PWAs installed via the Chromium Snap.

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Under the hood, Ubuntu 24.10 comes with an updated toolchain that includes GCC 14.2, GNU Binutils 2.43.1, GNU C Library 2.40, LLVM 19, Rust 1.80, Go 1.23, OpenSSL 3.3, systemd 256.5, Netplan 1.1, and .NET 8. The Ubuntu Desktop installer was also updated with support for local file paths for autoinstall import.

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Ubuntu 24.10 will be supported for only nine months, until July 2025. If you’re looking for long-term support, you should download and install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat), which is supported until at least 2029.

Official Website: Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole)

  • @InverseParallaxEnglish
    2•2 months ago

    Debian used to be far behind, now they’re often on par with Ubuntu. The game has changed.

    • @[email protected]English
      3•2 months ago

      I switched to Debian KDE Plasma recently and I can barely tell there’s a difference except it doesn’t let Firefox be snap (yay) and Steam takes 5 minutes to install instead of 0 (meh).

      • @InverseParallaxEnglish
        2•2 months ago

        Yeah, it went from old Ubuntu to Ubuntu - bullshit over the last few years.