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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:

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Stella 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
Ehvis Oct 11
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Quoting: StellaI'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.
Koopa Oct 11
Oracular Oriole released in a timely manner, just like the Oracle predicted.
Time to take it for a spin.
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Quoting: StellaI'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
It'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
Quoting: StellaI'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.
Boldos Oct 11
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Quoting: StellaWhich is fair, since I upgraded its been working fine, no real issues other tha
Are you actually typing this from that "working fine" Plasma 6?


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WYW Oct 11
"Wayland by default for NVIDIA"

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CyborgZeta Oct 11
I had to leave Kubuntu behind, sadly, but if I was still using it then I'd have no problem upgrading to 24.10 from 24.04. I ran several interim releases of Kubuntu prior to 24.04, and had no issues.
numasan Oct 11
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Quoting: StellaI'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?
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Quoting: iwantlinuxgames
Quoting: StellaI'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...
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