Tenth LTS (Long Term Support) release of Ubuntu, code-named "Noble Numbat". It was released on April 25, 2024. Ubuntu 24.04 will reach End of Standard Support (ESS) in June 2029. Only use this tag for version-specific questions.
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat) was released on April 25, 2024 and is supported until June 2029.
Release notes: Noble Numbat
The tenth stable and Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu. Canonical will provide support for five years due to popularity of LTS usage in businesses:
- Two years of support will include hardware updates
- Remaining three years will consist of maintenance upgrades.
Notable new features:
- Linux kernel 6.8
- Netplan 1.0 (including a stable libnetplan1 API)
- GNOME 46, including:
- Revised Ubuntu App Center
- PipeWire 1.0.4
- BlueZ 5.72
- Cairo 1.18
- Poppler 24.02
- NetworkManager 1.46
- ZFS 2.2.2 which enables:
- Block cloning
- Linux container support
- Scrub error log
- BLAKE3 checksums
- Improved vdev properties
- OpenSSL 3.0.13:
- Disables a lot of legacy algorithms (including SHA1 and MD5 hashing) by default
- 3rd-party packages that depend on libssl1.1 will need to be rebuilt to instead depend on libssl3 (as the older ABI isn’t provided anymore)
Flavors and editions:
Ubuntu Flavors available under 24.04 LTS (questions on all are allowed):
- Edubuntu
- Kubuntu
- Lubuntu
- Ubuntu Budgie
- Ubuntu Cinnamon
- Ubuntu Kylin
- Ubuntu MATE
- Ubuntu Studio
- Ubuntu Unity
- Xubuntu
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS variants are not commercially supported by Canonical.
Ubuntu Editions available under 24.04 LTS (questions on all are allowed):
- Desktop
- Server
- Core (not yet updated to 24.04)
- Embedded (aka Ubuntu for IoT - not yet updated to 24.04)
- Cloud (aka Ubuntu Cloud - not yet updated to 24.04)
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