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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - code name "Noble Numbat" - is the new Ubuntu version that provides Long Term Support and is now available!

It includes updated versions of most of the Ubuntu core set of packages, including a current 6.8 kernel, and much more.

Typical server-software such as Nginx, MySQL, MariaDB, or Apache come in new versions as well as modern scripting and programming languages such as Go, Rust, and Python.

Most people who upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS will do so from the previous long-term support release, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. As such, the cumulative total of “new features” will encompass not only the things added between 23.10 -> 24.04 but everything added since 22.10.

You can find an overview of major changes on website Noble Numbat Release Notes - Release - Ubuntu Community Hub.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS will be supported for 5 years until June 2029.

Users of Ubuntu 23.10 will be offered an automatic upgrade to 24.04 soon after the release.
Users of 22.04 LTS however will be offered the automatic upgrade when 24.04.1 LTS is released, which is scheduled for the 15th of August.

Releases of Ubuntu get a development codename (e.g. ‘Noble Numbat’) and are versioned by the year and month of delivery - for example, Ubuntu 24.04 because it was released in April 2024.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" Long Term Support Release Available

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