Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has shared its schedule for Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole with the community. The schedule indicates that a beta release will be available on September 19th before a release candidate on October 3rd and the final release on October 10th.
The important thing to remember with Ubuntu 24.10 is that it will only receive updates for nine months before being discontinued. If you are looking for a more peaceful experience then choosing Ubuntu 24.04 LTS would be a better option as you won’t need to do upgrades until 2029.
The main dates according to the schedule are as follows:
- August 15 – Freeze features
- September 5 – User interface freezing
- September 19 – Beta
- September 26 – nuclear freeze
- October 3 – final freeze, candidate for release
- October 10 – Final publication
If you have time on your hands and like tinkering with operating systems on a test machine, you can download daily builds of Ubuntu 24.10 but be aware that they can be very unstable. The daily release on September 6, for example, should include the desktop exactly as it will look when the final version is released.
One of the main advantages of Ubuntu 24.10 will be that it will include newer software. This is ideal if you have brand new hardware that is not supported in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. It is not known which kernel will ship with it though Phoronix chest This will include Linux 6.11, GNOME 47 and the GCC 14.1 compiler but we’ll have to get closer to launch for that to be confirmed.
If you’re not too familiar with Ubuntu, it’s an alternative operating system to Windows and macOS that’s available for free and supports a lot of hardware, even older hardware. It is the most popular version of Linux and was created in 2004 with the goal of making Linux more accessible to the average user.
source: Ubuntu bush