Ubuntu 24.10 is available to download and install from the official website. It ships with the Linux 6.11 kernel and the latest GNOME 47 desktop enviroment. This version switches to Wayland by default for hardware with NVIDIA graphics, matching the previous Xorg transition for Intel and AMD graphics users, and uses the open-source NVIDIA 560 kernel modules by default on supported hardware. The kernel also has kdump-tools, which enables kernel crash dumps by default. This helps streamline troubleshooting by automatically capturing critical data after a crash.

Canonical also said in its blog post, “For gamers, significant improvements have also been made to the compatibility of the Steam snap, with an expanded permissions model and improved NVIDIA driver support. The Steam snap also bundles gaming-specific Mesa PPAs to deliver optimized performance out of the box when combined with the low latency settings enabled in the latest kernel.”

Updates are also visible in the Ubuntu Dock, which better handles Progressive Web Applications. The OpenJDK 21 and OpenJDK 17 packages in Ubuntu have also changed and are now TCK (Technology Compatibility Kit) certified on amd64, arm64, s390x, ppc64el, and armhf. Passing the TCK tests means the OpenJDK packages for version 17 and version 21 on Ubuntu are compliant with the Java SE specification for their corresponding versions.

    • beleza pura@lemmy.eco.br
      17·
      2 months ago

      the ubuntu machines at work are nearly unusable bc snaps don’t play well with our intranet setup and it just so happens that ubuntu thought it would be a brilliant idea to make firefox, the default browser, a snap

      slack is also a snap so the support team had to install it by hand so that we don’t get locked out of work meetings while at the office

      this sucks so much bc ubuntu is basically the first distro that comes to mind when ppl think “linux”, so it shouldn’t make us deal with this kind of bullshit. i wish they went back to the days where ubuntu was just a boring repackaged debian

      • umbrella@lemmy.ml
        6·
        2 months ago

        this is pretty much my one problem with ubuntu, and it taints the entire experience tbh. its first time in years i dont look forward to updating because ill have to yank out snaps and figure out how to de-migrate my stuff back to flatpak.

      • Shareni@programming.dev
        39·
        2 months ago

        Best case scenario: sunk cost fallacy

        Worst case scenario: there’s a lot of shit you can do when you control a closed source app store, and canonical has a history of doing sketchy shit like selling user data to Amazon

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      They should of just backed down and listened to community feedback after the first failure. Instead they pissed everyone off.

    • GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
      7·
      2 months ago

      Lol I tried to install it on a test machine (not a WM) and I couldn’t do it cuz of some snap failure. Though the latest Canonical’s attempts to add a permission control system for snaps are very interesting to me. Ik Flatseal and KDE’s implementation exist but having a really well made and integrated one can be a big deal for many users. If only it was for Flatpak…

      • just_another_person@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        Small is inherently slow though. That’s just due to the framework, so any extra work they put into securing it better is just going to make it slower. Flatpak works great, on the other hand.

    • code@lemmy.zip
      2·
      2 months ago

      Been using ubuntu for almost 15 years. My annoyance with snap made me just switch to bazzite (gaming focused fedora atomic ). Takes a little getting used to since its immutable but im liking it alot more so far.

  • thepiguy@lemmy.ml
    1·
    2 months ago

    I literally just installed it on a spare laptop. I was going to install the lts, but saw a new release and couldn’t resist. Things seem pretty good so far.