Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Review: solid, unexciting release (+all flavors)

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00:00 Intro
00:44 Sponsor: SquareSpace
01:42 Installer
04:00 GNOME 46 changes
08:29 Under the hood
11:13 Ubuntu Flavors
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#ubuntu #ubuntu24.04 #linuxdistro #linuxdesktop
The main event in Ubuntu 24.04 is GNOME 46, it you improved notifications, that can be expanded, or collapsed, and they'll now show a little symbolic icon next to their title. More interesting, you get experimental support for variable refresh rate. It's not enabled by default, you'll need to use dconf to turn it on.
Fractional scaling also got better, with fonts now looking less blurry and properly aligned when using fractional scaling, and you can now login to a GNOME user through RDP, instead of having to remote into a session where someone was already logged in.
Nautilus, the file manager, now finally lets you edit the file path by clicking on the path bar, it will also search faster, and through the entire filesystem by default now, file transfers are now moved to the sidebar, and you can also change a folder's icon from the properties panel of that folder. Finally, you also get a new option to change how dates are displayed.
The main system Settings changed a bit as well, with a new "system" page, default apps have been merged into the main "apps" settings page, which also includes the default actions you can configure when you insert removable media.
The mouse and touchpad settings now let you configure how you trigger the right click, and there's a new mouse test page to make sure these settings work for you. You can also turn off the touchpad when typing.
The GNOME Online accounts also received some love for its backend: it now uses the default browser for authentication into accounts. You can also add a WebDAV account, or a Microsoft Personal Account as well, which will give you access to your OneDrive storage straight from Nautilus.
Ubuntu 24.04 comes with the kernel 6.8, the latest available right now. The main thing in here is the new P state drivers, meaning your Intel CPUs will be able to hit their advertised boost speeds, but also that using it on laptops should yield better batter life, whether you have an AMD or Intel CPU, especially since Ubuntu 24.04 now uses better power profiles based on these new P State drivers.
Ubuntu also moves to Netplan, a network management tool that shouldn't change anything for regular users that just connect to wifi, but will definitely improve the life of people who have to create complex network configurations.
For gamers, you're also getting a better experience here: the virtual memory mapping limit was increased by a factor of 16 in 24.04, meaning that games that could crash at launch, or after a few hours of play time will no longer do so, at least if the crash was related to them trying to grab a lot of memory. It's a change that Arch also recently made.
Another interesting change is that all services that are affected by a library update will automatically be restarted, to ensure that these services will be running with the latest security fixes apps one, there'slied. It's more important for servers than desktops, but it's a good change, that you can disable if you don't like it.

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[@rallealyt]

When a OS achieves a certain level of maturity, excitement is not the expectation and stability is expected

[@ryebread095]

Especially with an LTS version

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Yeah, that’s the conclusion: it’s not exciting, but it’s solid, and it’s not the place to make big moves

[@bhargavjitbhuyan9394]

​@@TheLinuxEXP can you make a video on video editing softwares on Linux.

[@cameronbosch1213]

​@bhargavjitbhuyan9394 Personally, I'd use Kdenlive if you don't need timeline GPU rendering and you want something that's FOSS. Otherwise, unless you pat thousands of dollars for DaVinci Resolve, you'll need to run a Windows video editor in Wine.

[@natoutete]

​@@bhargavjitbhuyan9394 DaVinci Resolve, Shotcut, Kdenlive, LightWorks. Tutorials @Arkengheist20 @EJTech. @nuxttux

[@jose6183]

Boring is good. Unexciting is good.

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Yeah, it’s not necessarily bad!

[@decrobyron]

Exactly, Solid and stable is the all. New feature can be wait.

[@corvoattano8531]

Exactly. The last thing I want is to spend recurring hours figuring out something that changed and fundamentally broke my workflow. Stable is good. What matters are the application. OSes should be oblivious to the user and don’t get in the way. When you are more concerned about your OS than your app/work at hand, than probably something is wrong

[@LaczPro]

Exactly. If ain't broken, tweak it a bit, but don't fix it.

[@kubuntukowalski]

yeah, changes just for the sake of changing is lame

[@RikTheEmperor]

One thing is that Ubuntu pro is free for personal use for 5 machines. It works on the office flavours as well👍🏼

[@JuliusBlomkvist]

Compared to what Windows has been offering lately. Solid and boring is extremely refreshing.

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Oh yeah

[@MiningForPies]

You can say that again. My HP work laptop has shitty HP helper software to keep it running tip top. Unfortunately the HP software has been using a consistent 40% of CPU for weeks. As the machines are locked down (can’t even stop the services myself) I’m having to wait for someone to remove it for me.

[@StripesInTheYT]

​@@MiningForPiesbet Compared to what Windows has been offering lately, Solid and boring is extremely refreshing.

[@moister3727]

Solid and stability is all I want now

[@st0rmrider]

Are we still talking about Linux?

[@moister3727]

@@st0rmrider Distros

[@st0rmrider]

@@moister3727 sounded like you were talking about your personal life, or smth

[@moister3727]

@@st0rmrider Dude, at least read the title

[@st-admin]

Look like they are fcked up the installation. Ubuntu and Kubuntu has installation issues! I m fighting ! It s total annoying!

[@declancottle991]

I love how they finally put the Ubuntu logo back on the dock. I thought it was weird for years how they just used the default gnome apps logo.

[@halfsourlizard9319]

Does this mean that `sudo apt remove gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock` isn't the first thing that everyone runs!?

[@declancottle991]

Oh no, I don't use ubuntu, but I have in the past. After using default gnome though, I really don't like the changes that Ubuntu makes to it

[@dis0nancia]

​@@halfsourlizard9319 For new users having a dock is essential.

[@mwlulud2995]

How change the icon on the dock?

[@dis0nancia]

@@halfsourlizard9319 I don't think so. For many people having a dock on the desktop is a fundamental feature.

[@yousefshorafa80]

It's cool how we got Fedora 40 and Ubuntu 24.04 at almost the exact same time!

[@darylandcat]

I started my upgrade process. One computer done. An older Optiplex 7040, i7-6700 with a 1050ti. It’s fast. Really fast.

[@Milena-ix5mq]

I was planning to buy myself an OptiPlex 7050 with i5 7500T, but I was afraid it would be rather slow (I'm used to using powerful CPUs, it would be my first time trying a low-voltage processor with a "T" in its name), but this comment made me feel calm about my decision. Thank you!😅

[@darylandcat]

It runs very well on the 7040, as well as my RasPi 4b. Should work great on that 7050!

[@ZK-APA]

@@darylandcat Do you use the microSD to boot on the RP4 or through USB? I have the RB4B (4GB) and ubuntu on a microSD. I'm trying to figure out if there is any advantage if I boot it from USB instead. Thanks

[@darylandcat]

@@ZK-APA I use the micro SD, haven’t tried it on an NVME yet. I have the means to do so, just haven’t.

[@ZK-APA]

@@darylandcat In my case the microSD feels sluggish. I dunno is it because it is, or is it because I have expectations that it'll run like how linux runs on any other computer tbh

[@Beryesa.]

The illustrations in the installer looks really nice. Since when they replaced the app grid icon with Ubuntu's? It looks rather cute for a "start menu" :P

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Yeah, it looks good!

[@agamersdiary1622]

Sine 24.04 :D

[@user-gm2ve8kp5m]

It is a functional downgrade, no LVM functions in manual partitioning.

[@mwlulud2995]

​@@user-gm2ve8kp5mYou can do the same alone ( but with your friends the terminal)😊

[@DrathVader]

Unexciting is just what I need from an LTS distro, especially since I'm planning to switch from CentOS to Ubuntu Server on this release.

[@nico5]

I switched from CentOS server to AlmaLinux server. Made me feel a lot better about smoother transition plus less worrying about what Canonical might be up to.

[@DrathVader]

@nico5 the canonical angle is a little worrying. If they do anything too funny there's always Debian though, transition from ubuntu to that should be relatively painless

[@nico5]

@@DrathVader I tested moving to Debian 12, when that arrived. And it was a fine and satisfying option. Just as a long time inhabitant of the RH way, it turned out to be significantly less friction for me to move to AlmaLinux. They’ve also taken a philosophical middle ground, by abandoning bug for bug compatibility, thus avoiding the freeloader argument. And they’ve built some pretty cool distro-hopping as well as major release upgrade tools, that I’ve found very useful and in the true spirit of not taking users hostage. They seem delightfully sane and community minded and move a bit faster than Debian stable.

[@fakecubed]

All my Linux servers, except for one, run Ubuntu Server. Never had any reason to think about switching. Always very smooth setting up, never give me any trouble.

[@helloimatapir]

Looks like another great Ubuntu release. One new thing I did notice is that the app launcher icon has changed from a grid to the Ubuntu icon.

[@iWisp360]

It looks better imo

[@nuxxiz4628]

Ubuntu Pro is free for personal usage within up to 5 devices btw :)

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Yep, but thé extra 2 years of support to go up to 12 is paid for :)

[@nuxxiz4628]

@@TheLinuxEXP Interesting, that i was unaware off. Thanks!

[@benderbg]

Great review. Thanks for including all the flavors.

[@MCCamels]

Wait then where was Ubuntu Mate?

[@D-F-kn4lp]

Magnifique vidéo, continuez comme ça.

[@letMeSayThatInIrish]

Thanks for going through the flavours as well.

[@THeck_23]

Thanks, Nick, for the review! Intresting feature with the yaml file for the auto installation I like the possability for the minimum installation :) Crossing fingers for more detailed release notes :)

[@Alexander-ix2jp]

Congrats on the new lts! Ubuntu = continues to be smoothest Gnome experience out there due to the triple buffering vsync patches that Daniel Van Vugt developed. Just donated a couple of bucks to celebrate this release. Well done!

[@maikeru6158]

The most exciting part of the new Ubuntu LTS is the new Linux Mint version release :)

[@aekaydubs]

I aspire to moving to that from Windows this year. Do we know about how long a Mint comes after an Ubuntu release?

[@frankhuurman3955]

@@aekaydubs Mint 21(first one based on Ubuntu 22.04) released on 31 July 2022, back then Ubuntu 22.04 released on 21 April 2022. So if it's about the same then it should be around 3 months for a new Mint release.

[@spudhandle]

Mint's release will be just as boring, the interface won't change at all to the end user.

[@fakecubed]

Mint will be moving to Pipewire, which is pretty cool. I'm not a Mint guy, but I did hear people excited for that.

[@famousmwofficial8046]

Mint is ugly

[@oldcodger]

Hey Nick- Had I short visit to Brest a couple weeks ago. Our cruise stopped there for a day, took in the Maritime museum, a nice bookstore, some good espresso and a walk about. Nice city!

Looks really good. I'm gonna download it today and try it life to see if I should do the upgrade right away

[@bvd_vlvd]

I like that it shows how to change the folder icon. You could still click a folder icon to change it on GNOME 45, but it wasn't as obvious without the pen icon

[@Hinipe]

Performance improvement is the most exciting change for this version.

[@t.v.9696]

Thank you for the update of things to be expected in new releases of Ubuntu derivative distros, Nick 😉!

[@Kiaulen]

Thank you for the video, Nick! Still anti-snap over here and looking forward to you echoing all the gnome 46 stuff in the Fedora 40 video 😂

[@savagepro9060]

Boring, mature, unexciting, stable, gets sh!t done -- Debian enters the chat!

[@lower_case_t]

I'm using (K)ubuntu since 08.04. I frequently look at other distros but I have always at least one PC running Kubuntu as my daily driver. It's solid and reliable. While I'm excited about KDE Plasma 6 and use it on a laptop running Fedora, I think it's a reasonable decision not to use it in an LTS such a short time after it's release.

[@fakecubed]

Yeah, I'm sure it disappoints some people but it's pretty smart.

[@LRM12o8]

I switched from Windows 10 to Kubuntu 22.04 on Saturday two weeks ago (five days before the new LTS version, great! 🙄😅) and I'm absolutely LOVING it. I bursted laughing several times over the last week out of surprise how easily I was able to do stuff on it that I haven't been able to do on Windows anymore for a long time! 😅👍 Love the KDE Desktop, though it does have two small issues with my DisplayPort monitor (flickers/shows no video in 240Hz mode; desktop wallpaper and context menu breaks/disappears when switching from 32:9 to 16:9 [picture by picture mode] resolution), but there's always some issues with DisplayPort 🙄. Say what you will about the HDMI licensing committee, but their shit just works! I might jump to Wayland for my desktop session, as that'll enable me to use the Linux Beta of the one program I need that I haven't got running on Linux yet, maybe that works better. But I'm scared of botching my system now that it's up and running so well. Do you use Wayland by any chance?

[@fakecubed]

@@LRM12o8 I haven't personally had a compelling reason to switch to Wayland just yet, but I probably will soon, in a month or so, when I switch my main desktop to 24.04. I wouldn't be too worried about upgrading your system to the new LTS. Ubuntu is more cutting-edge than Debian, but as distros go it's on the more stable side of things (particularly the LTS versions), and you aren't likely to have any problems. I think Wayland in particular is in a good state on 24.04.

[@decrobyron]

Solid is all we need imo. might try lubuntu.

[@spudhandle]

lubuntu has some changes and honestly, it's darn good. xubuntu looks the same now as it did 10 years ago and so does MATE. Haven't sampled the other 24.04's yet.

[@KenyonKarl]

Thank you for the small section on Kubuntu as I am currently using Kubuntu 22.04.

[@WindowsAurora]

Awesome content as always.

[@smivan.]

There is a reason to not upgrade immediately - it takes time for community repositories to catch up with a new release, especially an LTS. That and in the past there were sometimes some major bugs that slipped by the test that get uncovered during the mass rollout of the LTS. I usually wait around at least half a year before deploying a new LTS on my primary machines.

[@LRM12o8]

This is good to know. I just switched from Windows 10 to Kubuntu 22.04 five days before the 24.04 release and I was wondering if I should have waited for the release (had I known it was due) and installed the latest version, or if it's safe and recommended for me to upgrade. I guess I'll wait on it for a bit then, since I absolutely rely on complete, up-to-date repositories and abundant, up-to-date on-line guides and resources to get things done on this unfamiliar system. After all, I've *just* finished setting up and started to enjoy actually using the OS, so the last thing I need is to mess up the mind-blowingly smooth experience I'm having so far... 😅

[@MCCamels]

Going to be nice to get this on my ubuntu mate laptop!

[@davidprosen5637]

I was headed directly to the part Ubuntu Flavours which had a good describing of the desktop changes.

[@louisfifteen]

Great presentation, thank you.

[@rafaelmartines]

Being using Ubuntu 22.04, for me I'm excited

[@korakys]

Kubuntu LTS is what I installed on my Mum's computer when Windows broke. She'll appreciate a boring OS upgrade.

[@raute2687]

this is quite a nice update going LTS to LTS. My laptop was already on 23.10 though, and yeah, the changes feel minor. But it is still a highly polished distro that I can recommend without hesitation.

[@trevorford8332]

Love the review but wish they would combine some if not all features from different desktop's. Would definitely use that as my daily driver.

[@philipanthony3339]

Macbook pro mid 2012 works great with Jammy Jellyfish. Would Noble Numbat work too?

[@Stoner42000]

Ive tried many distros and for some reason arch based ones like endeavour OS i always end up going back to for the simplicity of set up, and the various amount of tools and updated packages from AUR.

[@opensourcedev22]

I'm running it on a ThinkPad and in a VM. It's awesome in its stability and usability.

[@mx338]

I am still going to wait 3 months until I deploy 24.04 server, large organisations will probably wait for over a year.

[@fakecubed]

I'm by no means a large organization, just a home lab weirdo, but I got some 20.04 servers still. Mostly on 22.04. I'll definitely be waiting a while and then probably move everything to 24.04 all at once when the time comes, with fresh new installs. There's some stuff I want to make sure is fully supported on 24.04 before I make the switch, and then I'll need the time to do everything. Wouldn't surprise me if it's another six months or more. I'll be moving my current Ubuntu Desktop over maybe in a month or so.

[@deathstare0]

dam, you are really hardcore trying to react to the comments, respct brother

[@TheLinuxEXP]

I’m doing my best right after a video is published, to check what the general feel is, and if I made a major mistake :)

[@GaryGiffin49]

I know this is about ubuntu but I had to tell you I just loaded Fedora 40 onto a 2014 mac mini. It is working really well now and can't believe I actually did it. Been watching for some time now and finally did it. Thanks for getting inspired to actually try this.

[@LRM12o8]

I'm having a similar experience, I switched from Windows 10 to Kubuntu 22.04 on my gaming PC five days before the 24.04 release and I also sometimes can't believe I'm actually a Linux user now. But what has me even more in disbelief is how much better the user experience is *out of the box,* than what using Windows 10 has been like in recent years! 😳👍 Microsoft inspired me to finally try Linux by starting my desktop with a full screen ad/nag screen for Windows 11 that also (falsely) suggested I need to buy new hardware in order to run Windows 11! 🤦🤣

[@JoshuaT902]

I like how kubuntu does things related to their backport ppa. Allowing users to use backports to install newer kde versions when the next releases happens. So you can stay on the LTS and not feel outdated in a year.

[@iamtharunraj]

I love the app drawer icon getting replaced by the Ubuntu logo. Now Ubuntu feels like Ubuntu.

[@guillaumehuardhughes]

Ubuntu is kinda really sexy by default with the new setup in Flutter and the last gnome version! The yaml script in the setup is a really nice touch. --- Gnome/Wayland related: I'm excited to get the stable refresh rate things and tearing from gnome in future release. I hope we will get HDR support too soon! The leap of KDE on these points makes it a bit more interesting. The state of linux is kinda interesting right now. --- Nice video btw! :)

[@danielpetre3574]

ubuntu is a solid, good and reliable operating system, personally I don't see myself using another operating system, I tried others but I always came back to ubuntu. I love Canonical and the whole team there. Thank you CANONICAL for everything.

[@famousmwofficial8046]

Alot of people feel the same. The others always have some issues that need you to spend hours fixing or figuring out no matter how flashy and attractive they may look

[@LRM12o8]

Yeah, there are many flashy distros that claim to be "for gamers!", "for creators!", or "extra easy to use for laypersons", but I thought it's best to just use probably the most ubiquitous distribution with one of the longest development histories out there. Good to see my hunch confirmed. I just switched from Windows 10 to Kubuntu 22.04 five days before the 24.04 launch (oops 😅) and I'm amazed at how easy it was to get into. What's even more impressive is how well it is supported with easy to understand how-to's and forum discussions on the internet. I've been able to solve all but one of the little problems I encountered while setting up stuff like Lutris or importing games to steam from my NTFS formatted drive. I got games running that I haven't been able to run on Windows in years! Only while trying to install Reaper did I run into an issue with the "make" command that I can't seem to find a relevant resource for troubleshooting for. But Ardour works and ideally, I'll be able to setup the Studio One Linux beta and continue using the DAW I'm familiar with. I need Wayland for that, but I guess I'll give it a shot.

[@gavinjones]

My first LTS was 14.04, hard to believe it's been 10 years since then

[@BytebroUK]

Just went over to Tuxedo, and (not Nick's fault at all of course!) their shipping list implies they don't ship to the UK, or at least no price quoted for UK that I could see. And I'd prefer more of an email or chat approach where I get to spec what I want to a person, then they give me a price, then the taxes, then the shipping or whatever, then I go 'yay' or 'nay'. Hey ho, we're all different!

[@Marik0]

Looking forward to it!

[@NiffirgkcaJ]

I can't wait for my distro to adopt it! 🥺

[@loucipher7782]

After so many years Ubuntu finally find its way to become solid and unexciting again I can now use this for the next 10 years

[@chickenthrower]

These updates are always very helpful. If I am king of Canonical I'm not making any major changes from LTS-1 to LTS. People complain about the release cadence, but it makes sense from enterprise POV and user who wants a stable desktop.

[@drizzle01]

hi! love your videos, would you do a review of fedora 40?

[@zbiromax9228]

Hi. how to make ubuntu with desktop enlightenment? is there an iso ready to use on the starter pendrive? Thx .

[@wil2197]

If you're going to cover Ubuntu and mention its offiicial flavors, I would think you would mention all the flavors. I understand not covering Edubuntu (and perplexed that you actually mentioned Ubuntu Studio) but Mate, Unity, and Kylin all use unique desktop environments that deserved to be mentioned being as they are official.

[@HaraldEngels]

I was using MATE for 18 months. It worked very well for me. I would always prefer it over the Gnome based version. I also liked Unity. Good to see that it is still alive. My favorite is Kubuntu. This flavor has come a long way but is now a fantastic flavor. I can hardly live without KDE Plasma.

[@QueeeeenZ]

Yay, I can finally upgrade from 20.04, looks like a lot of new things there!

[@I0NE007]

I went with Ubuntu because of the stability and my current inexperience to tackle, or desire to tackle, the issues of a rolling release (i have had trouble even taking the mid releases of Ubuntu, thats the level of stability i need)

[@Mac-sz9hg]

The 24.04 LTS is on ubuntu releases website show all releases but the main website is not updated yet! got relesed 2 hours ago

[@adndot]

are you going to do a video on fedora 40? i think it's be great to outline ubuntu's "sister distro"

[@ramanmono]

Does hardware video decoding finally work with web browsers?

[@torspedia]

I'm looking forward to giving this a good trial run, for a few weeks... until Cosmic is officially released! 🙂

[@jayarmstrong]

I'm back on Kubuntu after years on opensuse and fedora, and I was disappointed to see Wayland only but it feels smooth and fast (I know, I know). And it's actually nice to have some of the X11 perks that aren't built on Wayland yet. Kernel 6.8 is nice. No BTRFS or grub snapshots sucks but I think I have that working now.

[@frankhuurman3955]

That Ctrl + L to edit the filepath was one of those things I never understood in Nautilus. Took me a year to learn about the shortcut but why not make it clickable like every other file manager out there? Glad it got changed though!

[@monochrome_linux]

many programs also use ctrl + L for the similar feature, like ctrl + L on firefox will allow you to edit the url bar and search. maybe thats why it was ctrl + L?

[@gigioh981]

It's a pity that Unity is a minor project, because it's much more interesting than Gnome itself, but it feels old on some components. I've always used that or Gnome, but 20 years after I must say... I wish that KDE could provide better release schedule. It deserves much more, it's becoming much better, customizable, it can even become literally Ubuntu. I know that it's complicated to use KDE on a development side, but Canonical should start working on it rather than a DE like Gnome that it's only customizable via extensions that do not always work when Gnome updates, has only one ways to be used with that fixed top bar and a dash that shows opened apps with the Win/Super key. Not to mention the weird apps like Gnome Music. It's a beautiful DE, but it's just there.

[@Komentujebomoge32]

I still wonder: why the gnome "system monitor" does not posses any GPU tab?

[@Beryesa.]

Still waiting to hear what has changed in the segue 0:40 😂 Can't wait for a snapless Linux mint rebase to recommend to friends 🔥

[@raute2687]

man, snap really isn't as bad as people claim

[@Beryesa.]

@@raute2687 the tech itself might've progressed over the years for sure, but it's a proprietary system with a single point of -failure- authority in the end.

[@dis0nancia]

If they want a desktop with a retro look.

[@OdinsCloud]

First are all of the programs I run going to still run properly after upgrade? Since I use programs that I wrote too, upgrading might also mean more work for me. So for me best not to upgrade too much. i may move to this version only because i do not upgrade very often.

[@fbifido2]

One Question on Debian 12.5: - I install the Debian 12 Minimal install - I then install docker - I created two nginx container, with ports 8080 and 8081 respectively. - I then make sure that I can access each container site, plus ping the Debian host. - Now I install UFW, allow port 22/tcp, then enable it. - I can still ping the Debian host & also access the two nginx site { WHY ??? } My question: How can I block everything and only allow access to ports that I need, like 22, 8080, 8081/tcp?

[@jotegoyo]

Some of us still use 20.04. I think for LTS versions it make sense to compare at least to two previous LTS releases as we tend to stick to them for long.

[@jcugnoni]

No drama, stable and functionnal is all I need.. hope that Ubuntu 24.04 will be just that. Not a fan of the snap over flatpak or deb packages approach though.

[@TaxiDiver100]

VRR support on Wayland Gnome is exciting enough for me though 👍

[@slizgi86]

Can we set scaling in gnome for 90% or less, I mean there is finally option to go below 100%? In plasma there is possibility for that, what is great to match 2 monitors with different dpi. It is a bummer that Kubuntu and Studio are still on Plasma 5.... another 2 years :|

[@louisfifteen]

I love this 24.04 LTS and think I will stick with it for the next decade or so. I can live with snap and combine it with Flatpaks.

[@Mike_Jones281]

As an Ubuntu user since 2009, I have had the privilege of witnessing the evolution of this remarkable operating system. With a few adjustments and the addition of some desired features, Ubuntu Linux has the potential to become the leading and most sought-after operating system.

[@ronm6585]

Thanks Nick.

[@edricusty2682]

I don't know what an "exciting" release should look like. There a new, cleaner installer and everything is up-to-date and going to be maintened for a long time. Every stable release of a distro is exciting since it's gonna support a lot more of hardware

[@Destroyer954]

i am curious home many people actually use non-LTS here, I'd appriciate a dedicated section for those that are coming from 22.04 (but i guess i can watch 3 more videos :) )

[@Milena-ix5mq]

This is the kind of new stuff I prefer to see with the new LTS-es - small, but important changes on the things we already have been given with the previous releases, instead of big new changes that we need to get used to, while the old stuff still requires some work to feel polished. I am excited for this and further Gnome / Ubuntu releases, so far it looks so good!

[@fakecubed]

Honestly, the new GNOME stuff is probably the only stuff I really care about right now. The toolchain improvements are cool too, I guess. Having Python 3.12 will be nice, I suppose, but there wasn't anything new Python 3.12 that had me particularly eager to get it. Of course the new security improvements are always welcome, and better RISC-V and Raspberry Pi support is also great to see.

[@ramihaidafy]

11:50 I legit laughed out loud. Xubuntu added the ability to print from the image viewer. What year are we in? 1998?

[@softwarelivre2389]

Well, it's XFCE we're talking about. Seems quite fitting

[@MarkJBaber]

I don't need to nuke and pave kde neon for this again do I.... (Great video Nick!)

[@user-im8bv8po2w]

love your videos !

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Thanks!

[@key66D]

I've tried 24.04 today with a personal Microsoft Account and the only element it's 'synced' is mail. Doesn't specify OneDrive, although I see everyone saying it does. Am I missing something here?

[@joseanastaciohernandezsald87]

nice video but there will be a video for fedora 40? :(

[@angelos7858]

Is it just me or the App Center in Ubuntu 24.04 won't open ?? I already tried different fixes but none of them works. I did a fresh install on my computer and this is the first time I have this problem. It starts opening when I click on the icon but it closes before I can see a screen totally open

[@bar7381]

I literarily installed the last LTS today lol

[@HaraldEngels]

As someone who is using Ubuntu as my primary distro (in different flavors) since 2008 I am totally in favor of the "boring" approach of Canonical. I need a reliable workhorse and Ubuntu never let me down during the last 15+ years.

[@christ6991]

How do you install this so it works as my version fails to install to bootloader

[@Karti200]

I am curious when Linux Mint will move into some ideas like we see here

[@dis0nancia]

That's pretty difficult. Linux Mint developers, and its most loyal users, are lovers of old designs/technologies.

[@TheSchildkroet]

Official website still has no release, but mirrors provide yesterdays (daily?) ISO.

[@vexelghost]

Would this be good for a new user or should I install Debian and learn to customize and update it to what's here? I'm mostly interested in Gnome accessibility features moving forward.

[@leemanwrong]

Yeh Ubuntu is fine for new users, if you’re coming from windows the gnome desktop is a little different but easy to use once you get used to it.

[@bvd_vlvd]

Don't fall for the meme, getting GNOME 46 on Debian is not a fun experience. No reason not to go for Ubuntu if you want the new shiny features. Although that same new stuff might not always work perfectly in the first few weeks. I won't update my Fedora 39 yet, but since it's Ubuntu LTS, you're probably safer

[@vexelghost]

Thanks for the replies and advice. Much appreciated. 🙂

[@UKprl]

I'd suggest trying both this LTS and KDE Neon (User) in each case booting from USB and selecting the _Try_ … option You preference may be influenced by whether as a new user you were previously more familiar with Windows (7/10/11) or Mac OS. I will also be watching for when KDE Neon rebases on the 24.04 LTS as currently it will be 22.04 with QT6.x and KDE Plasma 6.x.

[@AndersHass]

I dunno the limits of snaps but it could be interesting if you could make flatpaks available through a snap install. Then an immutable Ubuntu distro might not suck, lol.

[@LinuxCity79]

i might have to try the other flavors because ubuntu 24.04 has some issues where when i install fuse it bricks the system for some reason. very strange behavior plus that crashing bug is still there even though its not crashing

[@rokyo401]

Is the free Ubuntu Pro license (for 5 installs) only valid for Ubuntu or also for the "official" flavors like Kubuntu and Xubuntu? Do they get 10-year support as well? 🤔

[@chris122380]

I'm still waiting for the ISO download to become available

[@talhaabdurrahman9407]

Just has

[@chris122380]

It's showing now for me and I'll be downloading it when I get home. I did find that it was on the mirrors before it showed up on the website so you could get it that way if you're not seeing it on the web page. I mostly likely will use one of the mirrors anyway because one of them is located about 30 minutes away from where I live.

[@Mr95gios]

Its appearing already

[@Juanguar]

I just wish it was easy to install on m1 laptops I’m just too used to Ubuntu to switch to an another distro

[@epic_journey.]

Wating for your video on firewall on Linux

[@tonyclark2262]

Can’t wait for Pop OS 24.04!!!