Ubuntu 24.10 Released, KDE Plasma 6.2, Linux Drama & more Linux news

[@willem6605]

Funny I *just* installed Kubuntu on my new PC to get into Linux for the first time.

[@cptfarzkizz8823]

You will not be disappointed. I really like the 24.04 update.

[@ilyaanufriev1344]

Can we just appreciate the fact that Linus doesn't tell people to get retroactively aborted anymore? I mean, the guy really worked on his atitude

[@RedSntDK]

I didn't even know about Ardour. But because Reaper is made in part by legendary Justin Frankel, if I did use DAW's, it'd be hard for me to not pay the one-time fee of $60 for quality software.. EDIT: Interestingly enough, the creator of Ardour and the creator of Reaper did a podcast episode last year, which sounds like a very interesting listen called "Creator of Reaper, Justin Frankel and Creator of Ardour, Paul Davis have a podcast together."

[@Blessed2bFresh]

Definitely sounds interesting. Exactly what is the name of the podcast, if you don't mind 🙂

[@chubbyadler3276]

The angellic sound used for the first Ubuntu releases you mentioned sounds just like the KDE 3 sound that come with Linux Mandrake 7.2 back when I started in Linux.

[@ContemplativeCat]

I've been using KDE Neon as my daily OS for years. The idea that it's not a real distribution or can't be used as your daily desktop is greatly exaggerated. If you love having the latest of everything KDE, its great!

[@michael_tunnell]

Hey thanks for commenting and sharing your experience, I’m glad it’s worked out for you. Though i don’t think It’s greatly exaggerated, it’s the literal messaging from the KDE Neon team. If someone wants to do it because they are “adventurous KDE enthusiasts” then that’s great but this does not apply to everyone especially not beginners. I’ve also heard many bad stories about daily driving or and I’ve experienced some large issues myself in the past. The fact that the initial install of Neon after Plasma 6 was released didn’t have the ability to reboot or shutdown the system without dropping to the terminal is a pretty good example of their kind of issues

[@ContemplativeCat]

@michael_tunnell Actually it's pretty rare and I never had that issue. Most problems are minor and fixed pretty quickly with updates.

[@guilherme5094]

One of the best Ubuntu Wallpapers, and the sound, I really like the drum sound.

[@thedourkin]

Great to hear that old Ubuntu login sound again (the one with the drums). Since then the only time I've used Windows is on client hardware as a freelancer or when fixing issues on my kids' laptops.

[@AnnCatsanndra]

Oh man that drum sound is still lodged in my brain from the first time I daily-drove Ubuntu for about two years.

[@Batwam0]

This brought back memories of the orange accent colour and more 3D effect, that was cool too. I kind of miss the progress bars in splash screens as well.

[@erickleefeld4883]

Funny thing about “bringing back” a classic login sound - hey, these files are out there, and anybody can set that up for themselves! (Same thing for people who get nostalgic for that original Windows XP wallpaper.)

[@caseycu]

Lots of people weren’t around 20 years ago so it’s also introducing the classics to newer users.

[@cybernit3]

I took a chance and didn't back up, but all worked fine upgrading from Ubuntu 24.04 to 24.10. Everything worked fine, but some Gnome extensions don't work, not many, most work. The APT version is 2.9.8 not 3.0 but basically the same, eh? BTW, the Kubuntu Cosmic Oriolo background wallpaper looks quite good. In the Appearance section there should be a option to have different background images for each Workspace with Gnome 47.

[@cybernit3]

I noticed use $ apt search kde-plasma-desktop the version is very old 5:148ubuntu3. So I am kind of afraid to do the sudo apt install kde-plasma-desktop on Ubuntu 24.10. If anyone knows how to install, then I could switch to Gnome 47 or Kde plasma 6.2 would be nice, thanks. I know Kubuntu 24.10 install but then I have reinstall and is a pain and have my Gnome setup. I am just curious about KDE Plasma and looks kind of good.

[@Fristpeople]

I do miss the login sound and the ability to edit it to your own music or sounds. I hope that bring that back as an option for us who want it.

[@Romactu]

Hello @Fristpeople You can always keep that startup sound if you want.

[@Scrub_Ghost]

****sigh of relief**** I already have 131.0.2

[@the-answer-is-42]

I've updated it as well, though in my case it was after hearing it here. Glad it was mentioned.

[@waynebickell1793]

KDE Neon with X11works great for me but I've been using Linux for over 20 years... 🤣🤣🤣 The fresh ISO is also downloadable. I wouldn't touch Kubuntu with a barge-pole with all that Snap rubbish installed, instead I'd go for something like CachyOS.

[@DavoidJohnson]

What Linux publishers need to learn is that naming the products is branding. These names need to appeal to the user and have some sort of meaning. Otherwise they are a road block to popularisation.

[@18earendil]

The funniest is Kent whining about the rules he broke not existing 20 years ago, trying to argue that because the Kernel project worked without those rules 20 years ago then they must be unecessary and useless.

[@sqlexp]

Kent doesn't understand the reasons behind the release process. However, it's becoming difficult to show respect for Linus as Linus is siding with furries.

[@steeltormentors]

@@sqlexp from what I understand, Linus want to expand Linux maintainers to younger generation using more modern language (Rust). That is why Linus looks as if he is siding with the furries...but thanks to Kent's theatrics, this could turn the other way round!

[@thingsiplay]

Maybe Kent needs 20 years until he understand why those rules were added.

[@kolz4ever1980]

Funniest thing is you gotta cry about him on someone else's channel because he called you rejects out. 🤣

[@swagmuffin9000]

DUDE!!!! that ubuntu jingle (the second one you played) was the first thing i heard when i switched to linux years ago. which version was it? i remember my laptop dying and being gifted a mac. i switched back to linux 3 years ago and didn't remember what version of ubuntu i was using then.

[@jacekgruchelski-harbon7419]

In the real live, I've finally got a sound on Kubuntu 24.10 after 2 years. But Plasma 6 does not work with previous ulauncher extensions, pulpit widgets, latte, klassy, lightly, lightlyshaders, themes, sddm, bootsplash. Themes installer doesn't work, Dolphin lost some features like details panel. The rest is ok.

[@Romactu]

5:06 to 7:08 My warty remastered wallpaper is on the video. 😃

[@xVirtualMagicx]

Neon did not boot? Cool. When Ubuntu 24.04 came out I had to start the setup on my notebook 4 times because it crashed. And it's still the same today when you try to join the box to an AD domain :D

[@michael_tunnell]

I was referring to the reboot function not working once installed, you had to reboot it in the terminal. Your case is a specific configuration it seems where as the neon issue was just a basic install. They’ve also had bugs before where it couldn’t install and a variety of things. I’m not saying neon is bad, it’s just not for beginners

[@thingsiplay]

KDE Neon I think it would have been better if KDE Neon was based on a rolling release distribution. The fixed release models of Ubuntu is counter productive to the goals of KDE Neon. In my opinion off course.

[@Fearless_DoGooder]

I agree on the bcachefs comments you made. I think the coder has proven he can't follow the rules and that it causes more issues than it's worth and it ought to just not be in the mainline kernel.

[@steeltormentors]

I believe Rust devs would benefit a lot more by focusing their efforts on RedoxOS (100% written in Rust). I would hate to see someone like Kent bring breaking changes into stable distros like Debian or Ubuntu.

[@fernandoperez8587]

Just did a fresh install on Kubuntu 24.10. I love KDE Plasma, but man are there a lot of bugs. Do you know if Kubuntu 24.10 will get updates to the newer version of KDE Plasma or are we stuck waiting for six months?

[@CowboyTrucking61]

Think I will use Tuxedo Os Plasma 6, No snaps. lol....Firefox is updated to 131.0.3

[@ToscanaPasek]

Great analysis, thank you! Just a quick off-topic question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?

[@manfredkernMK]

I'm just a Linux user. About this drama: I just do not understand, why another filesystem? I am using ext4 and maybe someday I will go to Btrfs. But it's all technical. It does not bring more users to Linux. I do not want non-tested filesystems, because my data is valuable. Pointless wars and drama.

[@jx86xj]

I'd say Fedora has the best Plasma and Gnome implementation

[@bdeliu3187]

You are sadly mistaken but thats okay

[@DJDocsVideos]

Tuxedo OS for Ubuntu with KDE minus snaps

[@esra_erimez]

13:14 Watching on KDE Keon. At least until Kubuntu gets KDE 6

[@michael_tunnell]

Kubuntu has Plasma 6 as of this episode 👍

[@CyborgZeta]

This news makes me kind of sad. Kubuntu has been my favorite distribution for the past few years after switching to Linux, but I recently had to leave it behind. Canonical has been increasingly pushing Snaps. With them now moving things like CUPS to Snap, I had no choice but to move. Now I'm on Bazzite and Aurora. Aurora is actually my new recommendation for someone who wants a good KDE+Plasma distribution. Good defaults on top of an immutable base. Also, since it's based on Fedora, it updates alongside Fedora's schedule. Fedora, IMO, strikes a nice middle ground between Debian+Ubuntu and Arch.

[@fuseteam]

Lot of waiting happening here xd

[@Fraket]

16:20 waits 16:20 to tell you lmao

[@spookwav]

Desktop Plasma

[@ertugruluyar.social]

Tuxedo OS

[@rdnowlin1206]

The whole ecosystem of FOSS, GNU/Linux is collaboration, cooperation and openest. This guy Kent seems to be a "dick". IMO - I side with Linus. We users do need untested, unstable code introduced into the Kernel or OS. Someone needs to tell Kent to go work for Microsoft!

[@spookwav]

4.0 appple 1

[@faxen123]

its called bca chefs 😀

[@hindigente]

Linus may be in the right, but seems insufferably rude.

[@javabeanz8549]

Are you new to the Linux world? Linus has toned it WAY WAY down.

[@mechwarrior83]

I didn't think Linus was being rude at all in this instance. He actually told Kent what he expects rather than just berating him.

[@thingsiplay]

How is Linus rude here? Read the conversation and how many times this happened. Linus is really calm here. Unlike this was a joke from you, you should really read into it before coming to this conclusion.

[@LaughingMan_]

1) I don't think hes rude. He is right. 2) How long do you follow Linus by now? He's a chill puppy compared to the early days 😂

[@hindigente]

To be fair, I might have been a bit swayed by Linus' ill-mannered past. You're all probably right.

[@729usbow]

Ubuntu fanboy detected, dislike endorsed

[@michael_tunnell]

Silly comment detected. Dislike welcomed

[@okazel]

loonixtard detected lol

[@thingsiplay]

Disliking someone for liking a distribution?

[@729usbow]

@@thingsiplay not a distro, im talking about ubuntu

[@thingsiplay]

@@729usbow Ubuntu is a distribution. Or do you mean Canonical the company behind Ubuntu? I find it weird, because its not a terrible company at all. I don't like Gnome too, but don't downvote people who like Gnome in example. I find it bizarre doing so.

[@spx2327]

Linus Torvalds is such a savage! 🦾🦾🦾

[@thingsiplay]

Linus is fair.

[@DREDKNOT2063]

i need help editing the grub file after update it just boots to black screen , i have to chose the advanced options at boot an chose the current kernel then it works but the grub file looks this GRUB_DEFAULT=0 GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden GRUB_TIMEOUT=0 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`(Kde Neon 6.1) GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" assume the GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`(Kde Neon 6.1) is the issue my question is can i change the (Kde Neon 6.1) line to the current kernel if so how should that look , is the way the kernel is appears in neofetch the correct way if so could i just copy an paste it where the (Kde Neon 6.1) is ?

[@michael_tunnell]

KDE Neon is not advisable for most people. Does your system have more than one drive?