Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole Beta will be released on September 19 by Canonical. announced. Additionally, it was announced that the release candidate would be released on October 3rd and the final version would be released on October 10th.
Ubuntu 24.10 will only receive updates for 9 months before it is discontinued. In this sense, for longer-term use, you can choose Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, which will not require any upgrades until 2029.
Those who like to tinker with operating systems on their test machines can download the daily versions of Ubuntu 24.10. On the other hand, let us remind you that these versions may be unstable.
Let us underline that Ubuntu 24.10 will be a packaged version with newer software. So, if you have new hardware that is not supported in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, it is possible to find support in this new version. It is estimated that Linux 6.11, GNOME 47 and GCC 14.1 compiler may be among the expected new software.
