Category: Ubuntu
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ‘Noble Numbat’ Opens Wallpaper Competition for Entries
Canonical has issued a plea for submissions from artists, graphic designers, and all Ubuntu followers to the formal wallpaper contest for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS “Noble Numbat” OS release. “Noble Numbat”, also known as Ubuntu 24.04 TLS, is expected to launch on April 25th, 2024, and the Ubuntu developers are seeking your assistance in crafting another…
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UBports Adopts Fixed-Release Model for Ubuntu Touch OTA Updates
The UBports Foundation announced its plan to transition to a fixed-release model for future OTA (Over-the-Air) updates of their Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system. Almost a year prior, the UBports Foundation unveiled the first Ubuntu Touch OTA update based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, after dedicated years of work to shift from the Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial…
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End of Life for Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster”: It’s Time to Upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10
Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster” reaches its end-of-life today, January 25th, 2024, therefore it will no longer receive any software and security updates. Ubuntu 23.04 was initially released on April 20th, 2023. As an interim Ubuntu release, its support lasted for only nine months with software and security updates. The release featured GNOME 44 desktop environment…
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Step-by-Step Guide: Installing Linux Kernel 6.7 on Ubuntu
Linux 6.7 is now the latest stable kernel and Ubuntu users can now install it on their machines via Canonical’s Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA archive. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to achieve that using the GUI or the command line. Linux kernel 6.7 was released on January 7th, 2024, and it introduces new features…
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Introducing Armbian Linux: Now Accessible on Raspberry Pi 5 Computers
The Armbian project declared recently that their Debian/Ubuntu-oriented ARM distribution is now compatible with Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers and supports Cinnamon, GNOME, Xfce, KDE Plasma, and i3 environments. For followers of Raspberry Pi, this comes as a genuine Christmas present as they now have the chance to install a thoroughly optimized GNU/Linux distribution onto…
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Step-by-Step Guide to Installing Linux Kernel 6.6 on Ubuntu
Canonical’s Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA isn’t dead as rumored and you can now install the newest Linux 6.6 kernel series on your Ubuntu. Here’s a tutorial showing you how to do it either by GUI or command line. Linux kernel 6.6 was launched in the last days of October 2023. It comes with new elements…
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Exploring the New Ubuntu 23.10 on Raspberry Pi 5: A First Look
My Raspberry Pi 5 finally arrived yesterday so the first thing I did after I’ve set it up was to try various GNU/Linux distributions, ending up with Canonical’s latest Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) release. Expect this to be a review of both software and hardware. Why Ubuntu 23.10? Because it would be redundant to write…
