I'm proud to present the latest version of Ubuntu Cinnamon – 24.04 'Noble Numbat'. As this is an LTS release, it will be supported for 3 years. This release features Cinnamon 6.0 and the new flutter-based installer in the live image. Here are the changes specifically to Ubuntu Cinnamon for the release, only containing the main important parts and excluding the bug fixes behind the scenes: Cinnamon 6.0.4 desktop - the sound applet now rounds labels for the artist song names; the menu editor window can now be resized; desktop backgrounds can now accept the AVIF file format; ability to download Nemo Actions with other spices; experimental support for Wayland; minor fixes; the screensaver is disabled in Wayland sessions; stability fixes; Muffin window manager has experimental support for Wayland.
We are pleased to announce the release of 24.04 LTS. The new release rolls up various fixes and optimizations that the Ubuntu Budgie team have been developing since the 22.04 release in April 2022: a brand-new installer; new and updated applets; hot corner and window shuffler; the very latest Budgie desktop and Budgie control center; lots of theme and icon updates to customise your experience; re-worked Budgie Welcome for installing all things Budgie, gaming and lot more; revamp of our default application line-up. We also inherit hundreds of stability and bug fixes as well as optimizations made to the underlying Ubuntu repositories.
The Ubuntu Studio team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu Studio 24.04 LTS, code-named 'Noble Numbat'. This marks Ubuntu Studio's 34th release. This release is a long-term support release and as such, it is supported for 3 years (36 months, until April 2027). In cooperation with the Ubuntu Desktop team, we have an all-new desktop installer. This installer uses the underlying code of the Ubuntu Server installer ('Subiquity') which has been in use for years, with a frontend coded in 'Flutter'. Be on the lookout for a special easter egg when the graphical environment for the installer first starts. For those of you who have been long-time users of Ubuntu Studio since our early days (even before Xfce), you will notice exactly what it is. Now for the big one: PipeWire is now mature and this release contains PipeWire 1.0. With PipeWire 1.0 comes the stability and compatibility you would expect from multimedia audio.
We've moved over to Calamares as the installer included in the ISO (similar to the Lubuntu and Ubuntu Studio installers on previous releases, if you've ever tried them, which for that matter, you definitely should!). We would like to thank Simon Quigley and Aaron Rainbolt for integrating Calamares with our existing Ubuntu Unity live session, and last-minute fixes for bugs reported prior to the final release. Now speaking of Lomiri, we're aware that for the past few years, a lot of you have been eagerly awaiting Lomiri desktop images. And well, for those of you, we have some thrilling news: the first 24.04 Lomiri testing ISO is now publicly available!
Ubuntu Kylin 24.04 is equipped with UKUI 4.0 desktop environment, which focuses on aesthetics and ease of use, and provides a wide range of personalized settings options. User can easily create a fitted desktop layout according to their preferences, making their work more convenient. The newly in-house developed file manager, Peony, boasts a visually appealing UI interface alongside convenient features, including file search, module view control, file sorting, disk mounting and formatting capabilities. The ukui-control-center not only has changed in UI style, but also has enriched many convenient system settings, such as user settings, display settings, sound settings, power settings, theme settings, language settings, application settings, etc.
We are pleased to announce the release of Edubuntu 24.04 LTS, code-named 'Noble Numbat'. This is the first long-term support in ten years and we are excited to have it available to everyone. Our vision is to allow Edubuntu to reach people that otherwise wouldn't be able to afford quality education software. Whether it's to supplement what you already have or to replace completely your education needs, we hope you enjoy it as much as we did working on it. This is a long-term support release and as such, it is supported for 3 years, until April 2027. Features: due to popular demand, we have released images for the Raspberry Pi 5; we have introduced a new metapackage, installable from Edubuntu Installer, for teaching tools; we have developed a metapackage for music education, installable from Edubuntu installer; Edubuntu now includes a minimal install option....
The latest release note highlights the arrival of Plasma 6 and qt6 with the introduction of a new major release ISO named Gemini. Despite challenges, the development team persevered to ensure a top-quality release in a relatively short period. Notable changes include the exclusion of ARM installations, improvements in the ISO and installation process, and updates to essential packages like Calamares, Firefox, Linux kernel, Mesa, and Nvidia drivers. Key features and fixes encompass the adoption of Plasma 6 in both Live and offline environments, switching from Nvidia-dkms to Nvidia packages, EFI partition bug fixes, reintroduction of Gparted alongside KDE partition manager, and enhancements to EndeavourOS apps and libraries. Notably, EOS update notifier is removed from default installations but remains available through the Welcome app. Additionally, there are updates and fixes for EOS apps like eos-update, nvidia-inst, and eos-sendlog, including experimental support for the doas command.
After a successful beta release and the fastest adoption of release candidate software in TrueNAS history, TrueNAS SCALE 24.04 'Dragonfish' roars onto the scene in its official release today. As the fourth major version of TrueNAS SCALE, 24.04 brings forward major performance improvements, new features and expanded hardware support. SMB Client Auditing has been added to the TrueNAS web UI. This audit trail provides TrueNAS administrators the ability to monitor client activity graphically through Web-Driven queries, as well as exporting of reports for offline auditing compliance. Live client sessions for both the SMB and NFS file-sharing protocols can also be viewed and managed from the TrueNAS web UI, allowing you to identify which files are open and in use by connected users. Use the new Sessions icon on the Sharing screen to explore this new functionality.
We are excited to announce that our latest software version 8.2 for Proxmox Virtual Environment is now available for download. This release is based on Debian 12.5 'Bookworm' but uses a newer Linux kernel 6.8, QEMU 8.1, LXC 6.0, Ceph 18.2 and ZFS 2.2. We have an import wizard to migrate VMware ESXi guests to Proxmox VE. The integrated VM importer is presented as storage plugin for native integration into the API and web-based user interface. You can use this to import the VM as a whole, with most of the original configuration settings mapped to Proxmox VE's configuration model. With the new proxmox-auto-install-assistant tool you can fully automate the setup process on bare-metal, rapidly deploying Proxmox VE hosts without the need for manual access to the systems.
Tails 6.2, released on April 23, 2024, introduces 21 new languages to the Welcome Screen, expanding its accessibility. Although some languages have limited translations of custom Tails applications, overall translation quality has improved. Users are encouraged to contribute to translation efforts through the Tor Project Weblate. Future versions will automatically include new languages once 25% of strings are translated. Updates include Tor Browser 13.0.14 and Tor client 0.4.8.11, along with renaming the localization section to Language and Formats and making Upgrade later the default option in Tails Upgrader. Several issues, including Wi-Fi reliability, SysRq key vulnerability, and Spectre v4 mitigation, have been addressed. Manual upgrades are available for users unable to perform automatic upgrades or experiencing startup issues.