Distribution update generated Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS, which includes changes related to improved hardware support, kernel updates Linux and graphics stack, with bug fixes in the installer and bootloader. The release also includes current updates for several hundred packages, addressing vulnerabilities and stability issues. Similar updates are also being released at the same time. Ubuntu Budgie 22.04.4 LTS, Kubuntu 22.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu MATE 22.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu Studio 22.04.4 LTS, Lubuntu 22.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu Kylin 22.04.4 LTS and Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS.
This release includes some improvements backported from the release Ubuntu 23.10:
- Kernel packages are offered Linux version 6.5 (base core Ubuntu 22.04 — 5.15).
- Updated graphics stack components, including Mesa 23.1.7, which were tested in the release Ubuntu 10/25. New versions of video drivers for Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA chips have been added.
- Updated versions of some packages such as dpdk 21.11.4, cloud-init 23.3.3 and openvswitch 2.17.8.
- Added assembly for servers based on the ARM architecture, in which the core Linux compiled with 64K memory page support.
In desktop builds (Ubuntu For Desktop, the new kernel and graphics stack are offered by default. For server systems (Ubuntu Server), the new kernel has been added as an option in the installer. Using the new builds only makes sense for new installations—previously installed systems may receive all the features present in Ubuntu 04/24/4 changes through the standard update installation system.
As a reminder, a rolling update support model is used to deliver new versions of the kernel and graphics stack, according to which backported kernels and drivers will be supported only until the release of the next corrective update of the LTS branch. Ubuntu. Thus, the core proposed in the current issue Linux 6.5 will be supported until release Ubuntu 22.04.5, in which the core from the composition will be proposed Ubuntu 24.04 The initially shipped 5.15 base kernel will be supported for the entire five-year maintenance cycle.
For rollback Ubuntu For Desktop on the base kernel 5.15, you should run the command:
sudo apt install --install-recommends linux-generic
To install a new kernel in Ubuntu Server should be started:
sudo apt install --install-recommends linux-generic-hwe-22.04
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