Distribution update generated Ubuntu 24.04.4 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 were also released for Kubuntu 24.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu Budgie 24.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu MATE 24.04.4 LTS, Lubuntu 24.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu Kylin 24.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu Studio 24.04.4 LTS, Xubuntu 24.04.4 LTS, Edubuntu 24.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu Cinnamon 24.04.4 LTS and Ubuntu Unity 24.04.4 LTS.
This release includes some improvements backported from the release Ubuntu 25.10:
- Kernel packages are offered Linux version 6.17 (base core Ubuntu 24.04 — 6.8).
- Updated graphics stack components including Mesa 25.2.7 and Wayland Protocols 1.45, 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 openvswitch 3.3.4, cloud-init 25.2, netplan 1.1.2, OpenLDAP 2.6.10, .NET 8.0.23, Snapd 2.73.
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 6.17 will be supported until release Ubuntu 24.04.5, in which the core from the composition will be proposed Ubuntu 26.04 The initially shipped 6.8 base kernel will be supported for the entire five-year maintenance cycle.
For rollback Ubuntu For Desktop on the base kernel 6.8, 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-24.04
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