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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Review: solid, unexciting release (+all flavors)

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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
00:44 Sponsor: SquareSpace
01:42 Installer
04:00 GNOME 46 changes
08:29 Under the hood
11:13 Ubuntu Flavors
13:50 Parting Thoughts
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The main event in Ubuntu 24.04 is GNOME 46, it you improved notifications, that can be expanded, or collapsed, and they’ll now show a little symbolic icon next to their title. More interesting, you get experimental support for variable refresh rate. It’s not enabled by default, you’ll need to use dconf to turn it on.

Fractional scaling also got better, with fonts now looking less blurry and properly aligned when using fractional scaling, and you can now login to a GNOME user through RDP, instead of having to remote into a session where someone was already logged in.

Nautilus, the file manager, now finally lets you edit the file path by clicking on the path bar, it will also search faster, and through the entire filesystem by default now, file transfers are now moved to the sidebar, and you can also change a folder’s icon from the properties panel of that folder. Finally, you also get a new option to change how dates are displayed.

The main system Settings changed a bit as well, with a new “system” page, default apps have been merged into the main “apps” settings page, which also includes the default actions you can configure when you insert removable media.

The mouse and touchpad settings now let you configure how you trigger the right click, and there’s a new mouse test page to make sure these settings work for you. You can also turn off the touchpad when typing.

The GNOME Online accounts also received some love for its backend: it now uses the default browser for authentication into accounts. You can also add a WebDAV account, or a Microsoft Personal Account as well, which will give you access to your OneDrive storage straight from Nautilus.

Ubuntu 24.04 comes with the kernel 6.8, the latest available right now. The main thing in here is the new P state drivers, meaning your Intel CPUs will be able to hit their advertised boost speeds, but also that using it on laptops should yield better batter life, whether you have an AMD or Intel CPU, especially since Ubuntu 24.04 now uses better power profiles based on these new P State drivers.

Ubuntu also moves to Netplan, a network management tool that shouldn’t change anything for regular users that just connect to wifi, but will definitely improve the life of people who have to create complex network configurations.

For gamers, you’re also getting a better experience here: the virtual memory mapping limit was increased by a factor of 16 in 24.04, meaning that games that could crash at launch, or after a few hours of play time will no longer do so, at least if the crash was related to them trying to grab a lot of memory. It’s a change that Arch also recently made.

Another interesting change is that all services that are affected by a library update will automatically be restarted, to ensure that these services will be running with the latest security fixes apps one, there’slied. It’s more important for servers than desktops, but it’s a good change, that you can disable if you don’t like it.

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34 thoughts on “Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Review: solid, unexciting release (+all flavors)”

  • Hi. how to make ubuntu with desktop enlightenment? is there an iso ready to use on the starter pendrive? Thx .

  • It has some bad things, for example this version changed the way that applications open, so when I tried to install Unity Hub, it didn't work.

  • All Linux distros are pure garbage. If you only use your PC for emails surfing the web & watching cat videos then it may work for you. If you do anything else you need windows.

  • How do you install this so it works as my version fails to install to bootloader

  • Hey Nick- Had I short visit to Brest a couple weeks ago. Our cruise stopped there for a day, took in the Maritime museum, a nice bookstore, some good espresso and a walk about. Nice city!

  • beberapa aplikasi/software dibuat di linux (koreksi jika saya salah). tapi mengapa banyak aplikasi yang tidak bisa di instal dilinux? saya suka sekali tampilan linux. saya bosan menggunakan jendela. tetapi banyak aplikasi yang saya gunakan dijendela tidak ada di linux.

  • hey beautiful people. Where can I find the link to download linux tuxedo ? Thx.

  • I built a server for nextcloud and then installed 24.04 on launch day. A day later it crapped out and dropped to console and wouldn't boot. So I went back to 22.04 and plan to leave it there until 2032

  • 11:27 But they should have plenty of time to 'backport' Plasma 6. I'm actually waiting for that.

  • Some of us still use 20.04. I think for LTS versions it make sense to compare at least to two previous LTS releases as we tend to stick to them for long.

  • only waiting the LTS because i need the 5 years update for my Media Server/NAS 😂 Ubuntu been drowning in complexity since 18.04 in my opinion, the last exciting LTS was 16.04 when Unity was still the default

  • Thank you for the small section on Kubuntu as I am currently using Kubuntu 22.04.

  • Ive tried many distros and for some reason arch based ones like endeavour OS i always end up going back to for the simplicity of set up, and the various amount of tools and updated packages from AUR.

  • If anyone can't upgrade in the store show a "snapd error", duh, I figured it out. I needed to upgrade firefox browser but I tried in the Ubuntu store and gave this error but didn't read the dialog box patiently. So make sure you close firefox before you goto the store and upgrade it; so far so good.

  • If it weren't for this nasty snaps it would be great

  • Thanks, Nick, for the review!
    Intresting feature with the yaml file for the auto installation
    I like the possability for the minimum installation 🙂
    Crossing fingers for more detailed release notes 🙂

  • Sorry, switched to debian after 22.04. Ok doesn`t get al the last minute stuff, but is much much much more performant, and less spyie on me…. my ocd

  • I used ubuntu (fortran) for my masters project and it was really very good at that time I am not very tech savvy so I only opened ubuntu just to code there and then came back to windows (it was the time when win 10 was about to be released)
    I really wish they made it more gui based.
    I can handle most of terminal stuffs but what I can't understand is the file system its so unintuitive that I had to google most of the things and idk what happens when I plug in my USB lol it never detects when I use wine or other apps

  • As much as I like Ubuntu, it really pains me that they can't make the app updating stuff work without a terminal.
    This happened with 22.04 and it still happens with a fresh install of 24.04. "Can't update yada yada because of snapd".
    Can you please just fix this crap before shipping…?
    I know you must type stuff into the terminal (kill the snap-store and then do a refresh) but that should NOT be mandatory for a desktop that's supposed to be polished!

  • I'm encountering a Bluetooth connectivity issue in 24.04.

  • The Kubuntu update to Plasma 5.27 (from 5.24 in the previous LTS) is significant. While not getting Plasma 6 is a bit of a letdown, 5.27 brings daily-driver-quality Wayland support that was not there in 5.24 – and that's super important for a 12 year support cycle.

  • ubuntu 24 04 new container base image of x86 amd version is quite well, 0 scannable vulnerability.

  • So, Windows 11 is ridiculously awful. I'd pay for a version of Linux that would let me game, watch my media collection, and use Google's office software, without any 'work'. I got tired of command line work in 2010. Soon, people will be really desperate for an alternative.

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