• Ubuntu 22.04, codenamed Jammy Jellyfish, was released on 21 April 2022.

  • It was followed by Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu on 20 October 2022.

  • It was followed by Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur on 12 October 2023.

  • It was followed by Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffinnwas on 17 April 2025

  • It was followed by Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka on 9 October 2025

All Linux distros keep publishing new versions: Fedora, Mint, Debian

Yet strangely, I don’t actually notice any change. I’m just a normie user. It seems only computer nerds understand why the new versions are game changers.

Apart from “increased security”, what is actually the point of these releases?

  • redlemace@lemmy.world
    4·
    4 hours ago

    That’s what release-notes are for. Usualy bugfixes and new functions/features/hw-support.

    It’s a free choice to follow them or not. If you don’t need the new features. If the bugs don’t hit/bother you …