• 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?

  • Willoughby@piefed.worldEnglish
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    3 hours ago

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

    That is the point. The desktop landscape… aside from maybe KDE, changes very little over time. It’s more that new software is created to try out, while old software would rather retain their current userbase and not be tarred and feathered over sweeping changes.

    in the background, though

    The kernel is constantly adapting and updating to changes in the cybersecurity threat landscape, and shit is happening, all the time, relentlessly, forever.