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Ubuntu 22.04, codenamed Jammy Jellyfish, was released on 21 April 2022.
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It was followed by Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu on 20 October 2022.
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It was followed by Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur on 12 October 2023.
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It was followed by Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffinnwas on 17 April 2025
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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?


You could use something like OpenSUSE Tumbleweed where all software is updated on a rolling basis whenever updates are tested and ready. That might be for you but the downside is that big updates to software come “randomly” and could break your workflow. The point of version releases is usually to save the big feature-changing updates so they all come at a predictable point in time, and there’s usually a window to upgrade in so you can do it when most convenient. For Ubuntu, Fedora, etc. this happens every six months, so the difference between one version to the next isn’t likely to be huge, but many people prefer the predictability of an update cycle. You could also look at LTS distros which are supported for longer, but you have to wait longer for features.