Canonical Releases Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole

39 points by 9front 9 months ago | 18 comments
  • browningstreet 9 months ago
    I’m not a purist but I’ve installed Ubuntu on some of my older machines and its built-in driver coverage across weird hardware has been superior to other distros I test-cycled through. And though I’ve been using Linux for over 20 years, I find it easier to dip in and out of Ubuntu, and less so with Fedora.

    My son is partial to Debian and KDE, which is a strong choice. My next platform test is a DaVinci Resolve Linux workstation but I don’t honestly expect it to beat a new MacBook. But if it’s close enough I may elect to go with open source over Big Tech lock-in.

    • AzzyHN 9 months ago
      People give Ubuntu a lot of shit, but for a homelab, I find that Ubuntu server really does "just work". And I use Ubuntu-based distros on my laptop and desktop as well (Pop!_OS).
      • 2OEH8eoCRo0 9 months ago
        Pretty cool. Fedora ain't even on kernel 6.11 or GNOME 47 yet.
        • sam_bristow 9 months ago
          That's purely an artifact of their release cadence though, right? The next Fedora relase in a few weeks will have the latest kernels etc.
          • vetinari 8 months ago
            Fedora will have them in about two weeks, with 41 release; it will also get python 3.13.
          • atemerev 9 months ago
            Ah, that no longer relevant distro filled with dark patterns, spyware^W telemetry, barely working snaps, and “updates” you can’t install unless you pay for enterprise support…

            Thanks but no thanks! Fedora is still sane, at least.

            • bjoli 9 months ago
              For gui apps I consider flatpaks superior. I use opensuse Aeon desktop, which is an immutable distro where the main distro is minimal and all applications are either flatpaks or installed through distrobox (not unlike silverblue)

              It has worked surprisingly well.

              • throwaway77385 9 months ago
                Imagine my surprise when Hetzner Cloud recommended I use Ubuntu for my server (prior to the enterprise upgrade shenanigans) and then, suddenly, it tells me I don't get upgrades until I pay. On Linux.

                Ubuntu has a lifetime ban from me. No thanks. Whenever I setup my server again (I can't face the prospect, as it'll take me weeks) it'll probably just be Debian.

                • sam_goody 9 months ago
                  I have Ubuntu on Hetzner cloud and recently updated with no issues.

                  What error did it give you exactly?

                  • vetinari 8 months ago
                    Only updates in main repository are part of the free ubuntu. Updates for packages in universe repository require Ubuntu Pro subscription.
              • greatgib 9 months ago
                They really lost they way...

                  The addition of kdump-tools to relevant Ubuntu desktop and server images enables kernel crash dumps by default. This proactive approach streamlines troubleshooting by automatically capturing critical data after a crash, allowing faster and effective diagnostics, without requiring users to manually adjust settings beforehand.
                99.9% of desktop users will not care about the crash dump. So should a crash happen for whatever reason, it will slow down even more the recovery, clutter the storage of the user that will not even do that there is something he can cleanup.

                And for a new version of their desktop, all they have to announce is that you will be able to find old color themes and improvement in the apt "command line" UX.

                • wutwutwat 9 months ago
                  I'm not seeing how this decision is an indicator of how they've lost their way...

                  One could talk about the horrible thing called snaps and the fact the OS prefers installing them over debs, or the Ubuntu Pro upsell attempts, etc. kdump isn't an issue compared to the real issues imo

                  • eternityforest 9 months ago
                    I love snaps, but I'm getting a bit worried now that I'm seeing more and more Flatpak only apps not in the snap store. Snaps were way ahead at first, now it's becoming a real fragmentation issue.
                    • vetinari 8 months ago
                      Snaps were never ahead; it was a quick-and-dirty solution thrown together, during the time when flatpak was being designed. It was lets-do-quick-something, so we can claim first prize, never mind the consequences.

                      It is just another case of Cannonical being Cannonical, now with the flavor lets-try-to-monetize-here (you cannot have your private snap repos, like you can have with apt, dnf or flatpak. You can use only single global one run by Cannonical, and to get a private part of it, it is pay for play).

                      So yes, it is becoming fragmentation issue and thing will get much worse (for Ubuntu users), until Cannonical reverses.

                    • greatgib 9 months ago
                      I mean that it is totally not something going in the way to do a general public desktop environment.
                    • eternityforest 9 months ago
                      Are there any measurements on how much it will slow things down by? Perhaps they plan to add an easy GUI tool to look at crashes, or even add automated reporting to the existing telemetry.

                      I'm all for it, if only because I don't want them wasting time maintaining two different configurations, if they can unify them, they have more time to improve the important stuff.

                    • sam_bristow 8 months ago
                      Anyone unfortunate enough to need a FIPS certified kernel is still stuck on Ubuntu 20.04 with no sign of progress on newer options in sight.