{"id":46154,"date":"2024-04-12T15:11:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T15:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=46154"},"modified":"2024-04-12T15:11:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T15:11:05","slug":"ubuntu-24-04-lts-beta-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/04\/ubuntu-24-04-lts-beta-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Beta is Out for Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ubuntu-circle.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-39047\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ubuntu-circle-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ubuntu-circle-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ubuntu-circle-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ubuntu-circle-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ubuntu-circle-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ubuntu-circle.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 24.04, code-name Noble Numbat, is finally available for Beta testing after a week of delay.<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 24.04 is long term support (LTS) release with 5-year of support. By enabling Ubuntu Pro, user can get 7 years more security updates. Meaning that Ubuntu LTS has 12 years of support!<\/p>\n<p>The new LTS features GA <b>Kernel 5.8<\/b> and <b>GNOME Desktop 46<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-neofetch.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46155\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-neofetch-700x438.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-neofetch-700x438.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-neofetch-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-neofetch-768x480.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-neofetch.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The desktop installer has been completely redesigned. As you may know, it&#8217;s now a Flutter based app. And, it supports automatic installation, and TPM-backed full disk encryption if you&#8217;re going to use the whole disk for Ubuntu only.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_46156\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-new-installer2.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46156\" class=\"size-large wp-image-46156\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-new-installer2-700x438.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-new-installer2-700x438.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-new-installer2-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-new-installer2-768x480.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-new-installer2.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Desktop Installer<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ubuntu 24.04 also introduced new welcome dialog, making it easy to enable &#8220;Ubuntu Pro&#8221; (free for up to 5 machines for personal).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-welcome.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46157\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-welcome-700x438.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-welcome-700x438.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-welcome-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-welcome-768x480.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-welcome-1320x825.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/noble-welcome.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The release also includes Netplan 1.0 with simultaneous WPA2 &amp; WPA3 support, stable libnetplan1 API, and new <code>hairpin<\/code>, <code>port-mac-learning<\/code> settings and <code>netplan status --diff<\/code> sub-command.<\/p>\n<p>And, there are toolkit updates, including GCC 14, Python 3.12, OpenJDK 21, LLVM 18, Rust 1.76, Golang 1.22, and .NET 8.<\/p>\n<p>For Ubuntu Server, it includes Apache2 2.4.58, Containerd 1.7.12, Django 4.2.11, Docker 24.0.7, Dovecot 2.3.21, exim4 4.97, HAProxy 2.8.5, libvirt 10.0.0, NET SNMP 5.9.4, Nginx 1.24, PHP 8.3.3, PostgreSQL 16.2, QEMU 8.2.1, Ruby 3.2, Squid 6.6, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes in the Desktop Edition include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Replace &#8216;Show Apps&#8217; (the 9 dots icon) on dock with Ubuntu Logo icon.<\/li>\n<li>Replace Cheese with Gnome core &#8220;Camera&#8221; app.<\/li>\n<li>Thunderbird now is Snap package run in sandbox (just like Firefox).<\/li>\n<li>Drop the games (Aisleriot Solitaire, Mahjongg, Mines, and Sudoku) but they are still available in system repository.<\/li>\n<li>GNOME 46 specific features:\n<ul>\n<li>Global search in Nautilus file manager.<\/li>\n<li>Remote Login through RDP protocol.<\/li>\n<li>Experimental variable refresh rates (VRR) support.<\/li>\n<li>Enable touchpad tap-to-click out-of-the-box.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/discourse.ubuntu.com\/t\/noble-numbat-release-notes\/39890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release note<\/a> for more about Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.<\/p>\n<h3>Get Ubuntu 24.04 LTS<\/h3>\n<p>The Desktop, Server images, and Netboot tarball are available to download at the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/releases.ubuntu.com\/24.04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Ubuntu 24.04 (Beta so far)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For the official flavors, e.g., KUbuntu, XUbuntu, Ubuntu MATE, etc, either go to their websites, or use this <a href=\"https:\/\/cdimages.ubuntu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cdimages.ubuntu.com<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubuntu 24.04, code-name Noble Numbat, is finally available for Beta testing after a week of delay. 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