• 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 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?

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    5 months ago

    You mean for the Linux kernel specifically? Linux distributions?

    For software in general — not Linux-specific — updates fix bugs (some of which might be security-related). Adds features.

    That may be too general to be useful, but the question doesn’t have much by way of specifics.

    I feel like maybe more context would make for better answers. Like, if what you’re asking is “I have a limited network connection, and I’d like to reduce or eliminate downloading of updates” or “I have a system that I don’t want to reboot; do I need to apply updates”, that might affect the answer.