Finally, the long-awaited version of Ubuntu is here after some initial delay due to major security issues related to the XZ compression library, which had a hidden backdoor since February 26th, allowing the attacker to gain SSH access. In general, this was not a Ubuntu-related issue, and even though the compromised package was not included in any of the Ubuntu beta builds, the Canonical team took extra time to validate if everything was in order prior to the official beta release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, after many hours of development and testing, congratulations are in order for the whole Canonical team and the entire open-source community on the successful release of the next-generation LTS (Long-Term Support) Ubuntu, or Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Staying true to tradition, Ubuntu’s latest release puts this numbat on the throne. But does this noble creature<\/a> bring enough new features to the round table to justify your trust? Given that we already have this release available for our VPS customers, the answer is obvious, but for the sake of this article, let’s pretend we don\u2019t know the answer yet \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n