Canonical has launched Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, aka “Noble Numbat,” a brand new Long Term Support launch of the favored Linux distribution that brings efficiency enhancements and toolchain updates for builders.
Announced April 25 and downloadable from ubuntu.com, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS gives Linux 6.Eight kernel capabilities with improved syscall efficiency, nested KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) help on ppc64el (IBM PowerPC), and entry to the brand new beachefs file system. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS has merged low-latency kernel options into the default kernel, lowering kernel process scheduling delays, Canonical mentioned. The launch additionally allows body pointers by default on 64-bit architectures, giving efficiency engineers entry to correct flame graphs when techniques are profiled for troubleshooting and optimization. Frame pointers provide extra full CPU profiling and off-CPU profiling, based on Intel.
For builders, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS consists of Python 3.12, Ruby 3.2, PHP 8.3, and Go 1.22 and enhances help for .NET, Java, and Rust. .NET Eight might be supported on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS for the life cycle of each releases. .NET help additionally has been prolonged to the IBM System Z platform. For Java builders, JDK 21 turns into the default launch in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS whereas Java 17, Java 11, and Java Eight are also supported. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ships with Rust 1.75.
Ubuntu Desktop options new administration instruments, and now makes use of the identical installer as Ubuntu Server. Image customization instruments similar to autoinstall and cloud-init can be utilized to tailor developer experiences. And beginning with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux now helps cloud-init to allow customization and standardization throughout developer estates.
For safety, Ubuntu now gives confidential digital machines throughout the Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Amazon Web Services cloud platforms. Ubuntu additionally helps confidential GPUs on the general public cloud, beginning with a preview on Azure. For Canonical enterprise prospects, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS receives 12 years of safety upkeep and help. As a Long Term Support launch, the discharge will get 5 years of free safety upkeep on the primary Ubuntu repository.
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