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Ubuntu 22.10 “Kinetic Kudu” is here!

Ubuntu 22.10, codenamed “Kinetic Kudu”, is here with eRacks Systems. This release continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open-source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, partnering with the community and our partners, to introduce new features and fix bugs.

Ubuntu Desktop 22.10 users will benefit from the refinements in GNOME 43, including GTK4 theming for improved performance and consistency. Quick Settings now provide faster access to commonly used options such as wifi, bluetooth, dark mode and power settings.

Since Ubuntu 22.10 “Kinetic Kudu” will be supported for 9 months until July 2023, it was released to the wider public on Oct 20, 2022. Here’s in short, what you can expect from the Ubuntu 22.10 release.

Linux kernel

Ubuntu 22.10 is shipped with the new 5.19 Linux kernel that brings the most relevant features (in addition to many other new features, new drivers, improvements and fixes.

GNOME 43

In Ubuntu 22.10, GNOME 43 is the base desktop version. GNOME 43 is an impressive release in terms of features and work around the GTK4 and libadwaita. A lot of features which was missed to reach in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, finally arrived in this version.

Qemu

Qemu was updated to version v7.0.0 which brings many major and minor improvements.

libvirt

Tracking the releases of libvirt continuously version v8.6.0 is now provided in Ubuntu 22.10 which – among many other fixes, improvements and features.

Docker.io 20.10.16

This new version contains fixes to avoid potential lock issues and update its dependencies internally.

Security Improvements 

AppArmor gained support for restricting access to unprivileged user namespaces. This allows a system administrator to configure their system so that only applications and services which are confined by an appropriate AppArmor profile can use this feature.

Summary of the key changes in Ubuntu 22.10

• Linux Kernel 5.19
• GNOME 43
• Pipewire by default
• IWD is replacing wpa_supplicant
• KDE Plasma 5.25 in Kubuntu
• LXQt 1.1.0 in Lubuntu
• Firefox 106
• LibreOffice 7.4
• Thunderbird 102

Including these, there are a lot of improvements. To experience the full improvements, you need to use one. You can download an installation file directly from here, or get a pre-installed ready to use system from eRacks Systems’ Store.

Asif Raihan October 28th, 2022

Posted In: Linux, LiveCD, New products, Open Source, Operating Systems, ubuntu, Zenbook

Tags: Laptops, linux, New products, Rolling Release, ubuntu, Zenbook

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