Recently, the Kubuntu development team announced some of their plans for the upcoming Kubuntu 24.04 LTS release and beyond.
As you may know, Canonical will launch its 10th Ubuntu LTS release this year, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS a.k.a. the Noble Numbat, and most of the official Ubuntu flavors will follow suit and also offer an LTS (Long Term Support) release, including Kubuntu, of course.
One of the cool changes in the upcoming Kubuntu 24.04 LTS release will be the switching to the Calamares universal graphical installer by default. Lubuntu is the only official flavor already using Calamares and now Kubuntu will be the second starting with the Noble Numbat series.
Some of the advantages of using Calamares over the Ubuntu Desktop Installer include the ability for the Kubuntu devs to adapt it to provide the very best experience to their users by adding or removing features, an advanced partitioning feature, branding support, and an overall faster installation experience for users.
“We value stability over new features.” – Simon Quigley, Kubuntu Member
For Kubuntu 24.04 LTS, the developers made the decision to keep with the proven KDE Plasma 5 desktop environment, specifically the most recent KDE Plasma 5.27 LTS series. Although they won’t initially include the Kubuntu 24.04 LTS with the upcoming KDE Plasma 6 series, it is in their plans to provide it as an update before the year ends.
Unfortunately, KDE Plasma 5 has been marked as End-Of-Life (EOL) upstream, meaning there are no further updates anticipated. Nonetheless, the KDE Project has not ruled out the possibility of issuing more updates if security issues or serious bugs appear.
In order to ensure Kubuntu 24.04 remains as stable as possible until the Plasma 6 upgrade is introduced, the team has employed Scarlett Gately Moore, a seasoned KDE developer. This is done to guarantee Kubuntu users a Plasma desktop experience free from bugs.
So, as you can see, Kubuntu 24.10, which will be released in October 2024, will be the first Kubuntu release to ship with the KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment by default.
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