Hi everyone!
We are excited to announce the official release of Ubuntu Oracular Oriole!
This latest version comes with kernel 6.11, updated libraries such as OpenSSL 3.3, Netplan 1.1, and systemd v256.5, along with modern toolchains including Python 3.12.7, .NET 9, and OpenJDK 23 and 24, among others.
You can download the desktop version for your personal computer here or get the latest Oracular Oriole AMI on AWS to launch a new instance right away.
How to get the latest Oracular Oriole AMI:
aws ec2 describe-images --region us-east-1 \
--filters "Name=name,Values=ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd-gp3/ubuntu-oracular-24.10-amd64-server*" \
--query 'sort_by(Images, &CreationDate)[-1].{Name: Name, ImageId: ImageId, CreationDate: CreationDate, Owner:OwnerId}'
To learn more about what’s new, check out the release notes.