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Kubuntu 24.10, codenamed Oracular Oriole, is the newest release of the popular KDE-based Ubuntu flavor known as Kubuntu. The latest edition, which ships with Linux kernel 6.11, will receive nine months of full support until the next long-term support release in April 2025.
The new Kubuntu comes with the KDE Plasma 6.1 desktop, KDE Frameworks 5.116 and 6.6.0, and "many updated KDE Gear applications." The latest release is the next step in the developers' quest to replace the ancient X11 graphics system with the more recent Wayland compositor. In the new edition, Wayland is the default, although X11 is still available as an option.
Plasma 6.1 comes with a new option for easy remote access to other Plasma desktops. Also included are enhanced capabilities for screen locking and desktop customization. A new experimental feature called "permissions prompting" offers "fine-grained control over Snap applications permissions."
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