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Xubuntu 24.04 Release Notes

Welcome to the Xubuntu 24.04 “Noble Numbat” release notes!

Xubuntu 24.04 will be released on Thursday, April 25, 2024, and will be supported for three years until April 2027. For general information and the latest updates for Xubuntu 24.04, check out the release page on xubuntu.org.

To beta test Xubuntu 24.04, first take a look at the Installer Issues section below. Then, visit the download page for either Xubuntu Minimal or Xubuntu Desktop.

Known Issues

Installer Issues

  • GRUB menu not displayed for dual-boot system installation (2060624)
  • Installer may select two root (/) partitions (2060896)
  • No shutdown prompt after installation (1944519)
    • However, you should be able to press the Enter key to continue with the reboot.
  • OEM installation is not available.
    • It is under active development and will be ready in time for 24.04.1

General Issues

  • Xfce Pulseaudio Plugin:
    • Multiple notifications displayed if multiple Pulseaudio plugins added to panel (1769775)
  • Virtual Machines:
    • Xorg crashes after logging in or switching users on some virtual machines, including QEMU/GNOME Boxes and Virtualbox (1861609)
      • You may be able to resolve this issue by removing the libva-wayland2 package.
    • Poor performance and audio stuttering in some virtual machines, including VMware and VirtualBox

Ubuntu Common Release Notes

The main Ubuntu Release Notes covers both many of the other packages we carry and more issues common to every Ubuntu flavor.

Major Updates

  • Snap Store (snap:snap-store) replaces GNOME Software
    • gdebi is included for Debian package support
  • snap:snapd-desktop-integration is included for better snap package support
  • Firmware Updater (snap:firmware-updater) is included to support firmware updates with LVFS
  • Thunderbird is now distributed as a Snap package
  • Ubiquity is replaced by the Flutter-based Ubuntu Installer

Appearance Updates

Hardware Support

Updates

Significant package and version updates. For full package changelogs, see the Changelogs section below.

Application Stack

  • GNOME 46
  • GTK 2.24.33 / 3.24.41 / 4.14.1
  • MATE 1.26
  • Xfce 4.18

Subsystems

  • BlueZ 5.72
  • CUPS 2.4.7
  • Mesa 24.0.3
  • Poppler 24.02.0
  • PulseAudio 16.1
  • xdg-desktop-portal 1.18.2

Themes

  • elementary-xfce 0.19
  • Greybird 3.23.3

Applications

Xfce

  • Catfish 4.16.4
  • Exo 4.18.0
  • Gigolo 0.5.3
  • Mousepad 0.6.1
  • Ristretto 0.13.1
  • Thunar File Manager 4.18.8
  • Xfce Application Finder 4.18.0
  • Xfce Clipman Plugin 1.6.5
  • Xfce Netload Plugin 1.4.1
  • Xfce Panel 4.18.4
  • Xfce PulseAudio Plugin 0.4.8
  • Xfce Screenshooter 1.10.5
  • Xfce Settings 4.18.4
  • Xfce Systemload Plugin 1.3.2
  • Xfce Task Manager 1.5.7
  • Xfce Whisker Menu Plugin 2.8.3

MATE

  • Atril 1.26.2
  • Engrampa 1.26.2
  • MATE Calculator 1.26.0

GNOME

  • GNOME Disk Usage Analyzer 46.0
  • GNOME Disk Utility 46.0
  • GNOME Mines 40.1
  • GNOME Sudoku 46.0
  • Rhythmbox 3.4.7
  • Simple Scan 46.0

Everything Else

  • Blueman 2.3.5
  • Firefox 124.0.2 (snap)
  • GIMP 2.10.36
  • LibreOffice 24.2.2
  • Pipewire 1.0.4
  • Snapd 2.62
  • SGT Launcher 0.2.8
  • Thunderbird 115.9.0 (snap)

Changelogs

Xubuntu/Other Packages

Xfce Core

Xfce Applications

Xfce Panel Plugins

Thunar Plugins