We have another Ubuntu long-term support release, Ubuntu 22.04 “Jammy Jellyfish”. The release contains a significant number of modifications since its previous release with at least 5 years of support.
In this article, we will provide an overview of what is new in Ubuntu 22.04 “Jammy Jellyfish”.
Ubuntu 22.04 will be supported for a period of five years, until April 2027. If you use an Ubuntu server, you are probably aware that the support can also be increased with ESM (Extended Security Maintenance).
If you want to change the colour of your accents to make your Ubuntu seem more interesting, Ubuntu now has 10 accent colours to pick from. Open the settings menu, navigate to Appearances, and select one of the 10 accent colours available.
The transition to nftables as the default backend firewall is one of the security enhancements in the new Ubuntu release. All programmes on the system must determine whether to use newer nftables or legacy xtables as a backend.
Besides the above notable features/apps, the new release has updated most major applications to their latest versions.
Firefox is now available as a snap in Ubuntu. It is maintained directly by Mozilla, which provides faster access to new Firefox versions and the opportunity to switch to a different flavours via snap channels.
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