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Ubuntu 22.04 “Jammy Jellyfish” LTS Released

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”.

What’s New in Ubuntu 22.04 “Jammy Jellyfish”

Long-term support

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).

Most notable features in Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu Accent Colors

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.

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nftables as default firewall backend

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.

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Besides the above notable features/apps, the new release has updated most major applications to their latest versions.

  • Firefox 99

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.

  • LibreOffice 7.3
  • OpenSSL 3.0
  • Thunderbird 91
  • Mesa 22
  • BlueZ 5.63
  • CUPS 2.4
  • PulseAudio 16

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