Canonical has revealed the codename of its next version Ubuntu, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, like "Noble Numbat". THE new edition it is expected to be released next year on April 25th.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" will be the 40th Ubuntu release and Canonical's 10th LTS (Long Term Support) release, receiving up to 10 years of updates software and security, until April 2034.
As of today, October 26th, Noble Numbat is officially open for development and Canonical already published the release schedule for those interested in its six-month growth cycle.
So, according to the release schedule, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is scheduled to be released on April 25, 2024. The beta version of Noble Numbat is expected on April 4, three days after the Beta stage Freeze on April Fool's Day.
Other interesting dates in the Noble Numbat release schedule include two Ubuntu Test Weeks on December 28, 2023 and March 7, 2024, respectively, the Feature Freeze stage on February 29, the Kernel Freeze stage on April 11, and the Final Freeze stage along with the Release Candidate (RC) milestone on April 18, 2024;
Of course, it is too early to talk about the new ones possibilities that Canonical plans to bring to Numbat's release, but we're sure it will include the upcoming GNOME 46 desktop, which will be released on March 20, 2024.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" will likely run from a newer Linux kernel series, and if our calculations are correct, it should be Linux kernel 6.8, which will be released sometime in March 2024.
