Ubuntu 24.04 Review: Why It's Time to Change Ubuntu's Release Cycle

Ubuntu 24.04 was released recently, and with it comes a brand new LTS release powered by the GNOME 46 desktop. In this video, Jay will give you his thoughts on this release.

*🎓 CROWDSTRIKE CRASH SURVIVOR T-SHIRT*
Commemorate the largest outage in history with the latest addition to the LLTV merch shop.

*🎓 BRAND NEW UDEMY COURSES AVAILABLE!*
Check out my new courses on Udemy and learn something new!

*🐧 SUPPORT LINUX LEARNING!*
_Note: Royalties and/or commission is earned from each of the above links_

*📘 FAQ*

*⏰ TIME CODES*
00:00 - Intro
01:56 - First look at Ubuntu 24.04
02:43 - First look at the new Ubuntu 24.04 installer
04:10 - Ubuntu 24.04 is based on GNOME 46
05:28 - Ubuntu 24.04 has not been pleasant for me*🎓 FULL LINUX COURSES FROM LEARN LINUX TV*

*🌐 LEARN LINUX TV ON THE WEB*

*⚠️ DISCLAIMER*
Learn Linux TV provides technical content that will hopefully be helpful to you and teach you something new. However, this content is provided without any warranty (expressed or implied). Learn Linux TV is not responsible for any damages that may arise from any use of this content. Always make sure you have written permission before working with any infrastructure and that you are compliant with all company rules, change control procedures, and local laws.

#Ubuntu #Ubuntu24 #Linux

[baltmatrix]

The whole 'we can't update apps because the app center is open and locked' bug has been around for years now. It's why I run all my updates from the terminal first, reboot if necessary, then open app center and check for anything missed. It's so stupid.

[isrbillmeyer]

Old IT guy here....
Rule of thumb...
Never update on Release day. Always wait for .1 or .2 release before updating. The .0 is the mess, .1 are the panic fixes and .2 is usually the actual release that should have happened.

[danielescada]

Small criticism apart, I've been noticing how GREAT things are right now.

Ubuntu is great right now. Fedora is amazing. Mint is better than ever. Arch is fantastic. Debian is insane good.

And it's not just distros: KDE is on a peak. GNOME is golden. Cinnamon is getting better and better on each release.

Everything is really, REALLY looking up in the Linux world. Everything.

[Saurin]

The scaling problem is due to gnome, not ubuntu. Actually it is for the x11 session, Ubuntu starts the installer in an X11 session, we all know that x11 and fractional scaling are enemies.

[Stephen.Bingham]

From the perception of the great majority of Ubuntu users the release cycle is every two years, not every six months. Even though I rarely use the intermediate releases myself I’m very happy they exist - it gives plenty of opportunity for testing new features, and must be very important for developers in particular.

[zoeyaaahmed]

The scalling bug at 7:11 and locking up the display seems to be an issue with GNOME on X11, it happened to me on the live installer (which uses X11) but not when installed which then uses Wayland

[abilovestotrade]

8:28 this lock process issue has been around for years now. I stopped using Ubuntu the moment I discovered this issue. I should not have to go to terminal to refresh snap-store everytime I want to update my system in 2024. This is just not acceptable. So thank you for everything you did for me Ubuntu(Ubuntu brought Linux into my life), but I am moving on.

[El.Duder-ino]

Nice review as well as merch and other discounts, subscribed thx man!

[ericg]

I’ll have to check out what you were showing. The problem I had was with the installation. The installer crashed three times on me. The last time was after the install started. I checked system monitor and saw the processors were going pretty good so I assumed it was still going. When they flatlined, I rebooted the system. I booted it up fine into 24.04 after I had to choose which grub. It didn’t boot up to the 24.04 grub. I have a multi boot PC. I totally agree with you on the yearly schedule change. Every other year remaining LTS.

[Andassaran]

Not gonna lie, I'm glad you use real hardware for your tests. Gives a better impression than using a virtual machine.

[EugeneJrFolse]

Was looking forward to 24.04. I use acpi on my dvr and it was causing headaches in 22.04. I wanted the update to see if some of the problems would just go away. Thanks for the review.

[MiguelPerez-pyey]

I'm struggling with the resizing of the apps when clicking the top toolbar. Almost always I missclick it and it goes crazy until y close everything. How can i disable this?

[killbot]

I just tried the Fedora 40 live DVD and had the small font issue. it also froze on me. I had to do a hard shutdown.

[diotitus]

Thanks for the review. I'm sorry about the bugs you encountered, and I hope that the bugs that you mentioned will be ironed out by the time the first point release comes out.

[chuck-snow]

To get around the Snap error for the packages installer, is update the Snap store in CLI snap refresh I think it was, once it updates it's fine..

[GadgetJoseph]

I have had no problems with the Ubuntu 24.04 install. Now, I did a fresh install rather than an upgrade. I certainly didn't have the 4K Res issue or any of the other issues that you outlined. So far, so good.

[alphaza]

I was looking forward to this release - but fractional scaling for 4K screens is still an issue. At best, I get blurry fonts and, worst case application crashes. After using Mint / Ubunt for at least 8 years, I decided to run another distro with Plasma 6. Works great on 4K monitors.

[KaiFotografia]

For the final part, where can I find the nginx html file that I can edit. Thanks!

[praecorloth]

I'm a huge Ubuntu fan, but that Snap store update issue? I think the first time I ran into that was 20.04. It absolutely should've been fixed by now.

[aaronbedell]

thanks for all you do, keep up the good work.