The British Linux distributor Canonical has announced the development and release cycle for the upcoming Ubuntu 23.04: “Lunar Lobster” is scheduled to appear on April 20, 2023 and on Ubuntu 22.10 (“Kinetic Kudu” ) follow. After the starting signal was given on October 27th, the entire final roadmap is now available.
After uploading the relevant developer tools, such as the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and GNU Binutils and the GNU C library, the first test week (“Ubuntu Testing Week”) is scheduled for December 10th.
Linux 6.2 and Gnome 44 are expected
The so-called feature freeze for the 38th edition of the free operating system should take place on February 23, 2023, before the beta phase is heralded on March 27.
Even if Canonical and the Ubuntu community have not yet commented on the main components of the new Linux distribution, it can be assumed that Ubuntu 23.04 will be based on Linux 6.2 and Gnome 44.
Numerous new tools are coming
Other components are expected to be the GNU Compiler Collection 13 as an optional system compiler, LLVM in the new Version 16, Python 3.11 by default, GNU Binutils 2.40, GNU C Library 2.37, OpenLDAP 2.6, Go 1.20 and PolicyKit 122.
(“Toolchain Upload”) December 10, 2022 Ubuntu Test Week
(“Optional”) February 23, 2023 Feature Freeze
(“Debian Import Freeze”) March 2, 2023 Ubuntu Test Week
(“Optional”) March 16, 2023 User Interface Freeze
(“UIF”) March 23, 2023 Documentation String Freeze
(“Kernel Feature Freeze”) March 27, 2023 Beta Freeze
(“Hardware Enablement Freeze”) March 30, 2023 Start of Beta
(“Mandatory”) April 6, 2023 Kernel Freeze
(“Non Language Pack Translation Deadline”) April 13, 2023 Final Freeze and Release Candidate
(“Language Pack Translation Deadline”) April 20, 203 Ubuntu 23.04< br>(“Final Release”)
Support until January 2024
Ubuntu 23.04 (“Lunar Lobster”) will be supported with software and security updates after the release as a so-called “interim release” until January 2024, thus replacing Ubuntu 22.10 (“Kinetic Kudu”).
Users who value long-term support prefer to use Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (“Jammy Jellyfish”) instead, which Canonical will maintain with updates and product support until April 2027.
Further information can be found in the official Ubuntu 23.04 roadmap.
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