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Title: Ubuntu 25.04 'Plucky Puffin' Arrives With Linux 6.14, GNOME 48, and
ARM64 Desktop ISO

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/17/1631...

Canonical today released Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin," bringing significant
upgrades to the non-LTS distribution including Linux kernel 6.14, GNOME 48
with triple buffering, and expanded hardware support. For the first time,
Ubuntu ships an official generic ARM64 desktop ISO targeting virtual machines
and Snapdragon-based devices, with initial enablement for the Snapdragon X
Elite platform. The release also adds full support for Intel Core Ultra Xe2
integrated graphics and "Battlemage" discrete GPUs, delivering improved ray
tracing performance and hardware-accelerated video encoding. Networking
improvements include wpa-psk-sha256 Wi-Fi support and enhanced DNS resolution
detection. The installer now better handles BitLocker-protected Windows
partitions for dual-boot scenarios. Other notable changes include JPEG XL
support by default, NVIDIA Dynamic Boost enabled on supported laptops, Papers
replacing Evince as the default document viewer, and APT 3.0 becoming the
standard package manager. Ubuntu 25.04 will receive nine months of support
until January 2026.

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