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<blockquote data-quote="HarborFront" data-source="post: 910784" data-attributes="member: 55987"><p><h3>Introduction</h3><p>These release notes for <strong>Ubuntu 20.10</strong> (Groovy Gorilla) provide an overview of the release and document the known issues with Ubuntu and its flavours.</p><p></p><h3>Support lifespan</h3><p>Ubuntu 20.10 will be supported for 9 months until July 2021. If you need Long Term Support, it is recommended you use <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes/" target="_blank">Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 449</a> instead.</p><p></p><h3>New features in 20.10</h3><h3>Updated Packages</h3><h3>Linux kernel</h3><p>Ubuntu 20.10 includes the <strong>5.8</strong> Linux kernel. This includes numerous updates and added support since the 5.4 Linux kernel released in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Some notable examples include:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Airtime Queue limits for better WiFi connection quality</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Btrfs RAID1 with 3 and 4 copies and more checksum alternatives</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">USB 4 (Thunderbolt 3 protocol) support added</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">X86 Enable 5-level paging support by default</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Intel Gen11 (Ice Lake) and Gen12 (Tiger Lake) graphics support</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Initial support for AMD Family 19h (Zen 3)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thermal pressure tracking for systems for better task placement wrt CPU core</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">XFS online repair</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">OverlayFS pairing with VirtIO-FS</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">General Notification Queue for key/keyring notification, mount changes, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Active State Power Management (ASPM) for improved power savings of PCIe-to-PCI devices</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Initial support for POWER10</li> </ul><h3>Toolchain Upgrades</h3><p>Ubuntu 20.10 comes with refreshed state-of-the-art toolchain including new upstream releases of glibc 2.32, OpenJDK 11, rustc 1.41, GCC 10, LLVM 11, Python 3.8.6, ruby 2.7.0, php 7.4.9, perl 5.30, golang 1.13.</p><p></p><h3>Security Improvements</h3><p>nftables is now the default backend for the firewall.</p><p></p><h3>Ubuntu Desktop</h3><p>Ubuntu 20.10 is the first Ubuntu release to feature <a href="https://ubuntu.com/raspberry-pi/desktop" target="_blank">desktop images for the Raspberry Pi 4 </a></p><p></p><h3>GNOME </h3> <h3>Ubuntu 20.10 includes the latest version of GNOME, version 3.38, with an enhanced Activities Overview, User Experience improvements, better performance, and more.</h3><h3>Updated Applications</h3> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Firefox version 81</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">LibreOffice version 7.0.2</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thunderbird version 78.3.2</li> </ul><h3>Updated Subsystems</h3> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">BlueZ 5.55</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">NetworkManager 1.26.2</li> </ul><p></p><p>More info read</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/groovy-gorilla-release-notes/15533[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Download here</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HarborFront, post: 910784, member: 55987"] [HEADING=2]Introduction[/HEADING] These release notes for [B]Ubuntu 20.10[/B] (Groovy Gorilla) provide an overview of the release and document the known issues with Ubuntu and its flavours. [HEADING=2]Support lifespan[/HEADING] Ubuntu 20.10 will be supported for 9 months until July 2021. If you need Long Term Support, it is recommended you use [URL='https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes/']Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 449[/URL] instead. [HEADING=2]New features in 20.10[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Updated Packages[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Linux kernel[/HEADING] Ubuntu 20.10 includes the [B]5.8[/B] Linux kernel. This includes numerous updates and added support since the 5.4 Linux kernel released in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Some notable examples include: [LIST] [*]Airtime Queue limits for better WiFi connection quality [*]Btrfs RAID1 with 3 and 4 copies and more checksum alternatives [*]USB 4 (Thunderbolt 3 protocol) support added [*]X86 Enable 5-level paging support by default [*]Intel Gen11 (Ice Lake) and Gen12 (Tiger Lake) graphics support [*]Initial support for AMD Family 19h (Zen 3) [*]Thermal pressure tracking for systems for better task placement wrt CPU core [*]XFS online repair [*]OverlayFS pairing with VirtIO-FS [*]General Notification Queue for key/keyring notification, mount changes, etc. [*]Active State Power Management (ASPM) for improved power savings of PCIe-to-PCI devices [*]Initial support for POWER10 [/LIST] [HEADING=2]Toolchain Upgrades[/HEADING] Ubuntu 20.10 comes with refreshed state-of-the-art toolchain including new upstream releases of glibc 2.32, OpenJDK 11, rustc 1.41, GCC 10, LLVM 11, Python 3.8.6, ruby 2.7.0, php 7.4.9, perl 5.30, golang 1.13. [HEADING=2]Security Improvements[/HEADING] nftables is now the default backend for the firewall. [HEADING=2]Ubuntu Desktop[/HEADING] Ubuntu 20.10 is the first Ubuntu release to feature [URL='https://ubuntu.com/raspberry-pi/desktop']desktop images for the Raspberry Pi 4 [/URL] [HEADING=2]GNOME Ubuntu 20.10 includes the latest version of GNOME, version 3.38, with an enhanced Activities Overview, User Experience improvements, better performance, and more.[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Updated Applications[/HEADING] [LIST] [*]Firefox version 81 [*]LibreOffice version 7.0.2 [*]Thunderbird version 78.3.2 [/LIST] [HEADING=2]Updated Subsystems[/HEADING] [LIST] [*]BlueZ 5.55 [*]NetworkManager 1.26.2 [/LIST] More info read [URL unfurl="true"]https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/groovy-gorilla-release-notes/15533[/URL] Download here [URL unfurl="true"]https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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