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Ubuntu 22.04 Beta is Available Now for Earlybirds
The much-anticipated Ubuntu 22.04 beta release is here for testing.
If you can’t wait to get your hands on it, try the beta now!
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is arguably the most anticipated release next month.
So far, we have been looking at all the features arriving with Ubuntu 22.04 using the daily
builds.
Now, finally, the beta version of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS has arrived!
If you were hesitant to test the daily builds, you can try the beta build for testing.
Do note that the beta version is still meant for testing, and you should not replace it
in your production system.
But, what should you look forward to with Ubuntu 22.04?
Here, let me mention the key highlights of this release.
Ubuntu 22.04 Beta: What’s New?
Ubuntu 22.04 is a major upgrade with desktop environment enhancements, visual changes,
and a couple of added functionalities.
1.
Accent Colors While most other Ubuntu-based Linux distributions
offered the ability to set an accent color, Ubuntu did not.
Now with Ubuntu 22.04, you can easily set the accent color of your choice that affects
folders, notification area, and other elements of your desktop experience.
2.
GNOME 42 The much-awaited desktop environment upgrade
is here.
While the GNOME implementation with Ubuntu 22.04 does not feature a horizontal dock,
but you should get the rest of the benefits added.
The visual changes, the GNOME app refinements, and the new screenshot app.
You should be able to experience all the goodness of GNOME 42 with Ubuntu 22.04.
The dark mode/light mode experience should improve, and the system-wide dark mode implementation
also gets an upgrade with GNOME 42.
3.
Firefox as Snap
The transition from the deb package to Snap has been in progress for a while now.
With Ubuntu 22.04, Firefox will now be included by default as a Snap package with a combined
effort from Mozilla aiming to push faster security updates and ensure cross-distribution
support without needing to maintain numerous things.
You can read more about the decision behind it in the forum post.
4.
Improved Raspberry Pi Support With the introduction of zswap, performance
on Raspberry Pi boards should see a significant boost with Ubuntu 22.04.
It can even run on a 2 GB Raspberry Pi 4 variant.
You can test these improvements on your Raspberry Pi boards.
5.
Access to Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro is a premium subscription for businesses and enterprises to get critical security updates
to various packages.
It is not something useful for most desktop users.
However, if you want to get an Ubuntu Pro subscription and attach your system to it,
you can easily do that by navigating to the Ubuntu Pro section under Software & Updates.
6.
Linux Kernel 5.15 LTS Linux Kernel 5.15 LTS is a significant upgrade
with an improved NTFS driver, initial support for the upcoming Intel discrete graphics,
and more performance improvements.
7.
Live Image for RISC-V Starting with Ubuntu 22.04, you will find
a separate live image available for the RISC-V architecture.
Other Changes In addition to the major changes mentioned
above, some other significant changes with the upgrade include:
Improved installer with a better user experience Newer software packages like OpenSSL 3.0,
Ruby 3.0, Python 3.10, PHP 8.1, etc.
Getting Ubuntu 22.04 Beta (for testing) If you want to experience the new LTS release
before others and also want to help the developers test it, you may download the beta version
and install it in a virtual machine or on a spare system or partition.
If you are running Ubuntu 21.10 or Ubuntu 20.04, you may also upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04
beta (considering you know what you are doing).
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Beta Released With Many Improvements
In working toward the official Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" release on 21 April,
today Canonical and the Ubuntu community have announced the beta release.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Beta is out today for Ubuntu / Ubuntu Server / Ubuntu Cloud as well as
downstreams like Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, UbuntuKylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio,
and Xubuntu.
Ubuntu 22.04 Beta pulls in many package updates over Ubuntu 21.10, including some GNOME 42
components, now defaults to using GNOME's Wayland session with NVIDIA's driver, GNOME
triple buffering patches are included, systemd-oomd integration for out-of-memory handling, retiring
the partner archive, adjusting its POWER support baseline, and many other updates.
On the kernel side, Linux 5.15 is in use due to its Long Term Support (LTS) status upstream.
This is a bit unfortunate with Linux 5.17 already stable and there being a plethora
of improvements across 5.16~5.17, most of which aren't back-ported to to Jammy's 5.15
kernel build.
GCC 11.2 is the system compiler and Mesa 22.0 should also make it into Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS beta with Linux 5.15 kernel released weeks before general availability
Canonical has announced the availability of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS as a beta.
It’s “reasonably free” of showstopper image build or installer bugs and is representative
of the features that will ship in the final release but you should still be on the lookout
for issues and ideally report them to Canonical so they can be fixed.
The new beta images are available for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Desktop, Server, and Cloud as well
as spins such as Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, UbuntuKylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio,
and Xubuntu.
If you do decide to take the risk and install the beta, ensure you keep your system up to
date, and by April 21st, your system will be like you have installed the final version
of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS rather than the beta.
The upcoming Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is set to arrive with some significant improvements including
Linux kernel 5.15, components from GNOME 41 and 42, plus a brand new logo that graces
the boot screen.
Those who install Ubuntu 22.04 LTS will be able to run it on their systems for five years
until 2027 before needing to upgrade again.
For those of you running the current LTS, Ubuntu 20.04, you will be able to do an in-place
upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS but probably not until July.
This gives Canonical a few months to get real-world feedback and fix lingering bugs, ensuring
a more stable experience for LTS users.
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish Beta is ready to download
Canonical has dropped the beta of the upcoming long-term support Ubuntu version, 22.04 LTS,
for testing and fixing purposes.
One of the most important and popular Linux distributions, Ubuntu, is about to receive
a new long-term support version.
The upcoming Ubuntu 22.04 is now in the beta stage; allowing users to download and test
the new features of the operating system.
The final version will arrive on the 21st of April.
LTS kernel for LTS distribution
Canonical has stuck with the Linux kernel 5.15 LTS for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, leaving the
5.16 and 5.17 versions behind for the sake of extra stability of the long-term support
version.
But it comes with the latest version of the GNOME desktop environment as default, and
Mesa 22.
GNOME 42 brings global dark UI style preference in addition to improved screenshot features
enabled by keyboard shortcuts.
Core GNOME apps are also have been ported to GTK 4 and libadwaita.
However, most of the apps of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS are from GNOME 41 stack.
You can see our coverage for GNOME 42 to know more about desktop environment-related changes
on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
The new version of Ubuntu brings support for accent colors and a new Appearance section
for the Ubuntu Settings panel.
This section includes new options for the Ubuntu Dock feature as well.
In addition, new multitasking options are available with the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS beta.
Ubuntu’s new wallpaper for Jammy Jellyfish is set by default in this release.
Canonical also uses its brand new logo on the boot screen.
Canonical states that 22.04 LTS should be the first version of Ubuntu designed to run
well on the Raspberry Pi 4 2 GB.
You can download and test the new features of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS by following the links
below.
Once again, we want to remind you of the risks of using a beta release.
Do not use beta as a daily driver or for business.
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