The fifth (and final planned) point release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is now available to download. Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS brings refreshed installation media (ISOs) that includes of the software updates, bug fixes and security patches released since the last ISO was produced. This cuts down on the number of updates that need to downloaded post-install. More important than that, this release runs on a new hardware enablement (HWE) stack, back-ported from Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. The 24.04.5 LTS HWE stack brings the Linux 7.0 kernel and Mesa 26.0 GPU drivers (plus some other key hardware-related packages) to those who need to […]