Edubuntu 24.10 Released

[Erich Eickmeyer]

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/(On behalf of Project Leader, Amy Eickmeyer, originally posted in 
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/edubuntu-24-10-released/48647)/

Hello fellow educators and students! We’ve updated Edubuntu with a new 
wallpaper and added some security features in-line with Ubuntu desktop. 
We are excited for these small, but mighty changes to help you get the 
most out of Edubuntu.

Desktop (amd64) and Raspberry Pi 5 (arm64+raspi) Images may be 
downloaded fromhttps://cdimages.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/24.10/release.

*Where’s the website?*
Our website is currently a placeholder website available 
athttps://edubuntu.org<https://edubuntu.org/>courtesy ofAaron Prisk, and 
we are still working with Canonical IS or others to establish a more 
permanent website where we can make these posts and more, including 
administration instructions and other documentation. We do apologize 
that it is taking so long.


  <https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/edubuntu-24-10-released/48647#new-features-1>*New
  Features*

  * We have*changed our default wallpaper*for this and the next two
    releases. This will distinguish these releases for this LTS cycle
    until the next LTS.
  * This release includes*GNOME 47*.
  * Like Ubuntu Desktop, Edubuntu now includes the*Permissions Prompting
    and the Security Center*as outlined inOliver Smith's
    post<https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-desktop-s-24-10-dev-cycle-part-5-introducing-permissions-prompting/47963>.

This release is evolutionary rather than revolutionary. We didn’t have 
much time this cycle to work through our applications and determine 
which applications are out there to add new ones, so there’s not much 
new in terms of new applications this cycle.

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  <https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/edubuntu-24-10-released/48647#known-issues-2>*Known
  Issues*

  * We are sad to see the removal of*gbrainy*. Sadly, gbrainy is no
    longer developed and is no longer compatible with the build system
    and was removed from both Debian and Ubuntu.
  * Upon first boot, the system will reboot. This is normal, and is the
    mechanism to set the logo for the login screen.
  * KDE/Qt apps use a blue accent color as opposed to a red accent color
    or whatever accent color is set by the user in the System Settings.
    There is no known fix currently, however future releases may have
    other configurations which allow this. There areongoing
    discussions<https://invent.kde.org/teams/vdg/issues/-/issues/26>that
    seem to have come to a halt.
  * GNOME Notes has a search provider for the Activities Overview which
    willsometimes crash <https://launchpad.net/bugs/2012985>.
  * The new Ubuntu welcome app branding does not match Edubuntu.We’re
    working on ways to resolve
    this,<https://launchpad.net/bugs/2060817>and next cycle it looks
    like we’ll likely have a fluter-based welcome application to
    replace|gnome-initial-setup|.
  * On the Raspberry Pi, the first login will have theUbuntu logo as
    opposed to the Edubuntu logo <https://launchpad.net/bugs/2060815>.
  * As Edubuntu shares a desktop with and is based on Ubuntu Desktop,
    any known issues can be found in the officialUbuntu Release
    Notes<https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/oracular-oriole-release-notes/44878>.
  * Individual applications included with Edubuntu may have their own
    known issues. Please consult upstream release notes for those
    applications before filing bug reports

<https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/edubuntu-24-10-released/48647#how-to-contact-3>*How 
To Contact

*

Edubuntu Users Mailing 
List<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users>(Support 
Discussion)
Edubuntu Developers Mailing 
List<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel>(Join The 
Team!)
Edubuntu Matrix Chat <https://matrix.to/#/#edubuntu:ubuntu.com>(Talk all 
things Edubuntu - English Only)


    *    Social Media*

Twitter(X) <https://twitter.com/edubuntuproject>
Mastodon

<https://ubuntu.social/@edubuntu>


    *We Have a Merchandise Shop! <https://edubuntu.myspreadshop.com/>*

Buy a t-shirt, coffee mug, hat, teddy bear, or anything available! 
Browse and find something you like! Commissions support ongoing development!

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    <https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/edubuntu-24-10-released/48647#special-thanks-6>*Special
    Thanks*

Huge thanks for this release go to:

  * *Aaron Prisk*: Temporary Website, Website Maintenance
  * *Steve Langasek*: Technical Guidance, Release Team
  * *Jeremy Bicha*: GNOME Desktop Guidance
  * *Oliver Grawert*: Project Founder, encouragement
  * *Jonny Eickmeyer:* Testing/Child’s Perspective/Advice
  * *Erich Eickmeyer*: Technical Leader, Merch Store
  * *Amy Eickmeyer*: Project Leader

-- 
Erich Eickmeyer
Ubuntu MOTU
Project Leader - Ubuntu Studio
Technical Lead - Edubuntu
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