<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-d-wrap" style="text-align:center;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><div class="gmail-lightbox-wrapper" style="display:inline-block;outline:0px"><a class="gmail-lightbox" href="https://ubuntucommunity.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/a/9/a9946374a8d98e1fa8d97eb290abd5873ba5559c.jpeg" title="edubuntu-24.04_banner" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none;outline:0px;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden"><img src="https://ubuntucommunity.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/optimized/3X/a/9/a9946374a8d98e1fa8d97eb290abd5873ba5559c_2_600x199.jpeg" alt="edubuntu-24.04_banner" width="600" height="199" style="border-style: none; vertical-align: middle; outline: 0px; object-fit: cover; object-position: center top; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: inline-block; aspect-ratio: 600 / 199; --darkreader-inline-outline: initial;"><div class="gmail-meta" style="outline:0px;width:600px;opacity:0;display:flex"><span class="gmail-filename" style="outline:0px;margin:6px 6px 6px 0px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis">edubuntu-24.04_banner</span><span class="gmail-informations" style="outline:0px;margin:6px;padding-right:20px">1500×500 31.2 KB</span></div></a></div><p></p></div><p style="color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">We are pleased to announce the release of Edubuntu 24.04 LTS, codenamed Noble Numbat.</p><p style="color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">This is the first long-term support in ten years, and we are excited to have it available to everyone. Our vision is to allow Edubuntu to reach people that otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford quality education software. Whether it’s to supplement what you already have or to replace completely your education needs, we hope you enjoy it as much as we did working on it.</p><p style="color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">This is a Long-Term Support release and as such, it is supported for 3 years (36 months), until April 2027.</p><hr style="box-sizing:content-box;height:1px;overflow:visible;margin:1em 0px;border-right:0px;border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><h2 style="font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:30px 0px 10px;color:rgb(232,230,227)"><a name="downloads-1" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/edubuntu-24-04-lts-released/44455#downloads-1" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none;opacity:0"></a><span style="font-weight:bolder">Downloads</span></h2><p style="margin-top:0px;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">Images may be downloaded from <a href="https://cdimages.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/24.04/release" class="gmail-inline-onebox" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">Edubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat) </a>. This includes builds for amd64/Intel architecture as well as Raspberry Pi.</p><hr style="box-sizing:content-box;height:1px;overflow:visible;margin:1em 0px;border-right:0px;border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><h2 style="font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:30px 0px 10px;color:rgb(232,230,227)"><a name="wheres-the-website-2" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/edubuntu-24-04-lts-released/44455#wheres-the-website-2" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none;opacity:0"></a><span style="font-weight:bolder">Where’s the website?</span></h2><p style="margin-top:0px;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">Our website is currently a placeholder website available at <a href="https://edubuntu.org/" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">https://edubuntu.org </a>courtesy of Aaron Prisk, and we are still working with Canonical IS 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.</p><hr style="box-sizing:content-box;height:1px;overflow:visible;margin:1em 0px;border-right:0px;border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><h2 style="font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:30px 0px 10px;color:rgb(232,230,227)"><a name="success-stories-3" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/edubuntu-24-04-lts-released/44455#success-stories-3" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none;opacity:0"></a><span style="font-weight:bolder">Success Stories</span></h2><p style="margin-top:0px;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">If you have a story to share about how Edubuntu has enriched your learning environment and experience, we would love to hear it. Send your stories to <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> with the subject line “Success Story”.</p><hr style="box-sizing:content-box;height:1px;overflow:visible;margin:1em 0px;border-right:0px;border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><h2 style="font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:30px 0px 10px;color:rgb(232,230,227)"><a name="new-features-4" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/edubuntu-24-04-lts-released/44455#new-features-4" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none;opacity:0"></a><span style="font-weight:bolder">New Features</span></h2><ul style="margin:1em 0px 1em 1.25em;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.25em;clear:both;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><li>Due to popular demand, we have released images for the <span style="font-weight:bolder">Raspberry Pi 5</span>! We recommend a minimum 64 GB SD card for installation.</li><li>We have introduced a new metapackage, installable from Edubuntu Installer, for teaching tools.</li><li>Likewise, together with Ubuntu Studio, we have developed a metapackage for Music Education, installable from Edubuntu Installer.</li><li>Edubuntu now includes a Minimal Install option. This may save some time during install in which setup may be completed using Edubuntu Installer.</li></ul><p style="color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><span style="font-weight:bolder">New apps included are:</span></p><ul style="margin:1em 0px 1em 1.25em;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.25em;clear:both;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><li><span style="font-weight:bolder">Gradebook</span>: A way for students to keep track of their grades</li></ul><div class="gmail-d-wrap" style="text-align:center;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><p></p><div class="gmail-lightbox-wrapper" style="display:inline-block;outline:0px"><a class="gmail-lightbox" href="https://ubuntucommunity.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/4/0/408894ab18210a1669231c769398eb99655b0688.png" title="Screenshot from 2024-04-25 03-51-12" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none;outline:0px;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden"><img src="https://ubuntucommunity.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/optimized/3X/4/0/408894ab18210a1669231c769398eb99655b0688_2_400x282.png" alt="Screenshot from 2024-04-25 03-51-12" width="400" height="282" style="border-style: none; vertical-align: middle; outline: 0px; object-fit: cover; object-position: center top; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: inline-block; aspect-ratio: 400 / 282; --darkreader-inline-outline: initial;"><div class="gmail-meta" style="outline:0px;width:400px;opacity:0;display:flex"><span class="gmail-filename" style="outline:0px;margin:6px 6px 6px 0px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis">Screenshot from 2024-04-25 03-51-12</span><span class="gmail-informations" style="outline:0px;margin:6px;padding-right:20px">1022×722 24.2 KB</span></div></a></div><p></p></div><ul style="margin:1em 0px 1em 1.25em;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.25em;clear:both;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><li>Included with the Teaching Tools metapackage:<ul style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.25em;clear:both"><li><span style="font-weight:bolder">qxw</span>: An advanced crossword construction tool</li><li><span style="font-weight:bolder">Auto Multiple Choice</span>: A multiple choice test/quiz/questionaire generator</li></ul></li><li>Included with the Music Education metapackage:<ul style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.25em;clear:both"><li><span style="font-weight:bolder">fmit</span>: A musical instrument tuner</li><li><span style="font-weight:bolder">gnome-metronome</span>: A metronome</li><li><span style="font-weight:bolder">Minuet</span>: A music education tool from KDE</li><li><span style="font-weight:bolder">Solfege</span>: Ear training tool</li><li><span style="font-weight:bolder">Pianobooster</span>: Piano teaching software, MIDI optional</li></ul></li></ul><hr style="box-sizing:content-box;height:1px;overflow:visible;margin:1em 0px;border-right:0px;border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><h2 style="font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:30px 0px 10px;color:rgb(232,230,227)"><a name="known-issues-5" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/edubuntu-24-04-lts-released/44455#known-issues-5" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none;opacity:0"></a><span style="font-weight:bolder">Known Issues</span></h2><ul style="margin:1em 0px 1em 1.25em;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.25em;clear:both;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><li>Upon first boot, the system will reboot. This is normal and is the mechanism to set the logo for the login screen.</li><li>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 are <a href="https://invent.kde.org/teams/vdg/issues/-/issues/26" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">ongoing discussions </a>that seem to have come to a halt.</li><li>GNOME Notes has a search provider for the Activities Overview which will <a href="https://launchpad.net/bugs/2012985" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">sometimes crash</a>.</li><li>The new Ubuntu welcome app branding does not match Edubuntu. <a href="https://launchpad.net/bugs/2060817" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">We’re working on ways to resolve this.</a></li><li>On the Raspberry Pi, the slideshow during initial user setup has <a href="https://launchpad.net/bugs/2037015" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">graphical corruption </a>.</li><li>On the Raspberry Pi, the first login will have the <a href="https://launchpad.net/bugs/2060815" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">Ubuntu logo as opposed to the Edubuntu logo</a>.</li><li>As Edubuntu shares a desktop with and is based on Ubuntu Desktop, any known issues can be found in the official <a href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/mantic-minotaur-release-notes/" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">Ubuntu Release Notes </a>.</li><li>Individual applications included with Edubuntu may have their own known issues. Please consult upstream release notes for those applications before filing bug reports.</li></ul><hr style="box-sizing:content-box;height:1px;overflow:visible;margin:1em 0px;border-right:0px;border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><h2 style="font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:30px 0px 10px;color:rgb(232,230,227)"><a name="support-scope-6" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/edubuntu-24-04-lts-released/44455#support-scope-6" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none;opacity:0"></a>Support Scope</h2><ul style="margin:1em 0px 1em 1.25em;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.25em;clear:both;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><li>As stated above, Edubuntu 24.04 LTS will be supported for 3 years.</li><li>Our support is limited to the educational and instructional packages we include as well as our own developed utilities (e.g. Edubuntu Installer, Edubuntu Menu) as well as any GNOME extensions we provide (gnome-shell-extensions-alphabetical-menu)</li><li>The desktop environment is maintained by the Ubuntu Desktop team as Edubuntu is mostly an add-on to the Ubuntu Minimal seed.</li><li>Most applications come from Debian and are maintained upstream.</li><li>GNOME packages not maintained by the Ubuntu Desktop team are maintained by the Debian GNOME team. We work closely with members of the Debian GNOME team for advice and bugs on these packages.</li><li>Bugs are filed against Ubuntu packages in Launchpad.</li></ul><hr style="box-sizing:content-box;height:1px;overflow:visible;margin:1em 0px;border-right:0px;border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><h2 style="font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:30px 0px 10px;color:rgb(232,230,227)"><a name="how-to-contact-or-participate-7" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/edubuntu-24-04-lts-released/44455#how-to-contact-or-participate-7" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none;opacity:0"></a><span style="font-weight:bolder">How To Contact or Participate</span></h2><p style="margin-top:0px;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><span style="font-weight:bolder">Mailing Lists</span><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">Edubuntu Users Mailing List </a>(Support Discussion)<br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">Edubuntu Developers Mailing List </a>(Join The Team!)</p><p style="color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><span style="font-weight:bolder">Social Media</span><br><a href="https://twitter.com/edubuntuproject" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">Twitter</a><br><a href="https://ubuntu.social/@edubuntu" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">Mastodon</a></p><h2 style="font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:30px 0px 10px;color:rgb(232,230,227)"><a name="we-have-a-merchandise-shop-httpsedubuntumyspreadshopcom-8" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/edubuntu-24-04-lts-released/44455#we-have-a-merchandise-shop-httpsedubuntumyspreadshopcom-8" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none;opacity:0"></a><span style="font-weight:bolder"><a href="https://edubuntu.myspreadshop.com/" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">We Have a Merchandise Shop! </a></span></h2><p style="margin-top:0px;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">Buy a t-shirt, coffee mug, hat, teddy bear, or anything available! Browse and find something you like! Commissions support ongoing development!</p><hr style="box-sizing:content-box;height:1px;overflow:visible;margin:1em 0px;border-right:0px;border-bottom:0px;border-left:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><h2 style="font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:30px 0px 10px;color:rgb(232,230,227)"><a name="special-thanks-9" class="gmail-anchor" href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/edubuntu-24-04-lts-released/44455#special-thanks-9" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none;opacity:0"></a><span style="font-weight:bolder">Special Thanks</span></h2><p style="margin-top:0px;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">Huge thanks for this release go to:</p><ul style="margin:1em 0px 1em 1.25em;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.25em;clear:both;color:rgb(232,230,227);font-family:Ubuntu,"Droid Sans",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px"><li><span style="font-weight:bolder">Aaron Prisk</span>: Temporary Website, Website Maintenance</li><li><span style="font-weight:bolder">Steve Langasek</span>: Technical Guidance, Release Team</li><li><span style="font-weight:bolder">Jeremy Bicha</span>: GNOME Desktop Guidance</li><li><span style="font-weight:bolder">Lukas Klingsbo</span>: Ubuntu Desktop Provision (Installer)</li><li><span style="font-weight:bolder">Dennis Loose</span>: Ubuntu Desktop Provision (Installer)</li><li><span style="font-weight:bolder">Oliver Grawert</span>: Project Founder, encouragement</li><li><span style="font-weight:bolder">Jonny Eickmeyer</span>: Testing/Child’s Perspective/Advice</li><li><span style="font-weight:bolder">Erich Eickmeyer</span>: Technical Leader, Merch Store</li><li><span style="font-weight:bolder">Amy Eickmeyer</span>: Project Leader</li></ul></div></div>