Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) released

[Brian Murray]

Codenamed "Groovy Gorilla", 20.10 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of
integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a
high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at
work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs.

The Ubuntu kernel has been updated to the 5.8 based Linux kernel, and
our default toolchain has moved to gcc 10 with glibc 2.32. Additionally,
there is now a desktop variant of the Raspberry Pi image for Raspberry
Pi 4 4GB and 8GB.

Ubuntu Desktop 20.10 introduces GNOME 3.38, the fastest release yet with
significant performance improvements delivering a more responsive
Experience. Additionally, the desktop installer includes the ability to
connect to Active Directory domains.

Ubuntu Server 20.10 integrates recent innovations from key
virtualization and infrastructure projects like QEMU 5.0, libvirt 6.6
and OpenStack Victoria. Ubuntu Server now ships Telegraf, the metrics
collecting agent that together with Prometheus and Grafana form the
basis of a strong and reliable logging, monitoring and alerting solution
that can be deployed on Ubuntu systems.

The newest Ubuntu Budgie, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE,
Ubuntu Studio, and Xubuntu are also being released today. More details
can be found for these at their individual release notes under the
Official Flavours section:

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/groovy-gorilla-release-notes

Maintenance updates will be provided for 9 months for all flavours
releasing with 20.10.


To get Ubuntu 20.10
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In order to download Ubuntu 20.10, visit:

   https://ubuntu.com/download

Users of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS will be offered an automatic upgrade to 20.10
if they have selected to be notified of all releases rather than just
LTS upgrades. For further information about upgrading, see:

   https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop/upgrade

As always, upgrades to the latest version of Ubuntu are entirely free of
charge.

We recommend that all users read the release notes, which document
caveats, workarounds for known issues, as well as more in-depth notes on
the release itself. They are available at:

   https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/groovy-gorilla-release-notes

Find out what's new in this release with a graphical overview:

   https://ubuntu.com/desktop
   https://ubuntu.com/desktop/features

If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but
aren't sure, you can try asking in any of the following places:

   #ubuntu on irc.freenode.net
   https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
   https://ubuntuforums.org
   https://askubuntu.com


Help Shape Ubuntu
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If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways
you can participate at:

   https://discourse.ubuntu.com/contribute


About Ubuntu
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Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, IoT,
cloud, and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular
releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is
included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few
clicks away.

Professional services including support are available from Canonical and
hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about
support, visit:

   https://ubuntu.com/support


More Information
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You can learn more about Ubuntu and about this release on our website
listed below:

   https://ubuntu.com

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On behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team,
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Brian Murray