Canonical has announced the availability of Ubuntu 20. 10 “Groovy Gorilla” . Although this version is considered stable and suitable to run on a daily basis, it should be noted that it is not a Long Term Support (LTS) version, therefore with long-term support, and will therefore receive security updates for only nine months.

The new version includes several updates, including Linux Kernel 5.8 and GNOME 3. 38 . Among the novelties we also find new versions for developer tools, such as glibc 2. 32, OpenJDK 11, rustc 1. 41, GCC 10, LLVM 11, Python 3.8.6, ruby ​​2.7.0, php 7.4.9, perl 5. 30, and golang 1. 13. The new version has also been optimized by Canonical for Raspberry Pi 4 devices with at least 4GB of RAM, which can benefit from a new dedicated desktop image.

Also the Raspberry Compute Module 4 Pi is supported by Groovy Gorilla, but 4GB of RAM and storage space of are required GB, also via SD card. Here you can find the whole list of Groovy Gorilla news.

How to install Ubuntu 20. 10 Groovy Gorilla

Who wants to download and try the new version of the Canonical Linux distribution can download it from the Ubuntu download page, following if you need the guide at this address. Those who already use Ubuntu 20. dedicated to receive updates relating to all new versions of the operating system. After activating the option, opening the update manager will offer the latest version.