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| Feature | 24.04.3 | 20.04 | 14.04.3 | 12.04.1 | 2011-12 | 4.2 | 3.8.1 | Feature |
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| Release Date | 2025-08-12 | 2020-07-17 | 2015-09-30 | 2012-09-18 | 2012-02-12 | 2009-10-29 | 2008-12-16 | Release Date |
| End Of Life | 2028-04 | 2024-04 | 2019-04 | 2017-04 | End Of Life | |||
| Price (US$) | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Price (US$) |
| Image Size (MB) | 5000-5100 | 3500-3600 | 1100-1200 | Image Size (MB) | ||||
| Free Download | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | Free Download |
| Installation | Ubiquity | Ubiquity | Ubiquity | Ubiquity | Ubiquity | Ubiquity | Ubiquity | Installation |
| Default Desktop | GNOME | GNOME | Unity | Unity | GNOME | GNOME | GNOME | Default Desktop |
| Default Browser | Default Browser | |||||||
| Package Management | DEB, snap | DEB, snap | DEB | DEB | DEB | DEB | DEB | Package Management |
| Release Model | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Release Model |
| Office Suite | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | OO.o | OO.o | Office Suite |
| Processor Architecture | x86_64 | x86_64 | x86_64 | x86_64 | i386 | i386 | i386 | Processor Architecture |
| Init Software | systemd | systemd | systemd | Upstart | Upstart | Upstart | Upstart | Init Software |
| Journaled File Systems | Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Journaled File Systems |
| Multilingual | en, et, lt, lv, no | en, et, lt, lv, no | en, et, lt, lv, no | en, et, lt, lv, no | en, et, lt, lv, no | et, lt, lv, no | et, lt, lv, no | Multilingual |
| Asian Language Support | Asian Language Support | |||||||
| Full Package List | 24.04.3 | 20.04 | 14.04.3 | 12.04.1 | 2011-12 | 4.2 | 3.8.1 | Full Package List |
| Package | 24.04.3 | 20.04 | 14.04.3 | 12.04.1 | 2011-12 | 4.2 | 3.8.1 | Package |
| alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) | 1.2.11 | 1.2.2 | 1.0.27.2 | 1.0.25 | 1.0.24.1 | 1.0.18 | 1.0.15 | alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) |
| amdgpu (25.0.0) | 23.0.0 | 19.1.0 | -- | -- | -- | 8.602 | -- | amdgpu (25.0.0) |
| apparmor (4.1.3) | 4.0.1 | 2.13.3 | 2.8.95 | 2.7.102 | 2.6.1 | 2.3 | 2.1 | apparmor (4.1.3) |
| apt (3.1.13) | 2.8.3 | 2.0.2 | 1.0.1 | 0.8.16 | 0.8.13.2 | 0.7.20.2 | 0.7.9 | apt (3.1.13) |
| bash (5.3) | 5.2.21 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | bash (5.3) |
| bind (9.20.17) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | bind (9.20.17) |
| chromium (144.0.7559.59) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | chromium (144.0.7559.59) |
| cinnamon (6.6.5) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | cinnamon (6.6.5) |
| cups (2.4.16) | 2.4.7 | 2.3.1 | 1.7.2 | 1.5.3 | 1.4.6 | 1.3.9 | 1.3.7 | cups (2.4.16) |
| e2fsprogs (1.47.3) | 1.47.0 | 1.45.5 | 1.42.9 | 1.42 | 1.41.14 | 1.41.4 | 1.40.8 | e2fsprogs (1.47.3) |
| ffmpeg (8.0.1) | 4.2.2 | 4.2.2 | -- | -- | -- | svn | cvs | ffmpeg (8.0.1) |
| firefox (147.0.1) | snap | 78.0.2 | 41.0 | 15.0.1 | 10.0 | 3.0.14 | 3.0.4 | firefox (147.0.1) |
| flatpak (1.16.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | flatpak (1.16.2) |
| freetype (2.14.1) | 2.13.2 | 2.10.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.4.8 | 2.4.4 | 2.3.9 | 2.3.5 | freetype (2.14.1) |
| gcc (15.2.0) | -- | 9.3.0 | 4.8.2 | 4.6.3 | 4.5.2 | 4.3.3 | 4.2.3 | gcc (15.2.0) |
| gimp (3.0.6) | -- | 2.10.18 | 2.8.10 | -- | 2.6.11 | 2.6.6 | 2.4.5 | gimp (3.0.6) |
| git (2.52.0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | git (2.52.0) |
| glibc (2.42) | 2.39 | 2.31 | 2.19 | 2.15 | 2.13 | 2.9 | 2.7 | glibc (2.42) |
| gnome-shell (49.2) | 46.0 | 3.36.3 | 3.10.4 | 3.4.1 | -- | -- | -- | gnome-shell (49.2) |
| grub (2.14) | 2.12 | 2.04 | 2.02beta2 | 1.99 | 1.99rc1 | 0.97 | 0.97 | grub (2.14) |
| gtk (4.20.3) | 4.14.5 | 3.24.20 | 3.10.8 | 3.4.2 | 2.24.4 | 2.16.1 | 2.12.9 | gtk (4.20.3) |
| httpd (2.4.66) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | httpd (2.4.66) |
| inkscape (1.4.3) | -- | 1.0 | 0.91 | -- | 0.48.1 | 0.46 | 0.46 | inkscape (1.4.3) |
| kmod (34.2) | 31 | 27 | 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | kmod (34.2) |
| krita (5.2.14) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | krita (5.2.14) |
| LibreOffice (25.8.4) | 24.2.7 | 6.4.4 | 4.4.5rc2 | 3.5.4 | 3.3.4 | 3.0.1 | 2.4.1 | LibreOffice (25.8.4) |
| Package | 24.04.3 | 20.04 | 14.04.3 | 12.04.1 | 2011-12 | 4.2 | 3.8.1 | Package |
| libselinux (3.9) | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.2.2 | 2.1.0 | 2.0.96 | 2.0.65 | 2.0.55 | libselinux (3.9) |
| linux (6.18.5) | 6.14 | 5.4 | 3.19 | 3.2 | 2.6.38 | 2.6.28 | 2.6.24 | linux (6.18.5) |
| mariadb (12.1.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | mariadb (12.1.2) |
| mate-desktop (1.28.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | mate-desktop (1.28.2) |
| mesa (25.3.3) | 25.0.7 | 20.0.8 | 10.5.9 | 8.0.2 | 7.10.2 | 7.4 | 7.0.3rc2 | mesa (25.3.3) |
| mysql (9.5.0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | mysql (9.5.0) |
| nautilus (49.3) | 46.4 | 3.36.3 | 3.10.1 | 3.4.2 | 2.32.2.1 | 2.26.2 | 2.22.5.1 | nautilus (49.3) |
| NVIDIA (590.48.01) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 180.44 | -- | NVIDIA (590.48.01) |
| openjdk (25) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | openjdk (25) |
| openssh (10.2p1) | 9.6p1 | 8.2p1 | 6.6p1 | 5.9p1 | 5.8p1 | 5.1p1 | 4.7p1 | openssh (10.2p1) |
| openssl (3.6.0) | 3.0.13 | 1.1.1f | 1.0.1f | 1.0.1 | 0.9.8o | 0.9.8g | 0.9.8g | openssl (3.6.0) |
| perl (5.42.0) | 5.38.2 | 5.30.0 | 5.18.2 | 5.14.2 | 5.10.1 | 5.10.0 | 5.8.8 | perl (5.42.0) |
| php (8.5.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | php (8.5.2) |
| plasma-desktop (6.5.5) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | plasma-desktop (6.5.5) |
| postfix (3.10.7) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | postfix (3.10.7) |
| postgresql (18.1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | postgresql (18.1) |
| Python (3.14.2) | 3.12.3 | 3.8.2 | 2.7.5 | 2.7.3 | 2.7.1 | 2.6.2 | 2.5.2 | Python (3.14.2) |
| qt (6.10.1) | -- | 5.12.8 | 5.2.1 | 4.8.1 | 4.7.2 | -- | -- | qt (6.10.1) |
| samba (4.23.4) | -- | -- | 4.1.6 | 3.6.3 | 3.5.8 | 3.3.2 | 3.0.28a | samba (4.23.4) |
| systemd (259) | 255.4 | 245 | 204 | -- | -- | -- | -- | systemd (259) |
| thunderbird (147.0) | snap | 68.10.0 | 38.2.0 | 15.0 | -- | -- | -- | thunderbird (147.0) |
| vim (9.1) | 9.1 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.1 | vim (9.1) |
| vlc (3.0.23) | -- | 3.0.9.2 | 2.1.6 | -- | 1.1.9 | -- | -- | vlc (3.0.23) |
| wayland (1.24.0) | 1.22.0 | 1.18.0 | 1.4.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | wayland (1.24.0) |
| xfdesktop (4.20.1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | xfdesktop (4.20.1) |
| xorg-server (21.1.21) | 21.1.12 | 1.20.8 | 1.15.1 | 1.11.4 | 1.10.1 | 1.6.0 | 1.4.1git | xorg-server (21.1.21) |
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