Ubuntu 24.04

Intro

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Ubuntu 24.04.4 (Noble Numbat)

https://releases.ubuntu.com/noble/

Installation

WSL

See Ubuntu Installation on WSL

Native Installation

https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop

Upgrade from Ubuntu 22.04 to Ubuntu 24.04 ¹

• Check Ubuntu version

lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Release:    22.04
Codename:    jammy

• Check kernel version

uname -r

6.8.0-31-generic

• Ensure system is up to date before upgrade

# Update package lists
sudo apt update
# Upgrade all installed packages to latest versions
sudo apt upgrade -y
# Perform distribution upgrade to handle held-back packages
sudo apt dist-upgrade -y
# Remove unnecessary packages
sudo apt autoremove -y
# Clean package cache
sudo apt autoclean

• Make sure the update manager is installed

sudo apt install update-manager-core

• Check that LTS upgrades are enabled:

cat /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades

Prompt=lts

• Upgrade Ubuntu

sudo do-release-upgrade

• The download (~5–10 GB) should take 30–60 minutes

• Verify upgrade

lsb_release -a
uname -r
# Verify system is bootable and running correctly
uptime

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Release:	24.04
Codename:	noble
6.8.0-101-generic

Footnotes

1. https://oneuptime.com/blog/post/2026-01-15-upgrade-ubuntu-22-04-to-24-04/view ↩