{"id":175346,"date":"2025-06-30T15:09:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/?p=175346"},"modified":"2025-06-30T16:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:43:12","slug":"ubuntu-24-10-nears-its-end-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/ubuntu-24-10-nears-its-end-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu 24.10 Nears Its End of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ubuntu 24.10, codenamed Oracular Oriole, is approaching its end of life (EOL) on July 10, 2025, marking the conclusion of its nine-month support period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially released on October 10, 2024<\/a>, the short-term release will soon stop receiving security updates and bug fixes, leaving systems potentially vulnerable if not upgraded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to an announcement by Canonical\u2019s Utkarsh Gupta, Ubuntu Security Notices (USNs) will no longer include updates for 24.10 after the EOL date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While this is standard for Ubuntu\u2019s non-LTS (Long-Term Support) releases, users still running Oracular Oriole should plan their migration to Ubuntu 25.04<\/a>\u2014the next supported version\u2014sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ubuntu\u2019s official upgrade guide<\/a> provides detailed instructions and potential caveats. 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) remains actively maintained (till mid-January 2026), with regular security patches and critical bug fixes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep in mind that sticking with an out-of-support build carries many risks. Once an Ubuntu release passes its EOL milestone, unpatched privilege-escalation bugs or remote code execution flaws accumulate quickly. So, it\u2019s highly recommended not to wait until the last minute; upgrade now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Ubuntu\u2019s short-term releases like 24.10 often serve as staging grounds for features destined for the next LTS, they\u2019re more than experimental builds. Their brief nine-month support window can pose challenges for stability-focused users. Sticking with a Long-Term Support release remains the safer bet for most individuals and organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) reaches end-of-life on July 10, marking the end of official support, updates, and security patches for this short-term release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":175349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[94,3374,42,5873],"class_list":["post-175346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-os","category-news","tag-eol","tag-security","tag-ubuntu","tag-ubuntu-24-10"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}