The Ubuntu team has released the Distributive Renewal Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS, bringing improvements in hardware support, kernel updates, installer and bootloader fixes. The update package also includes fixes for vulnerabilities and stability issues in hundreds of packages. Updates for Kubuntu 22.04.5, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Mate 22.04.5, Lubuntu 22.04.5, Ubuntu Kylin 22.04.22, Ubuntu Studio, and Xubuntu 22.04.5 have also been simultaneously released.
The release notes for Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS include various enhancements carried over from the Ubuntu 24.04 release. These improvements cater to cloud services from Google, Oracle, AWS, and Azure, as well as the RISC-V platform and configurations requiring Lowlatency packages with kernel 2.6.8. For other scenarios, kernel 2.6.5 and 2.5.15 versions are available. Updates include Cloud-Init 2.2, OpenLDAP 2.5.18, DPDK 11.11.6, Squid 5.9, Snapd 2.63.1, Rust 1.75, XDG-DESKTOP-Portal-GNOME 42.1, and NVIDIA-GRAPHICS-DRIVERS. Support for new Synaptics devices has been added, alongside Ubuntu-Desktop and Ubuntu-Desktop-Minimal builds for RISC-V.
While Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS is recommended for older hardware systems, Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS is more suitable for new systems. Existing systems can receive the Ubuntu 22.04.5 update through the standard update installation process. Updates and security fixes for the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS server and desktop editions will be supported until April 2027, with an option for extended paid support (ESM) for an additional 7 years.