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Get latest version of Ubuntu and install it on various environments.

Version and system requirements

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, the latest LTS (Long term support) version, provides 5 years of maintenance and security updates for free.

See Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release notes

Ubuntu release and support cycle

New versions of Ubuntu are released every April and October at an interval of 6 months. LTS versions are released in April every couple of years (even-numbered years).

Maintenance and free security updates are provided for 5 years for the current LTS release and 9 months for interim releases.

More information can be found at the page linked below.

System requirements

2 GHz dual core processor and 4 GB system memory or better
25 GB of free hard drive space
Internet access is helpful
Either a DVD drive or a USB port for the installer media

Download

From official website

How to install and use

Desktop & Server

Use on Public Clouds

Public cloud images
Amazon Web Services: Marketplace, Documentations
Microsoft Azure: Ubuntu on Azure, Documentations
Google Cloud Platform: Marketplace, Documentations

WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)

If you are using latest version of Windows 10 or Windows 11, You can easily try out Ubuntu with WSL environment.

Linux Containers

Images for Application Containers: For building OCI images to use with Docker, Podman, Kubernetes.

Images for System Containers (VM Style Containers): Used with LXD and LXC for replacement of VM workloads.

Get help

If you need help while using, You can get help on online community such as forums and online chat.

Commercial technical support

Note

The Ubuntu UK Community is a non-profit community consisting of users and developers and is independent from Canonical Ltd. We do not provide any commercial technical support and answers for related inquiries. If you need commercial support for Ubuntu, have a look at the information provided underneath and get support from Canonical Ltd. or Canonical Partners.

Ubuntu Pro (Formerly Ubuntu Advantage)

Get commercial technical support from Canonical Ltd. the publisher of Ubuntu with Ubuntu Pro program. Available plans are Free, Infra-only and Full Ubuntu Pro. You can get support for Desktops, Servers, VMs and applications(e.g. MySQL, MongoDB, NGINX, Kafka and more).

Ubuntu Pro for Public Clouds

Using AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure? Create VM workloads with Ubuntu Pro, a premium Ubuntu image from Canonical Ltd. and get commercial technical support without additional contracts.

Canonical Partner

Partners of Canonical Ltd. also provides commercial technical support.