Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS released with Linux 6.17 + Mesa 25.2
Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS released with Linux 6.17 + Mesa 25.2
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-24-04-4-lts-released
Publish Date: 2026-02-15 03:27:00
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Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS is now available to download.
This is the fourth point release in the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ‘Noble Numbat’ series since it launched in April 2024. The new installer image (ISO) contains all of the security, bug and software updates released since the Ubuntu 24.04.3 release last August.
More notably, Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS ships with a new hardware enablement stack (HWE) offering Linux kernel 6.17 and Mesa 25.2.8, both back-ported from Ubuntu 25.10 and available to install on existing Ubuntu 24.04 systems – no fresh install required.
Updated Wayland Protocols are also included in the Ubuntu 24.04.4 HWE update. This has no huge impact on most users, but helps provide features that some recent software releases can use with the Wayland display server.
The ‘point’ of point releases is to make sure that long-term support releases are able to boot and work on hardware that wouldn’t have been released at the time the original ISO was made (April 2024). It also cuts down on the amount of updates that need to installed.
If you already run Ubuntu 24.04 LTS you don’t need to download the new ISO and do a clean install. In fact, there’s nothing here you won’t already have – assuming you’ve been installing updates, that is!
Updated packages in Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Look for the new kernel and version string to see if you have it
Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS doesn’t introduce any major new user-facing features, but Linux kernel 6.17 and the Mesa graphics driver update offer scores of low-level enablements and fixes that improve performance, albeit subtly – unless you’re a gamer.
Updated packages on the new ISO include:
- Linux kernel 6.17
- Mesa 25.2.8
- Snapd 2.73
- LibreOffice 25.8.4
- Mozilla Firefox 147 (snap; auto-updates to newer)
The ISO also packs in scores of bug fixes, security patches and other in-series updates to noble’s underlying package set. Far too many (and minor) to…
