Ubuntu 20.10
The Groovy Gorilla is out. Jonni Bidwell wonders if he might finally meet his spirit animal, or if he’ll be maimed.
IN BRIEF
Probably the world’s most popular Linux distribution. Now with a smoother Gnome desktop and even more Snaps. See also: Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, elementary OS, Solus OS.
We really enjoyed the last Ubuntu release, and indeed the slew of Ubuntu-derivatives (s uch as Mint and Pop!_OS) that have been rebased on 20.04. We’re still waiting patiently for elementary OS 6 though…
For those unfamiliar with Ubuntu’s release cycle, this is the first of three interim, short-term release (STR) versions that Canonical and the community will use to shape the next LTS (long-term support) release in 2022. If you’re looking for stability and would rather nothing broke, we’d strongly advise you to stick with the LTS. On the other hand, if you want to see newer software, Gnome improvements and the occasional new and exciting bug, then the Groovy Gorilla is for you. It’s supported for nine months, by which time the next STR (21.04) will be ready.
SPECS
Minimum
Processor: 2GHz
RAM: 4GB
Disk space: 25GB disk space
Consistency via snaps