Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) released

The latest release of the Ubuntu Linux distribution is out: Ubuntu 21.10, code named "Impish Indri". The release notes fills in all of the details for the new features in this version, but the announcement lists some as well:

Ubuntu Desktop 21.10 makes wayland sessions available while using the Nvidia proprietary driver. PulseAudio 15 introduces support for Bluetooth LDAC and AptX codecs, as well as HFP Bluetooth profiles providing better audio quality. The recovery key feature at installation time has been improved, with the recovery key now optional, stronger and editable. Ubuntu Desktop 21.10 includes GNOME version 40, with a new and improved Activities Overview design. Workspaces are now arranged horizontally, and the overview and app grid are accessed vertically. Each direction has accompanying keyboard shortcuts, touchpad gestures and mouse actions.

Ubuntu Server 21.10 integrates recent innovations from key open infrastructure projects like OpenStack Xena, QEMU 6.0, PHP8, libvirt 7.6, Kubernetes, and Ceph with advanced life-cycle management tools for multi-cloud and on-prem operations from bare metal, VMWare and OpenStack, to every major public cloud.

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