The Ubuntu team has published an official release date of Ubuntu 23.01 Lunar Lobster. According to the team, Ubuntu 23.04 will be available for public testing on March 30th, 2023.
We are expecting to see Linux 6.2 kernel on Ubuntu 23.01 along with Mesa 23.0, GNOME 44 desktop, and PHP 8.2. Let’s have a look at Ubuntu 23.04 release date schedule.
Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster Release Schedule
| Week | Date (Thursday) | 23.04 events |
|---|---|---|
| October 2022 | ||
| 1 | October 27 | Toolchain Uploaded |
| November 2022 | ||
| 2 | November 03 | |
| 3 | November 10 | |
| 4 | November 17 | |
| 5 | November 24 | |
| December 2022 | ||
| 6 | December 01 | |
| 7 | December 08 | |
| 8 | December 15 | |
| 9 | December 22 | |
| 10 | December 29 | Ubuntu Testing Week (optional) |
| January 2023 | ||
| 11 | January 05 | |
| 12 | January 12 | |
| 13 | January 19 | |
| 14 | January 26 | |
| February 2023 | ||
| 15 | February 02 | |
| 16 | February 09 | |
| 17 | February 16 | |
| 18 | February 23 | Feature Freeze 6, Debian Import Freeze |
| March 2023 | ||
| 19 | March 02 | Ubuntu Testing Week (optional) |
| 20 | March 09 | |
| 21 | March 16 | User Interface Freeze |
| 22 | March 23 | Documentation String Freeze, Kernel Feature Freeze 1 |
| 23 | March 27 (Monday) | Beta Freeze, Hardware Enablement Freeze |
| ⠀ | March 30 | Beta (mandatory) |
| April 2023 | ||
| 24 | April 06 | Kernel Freeze 5, Non-Language Pack Translation Deadline |
| 25 | April 13 | Final Freeze 1, Release Candidate, Language Pack Translation Deadline |
| 26 | April 20 | Final Release 13 |
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