Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster Released

Last Updated on April 20, 2023 by itsubuntu

Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster has been released. You can now update or download Ubuntu 23.04. Ubuntu 23.04 Lubar Lobster comes up with some new features and upgrades from existing Ubuntu. Meanwhile, It is not a Long-Term Support version. Ubuntu 23.04 will be supported for 9 months until January 2024.

What’s New On Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster?

Ubuntu 23.04 ships with the latest stable GNOME 44
New OS installer
Updated Nautilus file manager
Mini ‘ISO’ Installer
Addition of Ubuntu Cinnamon as a new Official Flavour
Linux Kernel 6.2 out of the box

Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster Release 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

Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster Released, Upgrade Now

You can easily upgrade your Ubuntu to Ubuntu 23.0 Lunar Lobster. You can simply run the following command in your Ubuntu terminal.

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

Ubuntu 23.04 is released on April 20, 2023.

Note: If you are using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS then you cannot upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 to 23.04 directly. First, you must first upgrade to Ubuntu 22.10, and then upgrade 22.10 to 23.04.