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| Feature | 24.04 | 22.04 | 21.10 | 21.04 | 20.10 | 20.04 | 19.10 | 19.04 | 18.10 | 18.04 | 17.10 | Feature |
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| Release Date | 2025-12-11 | 2022-04-25 | 2021-12-14 | 2021-06-29 | 2020-10-23 | 2020-04-30 | 2019-10-19 | 2019-04-20 | 2018-10-19 | 2018-04-30 | 2017-10-18 | Release Date |
| End Of Life | 2020-07 | 2020-01 | 2019-07 | End Of Life | ||||||||
| Price (US$) | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Price (US$) |
| Image Size (MB) | 2900-3500 | 2500-3200 | 2500-3000 | 2400-2900 | 2200-2700 | 2100-2500 | 2100-2400 | 2100-2400 | 2000-2300 | 1800-2100 | 1700-1800 | Image Size (MB) |
| Free Download | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | Free Download |
| Installation | Pop Installer | Pop Installer | Pop Installer | Pop Installer | Pop Installer | Pop Installer | Pop Installer | Pop Installer | Pop Installer | Pop Installer | Graphical | Installation |
| Default Desktop | COSMIC | GNOME | GNOME | GNOME | GNOME | GNOME | GNOME | GNOME | GNOME | GNOME | GNOME | Default Desktop |
| Default Browser | Firefox | Firefox | Firefox | Firefox | Firefox | Firefox | Firefox | Firefox | Firefox | Firefox | Firefox | Default Browser |
| Package Format | deb, flatpak, PackageKit | deb, flatpak | deb, flatpak | deb, flatpak | deb, flatpak | deb, flatpak | deb | deb | deb | deb | deb | Package Format |
| Package Management | Package Management | |||||||||||
| Release Model | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Release Model |
| Office Suite | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | Office Suite |
| Processor Architecture | aarch64, x86_64 | aarch64, x86_64 | aarch64, x86_64 | x86_64 | x86_64 | x86_64 | x86_64 | x86_64 | x86_64 | x86_64 | x86_64 | Processor Architecture |
| Init Software | systemd | systemd | systemd | systemd | systemd | systemd | systemd | systemd | systemd | systemd | systemd | Init Software |
| Journaled File Systems | Btrfs, ext4, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, XFS | Btrfs, ext4 | Btrfs, ext4, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Journaled File Systems |
| Multilingual | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- | -- | -- | -- | Multilingual |
| Full Package List | 24.04 | 22.04 | 21.10 | 21.04 | 20.10 | 20.04 | 19.10 | 19.04 | 18.10 | 18.04 | 17.10 | Full Package List |
| Package | 24.04 | 22.04 | 21.10 | 21.04 | 20.10 | 20.04 | 19.10 | 19.04 | 18.10 | 18.04 | 17.10 | Package |
| alsa-lib (1.2.16.1) | 1.2.11 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.3.2 | 1.2.2 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.6 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.3 | alsa-lib (1.2.16.1) |
| amdgpu (25.0.0) | 23.0.0 | 22.0.0 | 21.0.0 | 19.1.0 | 19.1.0 | 19.1.0 | 19.0.1 | 19.0.1 | 18.0.1 | 18.0.1 | -- | amdgpu (25.0.0) |
| apparmor (5.0.2) | 4.0.1 | 3.0.4 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.0 | 3.0.0 | 2.13.3 | 2.13.3 | 2.13.2 | 2.12 | 2.12 | 2.11.0 | apparmor (5.0.2) |
| apt (3.3.3) | 2.8.3 | 2.4.5 | 2.3.12 | 2.2.3 | 2.1.10 | 2.0.2 | 1.9.4 | 1.8.0 | 1.7.0 | 1.6.1 | 1.5 | apt (3.3.3) |
| bash (5.3) | 5.2.21 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.4.18 | 4.4 | 4.4 | bash (5.3) |
| bind (9.20.29) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | bind (9.20.29) |
| chromium (154.0.8037.57) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | chromium (154.0.8037.57) |
| cinnamon (6.6.9) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | cinnamon (6.6.9) |
| cups (2.4.19) | 2.4.7 | 2.4.1 | 2.3.3 | 2.3.3 | 2.3.3 | 2.3.1 | 2.2.12 | 2.2.10 | 2.2.8 | 2.2.7 | 2.2.4 | cups (2.4.19) |
| e2fsprogs (1.47.4) | 1.47.0 | 1.46.5 | 1.46.3 | 1.45.7 | 1.45.6 | 1.45.5 | 1.45.3 | 1.44.6 | 1.44.4 | 1.44.1 | 1.43.5 | e2fsprogs (1.47.4) |
| ffmpeg (9.0.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ffmpeg (9.0.2) |
| firefox (157.0) | 146.0 | 99.0.1 | 95.0 | 89.0.2 | 81.0.2 | 75.0 | 69.0.3 | 66.0.3 | 63.0 | 59.0.2 | 56.0 | firefox (157.0) |
| flatpak (1.18.4) | 1.16.1 | 1.12.7 | 1.11.2 | 1.8.5 | 1.8.2 | 1.6.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | flatpak (1.18.4) |
| freetype (2.14.3) | 2.13.2 | 2.11.1 | 2.10.4 | 2.10.4 | 2.10.2 | 2.10.1 | 2.9.1 | 2.9.1 | 2.8.1 | 2.8.1 | 2.8 | freetype (2.14.3) |
| gcc (16.2.0) | 14.2.0 | 11.2.0 | 11.2.0 | 10.3.0 | 10.2.0 | 9.3.0 | 9.2.1 | 8.3.0 | 8.2.0 | 7.3.0 | 7.2.0 | gcc (16.2.0) |
| gimp (3.2.6) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | gimp (3.2.6) |
| git (2.55.0) | 2.43.0 | 2.34.1 | 2.32.0 | 2.30.2 | 2.27.0 | 2.25.1 | 2.20.1 | 2.20.1 | 2.19.1 | 2.17.0 | 2.14.1 | git (2.55.0) |
| glibc (2.44) | 2.39 | 2.35 | 2.34 | 2.33 | 2.32 | 2.31 | 2.30 | 2.29 | 2.28 | 2.27 | 2.26 | glibc (2.44) |
| gnome-shell (51.0) | -- | 42.0 | 40.5 | 3.38.4 | 3.38.1 | 3.36.1 | 3.34.1 | 3.32.0 | 3.30.1 | 3.28.1 | 3.26.1 | gnome-shell (51.0) |
| grub (2.16) | 2.12 | 2.06 | 2.04 | 2.04 | 2.04 | 2.04 | 2.04 | 2.02 | 2.02 | 2.02 | 2.02beta3 | grub (2.16) |
| gtk (4.24.0) | 4.14.5 | 4.6.2 | 4.4.0 | 3.24.25 | 3.24.23 | 3.24.17 | 3.24.12 | 3.24.8 | 3.24.1 | 3.22.30 | 3.22.24 | gtk (4.24.0) |
| httpd (2.4.68) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | httpd (2.4.68) |
| hyprland (0.56.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | hyprland (0.56.2) |
| inkscape (1.4.4) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | inkscape (1.4.4) |
| kmod (34.2) | 31 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | kmod (34.2) |
| krita (6.0.4) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | krita (6.0.4) |
| Package | 24.04 | 22.04 | 21.10 | 21.04 | 20.10 | 20.04 | 19.10 | 19.04 | 18.10 | 18.04 | 17.10 | Package |
| LibreOffice (26.8.0) | 24.2.7 | 7.3.2 | 7.2.3 | 7.1.3 | 7.0.2 | 6.4.2 | 6.3.2 | 6.2.2 | 6.1.2 | 6.0.3 | 5.4.1 | LibreOffice (26.8.0) |
| libselinux (3.11) | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | libselinux (3.11) |
| linux (7.2.8) | 6.17.9 | 5.16.19 | 5.15.5 | 5.11 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.18 | 4.15 | 4.13 | linux (7.2.8) |
| mariadb (13.0.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | mariadb (13.0.2) |
| mate-desktop (1.28.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | mate-desktop (1.28.2) |
| mesa (26.2.3) | 25.1.5 | 22.0.1 | 21.2.2 | 21.0.1 | 20.2.1 | 20.0.4 | 19.2.1 | 19.0.2 | 18.2.2 | 18.0.0rc5 | 17.2.2 | mesa (26.2.3) |
| nautilus (51.0.1) | -- | 42.0 | 40.2 | 3.38.2 | 3.38.1 | 3.36.1.1 | 3.34.1 | 3.32.0 | 3.26.4 | 3.26.3 | 3.26.0 | nautilus (51.0.1) |
| NVIDIA (615.71.09) | 580.82.09 | 510.60.02 | 470.86 | 465.31 | 455.28 | 440.82 | 440.64 | 418.56 | 410.57 | 390.48 | -- | NVIDIA (615.71.09) |
| openjdk (27) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | openjdk (27) |
| openssh (10.5p1) | 9.6p1 | 8.9p1 | 8.4p1 | 8.4p1 | 8.3p1 | 8.2p1 | 8.0p1 | 7.9p1 | 7.7p1 | 7.6p1 | 7.5p1 | openssh (10.5p1) |
| openssl (4.0.2) | 3.0.13 | 3.0.2 | 1.1.1l | 1.1.1j | 1.1.1f | 1.1.1f | 1.1.1c | 1.1.1b | 1.1.1 | 1.1.0g | 1.0.2g | openssl (4.0.2) |
| perl (5.44.0) | 5.38.2 | 5.34.0 | 5.32.1 | 5.32.1 | 5.30.3 | 5.30.0 | 5.28.1 | 5.28.1 | 5.26.2 | 5.26.1 | 5.26.0 | perl (5.44.0) |
| php (8.5.11) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | php (8.5.11) |
| plasma-desktop (6.7.5) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | plasma-desktop (6.7.5) |
| postfix (3.11.7) | 3.8.6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | postfix (3.11.7) |
| postgresql (18.6) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | postgresql (18.6) |
| Python (3.14.7) | 3.12.3 | 3.10.4 | 3.9.4 | 3.9.4 | 3.8.6 | 3.8.2 | 3.7.5 | 2.7.16 | 2.7.15 | 2.7.15 | 2.7.14 | Python (3.14.7) |
| qt (6.11.2) | 5.15.13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5.12.4 | 5.12.2 | -- | -- | -- | qt (6.11.2) |
| samba (4.25.0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | samba (4.25.0) |
| systemd (262) | 255.4 | 249.11 | 248.3 | 247.3 | 246 | 245 | 242 | 240 | 239 | 237 | 234 | systemd (262) |
| thunderbird (156.0.1) | 128.14.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | thunderbird (156.0.1) |
| vim (9.2) | 9.1 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | vim (9.2) |
| vlc (3.0.24) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | vlc (3.0.24) |
| wayland (1.26.0) | 1.23.1 | 1.20.0 | 1.19.0 | 1.18.0 | 1.18.0 | 1.18.0 | 1.17.0 | 1.16.0 | 1.16.0 | 1.14.0 | 1.14.0 | wayland (1.26.0) |
| xfdesktop (4.20.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | xfdesktop (4.20.2) |
| xorg-server (21.1.24) | 21.1.12 | 21.1.3 | 1.20.13 | 1.20.11 | 1.20.9 | 1.20.8 | 1.20.5 | 1.20.4 | 1.20.1 | 1.19.6 | 1.19.5 | xorg-server (21.1.24) |
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