The [1]Ubuntu 25.04 feature freeze is now in effect as Canonical and the Ubuntu Linux developer community work toward releasing the "Plucky Puffin" in April.

Utkarsh Gupta of Canonical [2]announced the feature freeze for Ubuntu 25.04 is now in effect and right on schedule per their release schedule. Feature freeze exceptions can still be granted when going through the right processes, but now the bulk of the feature work on Ubuntu 25.04 is over.

The Ubuntu 25.04 schedule has next up the UI freeze happening on 13 March, the kernel feature freeze on 20 March, and the Ubuntu 25.04 beta release for 27 March. The kernel freeze is 3 April, the final freeze on 10 April, and if all goes well Ubuntu 25.04 will be officially out on 17 April.

Ubuntu 25.04 is expected to be powered by the Linux 6.14 kernel, the GNOME 48 desktop is being used by default on Ubuntu, Mesa 25.0 will provide much better graphics driver support. GIMP 3.0 will be available on Ubuntu 25.04, continued installer improvements, and there is also continued emphasis on performance optimizations by Canonical. Plus a lot of other Ubuntu 25.04 improvements under the hood.

Stay tuned for Ubuntu 25.04 benchmarks and more as the April release nears.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Ubuntu+25.04

[2] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2025-February/001366.html