JDK 25 is released as the new LTS, adding beginner-friendly compact source files, succinct module imports, flexible constructors, and advancing FFM API adoption.
JDK 25 LTS has reached its second release candidate; feature set frozen, critical fixes via Fix-Request, and formal release scheduled for September 16, 2025.
Ubuntu 24.04.3 includes updates for bootloader on RISC-V hardware, better early boot networking configuration, and improvements to QEMU, lib-virt, and cloud-init.
