Canonical today announced the release of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS which, as a long-term support release, will be supported for 10 years.

“Our mission is to be a secure, reliable, and consistent open-source platform—everywhere,” Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth says. “Ubuntu 22.04 LTS unlocks innovation for industries with demanding infrastructure security requirements, such as telecommunications and industrial automation, underpinning their digital transformation.”

Canonical says that Ubuntu 22.04 LTS brings “significant leaps forward” in cloud confidential computing, real-time kernel for industrial applications, and enterprise Active Directory, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, FIPS, and FedRAMP compliance. And it’s the only Linux distribution to support Microsoft Azure Confidential Computing virtual machines (VMs), which guarantees confidentiality between different cloud customers and between customers and Azure operators via hardware-level encrypted guest isolation, measured boot, and TPM-backed full-disk encryption.

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is also the first LTS release to support the Ubuntu Desktop on the Raspberry Pi 4.

“With Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, the entire recent Raspberry Pi device portfolio is supported for the very first time, from the new Raspberry Pi Zero 2W to the Raspberry Pi 4,” Raspberry Pi Trading CEO Eben Upton says. “It’s great to see a certified Ubuntu Desktop release that includes support for the 2 GB Raspberry Pi 4, giving developers all over the world access to the most affordable development desktop environment.”

There’s a lot more going on in this release, and you can learn more in the original blog post. You can download Ubuntu 22.04 LTS from the Ubuntu Downloads website.