Ubuntu Linux 25.04 'Plucky Puffin' Is Now Available
How-To Geek, Thursday, April 17th, 2025
Ubuntu 25.04 is out of beta today and ready for prime time as the latest Linux distro release from Canonical. While it's only an interim release, there's a lot here to unpack.
Nicknamed "Plucky Puffin", this version of Ubuntu will be especially helpful to gamers because it by default enables NVIDIA Dynamic Boost. When your laptop has a discrete GPU (meaning one that isn't integrated with CPU), your PC's individual usage the CPU or the GPU's capabilities fluctuates constantly, depending on the needs of the applications you're running. Dynamic Boost manages the power for both of those units, continually allocating and reallocating power so that each unit always has the optimal amount of power it needs to do its job.