Ubuntu 21.10 was released on October 14, 2021 with codename “Impish Indri“. In this post, we are going to show you installation steps using Live ISO image. Ubuntu 21.10 will be supported for 9 months until July 2022. is it worth upgrading ? Please share your thought through comments section below. If you want Long Term Support, go for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS version.
Download & Burn Ubuntu 21.10
Minimum System Requirements
. 2Ghz dual Core processor
. 4GB RAM for Physical Server / 2GB for Virtual Server
. 25 GB HDD
. VGA capable of 1024×768 screen resolution
. CD/DVD or USB port
. Internet access (recommended)
. Backup your data
. 4GB RAM for Physical Server / 2GB for Virtual Server
. 25 GB HDD
. VGA capable of 1024×768 screen resolution
. CD/DVD or USB port
. Internet access (recommended)
. Backup your data
Release note of Ubuntu 21.10 operating system for desktop PCs and laptops
New features in 21.10
. Linux Kernel
. GNOME Verson 40
. Firefox version 93
. LibreOffice Version 7.2.1
. Thunderbird Version 91.1.2
. OpenLDAP 2.5.6
. Apache 2.4.48
. PHP 8.0.8
. QEMU 6.0
. Libvirt 7.6
. Open vSwitch 2.16
. Chrony 4.1
. Bind 9.16.15
. OpenStack 21.10
Boot from CD/DVD or USB Stick
As soon as you reboot your system, you will get the installer screen as below. Select “Ubuntu” to get started.
Welcome Screen
Select your language of your choice. Before installation of Ubuntu you can give a try clicking on “Try Ubuntu” then may proceed with the installation later. Here, we are clicking on “Install Ubuntu” for Ubuntu Installation.
Keyboard layout
Updates and other software
Select “Normal installation“, then select “Install third-party software“. This will install additional device drivers which may help later on.
Updates and other software
Select “Normal installation“, then select “Install third-party software“. This will install additional device drivers which may help later on.
Installation type
Here, choose partition options “Erase disk and install Ubuntu” for default partitions. Clicking on “Advanced features” to enable disk encryption, LVM or ZFS partitions of your choices. Click on “Something else” for customize partitions.
Installation type
As we can see that device “/dev/sda” detected. Click “New Partition Table“.
Installation type
Recommended partitions ‘/boot‘, ‘/‘,’swap‘, ‘EFI should be 100MB – 250MB‘ and ‘Reserved BIOS Boot Area should be 1MB‘.
Write the changes to disks.
Click on “Continue” to accept changes.
Select your timezone and continue.
Insert Name, Computer Name, User Name & Password.
Installation started
Installation is now started…Sit back and Relax for sometime, you will be prompted to reboot once installation is done. Click on “Restart Now“. Eject or remove CD/VD or ISO image.
Once rebooted, login with User Name and Password created in pervious steps. Follow the screen which is self explanatory.
Ubuntu 21.10 Desktop.
That’s it. This is end of the Ubuntu 21.10 installation steps. Hope this might help who are a beginners in Ubuntu Linux Users. Please share it with others and use comment box below to raise a query if any. Also follow us on tecluesdotcom Facebook Official Page.