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Noble Numbat (24.04) is the latest biennial LTS release, and Oracular Oriole (24.10) is the more up-to-date interim release.
The free, highly customizable Ubuntu operating system is easy to install and runs well. We wish more popular third-party apps were available, but it's still an excellent introduction to Linux.