Pop!_OS is an open source Linux distribution based on Ubuntu and featuring a custom GNOME desktop environment – COSMIC. The distribution is developed by System76, an American manufacturer of Linux computers. While Pop!_OS is primarily bundled with computers made by System76, it can also be downloaded and installed on most computers.

Since Pop!_OS is based on Ubuntu, its release cycle is also consistent with Ubuntu, with new versions usually released in April and October, while long-term support versions are released every two years. Each non-LTS release will continue to be supported for three months after the next release, while LTS releases will be supported for five years.

Since version 21.04, Pop!_OS has used a brand new customized version of the GNOME desktop environment in the system called COSMIC (acronym for Computer Operating System Main Interface Components), but because System76 believes that GNOME has many limitations, and Their disagreement with the GNOME developers over the desktop experience, System76 decided to create anot based on A new desktop environment for GNOME, which will be written in Rust and developed to be similar to the COSMIC desktop used since version 21.04.

Since Pop!_OS has not released any preview, test or RC version of version 22.10 since the release of version 22.04 LTS, since the new version of the system seems to be far away, some netizens recently asked Pop!_OS on Reddit whether it will skip version 22.10 ?

Micheal Murphy, the developer of Pop!_OS, confirmed the issue, saying in the comments:

Instead of 22.10, we will focus our development time on the Rust implementation of COSMIC. Supporting multiple versions of Ubuntu takes a lot of effort, and a 6-month release cycle can really eat into development time and product stability.

It can also be seen from this answer that System76 may not be developing Pop!_OS 22.10 at all.

Although there will be no Pop!_OS 22.10 release in October, don’t forget that the latest long-term support version is Pop!_OS 22.04, which was released in April this year, which regularly gets new Linux kernels and updated graphics drivers, Flatpak also ensures that the latest version of the software is always available.

It’s unclear if Pop!_OS will just skip the 22.10 release alone, or if the move will also affect the release of two future interim releases, Pop!_OS 23.04 and 23.10.

In response to a similar question (pictured above), Pop!_OS developer Micheal Murphy stated that the fate of the next two interim releases will be “decided at that time”, so it may also depend on this Rust desktop The development speed of the environment.