DOCS-include-Ubuntu-24.04-support

docs/articles_en/about-openvino/additional-resources.rst

@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ Additional Resources
 
 
 .. meta::
-   :description: Learn more about OpenVINO from benchmark results, case studies 
+   :description: Learn more about OpenVINO from benchmark results, case studies
                  and lists of supported models, operations and devices.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
    :hidden:
 
    additional-resources/glossary
-   additional-resources/legal-information
+   Legal and Responsible AI Information <./additional-resources/legal-information>
    additional-resources/telemetry
    Case Studies <https://www.intel.com/openvino-success-stories>
 
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ Additional Resources
 
 :doc:`Glossary <additional-resources/glossary>` contains terms used in OpenVINO.
 
-:doc:`Legal Information <additional-resources/legal-information>` has trademark information and other legal statements.
+:doc:`Legal and Responsible AI Information <additional-resources/legal-information>` provides trademark information and other legal statements.
 
-:doc:`OpenVINO™ Telemetry <additional-resources/telemetry>` has detailed information on the telemetry data collection. 
+:doc:`OpenVINO™ Telemetry <additional-resources/telemetry>` has detailed information on the telemetry data collection.
 
 `Case Studies <https://www.intel.com/openvino-success-stories>`__ are articles about real-world examples of OpenVINO™ usage.
 

docs/articles_en/about-openvino/additional-resources/legal-information.rst

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .. {#openvino_docs_Legal_Information}
 
-Legal Information
-=================
+Legal and Responsible AI Information
+=====================================
 
 
 .. meta::
@@ -46,4 +46,12 @@ Intel Global Human Right Principles
 Intel is committed to respecting human rights and avoiding causing or contributing to adverse
 impacts on human rights. See `Intel's Global Human Rights Principles <https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/central-libraries/us/en/documents/policy-human-rights.pdf>`__.
 Intel's products and software are intended only to be used in applications that do not cause or
-contribute to adverse impacts on human rights.
+contribute to adverse impacts on human rights.
+
+Model Card Statement
+###########################################################
+
+We recommend that users, wherever you are sourcing the model from, should check for a model card,
+consult the model card for each model you access and use, and create one if you are developing
+or updating a model. A model card is a short document that provides key information to assess
+performance and validation and ensure appropriate use.

docs/articles_en/about-openvino/release-notes-openvino/system-requirements.rst

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-.. {#system_requirements}
-
 System Requirements
 ===================
 
@@ -30,6 +28,7 @@ CPU
 
    .. tab-item:: Supported Operating Systems
 
+      * Ubuntu 24.04 long-term support (LTS), 64-bit (Kernel 6.8+)
       * Ubuntu 22.04 long-term support (LTS), 64-bit (Kernel 5.15+)
       * Ubuntu 20.04 long-term support (LTS), 64-bit (Kernel 5.15+)
       * Ubuntu 18.04 long-term support (LTS) with limitations, 64-bit (Kernel 5.4+)
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ GPU
 
    .. tab-item::  Supported Operating Systems
 
+      * Ubuntu 24.04 long-term support (LTS), 64-bit
       * Ubuntu 22.04 long-term support (LTS), 64-bit
       * Ubuntu 20.04 long-term support (LTS), 64-bit
       * Windows 10, 64-bit
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ GPU
         for information about your processor.
       * While this release of OpenVINO supports Ubuntu 20.04, the driver stack
         for Intel discrete graphic cards does not fully support Ubuntu 20.04.
-        We recommend using Ubuntu 22.04 when executing on discrete graphics.
+        We recommend using Ubuntu 22.04 and later when executing on discrete graphics.
       * The following minimum (i.e., used for old hardware) OpenCL™ driver's versions
         were used during OpenVINO internal validation: 22.43 for Ubuntu 22.04, 21.48
         for Ubuntu 20.04 and 21.49 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (some hardware may require
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Intel® Neural Processing Unit
 
    .. tab-item:: Operating Systems for NPU
 
+      * Ubuntu 24.04 long-term support (LTS), 64-bit
       * Ubuntu 22.04 long-term support (LTS), 64-bit
       * Windows 11, 64-bit (22H2, 23H2)
 
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ Operating systems and developer environment
 
    .. tab-item:: Linux OS
 
+      * Ubuntu 24.04 with Linux kernel 6.8+
       * Ubuntu 22.04 with Linux kernel 5.15+
       * Ubuntu 20.04 with Linux kernel 5.15+
       * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 with Linux kernel 5.4

docs/articles_en/get-started.rst

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ GET STARTED
    Install OpenVINO <get-started/install-openvino>
    Additional Hardware Setup <get-started/configurations>
    Troubleshooting <get-started/troubleshooting-install-config>
-   System Requirements <about-openvino/system-requirements>
+   System Requirements <./about-openvino/release-notes-openvino/system-requirements>
 
 
 .. raw:: html

docs/articles_en/get-started/configurations/configurations-intel-npu.rst

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Configurations for Intel® NPU with OpenVINO™
 ===============================================
 
 .. meta::
-   :description: Learn how to provide additional configuration for Intel® 
+   :description: Learn how to provide additional configuration for Intel®
                  NPU to work with the OpenVINO™ toolkit on your system.
 
 
@@ -19,27 +19,27 @@ Make sure you use the most recent supported driver for your hardware setup.
       The driver is maintained as open source and may be found in the following repository,
       together with comprehensive information on installation and system requirements:
       `github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver <https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver>`__
-      
+
       It is recommended to check for the latest version of the driver.
 
       Make sure you use a supported OS version, as well as install make, gcc,
       and Linux kernel headers. To check the NPU state, use the ``dmesg``
       command in the console. A successful boot-up of the NPU should give you
       a message like this one:
-      
+
       ``[  797.193201] [drm] Initialized intel_vpu 0.<version number> for 0000:00:0b.0 on minor 0``
 
-      The current requirement for inference on NPU is Ubuntu 22.04 with the kernel
-      version of 6.6 or higher.
+      The current requirement for inference on NPU is the minimum of Ubuntu 22.04, kernel
+      version of 6.6.
 
    .. tab-item:: Windows
 
       The Intel® NPU driver for Windows is available through Windows Update but
-      it may also be installed manually by downloading the 
-      `NPU driver package <https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/794734/intel-npu-driver-windows.html>`__ and following the 
+      it may also be installed manually by downloading the
+      `NPU driver package <https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/794734/intel-npu-driver-windows.html>`__ and following the
       `Windows driver installation guide <https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/update-drivers-manually-in-windows-ec62f46c-ff14-c91d-eead-d7126dc1f7b6>`__.
 
-      If a driver has already been installed you should be able to find 
-      'Intel(R) NPU Accelerator' in Windows Device Manager. If you 
+      If a driver has already been installed you should be able to find
+      'Intel(R) NPU Accelerator' in Windows Device Manager. If you
       cannot find such a device, the NPU is most likely listed in "Other devices"
       as "Multimedia Video Controller."

docs/articles_en/get-started/install-openvino.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-.. {#openvino_docs_install_guides_overview}
-
-Install OpenVINO™ 2024.0
+Install OpenVINO™ 2024.2
 ==========================
 
 
@@ -36,17 +34,17 @@ Install OpenVINO™ 2024.0
 
 .. tip::
 
-   OpenVINO 2024.0, described here, is not a Long-Term-Support version!
+   OpenVINO 2024.2, described here, is not a Long-Term-Support version!
    All currently supported versions are:
 
-   * 2024.0 (development)
+   * 2024.2 (development)
    * 2023.3 (LTS)
    * 2022.3 (LTS)
 
    Moreover, different OpenVINO distributions may support slightly different sets of features.
    Read installation guides for particular distributions for more details.
 
-   .. dropdown:: Distribution Comparison for OpenVINO 2024.0
+   .. dropdown:: Distribution Comparison for OpenVINO 2024.2
 
       ===============  ==========  ======  ===============  ========  ============ ========== ========== ==========
        Device           Archives    PyPI    APT/YUM/ZYPPER    Conda     Homebrew     vcpkg      Conan       npm
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ Install OpenVINO™ 2024.0
        NPU              V\*         V\*     V\ *             n/a       n/a          n/a        n/a        V\*
       ===============  ==========  ======  ===============  ========  ============ ========== ========== ==========
 
-      | \* **Of the Linux systems, only Ubuntu 22.04 includes drivers for NPU device.**
+      | \* **Of the Linux systems, versions 22.04 and 24.04 include drivers for NPU.**
       |  **For Windows, CPU inference on ARM64 is not supported.**
 
 | **Build OpenVINO from source**

docs/articles_en/get-started/troubleshooting-install-config.rst

@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ Troubleshooting Guide for OpenVINO™ Installation & Configuration
                  of OpenVINO™ on your system.
 
 
-| This guide provides general troubleshooting steps and solutions to possible issues that
-  may be encountered while installing and configuring OpenVINO™. For a comprehensive
-  database of support topics on OpenVINO, go to:
+| This article provides general troubleshooting steps and solutions to possible issues that you
+  may face while installing and configuring OpenVINO™. For a comprehensive database of support
+  topics on OpenVINO, go to:
 | `Support for OpenVINO™ toolkit <https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/products/96066/software/development-software/openvino-toolkit.html>`__
 
 
 
-.. dropdown:: Errors with Installing via PIP for Users in China
+.. dropdown:: PIP for Users in China gives errors
 
    Users in China might encounter errors while downloading sources via PIP during OpenVINO™
    installation. To resolve the issues, try adding the download source using the ``-i``
@@ -34,16 +34,18 @@ Troubleshooting Guide for OpenVINO™ Installation & Configuration
 
       pip install openvino-dev[tensorflow2] -i https://mirrors.aliyun.com/pypi/simple/
 
+.. dropdown:: ImportError: cannot import name 'Core' from 'openvino'
 
-.. dropdown:: Issues with Installing OpenVINO on Linux from Docker
+   This error may appear on systems lacking C++ components. Since it is almost exclusively a
+   Windows case, installing `Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable [vc_redist.x64] <https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe>`__
+   package may fix it. For more information on dependencies, check
+   :doc:`System Requirements <../about-openvino/release-notes-openvino/system-requirements>` and
+   :doc:`Additional Hardware Configurations <./configurations>`
 
-   .. _proxy-issues:
+.. dropdown:: Proxy issues installing OpenVINO on Linux from Docker
 
-   Proxy Issues
-   ++++++++++++
-
-   If you meet proxy issues during the installation with Docker, you need set up proxy settings
-   for Docker. See the `Docker guide <https://docs.docker.com/network/proxy/#set-proxy-using-the-cli>`__
+   If you face proxy issues during installation with Docker, you may need to set up proxy
+   settings for it. See the `Docker guide <https://docs.docker.com/network/proxy/#set-proxy-using-the-cli>`__
    for more details.
 
 .. dropdown:: Check the version of OpenVINO Runtime
@@ -81,22 +83,22 @@ Troubleshooting Guide for OpenVINO™ Installation & Configuration
 
 .. dropdown:: Check if environment variables are set correctly
 
-   - For Python developers, if you previously installed OpenVINO using the archive file,
+   * For Python developers, if you previously installed OpenVINO using the archive file,
      and are now installing OpenVINO using PIP, remove all the PATH settings and the lines with
      ``setupvars`` from ``.bashrc``. Note that if you installed OpenVINO with PIP in a virtual
      environment, you don't need to set any environment variables.
-   - If you have installed OpenVINO before, you probably have added ``setupvars`` to your
+   * If you have installed OpenVINO before, you probably have added ``setupvars`` to your
      ``PATH /.bashrc`` or Windows environment variables. After restarting your environment,
      you should see an information similar to the following:
 
      .. code-block:: sh
 
         [setupvars.sh] OpenVINO™ environment initialized
 
-   - If you don't see the information above, your PATH variables may be configured incorrectly.
+   * If you don't see the information above, your PATH variables may be configured incorrectly.
      Check if you have typed the correct <INSTALL_DIR> or you are trying to activate in the
      correct directory.
-   - If you added it to a ``.bashrc`` file, make sure that the command is correctly written and
+   * If you added it to a ``.bashrc`` file, make sure that the command is correctly written and
      the file is found in the ``~/.bashrc`` folder.
 
 .. dropdown:: Verify that OpenVINO is correctly installed