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  • Upgrade your desktop: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is now available
  • Ubuntu 26.10 To Include Desktop Images For RISC-V
  • Ubuntu now has official desktop images for RISC-V

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ubuntu.com /3 weeks ago

Upgrade your desktop: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is now available

Whether you’re a first-time Linux user, experienced developer, academic researcher, or enterprise administrator, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon is the best way to benefit from t...

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phoronix.com /2 weeks ago

Ubuntu 26.10 To Include Desktop Images For RISC-V

Ubuntu Linux ISOs for RISC-V 64-bit to date have just been the server/CLI version without any desktop environment pre-seeded. But with next week's Ubuntu 26.10 release, there will...

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omgubuntu.co.uk /2 weeks ago

Ubuntu now has official desktop images for RISC-V

Installing the Ubuntu desktop on RISC-V hardware is made easier with 26.10, as Canonical is now building official riscv64 desktop images. Experimental versions of the upcoming Ubun...

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theregister.com /1 month ago

Ubuntu Noble's likely last point release lands, then loses its desktop download

Installer bug crashes extended setups while Stonking Stingray circles ahead of October debut

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phoronix.com /3 weeks ago

Ubuntu 26.10 Beta Released With Linux 7.3 Kernel, GNOME 51 Desktop

Ubuntu 26.10 beta is now available for the official Ubuntu editions as well as the various community flavors...

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omgubuntu.co.uk /1 week ago

Ubuntu 26.10 released – here’s what’s new

Ubuntu 26.10 is out with a faster window tiling widget, passkey login, PDF signing and a full set of Rust-based core utilities. Here's what’s new. You're reading Ubuntu 26.10 relea...

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feed.itsfoss.com /1 month ago

Ubuntu Would Rather Kill Your Apps Before It Takes Down The Session

Ubuntu 26.10 is shipping a change that should keep the desktop standing when your memory runs out.

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omgubuntu.co.uk /4 weeks ago

Ubuntu 26.10 adds Windows-style snap layouts

Ubuntu 26.10 offers a new way to tile your apps, with a layout picker sliding in from the top of the screen when you move a window. This “dropzone” concept for quick tiling will be...

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phoronix.com /1 month ago

Ubuntu 26.10 Desktop Adjusting Its Behavior Under Memory Pressure

The Ubuntu 26.10 desktop is adjusting its default out-of-memory (OOM) daemon behavior when dealing with memory pressure on the system...

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howtogeek.com /3 days ago

Ubuntu 26.10 is here, but should you leave 26.04 LTS for it?

Ubuntu 26.10 brings a newer desktop and better hardware support, but are those improvements worth giving up long-term support?

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feed.itsfoss.com /1 week ago

Ubuntu 26.10 Has Come Out as a Rust-Packed Interim Release

It ships with Linux 7.3, GNOME 51, an improved App Center, and many other upgrades.

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omgubuntu.co.uk /3 weeks ago

Ubuntu 26.10 Beta released with Linux 7.3 & GNOME 51

The beta release of Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stringray) is now available for download – a week later than planned. Ubuntu 26.10 Beta runs on the Linux 7.3 kernel (release candidate)...

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ubuntu.com /1 week ago

Canonical releases Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray

The latest interim release of Ubuntu previews privacy conscious speech-to-text, enables post-quantum package signing, completes the rollout of Rust coreutils, and improves enterpri...

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feed.itsfoss.com /1 month ago

5 Linux Distros Bringing AI to Your Desktop

One project has raised $15.5 million for its foundation, while Ubuntu 26.10 is starting with nothing more than voice dictation.

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theregister.com /1 month ago

Feel peak Windows was 7? You might like Kumander Linux

Debian and Xfce – solid, sensible choices – with a pretty skin

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phoronix.com /1 week ago

Ubuntu 26.10 Released With Linux 7.3 + GNOME 51, Rust Coreutils Migration Complete

Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray" is now officially available as the newest six-month non-LTS update to Ubuntu Linux...

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theregister.com /4 weeks ago

2026 just became the year of FreeBSD on the (Amazonian cloud) desktop

Desktop AMIs ‘designed to behave as much like Windows as possible’ now available as an on ramp for new users

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theregister.com /2 weeks ago

Ubuntu 'Stonking Stingray' beta swims out: Deeper Rust 'oxidization' plus LLM speech-to-text

GNOME 51 is here, and Ubuntu interim releases are getting interesting again

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omgubuntu.co.uk /1 month ago

A hidden Ubuntu feature I use to tidy up my desktop

Ubuntu’s Desktop Icons NG (DING) extension has a little-known way to bring order to a chaotic desktop: stacks. Stacks groups multiple files of the same type in a collapsible icon,...

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feed.itsfoss.com /1 week ago

This New Distro Wants to Achieve What Ubuntu Failed to Do Nearly a Decade Ago

Currently in beta, it pairs Prairie, a new desktop, with a native app suite and an AI assistant.

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theregister.com /3 weeks ago

Canonical begins pushing Resolute Raccoon

Users on Ubuntu 24.04 will begin to get nagged to update to 26.04.1. Here's how to proceed

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omgubuntu.co.uk /1 month ago

Ubuntu pulls 24.04.5 downloads due to installer bug

Canonical has pulled the Ubuntu 24.04.5 desktop ISO because of a bug that crashes the installer when users select the extended install options. The fifth point release to 24.04 lan...

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phoronix.com /1 month ago

FreeDesktop SDK 26.08 Released With Snap Support Dropped, Bootstrap Changes

The newest FreeDesktop SDK is now available for this collection of components used for Flatpak runtimes as well as for building out of containers and other software stacks...

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ubuntu.com /2 weeks ago

Devpack for Rust: Zero to Rust in seconds

One of the best things about Rust is how easy it is to get started. It takes just a second to snap install rustup; rustup default stable, and from there you have a whole toolchain...

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