Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ("Resolute Raccoon") - and most of its flavors - released yesterday (23rd April 2026)

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Hi, everyone :slight_smile:

Maybe most of you already know this: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (“Resolute Raccoon”) - and most of its flavors (alas, not the case of “Ubuntu MATE”) - was released yesterday (23rd April 2026).

Announcement posts in the “Ubuntu Discourse” / “Ubuntu Community Hub”:

1 - For “regular” Ubuntu:

2 - For “Edubuntu”:

3 - For “Kubuntu”:

4 - For “Lubuntu”:

5 - For “Ubuntu Studio”:

Release Notes:

1 - For “regular” Ubuntu:

2 - For the “official flavors” (taken from https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.04/#official-flavors):

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Official flavors

Find the release notes for the official flavors at the following links:

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One item that stood out to me was

Ubuntu Unity 26.04 “Resolute Raccoon” is out! Even though it is not LTS officially we will support it like it is LTS release. You can download it from here. This is our first release during the absence of Rudra and Maik.

That’s different to how Ubuntu Studio 18.04 did it, but their Special thanks list of names had many people with upload rights (MOTU or better!) so it makes sense to me.

Hopefully they’ll get their known issues fixed prior to the .1 point release ISO and they can be allowed to take part in that too.

  • Ubuntu Studio 18.04 wasn’t an LTS release
  • MOTU = Master of the Universe; someone who can upload packages to the universe repository; or where flavors keep their packages
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Yeah, I downloaded and installed Xubuntu 26.04 a few hours ago, still installing all the other software and apps I use every day, will be trying MATE desktop later. Gotta do some more fine-tuning.

Great to know about Ubuntu Unity, we know from our friend Mike how they’ve been struggling lately, still they managed to make it work. I’m happy for them.

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I really enjoyed this video by Linux Ort:

Not going to lie I miss the good parts of GNOME, haha. But still prefering XFCE. Nice to see them forging ahead into Wayland though! :rocket:

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Congratulations to all of the *buntu releases for 2026 and thank you for sharing this information with us!

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