6+ day, 39+ min ago   (357+ words) Easier way to test an optimised package set Ubuntu 26.10 daily builds now include an amd64-v3 installer, allowing you to try out a CPU-optimised package set from the off, without any post-install reconfiguration. The distro began building amd64v3 packages as an opt-in archive…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (367+ words) Fixes need to land before the gate officially opens If you’re wondering why you can’t do a directly upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 from 24.04 yet, despite the Resolute Raccoon’s first point release being live, there is a reason. Canonical’s Oliver Reiche said…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (578+ words) Those running it since April don't need to do anything Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is now available to download, the first of 5 point releases scheduled for the ‘Resolute Raccoon’ in the 3 years. The release doesn’t add new features per se, but does…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (328+ words) The shape of things to come Ubuntu 26.10, codenamed ‘Stonking Stingray’, entered feature freeze on 20 August – though the formal announcement arrive later than usual. From this point onwards, development focus shifts from landing major changes to improving them, along with the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (503+ words) Diagnosing nothing as a feature™ I recently re-encountered my favourite ‘error’ dialog in Ubuntu, which is thrown by the distro’s App Center (snap-store), which is the default GUI software management tool. I don’t see it often, but when I do it…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (336+ words) It's not elegant, but it does the job If you remember that desktop picture widget for GNOME I wrote about last year, but found it a bit too basic for your personalisation preferences, you weren’t alone. Another user felt it…...