AI BriefingUbuntu 26.04
Key point
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS has been released with security and performance improvements.
Details
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon has been released as scheduled. It focuses on security and performance improvements across desktop, server, and cloud.
Maintenance periods are 5 years for Ubuntu Desktop, Server, Cloud, WSL, Core, and 3 years for the remaining official flavors.
Key changes are as follows.
- TPM-based full disk encryption support
- Expanded components with memory safety
- Improved application permission controls
- Added Livepatch for Arm systems
The basic utilities now include upstream rust-coreutils 0.8.0, but cp, mv, rm still remain on GNU coreutils. These three tools still have 8 TOCTOU issues, and Ubuntu aims to resolve them and achieve a full transition to rust-coreutils in 26.10.
On the same day, official flavors including Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Unity, Xubuntu were also released. Also, Ubuntu MATE is looking for a new maintainer, and authd is now available in the official Ubuntu repositories.
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