📰 Canonical finally gives Launchpad (a bit of) a glow-up
Launchpad, the home of Ubuntu development, has finally received some design attention. Canonical last updated the site’s homepage back in 2024, but many of the pages that the distro’s developers actually use or reference on a regular basis have remained untouched for the best part of a decade. Now that’s starting to change.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-launchpad-website-revamp
#distro#ubuntu
📰 Ubuntu confirms the 26.10 codename, and it sounds strange…
Ubuntu has announced the codename for Ubuntu 26.10 is… “Stonking Stingray”. As codenames go it’s certainly unique. The distro gives each release a codename has an alliterative pairing of adjective and animal, the latter of which becomes the release mascot. The tradition dates back to the first Ubuntu release in 2004 (dubbed ‘Warty Warthog’). Ubuntu 26.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-26-10-codename-confirmed
#distro#ubuntu
📰 Ubuntu’s Security Center app adds Ubuntu Pro settings
Enabling Ubuntu Pro on Ubuntu is getting easier, with the latest update to the distro’s desktop Security Center app adding a dedicated panel. Currently, you can enrol and manage Ubuntu Pro for long-term support (LTS) versions of Ubuntu via the Software & Updates tool or the command-line. As Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will not include the Software & Updates utility by default (it’s still in the archives, for those who want it), a new graphical way to...
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-security-center-ubuntu-pro
#ubuntu#distro
📰Reverse Engineering Linux Distro REMnux Marks 15 Years With Major v8 Release Featuring AI Agent Support
Malware analysis Linux distro gets Ubuntu 24.04 base, a new installer, and many new tools.
🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/remnux-v8-release/
#distro#linux#ubuntu
📰 AlmaLinux 9 and 10 Gain Official NVIDIA CUDA Support
NVIDIA now officially supports AlmaLinux for CUDA workloads, with driver and userspace packages available in the distro's repositories.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/almalinux-9-and-10-gain-official-nvidia-cuda-support/
#distro
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 释出
2026-04-24 13:56 by 艾米七号
Canonical 释出了代号为 Resolute Raccoon 的 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS。同时释出的还有衍生版本 Edubuntu、Kubuntu、Lubuntu、Ubuntu Budgie、Ubuntu Cinnamon、Ubuntu Kylin、Ubuntu Studio、Ubuntu Unity 和 Xubuntu。Ubuntu Desktop、Ubuntu Server、Ubuntu Cloud、Ubuntu WSL 和 Ubuntu Core 将获得五年的支持，其余版本获得三年的支持，付费扩展支持 ESM (Expanded Security Maintenance)为十年 。Ubuntu 26.04 采用最新的 Linux 7.0 kernel，GNOME 50 桌面环境，引入了基于 TPM 的全盘加密，GStreamer 1.28，沙盒图形加载，Chrony 4.8，等等。
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-26-04-resolute-raccoon-lts-released/80833
#Ubuntu
📰 Ubuntu 25.10 Users Can Now Upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Here’s How
A step-by-step and easy-to-follow tutorial (with screenshots) on how to upgrade your Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) installations to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon).
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-10-users-can-now-upgrade-to-ubuntu-26-04-lts-heres-how
#ubuntu
📰 Ubuntu Snap Prompting Improvements
If you haven’t tried Ubuntu’s ‘Permission Prompting’ feature for a while, there’s more reason to do so in the latest release. Canonical’s Oliver Calder has shared an update on recent improvements to the security feature, which sets out to “empower users” by letting them decide what software can access on the rest of the system at runtime rather than retrospectively.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/ubuntu-snap-prompting-client-improved
#ubuntu
📰 Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3 Lands as UBports Prepares 24.04-2.0
UBports releases Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3 while preparing 24.04-2.0, targeting a newer Morph Browser stack with Qt 6 work.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-touch-24-04-1-3-released/
#ubuntu
📰After Days of DDoS, Now Ubuntu's Twitter Account Seems to be Compromised
A fake AI agent, a near-identical Ubuntu URL, and a crypto wallet prompt, here's how hackers used Ubuntu's own branding against its users.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17335930/ubuntu-twitter-compromised
#ubuntu
📰 Ubuntu’s old Unity desktop remade in Wayfire and Libadwaita
If Canonical hadn’t burned through cash and goodwill during its smartphone detour in the mid-2010s, Ubuntu would likely still ship with the Unity desktop today – albeit in an evolved form. What would that form actually look like? Well, you don’t have to shut your eyes and imagine, thanks to Ubuntu community member Muqtxdir, who’s experiment in “re-building ubuntu’s unity shell in a wayfire session through gtk4-layer-shell and libadwaita...
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/ubuntu-unity-desktop-wayfire-recreation
#ubuntu
📰 Major DDoS attack knocks Ubuntu websites, Snap store offline
If you’re having trouble accessing the Ubuntu website, the Snap store or Launchpad then you’re not alone: Canonical’s websites are currently facing a “sustained, cross-border” DDoS attack. The company says it is “working to address” the attack and will provide more details shortly. Some websites and services have been affected for as long as 14 hours (at the time of writing).
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/ubuntu-websites-ddos-attack
#ubuntu