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📰 Ubuntu Server 26.04 LTS Will Now Automatically Install HWE/OEM Kernel Packages Ubuntu LTS releases on the desktop have automatically installed OEM vendor kernels where needed and hardware enablement "HWE" kernels in later point releases by default. This provides a better out-of-the-box experience for Ubuntu desktop users and one less chore post-install if desiring a newer/better kernel. With Ubuntu Server 26.04 LTS, the server installer is finally doing the same... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Server-26.04-HWE-OEM #kernel#ubuntu

📰 New Framework 13 Pro is the first to be Ubuntu Certified Framework’s new 13 Pro laptop is the company’s first to ship as certified for Ubuntu, who say you can buy it knowing you’ll get “guaranteed support right out of the box”. Framework hardware have been popular with Linux users for years, not just for the company’s ethos around upgradeable and repairable hardware but their kernel contributions and financial support for open-source projects and developers. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/framework-13-pro-ubuntu-certified #kernel#linux#opensource#ubuntu

📰 Ubuntu Looks Toward More Snap-Based Devpacks Moving Forward Canonical is out with a new blog post today outlining toolchain changes to Ubuntu Linux from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS due for release tomorrow. While those changes over the past two years aren't too news worthy if you have been following the interim Ubuntu releases, what's interesting is their road ahead on the Ubuntu toolchain front for developers... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-More-Devpacks-Future #linux#ubuntu

📰 Ghostty OpenGL-Accelerated Terminal Available On Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Since Ubuntu 25.04 Ptyxis has been the default terminal emulator after it initially became available in Ubuntu 24.10. For the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release, Ptyxis remains the default but Ghostty is now available too... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ghostty-Ubuntu-26.04 #ubuntu

📰 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: What’s new since 24.04? If you plan to upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ‘Resolute Raccoon’ from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, you’re going to inherit two years worth of improvements. As an LTS-to-LTS jump, you don’t simply benefit from what’s new in Ubuntu 26.04, but everything else added in the 3 interim releases prior, namely Ubuntu 24.10, 25.04 and 25.10. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS does plenty of things that 24. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-26-04-lts-changes-since-24-04 #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

📰 Zorin OS 18.1 released, new Lite edition available The first point release to Zorin OS 18 is now available for download, arriving six months and some 3.3 million downloads after the original launch. Zorin OS 18.1 is a point release update. It’s still based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS-based but adds a variety of desktop refinements, updated software and a new kernel (courtesy of the recent Ubuntu HWE from Canonical). A new Zorin OS Lite also launches today. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/zorin-os-18-1-released #kernel#ubuntu#zorin

📰 Ubuntu 26.04 Delivers Great Performance Improvements For AMD Strix Point, Especially For RDNA 3.5 Graphics As part of my ongoing testing around the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 release I have been running a lot of benchmarks. After recently showing some nice performance gains for AMD Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" with Ubuntu 26.04, several Phoronix readers inquired about any performance uplift from the more modest but still powerful Strix Point laptops like the popular Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 SKU. Here are benchmarks showing the performance of Ubuntu 26. 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2604-strix-point #amd#ubuntu

📰 How to Install Linux Kernel 7.0 on Ubuntu 25.10 You can now install the latest and greatest Linux 7.0 kernel series on your Ubuntu 25.10 distribution. Here’s how to do it! 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/how-to-install-linux-kernel-7-0-on-ubuntu-25-10 #kernel#linux#ubuntu

📰 Firefox 149 vs. Chrome 147 Web Browser Performance On Linux It has been a while since featuring a showdown of the Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers on Linux. With some fresh benchmarks being overdue plus the new JetStream 3 browser benchmark having been announced last week, here is some fresh data for how these two dominant web browsers are competing on the modern Linux desktop from an Intel Panther Lake system running Ubuntu 26.04. 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/firefox-chrome-2026 #firefox#intel#linux#ubuntu

📰 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Raises Desktop Minimum RAM Requirement Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) will increase the minimum RAM requirement for Desktop users from 4 GB to 6 GB. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-26-04-lts-raises-desktop-minimum-ram-requirement/ #ubuntu

📰 More New Ubuntu 26.04 Yaru Icons A pair of new icons have been added to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, giving the Resolute Raccoon’s new default apps, a Yaru-y look. A new icon is added for Resources, Ubuntu’s new default system monitor tool. In the Ubuntu 26.04 beta this was using the upstream icon, which didn’t look out of place really but wasn’t using one a Yaru icon set template shape. That’s now fixed. Still identifiably a system monitor, but using a circle gauge motif. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/yaru-new-icons-resources-showtime #ubuntu