Upgrade your desktop: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is now available
5 hours ago
- Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS consolidates fixes and improvements from the initial 26.04 LTS release, available for download.
- GNOME 50 desktop fully embraces Wayland for smoother visuals, per-monitor scaling, touch support, and no screen tearing, with fractional scaling and VRR no longer experimental.
- New default applications include Papers, Loupe, Ptyxis, and Resources, alongside a unified App Center for debs and snaps.
- Latest toolchains for Python, Rust, Ruby, Go, PHP, Perl are shipped, with NVIDIA CUDA and AMD ROCm available in repositories for AI and HPC.
- TPM-backed full-disk encryption is now in the installer, and the Security Center allows management of encryption and Secure Boot after deployment.
- Memory-safe system components (Rust-based drivers, sudo-rs, uutils coreutils) enhance security, and post-quantum cryptography is enabled by default.
- Enterprise features include confidential computing support, Canonical Livepatch for Arm64, updated WSL, and identity management via authd.
- Ubuntu Pro provides up to 10 years of security coverage, extendable to 15 years with Legacy Support, ensuring long-term stability.