Canonical has released Ubuntu 26.04 “Resolute Raccoon” which is a long-term support release

Canonical has released Ubuntu 26.04 which is a long-term support release. This mean the distribution will receive five years of free support and an optional additional five years of paid support.

Many of the key changes in the 26.04 release involve the GNOME desktop, with one significant change being to the system monitor: "The Resources app now replaces the System Monitor app and the Power Statistics app in the GNOME environment. Resources enable you to monitor the utilization of your system resources, including the CPU, memory, GPU, network and storage and power usage. Compared to System Monitor, it comes with the following enhancements: It groups processes into apps. It tracks GPU usage, including video encoder and decoder usage. It tracks Neural Processing Unit (NPU) usage. It tracks hardware statistics like CPU, GPU and memory clock frequency. It features a modern and accessible interface based on GTK 4 and libadwaita.

The app is written in the Rust programming language. Added a GNOME Shell search provider for snap applications: The GNOME Shell global search gained the ability to search for the available snap applications that match the search criteria. This feature can be disabled in the Search panel of the Settings app."

Additional information is provided in the company's release notes. Download (SHA256, signature, pkglist): ubuntu-26.04-desktop-amd64.iso (6,216MB, torrent), ubuntu-26.04-live-server-amd64.iso (2,783MB, torrent).

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Official flavors

Find the release notes for the official flavors at the following links:

• Edubuntu Release Notes

• Kubuntu Release Notes

• Lubuntu Release Notes

• Ubuntu Budgie Release Notes

• Ubuntu Studio Release Notes

• Xubuntu Release Notes

• Ubuntu Unity Release Notes

• Ubuntu Kylin Release Notes

• Ubuntu Cinnamon Release Notes

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