os platforms Ubuntu emphasizes Arm64 support – and gets Rustier Even so, it has some issues with the Rust coreutils
OS platforms Canonical reveals Myna, its local speech-to-text app Bird-branded AI will ride on Stonking Stingray
SOFTWARE Red Hat gives Ubuntu a bootc up the backside at Canonical shindig Bootable containers pitch shows how distro can be managed with familiar OCI tooling
OS PLATFORMS Linux Lite 8.0 sheds Chrome, slims down, and finds its name fits better than ever Firefox is in, Snap and Flatpak are still out, but a default AI helper may raise eyebrows
systems SpacemiT shows off usably quick RISC-V mini desktop Actual RVA23 hardware and useful performance – for a certain price
off prem Google, Canonical team up to certify Ubuntu images for TPU VMs Chocolate Factory shifts Tensor Processing Unit Ubuntu support back upstream
OSes GNOME may rule Ubuntu Resolute Raccoon, but X.org isn't roadkill yet Seven official flavors offer alternatives to the default Wayland-only desktop – and Xfce looks like the leanest
Cyber-crime Pro-Iran crew turns DDoS into shakedown as Ubuntu.com stays down 313 Team tells Canonical: pay up or the packets keep coming
OSes Ubuntu Resolute Raccoon spits out Xorg, but still lets you run X11 apps New LTS is here, with more tooling for GPGPU and AI workloads
OSes Ubuntu 26.04 beta arrives packing GNOME 50, which no longer supports Google Drive Yep, you read that right. And there's no official Linux client from Google
OSes GNOME 50 debuts with X11 axed, Wayland front and center Most Ubuntu desktop users will be looking at this until at least 2028
Devops VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files Versions installed via Snap don't delete files when users empty system trash
OSes Canonical pushes Ubuntu LTS support even further - if you pay Enterprise Linux vendors keep jostling to see who can prop up geriatric distros the longest
Security Ubuntu 25.10's Rusty sudo holes quickly welded shut The goal of 'oxidizing' the Linux distro hits another bump
OSes Pop!_OS deejays prepare to release holiday remix along with Cosmic v 1.0 Christmas is coming, the GNOME is getting fat… please put a penny in the old red hat?
OSes Snap out of it: Canonical on Flatpak friction, Core Desktop, and the future of Ubuntu Jon Seager, VP of Engineering, talks exclusively to The Reg
OSes Linux vendors are getting into Ubuntu – and Snap Ubuntu's much-maligned format may be finally reaching critical mass
OSes Canonical CEO says no to IPO in current volatile market 'We should be a public company,' Shuttleworth tells The Reg, just not 'with our trousers around our ankles'
OSes Ubuntu Unity hanging by a thread as wunderkind maintainer gets busy with life Team begs for help as teenage dev who revived Canonical’s old Unity desktop prioritizes studies
Systems Bolt Graphics unveils Zeus GPU built on RISC-V and path tracing tech Onboard cores use a Linux stack based on Ubuntu
Offbeat This is Doom, running headless, on Ubuntu Arm… on a satellite Ólafur Waage has an unusual take on "will it run Doom?"
Cybersecurity Month Xubuntu downloads section injection threatens users with crypto infection Attempted exploit was a feeble effort to target Windows users
OSes Ubuntu 25.10 lands: Rustier and Wayland-ier, but Flatpak is broken Canonical's Questing Quokka waddles in at 5.7 GB with AppArmor woes
OSes Pop! System76's 24.04 beta is here – complete with a beta of polarizing COSMIC Twice the betas and twice the crashes means twice the fun, right?
OSes Zorin OS 18 beta makes Linux look like anything but Linux Windows, macOS, Cinnamon, even iPadOS – all just a layout switch away
OSes You can now test drive Fedora 43 and Ubuntu 25.10 Spooky season is nearly here. Want to be scared? There are fresh betas to try
OSes 'Questing Quokka' enters UI freeze as Ubuntu 25.10 nears release Rust coreutils, TPM encryption, and GNOME 49 line up for October debut
OSes Ubuntu users left waiting after Canonical's servers take weekend off Package queues jammed until Monday despite brief downtime
OSes Ubuntu 24.04.3: Noble Numbat point release slips out quietly Bugs in the current LTS are getting squished
OSes Canonical dusts off TPM encryption for Ubuntu 25.10 Passwordless disk locking is coming, a couple of years later than hoped
Software Canonical adds extra shots to Ubuntu Java Juices the tooling and support for developers and enterprise customers
OSes Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora 43 to drop X11 in GNOME editions Distros align with GNOME 49's move to make Wayland the only supported session
OSes What would a Microsoft engineer do to Ubuntu? AnduinOS is the answer It's not radical, but it is slim and pretty – usually a winning combination
OSes Fedora 42 has the Answer, but Ubuntu's Plucky Puffin isn't far behind Watch your partitions – GPT and dual-boot don't always mix
OSes Ubuntu 25.04 beta takes flight – but this Plucky Puffin is still molting 'Pudgy' might be more apt given the download size
OSes Ubuntu 25.10 plans to swap GNU coreutils for Rust It's easier to replace bits of userland than the kernel
Personal Tech Ubuntu upgrade had our old Nvidia GPU begging for a downgrade If you need legacy drivers, you might want to keep your older OS version – possibly indefinitely
OSes Wubuntu: The lovechild of Windows and Linux nobody asked for A third-party Kubuntu remix with a severe identity crisis
Research 'Alarming' security bugs lay low in Linux's needrestart utility for 10 years Update now: Qualys says flaws give root to local users, 'easily exploitable', default in Ubuntu Server
OSes A sit-down with Ubuntu founder Mark 'SABDFL' Shuttleworth Talking to the distro's self-appointed benevolent dictator for life about 20 years of Ubuntu
OSes Why we're still waiting for Canonical's immutable Ubuntu Core Desktop 'First impressions matter' but a KDE flavor is in the making – and more publicly at that
Software Ubuntu turns 20: 'Oracular Oriole' shows this old bird's still got plenty of flight The 24.10 release offers fun and freshness, but not immutability
OSes The early bird gets a touch of nostalgia as Ubuntu 24.10 hits beta Fun retro tweaks, App Center facelift, and more as Oracular Oriole moves into view
OSes Pop!_OS 24.04 and new COSMIC desktop reach alpha It's quite a long way from ready – but it's clearly visible in the distance
OSes Ubuntu Noble updates on hold while 20th anniversary teaser bears retro-styled gifts 22.04 to 24.04 upgrade temporarily withdrawn, but will be back
OSes Brace for glitches and GRUB grumbles as Ubuntu 24.04.1 lands Now the Numbat has been neatened, you can replace your Jellyfish – if you dare
Applications Chrome dumped support for Ubuntu 18.04 – but it'll be back Complaints about lack of notice plus an inquiry from El Reg prompt U-turn by web giant
OSes Ubuntu 24.04.1 will be late, but fresher kernels are coming Bad news for impatient LTS users, balanced out by tweaked policy
OSes Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' still the Bedrock choice for moving off Windows Outsmarting Ubuntu's midlife crisis and dodging Flintstone-sized bugs
OSes Experimental Mir-based tiling WM is winning acceptance outside Ubuntopia Miracle-WM takes several more steps forward
Personal Tech World's first RISC-V laptop with Ubuntu preloaded touts AI smarts and octa-core chip Might be more of a paper tiger given it runs at 2 GHz and has just 2 TOPS
OSes Real-time and Core editions of Ubuntu arrive And it's time to upgrade any Mantic Minotaurs you have lying around
OSes Ubuntu 24.04 upgrades available – to Mantic users Enjoy some Noble Numbat novelty now – but excluding GNOME 46.1
Personal Tech Qualcomm warms bed for Linux on Arm PCs One eye on Windows, the other winking at penguins
OSes With Asmi 24.04, Ubuntu's never looked so snappy (without the Snaps) Distro formerly known as Zinc cuts the fat, rather than just replacing it
OSes Experimental remix finally brings the former Unity 8 back to Ubuntu Ubuntu Unity 24.04 arrives along with new little sibling, Ubuntu Lomiri
OSes Xubuntu 24.04: A minimal install that does what it says on the tin This nearly Snap-free Ubuntu remix may be about about to win friends and influence people
OSes Qt Ubuntu 24.04 betas show that there's room to innovate Hot on the heels of Ubuntu Noble beta come the betas of the Qt-based remixes, with some interesting differences
OSes After delay due to xz, Ubuntu 24.04 'Noble Numbat' belatedly hits beta Kernel 6.8, GNOME 46, and more apps in Snap packages
Security Canonical cracks down on crypto cons following Snap Store scam spree In happier news, Ubuntu Pro extended support now goes up to 12 years
OSes Fresh version of Windows user-friendly Zorin OS arrives to tempt the Linux-wary Adding extra shine to Ubuntu Jammy… with the lightweight edition to follow
OSes Ubuntu, Kubuntu, openSUSE to get better installation Fedora, though, won't – until at least the version after next
OSes KDE 6 misses boat to make it into Kubuntu 24.04 'Noble Numbat' users will face a major post-install upgrade, which isn't ideal
AI + ML Microsoft embraces its inner penguin with Linux-powered Windows AI Studio Visual Studio Code extension preview has a bunch of limitations for now
OSes Ubuntu Budgie switches its approach to Wayland Elementary OS going full speed ahead, but Parachutist Parakeet considers a new, post-Enlightenment glide path
OSes Canonical intros Microcloud: Simple, free, on-prem Linux clustering As Ubuntu approaches its 20th anniversary, some more of its pieces may be Snapping together
OSes Ubuntu for Arm64 laptops (plus RISC kit) Did you know there's an Asahi flavored Ubuntu? And Debian, too
OSes Canonical shows how to use Snaps without the Snap Store Despite what you may have heard, it's not as proprietary as the trolls think
OSes Canonical reveals more details about Ubuntu Core Desktop This new entrant in the immutable space is not a replacement for ordinary Ubuntu
OSes Wayland heading for default status as Mint devs mix it into Cinnamon 6 bun Plus Linux Mint 22 to be based on Ubuntu 'Noble Numbat'
OSes Ubuntu LTS kernels will get one decade of fixes … still Upstream policy change for LTS kernels Ubuntu doesn't use
Software Ubuntu unleashes Mantic Minotaur with 23.10 build The bull has escaped Minos' labyrinth, and El Reg follows the thread
OSes After a clean and inclusive Ubuntu-based desktop? Elementary, dear user iPadOS-like distro reaches 7.1 and talks to you on installation
OSes Mint freshens up its Linux garden for Ubuntu and Debian fans One version's edgier than the other
OSes Ubuntu and Fedora clash in beta race, but who wears GNOME better? Big two corporate-backed free distros are nearly ready for their close-ups
OSes Ubuntu's 'Mantic Minotaur' peeks out of the labyrinth As outline becomes visible, including the return of ZFS, kernel 6.4 glides across the Styx into eternity
OSes Bodhi Linux 7 brings Enlightenment to Ubuntu With a choice of kernel versions, and even a 32-bit edition
OSes Linux project's first full version has all the subtlety of a Rhino in a China shop An option if Ubuntu interim releases are too slow, easy and stable for your liking
OSes Sparkling fresh updates to Ubuntu, Mint and Zorin on way What's new in the world of Irish Ubuntu derivatives
Software Latest version of Canonical's Wayland compositor arrives Mir 2.14 and its easily installable sibling Miriway
OSes Mint 21.2 is desktop Linux without the faff Nifty new features mostly go to Cinnamon users, though
OSes China's openKylin 1.0 arrives. Our verdict? Not a bad-looking, er, Ubuntu remix It's certainly not the country's 'first homegrown open source desktop operating system'
OSes Linux Mint cuts slice of 'Victoria' as 21.2 beta lands with dash of fresh Cinnamon Desktop Ubuntu, but without the nonsense
OSes Oh Snap... Desktop Ubuntu Core to arrive in 2024 Changes are happening in Fedora and openSUSE immutable distros, too
OSes Ubuntu 23.04 welcomes three more flavors, but hamburger menus leave a bad taste Official Cinnamon, Edubuntu reborn, and an updated Kylin
OSes When it comes to Linux distros, one person's molehill is another's mountain Gosh, you're a fussy old lot, aren't you?
OSes Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster scuttles into public view You may be all a Flutter over the installer
OSes Ubuntu 23.04 'Lunar Lobster' beta is here in all its glitchy glory That means next version of the most popular Linux distro is getting close
OSes It's official: Ubuntu Cinnamon remix has been voted in And it looks like educational flavor Edubuntu is returning, too
OSes Had enough of Android? First 'Focal' based Ubuntu Touch is out First version built on 20.04 hits smartphones and tablets of UBPorts fans
Software 12-year-old revives Unity desktop, develops software repo client, builds gaming environment for Ubuntu...
Security 'Now' would be the right time to patch Ubuntu container hosts and ditch 21.04 thanks to heap buffer overflow bug
OSes Another Debian dust-up with Firefox dependencies – but there is an annoying and awkward workaround
OSes Ubuntu 21.10: Plan to do yourself an Indri? Here's what's inside... including a bit of GNOME schooling
Software Ubuntu, Wikimedia jump ship to the Libera Chat IRC network after Freenode channel confiscations
Software Canonical turns to Google framework for new installer, but community asks why not have a Flutter on GTK?
Personal Tech What's in HP's sack? Pre-built Ubuntu machines for the little data scientists in your life
Personal Tech Remember when the keyboard was the computer? You can now relive those heady days with the Raspberry Pi 400
Software Ubuntu 20.10 goes full Raspberry Pi, from desktop to micro clouds: Full fat desktop on a Pi is usable
OSes It's the year of Linux on the... ThinkPad as Lenovo extends out-of-the-box Ubuntu support to nearly 30 machines
OSes Mark Shuttleworth to revive Ubuntu Community Council after body shrinks to single member – Mark Shuttleworth
Software Linux Mint 20 isn't exactly bursting with freshness but, hey, there's kernel 5.4 and it's a long-term support release
Security Ah lovely, here's something you can do with those Raspberry Pis, NUC PCs in the bottom of the drawer: Run Ubuntu Appliances on them
Software Welcome to life in the Fossa lane: Ubuntu 20.04 let out of cage and Shuttleworth claims Canonical now 'commercially self sustaining'
Software Already in final beta? That's Madagascar: Ubuntu 20.04 'Focal Fossa' gets updated desktop, ZFS support
Security Wi-Fi kit spilling data with bad crypto – Huawei, eh? No, it's Cisco. US giant patches Krook spy-hole bug in network gear
OSes Disco Dingo fever: Ubuntu 19.04 has an infrastructure bent, snappier GNOME and another stupid name
Software OpenStack 2018: Mark Shuttleworth chats to The Reg about 10-year support plans, Linus Torvalds and Russian rockets
OSes Is this cuttlefish really all that cosmic? Ubuntu 18.10 arrives with extra spit, polish, 4.18 kernel
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