Ubuntu 26.04

The comments there note there is no official Ubuntu MATE release for the first time since Ubuntu 15 (and before 14.04 gnome2 was an option). That's a shame but probably most people who chose MATE (or gnome2) no longer chose Ubuntu due to the conflicting ideologies inherent in the two. MATE users generally don't like change for change's sake.

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

#5

Post by rs_rs_rs_rs_rs » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 5:23 AM UTC

Hard to get some spotlight for this with all these new models around, I feel bad for Canonical.

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

#6

Post by razingeden » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 5:25 AM UTC

superkuh wrote: post #4

The comments there note there is no official Ubuntu MATE release for the first time since Ubuntu 15 (and before 14.04 gnome2 was an option). That's a shame but probably most people who chose MATE (or gnome2) no longer chose Ubuntu due to the conflicting ideologies inherent in the two. MATE users generally don't like change for change's sake.

its in the daily builds. I haven't tried it yet.

not sure if this confirms the impression you have there... I wasn't like this until a couple of headless VPS'es (on Arm8) got through the upgrade from 18.x -> 20.x -> 22.x and then crashed out over -> 24.x for a still unknown reason. now I'm just afraid .. or I should say reluctant ..to repeat that whole fiasco.

https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/daily-live/current/

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by satvikpendem » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 5:26 AM UTC

What should I use if I like Ubuntu but not snap, just Debian? Or are there alternatives around? Seems like Ubuntu has the best hardware and driver support so just curious what's new in Linux land.

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by compounding_it » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 5:27 AM UTC

Ubuntu LTS is still the choice for many production environments and education and learning. As someone with Ubuntu from 2010 CDs, I find it refreshing that modern Ubuntu distros work OOB on most computers these days with excellent driver support.

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

#9

Post by compounding_it » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 5:28 AM UTC

satvikpendem wrote: post #7

What should I use if I like Ubuntu but not snap, just Debian? Or are there alternatives around? Seems like Ubuntu has the best hardware and driver support so just curious what's new in Linux land.

PopOS

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

#10

Post by djkoolaide » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 5:30 AM UTC

rasengan wrote: post #3

> TPM-backed full-disk encryption This is going to be very useful for servers hosted in third party DCs.

The beta installer was completely unsuccessful in setting the TPM-backed disk encryption on both a ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Intel 258V) and a ThinkPad P14s (AMD 300-something). Hopefully they ironed that part out in the release, but it seems still early for this feature (at least for my comfort level).