Ubuntu 26.04 • Hacker News Board

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by hnuser123456 » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 5:30 AM UTC

Fine print on coreutils rewrite:

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/an-update-on-rust-coreutils/8...

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by vanc_cefepime » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 5:32 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.

I distro hopped for a while and settled on Linux mint. Uses flat packs. Hits the spot for easy to use and easy to maintain without needing to use terminal scripts to get things my way. Just my opinion.

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by dima55 » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 5:34 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.

Debian is great, and is where the distro development actually happens. What doesn't it do that you want?

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by senectus1 » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 5:37 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.

oh man i hope this works on dell laptops

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by nechuchelo » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 5:43 AM UTC

djkoolaide wrote: post #10

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).

Same on my Framework Desktop. Looks like it works only with a limited number of TPM chips for now.

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by ntoskrnl_exe » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 5:43 AM UTC

dima55 wrote: post #13

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.

Debian is great, and is where the distro development actually happens. What doesn't it do that you want?

I’m curious about proprietary Nvidia drivers. Ubuntu normally comes with fairly outdated, if not obsolete ones, but there’s a semi-official PPA with more recent versions. How does Debian handle this?

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by ChrisArchitect » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 5:44 AM UTC

Earlier official blog: https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-04-lts-... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47878560)

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by manvel_hn » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 5:46 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.

I hate snap as well. Use flatpak and KDE on Ubuntu. Never have been happier.

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by teekert » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 5:49 AM UTC

It's nice as always, but I have some issues.

* Select - Middle-click paste does not seem to work

* When something requires a password (ie just tried a bitlocker volume) the whole screen is blocked, so no password manager for you (unless you copy it before, or cancel - unplug drive-copy password - replug drive - paste.)

* The default tiling does not jive with me, sometimes I don't even know what it wants (it always tries to force you to also set a left windows if you tile right and vice versa) so I disabled it `gnome-extensions disable tiling-assistant@ubuntu.com`. Default Gnome tiling is ok (but missing quarter tiling (and 1/8th would be nice on my ultra-wide) imho so I use [0]

* I've been trying to use Nix home-manager for packages but I have GPU errors, need workarounds, icons that just remain generic. But I guess that is not Ubuntu's fault.

Ubuntu remains my nr. 2 choice, after NixOS (but I didn't get the latter to install on this Nuc, perhaps a bios update will help).

The installer offered (under experimental) to run root on zfs, I didn't end up selecting it because only on the forth try (and by that time you're clicking at a fast rate just taking defaults) I understood that it would only download packages via wifi, not the cable (same for NixOS installer, so must be my network).

[0] https://github.com/troyready/quarterwindows

Re: Ubuntu 26.04

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Post by WD-42 » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 5:51 AM UTC

teekert wrote: post #19

It's nice as always, but I have some issues. * Select - Middle-click paste does not seem to work * When something requires a password (ie just tried a bitlocker volume) the whole screen is blocked, so no password manager for you (unless you copy it before, or cancel - unplug drive-copy password - replug drive - paste.) * The default tiling does not jive with me, sometimes I don't even know what it wants (it always tr…

Select middle click not working is a stupid decision from GNOME to disable in 50. You can turn it back on with the tweak tool.