Ubuntu

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

OSes12 Sep 2024 | 43

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22.04 to 24.04 upgrade temporarily withdrawn, but will be back

OSes09 Sep 2024 | 11

Brace for glitches and GRUB grumbles as Ubuntu 24.04.1 lands

Updated Now the Numbat has been neatened, you can replace your Jellyfish – if you dare

OSes03 Sep 2024 | 16

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

Applications22 Aug 2024 | 23

Ubuntu 24.04.1 will be late, but fresher kernels are coming

Bad news for impatient LTS users, balanced out by tweaked policy

OSes19 Aug 2024 | 10

Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' still the Bedrock choice for moving off Windows

Outsmarting Ubuntu's midlife crisis and dodging Flintstone-sized bugs

OSes29 Jul 2024 | 134

Experimental Mir-based tiling WM is winning acceptance outside Ubuntopia

Miracle-WM takes several more steps forward

OSes04 Jul 2024 | 18

Linux Mint 22 beta sprinkles Cinnamon desktop on Ubuntu

Taste at your own risk

OSes03 Jul 2024 | 9

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

Personal Tech13 Jun 2024 | 31

Real-time and Core editions of Ubuntu arrive

And it's time to upgrade any Mantic Minotaurs you have lying around

OSes07 Jun 2024 | 8

Ubuntu 24.04 upgrades available – to Mantic users

Enjoy some Noble Numbat novelty now – but excluding GNOME 46.1

OSes24 May 2024 | 15

Qualcomm warms bed for Linux on Arm PCs

One eye on Windows, the other winking at penguins

Personal Tech15 May 2024 | 8

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

OSes15 May 2024 | 33

Experimental remix finally brings the former Unity 8 back to Ubuntu

Ubuntu Unity 24.04 arrives along with new little sibling, Ubuntu Lomiri

OSes09 May 2024 | 14

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

OSes30 Apr 2024 | 14

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

OSes19 Apr 2024 | 38

After delay due to xz, Ubuntu 24.04 'Noble Numbat' belatedly hits beta

Kernel 6.8, GNOME 46, and more apps in Snap packages

OSes15 Apr 2024 | 30

Canonical cracks down on crypto cons following Snap Store scam spree

In happier news, Ubuntu Pro extended support now goes up to 12 years

Security28 Mar 2024 | 18

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

OSes15 Mar 2024 | 109

Ubuntu, Kubuntu, openSUSE to get better installation

Fedora, though, won't – until at least the version after next

OSes22 Feb 2024 | 37

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

OSes06 Feb 2024 | 14

Microsoft embraces its inner penguin with Linux-powered Windows AI Studio

Visual Studio Code extension preview has a bunch of limitations for now

AI + ML14 Dec 2023 | 6

Ubuntu Budgie switches its approach to Wayland

Exclusive Elementary OS going full speed ahead, but Parachutist Parakeet considers a new, post-Enlightenment glide path

OSes20 Nov 2023 | 50

Canonical intros Microcloud: Simple, free, on-prem Linux clustering

As Ubuntu approaches its 20th anniversary, some more of its pieces may be Snapping together

OSes16 Nov 2023 | 30

Ubuntu for Arm64 laptops (plus RISC kit)

Ubuntu Summit Did you know there's an Asahi flavored Ubuntu? And Debian, too

OSes13 Nov 2023 | 3

Canonical shows how to use Snaps without the Snap Store

Ubuntu Summit Despite what you may have heard, it's not as proprietary as the trolls think

OSes10 Nov 2023 | 73

Canonical reveals more details about Ubuntu Core Desktop

Ubuntu Summit This new entrant in the immutable space is not a replacement for ordinary Ubuntu

OSes08 Nov 2023 | 34

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'

OSes27 Oct 2023 | 21

Ubuntu LTS kernels will get one decade of fixes … still

Upstream policy change for LTS kernels Ubuntu doesn't use

OSes26 Oct 2023 | 3

Ubuntu unleashes Mantic Minotaur with 23.10 build

The bull has escaped Minos' labyrinth, and El Reg follows the thread

Software14 Oct 2023 | 8

After a clean and inclusive Ubuntu-based desktop? Elementary, dear user

iPadOS-like distro reaches 7.1 and talks to you on installation

OSes05 Oct 2023 | 6

Mint freshens up its Linux garden for Ubuntu and Debian fans

One version's edgier than the other

OSes04 Oct 2023 | 27

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

OSes27 Sep 2023 | 13

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

OSes19 Sep 2023 | 12

Bodhi Linux 7 brings Enlightenment to Ubuntu

With a choice of kernel versions, and even a 32-bit edition

OSes25 Aug 2023 | 47

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

OSes11 Aug 2023 | 5

Sparkling fresh updates to Ubuntu, Mint and Zorin on way

What's new in the world of Irish Ubuntu derivatives

OSes09 Aug 2023 | 31

Latest version of Canonical's Wayland compositor arrives

Mir 2.14 and its easily installable sibling Miriway

Software28 Jul 2023 | 10

Mint 21.2 is desktop Linux without the faff

Nifty new features mostly go to Cinnamon users, though

OSes19 Jul 2023 | 84

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'

OSes07 Jul 2023 | 19

Linux Mint cuts slice of 'Victoria' as 21.2 beta lands with dash of fresh Cinnamon

Desktop Ubuntu, but without the nonsense

OSes29 Jun 2023 | 51

Oh Snap... Desktop Ubuntu Core to arrive in 2024

Changes are happening in Fedora and openSUSE immutable distros, too

OSes06 Jun 2023 | 65

Ubuntu 23.04 welcomes three more flavors, but hamburger menus leave a bad taste

Official Cinnamon, Edubuntu reborn, and an updated Kylin

OSes11 May 2023 | 48

When it comes to Linux distros, one person's molehill is another's mountain

Comment Gosh, you're a fussy old lot, aren't you?

OSes03 May 2023 | 180

Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster scuttles into public view

You may be all a Flutter over the installer

OSes20 Apr 2023 | 21

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

OSes04 Apr 2023 | 32

It's official: Ubuntu Cinnamon remix has been voted in

And it looks like educational flavor Edubuntu is returning, too

OSes30 Mar 2023 | 17

Had enough of Android? First 'Focal' based Ubuntu Touch is out

First version built on 20.04 hits smartphones and tablets of UBPorts fans

OSes29 Mar 2023 | 53

After nearly two decades of waiting, GNOME 44 brings you... image thumbnails

The primary desktop in Ubuntu 23.04 and Fedora 38 is getting there

OSes14 Mar 2023 | 46

How to get the latest Linux kernel on your Ubuntu box

And a choice of ways to get the latest KDE too, if that's your thing

OSes06 Mar 2023 | 35

By order of Canonical: Official Ubuntu flavors must stop including Flatpak by default

You can add Snap's rival cross-distro packaging format back in yourself

OSes23 Feb 2023 | 70

What you need to know about the real-time capable edition of Ubuntu 22.04

Don't rush in if you don't need it – there may be more cons than pros

OSes20 Feb 2023 | 37

Ubuntu Advantage is being wired deeper into the distro

Dislike those messages about Ubuntu Pro? Then you won't like this

OSes17 Feb 2023 | 57

Vanilla OS 22.10: An Arch and Fedora-compatible Ubuntu

Despite its name and looks, this is quite the radical departure for a Linux distro

OSes03 Jan 2023 | 17

Fancy some fresh Linux Mint? 21.1 enters beta, should be here by Christmas

If you like the flavor of Cinnamon, good news: you'll get a new version

OSes05 Dec 2022 | 8

Fresh versions of Ubuntu Touch, Mir display server, and Unity arrive

Make a big FOSS for Ubuntu Touch OTA-24, Mir 2.10, and the return of Unity on Arch Linux

OSes29 Nov 2022 | 16