Ubuntu Budgie 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) is a Long Term Support release, supported for three years by the Ubuntu Budgie team. This release ships with Budgie Desktop 10.10.2 and marks a full transition to Wayland. Ubuntu Budgie 26.04 is Wayland‑only and uses labwc as the default compositor. No Xorg session is provided. Note - we will be shipping a wayfire supported session through our backports PPA - more info on that in due course. These release notes highlight the key user‑visible changes since Ubuntu Budgie 24.04 LTS, and document important behaviour changes introduced as part of the Wayland transition. What's New in 26.04 Wayland‑Only Desktop: Ubuntu Budgie 26.04 is a Wayland‑only release using Budgie Desktop 10.10.2. What this means for users: Screen sharing, screenshots, and related integration use modern Wayland portals; display configuration follows wlroots tooling; some X11‑era workflows behave differently or are no longer available; for managing displays, wdisplays is the recommended configuration tool.
Fully synced with the Gentoo Linux testing tree as of 2026-04-19. Kernel - Linux kernel 6.19.13 is now the default. For those requiring older versions, 6.18, 6.15, 6.12, 6.6, 6.1 and 5.15 LTS remain available in the repositories. Toolchain - updated to glibc 2.42, GCC 15.2.1, Binutils 2.42, Clang/LLVM 21 and Rust 1.93.1. Graphics - features the latest Mesa, X.Org, XWayland and Wayland implementation. Multimedia - FFmpeg 8 is now the default, replacing older versions. Desktop - while Gentoo has removed native Qt5 application integration from KDE Plasma 6, we have implemented a qt5ct-based integration by default to maintain UI consistency. Superpose - streamlines the installation of out-of-tree packages from 3rd party repositories. Warning - please use this feature responsibly. Installing 3rd-party packages can lead to system instability or breakage.
I am proud to announce our latest release: Ubuntu Cinnamon 26.04 Resolute Raccoon! Ubuntu Cinnamon 26.04 comes with Cinnamon 6.4.13 and will be supported until 2029, as it is a LTS (long-term service) release. This means it will continue getting updates and bug fixes for longer than a non-LTS release. The previous LTS release, 24.04 Noble Numbat, will be supported for about another year to give time for users to upgrade. Soon, upgrades will be enabled. If you are on the 25.10 release (Questing Quokka), you are encouraged to upgrade, as support will be ending in July. Users of the 24.04 series are also encouraged to upgrade. This release stays on the Cinnamon 6.4x line of releases, but with a few 6.6x components: Cinnamon 6.4.13, Cinnamon Control Center 6.4.2, CJS 128.1, mozjs 128, Cinnamon Menus 6.6.0, Cinnamon Screensaver 6.4.1, Cinnamon Session 6.4.2, Cinnamon Settings Daemon 6.4.3, Muffin 6.4.1, Nemo 6.4.5, XDG Desktop Portal (Xapp) 1.1.3.
Building on the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS base released today by Canonical, Kubuntu 26.04 introduces Plasma 6.6 as the flagship desktop environment, alongside Qt 6.10.2, KDE Frameworks 6.24.0, and the latest KDE Gear 25.12.3 application suite. We’ve also upgraded to Linux kernel 7.0 for enhanced hardware support and performance. Whether you’re a developer, creator, or everyday user, this release emphasises Wayland maturity, modern security, and seamless integration with the open source world. Kubuntu 26.04 LTS will receive security updates and critical fixes through April 2029, making it an excellent choice for home users, schools, businesses, and anyone who values a dependable, beautiful desktop.
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.
This release presents the new Linux kernel 7.0.0 as well as the new version 147.0.7727.55-1 of the web browser google-chrome-stable. In addition, among other things, Starbuntu has added Java GUI examples. Moreover, Starbuntu has further improved its kernel upgrade software by eliminating from now on a severe bug in the pre/post scripts contained in the original kernel debian packages.
We are excited to announce the release of GhostBSD 26.1-R15.0p2. This release marks a major milestone as GhostBSD moves to FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE, bringing the latest upstream improvements, including enhanced hardware support, security updates, and kernel advancements. Key highlights: the default shell has been switched to zsh; XLibre is now the default display server; enterprise WPA (802.1X/EAP) and WireGuard support added to NetworkMGR; Update Station now supports boot environment based major version upgrades; Software Station benefits from a faster bisect-based package search; refreshed visual identity with a new wallpaper, updated icon themes, and new theme variants. Please note that upgrading does not change your current display server. If you are on X.Org, it will remain on X.Org after upgrading. This release addresses numerous reported issues, including UEFI boot problems affecting some users, the desktop not starting in R15 MATE, the missing installer in XFCE, live ISO image not starting X server in VirtualBox EFI mode....
We are now making use of systemd preset files to manage which services are enabled by default. We used to link services to a respective target.wants directory to make a service start automatically, but this has two issues: it causes systemd to not correctly show their status, and is slightly harder for us to manage. Preset files eliminate both of these problems. For this release, we've changed the default privileged group from sudo to wheel. Most software assumes that the wheel group is the default sudo group, and we have to patch several packages to change it to use sudo. Switching to the usual wheel group means that maintaining these packages is easier for us, because we no longer have to worry about rebasing patches when software updates. Solus now ships with GRUB 2.14 on legacy non-EFI systems.
ZimaOS 1.6.0. New: added customizable display for storage devices; added USB class storage device management; added reliable saving mechanism for RAID metadata, supporting automatic re-identification and mounting of the original array after system reinstallation or device replacement; added customizable display for device images and login wallpaper. Fixed: fixed the pull restriction issue in the mod_management module; fixed the connection restriction issue when SMB acts as a client; fixed the issue where SMB did not 'skip folders without share permissions' as expected; fixed the issue where disks could not enter normal sleep due to intermittent wake-ups by the smartd service; fixed the Docker startup failure issue caused by abnormal docker0 network interface; fixed the Files service startup failure issue due to missing data tables or abnormal table structure; fixed the problem where storage appeared missing due to the presence of vfat-type disks....
RakuOS Linux 2026.04.15 is a major release and our last major update for the Fedora 43 base as we begin to move towards Fedora 44, introducing our first COSMIC desktop edition ISO image, a new live ISO image installation experience, and full Rust rewrites of our core desktop applications. RakuOS Linux now ships its first COSMIC desktop ISO image, alongside our existing GNOME and KDE editions. Built on the System76 COSMIC desktop environment, it delivers a clean, modern experience on top of RakuOS's immutable, container-native foundation. Note of caution: COSMIC is still maturing and currently has some issues with gaming. If you are a gamer, we recommend holding off on the COSMIC edition until these issues are resolved by System76.