Although not many readers of OMG! Ubuntu! use Xubuntu I thought it’d be polite of us to check in with the Xubuntu team and see what was going on in their forthcoming release of Xubuntu […]
Xubuntu Karmic has a really nice XSplash animation effect during it’s boot up. It resembles, to me at least, a bunch of swarming fireflies. You can see it for yourself in this dodgy handheld video […]
The beta release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ‘Resolute Raccoon’ is now available to download, a month ahead its planned stable release on 23 April, 2026. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS runs on the latest release candidate of […]
Canonical’s engineers have announced the fourth and final monthly snapshot of Ubuntu 26.04, ahead of next month’s all important beta release. Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 4, like all other monthly snapshots, not a blessed build intended […]
The third Ubuntu 26.04 snapshot is out, giving you an easy way to test the 'Resolute Raccoon' ahead of its stable release in April. Details and links inside.
The second Ubuntu 26.04 snapshot is ready to download, making testing of 'Resolute Raccoon' ahead of next April's stable release easier. Details inside.
Ubuntu 26.04 will be a long-term support release, but not all of its official flavours will be as 2 of the 10 official Ubuntu flavours have not applied for LTS status.
It’s time to get testing — or do I mean questing? — as the beta release of Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) is available to download. The Ubuntu 25.10 Beta brings a number of user-facing changes to […]
Kubuntu 25.10 will not ship with an X11 desktop session on its ISO, following Ubuntu's lead. An X11 Plasma session will remain available for manual install.
If you’ve been pining to sample the Plucky Puffin, now’s the time: the Ubuntu 25.04 beta downloads are out! Ubuntu 25.04 beta lands ahead of the planned stable release on Thursday April 17, 2025. As […]
Christmas has arrived early for fans of the Xfce desktop environment, with the release of a major new version. Two years in development, Xfce 4.20 serves as the latest stable release of the revered lightweight desktop […]
The fifth and final point release to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is now available to download. This update was due to be released a couple of weeks ago but was delayed by a delay in getting […]