Topic: Canonical

Ubuntu pulls 24.04.5 downloads due to installer bug

Canonical has pulled the Ubuntu 24.04.5 desktop ISO because of a bug that crashes the installer when users select the extended install options. The fifth point release to 24.04 landed on 10 September, bringing refresh […]

Saturday

Ubuntu 26.10 daily ISOs now include Amd64-v3 installer

Ubuntu 26.10 adds an amd64-v3 ISO to its daily builds, letting you to install the Linux distribution with packages optimised for the x86-64-v3 CPUs.

7 September 2026
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Ubuntu 24.04 splits firmware packages for faster updates

Firmware updates on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS have got smaller, as Canonical has backported the split Linux firmware packages it introduced in 26.04. To make the change in noble, the linux-firmware package is now a meta-package […]

4 September 2026
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Canonical joins the Open Secure AI Alliance

Canonical recently joined the Linux Foundation’s Open Secure AI Alliance to help make open-source security tools for AI systems and autonomous agents. The alliance formed in July 2026 in response to the security breach at […]

3 September 2026

Ubuntu’s IRC support channels to be ‘sunset’, some aren’t happy

Ubuntu is planning to 'sunset' IRC as an official support channel, and some long-time users aren't happy – but there is a chance it may live on.

31 August 2026

10-year-old bug action triggered an Ubuntu Phone dev reunion

A decades-old bug on Ubuntu’s Launchpad marked as invalid at the weekend led to an impromptu reunion for many of Canonical’s former engineers. Bug #1589796 was filed in 2016 by a user who’d spent £700 […]

23 August 2026

Ubuntu 26.04 virtualization HWE stack offers newer QEMU & libvirt

Ubuntu’s hardware enablement (HWE) effort has expanded to include backports of newer virtualisation tech to users of the current LTS release. The virtualization HWE stack from Canonical will let users benefit from newer versions of QEMU, […]

28 July 2026
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Snap Store will be down for maintenance this weekend

Canonical’s Snap Store will be shutting down for database maintenance at the weekend, meaning users won’t be able to install or update snaps until it’s back online. The planned downtime is expected to last for […]

3 July 2026
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Ubuntu brings Livepatch to arm64 for rebootless kernel updates

Canonical has brought Livepatch to Arm64 devices for the first time, allowing Ubuntu systems on Arm hardware to apply critical kernel security patches without a full reboot. Livepatch is one of Ubuntu’s best hidden security features […]

24 June 2026
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Ubuntu flavours now need a beta release to ship

Ubuntu has announced an ‘important policy update’, making beta releases mandatory for all Ubuntu flavours, no exceptions. Most flavours already hit the beta milestone every six months without issue. But until now a flavour that […]

18 June 2026

Canonical’s Steam Snap for ARM64 is now stable 

Canonical has bumped its Steam Snap for ARM64 to the stable channel. First announced in January, the snap has been tested across ARM64 hardware including the NVIDIA DGX Spark, Radxa Orion O6 and Lenovo ThinkPad […]

2 June 2026

Canonical takes over Flutter desktop maintenance

Google confirmed at Google I/O 2026 that Canonical is the new lead maintainer and ‘strategic steward’ of Flutter desktop for Windows, macOS and Linux. The announcement of an expanded partnership with Canonical came during the […]

29 May 2026