{"id":5303,"date":"2026-03-27T07:36:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=5303"},"modified":"2026-03-27T07:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:36:33","slug":"ubuntu-26-04-lts-beta-shows-you-theres-potential-in-the-stable-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=5303","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta Shows You There's Potential in the Stable Release"},"content":{"rendered":"

For regulars in the open source space, Ubuntu<\/a> is kind of a household name that introduced many to the diverse world of Linux, where you have all kinds of flavors. Want some work done? You have Fedora<\/a>. Want to earn the rights to say “I use Arch, btw<\/em>,” and get work done? You have Arch Linux<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We are now weeks away from Ubuntu’s next long-term support release<\/a>, and Canonical have now provided everyone with a beta build<\/a> for testing purposes. Let’s see what it delivers.<\/p>\n

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta: A Functional Upgrade<\/h2>\n
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While the beta release offers variants like Server<\/em>, WSL<\/em>, and Cloud<\/em> images, alongside the official Ubuntu flavors<\/a>, I have only focused on Desktop<\/em> here. We start with the new boot animation<\/strong> that looks clean but will be easy to miss if you have a decently powerful system.<\/p>\n

Powering the release is Linux 7.0<\/strong>, whose development is still wrapping up, but it marks a significant jump from the Linux 6.8<\/a> kernel that shipped with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS<\/a>. For the desktop, it ships with GNOME 50<\/a>, which has finally managed to let go of X11<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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