UWN Issue 937 March 22-28 2026.

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 937 for the week of March 22 - 28, 2026.

In this Issue

  • Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) Beta released
  • Second Resolute Raccoon test rebuild
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • Rocks Public Journal; 2026-03-25
  • Other Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) Events
  • Streamlining secure boot for 26.10
  • Ntpd-rs: it’s about time!
  • Ubuntu MATE - seeking maintainers
  • Heads-up: upcoming container-stack updates
  • Other Community News
  • What Say You
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • Canonical News
  • In the Press
  • In the Blogosphere
  • Other Articles of Interest
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Updates and Security for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, and 25.10
  • And much more!

General Community News

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) Beta released

Utkarsh Gupta on behalf of the Ubuntu Release team announces the release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS beta. We’re given details of the released beta products which includes community flavors, told where we can download images to test, given a link so we can report bugs, and more. We’re reminded beta images are “reasonably free of showstopper image build or installer bugs”, and the actual stable release is scheduled for April 23, 2026.

Media attention to the flavor’s releases:
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-26-04-lts-resolute-raccoon-beta-released/79205

Interested in the flavors? Release announcements as follows:

Second Resolute Raccoon test rebuild

Graham Inggs tells us when the second test rebuild was started for Resolute Raccoon, and that it’s finished for all main components except riscv64, and is still running for universe and multiverse. We’re given a link to the results, another for build failures, and requested to help with the build failures. We’re told that Resolute will ship with GCC 15 as default, and that a test rebuild using GCC 16 is underway too.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2026-March/001392.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 144940 (+82)
  • Critical: 308 (0)
  • Unconfirmed: 74568 (+108)

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad

Translations

  • Swedish: 100.00% (1/1352)
  • Albanian: 98.87% (3977/0)
  • Ukrainian: 89.21% (37870/1710)
  • German: 87.17% (45054/273)
  • French: 85.78% (49931/7593)

Hot in Support

Ubuntu Community Discourse Trending Top 5 Threads

Find more support at: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/support-and-help/306

Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions

Ask (and answer!) questions at: https://askubuntu.com/

Meeting Reports

Rocks Public Journal; 2026-03-25

Check the latest installment of the Container Craftsmanship series on YouTube, this time to talk about The fallacy of complacent distroless containers. Also, the new Ubuntu 26.04 rock is now in Docker Hub’s official images catalog.

Other Meeting Reports

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Times shown are UTC unless otherwise specified. For more details and further dates please visit: https://ubuntu.com/community | https://discourse.ubuntu.com/upcoming-events

Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) Events

The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks:

Looking beyond the next two weeks? Visit the respective Circles!/LoCo Team calendar to browse upcoming events.

Please also see:

The Hub

Streamlining secure boot for 26.10

Julian Andres Klode reminds us how Ubuntu handles secure boot using grub, and alerts us that this can be a “constant source of security issues”. This proposal for Ubuntu 26.10 will address those problems, outlining what is proposed. Julian gives us details of proposed changes and effects on current abilities that were inherited from Debian, and more. He explains why this release is selected: timing purposes.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/streamlining-secure-boot-for-26-10/79069

Ntpd-rs: it’s about time!

Jon Seager writes that he is ‘thrilled to announce’ the switch to another “memory-safe Rust” rewrite being ntpd-rs. We’re reminded of the time synchronization client and server roles, and that it will eventually replace chrony, linuxptp and maybe gpsd. Along with many links; in telling what it is we are told of “some background on the protocols at play”, before moving to timelines and goals. Jon also provides details about the Trifecta Tech Foundation, which is a non-profit behind these tools.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ntpd-rs-its-about-time/79154

Ubuntu MATE - seeking maintainers

Martin Wimpress reminds us of the creation of Ubuntu MATE back in 2014, and that his involvement in the project “is coming to a close”. We’re told he hopes to ‘hand over the reins to contributors with the time and energy’ to continue the project. We’re told it needs experience in maintaining Ubuntu packages, and if that’s us, we’re asked to get in touch with Martin.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-mate-seeking-maintainers/79264

Heads-up: upcoming container-stack updates

Athos Ribeiro warns us that container-stack packages in Ubuntu 25.10, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS will update soon. We’re given details of the packages that will be updated, along with numerous links should we require more details.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/heads-up-upcoming-container-stack-updates/79268

Other Community News

Introducing the GNOME Fellowship program

Robert McQueen of the GNOME Foundation starts by outlining some of the difficulties in funding GNOME development, before moving to how the Fellowship program will solve that. We’re given some specifics, and told the first cycle is focused on sustainability, before asking us to apply for funding that is available. We’re given some details and a link for more, and told applications close April 20, 2026. Thanks is given to the Friends of GNOME, and reminded that this is a pilot program.

https://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2026/03/24/introducing-gnome-fellowship/

What Say You

Meet the Members: Rubi1200

How did you first get involved in the Ubuntu Community?:
“In 2005, after watching a television interview with Klaus Knopper, the creator of Knoppix, I started experimenting with this amazing new world of Linux. It fascinated me then and still does today. My first Ubuntu install was Dapper Drake. In March 2010, I joined the Ubuntu Forums and was immediately impressed by the friendly and welcoming community as well as the knowledge and willingness to help others…” - rubi1200

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/meet-the-members-rubi1200/79039

Ubuntu Cloud News

Canonical News

In the Press

Ubuntu 26.04 No App Installed for Debian Package Files Error – Installing .deb Packages

Lubos Rendek writes about users downloading a .deb on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and discovering the system doesn’t know how to handle a double-click of that package. This post outlines how users can do this, when they’re using Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. This post is a how-to, and includes a Q&A section for common questions.

https://linuxconfig.org/ubuntu-26-04-no-app-deb-files

In the Blogosphere

Ubuntu 26.04’s new folder icons undergo another revamp

Joey Sneddon tells us about another ‘slight’ folder icons ‘revamp’. We’re reminded of the changes Joey recently blogged about, with feedback on the recent changes leading to this revised folder set. We’re given some details of who made the change, and shown a graphic which contrasts the ‘initial revamp’ with the new added contrast ‘revamp’ (both light and dark modes).

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-new-yaru-folders-contrast-bump

Ubuntu Maker Canonical Joins The Rust Foundation

Michael Larabel informs us that Canonical has joined the Rust Foundation as a Gold Member. Michael tells us of the cost of gold membership (as well as platinum membership for comparison), what it gains Canonical, and provides links should we need more. A link to the Canonical blog is also provided.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Canonical-Joins-Rust-Foundation

NVIDIA 595 Linux Graphics Driver Released as Latest Production Branch Version

Marcus Nestor writes about the release by NVIDIA of the NVIDIA 595 graphics driver for GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. We’re told some of the highlights, and given links should we need more, including a link to the release notes.

https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-595-linux-graphics-driver-released-as-latest-production-branch-version

KDE Plasma 6.6 Delivers An Impressive Edge For Radeon Graphics Over GNOME 50 On Ubuntu 26.04

Michael Larabel has tested Ubuntu 26.04 both with the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop (Kubuntu) and GNOME 50 desktop (Ubuntu Desktop). We’re given Michael’s impressions when used on AMD Radeon graphics. Mention is made of some ‘hard freezes’ with some games, but Michael discusses Plasma 6.6 performance versus GNOME 50. This is a multi-page comparison with many benchmarks provided.

https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2604-gnome-kde

Ubuntu’s App Center now lets you manage Deb packages

Joey Sneddon tells us Ubuntu’s App Center has made it “easier to manage and update deb software”. Joey reminds us when this tool was added to Ubuntu Desktop, and then talks about how the handling of deb packages is now more complete. Joey tells us it’s much improved, but also tells us what he dislikes with it.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-app-center-deb-management

Wine 11.5 Brings Better Performance With Syscall User Dispatch Feature

Sabiha Sultana informs us that Wine 11.5 is out, highlighting support for Syscall User Dispatch; used for running Microsoft Windows apps & games. Sabiha tells us this change gives “cleaner execution” with the Windows apps having better interaction with the Linux kernel. Other improvements and some bug fixes are touched on, before she ends telling us its “definitely a step forward”.

https://www.ubuntupit.com/wine-11-5-brings-better-performance-with-syscall-user-dispatch-feature/

Other Articles of Interest

Featured Audio and Video

Portugal Podcast: Episode 375 - A Idade dos Cangaceiros

“VAI TUDO PRESO! Para lá das aventuras tecnológicas do costume (não lambam terminais de alta tensão), brincámos com KVM, magnetrões, navegadores que não funcionam, Snaps e Steam em Ubuntu Touch (sim, leram bem), como o Nextcloud faz tudo e só não tira bicas, pusemos água na fervura com os disparates da Mozilla e a pancadaria que grassa na Internet a propósito de IA no Firefox, vimos as últimas notícias e a agenda de eventos - e a propósito de Verificação de Idade para pRoTeGEr aS cRiAnçAS, ainda perorámos longamente sobre o facto de a comunidade de Software Livre vir a ser associada ao banditismo, cangaço e malandragem; enfim, de serem um bando de foras-da-lei.”

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e375/

Tech Over Tea: Budgie Desktop Is In For A Qt Future | Joshua Strobl

“Today we have Joshua Strobl of the Budgie project and Buddies of Budgie back on the show to talk about the projects move over to the Qt library and KDE frameworks as well as the Budgie 11 future.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHd_ajBh2U0

Updates and Security for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, and 25.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 22.04 Updates

End of Standard Support: April 2027

Ubuntu 24.04 Updates

End of standard support: April 2029

Ubuntu 25.10 Updates

End of Life: July 2026

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