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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The Ubuntu Kylin project has announced the release of version 26.04 of its community edition of Ubuntu which is configured for Chinese speaking users. An English version of the project's release announcement states: "On April 23, 2026, the Kylin Team officially released Ubuntu Kylin 26.04, which will be....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The Kubuntu team have announced the release of Kubuntu 26.04 which features the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop and version 7.0 of the Linux kernel. The project's release announcement shares details: "Building on the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS base released today by Canonical, Kubuntu 26.04 introduces Plasma 6.6 as the....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The Ubuntu Studio team have announced a new version of their media-focused flavour of the Ubuntu family. The new version, 26.04, offers three years of support and continues the evolution path of the previous two long-term support releases: You can trace a clear through-line across recent LTS cycles:....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The Ubuntu Cinnamon project has announced the launch of Ubuntu Cinnamon 26.04 which ships with version 6.4.13 of the Cinnamon desktop and will receive three years of security updates. The release announcement shares the highlights: "I am proud to announce our latest release: Ubuntu Cinnamon 26.04 Resolute Raccoon!....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The Ubuntu Budgie project has published version 26.04 of its Ubuntu community flavour. Ubuntu Budgie 26.04 offers three years of support and makes the leap to a Wayland-only version of the Budgie desktop environment. "Ubuntu Budgie 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) is a Long Term Support release, supported for....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The Lubuntu project has announced the launch of Lubuntu 26.04. The new long-term support release will receive security updates for three years. Lubuntu 26.04 ships with LXQt 2.3 and migrates some of its low-level program to Rust. "What's new since 24.04 LTS? LXQt 2.3 is now shipped by....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Canonical has released Ubuntu 26.04 which is a long-term support release. This mean the distribution will receive five years of free support and an optional additional five years of paid support. Many of the key changes in the 26.04 release involve the GNOME desktop, with one significant change....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The Redcore project has published a new version of its Gentoo-based distribution. Redcore Linux 2601 carries the code name 'Vulpecula' and introduces a number of changes behind the scenes, in particular to how the project handles third-party packages. The release announcement reports: "Fully synced with the Gentoo Linux....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The AlmaLinux project has announced the availability of a development snapshot for AlmaLinux OS 9.8. The new beta offers updated packages, improved security, and packages for Python 3.14. The release announcement shares: "A usual reminder: this is a BETA release. It should not be used for production installations.....

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