Ubuntu 26.04

[Fulcrum29]

Technically, Flatpak was the only thing that ever broke when upgrading to 26.04, but that was a permissions thing. It was resolved in no time.

 

[Brian_G]

Spoke too soon - something new added to App Centre today (says it's Livepatch related), looks legit but...



But wants an immediate update, and that then reports it's from an unknown source, and then fails



(Likely just a bug as Livepatch hasn't quite been its old self yet. Will try again tomorrow, presume all well with it if nothing further heard.)

 

[SauRoNZA]

Been a few more updates but today's is big, over 200 MB... I think likely to be the last biggie before the more wide August public offering.

26.04 has been really stable, little to complain about, I would think go for it

@garyc @Fulcrum29 @SauRoNZA , agree?

I’m firmly if it’s in the not broken don’t touch it camp so still on 25.10.

But this is because I have a very finicky touch screen connected to it that seems to die with every upgrade and then I struggle to remember how I made it work again.

 

[garyc]

Been a few more updates but today's is big, over 200 MB... I think likely to be the last biggie before the more wide August public offering.

26.04 has been really stable, little to complain about, I would think go for it

@garyc @Fulcrum29 @SauRoNZA , agree?

The couple of installations I have done have been very stable, more so than previous LTS's after release.

 

[gregmcc]

Upgraded my desktop, laptop and 3 servers to 26.04 and not have any issues.

Had a few annoying issues on 24.04 around hibernation which has now been fixed on 26.04

 

[Brian_G]

Upgraded my desktop, laptop and 3 servers to 26.04 and not have any issues.

Had a few annoying issues on 24.04 around hibernation which has now been fixed on 26.04

Great


26.04 just has some strange quirks like app focus prioritising and a few other small items that still need feedback I would think.
Best part is how much faster it is, amazing

And I'm sure they'll fix that "Software & Updates" new centralised app soon. Will be a replacement for the original similar app they decided to scrap (or so we all believed), I see now it has the same name - maybe my issue is 'cos I force added it back again like some of us did.

 

[Brian_G]

Is Ubuntu ready for a Windows exodus yet?

I think it could be if 2 things were addressed - system should recommend Snaps to Linux newbies during setup, and A.I. should be taught not to so readily offer terminal based solutions.

 

[garyc]

Is Ubuntu ready for a Windows exodus yet?

I think it could be if 2 things were addressed - system should recommend Snaps to Linux newbies during setup, and A.I. should be taught not to so readily offer terminal based solutions.

It gives the feeling of being largely ready. Even the Onedrive integration is good, which was not the case with 24.04. One stumbling block may be the lack of a local Office installation for those who do not want to use the online version or the free alternatives.

 

[Brian_G]

Definitely spoke a bit too soon; now being offered another 517 MB

 

[DHimself]

Likewise, public reports to date were that it's largely stable, and faster. Power users will know how to be more cautious

Impressed with what I've seen, just some extra nanny efforts and a few old default choices needed redoing.

Not sure if this is woke or necessary

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A few small bugs noticed;
Accessibility menu icon stays on even if set to off, if any of its settings are altered (and that was used 'cos the default for keyboard repeat keys ("bounce keys") still needs serious adjustment).
Their original default Screenshot app can't take selection-type screendumps. (The other default "print screen" version works fine.)
Their default "Videos" video player grabs and lists every video on your system during the setup. (Removing any will dump those videos in the trash.)
Multiple-screens mode is on by default.
Opening apps always places them in the screen centre now instead.
Old bypass-login setting was ignored.
Old custom shortcut keys discarded.

The apps not remembering last window position is a known Wayland thing. I'm on Plasma, on Arch (btw), and it's the same thing. My other laptop runs LMDE 7 and X11 remembers window position.

 

[garyc]

The apps not remembering last window position is a known Wayland thing. I'm on Plasma, on Arch (btw), and it's the same thing. My other laptop runs LMDE 7 and X11 remembers window position.

It looks like most of these items are attributable to the Gnome Xorg to Wayland transition. The exception may be the Video app scanning the whole system, where Totem was replaced by the new Rust based app which is still maturing.