{"id":50101,"date":"2025-11-28T08:23:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T08:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=50101"},"modified":"2025-12-13T12:14:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T12:14:33","slug":"the-first-snapshot-of-ubuntu-26-04-lts-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/the-first-snapshot-of-ubuntu-26-04-lts-released\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Snapshot of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Released!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The first monthly snapshot release for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was released yesterday morning (UTC time).<\/p>\n

Ubuntu development team announced this development snapshot<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Hello everyone, I’d like to announce the first successful publication of the monthly snapshot – Resolute Snapshot 1. You can find the images on cdimage.ubuntu.com …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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As you may know, Ubuntu 26.04 is the next Long Term Support (LTS) release with 5 years standard support until 2031, plus Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) support until 2036, and security coverage (for paid customers) until 2041.<\/p>\n

Ubuntu 26.04 will use GNOME 50<\/b> as default desktop environment. According to Linux Kernel history release date, it will perhaps be powered by Kernel 6.20 (or 7.0).<\/p>\n

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According to the road map<\/a>, the 26.04 release will also introduced 2 new default applications. It will replace Totem with Gnome core Showtime<\/b> video player, and replace Gnome System Monitor with Resources<\/b> system monitor and task manager.<\/p>\n

And, it will continue improving the performance and stability for Wayland on NVIDIA, unify the package management experience, and update Security Center with ability to re-encrypt a disk and manage Ubuntu Pro features.<\/p>\n

At the moment<\/b>, the 26.04 Snapshot 1 still has GNOME 49, Kernel 6.17, and most features are not completed yet. You may keep an eye on this on-going release note page<\/a> for the recent changes.<\/p>\n

Get Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 1<\/h3>\n

NOTE: This snapshot is a development release that’s NOT ready for production use!<\/b><\/p>\n

The .iso<\/code> images for Desktop and Server, as well as Netboot tarball, WSL, and pre-install server images are available to download via the link below:<\/p>\n

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Download Ubuntu 26.04<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Thanks to @Rodolfo, the images for amd64<\/code> (Intel\/AMD) is somehow made available to download in this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For desktop and education users, the snapshot also includes the .iso<\/code> images for all the official flavors, which are available to download via the link below:<\/p>\n