{"id":50737,"date":"2026-03-11T11:28:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=50737"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:28:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:28:34","slug":"kubuntu-26-04-confirmed-lts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/kubuntu-26-04-confirmed-lts\/","title":{"rendered":"KUbuntu 26.04 Confirmed as LTS Release with 3 Years Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KUbuntu 26.04, the official Ubuntu 26.04 flavor features KDE Plasma desktop, as expected will be a LTS with 3-year support circle.<\/p>\n

As you may know, Ubuntu Technical Board announced the LTS qualifications for Resolute Raccoon<\/a> in last December, excluded Ubuntu MATE and Ubuntu Unity as they missed the deadline of the LTS qualification.<\/p>\n

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The Ubuntu Mate team lead Martin Wimpress<\/em> now has other interests and obligations, and the Ubuntu Unity lead Rudra Saraswat<\/em> has a busy university life. So they missed the LTS qualification.<\/p>\n

There will be Ubuntu MATE 26.04 and Ubuntu Unity 26.04 releases if everything goes well without critical issues, as all flavors’ iso images are controlled by the Ubuntu Release team.<\/p>\n

As non-LTS, the two flavors (MATE & Unity) will get only 9-month support from broader Ubuntu community, though non-flavor specific things will be supported as long as Ubuntu 26.04 support life.<\/p>\n

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KUbuntu seems to be special to other flavors!<\/b> It also missed the deadline of 26.04 LTS qualification, though not mentioned in the announcement.<\/p>\n

Perhaps because the KUbuntu team lead Rik Mills<\/i> is as well the core Ubuntu developer. The team finally applied the LTS Requalification for Kubuntu 26.04<\/a> a few weeks ago:<\/p>\n

After discussing this with the core team, we would like to formally request 3-year LTS requalification for Kubuntu. Below is an outline of our support plan: …<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And, the Technical Board approved<\/a> the LTS qualification request last night, confirmed that KUbuntu 26.04 will be an LTS with 3-year of support.<\/p>\n

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KUbuntu 26.04 is coming with Plasma Desktop 6.6<\/b> that features:<\/p>\n