{"id":52270,"date":"2026-10-29T13:50:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T13:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=52270"},"modified":"2026-10-29T13:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T13:50:38","slug":"revived-ubuntu-core-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/revived-ubuntu-core-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Canonical Revived Ubuntu Core Desktop with Everything Snap Only"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-48273\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/snap-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/snap-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/snap-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/snap-logo-700x700.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/snap-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/snap-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu Core Desktop, the Ubuntu variant that has everything built as Snap, was revived yesterday. Canonical announced:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Canonical announced a developer preview of Core Desktop in 2023, but the project has since been dormant. I\u2019m thrilled to announce that the development of Ubuntu Core Desktop has restarted with a dedicated, cross-functional team working toward three well-defined initial use cases.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52271\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ubuntu-core.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ubuntu-core.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ubuntu-core-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu Core is <b>Canonical&#8217;s &#8220;immutable Linux&#8221; distribution<\/b>. The boot-loader, the kernel, desktop environment, and all applications are built as Snap that run in sandbox.<\/p>\n<p>System files are read-only and unchangeable. For applications, users has the control of camera, microphone, home directory, etc permissions access as they are isolated in sandboxes.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s harder to break and easy to recover, and ideal for users who require a highly reliable and stable operating system.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52272\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52272\" class=\"size-large wp-image-52272\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/snap-permissioncontrol-700x505.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/snap-permissioncontrol-700x505.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/snap-permissioncontrol-300x216.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/snap-permissioncontrol-768x554.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/snap-permissioncontrol.webp 904w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-52272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snap app permission access control<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The initial development of Ubuntu Core Desktop is <b>focused on three use cases<\/b>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The browser-centric machine<\/b>, allows to handle daily tasks using web apps and cloud services.<\/li>\n<li><b>The developer workstation<\/b>, for software engineering and application development.<\/li>\n<li><b>The game machine<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Snap only Ubuntu Core <b>aims to be the future of Ubuntu<\/b>, though the traditional <code>.deb<\/code> build system will continue to exist.<\/p>\n<p>So far, there are over 11,000 snap app packages published in <a href=\"https:\/\/snapcraft.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snap store<\/a>. But for everyday consumer users, there&#8217;re still tons of software packages available as Deb, Flatpak or AppImage, but NOT snap.<\/p>\n<p>For these non-Snap applications, Canonical recommends to run them inside background containers (e.g., LXD), while Ubuntu Core works to integrate them to feel like native apps.<\/p>\n<p>And, for more about the Ubuntu Core Desktop, just the discussion in this <a href=\"https:\/\/discourse.ubuntu.com\/t\/accelerating-ubuntu-core-desktop\/90547\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu Discourse page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Try out Ubuntu Core Desktop<\/h3>\n<p>So far, there&#8217;s Ubuntu Core Desktop ISO image available for end users yet, though embedded, IoT, and edge devices can try out Ubuntu Core by going to <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntu.com\/download\/core\" target=\"_blank\">ubuntu.com\/download\/core<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, community contributors can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/canonical\/core-base-desktop\" target=\"_blank\">github.com\/canonical\/core-base-desktop<\/a> for requests and bug reports.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubuntu Core Desktop, the Ubuntu variant that has everything built as Snap, was revived yesterday. 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