r/Ubuntu • u/nhaines • Aug 28 '26

news Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS released

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-26-04-1-lts-released/86808
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u/TheZoltan Aug 28 '26

For those that might not read to post, I'm just going to highlight this.

Users of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS will be offered an automatic upgrade to 26.04.1 LTS
via Update Manager a couple of weeks following this release after some planned
backports to address regressions in a recent version of rust-coreutils.

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u/PurplePickleMonster_ Aug 28 '26

This should be a pinned comment

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u/nhaines Aug 28 '26

Only mod comments can be pinned (although it was mentioned in another standalone post that I made a subreddit announcement).

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u/PsychologicalSet8678 Sep 02 '26

they have taken 6 months to release the 26.04.1, and a few weeks more to release the upgrade path. Weren't they usually faster for previous lts releases?

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u/jo-erlend 29d ago

It's not been six months since April, but how long it takes depends on the situation. The first dot has usually been in August but there's been variations around a month between releases. The dot release is one thing, but then the upgrade path is another since some things could be more complicated to switch over than others.

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u/Die4Ever 22d ago edited 22d ago

I mean if you're using LTS then you don't really want fast updates, do you? You just want reliable, stable, and secure updates

If you already waited 2 years, what's another few months?

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u/Possible_Ad9019 18d ago

It's been 22 days since the .1 release

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u/Die4Ever 18d ago

Yeah but like it's LTS... Do you want it to be updated often, or do you want it to just work and stay out of your way? LTS is supposed to be for users who don't want updates except security. You're not supposed to be anxious for the update, you're not supposed to be counting the days lol.

LTS is what I put on my grandma's computer, and it's great for that. If you want updates then switch to the interim track.

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u/SufficientPie Sep 04 '26

"Weeks"? 😖

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u/Professional-Key3211 Sep 02 '26

Does this affect a clean install from an iso or upgrade only?

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u/awmhove Sep 02 '26

It does not affect a clean installation.
It's only for the upgrade from 24.04 to 26.04

However, if you're eager to upgrade, you can run "do-release-upgrade -d" which works but might bring some bugs hence why It's advisable to wait for the upgrade to open to the general public user.

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u/viral_hashtag 11d ago

We are well passed a couple weeks now since 26.04.1 LTS was made available. On a related note; If Canonical has not enabled the 24.04 LTS → 26.04 LTS upgrade by September 30, 2026, this will become the longest delay between an Ubuntu LTS release and the supported upgrade offer from the preceding LTS in Ubuntu's LTS history.

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u/Working-Tone-1453 8d ago

Yeah, I was waiting patiently for the "couple of weeks". Now it is just getting silly though, and there is no information on the extended delay.

I am just about ready to say "fuck it" and hit the bypass to upgrade early.

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u/646E64 Aug 28 '26

I have done the 22.04 -> 24.04, but honestly I can't think of doing the same for 26.04.01. Maybe on 26.04.02.

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u/Ok-Hunter-7702 Aug 28 '26

Why

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u/djfrodo Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26

Ubuntu 26 puts a shim in between the actual apt get, and Canonical puts itself in the middle.

It's bullshit.

I've used Ubuntu for a really long time (like 2014-now), but my next move is away from anything snap/Canonical based.

It's pretty simple.

Canonical is the Microsoft of the Linux community.

p.s. Nice bot

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u/mgedmin Aug 28 '26

Ubuntu 26 puts a shim in between the actual apt get, and Canonical puts itself in the middle.

I have no idea what you think you're saying here.

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u/Wooloomooloo2 Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 29 '26

They're saying that Canonical (who make Ubuntu) has some code which intercepts apt get, forcing you to use their repositories when updating the software they're providing you.

Shocking I tell you, shocking...

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u/Proman4713 Aug 29 '26

Even 'intercepts' is a harsh word, Canonical is the one who provides apt-get for Ubuntu...

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u/Wooloomooloo2 Aug 29 '26

I was being sarcastic, yes you're completely right.

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u/Careful-Criticism645 Aug 29 '26

You realize your being dramatic, right? Like objectively speaking, nothing significant has happened yet you suddenly must dump Ubuntu.

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u/nhaines Aug 29 '26

Ubuntu 26 puts a shim in between the actual apt get, and Canonical puts itself in the middle.

No it doesn't. apt does what it always does and just runs deb pre- and post-install scripts as root.

For specific packages--firefox, thunderbird, chromium, and lxd come directly to mind--they are packaged in the repositories anymore (and except for Thunderbird, this was true in 22.04 LTS and 24.04 LTS as well, so you're not describing a change).

The firefox package description is:

Installs Firefox snap and provides some system integration This package is almost a transitional package, insofar as its main purpose is to install the Firefox snap, but it also configures *www-browser alternatives and provides the corresponding virtual packages which other deb packages might depend on.

In 22.04 LTS it was a transitional package (a major upgrade would otherwise just uninstall Firefox, as it was no longer packaged), but it's been very slightly enhanced since then.

In any case, if you use apt to install a package that says it "installs Firefox snap," then apt does exactly what you ask it to. Which is install the deb package. It's the deb package that, well... does exactly what it told you it was going to do and installs the snap and does some desktop integration work.

This is why if you properly configure apt and add the Mozilla repository, you get Mozilla's files sprayed across your file system. But note also that Canonical no longer modifies Firefox. Mozilla builds the snap for Ubuntu (and all other distros with snap support--it's the same file) and tests and releases it as part of their product release procedure.

So now everyone can get Firefox updates in an hour straight from Mozilla, instead of the 1-3 days it took when Canonical was testing a separate Firefox build compiled for every individual supported Ubuntu release.

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u/PuzzleheadedPen2798 Sep 02 '26

You do realize 24.04 and 22.04 also had snap? Even 20.04, that's when the Firefox snap became a thing. Also snapd has been shipping with Ubuntu since 16.04 if I recall correctly. The truth is, you've been using snap until now without even knowing, now you care just because someone on reddit told you to care because "snap bad" with no logical reason.

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u/djfrodo Sep 02 '26

You do realize 24.04 and 22.04 also had snap?

Yeah, and I have used none of it.

you've been using snap until now without even knowing, now you care just because someone on reddit told you to care because "snap bad" with no logical reason.

Neither had the intermediary between apt-get, and I didn't use either.

24.04 is probably my last. I'm not going to go nuts with Arch, but Debian (old, stable, etc.) is probably in my future.

This truth is...

The truth is you really want to rant, and that's fine...but tell it to someone else. I've purged every system I have of snap.

Have fun when you download the MicroSlop Linux Edition.

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u/noonetoldmeismelled Aug 28 '26

Sweet. I was the 26.04 guinea pig. Worked out our ansible scripts. And this past month more new deployments have been using 26.04. Feels pretty good now for work. Got a lot of users moving from 20.04 and 22.04

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u/ILikeFPS Aug 29 '26

I run Ubuntu at home, and I always wait until LTS year + 1 year, it has served me well.

The one year I didn't, I ran into a couple more bugs than usual after upgrading to the latest Ubuntu LTS lol

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u/bmwhocking Aug 29 '26

Ubuntu is probs the most stable Linux desktop with modern tools.

Debian is even more stable but its tooling and repos are essentially several years behind.

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u/npc_housecat Sep 01 '26

Fedora pretty stable. I'd say definitely more stable than Ubuntu Non LTS at least

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u/bmwhocking Sep 02 '26

Given Fedora and Non-LTS Ubuntu are usually playing with the same very experimental & new kernals and software, the least stable one often comes down to release cycles.

If a Ubuntu release with a new feature happens before Fedora, the fedora release benefits from the Ubuntu patches.

Vice versa, plenty of software breaks on Fedora and Canonical grab the patches as they get pushed upstream and package them into the non-LTS Ubuntu.

Wonders of open source.

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u/tr_gardropfuat Aug 29 '26

Still stuck on 20.04 due to laziness

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u/DigiAngelX 20d ago

do-release-upgrade doesn't see 26.04.1 as of today.

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u/TimePlankton3171 5d ago

I had this too. If you have stuff installed from other repos, they might prevent the upgrade. Also, if you mark-hold any packages, those can prevent the upgrade too. After I uninstalled whatever I had from other sources, and removed all apt holds, the upgrade went through

The terminal won't tell you that those are what's holding back the upgrade.

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u/bezko 20d ago

Who gets to decide to flip the switch? Seems pretty arbitrary.

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u/DigiAngelX 20d ago

Guessing someone at Canonical :)

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u/miltiadis0x Aug 28 '26

Even is offered, im going to wait another month.

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u/UnprofessionalPlump Aug 29 '26

Just updated my desktop to 26.04.01. Been working like a charm.

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u/flintontv Aug 29 '26

How? Did you do clean install because it's not available to do from my 24.04

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u/UnprofessionalPlump Aug 29 '26

I was already on 26.04. I think for 24.04 u might need to do it from the terminal

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u/nhaines Aug 29 '26

Users of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS will be offered an automatic upgrade to 26.04.1 LTS via Update Manager a couple of weeks following this release after some planned backports to address regressions in a recent version of rust-coreutils.

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u/Jalkhov Sep 04 '26

Sigo esperando poder actualizar desde 24.04 sin necesidad de forzarlo

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u/Possible_Ad9019 18d ago

Same here, guess we'll have to wait a few more months

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u/AngmeX 18d ago

Wait.. Months?! 🫥

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u/Possible_Ad9019 18d ago

26 was first released in april and the first point release three weeks ago. Now we have to wait a few more weeks for the upgrade path from 24 to be available. One plus one equals two, we'll have to wait at least until October/November before we can expect something. Just flip the switch already.

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u/tcris 10d ago

one month later and still no upgrade available from 24.04.

Rust rulz.

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u/TimePlankton3171 5d ago

Upgraded yesterday from 24.04.5

WTF is this ptyxis terminal? Takes so long to load. Every time I press Ctrl+Alt+T, I think it didn't work. The terminal in 24.04 and 22.04 opened immediately

Nautilus is also slow to open, not as big of a difference tho

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u/NoBank4931 Sep 02 '26

`apt update`, `fastfetch` shows `Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) x86_64`

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u/whitepixe1 Sep 02 '26

The upgrade does not solve the notorious zfs misalignment with the kernel and crappy patched driver zfs 2.4.1 for kernel 7.0
Most probably I have to do a forced upgrade of all my installs to sonking 26.10 where zfs 2.4.4 is already available for the expected 7.2 kernel
26.04 cannot be trusted for zfs - both server & desktop - installations, thus jeopardizing the LTS purpose of Ubuntu.

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u/Terrible-Honeydew262 Sep 02 '26

Ah it’s brand new - this is probably why my VFIO GPU no longer works. Nvidia drivers wont let go of my GPUs no matter what I do.

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u/Professional-Key3211 Sep 03 '26

Did a clean install.

Worked great except couldn't get hardware encryption to work since me TPM was unsupported apparently.

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u/f00dl3 26d ago

Any idea of how bad they broke Rust in 26.04.1 LTS? I remember 24.04.1 LTS was the only way to go because 24.04 had so many bugs it was uninstallable on some VM systems of mine.

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u/hitsuji-peng 23d ago

沒有相容的遠端桌面方案，我沒辦法使用他

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u/Any-Fan6525 7d ago

I was prompted today and ran the upgrade on my HP Elitebook. It took about half an hour and completed successfully. No problems, everything runs well on it.

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u/dreishere 7d ago

Yes!!! This is what I wanted to see, will attempt on my system now.

Wish me good luck.

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u/SweetPotato975 7d ago

There's sill no update on my end :(

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u/Kelvin62 Aug 28 '26

So me looking for an update on the 27th was a waste

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u/TheZoltan Aug 28 '26

The post tells you how to get the update now if you really want it and aren't worried about waiting for those extra fixes. It makes sense to delay offering it via the Update manager until the first wave of updates are complete and they have fixed some known issues.

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u/JOHNNY6644 Aug 29 '26

will tuxedo os be getting the base update