Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) Beta released

[Utkarsh Gupta]

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Beta release of the Ubuntu
26.04 LTS Desktop, Server, WSL, and Cloud products.

26.04 LTS, codenamed "Resolute Raccoon", continues Ubuntu's proud
tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source
technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.
The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new
features and fixing bugs.

This Beta release includes images from not only the Ubuntu Desktop,
Server, WSL, and Cloud products, but also the Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu
Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Unity, and Xubuntu flavors.

The Beta images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper image
build or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of
26.04 LTS that should be representative of the features intended to ship
with the final release expected on April 23rd, 2026.

Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, WSL, Cloud Images:
  Resolute Beta includes updated versions of most of our core set of
  packages, including a current 6.20 kernel, and much more.

  To upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta from Ubuntu 25.10 or Ubuntu 24.04 LTS,
  follow these instructions:

  https://documentation.ubuntu.com/desktop/en/latest/how-to/upgrade-ubuntu-desktop/

  Download the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta images from:

  https://releases.ubuntu.com/26.04/ (Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, and WSL on x86)

  This Ubuntu Server image features the next generation Subiquity server
  installer, bringing the comfortable live session and speedy install of
  the Ubuntu Desktop to server users.

  For addditional images, go to the following links:

  https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/daily/server/resolute/current/ (Cloud Images)
  https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/26.04/beta/ (Non-x86)
  https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/26.04/ (Netboot)

  We will include fixes in new images between now and release. Therefore,
  consider daily cloud images from today or later (i.e. a serial of
  20260325 or higher) Beta images. File bugs against the appropriate
  packages or, failing that, the cloud-images project in Launchpad.

  Read the full release notes for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta at:

  https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/26.04/

Kubuntu:
  Kubuntu is the KDE based flavor of Ubuntu. It uses the Plasma desktop
  and includes a wide selection of tools from the KDE project.

  Download the Beta images from:
  https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/26.04/beta/

Lubuntu:
  Lubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu that uses the Lightweight Qt Desktop
  Environment (LXQt). The project’s goal is to provide a lightweight
  yet functional Linux distribution based on a rock-solid Ubuntu base.

  Download the Beta images from:
  https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/26.04/beta/

Ubuntu Budgie:
  Ubuntu Budgie is community developed desktop, integrating Budgie
  Desktop Environment with Ubuntu at its core.

  Download the Beta images from:
  https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-budgie/releases/26.04/beta/

Ubuntu Studio:
  Ubuntu Studio is a flavor of Ubuntu that provides a full range of
  multimedia content creation applications for each key workflow: audio,
  graphics, video, photography, and publishing.

  Download the Beta images from:
  https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/26.04/beta/

Ubuntu Unity:
  Ubuntu Unity is a flavor of Ubuntu featuring the Unity7 desktop
  environment.

  Download the Beta images from:
  https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-unity/releases/26.04/beta/

Xubuntu:
  Xubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu that comes with Xfce, which is a stable,
  light, and configurable desktop environment.

  Download the Beta images from:
  https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/26.04/beta/

For regular daily images of Ubuntu and all flavors, go to:
  https://cdimage.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for clients, servers and
clouds, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases.
A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included,
and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and
hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information
about support, visit https://ubuntu.com/support

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, look at the list of ways
you can participate at:

  https://documentation.ubuntu.com/project/community/contribute/

Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions really help us to
improve this and future releases of Ubuntu. Read the instructions at:

  https://documentation.ubuntu.com/project/contributors/qa-and-testing/report-a-bug/

Find out more about Ubuntu and about this Beta release on our website,
Matrix channel, and Discourse.

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On behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team,
Utkarsh Gupta