New Ubuntu and Community Versions

[wizardfromoz]

The new 26.04 LTS (Long Term Support) has dropped for Ubuntu and its related projects.

There is an error at Distrowatch which comprises the top entry being listed as Kubuntu, where it is really Ubuntu Kylin, so they are in order, at time of my writing this

• Ubuntu Kylin
• Kubuntu
• Ubuntu Studio
• Ubuntu Cinnamon
• Ubuntu Budgie
• Lubuntu
• Ubuntu

Enjoy and

Avagudweegend

Wizard

 

[NicWelds]

I downloaded Xubuntu 26.04 last night and I'll be installing it today at some point.

 

[lomszz]

Installed today Kubuntu 26.04, so far everything works as well did on 25.10. Decided to do a fresh installation.

Let's see how long I'm here, I'm used to use mint or 9 month releases only

 

[KGIII]

I downloaded Xubuntu 26.04 last night and I'll be installing it today at some point.

If you already have a prior version of Xubuntu installed, you can just upgrade to the new OS without needing to do a clean install. I upgrade multiple Ubuntu-based systems this way, and nothing has broken for years. On one older system, I did have to do a clean install of Lubuntu 20.04, but that was only because they'd changed so much that there was no upgrade path.

 

[NicWelds]

If you already have a prior version of Xubuntu installed, you can just upgrade to the new OS without needing to do a clean install. I upgrade multiple Ubuntu-based systems this way, and nothing has broken for years. On one older system, I did have to do a clean install of Lubuntu 20.04, but that was only because they'd changed so much that there was no upgrade path.

I know but I wanted to setup disk encryption and do some spring cleaning. This laptop spent years never leaving the house so I never thought of encryption much. I ended up getting voted in as the secretary of the volunteer fire department that I'm part of and I bring it to meeting to record meeting minutes so I figured that encryption is important in that case.

 

[KGIII]

I know but I wanted to setup disk encryption and do some spring cleaning.

In that case, I'd back up your /home/<user> directory. When you want to preserve the settings from the previous installation (as you might for some applications), you can often just copy the backed-up files into the new installation and have the same settings that you had before you did the clean installation.

In fact, that's the only data that I do preserve as far as that goes. I don't make full backups. I just preserve my home directory so that I can import those files if I need to do a clean install.

 

[vmc]

Installed Xubuntu 26.04 a few times on different computers. Never had the issues that Distrowatch reported on.

 

[beanburrito]

Install minimal Debian and build whatever Desktop Environments and/or Window Managers you want. Simple, effective, and worth the time to learn.