Ubuntu has announced an ‘important policy update’, making beta releases mandatory for all Ubuntu flavours, no exceptions. Most flavours already hit the beta milestone every six months without issue. But until now a flavour that missed the deadline could still be granted a one-off exception. During the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS cycle, that’s what happened with Ubuntu Kylin, the Chinese-orientated spin that uses the UKUI desktop. It missed the Beta window but still made the final release. That won’t happen again. To get an official stable release, a flavour now must have a beta release out the same time as every […]
Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/ubuntu-flavours-mandatory-beta-release
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Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/ubuntu-flavours-mandatory-beta-release
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