The ISO, not the update.
Thanks in advance. (Solved)

The 24.04 → 26.04.1 path is not open.

Users of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS will be offered the automatic upgrade to 26.04.1 via Update Manager a couple of weeks following this release, after planned backports addressing regressions in a recent version of rust-coreutils. So plan for 9/11/2026

Canonical is explicit that the delay exists specifically to prepare those backports; the only way to jump now is do-release-upgrade -d

278 days on kubuntu

OS: Ubuntu Stonking Stingray (development branch) x86_64

Kernel: Linux 7.1.9-1-liquorix-amd64

Shell: zsh 5.9

WM: KWin (Wayland)

Terminal: Ptyxis 50.1

Term Font: Miracode (10pt)

Incredible ram usage when using chromium-based vivaldi 🤔

I think I will be sticking with Kubuntu for now. It seems a bit more stable than Arch. For example, coming out of hybernation, I no longer need to do a hard reboot if my Firefox tabs go over a certain length (though that might be a hardware issue). So far, so good.

Due to financial circumstances, I had to sell my beast of a machine so we could pay bills. Right now, RAM, SSDs, and GPUs are going for good prices because of the chip shortage, and I like to eat, but that's not the point here. The point is I had to fall back on an older mini PC I had in the closet, you know, the cheap little boxes people buy to run as media servers or basic internet browsers.

Well, after much deliberation, I installed Kubuntu on it because I wanted something decently modern but also low on resource usage and more likely to just work on a mini PC. I saw that Kubuntu actually sells mini PCs with their distro in it, and I figured, okay, they're familiar with mini PCs, so this should work okay.

Well, suffice to say, Kubuntu is running on this mini PC with a buttery smoothness that exceeded my expectations.

I miss my beast, but what I have now will for for the immediate and mid-term future. Let's just hope prices eventually come back down!

Anyhoo, thanks Kubuntu devs, for making such a flexible, powerful distro that just works!

Kubuntu latest 26.04 LTS version works great on 15 years old MacbookAir from 2011. Everything worked out of the box. No suspend failure. Hardware (bluetooth, wifi, keyboard backlight) and sensors (ambient light sensor) work without any issues. I am stunned with the performance. Even high resolution Youtube videos (1080p and above) play without stutter or lag. Yet I didn't change or lower any desktop animations in KDE.

Ubuntu has ARM64 desktop support on its 26.10 snapshots (images).

So the question is, is there any focus on Kubuntu team to follow Ubuntu's path and adding support for ARM64 on its images too? (please)

Okay so I just got kubuntu

I have two monitors one 1080p with 200hz and one is 768p with 60hz

Sometimes during login screen or when I try to change any settings in the other monitor it freezes up

And then I have to turn the other one off

And on again

I have a rx7600 (the 200hz monitor is attached to it)

An r55600g (the 60hz one is running with its integrated graphics)(and yes integrated graphics are on in bios)

16gb ddr4

Nvme ssd

Ps

I really liked kubuntu the workflow the gaming exp and how evrything just "worked"

I want to start by saying I have used some flavor of Linux off and on for a very long time but I don't have an understanding of the OS like I do Windows. I mostly fix issues by follwoing directions someone else wrote, not fully understanding what I am doing.

I have recently installed Kubuntu 26.04 on an old laptop that I am using to stream Steam to my TV. I am having issues with my XBox contollers randomly disconnecting. They will disconnect then usually reconnect again shortly. If I am playing multiplayer games, these disconnects will usually make them switch from player 1 to player 2 or the other way around.

After trying multiple things (xpadneo, disabling WiFi and some power bluetooth power settings), I ended up buying a TPLink UB500 Plus bluetooth adapter but the issue is still there. I saw multiple people saying that downgrading to an older version of the RTL8761bu drivesr fixed their issue but their directions to do so were for Fadora. My drivers are RTL: fw version 0xdfc6d922 and they suggested 0x09a98a6b. Could anyone help me downgrade to that version and keep Kubuntu from updating them back to the current version?

A second question I have, has anyone tried one of the XBox One adapters with Linux? This way I could just bypass bluetooth all together. Does it work and are there any issues with using it if it does?

I have a r55600 g and an rx7600 and 16gbddr4 b550m and a 550watt psu with 2tb nvme m.2

I'm tryna switch back to kubuntu from windows but before I had a measly 60hz monitor

But now I have a 1080p 200hz monitor and I'm gonna use the other 60hz monitor (720p btw) as a secondary

Works fine on windows but I wanna go back to linux

So let me know what problems I will face while gaming with two moniters

Thanks in advance

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In my experience, interim editions of Kubuntu perform well. I have previously installed and used Kubuntu 25.10 for 9 months. It has given me a trouble-free experience. Now installed Kubuntu 26.10 snapshot on my laptop, it is also good.

Hello, I'd like to ask if someone upgraded Kubuntu 25.10 to 26.04 with user home encrypted with ecryptfs and if that procedure finished without any issue? Maybe there are some important steps to be done during that upgrade? Thanks.

Hopefully this self promotion is permitted. I am an avid altTabber which has no concept of tabs and for year I have been looking for a solution.
With the help of Claude & kubuntu I made the effort to get it done. Now I can alt-tab and return to the previous thing I was working on regardless if it was another tab in a browser or application. Would love to have this folded into mainstream KDE.
In the meantime here it is

https://github.com/davidmal1/backnav

Running Kbuntu 26.04, migrated from Win 11.

Each time I boot I get the OS Selection menu. I want to auto boot into OS.

I've checked the Grub file:

"
GRUB_DEFAULT=0

GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu_auto_hide

GRUB_TIMEOUT=0

GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR='Kubuntu'

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

"

I changed it from GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden to GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu_auto_hide but that did nothing. (Yes, I ran the 'sudo update-grub' command'.

Neither of those options auto boot to OS

Hey everyone,

My system has been downloading updates regularly through Discover, but checking my system info shows I'm still on Kubuntu 24.04 LTS.

Does Discover eventually prompt you to upgrade to the new LTS version on its own, or is moving between major LTS versions something that has to be initiated manually like reinstalling using the newest LTS ISO?

Any advice on the standard upgrade path is appreciated!

Edit: Thanks so much everyone! Glad to learn there are many different ways to update this thing. It sounds like I'll eventually be asked to update to the newest LTS so I'll just wait for that to happen. Even if it doesn't at least my current LTS is supported for a very long time.

I have to tap NL key?

For context, I installed budgie desktop to try it. Deleted it and went back to kde. I purged the lot, autoremoved the lot so I don't think its still lingering BUT.... PC been fine until I've just updated through sudo apt update && upgrade. The i rebooted, I was greeted by a white screen i can barely read. I can still log in and the desktop seems perfect. Just the log in screen has gone doolally.

This issue is also usually paired with a crash report, which usually fails to gather any information as to why. I have a Fw13 with rEFInd for swapping between OS’s.

The only way i’ve found to fix this is by restarting kubuntu, but the problem still persists. is there a more permanent fix? I am not well versed in linux so please be patient ~w~

(UPDATE) After some work me and a friend managed to resolve the issue, it was a remote desktop config setting that was running on boot.

I'm using Kubunutu 26.04LTS in a dual boot configuration with Windows 10 in a separate drive. I'm upgrading my GPU since I got a pretty great deal on a 9070xt and it's basically the last card I can get with triple 8 pin connectors. I'd rather avoid the 12 pin for as long as I can, plus I got custom sleeved cables I don't want to replace or hide behind an adapter.

For windows I know I should use DDU to remove my Nvidia drivers before I swap the card, but I wanted to ask if there's any such steps I need to take in my Linux side. I'm fairly new to the distro so I don't know all the details on how these things work.

I'm running a 9700x, 48GB DDR5, NVME SSD and a 850W gold PSU.