Right on schedule the beta for [1]Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is now available for testing. This is a great opportunity to help test this release ahead of the official Long Term Support release due out on 23 April.

The Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon" was released this evening with the latest packages, including the still-in-development Linux 7.0, kernel, the latest GNOME 50.0 desktop components by default, the fresh Mesa 26.0 graphics drivers, Python 3.14, GCC 15.2, and a wealth of other software updates since Ubuntu 25.10 last October.

Ubuntu 26.04 Beta is available for editions such as Ubuntu Desktop, Server, WSL, and Cloud products, but also the Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Unity, and Xubuntu flavors.

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Downloads and more details on Ubuntu 26.04 Beta via the [3]mailing list announcement .

More Ubuntu 26.04 benchmarks are continuing at Phoronix.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Ubuntu+26.04

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=ubuntu_2604_beta_lrg

[3] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2026-March/000322.html