静岡県職員向けのDX研修で変革推進人材を育成するLTSの取り組み 株式会社エル・ティー・エスは静岡県の職員向けにDX推進を目指す人材育成研修を実施。若手職員を対象に段階的にスキルを磨き、ビジネスアーキテクトとしての実践力を向上させます。

静岡県職員向けのDX研修で変革推進人材を育成するLTSの取り組み #LTS #DX研修 #静岡県職員

株式会社エル・ティー・エスは静岡県の職員向けにDX推進を目指す人材育成研修を実施。若手職員を対象に段階的にスキルを磨き、ビジネスアーキテクトとしての実践力を向上させます。

LTS Launches DX Training Program for Shizuoka Prefecture's Young and Mid-Career Staff LTS has started a pioneering DX training program aimed at cultivating digital transformation leaders among Shizuoka Prefecture’s staff, shaping the future of effective public service.

LTS Launches DX Training Program for Shizuoka Prefecture's Young and Mid-Career Staff #Japan #Digital_Transformation #Shizuoka #LTS

静岡県のDX推進リーダー育成研修が地域の未来を切り拓く 静岡県が行うDX推進リーダー育成プログラムの研修内容と意義について紹介します。デジタル化が進む中、地域の課題解決人材の育成が進展中です。

静岡県のDX推進リーダー育成研修が地域の未来を切り拓く #静岡県 #LTS #デジタル時代

静岡県が行うDX推進リーダー育成プログラムの研修内容と意義について紹介します。デジタル化が進む中、地域の課題解決人材の育成が進展中です。

静岡県職員向けのDX研修が新たな人材育成モデルを構築 株式会社LTSが静岡県にてDX推進リーダー育成プログラムを実施。若手職員の変革実践力を高める取り組みを強化しています。

静岡県職員向けのDX研修が新たな人材育成モデルを構築 #静岡県 #人材育成 #DX研修 #LTS

株式会社LTSが静岡県にてDX推進リーダー育成プログラムを実施。若手職員の変革実践力を高める取り組みを強化しています。

**If you’re used to accessing your Google Drive in the _Nautilus_ file manager, a heads-up that the feature is no longer available in GNOME 50, which is the desktop version the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS uses.** While _GNOME_ _Online Accounts_ (GOA) integration continues to allow you to sign in to your Google account to enable supported apps to access your contacts, mail and calendar data securely, the toggle to give access to files is now gone. It’s that toggle that allows you to remotely mount your Google Drive in _Nautilus’_ sidebar. The Ubuntu 26.04 LTS beta may show a _Files_ toggle, but the feature itself won’t work. If you try to open your Google Drive in Nautilus after enabling it via GOA, you will see an “Unable to access…” account error. A set of package updates for GOA are rolling out to Ubuntu 26.04 development builds which disable the toggle. ### Why does GNOME 50 doesn’t support Google Drive GNOME developer Emmanuele Bassi has confirmed the feature is “no longer supported” on the GNOME Discourse forum, and explains why. GNOME’s Google Drive access relies on `libgdata`, a library that acts as a communication bridge between GNOME apps and Google APIs. But it’s had no active maintainer for nearly four years. In December 2022, GNOME’s Michael Catanzaro posted a public call for volunteers to take over the maintenance of libgdata. In his call he warned that, if nobody did, integrations that rely on it may eventually stop working. Nobody stepped up. GVFS, the virtual filesystem layer that gives GNOME apps (like _Nautilus_) access to remote storage backends (like Google Drive), dropped its libgdata dependency last year, noting it’s “unmaintained and the only thing keeping `libsoup2` in GNOME”. And libsoup2? Unmaintained, and full of security vulnerabilities. ### Alternative approaches are available Feature still works in older versions, like on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS If you plan on upgrading to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, it’s worth being aware of this deprecation. With no native Google Drive app for Linux, integrations like this have been ‘the next best thing’, especially being available in GNOME directly. Bassi did suggest those who wish to restore Google Drive functionality in a future update should reach out to the GVFS maintainer, but Catanzaro has said this would require a fork of libgdata as the project has now been archived. Alternatives methods for accessing Google Drive on Linux exist, the most popular of which is `rclone`. This also mounts Google Drive as a local filesystem. You can install that from the Ubuntu repositories, and it doesn’t GOA Google Drive Nautilus integration continues to work on earlier versions of GNOME, e.g., on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The feature removal only affects GNOME 50, e.g., Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS no longer offers Google Drive access in Nautilus If you’re used to accessing your Google Drive in the Nautilus file manager sidebar, a heads-up that the feature no longer works i...

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**If you’re used to accessing your Google Drive in the _Nautilus_ file manager, a heads-up that the feature is no longer available in GNOME 50, which is the desktop version the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS uses.** While _GNOME_ _Online Accounts_ (GOA) integration continues to allow you to sign in to your Google account to enable supported apps to access your contacts, mail and calendar data securely, the toggle to give access to files is now gone. It’s that toggle that allows you to remotely mount your Google Drive in _Nautilus’_ sidebar. The Ubuntu 26.04 LTS beta may show a _Files_ toggle, but the feature itself won’t work. If you try to open your Google Drive in Nautilus after enabling it via GOA, you will see an “Unable to access…” account error. A set of package updates for GOA are rolling out to Ubuntu 26.04 development builds which disable the toggle. ### Why does GNOME 50 doesn’t support Google Drive GNOME developer Emmanuele Bassi has confirmed the feature is “no longer supported” on the GNOME Discourse forum, and explains why. GNOME’s Google Drive access relies on `libgdata`, a library that acts as a communication bridge between GNOME apps and Google APIs. But it’s had no active maintainer for nearly four years. In December 2022, GNOME’s Michael Catanzaro posted a public call for volunteers to take over the maintenance of libgdata. In his call he warned that, if nobody did, integrations that rely on it may eventually stop working. Nobody stepped up. GVFS, the virtual filesystem layer that gives GNOME apps (like _Nautilus_) access to remote storage backends (like Google Drive), dropped its libgdata dependency last year, noting it’s “unmaintained and the only thing keeping `libsoup2` in GNOME”. And libsoup2? Unmaintained, and full of security vulnerabilities. ### Alternative approaches are available Feature still works in older versions, like on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS If you plan on upgrading to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, it’s worth being aware of this deprecation. With no native Google Drive app for Linux, integrations like this have been ‘the next best thing’, especially being available in GNOME directly. Bassi did suggest those who wish to restore Google Drive functionality in a future update should reach out to the GVFS maintainer, but Catanzaro has said this would require a fork of libgdata as the project has now been archived. Alternatives methods for accessing Google Drive on Linux exist, the most popular of which is `rclone`. This also mounts Google Drive as a local filesystem. You can install that from the Ubuntu repositories, and it doesn’t GOA Google Drive Nautilus integration continues to work on earlier versions of GNOME, e.g., on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The feature removal only affects GNOME 50, e.g., Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.

GNOME 50 dropped support for accessing Google Drive files If you’re used to accessing your Google Drive in the Nautilus file manager, a heads-up that the feature is no longer available in GNOME 5...

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GNOME 50 dropped support for accessing Google Drive files If you’re used to accessing your Google Drive in the Nautilus file manager, a heads-up that the feature is no longer available in GNOME 5...

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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS излиза следващия месец, но има сериозни основания изцяло да се откажете от нея Изминаха почти две ...

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Ubuntu MATE’s founder is stepping back after 12 years Ubuntu MATE is looking for a new maintainer, with current project lead Martin Wimpress revealing he no longer has the ‘passion’ for the p...

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Ubuntu MATE is looking for new maintainer Ubuntu MATE is looking for new a maintainer, as project lead Martin Wimpress says he no longer has the ‘passion’ for the project he once had (nor the t...

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**Ubuntu MATE is looking for new a maintainer, as project lead Martin Wimpress says he no longer has the ‘passion’ for the project he once had (nor the time).** Wimpress created Ubuntu MATE back in 2014, pairing Ubuntu with the traditional MATE desktop created as fork of the old GNOME 2 codebase (now very much its own thing). Ubuntu MATE was made an _official_ Ubuntu flavour in 2015, and its first _official_ long-term support (LTS) release arrived the following year – but there won’t be an Ubuntu MATE 26.04 LTS release as it did not apply for LTS qualification1. A non-LTS will be released and, arguably, the practical differences of that for fans of the distro will depend on what they expect: the desktop will work and receive underlying updates for the duration of the LTS cycle, but not the MATE packages themselves. _“As another development cycle passes, I find myself lacking the time I once had to work on Ubuntu MATE. And, to be frank, I don’t have the passion for the project that I once had. When I have time to tinker, my interests are elsewhere”,_ Wimpress writes. _“With that in mind, I’m interested in handing over the reins to contributors who do have the time and energy to work on Ubuntu MATE”._ Ubuntu MATE is not the only Ubuntu flavour to be low on contributors. Lubuntu, per its devs, is ‘effectively in maintenance mode’, while Ubuntu Unity is bootstrapping under new leadership following the departure of its creator. Unlike the regular version of Ubuntu, its flavours are run by volunteers who work, largely, for free, fuelled by nothing than motivation. A lack of contributors is something a lot of free software projects suffer from – alas, demands and grumbles from their users is not. Maintaining an Ubuntu flavour takes a lot. It’s not just the “fun” aspect of curating packages and applying some themes. There’s upstream code to track, test and package; Ubuntu’s quality standards to maintain; cross-flavour meeting and schedules, and a degree of development expertise needed to identify, fix and triage bugs in a timely fashion, and pay due diligence to security. And that’s before you add in documentation, translations, the occasional bit of politics and inter-team management, and needing to keep your flavour’s community of users engaged and involved. There’s a saying about ‘seeing how the sausage gets made’ – in this case, how the flavour is added. Anyone who thinks they have the time, passion and skills (experience in maintaining packages in the Ubuntu archive is not something blind hope and a Claude Pro subscription can cover) can reach out to Martin Wimpress to get involved. Let’s hope Ubuntu MATE has plenty of friends (I know it’s a drink so the simile doesn’t work) who can step in to keep the friendly green flavour strong (better?) 1. The nature of LTS is in the name, and while flavours only commit to 3 years of timely fixes for their LTS users, it’s not a commitment they can or should make idly. Wimpress has done the right thing by the flavour’s users in not seeking (re)qualification. ↩︎

Ubuntu MATE is looking for new maintainer Ubuntu MATE is looking for new a maintainer, as project lead Martin Wimpress says he no longer has the ‘passion’ for the project he once had (nor the t...

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Ubuntu MATE’s founder is stepping back after 12 years Ubuntu MATE is looking for a new maintainer, with current project lead Martin Wimpress revealing he no longer has the ‘passion’ for the p...

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patrick star from spongebob squarepants is meditating on a rock with the word relax below him ALT: patrick star from spongebob squarepants is meditating on a rock with the word relax below him

Oh boy, oh boy, going through two shows with that same gross hypocrite argument in the same week is making me lose my mind, I need to chill… #LTs

You wanna be shallow ass mfers about this? Perfect, let’s go: here’s two similar examples (2 shows/similar pairings) of the age gap between the OW/YM being harder to see than the OM/YW pairing.

Yet y’all think the latter is more "normal" than the other? Please… #LTs

La versione beta di **Ubuntu 26.04 LTS** , nome in codice **“Resolute Raccoon”** , è **ufficialmente disponibile per il download e il testing**. Questa release segna una tappa fondamentale verso il rilascio della versione stabile, previsto per il **23 aprile 2026**. Trattandosi di una versione Long-Term Support (LTS), Ubuntu 26.04 riceverà aggiornamenti di sicurezza e correzioni critiche per cinque anni, fino ad **aprile 2031** , con la possibilità di estendere il supporto a dieci anni tramite un abbonamento Ubuntu Pro. ### Le principali novità tecnologiche Il cuore di “Resolute Raccoon” è caratterizzato da aggiornamenti significativi dei componenti core: * **Kernel Linux 7.0:** Introduce un supporto hardware esteso e nuove funzionalità di sistema. * **GNOME 50:** L’ambiente desktop si aggiorna portando con sé novità come il supporto per il Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), uno scaling migliorato per le app X11 legacy e nuovi controlli parentali. * **Grafica e Driver:** Sono inclusi i driver **Mesa 26** e le versioni più recenti dei driver NVIDIA (serie 590), insieme a pacchetti ottimizzati per carichi di lavoro AI come AMD ROCm e NVIDIA CUDA. ### Nuove Applicazioni e Restyling Visivo Ubuntu 26.04 introduce due nuove applicazioni predefinite per migliorare l’esperienza utente: 1. _**Resources**_ : Una nuova utility di monitoraggio del sistema che sostituisce i vecchi strumenti. 2. _**Showtime**_ : Un moderno lettore video, incluso nell’opzione di “installazione estesa”. Dal punto di vista estetico, gli utenti noteranno un set di **icone delle cartelle più colorate** , un **Ubuntu Dock non più trasparente** e una nuova animazione durante lo startup del sistema. Anche il tema Yaru è stato aggiornato con testi dell’interfaccia più marcati. ### Cambiamenti Sotto il Cofano Una delle modifiche più rilevanti riguarda la gestione dei pacchetti firmware del kernel, che sono stati suddivisi in **17 pacchetti specifici per produttore** anziché un unico pacchetto mastodontico; questo permette di risparmiare spazio su disco rimuovendo i driver per l’hardware non posseduto. Inoltre, l’utility “Software & Updates” non è più preinstallata, poiché la gestione dei pacchetti DEB è ora integrata direttamente nell’**App Center** (sperando che questa volta funzioni bene). Un’altra modifica importante riguarda la sicurezza: il sistema ora fornisce un feedback visivo (asterischi) quando si digita la password nel terminale tramite `sudo`. È importante notare che **GNOME ha rimosso il supporto per le sessioni X11/Xorg** native. ### Avvertenze per il Testing Essendo una versione **Beta** , “Resolute Raccoon” non è destinata all’uso quotidiano su macchine di produzione. I tester hanno già segnalato alcuni **bug** , tra cui problemi di spaziatura nella griglia delle icone delle app e crash improvvisi del Visualizzatore Documenti (_Papers_) quando si utilizzano i nuovi strumenti di annotazione. Se state utilizzando Ubuntu 24.04 LTS o 25.10, potrete aggiornare alla versione stabile di 26.04 una volta rilasciata, seguendo i canali ufficiali di aggiornamento. Se scegliete di installare la beta ora, potrete passare alla versione finale semplicemente installando i normali aggiornamenti software man mano che vengono rilasciati.

#Ubuntu #26.04 #LTS "Resolute Raccoon" #Beta : Tutte le novità della prossima #release - #Marco'sBox

#uno #opensource @sicurezza @diggita

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LTSがガイドブック『徹底解剖！総合コンサルティングファーム就職・転職ガイド』に掲載 LTSが『徹底解剖！総合コンサルティングファーム就職・転職ガイド』に特集されました！代表の樺島社長のインタビューが掲載され、LTSの独自性と文化に迫っています。

LTSがガイドブック『徹底解剖！総合コンサルティングファーム就職・転職ガイド』に掲載 #LTS #コンサルティング #樺島弘明

LTSが『徹底解剖！総合コンサルティングファーム就職・転職ガイド』に特集されました！代表の樺島社長のインタビューが掲載され、LTSの独自性と文化に迫っています。

LTS特集！ コンサルティングファーム就職ガイドに掲載 LTSが新刊『徹底解剖！ 総合コンサルティングファーム就職・転職ガイド』に掲載され、その独自の存在感や文化が紹介されています。

LTS特集！ コンサルティングファーム就職ガイドに掲載 #コンサルティング #ガイドブック #LTS

LTSが新刊『徹底解剖！ 総合コンサルティングファーム就職・転職ガイド』に掲載され、その独自の存在感や文化が紹介されています。

Ubuntu 26.04 Beta is now available to download The beta release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is now available to download, a month ahead a planned stable release on 23 April, 2026. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS runs on ...

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**The beta release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is now available to download, a month ahead a planned stable release on 23 April, 2026.** Ubuntu 26.04 LTS runs on the latest release candidate of Linux kernel 7.0 (yet to be released), includes the new GNOME 50 desktop release and adds a couple of new default apps, including a new system monitoring utility (_Resources_). Visual changes introduced include a set of colourful new folder icons, a fully opaque Ubuntu Dock, a new default wallpaper and, albeit a little harder to spit, a new boot spinner animation during system startup. On the backend, kernel firmware packages have been split-out from one super-sized package to a set of 17 vendor-specific ones. This will reduce the amount of bandwidth updates required going forward (and let you free up disk space by removing drivers for hardware you don’t own). A fleet of new packages are now available to install from the Ubuntu archives, including AMD ROCm and NVIDIA CUDA packages and tools for AI workloads, and OpenJDK 25 is the new default (older versions remain available). A top level overview of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: * **Linux kernel 7.0** –**** Next major kernel release * **New GPU drivers** – NVIDIA 590 & Mesa 26.0.2 * **New apps** – _Resources_ system monitor & _Showtime_ video player1 * **GNOME 50** – VRR, legacy X11 app scaling and new parental controls2 * **Web & Snap app search in Overview** – Can be disabled * **Nautilus** – Fast thumbnail loading, case-insensitive path completion * **Security Center** – Ubuntu Pro settings, TPM PIN changing * **App Center** – DEB package management + more * **Settings** – Ubuntu Telemetry panel * **Yaru theme update** – New folder icons, new boot spinner, bolder UI text * **Ubuntu Dock** – No longer transparent * **Software & Updates** – No longer preinstalled Under-the-hood changes: * **Password feedback in**`sudo` – asterisks shown when typing password * **TPM/FDE** – firmware update prompt if recovery key needed after reboot * **Ubuntu Insights** – report generated during OS upgrades (Desktop, WSL) * **Apt** – expanded bash-completion, `why`/`why-not` + more Obviously, there’s plenty more to ‘Resolute Raccoon’ release besides this. I’ll get a full run-through of what’s new in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS promptly, with more detail and (obviously) lots more screenshots. As this is a beta, nothing is fixed or final, and further refinements or new features may yet follow. Plus, the changes above are only new since 25.10. If you’re coming from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, you get a cumulative rollup of all the cool new things added in Ubuntu 24.10, 25.04 and 25.10 – new apps, system tools and foundational capabilities. ### Should I try the Ubuntu 26.04 Beta? Beta builds are not intended for daily use, or to be relied upon. Though they are more stable than a daily build, they’re not deemed ready for prime-time use. If the idea of bugs and crash dialogs makes you wince, wait for the stable release. If you intended on making an upgrade from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, be aware Ubuntu lacks an X11/Xorg desktop session as GNOME dropped support for running on one. Legacy apps aren’t affected, as they run on Wayland via Xwayland. If having access to a full X11/Xorg display server is non-negotiable, you may wish to switch to using a different flavour (e.g., Lubuntu, which still uses X11 for 26.04 LTS). ## Download Ubuntu 26.04 Beta You can download Ubuntu 26.04 from the Ubuntu release server for Intel/AMD 64-bit PCs. A generic ARM image (may not work on all devices) and a preinstalled image for Raspberry Pi devices is also available (Pi build runs better than ever, in my hands-on). If you do choose to install this release, you can upgrade to the final, stable release from Ubuntu 25.10 beta to the stable release is easy: install software updates as they come. By 23 April 2026, you’ll have the same core experience as if you’d performed a fresh install. Prefer Ubuntu with a different flavour? Beta builds of Ubuntu flavours are available for testing too, including Lubuntu 26.04 with LXQt 2.3.0, Xubuntu 26.04 with Xfce 4.20.1 and Kubuntu 26.04 with KDE Plasma 6.6. **Share your thoughts on this beta and its features down in the comments.** 1. _Showtime_ is only installed by default when choosing the ‘extended selection’ option in the OS installer. Everyone gets _Resources_ by default. If you later want Showtime, install it from App Center or via apt `sudo apt install showtime`. ↩︎ 2. Accessing parental controls requires installing the `malcontent-gui` package. ↩︎

Ubuntu 26.04 Beta is now available to download The beta release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ‘Resolute Raccoon’ is now available to download, a month ahead its planned stable release on 23 April, 2026. ...

#News #Ubuntu #26.04 #LTS

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**The beta release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is now available to download, a month ahead a planned stable release on 23 April, 2026.** Ubuntu 26.04 LTS runs on the latest release candidate of Linux kernel 7.0 (yet to be released), includes the new GNOME 50 desktop release and adds a couple of new default apps, including a new system monitoring utility (_Resources_). Visual changes introduced include a set of colourful new folder icons, a fully opaque Ubuntu Dock, a new default wallpaper and, albeit a little harder to spit, a new boot spinner animation during system startup. On the backend, kernel firmware packages have been split-out from one super-sized package to a set of 17 vendor-specific ones. This will reduce the amount of bandwidth updates required going forward (and let you free up disk space by removing drivers for hardware you don’t own). A fleet of new packages are now available to install from the Ubuntu archives, including AMD ROCm and NVIDIA CUDA packages and tools for AI workloads, and OpenJDK 25 is the new default (older versions remain available). A top level overview of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: * **Linux kernel 7.0** –**** Next major kernel release * **New GPU drivers** – NVIDIA 590 & Mesa 26.0.2 * **New apps** – _Resources_ system monitor & _Showtime_ video player1 * **GNOME 50** – VRR, legacy X11 app scaling and new parental controls2 * **Web & Snap app search in Overview** – Can be disabled * **Nautilus** – Fast thumbnail loading, case-insensitive path completion * **Security Center** – Ubuntu Pro settings, TPM PIN changing * **App Center** – DEB package management + more * **Settings** – Ubuntu Telemetry panel * **Yaru theme update** – New folder icons, new boot spinner, bolder UI text * **Ubuntu Dock** – No longer transparent * **Software & Updates** – No longer preinstalled Under-the-hood changes: * **Password feedback in**`sudo` – asterisks shown when typing password * **TPM/FDE** – firmware update prompt if recovery key needed after reboot * **Ubuntu Insights** – report generated during OS upgrades (Desktop, WSL) * **Apt** – expanded bash-completion, `why`/`why-not` + more Obviously, there’s plenty more to ‘Resolute Raccoon’ release besides this. I’ll get a full run-through of what’s new in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS promptly, with more detail and (obviously) lots more screenshots. As this is a beta, nothing is fixed or final, and further refinements or new features may yet follow. Plus, the changes above are only new since 25.10. If you’re coming from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, you get a cumulative rollup of all the cool new things added in Ubuntu 24.10, 25.04 and 25.10 – new apps, system tools and foundational capabilities. ### Should I try the Ubuntu 26.04 Beta? Beta builds are not intended for daily use, or to be relied upon. Though they are more stable than a daily build, they’re not deemed ready for prime-time use. If the idea of bugs and crash dialogs makes you wince, wait for the stable release. If you intended on making an upgrade from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, be aware Ubuntu lacks an X11/Xorg desktop session as GNOME dropped support for running on one. Legacy apps aren’t affected, as they run on Wayland via Xwayland. If having access to a full X11/Xorg display server is non-negotiable, you may wish to switch to using a different flavour (e.g., Lubuntu, which still uses X11 for 26.04 LTS). ## Download Ubuntu 26.04 Beta You can download Ubuntu 26.04 from the Ubuntu release server for Intel/AMD 64-bit PCs. A generic ARM image (may not work on all devices) and a preinstalled image for Raspberry Pi devices is also available (Pi build runs better than ever, in my hands-on). If you do choose to install this release, you can upgrade to the final, stable release from Ubuntu 25.10 beta to the stable release is easy: install software updates as they come. By 23 April 2026, you’ll have the same core experience as if you’d performed a fresh install. Prefer Ubuntu with a different flavour? Beta builds of Ubuntu flavours are available for testing too, including Lubuntu 26.04 with LXQt 2.3.0, Xubuntu 26.04 with Xfce 4.20.1 and Kubuntu 26.04 with KDE Plasma 6.6. **Share your thoughts on this beta and its features down in the comments.** 1. _Showtime_ is only installed by default when choosing the ‘extended selection’ option in the OS installer. Everyone gets _Resources_ by default. If you later want Showtime, install it from App Center or via apt `sudo apt install showtime`. ↩︎ 2. Accessing parental controls requires installing the `malcontent-gui` package. ↩︎

Ubuntu 26.04 Beta is now available to download The beta release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is now available to download, a month ahead a planned stable release on 23 April, 2026. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS runs on ...

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Long Term Support Channel Update for ChromeOS A new LTC version 144.0.7559.247 (Platform Version: 16503.79.0 ), is being rolled out for most ChromeOS devices. If you have devices in t...

Long Term Support Channel Update for ChromeOS A new LTC version 144.0.7559.247 (Platform Version: 16503.79.0 ), is being rolled out for most ChromeOS devices. If you have devices in the LTC cha...

#ChromeOS #ChromeOS #Flex #LTS

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Ubuntu’s App Center now lets you manage Deb packages Ubuntu’s App Center software tool makes it easier to manage and update Deb software in its latest update – and nets a few extra options fo...

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**Ubuntu’s _App Center_ software tool makes it easier to manage and update Deb software in its latest update – and nets a few extra options for snaps, too.** The changes are part of Canonical’s aim to make _App Center_ the epicentre (I’m sorry) for software management on Ubuntu, both Snap and Debian-based packages (might it one day support Flatpak too? Nothing to stop someone contributing the code to find out…). A recent update to _App Center_ in Ubuntu 26.04 adds support for seeing and managing Debian packages installed from the Ubuntu repos, using using PackageKit and Appstream on the backend. Previously only snaps were listed. Now, Deb apps appear alongside them: Deb package management in App Center This addition plugs a gap in modern Ubuntu’s software management since the distro swapped its fork of GNOME Software (_Software Center_) for its custom App Center, written in Flutter and Dart. App Center already lets you search for and install Deb apps from the Ubuntu archives directly, but to ‘remove’ them graphically you needed to go to the listing page. There was no way to see a list of installed Deb packages directly. Now there is. Open _App Center_ and go the _Manage_ section and you’ll find a newly expanded row of options beneath the ‘Installed apps’ heading. You’ll see a mix of debs and snaps by default, but can use the _Package type_ dropdown to only view snaps or Debs specifically. You can also sort Debs (like snaps) by most/least recently updated, size or installed. ### Snap revert option on app listings App Center sees some minor changes to snap listing layouts Other changes in _App Center_ ahead of 26.04 LTS – changes which may be available to users on earlier versions of Ubuntu as well – include rigged Snap app listings. On installed snaps, an ‘open’ button is shown on the listing page itself, and a ‘revert’ option added to the drop down. A merge request is open to add support for purging app data when uninstalling snaps through the App Center. This would be welcome. A backup of app data is taken and retains when you uninstall a snap, in case you re-install it later – acting as a well-meaning cruft accumulation service. Giving users the ability to say “no, really; I want expunged”, would free up disk space. ### App Center apathy Do these changes make _App Center_ better? Certainly. Canonical’s aim of consolidating the disparate ways we can manage software on Ubuntu is a noble one, and makes the distro more coherent to those used to mobile app stores than Linux package manager. However, if this is to become the primary way to manage and update all sorts of software, I do hope more attention goes into the design. Flutter is not GTK, but if it’s trying to look like it belongs on the Ubuntu desktop, tackling the visual inconsistencies would be a good start. —and the app remains stubbornly inflexible at resizing. It can shrink to a degree, but not fully – it won’t ‘snap’ neatly to either side of my display: window controls trail off screen if it’s on the right, or overlap with the other snapped window if on the left. It has been said that usability is a feature too.

Ubuntu’s App Center now lets you manage Deb packages Ubuntu’s App Center software tool makes it easier to manage and update Deb software in its latest update – and nets a few extra options fo...

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**Ubuntu’s _App Center_ software tool makes it easier to manage and update Deb software in its latest update – and nets a few extra options for snaps, too.** The changes are part of Canonical’s aim to make _App Center_ the epicentre (I’m sorry) for software management on Ubuntu, both Snap and Debian-based packages (might it one day support Flatpak too? Nothing to stop someone contributing the code to find out…). A recent update to _App Center_ in Ubuntu 26.04 adds support for seeing and managing Debian packages installed from the Ubuntu repos, using using PackageKit and Appstream on the backend. Previously only snaps were listed. Now, Deb apps appear alongside them: Deb package management in App Center This addition plugs a gap in modern Ubuntu’s software management since the distro swapped its fork of GNOME Software (_Software Center_) for its custom App Center, written in Flutter and Dart. App Center already lets you search for and install Deb apps from the Ubuntu archives directly, but to ‘remove’ them graphically you needed to go to the listing page. There was no way to see a list of installed Deb packages directly. Now there is. Open _App Center_ and go the _Manage_ section and you’ll find a newly expanded row of options beneath the ‘Installed apps’ heading. You’ll see a mix of debs and snaps by default, but can use the _Package type_ dropdown to only view snaps or Debs specifically. You can also sort Debs (like snaps) by most/least recently updated, size or installed. ### Snap revert option on app listings App Center sees some minor changes to snap listing layouts Other changes in _App Center_ ahead of 26.04 LTS – changes which may be available to users on earlier versions of Ubuntu as well – include rigged Snap app listings. On installed snaps, an ‘open’ button is shown on the listing page itself, and a ‘revert’ option added to the drop down. A merge request is open to add support for purging app data when uninstalling snaps through the App Center. This would be welcome. A backup of app data is taken and retains when you uninstall a snap, in case you re-install it later – acting as a well-meaning cruft accumulation service. Giving users the ability to say “no, really; I want expunged”, would free up disk space. ### App Center apathy Do these changes make _App Center_ better? Certainly. Canonical’s aim of consolidating the disparate ways we can manage software on Ubuntu is a noble one, and makes the distro more coherent to those used to mobile app stores than Linux package manager. However, if this is to become the primary way to manage and update all sorts of software, I do hope more attention goes into the design. Flutter is not GTK, but if it’s trying to look like it belongs on the Ubuntu desktop, tackling the visual inconsistencies would be a good start. —and the app remains stubbornly inflexible at resizing. It can shrink to a degree, but not fully – it won’t ‘snap’ neatly to either side of my display: window controls trail off screen if it’s on the right, or overlap with the other snapped window if on the left. It has been said that usability is a feature too.

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Ubuntu’s Security Center app adds Ubuntu Pro settings Enabling Ubuntu Pro on Ubuntu is getting easier, with the latest update to the distro’s desktop Security Center app adding a dedicated pane...

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Digital Innovation Talent Development Program Graduation Ceremony Held in Shizuoka LTS celebrated the graduation of 16 participants in its Digital Innovation Talent Development Program in Shizuoka, utilizing NFTs for certificates.

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Ubuntu 26.04’s new folder icons undergo another revamp The redesigned folder icons for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS have been redesigned again, albeit slightly. A big Yaru theme update hit Ubuntu 26.04 LTS l...

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**The redesigned folder icons for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS have been redesigned again, albeit slightly.** A big Yaru theme update hit Ubuntu 26.04 LTS last week, delivering a set of colourful new directory icons to development desktops (alongside other theme changes, like consistent radii and bolder text in UI elements and no dock transparency by default). It swapped Yaru’s slate folder icons for squatter, full-colour glyphs that reflect the system accent colour wholly. They also use an engraved treatment for standard XDG directories emblems, like _Music_ , _Pictures_ and _Downloads_. However, feedback on the new set indicated that the folder colour contrast wasn’t quite right, appearing too light under light and dark mode settings on the Ubuntu desktop. This contrast affected the prominence of the inset emblems placed on top. Enter a revised folder set, hashed out by the contributor of the new folder approach, Vincent Renzo Quilon (ochi12) and other Yaru design team members, in concert with Canonical’s Marco Trevisan. Contrast has been increased for all folder colours (default orange accent colour set pictured below) in both light and dark mode, and the inset pictograms made darker (most notably under dark mode versus the previous iteration): Yaru’s new folders, take 2. Better? Worse? I cheekily heading my initial look at the folder changes with a note that “you’ll have opinions” – chances are you will over the revised set as well. General consensus on the new approach (I say new; in some ways it’s switching _back_ to coloured folder icons, but the slate scheme has been in use since 2019) appears resolutely (groan) positive on the switch, even if some have felt things were a smidge light or teensy bit dark. It’s that early feedback that helped give the Yaru design team pointers on way to refine the set ahead of the stable Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release in April – which is the development process working as the development process should: responsively.

Ubuntu 26.04’s new folder icons undergo another revamp The redesigned folder icons for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS have been redesigned again, albeit slightly. A big Yaru theme update hit Ubuntu 26.04 LTS l...

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Long Term Support Channel Update for ChromeOS A new LTS-138 version 138.0.7204.307 (Platform Version: 16295.92.0), is being rolled out for most ChromeOS devices. This version include...

Long Term Support Channel Update for ChromeOS A new LTS-138 version 138.0.7204.307 (Platform Version: 16295.92.0), is being rolled out for most ChromeOS devices. This version includes selected...

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Long Term Support Channel Update for ChromeOS A new LTS-138 version 138.0.7204.307 (Platform Version: 16295.92.0), is being rolled out for most ChromeOS devices. This version include...

Long Term Support Channel Update for ChromeOS A new LTS-138 version 138.0.7204.307 (Platform Version: 16295.92.0), is being rolled out for most ChromeOS devices. This version includes selected...

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