Ubuntu MATE lead Martin Wimpress steps down and seeks a successor after 12 years The future of Ubuntu MATE is uncertain as its founder steps away. With no LTS release planned for 2026, the project needs new contributors to survive.

The future of Ubuntu MATE is uncertain as its founder steps away. With no LTS release planned for 2026, the project needs new contributors to survive. #UbuntuMATE #Linux #Ubuntu

Add-On Firefox looks decent enough on Ubuntu, right? But it doesn’t look very colourful by default, which is why many of us turn to add-ons and themes to — one I was tipped to recently is certainly…

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What Is New in APT 3.1 on Ubuntu 26.04 Learn what is new in APT 3.1 on Ubuntu 26.04 including solver3 default, apt why command, repository filtering, and key migration notes.

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Firefox Colour Theme Adapt Add-On Firefox looks decent enough on Ubuntu, right? But it doesn’t look very colourful by default, which is where add-ons and themes come in — one I was tipped to recently is certainly eye-catching. And…

[OMG! Ubuntu] Firefox Colour Theme Adapt Add-On

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Ubuntu MATE's founder is stepping back after 12 years - OMG! Ubuntu Ubuntu MATE is looking for a new maintainer, with current project lead Martin Wimpress revealing he no longer has the 'passion' for the project he once

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Windows users can now get Ubuntu Pro for free Turn your home PC into a pro Linux workstation.

[How-to Geek] Windows users can now get Ubuntu Pro for free

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Security updates for Thursday Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (expat and libxml2), Debian (openvpn and webkit2gtk), Fedora (gi-loadouts, kf6-kcoreaddons, kf6-kguiaddons, kf6-kjobwidgets, kf6-knotifications,…

[LWN.net] Security updates for Thursday

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Good News! Canonical Plans to Rebuild Ubuntu Wiki From Scratch Current wiki to be decommissioned in August 2026 due to content quality, security and usability concerns.

[It's FOSS] Good News! Canonical Plans to Rebuild Ubuntu Wiki From Scratch

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FOSS Weekly #25.49: Kernel 6.18 'LTS', Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Linus Torvalds on BSOD, Obsidian Distro and More Linux Stuff And we enter the Christmas month.

[It's FOSS] FOSS Weekly #25.49: Kernel 6.18 'LTS', Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Linus Torvalds on BSOD, Obsidian Distro and More Linux Stuff

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Ubuntu Pro Now Available for Windows (on WSL, Obvs) Canonical announce Ubuntu Pro for WSL, bringing extended security coverage to users running Linux on Windows. As on desktop, it's free for personal use.

[OMG! Ubuntu] Ubuntu Pro Now Available for Windows (on WSL, Obvs)

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Complete APT Package Management Guide for Ubuntu 26.04 ... Read more The post Complete APT Package Management Guide for Ubuntu 26.04 appeared first on LinuxConfig .

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Security updates for Wednesday Security updates have been issued by Debian (containerd, mako, and xen), Fedora (forgejo, nextcloud, openbao, rclone, restic, and tigervnc), Oracle (firefox, kernel, libtiff, libxml2, and…

[LWN.net] Security updates for Wednesday

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I stopped guessing why my Linux PC was slow and used one command to find out Your boot isn't slow for no reason, it just hasn't told you why yet My Linux PC wasn't broken . It just had ...

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How to Install BeAdmin Control Panel on Ubuntu VPS This article demonstrates how to install BeAdmin control panel on Ubuntu VPS. What is BeAdmin Control Panel? BeAdmin Control Panel is a web-based ...

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Canonical Now Offering Ubuntu Pro For WSL Evidently Canonical has been pretty pleased with the uptake of Ubuntu on Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) within enterprise/corporate environments as they are now offering Ubuntu Pro…

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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 time). Wimpress created Ubuntu MATE back in 201...

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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. ↩︎

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Security updates for Tuesday Security updates have been issued by Fedora (gnutls, libpng, mingw-python3, python-spotipy, source-to-image, unbound, and webkitgtk), Mageia (libpng), SUSE (bash-git-prompt, gitea-tea,…

[LWN.net] Security updates for Tuesday

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Linux Mint 22.3 Codenamed “Zena”, Planned for Christmas 2025 Linux Mint 22.3 distribution was announced as “Zena”, based on the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS operating system series and Linux kernel 6.14.

[9to5Linux] Linux Mint 22.3 Codenamed “Zena”, Planned for Christmas 2025

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Ubuntu Touch OTA-1.1 Rolls Out with VoLTE Support for Fairphone 4, Volla Phone 22 Ubuntu Touch OTA 1.1 update is now rolling out with VoLTE support for Fairphone 4 and Volla Phone 22 devices, as well as other improvements and bug fixes.

[9to5Linux] Ubuntu Touch OTA-1.1 Rolls Out with VoLTE Support for Fairphone 4, Volla Phone 22

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AI Is Being Used To Help Modernize The Ubuntu Error Tracker While some Linux distributions have begun establishing AI policies, we haven't seen any communicated from the Ubuntu camp yet but will apparently be permitted at least for project infrastructure. AI…

[Phoronix] AI Is Being Used To Help Modernize The Ubuntu Error Tracker

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Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.1 and 20.04 OTA-11 Bring VoLTE Expansion UBports releases Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.1 and OTA-11 with key fixes for notifications, media scanning, Wi-Fi hotspot issues, and security.

[Linuxiac] Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.1 and 20.04 OTA-11 Bring VoLTE Expansion

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Security updates for Monday Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (bind9.18, cups, gimp, ipa, kernel, libssh, mingw-expat, openssl, pcs, sssd, tigervnc, and valkey), Debian (gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect,…

[LWN.net] Security updates for Monday

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Ubuntu was my first distro—here's why we went our separate ways We just don't see eye to eye anymore. I once used Ubuntu and followed its development with extreme excitement, like a kid w...

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Ubuntu was my first distro—here's why we went our separate ways We just don't see eye to eye anymore. I once used Ubuntu and followed its development with extreme excitement, like a kid w...

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Ubuntu 26.04 ベータ デスクトップのスクリーンショット

#Ubuntu 26.04 Beta インストールお試し中。
VirtualBoxとかに入れてもつまらないので、ポータブルSSDに入れて、実機で使ってみている。
kernelはLinux Ubuntu26.04 7.0.0-10-generic。

日本語入力も iBus-Mozcで可能。
早速 Firefoxでちょっと応答が止まったり、iBusの挙動が怪しかったりしたが、わりと普通に使えてる(これも Ubuntu26.04から投稿)。
新規のリソースモニタが良い。CPU・GPUだけじゃなく、NPUも表示してる。

Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 48 (Nov 24 – 30, 2025) Catch up on the latest Linux news: EndeavourOS Ganymede, Solus 4.8, CachyOS, Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0, Wine 10.20, Tmux 3.6, Redis 8.4, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS roadmap, KDE Plasma 6.8 will go fully Wayland,…

[Linuxiac] Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 48 (Nov 24 – 30, 2025)

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