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Announcing the winning wallpapers that will ship with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS #ResoluteRaccoon. 💬 Ask a friend – osselo 🌠 Winter Grand Triangle – mizuno-as 🧡 Simple Raccoon (Light/Dark) – cnusr25 ☕ Ubuntu Coffee Mug (Light/Dark) – ezspain The Ubuntu wallpaper competition is held for every Ubuntu release to celebrate the creativity of our community and help make our releases truly remarkable. See the full list of winning wallpapers: https://canonical.com/blog/unmasking-the-resolute-raccoon

Resolute Raccoon makes its way to your desktop. 🦝 The official Ubuntu 26.04 LTS wallpapers are here. Download our official wallpapers in various styles: https://canonical.com/blog/unmasking-the-resolute-raccoon

The mission is on! Watch closely. 🦝 Resolute Raccoon makes its move for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with clever precision and crafty resolve. Behold its pursuit: https://canonical.com/blog/unmasking-the-resolute-raccoon Ubuntu 26.04 LTS arrives on April 23, 2026.

Open source is built by maintainers. Testing is built on trust. In the latest Push to Talk | Meet the Maintainers, we sit down with Ned Batchelder (@nedbat), creator and long-time maintainer of coverage.py, to talk about the story behind one of Python’s best-known testing tools. In this episode: ➡️ How coverage.py started, and what kept it going ➡️ What code coverage can (and can’t) tell you ➡️ Why “94% measured” is a choice, not an accident Watch the video: https://youtu.be/xjWjfRVTUHo?si=-pS184L1EBzA_dmh

Take your Spring applications from development to production with confidence.

Learn how to set up your environment, manage Java packages, secure your software supply chain, optimize for production, and automate your deployment.

Read our blog to see how: https://ubuntu.com/blog/deploy-spring-application-to-production

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Thank you to all the incredible artists, photographers, and pixel wizards who shared your talent with us. ✨🦝

Now it’s your turn! Help choose which artwork will make it into the final release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS #ResoluteRaccoon.

Vote for your favorite on Discourse: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/vote-resolute-raccoon-wallpaper-competition/75838

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They say 2026 will be the year of Linux.

How are you using Linux this year? 🐧

Using AI agents like Claude Code or Copilot?

Ubuntu is designed to provide the stability and precision engineers need when working with the latest AI agents and models.

In his latest blog, Jon Seager, VP of Engineering at Canonical, explains how Ubuntu serves as a dependable foundation for AI experimentation by offering seamless hardware integration and isolation tools.

Read more about what Ubuntu has to offer in our blog: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/developing-with-ai-on-ubuntu/75299

Calling all the creative masterminds! 🎨

Ubuntu wallpaper competition for Resolute Raccoon (Ubuntu 26.04 LTS) closes on January 28th, 2026.

Bust out those paint brushes, sharpen those colored pencils, and send us your most beautifully designed wallpapers. ✨

Join now: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/resolute-raccoon-26-04-wallpaper-competition/73131

Canonical will be at #FOSDEM 2026!

Our design and documentation team is organizing a free FOSDEM Fringe event on February 02, between 09:00 and 17:00. 

Anyone who needs help with their open source work is invited!

Learn more: https://ubuntu.com/blog/design-and-documentation-clinics-at-fosdem-fringe-2026

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FOSDEM returns to Brussels in 2026, and Canonical will be there! 🤩

🗓️ Jan 31 - Feb 1 2026

Join our design and documentation teams for a free design clinic – get help with UI/UX reviews, workflow optimization, and documentation strategy support.

Interested? Register now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJLEIb5zZ3gggdIWQiB6X2asTIEJ_07CPV077blzf9YJ0HCQ/viewform

See you at FOSDEM! 👋

Our beloved trash panda isn’t hunting for food, but for the best works of art to include in their upcoming release, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. 🦝

Bust out those paint brushes and charge up those drawing tablets because it’s Ubuntu Wallpaper Competition season once again!

Submission Window closes on January 28th, 2026.

Join now: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/resolute-raccoon-26-04-wallpaper-competition/73131

Ubuntu Pro for WSL empowers developers while bringing peace of mind to IT teams.

Swipe through to discover more, and read all about it here: https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-announces-ubuntu-pro-for-wsl

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is coming this April.

Get a preview of what’s on the way. 🦝

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-26-04-lts-the-roadmap/72740

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Doors to the summit are now open! ✨

Ubuntu Summit 25.10 is happening now, live from London to wherever you are in the world.

Join us remotely as experts, builders, and engineers share exciting innovations and what’s next for open source.

Register and watch the talks live: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/register-for-ubuntu-summit-25-10/65270

#UbuntuSummit2510 #UbuntuSummit

Curious about what they’re building? Hint: 🪟🧡🌙🎥

Find out at the Ubuntu Summit!

The Summit spirit has started early: a few of our Summit speakers and contributors are in London for a hands-on hackathon - brainstorming, coding, and experimenting together.

Join Ubuntu Summit 25.10 remotely on Oct 23-24: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/register-for-ubuntu-summit-25-10/65270

#UbuntuSummit2510 #UbuntuSummit

Join us for the Unconference following the Ubuntu Summit in London or online to help solve your UX issues!

Got a confusing onboarding flow? An inaccessible interface? An unclear CLI error message? A mystery that keeps contributors away? Let’s solve it together. No lectures, just real conversations and practical fixes.

Walk away with clear steps to make your project more welcoming, usable, and contributor-friendly.

Register now to save your spot in the design clinic: http://bit.ly/4hswsrn

Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) has landed! 📍🐾

Our latest release comes with compatibility enhancements at the silicon level, accessibility upgrades, and a robust security posture that sets the stage for the next LTS.

Read more in our press release: https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka

#QuestingQuokka

The countdown is on! ⏰

Ubuntu Summit 25.10 is almost here, taking place on October 23-24, 2025. You can join in from anywhere in the world!

You’ll hear from:

• Raffaello Bonghi (NVIDIA)
• Eriol Fox (Superbloom) 
• Victoria Brekenfeld and Carl Richell (System76)

… and many more! 

Don’t miss your chance to learn from the best in open source: https://ubuntu.com/blog/the-clock-is-ticking-ubuntu-summit-25-10-is-just-around-the-corner

#UbuntuSummit #UbuntuSummit2510
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For the Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka release launching next week, our Foundations team focused on modernizing Ubuntu’s core.

• Modernizing Ubuntu’s core with Rust-based alternatives for sudo and coreutils.

• Leveling up the developer experience with the latest toolchains

• Raising the baseline for RISC-V to RVA23

To dive into these topics, read our blog here: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-25-10-foundations-edition-what-s-coming-and-what-s-next/68147

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Calling all open source musicians! 🎶

Lorenzo’s music, who performed at Ubuntu Summit 2022, is organizing a global online music streaming event, and they want you to join them!

This project is an extension of the Ubuntu Summit 25.10, scheduled to take place on October 23rd and 24th.

Fancy joining an open source jam session? Learn how you can commit to the rhythm: https://shorturl.at/HWkQ4

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Beta testers needed! 🙌

The Ubuntu Release team is pleased to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 25.10 for Desktop, Server, WSL, and Cloud.

This beta offers a snapshot of Ubuntu 25.10’s new features and improvements.

📥 Install today and start testing: https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/09/19/ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka-beta-released/

Ubuntu 25.10 #QuestingQuokka will be publicly available on Oct 9.

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🔮 Guess the release name for Ubuntu 26.04: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/guess-the-release-26-04-r/61559