Ubuntu 26.04 LTS releases April 23, 2026. Here's the full release schedule with key development milestone dates, beta timeline, and monthly snapshot info.

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Ubuntu team announced the release schedule for next Ubuntu 26.04 LTS few days ago!

Ubuntu 26.04, code-name Resolute Raccoon, is the next Long Term Support (LTS) release that will have 5-year standard support until 2031 and another 5 year Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) support via Ubuntu Pro.

If everything goes well, 26.04 will feature GNOME 50 and perhaps Kernel 6.20 (if not switch to version 7.x) according to the Linux Kernel release history.

Besides Kernel and default Desktop environment, the next LTS will probably use Python 3.14 as default, and include Golang 1.25, binutils 2.46, and GCC 16 and other toolkit updates.

And the official Ubuntu 26.04 release note in Ubuntu Discourse has been created. Where you may keep an eye for the latest changes.

Ubuntu 26.04 Release Schedule:

Ubuntu 26.04 is planned to be released on April 23, 2026. From now on, there will be following events according to the release schedule.

February 19, 2026	Feature Freeze,  Debian Import Freeze
March 12, 2026	User Interface Freeze
March 19, 2026	Kernel Feature Freeze, Documentation String Freeze
March 23, 2026	Beta Freeze, Hardware Enablement Freeze
March 26, 2026	Beta (mandatory)
April 09, 2026	Kernel Freeze
April 16, 2026	Final Freeze, Release Candidate
April 23, 2026	Final Release

As you may know, Ubuntu introduced monthly Snapshot releases when 25.10 was in development. It’s somehow NOT included in this release schedule.

NOTE: Ubuntu MAY change the schedule as time goes on. See this page for the official one.

GNOME, the default desktop environment, is developed by another team. It’s also has a release schedule for the next 50 version. See the table below:

January 03, 2026	Gnome 50 Alpha
January 31, 2026	Gnome 50 Beta
February 28, 2026	Gnome 50 RC
March 14, 2026	Gnome 50.0
April 11, 2026	Gnome 50.1

Also, the schedule may change as time goes on. See this page for the official calendar.

Read on for a recap of smaller Linux app releases in October 2025, including updates to BleachBit, Bazaar, Calibre, DigiKam, Resources and more!

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Ubuntu 25.10 now offers amd64v3 optimised packages. What does x86-64-v3 mean for your CPU, and will the modest performance improvements be noticeable?

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