Ubuntu Desktop

Oliver Smith
15 March 2023

The Lunar Lobster has landed ahead of Ubuntu 23.04

Article Desktop

Prepare your desktop for the arrival of Ubuntu 23.04 with the reveal of our official Lunar Lobster wallpapers and the winners of our community competition.

Oliver Smith
15 March 2023

Lech Sandecki
14 March 2023

Time to prepare for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS End of Standard Support on 31 May 2023

Article Security

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ‘Bionic Beaver‘, one of the most popular Ubuntu releases, will reach the end of the standard, five-year maintenance window for Long-Term Support (LTS) releases on 31 May 2023. Find out more What is an Ubuntu LTS release? Ubuntu LTS releases provide a stable, enterprise platform for development and...

Lech Sandecki
14 March 2023

Rajan Patel
1 March 2023

Create stop motion animation with Dragonframe on Ubuntu

Desktop Ceph

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio was animated using Dragonframe, opening the door for incredible stop motion visual effects. Anyone inspired by the techniques used in Pinocchio can make an animated movie using their iOS or Android device’s camera, connected to Dragonframe running on Ubuntu. Professional animators could go...

Rajan Patel
1 March 2023

Felipe Vanni
15 February 2023

Project Sputnik retrospective: 10 years of developer laptops with Dell

Article Desktop

10 years ago, Dell and Canonical launched Project Sputnik, an initiative to deliver high-end Dell systems with Ubuntu preinstalled to meet the needs of application developers. Whereas Dell had previously offered lower-end Linux-enabled laptops, this was the first time that customers had access to powerful systems...

Felipe Vanni
15 February 2023

Oliver Smith
26 January 2023

How Ubuntu Pro delivers enhanced security and manageability for Linux Desktop users

Article Desktop

This week Ubuntu Pro entered general availability, giving Ubuntu users access to expanded security coverage on top of key enterprise management features.

Oliver Smith
26 January 2023

Oliver Smith
4 January 2023

WSL and Ubuntu: 2022 year in review

Article Desktop

Join us as we look back at some of the transformative changes to WSL over the last year as well as a roundup of our personal highlights and Ubuntu insights.

Oliver Smith
4 January 2023

Aaron Prisk
30 November 2022

Kudos for Kudu Customization

Article Community

Kinetic Kudu is out with another beautiful collection of community provided wallpapers. Check out the contest winners and more Kudu customization tips.

Aaron Prisk
30 November 2022

Kris Sharma
21 November 2022

Empowering developers in financial services with desktop as a service

Article Financial Services

The pandemic has accelerated the trend toward remote working environments but it also pushed governance and security issues to the top of the priority list for IT departments within financial institutions. Employees, and developers in particular, need the technological agility to work remotely given the hybrid workplace...

Kris Sharma
21 November 2022

Felipe Vanni
14 November 2022

Canonical at AWS re:Invent 2022

Article Desktop

AWS re:Invent is a learning conference hosted by Amazon Web Services for the global cloud computing community. The in-person event features keynote announcements, training and certification opportunities, access to technical sessions, and so much more. Canonical is proud to sponsor AWS re:Invent this year and have...

Felipe Vanni
14 November 2022

Oliver Smith
21 October 2022

What? The Steam snap is evolving!

Article Desktop

The Steam snap has evolved a lot over the last six months. Join us for a tour of the current state of play and help inform our plans for the future.

Oliver Smith
21 October 2022

Adam Szopa
21 October 2022

What’s new in Ubuntu Desktop 22.10, Kinetic Kudu

Article Desktop

The latest release of Ubuntu Desktop comes with improved productivity features, a new official flavour and performance improvements for Bluetooth devices.