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Canonical call for testing their Steam gaming Snap for Arm Linux

Liam Dawe — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 13:30:09 +0000

Doing something similar to what Valve will do for the Steam Frame, Canonical have announced a Steam gaming Snap package for Arm.

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Ubuntu getting optimisations for modern processors with architecture variants

Liam Dawe — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:18:12 +0000

Canonical announced they're working on architecture variants of Ubuntu, to hopefully result in better optimisation and performance on modern processors.

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Ubuntu 25.10 'Questing Quokka' is out now

Liam Dawe — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:17:12 +0000

Canonical today launched the Ubuntu 25.10 'Questing Quokka' release, bringing with it many advancements across the Linux desktop.

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It's now easier to get Mesa 25.1 on the latest Ubuntu 25.04

Liam Dawe — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 09:52:37 +0000

Want to upgrade Mesa on Ubuntu, Kubuntu and other Ubuntu-based distributions? It's now a bit easier thanks to a PPA update to get Mesa 25.1 installed.

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Running Ubuntu 24.10? It's time to get upgrading with support ending

Liam Dawe — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:10:39 +0000

Time is running out for the end of support for the Ubuntu 24.10 series, so you'll need to upgrade quite soon to continue getting security fixes.

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KDE Plasma will continue having an X11 session, as Kubuntu switches to Wayland by default

Liam Dawe — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:58:32 +0000

KDE developers confirm Plasma will continue having a maintained X11 session, and now we know Kubuntu will be Wayland by default.

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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS gets improved Intel GPU support

Liam Dawe — Fri, 30 May 2025 10:58:14 +0000

Canonical recently announced Ubuntu 24.04 LTS has been upgraded to improve support for modern Intel GPUs.

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Ubuntu gets monthly snapshot testing releases

Liam Dawe — Thu, 29 May 2025 15:45:56 +0000

To aid testing and ensure future Ubuntu (and Kubuntu etc) releases are in good shape, Canonical have announced monthly snapshots.

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Ubuntu 25.04 upgrades halted due to Kubuntu users getting a broken desktop

Liam Dawe — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:26:31 +0000

This is a bit of a major woopsie. The upgrade path for the latest Ubuntu 25.04 release has been pulled offline, as it has resulted in Kubuntu users seeing a broken desktop.

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Ubuntu 25.04 'Plucky Puffin' is out now

Liam Dawe — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:17:28 +0000

Canonical has today released Ubuntu 25.04, codenamed "Plucky Puffin", their latest feature upgrade release to one of the most popular Linux distributions. This also includes updates for all the other editions like Kubuntu.

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Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) Beta released

Liam Dawe — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:29:35 +0000

Ubuntu 25.04 is due out next month, with a Beta now live for testing so you can see all that's new and report any unexpected issues.

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The best Linux distribution for gaming in 2025

Liam Dawe — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:40:00 +0000

In a few previous years, I decided to do a fresh take each time on what the best Linux distribution was for gaming - so I'm back for a 2025 edition of the article that will cause you to tell me how wrong and terrible I am.

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