Desktop

All you need to know about the fast, free, and user friendly
Ubuntu desktop operating system.


Oliver Smith
26 April 2022

What’s new for Raspberry Pi with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?

Article Cloud and server

Jammy Jellyfish delivers long term support for the entire recent Raspberry Pi device portfolio, a host of new HATs and the best desktop performance yet!

Oliver Smith
26 April 2022


Oliver Smith
22 April 2022

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – what’s new for the world’s most popular Linux desktop?

Article Desktop

The latest Linux Desktop release delivers improved performance, fully-featured Active Directory integration and expanded Raspberry Pi support.

Oliver Smith
22 April 2022


Canonical
21 April 2022

Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is released

Article Canonical announcements

London, 21 April 2022. Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is now generally available, featuring significant leaps forward in cloud confidential computing, real-time kernel for industrial applications, and enterprise Active Directory, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, FIPS and FedRAMP compliance – raising the bar for open source from cloud to...

Canonical
21 April 2022


Britt Yazel
30 March 2022

The Keys to Successful Bug Reporting

Article Desktop

A key principle of open source computing is the ability for users to directly engage with development efforts, the primary avenue being through the use of bug reporting. Bug reports are a critical component to the success of open source projects world-wide, though how to write one successfully can be, admittedly,...

Britt Yazel
30 March 2022


Rajan Patel
8 February 2022

Planning phased Ubuntu 22.04 Enterprise Desktop upgrades with Landscape

Desktop Desktop

Comply with release management and change management policies by controlling enterprise Ubuntu Desktop upgrades with Landscape

Rajan Patel
8 February 2022


Oliver Smith
24 January 2022

Linux game development on Ubuntu: Godot and Unity

Article Desktop

In this post we show you how to set up two of our favourite Linux game development tools for Ubuntu Desktop; Godot and Unity.

Oliver Smith
24 January 2022


Oliver Smith
11 January 2022

How low can you go? Running Ubuntu Desktop on a 2GB Raspberry Pi 4

Article Desktop

At Canonical we’re proud to be able to offer a full Ubuntu Desktop experience on the Raspberry Pi 4. Ubuntu Desktop provides everything you need to develop software and even deploy it to Ubuntu Server on devices like the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. However the full desktop environment is quite a lot for the

Oliver Smith
11 January 2022


Oliver Smith
9 December 2021

Raspberry Pi Tutorial: Host a Minecraft server on Ubuntu Desktop

Article Desktop

Welcome to the second in our series of Linux gaming posts in the run up to the holidays. This week, we’ve put together a tutorial that teaches you how to create a basic Minecraft Server on a Raspberry Pi with Ubuntu Desktop, so you can play locally with your friends. This is a great afternoon

Oliver Smith
9 December 2021


Oliver Smith
9 December 2021

What FlutterFire’s announcement means for Desktop Developers

Article Desktop

We cover what Flutter’s latest Firebase announcement means for desktop developers and how to get started with Flutter on Ubuntu Desktop.

Oliver Smith
9 December 2021


Oliver Smith
29 November 2021

How Ubuntu Boosts Developer Desktop Productivity

Article Desktop

From education through to enterprise, Ubuntu delivers a productive and secure developer desktop experience.

Oliver Smith
29 November 2021


Hugo Huang
29 November 2021

Launch Ubuntu Desktop on Google Cloud

Article Cloud and server

This tutorial shows you how to set up a Ubuntu Desktop on Google Cloud. If you need a graphic interface to your virtual desktop on the cloud, this tutorial will teach you how to set up a desktop environment just like what you can get on your own computer. We need four steps to set

Hugo Huang
29 November 2021


Oliver Smith
25 November 2021

Linux Gaming with Ubuntu Desktop Part 1: Steam & Proton

Article Community

In the first of a mini-series of blogs, we break down some of the easiest ways to get started with Linux gaming on Ubuntu, starting with Steam and Proton.

Oliver Smith
25 November 2021


Oliver Smith
22 November 2021

Ubuntu Desktop Accessibility: Our VPAT Conformance Report

Article Desktop

Canonical is pleased to share that our latest Ubuntu Desktop Accessibility Conformance Report is now available for download, based on the VPAT Version 2.4.

Oliver Smith
22 November 2021


Oliver Smith
21 October 2021

5 Things to Check Out in Ubuntu Impish Indri

Article Desktop

For Linux desktop users, Ubuntu Impish Indri contains a number of new features plus a preview or two ahead of our next LTS release. Here are our top 5.

Oliver Smith
21 October 2021