Xubuntu

Xubuntu 26.04 Release Notes

Welcome to the Xubuntu 26.04 “Resolute Raccoon” release notes!

Xubuntu 26.04 was released on Thursday, April 23, 2026, and will be supported for three years until April 2029. For general information and the latest updates for Xubuntu 26.04, check out the release page on xubuntu.org.

These release notes capture changes since Xubuntu 25.10. For users coming from our previous LTS release, Xubuntu 24.04, check out Changes Between Xubuntu 24.04 and 26.04.

Known Issues

Installer Issues

General Issues

Ubuntu Common Release Notes

The main Ubuntu Release Notes covers both many of the other packages we carry and more issues common to every Ubuntu flavor.

Major Updates

20 Years of Xubuntu

Xubuntu 26.04 marks twenty years of the Xubuntu flavor. To celebrate, we launched two wallpaper contests: one for six community submissions, and the other to remix two community picks. All eight new wallpapers are featured on the Xubuntu desktop installation.

Xfce

Xubuntu 26.04 includes several minor updates for Xfce 4.20, improving stability and Wayland support.

Panel Configuration

The indicator plugin has been removed from the default panel. Most applications that display tray icons have moved to the modern KStatusNotifier standard, which Xubuntu’s panel already supports natively. Users who still need the indicator plugin can easily add it back through the panel preferences.

GNOME

Xubuntu 26.04 benefits from some GNOME 49 application releases.

Common with Ubuntu

Additional Updates

Updates

Significant package and version updates. For full package changelogs, see the Changelogs section below.

Application Stack

Subsystems

Themes

Applications

Xfce

MATE

GNOME

Everything Else

Changelogs

Xubuntu/Other Packages

Xfce Core

Xfce Applications

Xfce Panel Plugins

Thunar Plugins