Ubuntu 26.04 Resolute Raccoon released in May 2026 and I'm going to give it a comprehensive look about in this Distro Delve.
Distro Delves is a web show where I pick a Linux distribution (or any operating system, really) and give it a run-through using a rigorous rubric which I am working on reviving on GitHub.
Given that Distro Delves is primarily video, I've always struggled with writing posts for it. I'm going to continue the tradition because I don't want to rehash the whole episode in writing when I just spent several days producing a video about it. 😅
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon
For a developer workstation its good BUT the npu didn't engage for ai work and ollama didn't use the npu - that's a buzzkill for anyone doing llm development. Ubuntu comes with Snap installed and that makes it easy to get dev tools and language runtimes. And it's Ubuntu so everything on Linux is compatible.
For a home desktop it is good BUT the lack of ntfs support is problematic for Windows refugees. I didn't check for drivers during the delve but I read they should be pre-installed and a commentor said this has been happening for a while.
Overall I think Ubuntu is just fine for a Linux distro. It has issues but they all do! Its just a matter of which distro you care enough to work around.