At Ubuntu Summit 2023 in Riga, Latvia, Canonical product manager Oliver Smith and engineering manager Ken VanDine introduced the Ubuntu Core Desktop. It’s not shipping yet, but it’s getting closer — April 2024 is now the expected launch date.
This new release will use an immutable Linux system with additional software provided by snaps, Ubuntu‘s containerized applications. An immutable OS is one where neither users nor applications can modify the operating system. When updates are applied, they’re applied atomically, meaning they’re applied all at once. The most common operating system to be updated in this manner is Google’s Linux-based ChromeOS.
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Canonical didn’t explicitly state that its new approach to the Linux desktop will appear with next year’s Long-Term Support (LTS) Ubuntu Linux 24.04 release, but that’s how the smart money is betting.
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