Canonical has begun offering Ubuntu 24.04 LTS users an upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS, known as Resolute Raccoon. The rollout follows the new release’s first point update, the usual point at which Ubuntu starts prompting users to move to a newer LTS version; the offer was delayed while Canonical addressed regressions linked to a recent Rust-based core utilities package.

Before upgrading, users should install outstanding updates and reboot. They can then use Software Updater or run `do-release-upgrade` in a terminal; clearing APT’s package cache first may free space, with the article reporting about 1 GB recovered on a test machine. The article also notes that Ubuntu 26.04 brings GNOME 50, which uses Wayland only, while other desktop environments can still use X11.