# Ubuntu Core Desktop Published articles for Ubuntu Core Desktop. This is one page of public article previews, not the complete archive. Follow Next page to continue. Summaries are not the original full articles. ## Ubuntu Core Desktop returns as Canonical's plan for an immutable default desktop DevFeed: [Ubuntu Core Desktop returns as Canonical's plan for an immutable default desktop]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Anamarija Pogorelec Published: 2026-10-29T12:24:45Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Help Net Security]() Topics: [Ubuntu](), [canonical](), [snap]() Tags: [2023](), [background](), [bootloader](), [canonical](), [company](), [core](), [desktop](), [developer](), [developer-preview](), [engineering](), [environment](), [first](), [format](), [kernel](), [linux](), [mind](), [news](), [over](), [plan](), [ubuntu](), [ubuntu-core](), [ubuntu-core-desktop]() ### AI overview Canonical has restarted Ubuntu Core Desktop, an immutable, attestable Ubuntu system in which the bootloader, kernel, desktop, services, and apps ship as snaps. The read-only base is intended to resist tampering and make installed software verifiable, but users can run only software packaged as snaps. Canonical is rebuilding image pipelines for continuous testing and daily builds, expected during the Ubuntu 27.04 cycle. Initial targets are browser-centric systems, developer workstations, and gaming machines, chosen partly because app availability is a major blocker. Open issues include independent component updates, permission prompts for confined snaps, and KDE Plasma support alongside GNOME. Ubuntu Core currently does not support classic snaps; Seager says he aims to build an ergonomic classic-snap experience. The excerpt suggests evaluating tool availability by checking which tools are strictly confined snaps, classic snaps, or unavailable as snaps. Today's Ubuntu Desktop will remain. ### Source excerpt Canonical has restarted work on Ubuntu Core Desktop, the immutable and attestable version of Ubuntu that the company says will over time become the default Ubuntu desktop. Jon Seager, Canonical's VP of engineering, laid out the plan and admitted that the 2023 developer preview "fell short" of what the company had in mind. On Core Desktop, everything ships as a snap, Canonical's sandboxed package format: the bootloader, the kernel, the desktop environment, background services and ... More -> The post Ubuntu Core Desktop returns as Canonical's plan for an immutable default desktop appeared first on Help Net Security. ## Ubuntu Core Desktop 'accelerating' development ahead of 27.04 DevFeed: [Ubuntu Core Desktop 'accelerating' development ahead of 27.04]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Joey Sneddon Published: 2026-10-28T19:38:29Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [OMG! Ubuntu]() Topics: [Ubuntu](), [canonical]() Tags: [ambition](), [applications](), [browser](), [builds](), [canonical](), [challenges](), [desktop](), [developer](), [development](), [experience](), [gaming](), [news](), [snap](), [snaps](), [team](), [ubuntu](), [ubuntu-27-04](), [ubuntu-core-desktop]() ### AI overview Canonical is forming a dedicated Ubuntu Core Desktop team and plans daily builds ahead of Ubuntu 27.04, targeting browser-based workflows, developer workstations, and gaming systems. The immutable, snap-based desktop is intended to complement the classic Deb-based Ubuntu desktop, which Canonical says will remain. Key challenges include packaging a modular desktop stack as snaps, gaps in software availability or feature support on the Snap Store, and accommodating developers' use of other packaging systems and virtualization or containers without confusing users. KDE Plasma is also planned. The excerpt describes a long-term ambition for Core to become a default Ubuntu experience, not an immediate outcome. ### Source excerpt Canonical has announced it's 'accelerating' development of Ubuntu Core Desktop, its immutable, snap-based version of its desktop OS. Ubuntu Core Desktop was announced in 2023 and made available in preview for enthusiasts to try. But a lack of of obvious progress and direction (not to mention up-to-date builds) had left many wondering if Canonical was running cool on the idea. Now, things are finally kicking up a gear, says Jon Seager, VP of Engineering at Canonical. A newly-formed Ubuntu Core Desktop team within the company will work on bringing Ubuntu Core Desktop into shape, with builds available ahead of the [...] You're reading Ubuntu Core Desktop 'accelerating' development ahead of 27.04, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.