Ubuntu 26.04 surprised me - this upcoming release is seriously secure

The next release of Ubuntu desktop Linux is on the horizon, so I dove into the latest daily build to see what was what, and came away nodding my head in approval at the heightened security.

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ZDNET's key takeaway

• Ubuntu 26.04 will be available for free in April.
• There are lots of additional security features and GNOME 50.
• This latest release looks and feels very much like previous editions.

If you've spent any time reading about, hearing about, or using Linux, then you know that Ubuntu is one of the most popular distributions on the market. 

Ubuntu has a very predictable release cycle that looks like this:

• .04 releases arrive in April
• .10 releases arrive in October

This happens like clockwork and makes it easy to prepare for the release (or just get excited ...