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Kubuntu Resolute Raccoon 26.04 release with bonus snaps

A big day for KDE on Linux — Kubuntu 26.04 LTS “Resolute Raccoon” is officially released, and we have a fresh batch of KDE application snaps landing in stable to celebrate.

🦝 Kubuntu 26.04 LTS is here

Kubuntu 26.04 LTS “Resolute Raccoon” is out and ready for download. Read the full details in the official release notes:

👉 Kubuntu 26.04 Release Notes

Special thanks

A heartfelt thank you to the Kubuntu team — this release represents countless hours of volunteer work across packaging, testing, bug triage, documentation, and community support. None of this happens without you.

And a special thank you to KFocus — their continued investment in the Kubuntu ecosystem, from hardware support to theme work to testing, makes a real and tangible difference to the quality of every release. It is very much appreciated.

New snap stable releases

A collection of KDE applications have landed in stable. Install any of them with:

sudo snap install <snap_name>

Or refresh if you already have them installed:

sudo snap refresh <snap_name>

KMyMoney 5.2.70

The KDE personal finance manager lands with a significant milestone — this is the Qt6 port, making KMyMoney fully modernized for the current KDE stack:

sudo snap install kmymoney

Cantor 26.04

Cantor, KDE’s frontend for mathematical applications, is back in stable after an absence. Supports backends including Maxima, R, Python, Julia, and more:

sudo snap install cantor

Kid3 3.9.7

The KDE audio tag editor for MP3, FLAC, Ogg, and more:

sudo snap install kid3

KGeoTag 2.0.0

The KDE photo geotagging application:

sudo snap install kgeotag

Kig 26.04

KDE’s interactive geometry application, great for education:

sudo snap install kig

Kongress

The KDE conference companion app — handy for keeping up with KDE events:

sudo snap install kongress

Konqueror

The classic KDE web browser and file manager returns to the snap store:

sudo snap install konqueror

Found an issue?

Please file bugs on the KDE Bug Tracker or find us on Matrix:

It’s been a busy week. Thank you to everyone who tested, reported bugs, and cheered us on. 🎉

// Scarlett Gately Moore — Debian/Kubuntu Developer, St. Johns AZ