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:
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:
- KDE Snap discussion: #snaps:kde.org
- Kubuntu development: #kubuntu-devel:ubuntu.com
It’s been a busy week. Thank you to everyone who tested, reported bugs, and cheered us on. 🎉