Representatives from the Ubuntu Flavors along with various Canonical and community leads met on April 27th 2026 to discuss the upcoming release of Ubuntu 26.04 Resolute Raccoon among other desktop and flavor developments:
Introductions
@ilvipero kicked off both sessions with a few reminders of the basic rules of flavor sync meetings.
- What?
A flavor sync meeting is a recurring meeting between parties involved in the development and release of Ubuntu and Ubuntu flavors. It happens every 2 months, therefore we have 3 flavor sync meetings for each Ubuntu release. We usually have 2 sessions for each meeting, to accommodate time zones. - Who?
Ubuntu flavors, Ubuntu developers, upcoming flavors, derivatives, and anyone interested is welcome to join the flavor sync meetings. Quick note, the meetings are focused on the challenges and issues of the upcoming release of Ubuntu. In order to give everyone time to speak, we need to be aware of time constraints. If a topic appears to be very complex and time consuming, we can move it to Discourse discussion or schedule a separate meeting. - How?
Ubuntu flavor sync meetings are not streamed nor recorded. This is done on purpose to encourage honest, sometimes difficult questions and conversations. Highlights of the flavor sync meetings are posted on the Ubuntu Discourse, to encourage ongoing conversation around the topics discussed and relevant to the development of Ubuntu releases.
More information about the Ubuntu flavor sync meetings can be found on this announcement post .
Roundtable
- @jbicha announced that the people behind Debian Lomiri are willing to help bootstrap an Ubuntu remix/flavor.
- @ilvipero recommended to check with the Ubuntu Unity flavor team, as there is also an initiative to start testing Lomiri as an alternative way forward
- Ubuntu Mate leadership handover needs to be pushed forward to avoid rushing through release too late in the cycle. @ilvipero to reach out to @Wimpy .
Retrospective
Most of the meeting revolved around a retrospective on the Ubuntu 26.04 release cycle. Action items are shared below here:
- Improve the stability of Ubuntu infrastructure.
- Move important announcements and discussions from Matrix to Discourse. It is very easy to miss a few messages on Matrix, while Discourse allows pinning and better slow-paced, threaded, searchable topics.
- Improve the stability of Matrix, especially during release.
- Improve the user experience of the new Test Observer.
Get involved!
Ubuntu Flavor Sync Meetings take place every 2 months on the second Monday of January, March, May, July, September, November. There are two sessions, 3PM UTC and 10PM UTC, to best accommodate our global community.
All are welcome to join and participate in the discussion!