Ubuntu 26.04 is the OS for the AI agentic era, says Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth - here's why

If you ever need more reasons to avoid Ubuntu...

For AI, Linux users must move beyond [Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) and ... to signed, auto-updated, policy-driven snaps.

This is written as if apt repos don't have package signing, automatic updating or security policies. It does all those things, and does it better.

Mark really has become like all the other South African wannabe-astronaut tech oligarchs.

I wonder what Mark thinks of the term "sloperating system"?

canonical is the worst; hopefully mint continues stripping everything out

Hello Debian my old friend...

Hard pass

And proves once again that Canonical is the Microsoft of Linux.

Uh oh

My days of not paying attention to Ubuntu sure are coming to a middle

People love to shit on Ubuntu, but I do think it's important to remember that their primary customers are enterprises. That's what pays the bills, and it's also the reason that it's so well-supported. And since it's still Linux, you can disable or remove anything you disagree with, or go with a fork that's done that heavy lifting for you. Some companies (and individuals) will want the best-in-class Linux support for AI inference. Get over it.