** Official Ubuntu Thread **

[Throrik]

That's a sane take on it if that is the case.

 

[Mr_Orange]

"Initially" is worrying.

 

[Throrik]

"Initially" is worrying.

The fact they've learned from their disastrous opt-out Amazon spyware nonsense back in Unity is saying something at least. If they keep it optional and have clearly-defined installation parameters for it I don't have an issue personally. The moment it stops being a choice I do. But I am not a daily Ubuntu user, I am just back to try to new fangled LTS out.

The future of AI in Ubuntu

As 2026 progresses, LLM-based tools are becoming more and more ubiquitous. Adoption across the tech industry has been mixed, both in terms of which projects are embracing “AI” technologies, and in how companies are structuring their adoption. As a result, I’m frequently asked about what...

discourse.ubuntu.com

The official 'blog' is a bit more in-depth, interestingly Fedora/RHEL are going the same way with IBM Granite.

 

[Ice Tea]

Attack knocks Ubuntu websites, services and Snap store offline - OMG! Ubuntu

If you're having trouble accessing the Ubuntu website, the Snap store or Launchpad then you're not alone: Canonical's websites are currently facing a

www.omgubuntu.co.uk

Attack knocks Ubuntu websites, services and Snap store offline

Probably didn't like the AI announcement.

 

[Ice Tea]

Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day

The outage has hampered communication concerning a critical vulnerability that gives root.

arstechnica.com

More info on Ubuntu being down, seems to be political.

 

[Throrik]

Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day

The outage has hampered communication concerning a critical vulnerability that gives root.

arstechnica.com

More info on Ubuntu being down, seems to be political.

Looks like they're still being hit according to the status page, and according to my attempt to download any security patches. Surprised they haven't put it behind something like Cloudflare.

 

[Ice Tea]

I guess they are too tight to spend any of the Millions they make every year.

They seem to be keeping very quiet about this situation, it's spooking some people out on reddit that they might be compromised in some way.

 

[Scott C]

They seem to be keeping very quiet about this situation, it's spooking some people out on reddit that they might be compromised in some way.

Yeah, I mean I appreciate they’re probably all hands to the pump busy but the length of time that this has gone on for and their ‘silence’ on the matter is starting to feel rather troubling…

 

[Throrik]

Yeah, I mean I appreciate they’re probably all hands to the pump busy but the length of time that this has gone on for and their ‘silence’ on the matter is starting to feel rather troubling…

Company like this will have a Major Incident Manager and stuff like this to post updates you would hope.