Canonical has restarted work on Ubuntu Core Desktop, the immutable and attestable version of Ubuntu that the company says will over time become the default Ubuntu desktop. Jon Seager, Canonical’s VP of engineering, laid out the plan and admitted that the 2023 developer preview “fell short” of what the company had in mind.
Ubuntu Core Desktop returns as Canonical’s plan for an immutable default desktop
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