The technical committee responsible for forming releases Ubuntu, decided to exclude Ubuntu MATE and Ubuntu Unity from among the editions Ubuntu 26.04, which will be provided with a long-term support cycle (LTS). In the spring release of 26.04, additional editions will receive LTS status. Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Kylin, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Andubuntu, Ubuntu Studio and Ubuntu Cinnamon (Kubuntu It's not on the list, but they probably just forgot to mention it).
Ubuntu Unity is left without developers and missed the autumn release of 25.10. Ubuntu MATE remains on the MATE 1.26 branch, formed in 2021, with unresolved issues and a shortage of developers. MATE's development environment has been stagnant since last spring.
Source: opennet.ru
