Ubuntu 21.04 released

Today, Canonical released Ubuntu 21.04 with native Microsoft Active Directory integration, Wayland graphics by default, and a Flutter application development SDK. Separately, Canonical and Microsoft announced performance optimization and joint support for Microsoft SQL Server on Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 21.04 is an important release, if only because of the switch to Wayland, following in Fedora's footsteps. Ubuntu did opt out of shipping GNOME 40, though, so it comes with 3.38 instead. The step to Wayland is surely going to cause problems for some people, but overall, I think it's high time and Wayland is pretty much as ready as it's ever going to be. Remember, Wayland is not X, as I said a few months ago:

Wayland is not X.org. Let me repeat that. Wayland is not X.org. If you need the functionality that X.org delivers, then you shouldn't be using Wayland. This is like buying a Mac and complaining your Windows applications don't work.

With NVIDIA finally seeming to get at least somewhat on board, and X.org development basically having dried up, the time for Wayland is now.