, Microsoft previously announced that it would build Win11 into a native AI system, and forced many functions into it. As a result, it triggered a backlash from players, and it is still dealing with the aftermath. Microsoft is not the only company that builds its operating system into an AI OS. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, probably the most famous Linux distribution in the world, was released a few days ago. It not only brought the Linux 7.0 kernel, but also announced a major strategy to transform into AI.
Jon Seager, vice president of Canonical, which develops Ubuntu, also announced in a blog that Ubuntu will introduce a large number of AI features in the next year, aiming to build a situation-aware AI operating system.
He emphasized that this is not about turning Ubuntu into an AI product, but about integrating it with carefully selected AI technologies, and using AI technology to make today's desktops and servers even greater.
This goal sounds a bit like Make Linux Great Again. It is estimated that Microsoft had similar ideas about integrating AI into Windows 11 system before.
But how to do it specifically is the key. Ubuntu's future AI integration will focus on local reasoning. This is done to ensure user data security and privacy. After all, open source communities like Linux have always valued these things and cannot damage the foundation.
Ubuntu’s development team is integrating agent workflow into the system. Functions such as log analysis and fault diagnosis can be completed using AI. This is a good direction. After all, most users cannot understand log reports at all, and do not even know that such a thing exists.
Ubuntu will cooperate with chip manufacturers in the future. Future systems will have strong accessibility and situational awareness capabilities, bringing substantial capabilities improvement to developers and business users. At the same time, Ubuntu will also ensure that the added AI functions are safe and flexible.
Generally speaking, the idea of Ubuntu integrating AI natively is not new. Their approach is local inference. This can easily make people think of AI PCs developed by Microsoft, Intel, and AMD. However, the latter has been promoted for the past two years and is far from successful. Many PC manufacturers have even given up. The current situation is a bit embarrassing.
It’s hard to say what the outcome will be if the Linux camp develops such an AI OS, but compared to Windows 11, I personally hope that the Linux camp can come up with something special. Without the utilitarian mentality of PC manufacturers, there is hope to come up with something special.
