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Canonical has outlined its RISC-V plans for 2026, centered on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. After shifting Ubuntu 25.10's RISC-V baseline to the RVA23 profile (which limited support mostly to QEMU), new RVA23-compliant SoCs like the SpacemiT K3 are arriving in 2026. Canonical's goals include deepening hardware vendor partnerships, closing product parity gaps across its portfolio, delivering Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with RVA23 as the long-term supported baseline, and expanding the RISC-V developer community through SBC partnerships.

Canonical Talks Up RISC-V This Year With Ubuntu 26.04 LTS