Ubuntu 26.04 on the Framework Laptop 13 Pro

[Matt_Hartley]

Ubuntu 26.04 is released! You can download Ubuntu 26.04 here .

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Installation Guide: Ubuntu 26.04 Installation on the Framework Laptop 13 Pro - Framework Guides

[Dmitrii_Timoshenko]

If you’re setting up fingerprint login after following this guide, you’ll probably hit the next annoying part: GDM unlocks fine but GNOME Keyring stays locked, since fprint can’t hand it your password. I wrote a small PAM module that fixes that using TPM sealing instead of a plaintext password, works on Ubuntu. Posted the details here:

Auto-unlock GNOME Keyring with fingerprint via TPM sealing (Fedora/Ubuntu/Debian, works on FW13 Pro)

If you use fingerprint login on GDM, you’ve probably run into this: it unlocks your session but GNOME Keyring stays locked, because fprint only returns a yes/no, not your password. So every app that needs the keyring pops up a separate password prompt, or people just disable the keyring lock entirely and store secrets in plaintext. I wrote a small PAM module that avoids both of those. Instead of storing the keyring password anywhere in the open, it seals it inside the TPM and binds the seal to …