--- title: Ubuntu 21.04 Release Date & Planned Features | daily.dev description: Six months of development went into shaping Ubuntu 21.04. There are few bug surprises in the release (which Ubuntu developers have dubbed the “Hirsute Hippo”)... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-21-04-release-date-planned-features-hwyp5-5cs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ubuntu 21.04 Release Date & Planned Features | daily.dev og:description: Six months of development went into shaping Ubuntu 21.04. There are few bug surprises in the release (which Ubuntu developers have dubbed the “Hirsute Hippo”)... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-21-04-release-date-planned-features-hwyp5-5cs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hWYp5-5cs.png og:image:alt: Ubuntu 21.04 Release Date & Planned Features og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ubuntu 21.04 Release Date & Planned Features **[omg\! ubuntu\!](https://daily.dev/sources/omgub)** · 3 min read · 24 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Six months of development went into shaping Ubuntu 21.04. There are few bug surprises in the release (which Ubuntu developers have dubbed the “Hirsute Hippo”) There are lots of smaller improvements that make Ubuntu more accessible and more user friendly than before. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@olekhy** · 1 upvotes > ~/ get 750 by default in 21.04 fine --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-21-04-release-date-planned-features-hwyp5-5cs) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Ubuntu 21.04 Release Date & Planned Features","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-21-04-release-date-planned-features-hwyp5-5cs","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-21-04-release-date-planned-features-hwyp5-5cs"},"datePublished":"2021-01-25T04:48:40.769Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"Six months of development went into shaping Ubuntu 21.04. 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