On the 9th of this month, Canonical, the company behind the development of Ubuntu, made an announcement. Starting with the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release, it will provide native support for AMD's ROCm open - source software stack, which is tailored for AI (Artificial Intelligence), ML (Machine Learning), and HPC (High - Performance Computing) applications.

Canonical has put together a dedicated team of engineers. This team is tasked with packaging the AMD ROCm software libraries. The goal is to streamline the processes of installation, support, and maintenance.

Moreover, Canonical has plans to submit these software packages to Debian for review and potential inclusion. The senior vice president of Canonical mentioned that by working in tandem with AMD and the wider community to integrate the ROCm libraries into Ubuntu, they can make it easier to utilize AMD's hardware and software in AI - related workloads. This, in turn, will fulfill the security and maintenance demands essential for large - scale production environments.