Ubuntu’s hardware enablement (HWE) effort has expanded to include backports of newer virtualisation tech to users of the current LTS release. Or, to quote Canonical’s Ijlal Loutfi, it gives companies “the operational confidence of an LTS release, with a path to newer virtualization capabilities when they need them”. None come preinstalled on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, so only those who go looking for them will benefit from them. But if you’re thinking “interesting”, here’s how to set it up on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Enable virtualization HWE stack on Ubuntu 26.04Canonical provides a helper tool package to enable the new virtualisation HWE in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.