--- title: 'Community AMA: Indaba for 21.04' description: To celebreate Ubuntu Desktop 21.04, we will be hosting an indaba! Members of the Desktop team and the community will be answering all your questions. url: https://canonical.com/blog/community-ama-indaba-21-04?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Holly Hall](https://canonical.com/blog/author/hollyhall "More about Holly Hall") 21 April 2021 # Community AMA: Indaba for 21.04 [21.04](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/21-04) [Community](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/community) [Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ubuntu) [Ubuntu Desktop](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ubuntu-desktop) --- Share the article ## What is indaba? An indaba is a conference or gathering to discuss matters of importance, originating from the Xhosa and Zulu languages. Following this theme, we are excited to be hosting our first Desktop Indaba this Friday. Everybody is welcome to take part by asking questions for our AMA (Ask Me Anything) part of the session. Learn more below! ## AMA to celebrate 21.04 It’s nearly that time of year again! 21.04 Hirsute Hippo will be released tomorrow and we are excited to show you the new features on the way. To celebrate this interim release, we will be hosting a livestream indaba. Members of the Ubuntu Desktop development team and a special guest from the community will be telling us more about the release and hosting a live Q&A. #### When: **3-4pm UTC on Friday 23rd April** #### Where: **ubuntuonair.com** This will take place **3-4pm UTC on Friday 23rd April**, the day after the official 21.04 release. The stream will be hosted on **ubuntuonair.com**. We are excited to announce that Frederik Feichtmeier from the Yaru team will be participating. Yaru is the default theme of Ubuntu, backed by the community. Our speakers will be taking questions from the community via live chat so get involved! You can post questions in advance [here](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/announcing-the-ubuntu-desktop-team-indaba-ama-april-23-2021-3pm-utc/21591) or tune in and ask them live at **ubuntuonair.com**. If this event is successful, we strive to host indabas more regularly, with varying topics and different faces from the team as well as the community. Watch this space! The release of Ubuntu Server 21.04 is also coming! [To learn more about new features, register for the webinar on May 26th 2021.](https://ubuntu.com/engage/ubuntu-21.04-release-webinar) Photo by [Samuele Giglio](https://unsplash.com/@samuelegiglio?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Arduino® VENTUNO™ Q is available for pre-order with Ubuntu pre-installed](https://canonical.com/blog/arduino-ventuno-q-is-available-for-pre-order-with-ubuntu-pre-installed) London, UK – August 25, 2026 – Following our initial collaboration announcement in March 2026, Canonical and Arduino (a subsidiary of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.) are excited... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 25 August 2026 [### Canonical becomes Gold Sponsor of Trifecta Tech Foundation](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-becomes-gold-sponsor-of-trifecta-tech-foundation) Canonical is pleased to announce it is now a Gold Sponsor of the Trifecta Tech Foundation, a non-profit that creates open source building blocks for critical infrastructure... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 30 June 2026 [### Ubuntu Summit 26.04: connected by open source](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-summit-26-04-connected-by-open-source) What an incredible experience! Ubuntu Summit 26.04 has officially drawn to a close, but the energy from our global community is still buzzing – in the comments section, on... [ilvipero](https://canonical.com/blog/author/ilvipero) 22 June 2026 [### A decade of Ubuntu on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE](https://canonical.com/blog/a-decade-of-ubuntu-on-ibm-z-and-ibm-linuxone) This year we celebrate a decade of Ubuntu Server support on the s390x architecture: marking a long-standing collaboration between Canonical and IBM that began at LinuxCon 2015.... [Pedro Lazzarotto](https://canonical.com/blog/author/pedro-lazzarotto) 12 June 2026