Ubuntu 26.10 ”Stonking Stingray”

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Stonking Stingray (to be 26.10) is in Feature Freeze

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• Stonking Snapshot 3 released

• Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 3 is now available for testing (OMG Ubuntu)

• Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 3 Monthly ISOs Released For Testing (Phoronix)

• Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Snapshot 3 Is Now Available for Public Testing (9to5Linux)

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Jag saknar den gamla goda tiden när man kunde se fram emot sådant här. Nu kör man ju bara med samma gamla tråkiga saker som stått stilla i flera år.

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Ubuntu 26.10 will ship with Linux kernel 7.3 (OMG Ubuntu)

Ubuntu 26.10 is getting a newer kernel than planned, as Canonical has switched its target from Linux 7.2 to Linux 7.3.

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Ubuntu 26.10 completes transition to Rust-based coreutils (OMG Ubuntu)

Ubuntu 26.10 completes the distro’s move to Rust-based core utilities, with the commands previously held back due to security issues now migrated to memory-safe versions.

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Introducing GNOME 51, “A Coruña”

After six months of intense development, we are thrilled to introduce GNOME 51, the latest version of GNOME. We would like to recognize all our contributors who worked tirelessly to make this new version more accessible, practical and user-friendly.

GNOME 51 released with passkey login and smoother UX (OMG Ubuntu)

Ubuntu 26.10 is out on 15 October and ships with GNOME 51, with its own customisations on top. New GNOME releases aren’t backported, so Ubuntu 26.04 LTS stays on GNOME 50 for the duration of its supported period.