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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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.

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Improving Ubuntu Desktop stability under memory pressure

As part of Ubuntu 26.10, we are changing a long standing default that defines how the desktop behaves when the system runs very low on memory.

Ubuntu 26.10 stops low memory from killing your desktop session (OMG Ubuntu)

Ubuntu 26.10 changes how the system choose which processes are killed when memory runs low, making a rogue browser tab is less likely to punt you back to the login screen.