Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray" lands with Rust-based coreutils and post-quantum package signing
Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) released
Ubuntu 26.10, codenamed "Stonking Stingray", has been released. It builds on 26.04 LTS with full adoption of Rust-based coreutils, post-quantum-ready package signing, and expanded TPM-backed full-disk encryption. Linux kernel 7.3 adds support for the latest hardware, plus new RISC-V desktop and optimized amd64v3 images. GNOME 51 improves responsiveness and accessibility, and Myna, an opt-in local speech-to-text tool, makes its debut. All official flavors ship today with nine months of maintenance.
Ubuntu 26.10 also introduces Myna, an opt-in, locally processed speech-to-text solution that marks the first step towards a more natural, context-aware desktop experience.
- ilaksh
I still remember when I found out about Ubuntu 100 years ago.
It's clear to me that Ubuntu is no longer in fashion. So what is popular these days? From what I heard, I think it's Fedora or Arch (such as Omarchy), but only with some slick UI stuff like Hyprland and Caelestia.
- flakiness
Despite of the shortcomings, I'm still sticking to Ubuntu. It's boring, and occasionally break things. But at least it's not hostile.
If you use the words like "still" and "at least", there is little enthusiasm. But that's how a long-term relationship looks like I guess.
- throw0101c
Seems that this release still allows for coreutils (rm, cp, etc) to come from the GNU folks in addition to the Rust-based uutils:
* https://packages.ubuntu.com/stonking/coreutils
See "Ubuntu 26.10 completes transition to Rust-based coreutils" from last month:
- erelong
Used to love Ubuntu but they dropped X11 support so I'm out
(I'm fine with Wayland for those who want it but it still breaks things I've used)
- OroPla
I left ubuntu back during the unity desktop days. It was a great desktop for beginners, but not my cup of tea. Since then they put ads in their operating system and embraced these nonsensical snap packages, so I'll never go back to ubuntu.
Instead, I'll probably move everything over to Void next.