Explore “Ubuntu 25.10”

News, features and other updates on Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka, the next interim release of Ubuntu due for release on October 9, 2025.


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Ubuntu 25.10 Drops Support for Using GNOME on Xorg/X11

Ubuntu 25.10 drops GNOME Xorg support, moving to Wayland-only desktop sessions. Learn what's changing, who's affected, and what to do about it.

10 June 2025

Ubuntu 25.10 Switches to Rust-based Sudo

Ubuntu 25.10 will replace the sudo command with sudo-rs, a new Rust rewrite designed to improve memory safety and security. What does this mean for users?

31 May 2025

New Ubuntu ‘Monthly Snapshot’ Available to Download

Ubuntu's announced new monthly snapshot releases. The development builds use new automated release processes, but won't replace stable releases.

29 May 2025
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Ubuntu 25.10 Will Ship with the Linux 6.17 Kernel

Canonical's kernel team has confirmed that Ubuntu 25.10 will run on the Linux 6.17 kernel - expected, following the distro maker's kernel cadence change.

22 May 2025

Ubuntu is Replacing Image Viewer and Terminal Apps

Ubuntu 25.10 'Questing Quokka' will ship Loupe and Ptyxis as default image viewer and terminal apps in the upcoming October release.

16 May 2025

Ubuntu 25.10 Daily Builds Now Available to Download

Get early access to Ubuntu 25.10 'Questing Quokka' through official daily builds. Download, test and contribute to Ubuntu's development before its October release.

7 May 2025

We’re Off — Ubuntu 25.10 Opens for Development

Development today opened on Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka”, the next short-term release of Ubuntu, due for release in October. Canonical engineer Utkarsh Gupta fired the figurative starting pistol for developers in a post to the Ubuntu […]

1 May 2025

Ubuntu 25.10 is Officially Named ‘Questing Quokka’

Drum roll your desks to help build some suspense because the Ubuntu 25.10 codename has been confirmed as …’Questing Quokka’. —Oh wait; I put in the headline so you already knew! As expected, the new […]

14 April 2025
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Ubuntu 25.10 Codename Revealed — or an April Fools’ Prank?

Will Ubuntu 25.10 be codenamed the Quizzical Quokka? It’s an adjective + animal moniker Canonical’s marketing team tersely tweeted today—sans context—but as today is April 1 (aka April’s Fools Day, aka the day when companies, […]

1 April 2025