{"id":247628,"date":"2026-05-12T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/ubuntu-26-10-development-officially-begins-as-stonking-stingray-takes-shape\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:00:00","slug":"ubuntu-26-10-development-officially-begins-as-stonking-stingray-takes-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/ubuntu-26-10-development-officially-begins-as-stonking-stingray-takes-shape\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu 26.10 Development Officially Begins as \u2018Stonking Stingray\u2019 Takes Shape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linuxjournal.com\/content\/ubuntu-2610-development-officially-begins-stonking-stingray-takes-shape\">Ubuntu 26.10 Development Officially Begins as \u2018Stonking Stingray\u2019 Takes Shape<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linuxjournal.com\/content\/ubuntu-2610-development-officially-begins-stonking-stingray-takes-shape\">https:\/\/www.linuxjournal.com\/content\/ubuntu-2610-development-officially-begins-stonking-stingray-takes-shape<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-12 03:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.linuxjournal.com\">www.linuxjournal.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Canonical has officially kicked off development planning for <strong>Ubuntu 26.10<\/strong>, the next interim release of the popular Linux distribution. Codenamed <strong>\u201cStonking Stingray,\u201d<\/strong> the release is scheduled to arrive on <strong>October 15, 2026<\/strong>, continuing Ubuntu\u2019s predictable six-month development cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Although Ubuntu 26.10 is still in the early planning stages, the release roadmap already offers hints about what users can expect from the next generation of Ubuntu.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A New Interim Release After Ubuntu 26.04 LTS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ubuntu 26.10 follows the recently released <strong>Ubuntu 26.04 LTS \u201cResolute Raccoon\u201d<\/strong>, which introduced major platform changes including Linux 7.0, GNOME 50, Wayland-only sessions, and expanded TPM-backed security features.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the LTS release, Ubuntu 26.10 will be a <strong>short-term support release<\/strong>, receiving updates for nine months instead of the five years offered by LTS editions.<\/p>\n<p>These interim releases are typically used to introduce newer technologies and prepare the groundwork for future long-term Ubuntu versions.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The \u201cStonking Stingray\u201d Codename<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Canonical confirmed that Ubuntu 26.10 will carry the codename <strong>\u201cStonking Stingray.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As with previous Ubuntu releases, the codename follows the project\u2019s long-running naming convention using:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An adjective<\/li>\n<li>An animal beginning with the same letter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The playful naming tradition remains one of Ubuntu\u2019s most recognizable characteristics.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Development Schedule Already Published<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Canonical has already published the preliminary roadmap for Ubuntu 26.10 development. Major milestones currently include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Feature Freeze:<\/strong> August 20, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beta Release:<\/strong> September 24, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kernel Freeze:<\/strong> October 1, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Final Release:<\/strong> October 15, 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The toolchain upload process reportedly began in late April, officially opening the development cycle.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Expected Technologies in Ubuntu 26.10<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While Canonical has not yet finalized the complete feature set, several components are widely expected based on current development schedules.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"h3-replacement\"><strong>GNOME&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linuxjournal.com\/content\/ubuntu-2610-development-officially-begins-stonking-stingray-takes-shape\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubuntu 26.10 Development Officially Begins as \u2018Stonking Stingray\u2019 Takes Shape https:\/\/www.linuxjournal.com\/content\/ubuntu-2610-development-officially-begins-stonking-stingray-takes-shape Publish Date: 2026-05-12 03:00:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[71,57,79],"class_list":["post-247628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux","tag-linux","tag-security","tag-ubuntu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}