Ubuntu 25.10 Daily CD Image & Release Schedule are Out!

The developer team started the development of Ubuntu 25.10 in last week. Now the release schedule and daily build live CD image are out!

Ubuntu 25.10, code-name Questing Quokka, is the next Ubuntu version planned to be released on October 09. It’s a short term release with 9-month support circle.

If everything goes well, it will feature GNOME 49 desktop and the latest Linux Kernel (probably v6.17 according to Kernel release interval).

Image by Katy_Heejin from Pixabay

Ubuntu developer team announced the release schedule for Ubuntu 25.10 few days ago. Here are the important events and the dates:

August 14, 2025	Feature Freeze, Debian Import Freeze
September 04, 2025	User Interface Freeze
September 11, 2025	Kernel Feature Freeze, Documentation String Freeze
September 15, 2025	Beta Freeze, Hardware Enablement Freeze
September 18, 2025	Beta (mandatory)
September 25, 2025	Kernel Freeze
October 02, 2025	Final Freeze, Release Candidate
October 09, 2025	Final Release

If you’re interested in the new Ubuntu development, the daily live CD image for Ubuntu 25.10 has been rolled out yesterday for testing purpose.

Ubuntu Daily Live CD Image

NOTE: The Daily CD image is only for testing purpose, DON’T use it on production machine, as it has bugs and crashes more often.

Ubuntu 25.10 Daily Build

At the moment, the development release still has GNOME 48, Kernel 6.14, and the Ubuntu 25.04 wallpapers. However, the desktop installer has been updated with screen reader support, though it’s incomplete!

Many toolkits and app packages (such as GTK 4.18.5, libinput 1.28.1, Kdenlive 25.04, and more) have been updated to the latest versions.

As time goes on, it will keep updating with most recent libraries, newer Kernels, and include GNOME 49 Beta on August 07, GNOME 49.0 on September 18 according to the release schedule.

For more about Ubuntu 25.10 release status, keep an eye on this thread on Ubuntu Community Hub.