The second development release, Ubuntu 25.10 Snapshot 2, is available to download now!
The developer team announced the new release at list.ubuntu.com:
By now, hopefully you’re already familiar with what monthly snapshots are. For those who are not, have a look at Jon’s blog post about it.
Now that you’ve got some context, I’d like to announce its second successful publication – Questing Snapshot 2. You can find the images on cdimage.ubuntu.com.
Image by PixelPond from Pixabay
As you may know, Ubuntu changed its policy by introducing monthly snapshot releases for testing purpose.
The first snapshot for Ubuntu 25.10 was released in last month (May 29). Now, the second snapshot is out, though with 2 weeks delay according to the initial release schedule (has been updated).
Ubuntu 25.10, code-name Questing Quokka, is the next Ubuntu release scheduled to be released on October 9. It’s a short term release with 9 months support until July 2026.
After this snapshot, there will be snapshot 3, snapshot 4, and Beta releases planned for:
- July 31, 2025: Ubuntu 25.10 – Snapshot 3
- August 29, 2025: Ubuntu 25.10 – Snapshot 4
- September 18, 2025: Ubuntu 25.10 – Beta
- October 9, 2025: Ubuntu 25.10 – Final Release
There’s no changes for this single snapshot release, but a release note for 25.10 that updates regularly.
The big ones include (some features are not implemented so far):
- GNOME Desktop 49.
- New default apps: Loupe image viewer and Ptyxis terminal emulator.
- Remove Ubuntu on Xorg session.
- fully functional desktop session on RISC-V CPUs.
- TPM-backed Full Disk Encryption recovery key management.
- Improved Wayland experience on Nvidia GPUs
Download Ubuntu 25.10 Snapshot 2
The new snapshot provides desktop image for amd64 and arm64, server image for amd64/arm64, PowerPC, RISC-V, and IBM Z, WSL images, Network install, as well as pre-installed desktop and server images, which are available to download at the link below:
For choices, there are 10 official flavors with different desktop environments, including:
- Edubuntu 25.10 for educational use and features GNOME Desktop.
- Kubuntu 25.10 with KDE Plasma desktop.
- Lubuntu 25.10 with LxQt desktop.
- Ubuntu Budgie 25.10 with Budgie desktop.
- Ubuntu MATE 25.10 with MATE Desktop.
- Ubuntu Unity 25.10 with Unity Desktop.
- Ubuntu Cinnamon 25.10 with Cinnamon Desktop.
- Ubuntu Studio 25.10 for multimedia production and features KDE Plasma desktop.
- Ubuntu Kylin 25.10 with UKUI.
- Xubuntu 25.10 with XFCE Desktop.
