Ubuntu 26.10, the next Ubuntu version planned for October 15, is finally available for testing on AMD and Intel PCs / laptops.
The development of Ubuntu 26.10, code-name Stonking Stingray, was started in last month. It however lacked the .iso desktop image for testing on modern amd64 platform, even in the first snapshot release.
As you may know, the daily iso images are automatically generated, usually once per day, without human interaction.
A recent change to the kernel snap (the kernel image, modules, firmware, etc packaged as a snap) however broke this automate process, causing the absence of the Desktop image for amd64 architecture type. See the build logs in this or this page for details.
Someone has reported the issue on Ubuntu Discourse. And the issue was finally fixed one day ago.
Download Ubuntu 26.04 Daily ISO
The daily live iso images are available to download in Ubuntu website via the link below:
For non-GNOME Desktop users, the official flavors with other desktop environments are available via cdimage.ubuntu.com.
Ubuntu 26.10 will feature Linux 7.2 and GNOME Desktop 51, and, it will have following pre-releases and events according to the release schedule:
July ??, 202626.10 Snapshot 3
| June 25, 2026 | 26.10 Snapshot 2 |
| August 20, 2026 | 26.10 Feature Freeze, Debian Import Freeze |
| August ??, 2026 | 26.10 Snapshot 4 |
| September 24, 2026 | 26.10 Beta |
| October 01, 2026 | Kernel Feature Freeze |
| October 08, 2026 | 26.10 Final Freeze |
| October 15, 2026 | 26.10 Final Release |
