{"id":49190,"date":"2025-06-26T15:18:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=49190"},"modified":"2025-06-26T15:18:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:18:33","slug":"ubuntu-25-10-snapshot-2-is-available-to-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/ubuntu-25-10-snapshot-2-is-available-to-download\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu 25.10 Snapshot 2 is Available to Download"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ubuntu-new-logo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-43228\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ubuntu-new-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ubuntu-new-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ubuntu-new-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ubuntu-new-logo-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ubuntu-new-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ubuntu-new-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second development release, Ubuntu 25.10 Snapshot 2, is available to download now!<\/p>\n<p>The developer team announced the new release at <a href=\"https:\/\/lists.ubuntu.com\/archives\/ubuntu-devel\/2025-June\/043392.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list.ubuntu.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>By now, hopefully you&#8217;re already familiar with what monthly snapshots are. For those who are not, have a look at Jon&#8217;s blog post about it.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Now that you&#8217;ve got some context, I&#8217;d like to announce its second successful publication &#8211; Questing Snapshot 2. You can find the images on cdimage.ubuntu.com.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_49191\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/quokka-pixelpond.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49191\" class=\"size-large wp-image-49191\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/quokka-pixelpond-700x394.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/quokka-pixelpond-700x394.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/quokka-pixelpond-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/quokka-pixelpond-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/quokka-pixelpond.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-49191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by PixelPond from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As you may know, Ubuntu changed its policy by <a href=\"https:\/\/discourse.ubuntu.com\/t\/supercharging-ubuntu-releases-monthly-snapshots-automation\/61876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introducing monthly snapshot releases<\/a> for testing purpose. <\/p>\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 25.10, code-name Questing Quokka, is the next Ubuntu release scheduled to be released on <b>October 9<\/b>. It&#8217;s a short term release with 9 months support until July 2026.<\/p>\n<p>After this snapshot, there will be snapshot 3, snapshot 4, and Beta releases planned for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>July 31, 2025<\/strong>: Ubuntu 25.10 &#8211; Snapshot 3<\/li>\n<li><strong>August 29, 2025<\/strong>: Ubuntu 25.10 &#8211; Snapshot 4<\/li>\n<li><strong>September 18, 2025<\/strong>: Ubuntu 25.10 &#8211; Beta<\/li>\n<li><strong>October 9, 2025<\/strong>: Ubuntu 25.10 &#8211; Final Release<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s no changes for this single snapshot release, but a <a href=\"https:\/\/discourse.ubuntu.com\/t\/questing-quokka-release-notes\/59220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release note for 25.10<\/a> that updates regularly.<\/p>\n<p>The big ones include (some features are not implemented so far):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>GNOME Desktop 49<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>New default apps: <b>Loupe<\/b> image viewer and <b>Ptyxis<\/b> terminal emulator.<\/li>\n<li><b>Remove Ubuntu on Xorg<\/b> session.<\/li>\n<li>fully functional desktop session on RISC-V CPUs.<\/li>\n<li>TPM-backed Full Disk Encryption recovery key management.<\/li>\n<li>Improved Wayland experience on Nvidia GPUs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Download Ubuntu 25.10 Snapshot 2<\/h3>\n<p>The new snapshot provides desktop image for <code>amd64<\/code> and <code>arm64<\/code>, server image for <code>amd64<\/code>\/<code>arm64<\/code>, 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:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/cdimage.ubuntu.com\/releases\/25.10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Ubuntu 25.10<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For choices, there are 10 official flavors with different desktop environments, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdimages.ubuntu.com\/edubuntu\/releases\/25.10\/\" target=\"_blank\">Edubuntu 25.10<\/a> for educational use and features GNOME Desktop.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdimages.ubuntu.com\/kubuntu\/releases\/25.10\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kubuntu 25.10<\/a> with KDE Plasma desktop.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdimages.ubuntu.com\/lubuntu\/releases\/25.10\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lubuntu 25.10<\/a> with LxQt desktop.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdimages.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu-budgie\/releases\/25.10\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu Budgie 25.10<\/a> with Budgie desktop.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdimages.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu-mate\/releases\/25.10\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu MATE 25.10<\/a> with MATE Desktop.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdimages.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu-unity\/releases\/25.10\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu Unity 25.10<\/a> with Unity Desktop.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdimages.ubuntu.com\/ubuntucinnamon\/releases\/25.10\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu Cinnamon 25.10<\/a> with Cinnamon Desktop.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdimages.ubuntu.com\/ubuntustudio\/releases\/25.10\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu Studio 25.10<\/a> for multimedia production and features KDE Plasma desktop.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdimages.ubuntu.com\/ubuntukylin\/releases\/25.10\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu Kylin 25.10<\/a> with UKUI.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdimages.ubuntu.com\/xubuntu\/releases\/25.10\/\" target=\"_blank\">Xubuntu 25.10<\/a> with XFCE Desktop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;re already familiar with what monthly snapshots are. For those who are not, have a look at Jon&#8217;s blog post about it. Now that you&#8217;ve got some context, I&#8217;d like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2338],"class_list":["post-49190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ubuntu-25-10"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}