{"id":51317,"date":"2026-05-30T13:20:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=51317"},"modified":"2026-05-30T13:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:20:57","slug":"ubuntu-26-10-snapshot-1-released-but-no-desktop-image-for-intel-amd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/ubuntu-26-10-snapshot-1-released-but-no-desktop-image-for-intel-amd\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 1 Released, But No Desktop Image for Intel\/AMD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The first monthly development release, Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 1, is available to download!<\/p>\n

Ubuntu developer team announced this snapshot<\/a> last night, though a few images are missing, including Ubuntu 26.10 Desktop image for modern Intel\/AMD platform.<\/p>\n

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I’d like to announce the first successful publication of the Stonking Stingray monthly snapshot – Stonking Snapshot 1 (and the first
\nsnapshot of the 26.10 cycle!). You can find the images on cdimage.ubuntu.com, <\/em><\/p>\n

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A few images are missing from this first snapshot – we’re aware and working on them; they should be available for Snapshot 2.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meaning for modern Intel\/AMD platform, you can only try out this snapshot through virtual machine (run arm64<\/code> VM on amd64<\/code> host). It however failed in my case, so I tried the XUbuntu 26.10 flavor instead.<\/p>\n

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XUbuntu 26.10 Snapshot 1<\/p><\/div>\n

Ubuntu 26.10, code-name Stonking Stingray,\u00a0is the next short term release, that is scheduled to be released on October 15 with 9 months support until July, 2027. It targets Linux 7.2<\/b> as the default kernel and GNOME 51<\/b> as the default desktop environment.<\/p>\n

It will probably feature an optional local AI integration, a minimal secure boot Grub, and full Rust core utilities. The official release note<\/a> page is ready but empty at the moment of writing.<\/p>\n

For the current development release<\/b>, it still has Kernel 7.0 and GNOME 50, and most things look just like the current Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.<\/p>\n

As far as I know, it has following updates:<\/p>\n