{"id":52218,"date":"2026-10-15T15:28:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T15:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=52218"},"modified":"2026-10-15T15:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T15:28:49","slug":"ubuntu-26-10-released-with-kernel-7-3-gnome-51-amd64v3-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/ubuntu-26-10-released-with-kernel-7-3-gnome-51-amd64v3-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu 26.10 Released with Kernel 7.3, GNOME 51, & AMD64v3 Image"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Ubuntu team finally announced<\/a> the release of Ubuntu 26.10 today after 6 months of development!<\/p>\n

Ubuntu 26.10, codenamed “Stonking Stingray”, has now arrived. Building on the foundations of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, this release continues to advance security, performance, and hardware support while introducing new capabilities that look towards the future of Ubuntu.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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What’s New in Ubuntu 26.10<\/h3>\n

Ubuntu 26.10 is a regular release with 9 months support until July 2027<\/b>. It features Linux Kernel 7.3<\/b> with most recent hardware support and the latest GNOME Desktop 51<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Ubuntu Desktop now has amd64v3<\/code> ISO image<\/b>. Installing this image on modern AMD\/Intel platform will allow software to use more advanced processor instructions to speed up certain operations.<\/p>\n

It as well introduces new official desktop images for RISC-V, with support for the SpacemiT K3 boards and QEMU.<\/p>\n

Thanks to GNOME 51, the default desktop now features smoother desktop animation, out-of-the-box “New Document<\/strong>” context menu, automatic screen rotation for display with an accelerometer.<\/p>\n

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out-of-the-box “New Documents” context menu option, finally<\/p><\/div>\n

However legacy NVIDIA driver may no longer work as GNOME 51 removed the code for it. See GNOME 51 Release note<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n

In addition, Ubuntu added new hwctl<\/code> command line tool and option in “Settings -> System” to check if your computer is one of the certified devices that are tested for the best Ubuntu experience.<\/p>\n

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The window tiling system has been improved with a layout indicator. When you dragging a window to top center, it will show you the layout grid<\/b>, allowing you to quickly snap the window into a specific grid section.<\/p>\n

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App Center<\/b> (aka Snap Store) has been updated with unified app-details view for Debian and Snap package.<\/p>\n

It now provides option to install additional media codec. And, a dedicated Drivers<\/b> page is added (though I don’t see it in my case) where you can review the available graphics drivers, including NVIDIA driver branches.<\/p>\n

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Other changes include:<\/p>\n