Ubuntu 26.10 Released (9to5linux.com) 36
prisoninmate shares a report from 9to5Linux: Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) has been released today, and it is now available for download for those eager to update their Ubuntu systems to a newer release. Powered by the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel series, Ubuntu 26.10 ships with the latest GNOME 51 desktop environment, TPM-backed full disk encryption (FDE) support on computers without a hardware root of trust, updated Settings to show whether a computer is certified for Ubuntu, and 100% Rust coreutils.
There are several App Center enhancements in Ubuntu 26.10, such as a unified app-details view for Snap and Debian packages, a dedicated Drivers page where you can review the available graphics drivers, including NVIDIA driver branches, and support for installing codecs for one-time playback when a media file uses a codec that's not installed.' Other additions include an optional, locally processed AI-powered speech-to-text tool called Myna, system-wide controls for disabling Ubuntu Insights data collection, and better integration with Microsoft Entra ID. Also worth mentioning are the security and software updates that will be available for nine months, through July 2027.
There are several App Center enhancements in Ubuntu 26.10, such as a unified app-details view for Snap and Debian packages, a dedicated Drivers page where you can review the available graphics drivers, including NVIDIA driver branches, and support for installing codecs for one-time playback when a media file uses a codec that's not installed.' Other additions include an optional, locally processed AI-powered speech-to-text tool called Myna, system-wide controls for disabling Ubuntu Insights data collection, and better integration with Microsoft Entra ID. Also worth mentioning are the security and software updates that will be available for nine months, through July 2027.
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Shitstorm because of AI!
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Protip: Countdowns usually go the other direction.
Maybe parent post was written by AI...
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Never listened to how rock songs start?
That's a count-in, not a countdown.
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But this is a count-in too. He even wrote the first line of the song for you.
Shitstorm because of AI
The computer is making me cry
Hallucination's a bitch
But they say it'll make me rich
[first guitar solo]
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Shitstorm because of AI!
Forget the AI, TFS mentioned TPM. Every clueless person here is about to lose their shit.
Wow (Score:5, Insightful)
"Powered by the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel series, Ubuntu 26.10 ships with the latest GNOME 51 desktop environment, TPM-backed full disk encryption (FDE) support on computers without a hardware root of trust, updated Settings to show whether a computer is certified for Ubuntu, and 100% Rust coreutils."
That's an impressive list of anti-features. I'll be sure to avoid it right away.
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
100% Rust coreutils is great, because as an end-user it is important that I know that if anyone implemented a doubly-linked list that they were suitably punished by Rust for doing so.
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The borrow checker hates anyone that wants to make a doubly linked list. And pray you never need to make a complex crosslinked graph. Even an AST optimizer needs to jump through a lot of carefully designed hoops if you aren't willing to cheat and wrap all your unsafe code.
Ada and SPARK are easier and you can still make code that you can verify and reason about. But you still need some discipline to avoid leaking memory. And of course there's the lifetime safety profile for C++ that gets you like 90% of what
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Linked lists without raw pointers are PITA, no matter what programming language. If your ownership depends on a long list of chained items, you get problems or inefficient programs. You probably also shouldn't new every item, but linking them still works best with raw pointers.
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Debian mostly avoids untested things, which is another reason the systemd debacle was so weird, but I digress. They'll no doubt adopt it in the future once it's got some years under it, unless it turns out to have horrible problems. One good thing about Debian being volunteer-operated is that there's not too many maintainers who want to create more work for themselves just for the sake of newness.
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That's an impressive list of anti-features. I'll be sure to avoid it right away.
Yes we all know you hate security features with a passion.
Re: Wow (Score:2)
Re: Wow (Score:2)
Here to shill for closed TPMs with another fallacious argument? How boring.
Broke the shortcut I use the most. (Score:5, Interesting)
Even since Gnome Shell was released, I've always used the Super key to show the app overview, however not only has that been disabled in this release, but I also can no longer set the Super key to do anything on it's own in the new keyboard shortcut settings.
Fan-bloody-tastic.
Setting it to Super-Q worked briefly - until the screen lock came on, and then that didn't work either.
I think I need a list of projects that aren't vibe-coded.
Super (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Super (Score:4, Informative)
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Yes because nothing says "I don't like when things break going forward" more than switching to a system that the very people who are moving forward have steadily depreciated.
Take careful aim, you wouldn't want to miss that foot, it's a waste of ammo.
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Keyboard shortcuts failing after coming back from a screen lock is the last straw.
X is at least stable. Maybe I'll retry wayland in 5 years time.
Re: Super (Score:2)
Is "X" the same as "X11", or "X Windows"?
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Maybe it works now or there is some suitable replacement but I never bothered as I don't see what problem Wayland is trying to solve and I don't need a faster screen.
Wayland isn't faster either.
The problems Wayland fixes primarily are ones where anything it its responsibility. All the functionality that worked in X basted systems but not Wayland based systems is not a problem you see because Wayland is just a protocol so it's not Wayland's fault (though this reasoning never applies to X which is also just a
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If you run X, you can restore this functionality
Fear not friend, they are trying to close this loophole too.
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Super alone to pop up the menu started working properly for me in Devuan recently... with KDE, that is. It was super irritating that I had to use super-something instead. I did find a hacky fix but I didn't like it, but now I don't need it.
Re:Broke the shortcut I use the most. (Score:4, Informative)
Method 1: The Terminal Command (gsettings)
Bash: gsettings set org.gnome.mutter overlay-key 'Super_L'
(If your keyboard uses the right Super key instead, substitute 'Super_R'.
Bash: gsettings set org.gnome.shell.keybindings toggle-overview "['Super_L']"
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Method 2: Locking it in via dconf-editor (For persistence across screen locks)
Bash: sudo apt install dconf-editor
Open Dconf Editor from your app launcher (or run dconf-editor in the terminal).
Navigate to:
Look for overlay-key, click on it, turn off "Use default value", and set the custom value to 'Super_L'.
Do the same for
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That's why (Score:2)
And they probably finally decided to release it because 26.10 was coming out?
It's open source and free, and I'm grateful for that, but seriously, officially making it available five months later?
After "Stonking Stingray" ... (Score:2)
Sigh (Score:2)
"removes support got SysVInit scripts"
Well... there's an OS I'm not upgrading to.
SystemD STILL needs to absolutely die.
Snaps (Score:3)
Are the rust coreutils in a Snap?
As a long time Ubuntu user.. (Score:2)