Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 2 Released! New Download Links

June 26, 2026 | by Arround The Web | No comments

Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 2 Released! New Download Links

Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 2, the second monthly development release, was officially announced last night!

The new development release finally added back the .iso image for Intel/AMD platform, and, introduced new cdimage download tree.

The new snapshot release changed the cdimage.ubuntu.com download tree structure. All the release images are now located in /ubuntu/releases and /ubuntu-server/releases. And, the previous releases links still work through 301 redirect.

For Ubuntu releases that are being developed, the daily build images are now located in their own sub-directories, such as /ubuntu/noble/daily-*, ubuntu/stonking/daily-*, /ubuntu-server/noble/daily-*. See the discourse thread for more about the changes.

Known Changes in Ubuntu 26.10

Ubuntu 26.10, code-name Stonking Stingray, is planned for October 15. It’s short term release with 9-month support circle.

As far as I know, it targets Linux Kernel 7.2 and GNOME 51 desktop environment. And, it will probably feature an optional local AI integration, Speech to Text support, minimal secure boot Grub, and full Rust core utilities. The official release note page is ready but still empty at the moment.

Other changes according to the change archives include:

KDE Plasma 6.7,
LXQt Desktop 2.4.0,
FFmpeg 8.1.1, Nginx 1.30.0, Nodejs 24.15, Lazarus 4.6.
And many Lomiri (formerly Unity 8) and rust library updates.

Moreover, the missing iso image for amd64 CPU architecture type is added back in this snapshot release. Meaning you can now try it out in native Intel/AMD platform.

Get Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 2

NOTE: According to announcement, the snapshot 2 download link may not visiable for you due to the content-cache.

To download the .iso images for Desktop and Server, as well as Netboot tarball, WSL, and pre-install server images, go to the link below:

Download Ubuntu 26.10

For the official flavors with other desktops or for education purpose, download them via the links below:

NOTE: this release does not include Ubuntu MATE 26.10 and Ubuntu Studio 26.10.

Future Ubuntu 26.10 Development Releases

The next snapshot 3 release is scheduled on July 30th. There will be also snapshot 4 releases in August. For more, see the table below.

NOTE: GNOME 51 and Kernel are developed by other teams, not Ubuntu. And, the kernel release dates are made according to this predictions.

June 27, 2026	GNOME 51 Alpha
July 30, 2026	26.10 Snapshot 3
August 1, 2026	GNOME 51 Beta
August 20, 2026	26.10 Feature Freeze, Debian Import Freeze
August ??, 2026	26.10 Snapshot 4
August 29, 2026	GNOME 51 RC
August 30, 2026	Linux Kernel 7.2
September 12, 2026	GNOME 51 Stable
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

Source: UbuntuHandbook