--- title: Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray": All the New Features... description: Ubuntu 26.10 'Stonking Stingray' is an interim release scheduled for October 15, 2026, serving as a testing ground for features destined for Ubuntu 28.04 LTS.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray-all-the-new-features-so-far-cupbybvge twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray": All the New Features So Far | daily.dev og:description: Ubuntu 26.10 'Stonking Stingray' is an interim release scheduled for October 15, 2026, serving as a testing ground for features destined for Ubuntu 28.04 LTS.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray-all-the-new-features-so-far-cupbybvge og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/cUPbyBvgE.png og:image:alt: Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray": All the New Features So Far og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray": All the New Features So Far **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 8 min read · 30 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ubuntu 26.10 'Stonking Stingray' is an interim release scheduled for October 15, 2026, serving as a testing ground for features destined for Ubuntu 28.04 LTS. Key highlights include Linux kernel 7.x, a switch from dbus-daemon to dbus-broker for better performance, GNOME 51 with various shell and app fixes, and local-first AI features including Myna speech-to-text. Canonical is continuing its Rustification push by sponsoring ntpd-rs development and has already replaced several core utilities with Rust equivalents. Other additions include a redesigned installer and onboarding flow (targeting 28.04), a package-agnostic App Center, Ubuntu Certified hardware checks in Settings, RISC-V full desktop support, Microsoft MFA via authd, and an experimental amd64v3 package archive. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is replacing dbus-daemon as the default D-Bus implementation in Ubuntu 26.10? Ubuntu 26.10 replaces dbus-daemon, the reference D-Bus implementation used since Ubuntu's first release in 2004, with dbus-broker. Dbus-daemon queries message targets sequentially and can drop messages under heavy load, while dbus-broker uses an asynchronous, event-driven architecture that avoids these issues and is already the default on several other Linux distributions. _Anyone tracking desktop messaging performance can follow d-bus implementation shifts like this on daily.dev._ ### What Linux kernel version does Ubuntu 26.10 ship with? Snapshot 2 of Ubuntu 26.10 shipped with Linux kernel 7.0.0-14, though this is a temporary build rather than the final version. Canonical's policy since 2024 has been to ship whatever upstream kernel is latest at release freeze, even if still in release candidate status, and since 2025 it tracks interim kernel versions through monthly snapshots during development, so the version may still change before the October 15, 2026 release. _Developers planning kernel-dependent deployments can watch version shifts like this on daily.dev._ ### When does sudo-rs become the default sudo implementation in Ubuntu? Sudo-rs, the Rust rewrite of sudo, became the default in Ubuntu 25.10, following earlier Rust replacements of coreutils, findutils, and diffutils. Canonical is continuing this rustification effort by funding ntpd-rs, a Rust rewrite of NTP tooling, through a €40,000 yearly sponsorship of the Trifecta Tech Foundation, though ntpd-rs is only planned to become default in Ubuntu 27.04. _Teams evaluating Rust rewrites of core system utilities can track rollout timing like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Ubuntu 26.10 \(Stonking Stingray\) release date & schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray-release-date-schedule-ey1wywhtx) · omg\! ubuntu\! · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Ubuntu 26.10 ‘Stonking Stingray’ hits feature freeze](https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray-hits-feature-freeze-ex6htegql) · omg\! ubuntu\! · 1 upvotes · 1 comments - [Ubuntu 26.10 To Begin Laying Foundation For Context-Aware Desktop, Other New Features](https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-26-10-to-begin-laying-foundation-for-context-aware-desktop-other-new-features-shikgwmgl) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust), [#ubuntu](https://daily.dev/tags/ubuntu) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray-all-the-new-features-so-far-cupbybvge) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Ubuntu 26.10 \"Stonking Stingray\": All the New Features So Far","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray-all-the-new-features-so-far-cupbybvge","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray-all-the-new-features-so-far-cupbybvge"},"datePublished":"2026-07-25T08:08:34.595Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T08:58:43.632Z","description":"Ubuntu 26.10 'Stonking Stingray' is an interim release scheduled for October 15, 2026, serving as a testing ground for features destined for Ubuntu 28.04 LTS....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a84c2d871bc21ba27a089c2356337348?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a84c2d871bc21ba27a089c2356337348?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"It's Foss","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"It's Foss","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/582e3faed71842bfb9d3840a787d6700","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray-all-the-new-features-so-far-cupbybvge","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":30},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"linux,rust,ubuntu","timeRequired":"PT8M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"It's Foss","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Ubuntu 26.10 \"Stonking Stingray\": All the New Features So Far"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray-all-the-new-features-so-far-cupbybvge#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is replacing dbus-daemon as the default D-Bus implementation in Ubuntu 26.10?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Ubuntu 26.10 replaces dbus-daemon, the reference D-Bus implementation used since Ubuntu's first release in 2004, with dbus-broker. 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