{"slug": "canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray", "title": "Canonical releases Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray", "summary": "Canonical released Ubuntu 26.10, codenamed \"Stonking Stingray,\" on October 15, 2026, introducing Myna, an opt-in on-device speech-to-text agent built on local LLMs, along with post-quantum package signing, completion of the Rust-based uutils coreutils migration, and Microsoft Entra ID password and MFA sign-in. Jon Seager, VP of Ubuntu Engineering at Canonical, said the release \"completes the migration to Rust-based coreutils, and broadens device support for TPM-backed FDE.\" Myna will be included by default in Ubuntu 28.04 LTS, and the release also ships GNOME 51 and dbus-broker as the default D-Bus implementation.", "body_md": "[Canonical](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/canonical)\n\n15 October 2026\n\n# Canonical releases Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray\n\n#### The latest interim release of Ubuntu previews privacy conscious speech-to-text, enables post-quantum package signing, completes the rollout of Rust coreutils, and improves enterprise identity integration.\n\n**October 15, 2026**\n\nToday Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 26.10, codenamed “Stonking Stingray,” available to download and install from [ubuntu.com/download](http://ubuntu.com/download). \n\nBuilding on previous releases, Ubuntu 26.10 advances enterprise security features, completes the rollout of the Rust-based `uutils coreutils`, and strengthens integrations for user authentication using Microsoft Entra ID. Ubuntu 26.10 also introduces post-quantum package signing, demonstrating that interim releases both build on established ground, and look towards the future.\n\nEarlier this year, we set out a roadmap for AI on Ubuntu. Stonking Stingray delivers the first milestone through the integration of Myna: a speech-to-text agent that utilizes on-device LLMs. We’ve led Ubuntu’s first AI integration with accessibility to ensure that cutting-edge features are available to all users from day one.\n\nUsers will also benefit from enhanced security features. Ubuntu 26.10 completes the migration to Rust-based coreutils, and broadens device support for TPM-backed FDE. Stonking Stingray is symbolic of Ubuntu’s journey to not just build up, but also build out.\n\nJon Seager, VP of Ubuntu Engineering at Canonical\n\n## Elegance and accessibility with new speech-to-text agent\n\nStonking Stingray brings us [the debut of Myna](https://ubuntu.com/blog/myna-speech-to-text-technology-preview-available): Ubuntu’s speech-to-text agent. Named after the Myna bird (known for its ability to mimic human speech),  Myna is an opt-in feature in Ubuntu 26.10, designed to provide speech recognition with clear visual feedback while you speak. Based on local models, Myna offers speech-to-text, without sacrificing privacy. Myna will continue to evolve and as Ubuntu 28.04 LTS approaches, it will be included by default with Ubuntu.\n\nMyna marks the first step towards a more natural, intent-driven Ubuntu Desktop experience that will enable users to express what they want to achieve, rather than manually navigate applications and settings. For example, a developer could simply say, “Help me investigate why my tests are failing,” and Ubuntu could analyze test results, locate relevant code, and prepare a workspace with the tools and information needed to troubleshoot the issue.\n\nUbuntu 26.10 also ships with GNOME 51, bringing a smoother, more responsive desktop, better display handling, improved accessibility, and refinements across core applications. In addition, the Ubuntu App Center now provides a more consistent experience for managing snaps and debs.\n\nUsers of assistive technology will benefit from improved support for Flutter applications, with assistive technologies like Orca (screen-reader) now able to better parse and understand the content included in Flutter applications.\n\nThis release also brings reliability enhancements to the desktop userspace layers. Ubuntu 26.10 adopts dbus-broker as the default D-Bus implementation, replacing legacy message queuing between apps with strict per-app message accounting, ensuring a single app can’t stall the desktop. Additionally, desktop OOM (out-of-memory protection) scoring has been adjusted to better manage~~–~~memory pressure in userspace.\n\n## Security for present and future threats\n\nUbuntu Desktop now [integrates more naturally with Microsoft identity services](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/microsoft-entra-id-password-and-mfa-sign-in-comes-to-ubuntu/88342), including password with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and passwordless authentication. This ensures devices can authenticate securely by default,  and under the same security umbrella as Windows devices in the same organization.\n\nTPM-backed full-disk encryption, which was rolled out in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, has been expanded to encompass hardware models lacking a Hardware Root of Trust, with users being able to require a PIN or passphrase. These features ensure that users can use Ubuntu with best practice security enabled by default. \n\nUbuntu 26.10 delivers post-quantum ready package signing, by replacing GnuPG with Sequoia PGP to verify APT repository signatures. Sequoia brings Rust’s memory-safe practices to package signing and acts as a barrier to the threat of quantum cryptographic attack attempts. Ubuntu 26.10 introduces quantum-safe token support via openCryptoki, providing robust PKCS #11 V3.2 coverage across multiple token types, including Soft, EP11, and CCA tokens with ML-DSA and ML-KEM integration.\n\n## A new kernel. The latest hardware.\n\nUbuntu 26.10 brings Linux kernel 7.3, which facilitates hardware enablement for the latest silicon, such as Intel Xe3P (Nova Lake), AMD Zen 6, and NVIDIA 615. As heterogeneous platforms like these span CPU cores, GPUs, and media decoders, the latest kernel brings the direct rendering management and power management hooks needed for these components to perform.\n\nKernel 7.3 also enhances the way data is handled at the software level, through out-of-the-box support for Lustre, a parallel distributed file system designed to transfer massive datasets simultaneously across thousands of corporate nodes.\n\nUbuntu 26.10 continues the tradition of delivering architecture-focused enhancements. Stonking Stingray will launch with a dedicated installer for amd64v3 hardware, ensuring that users with modern platforms get an optimized experience. For RISC-V users, Ubuntu 26.10 brings desktop images, complementing the work that had already been done to do so with Server images. This includes support for the first RVA23-enabled RISC-V hardware, the SpacemiT K3, ensuring that developers can meet the new standard with confidence on a stable OS. Together, these enhancements streamline setup for developers building on cutting-edge silicon.\n\n2026 is the year of RVA23 silicon, so I’m thrilled to see desktop image support arrive for RISC-V in Ubuntu 26.10. It brings the power of the RVA23 profile to everyday applications including productivity, online meetings, video streaming and software development.\n\nAndrea Gallo, CEO of RISC-V International\n\n## A speedy path to AI and software development\n\nBeyond hardware enablement, Stonking Stingray also delivers enhanced support for running accelerated AI workloads. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS brought ROCm (AMD’s AI enablement stack for AMD hardware) into the Ubuntu archive. Ubuntu 26.10 upgrades that to the latest major version with support for ROCm 10.0. ROCm 10.0 adds support for new GPU architectures and serving frameworks like vLLM and SGLang.\n\nUbuntu 26.10 also distributes the latest developer toolchains from upstream, including LLVM 22.1.6, GCC 15.2.0, Python 3.14.7, Rust 1.97.1, Zig 0.16, and Go 1.27. Spring AI is also available on Ubuntu Desktop for the first time, through the devpack for Spring, a snap that bundles the latest features and versions of Spring. For those developing in Rust, Ubuntu 26.10 coincides with the release of the devpack for Rust, bringing a batteries-included setup experience complete with flexible version management and robust IDE support.\n\n## Get started today\n\n## About Canonical\n\nCanonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, provides open source security, support and services. Our portfolio covers critical systems, from the smallest devices to the largest clouds, from the kernel to containers, from databases to AI. With customers that include top tech brands, emerging startups, governments and home users, Canonical delivers trusted open source for everyone.\n\nLearn more at [canonical.com](http://canonical.com)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray", "canonical_source": "https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray", "published_at": "2026-10-15 12:16:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-15 12:17:16.786172+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-products", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["Canonical", "Ubuntu 26.10", "Myna", "Jon Seager", "Microsoft Entra ID", "GNOME 51", "uutils coreutils", "Ubuntu 28.04 LTS"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray.jsonld"}}