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Ubuntu 25.10 Switches to Dracut by Default

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 11, 2025,
updated Sep 14, 2025

Quoting: Ubuntu 25.10 Switches to Dracut by Default - OMG! Ubuntu —

The early stages of Ubuntu’s boot process aren’t super interesting (to most of us), so the key takeaway from this news is simply that Ubuntu is moving to a more efficient way of making its boot chain function – which is super important to all of us.

The change is now rolling out to Ubuntu 25.10 daily builds after a feature freeze except was granted. Dracut is now included in the core Ubuntu meta package as a desktop-recommends, and initramfs-tools (what it currently uses) removed from default installs.

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