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Lubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, and Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers
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Lubuntu ☛ Lubuntu Blog: Lubuntu Questing Beta Released!
Thanks to all the hard work from our contributors, Lubuntu 25.10 Beta has been released. With the codename Questing Quokka, Lubuntu 25.10 will be the 29th release of Lubuntu, the fifteenth release of Lubuntu with LXQt as the default desktop environment.
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Neowin ☛ Lubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka beta arrives with controversial Rust-based core changes
Lubuntu's new beta is here, but it comes with a big change: key system utilities rewritten in Rust. This could lead to better security, but not without some potential hiccups.
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Ubuntu Studio ☛ Ubuntu Studio: Ubuntu Studio 25.10 Beta Released
The Ubuntu Studio team is pleased to announce the beta release of Ubuntu Studio 25.10, codenamed “Questing Quokka”.
While this beta is reasonably free of any showstopper installer bugs, you will find some bugs within. This image is, however, mostly representative of what you will find when Ubuntu Studio 25.10 is released on October 9, 2025.
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LinuxConfig ☛ Ubuntu Studio 25.10 “Questing Quokka” Beta Launched [Ed: Probably slop]
Ubuntu Studio 25.10 “Questing Quokka” Beta has officially launched, bringing significant improvements to creative professionals and multimedia enthusiasts. This latest Ubuntu Studio 25.10 release introduces major desktop environment upgrades, enhanced audio production capabilities, and substantial updates to creative applications that position it as a leading choice for content creators.
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Launchpad News: Update on Launchpad mailing lists shutdown
As announced earlier this year in our previous blog post: Sunsetting Launchpad’s mailing lists, Launchpad will retire its mailing list feature at the end of October 2025.
We would like to provide an update on the next steps in this process.
Our current plan is to stop accepting and sending emails to Launchpad mailing lists during the week of 13th to 17th October 2025.
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OMG Ubuntu ☛ Downloads Live for Ubuntu’s Daily ‘Dangerous’ Desktop Builds
Ubuntu’s new daily “Dangerous” desktop builds are now available download — ideal for anyone who find the current Ubuntu 25.10 Beta a little too un-risky! Not that these Ubuntu Dangerous builds are inherently dangerous, of course. They are regular daily builds of Ubuntu’s development release, but with preinstalled Snaps preconfigured on their respective ‘edge’ channels, rather than the latest in-series stable (like a normal daily build). Canonical’s engineers announced plans for Ubuntu Dangerous desktop images last month (which I covered in a snarky conversation format).
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Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Ubuntu 25.10 Beta Release is Available to Download
Ubuntu 25.10, code-name Questing Quokka, is now available for Beta testing! The developer team announced the release last night for Ubuntu Desktop, Server, WSL, Cloud products, and official flavors. Ubuntu 25.10 is a new short-term release with 9-month support until July 2026. It features GNOME 49, Kernel 6.17, and various other toolkit and packages updates.