Canonical releases Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka | Canonical
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The latest interim release of Ubuntu comes with compatibility enhancements at the silicon level, accessibility upgrades and a robust security posture that sets the stage for the next LTS. October 9, 2025 Today Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 25.10, codenamed “Questing Quokka,” available to download and install from ubuntu.com/do […]
  • esa@discuss.tchncs.deOP
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    3 days ago

    This seems to be a pretty experimental release to test some new stuff before the next LTS is scheduled to drop in April.

    I’ve actually been running sudo-rs on my machines since the last CVE in plain sudo and it seems to do what I want, at least.

    But expecting some smoke for this smoke test release :)

    • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      The odd .10 releases are always short term support, they test the system nicely for all us even .04 enjoyers 😄

  • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
    7·
    3 days ago

    RVA23 is pretty nice. This is the first RISC-V profile that’s really viable for desktop class CPUs. (But I still wouldn’t buy a RISC-V chip expecting to run Linux on it until they have proper support for UEFI, ACPI, etc. and “unified discover” is specified, which won’t be for probably 3-5 years.)

    • LeFantome@programming.dev
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      2 days ago

      I hope those things will come but no need to hold off if the performance is there. UEFI, ACPI, etc. are really about the boot process. For SBC class hardware, having a device tree in the kernel works fine. Even Apple Silicon Macs use device trees (no ACPI).

      On Apple Silicon, there is a project to add ACPi in software (firmware) so that they can boot operating systems that expect ACPi (like Windows). You do not need it for Linux.

      Of course, dynamic device discovery and power management would be nice. Bit it is not a deal-breaker for me.