Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 3 is now available for testing

The third, and potentially final, monthly snapshot of Ubuntu 26.10 is available for download. There were no monthly snapshots of the ‘Stonking Stingray’ in August or July, and the Ubuntu 26.10 beta release is due on 24 September. This could be the final snapshot of the cycle, though Canonical’s Utkarsh Gupta says that a “surprise snapshot to test some changes to our machinery” might appear. Ubuntu’s monthly snapshots are strictly for testing. They aren’t alpha builds and they aren’t production ready. The team say to view them as “throwaway artifacts”. Their role, since they were introduced in 2025, is to

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