Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Snapshot 2 Is Now Available for Download

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https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray-snapshot-2-is-now-available-for-download

Aug 6, 2026

For those willing to look for bugs, or that just hate to wait, Ubuntu is releasing it’s second snapshot of Stonking Stingray. - June 26th, 2026

a first snapshot arrived at the end of May based on the previous Ubuntu release, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Canonical published today Snapshot 2 of the upcoming Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) distribution is now available for download for early adopters and application developers who want to test drive their apps.

The final release of Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) is expected on October 15th, 2026.

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I don’t recall the ETA for snapshot 3 (I recall date being mentioned/given & discussion over some issues, but didn’t try to remember it), but snapshot 2 was some time ago now

We’re already in August, so if I wanted to test, I’d just grab a daily; with Lubuntu’s current being 20260805, Kubuntu’s 20260806 and even if a little older, Ubuntu Desktop is listed as 20260731 which is still much newer than late June.

( I did actually zsync a noble ISO earlier today, should I have had time to do some QA, but lacked time to use it; 24.04.5 ISO being scheduled for 27 August or the same day as 26.04.1 actually, at least currently )

( I’m getting ISO dates from https://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/476/builds as I still find that site useful & my browser(s) know it )

FYI: The ISOs should be able to be located even if you don’t use the ISO QA tracker, or newer tests.ubuntu.com site; as whilst some changes were made to the directory structure (to try and make them more consistent), its not that difficult to work out; OR a blog about it was posted somewhere too (Some recent `cdimage` changes for improved consistency - Release - Ubuntu Community Hub maybe what I’m thinking of).

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