AptiviUbuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka will use Linux 6.17!
Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka will use the upcoming Linux 6.17, which will come after Linux 6.16 that succeeds the next week’s Linux 6.15 stable release. This is done according to the official Canonical forum post that was made today, backed by their commitment to providing the latest hardware support by using the latest Linux kernel release that was released by the feature freeze. This allows Canonical to use the latest release candidate of the Linux 6.17 kernel that is to be out in October according to the prediction list.
To recap, the following release milestones will be:
- September 11, 2025 (UTC): Kernel Feature Freeze
- September 15, 2025 (UTC): Beta Freeze / HWE Freeze
- September 25, 2025 (UTC): Kernel Freeze
- October 2, 2025 (UTC): Final Freeze
- October 9, 2025 (UTC): Final Release
However, the team advises that the timeline is tentative, suggesting that there may be changes to be done. However, the changes to the release schedule are unlikely to occur.
Ubuntu 25.10 is the upcoming release of this operating system, which should be out in October 9th.
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