Calling out to our community of artisans! It's time to help make the Ubuntu 25.10 release sparkle. โœจ๐ŸŽจ Bust out those paint brushes, charge up those drawing tablets, and dial in those digital cameras because itโ€™s Ubuntu Wallpaper Competition season once again! Submission window closes on August 11.

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Questing Quokka 25.10 Wallpaper Competition

On an artistic quest This happy little marsupial is smiling because he knows his release is just around the corner and heโ€™s got a community full ...

Grab some popcorn and your circle of friends becauseโ€ฆ (drumroll please! ๐Ÿฅ) This October 23-24, youโ€™ll be able to livestream Ubuntu Summit 25.10 with your community! Weโ€™re calling it Ubuntu Summit Extended. ๐ŸŒโœจ Swipe the cards to learn more about what the Ubuntu Summit Extended is, and how to organize your own watch party to celebrate. ๐Ÿ”— Sign up to host your Ubuntu Summit Extended:

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Ubuntu Summit Extended

Are you looking to organize a local meetup to celebrate the release of Ubuntu and engage the Ubuntu Summit remotely? Share your idea, let us know w...

๐Ÿ”— Learn more about Ubuntu Summit 25.10:

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Ubuntu Summit 26.04 | Ubuntu

The Ubuntu Summit is a showcase for the innovative and the ambitious. We invite all experts, builders, engineers, tinkerers, designers and dream...

Calling all open source contributors! ๐Ÿ”Š Canonical has launched the Starcraft Bounties Program, a new initiative inviting you to tackle significant technical challenges and shape the future of core development tools like Snapcraft, Charmcraft, Craft Parts, and the Craft CLI. Ready to contribute and deepen your expertise in advanced open source projects? Find more details here:

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Build the future of *craft: announcing Starcraft Bounties! | Ubuntu

Our commitment to building a thriving open source community is stronger than ever. We believe in empowering impactful contributions, and today, weโ...

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Canonical is introducing Debcrafters, a new team dedicated to maintaining the health of the Ubuntu Archive. ๐Ÿค Whether you're an experienced Debian Developer, a maintainer from another Linux distribution, or an engineer starting your open source journey, Debcrafters offers a unique chance to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact on the worldโ€™s most widely deployed Linux. Learn more about their mission and how they're supporting other distributions beyond Ubuntu:

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Introducing Debcrafters

Earlier this year, Canonicalโ€™s Ubuntu Engineering organisation gained a new team, seeded with some of our most prolific contributors to Ubuntu. D...

Missed #UbuCon Europe @ OpenSouthCode 2025? Weโ€™ve got you covered. Catch the highlights and relive the excitement! From hands-on workshops to networking with community members, UbuCon was a blast. We also had a great time connecting with our old friends from Slimbook, DeepComputing, KDE, OpenSearch, and many more amazing projects. ๐Ÿ“ Mรกlaga, Spain

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Event Report - UbuCon Europe @ OpenSouthCode 2025

This year the Ubuntu community is traveling around the world, spreading the word of the orange side of Linux. UbuCon Europe, as announced in this D...

One of our goals was making Network Time Security (NTS) the default in Chrony, not just for Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin, but beyond. Weโ€™ve now reached that milestone as part of the ongoing development of Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka. Read more about it in our Ubuntu Server Gazette:

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Ubuntu Server Gazette - Issue 5 - Things to keep safe: Your circle of friends and your time!

Back in Gazette issue 1 I outlined that Canonical now provides an NTS-enabled NTP server backend, that you can use it with chrony as the client, an...

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Leveling up for .NET developers on Ubuntu! ๐Ÿš€ โ€ข Day-one security patches via our collaboration with Microsoft โ€ข The improved .NET Snap for side-by-side installs โ€ข Chiseled .NET Containers: ultra-small, OCI-compliant, and secure โ€ข More robust developer documentation for .NET Dive into these topics, and more:

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Leveling up Ubuntu for Developers: .NET Edition

Last monthโ€™s update was focused on our Java ecosystem and the various initiatives to enable Java developers and improve Java development experien...

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Questing Quokka โ‚แขโ€ข๏ปŒโ€ขแขโ‚Ž

Gliding through the waves and soaring to new heights, behold Ubuntu 25.04's Plucky Puffin! ๐ŸŒŠ Watch as the daring seabird makes its debut:

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Among the waves: Plucky Puffin | Ubuntu

Not to be confused with the titular Linux mascot and seabird cousin, the penguin, puffins are another distinctively colorful and whimsical nautical...

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UbuCon is back at SCaLE Expo with an amazing roster from the Ubuntu community speaking on a variety of exciting topics. Mark your calendars for March 7th, 2025! To learn more about the event, check out

UbuCon @ SCaLE 22x

The biggest open source community at the biggest open source event in North America!

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