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#StonkingStingray brings us the debut of Myna: Ubuntu’s speech-to-text agent.

Named after the Myna bird (known for its ability to mimic human speech), Myna is an opt-in feature in Ubuntu 26.10, designed to provide speech recognition with clear visual feedback while you speak.

Ubuntu 26.10 is now available to download. Learn more: https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray

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CanonicalCanonical releases Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray | CanonicalUbuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray is now available. The interim release previews privacy conscious speech-to-text, enables post-quantum package signing, and completes the rollout of Rust coreutils.
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Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray has emerged with agility and grace.

Learn more in our press release: https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray

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UbuntuCanonical releases Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray | UbuntuUbuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray is now available. The interim release previews privacy conscious speech-to-text, enables post-quantum package signing, and completes the rollout of Rust coreutils.
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Canonical Ubuntu@[email protected]

Myna is now available as a technology preview on Ubuntu Desktop, bringing local speech-to-text dictation to your everyday applications.

This optional feature supports local speech recognition engines like Parakeet, Whisper, and FunASR: no internet connection is required after the models are downloaded, and your audio is not stored or uploaded.

Read our blog to learn more about it, and tell us about your experience: https://ubuntu.com/blog/myna-speech-to-text-technology-preview-available

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UbuntuMyna speech-to-text is now available as a technology preview | UbuntuA few months ago, we introduced Myna, our project to bring private, local speech-to-text dictation to Ubuntu Desktop. Named after the speech-mimicking myna bird, Myna is an optional Ubuntu 26.10 feature that offers real-time visual feedback during speech recognition. Since then, Myna has grown into something you can install and use on you […]
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The Ubuntu Release team is pleased to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 26.10 #StonkingStingray for Desktop, Server, WSL, and Cloud.

📥 Download it today and give us your feedback: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray-beta-released/88662?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=organic+social

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Ubuntu DiscourseUbuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) Beta releasedThe Ubuntu Release team is pleased to announce the Beta release of the Ubuntu 26.10 Desktop, Server, WSL, and Cloud products. Ubuntu 26.10, codenamed “Stonking Stingray”, continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new featu
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The new Ubuntu wiki is live!

We’ve deprecated the two previous wikis based on MoinMoin, and transitioned to a unified one based on MediaWiki.

Check out what’s new:
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-new-ubuntu-wiki-has-launched/88171

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Ubuntu DiscourseThe new Ubuntu wiki has launchedAnnouncing the launch of the new Ubuntu wiki The new Ubuntu wiki is now deployed, in production, and ready to use at wiki.ubuntu.com. You will find that it offers a modern editing experience and a lot of built-in functionality. In this post, I’ll explain what’s changing during the launch and revisit some background for the wiki project. Finally, I provide updates on new features that have landed
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Spill the T! 🍵

T______ T______

Guess the release mascot of Ubuntu 27.04: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/guess-the-release-27-04-t/87832

Ubuntu DiscourseGuess the release 27.04 - THi everyone! As the Stonking Stingray is about to start its majestic underwater flight, it is time to put on our thinking caps, polish our crystal balls, and 🔮Guess the Release! 🔮 What is a release mascot? More than 20 years ago, the very first release of Ubuntu was the Warty Warthog. That’s how the cycle of Ubuntu mascots began! Since then, moving in alphabetical order, we’ve had a mascot for e
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Our esteemed artisans from the Ubuntu community have made quite a splash! 🌊

Congratulations to the winners of Ubuntu 26.10 #StonkingStingray Wallpaper Competition.

The Ubuntu wallpaper competition takes place with every Ubuntu release, celebrating the creativity of our community and helping make each release truly remarkable.

See all the winning community wallpapers: https://ubuntu.com/blog/grace-on-the-currents-stonking-stingray?utm_source={SOCIAL_NETWORK}&utm_medium=organic+social

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UbuntuGrace on the currents: Stonking Stingray | UbuntuWhen the codename for Ubuntu 26.10 was announced, I suspect there was a measurable surge in users searching for the definition of “stonking” across search engines and the various popular AI chatbots. As it so happens, the rather silly sounding word is actually a bit of British slang that denotes “something of considerable size, or […]
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Ubuntu 26.10 official desktop wallpapers are here! 🧡

See the Stonking Stingray in a variety of colors, shapes, and sizes: https://ubuntu.com/blog/grace-on-the-currents-stonking-stingray

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UbuntuGrace on the currents: Stonking Stingray | UbuntuWhen the codename for Ubuntu 26.10 was announced, I suspect there was a measurable surge in users searching for the definition of “stonking” across search engines and the various popular AI chatbots. As it so happens, the rather silly sounding word is actually a bit of British slang that denotes “something of considerable size, or […]
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Canonical Ubuntu@[email protected]

Gliding through the waves, the Stonking Stingray emerges with agility and grace.🌊

See it up close: https://ubuntu.com/blog/grace-on-the-currents-stonking-stingray

Ubuntu 26.10 lands on October 15, 2026.

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UbuntuGrace on the currents: Stonking Stingray | UbuntuWhen the codename for Ubuntu 26.10 was announced, I suspect there was a measurable surge in users searching for the definition of “stonking” across search engines and the various popular AI chatbots. As it so happens, the rather silly sounding word is actually a bit of British slang that denotes “something of considerable size, or […]
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Vote for your favorites from an ocean of artwork!

Voting for the Ubuntu 26.10 wallpaper competition closes on September 4.

See all submissions: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/vote-stonking-stingray-wallpaper-competition/86906

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Ubuntu Discourse🗳️ VOTE - Stonking Stingray Wallpaper CompetitionThank you to all the incredible artists, photographers and pixel wizards who shared your talent with us! So many community members came out to help make Stonking Stingray another beautiful Ubuntu release. This ended up being one of the most popular interim release competitions that we’ve had in quite a while. 🙂 Now it’s your turn to help choose which artwork will make it into the final release of
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VENTUNO™ Q is now available for pre-order, pre-loaded with Ubuntu.

Learn more on the blog: https://canonical.com/blog/arduino-ventuno-q-is-available-for-pre-order-with-ubuntu-pre-installed

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CanonicalArduino® VENTUNO™ Q is available for pre-order with Ubuntu pre-installed | CanonicalCanonical and Arduino launch pre-orders for VENTUNO Q, a dual-brain edge AI board featuring Ubuntu, 40 TOPS NPU compute, and real-time control.
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The time has come: it’s Ubuntu Wallpaper Competition season once again!

Submit your artwork for Ubuntu 26.10, codenamed Stonking Stingray, before August 28th 2026.

May the best arts win. 🎨

Learn more: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/stonking-stingray-26-10-wallpaper-competition/86058

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Ubuntu DiscourseStonking Stingray 26.10 Wallpaper CompetitionAn ocean of artwork The great swimming pancake has briefly come ashore to seek out the very best artists on dry land! You can help our flappy friend by submitting your hand crafted artwork and the most sea worthy submissions will be forever part of the Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray release this fall! So, as we always say.. Break out those paint brushes, sharpen those colored pencils, plug in tho
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Canonical is now a Gold Sponsor of the Trifecta Tech Foundation. 👏

We have supported the foundation’s work since 2025, co-sponsoring the development of projects like sudo-rs. This new contribution will help the foundation continue developing and maintaining memory-safe system utilities written in Rust.

Learn what’s next for this collaboration: https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-becomes-gold-sponsor-of-trifecta-tech-foundation

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UbuntuCanonical becomes Gold Sponsor of Trifecta Tech Foundation | UbuntuCanonical is now a Gold Sponsor of the Trifecta Tech Foundation. The company will co-sponsor the development of projects like sudo-rs.
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