Linux 6.17 Kernel Arrives in Ubuntu 25.10 Daily Builds

Ubuntu 25.10 daily builds are now running on the Linux 6.17 kernel. Linux 6.17 isn’t released until late September, but the Canonical kernel team has changed its policy to always use the latest in-development kernel release in new Ubuntu version going forward, irrespective of whether its actually been released. So, for the time being, Linux 6.17 is an “unstable” – a technical, not literal term – kernel snapshot based on a recent release candidate but with the usual Canonical patches, tuning and modifications applied on top of it. Since the upstream Linux kernel release schedule and Ubuntu’s own development plans […]

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