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Ubuntu’s release process is evolving. Starting with the 25.10 cycle, Canonical and the Ubuntu Release team have introduced monthly snapshots of the development release. But what does that actually mean?

A step-by-step demo using Ubuntu Pro and AWS Image Builder. In this video, we show how to create your own FIPS-enabled Ubuntu EKS image using EC2 Image Builder. The demo walks through creating an image pipeline, defining a recipe, and selecting a custom Ubuntu Pro AMI using SSM Parameter Store to automatically pull the latest available image. The process includes enabling FIPS updates on an Ubuntu Pro machine, validating that FIPS is enabled, and testing that the system is running in FIPS mode.

What do Ubuntu Engineers use to test things? In this talk, Tim Anderrson provides a closer look at YARF, a new internal tool used in Ubuntu Engineering for testing the desktop installer alongside other desktop applications. Tim shares a bit about how YARF works, what the Ubuntu Engineering team plan to use it for from an overarching perspective, and how they plan to integrate this tool with the community.

In this talk, Cassidy gives us a look into GNOME, the open source desktop environment project. Cassidy explains how GNOME has developed over time, the support provided by donations, and what could come next for the project. About Cassidy Cassiy James Blaede is a GNOME Foundation Director, Flathub Contributor, and Co-founder & CXO of Elementary. Ubuntu Summit 25.10 is a showcase for the innovative and the ambitious.

In this talk, Fintan Halpenny discusses the current state of open source forges, why GitHub is becoming more hostile, what other forges are out there, and why you should consider Radicle to be the next home for your open source project. About Fintan Fintan Halpenny (@fintohaps) has been a part of the Radicle project for 6 years, seeing the different twists and turns of this ever-evolving idea and protocol. When he’s not programming, he’s playing around with music, or looking at the world upside-down on his hands.

Qualcomm and Canonical have partnered to provide organizations and developers with a reliable, security-focused, high performance, certified operating system platform. The GA release of Ubuntu on Qualcomm Dragonwing platforms for both Desktop and Server is now available, offering the ability to create, test, and customize your use cases on-device.

From AI to quick-deploy applications: Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical’s founder and CEO, sits down with Randy Holloway, Global GTM Leader at Microsoft, to discuss technology trends.

‎‎ Subscribe. Trusted open source for everyone. Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical’s founder and CEO, sits down with Randy Holloway, Global GTM Leader at Microsoft, to discuss the current technology landscape. They explore AI’s impact on organizations and how open source in the public cloud is helping teams innovate.

At KubeCon NA 2025, Dilpreet Bindra from @vmware explains why VMware offers, reducing friction for developers with end-to-end support from both VMware and Canonical. Discover how this partnership benefits cloud-native development and AI.

Ubuntu Pro for WSL is a Windows application that automates the attachment of your Ubuntu Pro subscription to instances of Ubuntu on WSL. The Pro for WSL application makes it possible to securely deploy instances of Ubuntu on WSL at scale.