# Ubuntu 26.10 ships Rust coreutils, post-quantum signing, and on-device speech-to-text

> **Key takeaway:** Ubuntu 26.10 completes the migration to Rust-based coreutils, replaces GnuPG with Sequoia PGP for post-quantum package signing, and debuts Myna, a privacy-focused on-device speech-to-text agent.

**Published:** 2026-10-15T12:16:02+00:00 
**Source:** Planet Ubuntu 
**Category:** distro-planet 
**Canonical URL:** https://fosswire.org/news/ubuntu-2610-ships-rust-coreutils-post-quantum-signing-and-on.html 

## Summary
Canonical released Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray" on October 15, 2026. The interim release finishes replacing GNU coreutils with the Rust-based uutils implementation, switches APT signature verification from GnuPG to Sequoia PGP for post-quantum resistance, and introduces Myna, an opt-in speech-to-text feature using local LLMs. It also ships Linux kernel 7.3 with hardware enablement for Intel Nova Lake, AMD Zen 6, and NVIDIA 615, adds desktop images for RISC-V with RVA23 support, and upgrades ROCm to 10.0.

## What changes in Ubuntu 26.10
- **Rust coreutils migration complete**: GNU coreutils fully replaced by uutils, a Rust reimplementation
- **Post-quantum package signing**: Sequoia PGP replaces GnuPG for APT verification; adds openCryptoki with ML-DSA and ML-KEM for PKCS #11 V3.2 token support
- **Myna speech-to-text**: On-device LLM-based, opt-in; planned as default for Ubuntu 28.04 LTS
- **Desktop reliability**: dbus-broker becomes default D-Bus implementation; adjusted OOM scoring for userspace memory pressure
- **Kernel 7.3**: Enables Intel Xe3P/Nova Lake, AMD Zen 6, NVIDIA 615; adds out-of-box Lustre support
- **RISC-V desktop images**: First RVA23 support with SpacemiT K3; dedicated amd64v3 installer
- **Developer toolchains**: LLVM 22.1.6, GCC 15.2.0, Python 3.14.7, Rust 1.97.1, Zig 0.16, Go 1.27
- **ROCm 10.0**: Adds vLLM and SGLang serving framework support

## Why it matters
The completion of Rust coreutils in a major production distro signals broader acceptance of memory-safe system tools. Post-quantum signing and RISC-V desktop images with RVA23 support position Ubuntu ahead of typical enterprise Linux timelines for both security and open hardware architectures.