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How to Upgrade Manually to Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray"

  With the development cycle for Ubuntu 26.10 officially underway, Canonical has published stonking/snapshot-1 . For early adopters, developers, and enthusiasts looking to ride the absolute edge of the open-source wave, the temptation to jump from the stable shores of 26.04 LTS, Resolute Raccoon, into the development stream is strong. Because the automated release pathways are not populated so early in the cycle, the standard do-release-upgrade -d tool will politely decline to find the new branch. To make the leap, we must step past the guardrails and manage our repository tracking manually. > Important Prerequisite: Upgrading to a day-one snapshot moves your environment into a highly experimental space. Ensure all core personal files, configurations, and local development repositories are thoroughly backed up before executing these steps. Ubuntu 26.04 has transitioned to a modern, structured deb822 formatting layout for core package sources. This means standard mod...

Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 11


Today I'll be showing you how you can boot Ubuntu with windows 11


Note you must have windows 11 installed

Burn Ubuntu with a program like Rufus 



During installation, there'll be an option to install Ubuntu alongside windows 11. 
Start the bios (reboot and tap f2 or delete to get into uefi/bios)

Boot from the USB stick 

Install Ubuntu and check the box during installation 'install Ubuntu alongside windows' 

Once you have Ubuntu installed, you'll want to boot back in to bios and make sure Ubuntu is the first boot priority (usually under nvme or boot options) 

The PC will automatically enter grub (or a boot menu) 

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