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Ubuntu 25.10 will Have a Brand New Terminal (and Image Viewer)

Ubuntu 25.10 replaces its default terminal and image viewer with modern apps.

loupe image viewer on left, ptycxis terminal emulator on right, ubuntu logo in the background, faded

Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" is the next interim release that's on track to be a packed release, with the notable inclusion of sudo-rs and other Rust-based components signaling the oxidation of Ubuntu.

It is expected for an October 2025 release, but meanwhile, a development update by Canonical highlights what we can expect from it.

Ubuntu 25.10's New Terminal and Image Viewer

As revealed by The Questing Quokka Roadmap, Ubuntu 25.10 is set to arrive with the upcoming GNOME 49 release, which is expected to deliver many upgrades to further refine the desktop experience for users.

In line with that, they have set out to include two new applications, Ptyxis and Loupe, which will respectively be the default terminal emulator and image viewer on Ubuntu 25.10.

ptyxis is open with a fastfetch output and the preferences menu open with the appearance page showing on a ubuntu 25.04 virtual machine
Fastfetch output when using Ptyxis on Ubuntu 25.04.

A modern terminal emulator for GNOME, Ptyxis has been designed with a strong focus on providing container integration and an intuitive user experience for both developers and power users alike.

It has some really interesting features like integration for container tools like Podman, Distrobox, and Toolbx; a terminal inspector for debugging issues when writing terminal apps; a GTK4-based interface; and support for themes.

If you can't wait for Ubuntu 25.10, then you can install Ptyxis on your Ubuntu system by running any one of the following commands.

For getting it via APT:

sudo apt install ptyxis

If you have Flatpak configured on your system, then you can run this:

flatpak install flathub app.devsuite.Ptyxis
loupe being used to show an image of a woman holding fireflies with a cityscape in the background
Original Pic: Matheus Bertelli

Similarly, Loupe is the modern image viewer for GNOME, which was introduced as a replacement to the aging Eye of GNOME image viewer. Written in Rust, it takes advantage of GTK4 and Libadwaita to offer a sleek and responsive user interface that doesn't feel clunky.

Key features of it include extensive file format support, GPU-accelerated rendering, support for touch and gesture, detailed metadata display, and sandboxed image decoding to prevent insecure image file shenanigans.

You can install Loupe on your Ubuntu system by running one of the following commands:

sudo apt install loupe #For APT
flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Loupe #For Flatpak

But Wait, There's More!

Fedora Workstation already adopted these two as the default terminal and image viewing apps a long time ago. It's good to see that Ubuntu finally made the switch, as in the past, it has preferred sticking to proven/older applications.

So, far, the Ubuntu 25.10 release is shaping up to be a big one. The roadmap mentions many other cool changes, too, like:

At the risk of stating the obvious, this interim Ubuntu release is paving the way for the next long-term support (LTS) release, Ubuntu 26.04, which is scheduled to arrive in April 2026.

Via: OMG! Ubuntu

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