Ubuntu Introduces Architecture Variants
LWN.net News from the source ContentWeekly EditionArchivesSearchKernelSecurityEvents calendarUnread commentsLWN FAQWrite for us User: Password: | | Subscribe / Log in / New account Ubuntu introduces architecture variants [Posted October 31, 2025 by jzb] Michael Hudson-Doyle, a member of Ubuntu’s Foundations team, has announced the introduction of an “architecture variant” for Ubuntu 25.10: By making changes to dpkg, apt and Launchpad, we are able to build multiple versions of a package, each for a different level of the x86-64 architecture, meaning we can have packages that specifically target x86-64-v3, for example. As a result, we’re very excited to share that in Ubuntu 25.10, some packages are available, on an opt-in basis, in their optimized form…
