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Ubuntu 25.10 Planning To Use Dracut By Default


For the past number of months there has been talk in the Ubuntu developer space around replacing initramfs-tools with Dracut for handling initrd generation

For the past number of months there has been talk in the Ubuntu developer space around replacing initramfs-tools with Dracut for handling initrd generation. But with work not being completed yet and avoiding a late fundamental change to Ubuntu 25.04, they announced today their plan is to change to Dracut by default for Ubuntu 25.10 in October. He also outlined how those running the upcoming Ubuntu 25.04 will be able to switch to Dracut if desired.

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