Ubuntu Server Weighing Tmux vs. Screen, Wget vs. Curl
With less than one year to go until the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release and trying to get any major changes into Ubuntu 25.10 for extra baking, Ubuntu engineers have been evaluating some Ubuntu Server seed changes.
Ubuntu engineer John Chittum recently laid out some Ubuntu Server seed changes planned for Ubuntu 25.10 as we work toward the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release and then potentially some Ubuntu Server changes that will come after that all-important long-term support release.
Ubuntu Server has offered both screen and tmux while Tmux is expected to become the opinionated install for the terminal multiplexer in Ubuntu Server 25.10.
Ubuntu Server 25.10 is also expected to demote Byobu into Ubuntu Universe since upstream work on it has stalled in recent years and doesn't fit into Ubuntu's current plans. Byobu as a reminder is a text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer.
For post Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, in the Ubuntu 26.10 cycle they might drop wget from Ubuntu Server by default and put it in supported, in favor of using Curl for command-line downloading needs. This change is still up in the air and with many scripting around "wget" and expecting it to be there, this change wouldn't happen until at least Ubuntu 26.10.
More details on some of the other possible changes coming to Ubuntu Server via this Ubuntu Discourse thread.
Ubuntu engineer John Chittum recently laid out some Ubuntu Server seed changes planned for Ubuntu 25.10 as we work toward the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release and then potentially some Ubuntu Server changes that will come after that all-important long-term support release.
Ubuntu Server has offered both screen and tmux while Tmux is expected to become the opinionated install for the terminal multiplexer in Ubuntu Server 25.10.
Ubuntu Server 25.10 is also expected to demote Byobu into Ubuntu Universe since upstream work on it has stalled in recent years and doesn't fit into Ubuntu's current plans. Byobu as a reminder is a text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer.
For post Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, in the Ubuntu 26.10 cycle they might drop wget from Ubuntu Server by default and put it in supported, in favor of using Curl for command-line downloading needs. This change is still up in the air and with many scripting around "wget" and expecting it to be there, this change wouldn't happen until at least Ubuntu 26.10.
More details on some of the other possible changes coming to Ubuntu Server via this Ubuntu Discourse thread.