Canonical has officially announced the codename for Ubuntu 25.04 as Plucky Puffin, continuing the tradition of using endangered animal names for its releases.
Canonical has published the codename for the upcoming Ubuntu 25.04 on its Ubuntu Wiki Releases page, this time, it will be nicknamed the Plucky Puffin. Giving Ubuntu releases an adjective-noun codename, where the noun is an endangered animal, has been a common theme going back to Ubuntu’s first release, twenty years ago.
In the case of Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky is the adjective and means « having or showing determined courage in the face of difficulties » and Puffin is the noun, this animal is defined as « an auk (seabird) of northern and Arctic waters which nests in holes, with a large head and a massive brightly colored triangular bill.
