The Ubuntu team is very pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) for Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products.

“Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and
precision are essential for starting points.” – Percival Lowell

Codenamed “Precise Pangolin”, 12.04 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition
of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a
high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard
at work through this cycle, introducing a few new features and improving
quality control.

To be a bit more precise about what we’re releasing today…
There are 54 product images and 2 cloud images being shipped with
this 12.04 LTS release, with translations available in 41 languages.
The Ubuntu project’s 12.04 archive currently has 39,226 binary packages
in it, built from 19,179 source packages, so lots of good starting points
for your imagination!

For PC users, Ubuntu 12.04 supports laptops, desktops, and netbooks
with a unified look and feel based on an updated version of the desktop
shell called “Unity”, which introduces “Head-Up Display” search capabilities.
Finding and installing software using the Ubuntu Software Centre is
now easier thanks to improvements in speed, search and usability.

Ubuntu Server 12.04 has made it much easier to provision, deploy,
host, manage, and orchestrate enterprise data centre infrastructure
services with the introduction of new technologies such as “Metal as
a Service” (MAAS), the Juju Charm Store, and the latest OpenStack version,
codenamed Essex. These technologies further position Ubuntu Server
as the best OS for scale-out computing.

Read more about the new features of Ubuntu 12.04 in the following
press releases:

http://www.canonical.com/content/ubuntu-server-1204-lts-certified-available-and-ready-hyperscale-world

http://www.canonical.com/content/ubuntu-1204-lts-aims-conquer-enterprise-desktop

Long term support maintenance updates will be provided for
Ubuntu 12.04 for five years, through April 2017. For those working
on the ARM architecture, an 18 month supported release is also
provided for the ARM server using the ARM Hard Float (HF) architecture.

Thanks to the efforts of the global translation community, Ubuntu
is now available in 41 languages. For a list of available languages
and detailed translation statistics for these and other languages, see:

http://people.canonical.com/~dpm/stats/ubuntu-12.04-translation-stats.html

The newest Kubuntu 12.04 (LTS), Edubuntu 12.04 (LTS), Xubuntu 12.04 (LTS),
Mythbuntu 12.04, Lubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu Studio 12.04 are also being
released today. More details can be found in their announcements:

Kubuntu: http://kubuntu.org/news/12.04-release
Xubuntu: http://xubuntu.org/news/12-04-release
Edubuntu http://edubuntu.org/news/12.04-release
Mythbuntu: http://mythbuntu.org/12.04/release
Lubuntu: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Announcement/12.04
Ubuntu Studio: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/12.04release_notes

To get Ubuntu 12.04
——————-

In order to download Ubuntu 12.04, visit:

http://www.ubuntu.com/download

Users of Ubuntu 11.10 will be offered an automatic upgrade to 12.04
via Update Manager. For further information about upgrading, see:

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/upgrade

As always, upgrades to the latest version of Ubuntu are entirely free of charge.

We recommend that all users read the release notes, which document caveats,
workarounds for known issues, as well as more in-depth notes on the release
itself. They are available at:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes

Find out what’s new in this release with a graphical overview:

http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/whats-new

http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/features

If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug
but aren’t sure, you can try asking in any of the following places:

#ubuntu on irc.freenode.net

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users

http://www.ubuntuforums.org

http://askubuntu.com

Help Shape Ubuntu
—————–

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list
of ways you can participate at:

http://www.ubuntu.com/community/get-involved

About Ubuntu
————

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops,
netbooks and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular
releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications
is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a
few clicks away.

Professional services including support are available from Canonical
and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information
about support, visit:

http://www.ubuntu.com/support

More Information
—————-

You can learn more about Ubuntu and about this release on our
website listed below:

http://www.ubuntu.com

To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to
Ubuntu’s very low volume announcement list at:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce

On behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team,
Kate Stewart

Precise Pangolin will make its final debut on April 26. In the meantime, this new release gives an even closer glimpse at what it will look like. Here’s a quick rundown of what has changed since the first beta was unveiled. Read more here

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products.

Codenamed “Precise Pangolin”, 12.04 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition
of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a
high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard
at work through this cycle, introducing a few new features but mostly
fixing bugs.

With Ubuntu 12.04, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu and
Ubuntu Studio also reached Beta 2 status today.

Ubuntu Changes
————–

Some of the key new features available since Beta 1 are:

* A new Ubuntu kernel (3.2.0-20.33) which is base on the v3.2.12
upstream Linux kernel. Changes to the default kernel flavours
have been made for 12.04 LTS.

* Updates to our new way to quickly search and access any desktop
application’s and indicator’s menu, called the HUD, can be
accessed by taping the Alt key and entering characters.

* LibreOffice has been updated to 3.5.1.

* Ubuntu One has a new control panel to provides an installer,
setup wizard, ability to add/remove folders to sync, and more

Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ for details.

Ubuntu Server and Cloud Images
——————————

* 12.04 Beta 2 is shipping the latest milestones of OpenStack Essex
(RC1), and will be upgraded to final before release.

* Zentyal as well as OpenMPI 1.5 for ARM are now available in Universe.

* KVM 1.0 on x86, which enables nested KVM by default, now allows a
virtualisation experience within cloud instances.

Ubuntu Core
———–

Ubuntu Core is a minimal rootfs for use in the creation of custom
images, and now includes ARM hard float (armhf) images. Developers
can use Ubuntu Core as the basis for their application demonstrations,
constrained environment deployments, device support packages, and
other goals.

Kubuntu
——-

Kubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 introduces “Kubuntu Active” as a tech preview,
which is a new Ubuntu flavour designed for tablet devices.

Please see https://wiki.kubuntu.org/PrecisePangolin/Beta2/Kubuntu for
details.

Edubuntu
——–

Edubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 ships with improved translations, and updates to
the new epoptes and LTSP 5.3 releases.

For more details on what has changed in Edubuntu 12.04, please refer to

http://www.edubuntu.org.

Xubuntu
——-

Xubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 now has new branding and further appearance
tweaks have been made. On i386 hardware, the non-PAE kernel is
used to support a wider variety of machines. Pavucontrol is now
used over xfce4-mixer.

For more information about the changes in Xubuntu 12.04, please
go to http://xubuntu.org/.

Lubuntu
——-

Lubuntu 12.04 has had its artwork updated, and updates
made to LightDM.

For more information about the changes in Lubuntu 12.04,
please go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu.

Ubuntu Studio
————-

Ubuntu Studio 12.04 Beta 2 live DVD now has a new low latency
kernel installed by default. There is better Pulse Audio
to JACK bridging, an improved ice1712 mixer and … the XFCE
transition has finished!

Mythbuntu
———

Mythbuntu 12.04 Beta 2 contains a pre-release version of MythTV 0.25,
which will be updated to final as soon as its available.

Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/precise/beta2 for more details
on the above products.

About Ubuntu
————

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and
servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A
tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and
an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and
hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information
about support, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/support .

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways
you can participate at: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate .

Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions really help us to
improve this and future releases of Ubuntu. Instructions can be
found at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs .

To Get Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2
————————–

To upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 from Ubuntu 11.10, follow
these instructions:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PreciseUpgrades

Or, download Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 images from a location near you:

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/download (Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server) .

In addition they can be found at the following links:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/ (Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server)

http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/beta-2/

(Ubuntu Cloud Images)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/beta-2/

(Ubuntu DVD, preinstalled ARM images, source)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/releases/12.04/beta-2/

(Ubuntu Core)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/12.04/ (Ubuntu Netboot)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/precise/beta-2/

(Kubuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu-active/releases/precise/beta-2/

(Kubuntu Active)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/precise/beta-2/

(Xubuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/precise/beta-2/

(Edubuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/precise/beta-2/

(Ubuntu Studio)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/precise/beta-2/

(Lubuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/precise/beta-2/

(Mythbuntu)

The final version of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is expected to be released
on April 26, 2012.

More Information
—————-

You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this beta release on our
website, IRC channel and wiki.

To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu’s
very low volume announcement list at:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS, the fourth maintenance update to Ubuntu’s 10.04 LTS release. This release includes updated server, desktop, alternate installation CDs and DVDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures.

The Kubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Kubuntu 10.04.4.
This release includes updated images for the desktop and alternate
installation CDs and DVDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures.

This is the last planned maintenance release for the 10.04 LTS series.
Future security updates and bug fixes will be individually downloadable
from the Ubuntu archive in the same way as before, but no further
updates to installation media will be provided for 10.04 LTS. The next
LTS release, 12.04 LTS, will be released in April 2012. We recommend
that users installing Ubuntu after April install the latest LTS release.

To Get Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
————————-

To download Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS visit:

desktop: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download
server: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server/download

We recommend that all users read the release notes, which document
caveats and workarounds for known issues. They are available at:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/1004

To get Kubuntu 10.04.4 visit:

http://www.kubuntu.org

About Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
————————

This is the fourth and last planned maintenance release of Ubuntu 10.04
LTS, which continues to be supported with maintenance updates and security
fixes until April 2013 on desktops and April 2015 on servers.

For the first time, this point release includes backported updated hardware
support. In addition, numerous post-release updates have been integrated,
and a number of bugs in the installation system have been corrected. These
include security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, with a
focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

See http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/lucid for a full list of Ubuntu security
updates that have been applied to 10.04.4

See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu for specific information about a
particular bug number. A complete list of post-release updates
since 10.04.3 is available at:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/ReleaseNotes/ChangeSummary/10.04.4

Helping Shape Ubuntu
——————–

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways
you can participate at:

http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/

About Ubuntu
————

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops,
netbooks and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular
releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications
is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just
a few clicks away.

Professional services including support are available from Canonical
and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information
about support, visit:

http://www.ubuntu.com/support

More Information
—————-

You can find out more about Ubuntu on our website:

http://www.ubuntu.com/

To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu’s
very low volume announcement list at:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce

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If you’re feeling a little adventurous this weekend, the first alpha is out for the upcoming Ubuntu 12.04 release. Code-named Precise Pangolin, the alpha release contains software updates and (likely) some exciting bugs that you can help squash. Read more here

The official launch of Ubuntu 11.10, which had been code-named “Oneiric Ocelot,” is the first major launch of the Linux-based OS since its top developer announced an ambitions goal to reach 200 million desktops within a couple of years. Read more here

The next version of Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux distribution, to be released next week, will be the first to run on the Arm architecture, as well as the first edition to offer a new cloud service orchestration engine, called JuJu. Read more here

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 11.10, code-named
“Oneiric Ocelot”. 11.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of
integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies
into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

“There is nothing like a dream to create the future.” – Victor Hugo

For PC users, Ubuntu 11.10 supports laptops, desktops and netbooks
with a unified look and feel based on an updated version of the
desktop shell called “Unity”, which introduces specialized “Lenses”.
Finding and installing software using the Ubuntu Software Centre is
now easier thanks to improvements in speed, search functionality
enhancements, and usability improvements. Aside from updates
on the performance side, it’s also more aesthetically appealing.

Ubuntu Server 11.10 has made it much easier to provision, deploy,
host, manage, and orchestrate enterprise data centre infrastructure
services with the introduction of “Orchestra”. The Juju technical
preview allows service developers to describe the deployment and
scaling requirements of their applications, in order to simplify
and enhance the dialogue between developers and operations teams.
For those working on the ARM architecture, a technical preview is
also provided for the ARM server.

Read more about the new features of Ubuntu 11.10 in the following
press releases:

http://www.canonical.com/content/transforming-home-pc-ubuntu-1110

http://www.canonical.com/content/client-cloud-ubuntu-1110-sets-pace-business-it

Standard maintenance updates will be provided for Ubuntu 11.10 for
18 months, through April 2013.

Thanks to the efforts of the global translation community, Ubuntu
is now available in 38 languages. For a list of available languages
and detailed translation statistics for these and other languages, see:

http://people.canonical.com/~dpm/stats/ubuntu-11.10-translation-stats.html

Ubuntu 11.10 is the base for the newest 11.10 iterations of Kubuntu,
Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Mythbuntu, Ubuntu Studio, and our newest addition
to this release cycle, Lubuntu!

Kubuntu: http://kubuntu.org/news/11.10-release
Xubuntu: http://xubuntu.org/news/11.10-release
Edubuntu http://edubuntu.org/news/11.10-release
Mythbuntu: http://mythbuntu.org/11.10/release
Ubuntu Studio: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/11.10release_notes
Lubuntu: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Announcement/11.10

Ubuntu 11.10 is also now available on two new ARM community-supported
ports.
AC100 (Toshiba Tegra 2 Netbook): https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/TEGRA/AC100
MX5 (Freescale i.MX53 QuickStart): https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/MX5

To get Ubuntu 11.10
——————-

In order to download Ubuntu 11.10, visit:

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download

Users of Ubuntu 11.04 will be offered an automatic upgrade to 11.10
via Update Manager. For further information about upgrading, see:

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/upgrade

As always, upgrades to the latest version of Ubuntu are entirely free of
charge.

We recommend that all users read the release notes, which document
caveats, workarounds for known issues, as well as more in-depth notes
on the release itself. They are available at:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes

Find out what’s new in this release with a graphical overview:

http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/whats-new

http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/features

If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but
aren’t sure, you can try asking in any of the following places:

#ubuntu on irc.freenode.net

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/

http://askubuntu.com/

Help Shape Ubuntu
——————–

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list
of ways you can participate at:

http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/

About Ubuntu
————

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops,
netbooks and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular
releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications
is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a
few clicks away.

Professional services including support are available from Canonical
and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information
about support, visit:

http://www.ubuntu.com/support

More Information
—————-

You can learn more about Ubuntu and about this release on our website
listed below:

http://www.ubuntu.com/

To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu’s
very low volume announcement list at:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce/

Kate Stewart,
on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team

Sticking exactly to the plan, we are quickly moving towards the release of 11.10, and it’s only three weeks until then Read more here

Codenamed “Oneiric Ocelot”, 11.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of
integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a
high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at
work through this cycle fixing bugs and introducing a couple of new
features as we polish up for the release.

Ubuntu Changes since Beta 1
—————————

Some of the new features now available are:

A new set of community supported ARM architecture images will be
available between now and the release. The armel+ac100 for the Toshiba
ac100 netbook is available for download now, and armel+mx5 targeted at
the Freescale i.MX53 Quick Start development board will be available in
one of the upcoming dailies.

GNOME got updated to current unstable version (3.1.92) on its way to
GNOME 3.2

OneConf has now been integrated into the Ubuntu Software Center to help
keep your installed applications in sync between computers.

And we continue to improve the underlying infrastructure:

Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 improves support for installing 32-bit library and
application packages on 64-bit systems

Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 has a new kernel based on v3.0.4.

Ubuntu Server
————-

Beta 2 includes Orchestra which is a collection of the best free
software services for provisioning, deploying, hosting, managing, and
orchestrating enterprise data center infrastructure services, by, with,
and for the Ubuntu Server.

Juju (formerly codenamed Ensemble) is now available as a part of Ubuntu
Server to handle service deployment and orchestration for both cloud and
bare metal. Juju has many Charms available, including OpenStack
deployment.

Xen hypervisor has been re-introduced to Ubuntu Server.

Kubuntu
——-

Kubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 has the latest KDE software including KDE 4.7.1
Plasma Workspaces and Applications.

Along with KDE 4.7.1, the new KDE Personal Information Management
(KDEPIM) suite 4.7 is included, which includes the new Kmail 2.

The Muon Suite 1.2 which includes Muon Software Center and Muon
Package manager is now available.

Please see https://wiki.kubuntu.org/OneiricOcelot/Beta2/Kubuntu for
details.

Edubuntu
——–

Edubuntu’s Oneiric Ocelot Beta 2 has updates to gobby-0.5 and gbrainy
version 2.

For more details on what has changed in Edubuntu 11.10, please refer to

http://www.edubuntu.org.

Mythbuntu
———

Mythbuntu Oneiric Ocelot Beta 2 has adapted Chromium to replace Firefox
by default. It now ships with Ubuntu Software Center.

Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ for further details.

About Ubuntu
————

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and
servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A
tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and
an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and
hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information
about support, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/support .

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways
you can participate at: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate .

Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions really help us to
improve this and future releases of Ubuntu. Instructions can be
found at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs.

To Get Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2
————————–

To upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 from Ubuntu 11.04, follow
these instructions:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OneiricUpgrades

Or, download Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 images from a location near you:

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/download (Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server)

In addition, they can be found at the following links:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/oneiric/ (Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server)

http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/oneiric/beta-2/

(Ubuntu Cloud Images)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/oneiric/beta-2/

(Ubuntu DVD, Alternates, pre-installed ARM Images)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/11.10/ (Ubuntu Netboot)
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/oneiric/ (Kubuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-2/

(Kubuntu DVD)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-2/

(Xubuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-2/

(Edubuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/oneiric/beta-2/

(Ubuntu Studio)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-2/

(Mythbuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-2/

(Lubuntu)

The final version of Ubuntu 11.10 is expected to be released on
October 13 2011.

More Information
—————-

You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this beta release on our
website, IRC channel and wiki.

To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu’s
very low volume announcement list at:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce

Scott James Remnant, a member of the Ubuntu Technical Board and a former Ubuntu Developer Manager, said in a blog post that the current six month release cycle for the open source platform was problematic for developers. Read more here

Now, however, it looks like there may be another big change coming down the pike. Specifically, in what feels almost like a tip of the hat to Firefox, a proposal has been made to switch Ubuntu to a monthly release cycle Red more here

With the nomination period beginning for the Ubuntu Technical Board, big changes like Unity having arrived in Ubuntu recently, and the upcoming UDS for being what will likely be a new LTS release of Ubuntu, it’s as good as time as any to ask big questions about the development process, challenge assumptions, and make suggestions for big changes. Read more here

Codenamed “Oneiric Ocelot”, 11.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs. This release introduces a new set images called Ubuntu Core. These include a minimal software and are can be used as the basis for
customized Ubuntu distributions and products.

The DVD images have been slimmed down to 1.5GB, retaining a complete
set of language packs, for faster downloading and use on USB drives.

With Ubuntu 11.10, we also welcome a new Ubuntu family member, Lubuntu!
Lubuntu, together with Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Mythbuntu,
and Ubuntu Studio also reached Beta 1 status today.

Ubuntu Changes
————–

Some of the new features now available are:

DVD images have been revised into extended desktop images with
additional language support and a few extra applications, and thereby
reduced to a more manageable size of around 1.5 GB.

“Lenses” (formerly “Places”) now integrate multiple sources and advanced
filtering like ratings, range, categories.

Thunderbird is included as default email client including menu and
launcher integration.

Déjà Dup is included as the default backup tool, making it easy to
create backups and upload them to Ubuntu One.

The new gwibber landed in Oneiric bringing improved performance and a
new interface using the most recent GNOME technologies.

GNOME got updated to current unstable version (3.1.5) on its way to
GNOME 3.2

LightDM now uses the new Unity greeter by default.

The indicators have been visually refreshed, including a refactoring of
the session indicator and a new power indicator.

The Ubuntu Software Center adds new “top rated” views to the main
category page and all subcategory pages, it allows you to edit or delete
your own reviews, and has had a significant speedup for standalone deb
file installation.

And we continue to improve the underlying infrastructure:

Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 enables support for installing 32-bit library and
application packages on 64-bit systems

Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 has a new kernel based on v3.0.3.

GNU toolchain has transitioned to be based off of gcc 4.6 for i386,
amd64, and ARM omap3/omap4 architectures.

Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ for details.

Ubuntu Server
————-

Ubuntu Server now includes Orchestra, a collection of the best free
software services for provisioning, deploying, hosting, managing, and
orchestrating enterprise data center infrastructure services.

Ensemble is now available as well, it is a critical part of Ubuntu
Server designed to handle service deployment and orchestration for both
cloud and bare metal.

OpenStack has been updated to the latest Diablo-4 development release.

Ubuntu Core
———–

Ubuntu Core is a new minimal rootfs for use in the creation of custom
images. Developers will be able to use Ubuntu Core as the basis for
their application demonstrations, constrained environment deployments,
device support packages, and other goals.

Kubuntu
——-

Kubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 sports the latest KDE software including KDE 4.7
Plasma Workspaces and Applications.

Along with KDE 4.7, 11.10 also introduces the new KDEPIM suite, which
includes the new Kmail 2.

The new Amarok 2.4.3 music player has several improvements to make it
easier to use.

Kubuntu has switched to providing the Muon Software Center and Muon
Package manager by default.

Please see https://wiki.kubuntu.org/OneiricOcelot/Beta1/Kubuntu for
details.

Xubuntu
——-

Xubuntu has changed several default applications: Pastebinit is now
included to make it easier to share information. Leafpad is now the
default text editor. gThumb has been added to assist with digital

The onscreen keyboard, Onboard, is now included in the default Xubuntu
menus, under Accessories. For those who require an onscreen keyboard,
this will be much easier to access using only a mouse or touchpad.

Edubuntu
——–

Oneiric Ocelot Beta 1 is the first release of Edubuntu to feature a
fully translated installer. LTSP Live has been re-written and is now
fully translatable and network-manager aware.

This beta also offers a refreshed look and feel with a new wallpaper and
login screen.

For more details on what has changed in Edubuntu 11.10, please refer to
http://www.edubuntu.org .

Mythbuntu
———

Mythbuntu Oneiric Ocelot Beta 1 has transitioned over to the quicker
lightdm desktop manager and brings updated builds of MythTV.

Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/oneiric/beta for more details
on the above products.

About Ubuntu
————

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and
servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A
tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and
an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and
hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information
about support, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/support .

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways
you can participate at: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate .

Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions really help us to
improve this and future releases of Ubuntu. Instructions can be
found at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs .

To Get Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1
————————–

To upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 from Ubuntu 11.04, follow
these instructions:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OneiricUpgrades

Or, download Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 images from a location near you:

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/download (Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server)

In addition, they can be found at the following links:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/oneiric/ (Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server)

http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/oneiric/beta-1/

(Ubuntu Cloud Images)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/oneiric/beta-1/

(Ubuntu DVD, Alternates, pre-installed ARM Images)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/11.10/ (Ubuntu Netboot)
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/oneiric/ (Kubuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-1/

(Kubuntu DVD)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-1/

(Xubuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-1/

(Edubuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/oneiric/beta-1/

(Ubuntu Studio)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-1/

(Mythbuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-1/

(Lubuntu)

The final version of Ubuntu 11.10 is expected to be released on
October 13 2011.

More Information
—————-

You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this beta release on our
website, IRC channel and wiki.

To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu’s
very low volume announcement list at:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce

One thing I’ve been missing recently has been having the Ubuntu release schedule in my calendar. So without further adieu, I am announcing that I will be maintaining a public Google Calendar for the Ubuntu release schedule. Read more here

Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 3 development release comes with the default LightDM display manager login theme, but after installing recently available updates for Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 3 Oneiric Ocelot! it has a new polished theme as we have seen earlier in this post. Read more here

Ubuntu 11.10 alpha 3 includes Wi-Fi driver support for Realtek’s RTL8192CU, RTL8188CU as well as RT53xx chipsets. The current alpha still integrates Gnome 3.1.4 while the final version is likely to get Gnome 3.2. Other new features include a new task manager for Canonical’s Unity Shell, Thunderbird as new email client as well as a new version of the news client Gwibber. Read more here

Welcome to Oneiric Ocelot Alpha 3, which will in time become Ubuntu 11.10. Pre-releases of Oneiric Ocelot are *NOT* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs. Read more here

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS, the third maintenance update to Ubuntu’s 10.04 LTS release. This release includes updated server, desktop, alternate installation CDs and DVDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures.

“Be brief, be pointed, let your matter stand lucid in order, solid and
at hand; spend not your words on trifles but condense; strike with the
mass of thought, not drops of sense; press to the close with vigor,
once begun, and leave – how hard the task” – Joseph Story

The Kubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Kubuntu 10.04.3.
This release includes updated images for the desktop and alternate
installation CDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures.

Numerous updates have been integrated, and updated installation
media have been provided so that fewer updates will need to be
downloaded after installation. These include security updates
and corrections for other high-impact bugs, with a focus on
maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

To Get Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS
————————-

To download Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS visit:

desktop: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download
server: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server/download

We recommend that all users read the release notes, which document
caveats and workarounds for known issues. They are available at:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/1004

To get Kubuntu 10.04.3 visit:

http://www.kubuntu.org

About Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS
————————

This is the third maintenance release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, which
continues to be supported with maintenance updates and security fixes
until April 2013 on desktops and April 2015 on servers.

Numerous post-release updates have been integrated, and a number of
bugs in the installation system have been corrected. These include
security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, with a
focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

See http://www.ubuntu.com/usn for a full list of Ubuntu security
updates.

See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu for specific information about a
particular bug number. A complete list of post-release updates
since 10.04.2 is available at:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/ReleaseNotes/ChangeSummary/10.04.3

Helping Shape Ubuntu
——————–

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways
you can participate at:

http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/

About Ubuntu
————

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops,
netbooks and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular
releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications
is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just
a few clicks away.

Professional services including support are available from Canonical
and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information
about support, visit:

http://www.ubuntu.com/support

More Information
—————-

You can find out more about Ubuntu on our website:

http://www.ubuntu.com/

To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu’s
very low volume announcement list at:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce

The release schedule for the upcoming Ubuntu 12.04 LTS operating system has been published on the Ubuntu wiki. The distribution will be released at the end of April 2012 More here