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<p>The Edubuntu Council (Amy<span> </span>and<span> </span>Erich
Eickmeyer) is pleased to announce Edubuntu 24.04 LTS Beta,
codenamed “Noble Numbat”. While it is free of any showstopper
installer bugs and is representative of what will be the final
release, bugs will be found within.</p>
<p>Desktop (amd64) and Raspberry Pi 5 (arm64+raspi) Images may be
downloaded from<span> </span><a
href="https://cdimages.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/24.04/beta"
style="color: var(--darkreader-text--tertiary); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word;">https://cdimages.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/24.04/beta<span> </span></a>.</p>
<p>Do note, however, that Raspberry Pi builds, when released, will
not receive Long-Term Support due to the nature of Raspberry Pi
hardware support. The best solution will be for users to upgrade
Raspberry Pis to the next release. Edubuntu releases every six
months.</p>
<p><strong style="font-weight: bolder;">Where’s the website?</strong><br>
Our website is currently a placeholder website available at<span> </span><a
href="https://edubuntu.org/"
style="color: var(--darkreader-text--tertiary); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word;">https://edubuntu.org<span> </span></a>courtesy
of<span> </span>Aaron Prisk, and we are still working with
Canonical IS to establish a more permanent website where we can
make these posts and more, including administration instructions
and other documentation. We do apologize that it is taking so
long.</p>
<p><strong style="font-weight: bolder;">New Features</strong></p>
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<li>Due to popular demand, we have released images for the<span> </span><strong
style="font-weight: bolder;">Raspberry Pi 5</strong>! We
recommend a minimum 64 GB SD card for installation.</li>
<li>We have introduced a new metapackage, installable from
Edubuntu Installer, for teaching tools.</li>
<li>Likewise, together with Ubuntu Studio, we have developed a
metapackage for Music Education, installable from Edubuntu
Installer.</li>
<li>Edubuntu now includes a Minimal Install option. This may
save some time during install in which setup may be completed
using Edubuntu Installer.</li>
</ul>
<p>New apps included are:</p>
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<li><strong style="font-weight: bolder;">Gradebook</strong>: A
way for students to keep track of their grades</li>
<li>Included with the Teaching Tools metapackage:<br>
**<span> </span><strong style="font-weight: bolder;">qxw</strong>:
An advanced crossword construction tool<br>
**<span> </span><strong style="font-weight: bolder;">Auto
Multiple Choice</strong>: A multiple choice
test/quiz/questionaire generator</li>
<li>Included with the Music Education metapackage:<br>
**<span> </span><strong style="font-weight: bolder;">fmit</strong>:
A musical instrument tuner<br>
**<span> </span><strong style="font-weight: bolder;">gnome-metronome</strong>:
A metronome<br>
**<span> </span><strong style="font-weight: bolder;">Minuet</strong>:
A music education tool from KDE<br>
**<span> </span><strong style="font-weight: bolder;">Solfege</strong>:
Ear training tool<br>
**<span> </span><strong style="font-weight: bolder;">Pianobooster</strong>:
Piano teaching software, MIDI optional</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong style="font-weight: bolder;">Known Issues</strong></p>
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<li>Upon first boot, the system will reboot. This is normal, and
is the mechanism to set the logo for the login screen.</li>
<li>KDE/Qt apps use a blue accent color as opposed to a red
accent color or whatever accent color is set by the user in
the System Settings. There is no known fix currently, however
future releases may have other configurations which allow
this. There are<span> </span><a
href="https://invent.kde.org/teams/vdg/issues/-/issues/26"
style="color: var(--darkreader-text--tertiary); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word;">ongoing
discussions<span> </span></a>that seem to have come to a
halt.</li>
<li>GNOME Notes has a search provider for the Activities
Overview which will<span> </span><a
href="https://launchpad.net/bugs/2012985"
style="color: var(--darkreader-text--tertiary); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word;">sometimes
crash</a>.</li>
<li>The new Ubuntu welcome app branding does not match Edubuntu.<span> </span><a
href="https://launchpad.net/bugs/2060817"
style="color: var(--darkreader-text--tertiary); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word;">We’re
working on ways to resolve this.</a></li>
<li>The application overview button on the dock<span> </span><a
href="https://launchpad.net/bugs/2060816"
style="color: var(--darkreader-text--tertiary); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word;">doesn’t
match Edubuntu’s branding</a>.</li>
<li>On the Raspberry Pi, the slideshow during initial user setup
has<span> </span><a href="https://launchpad.net/bugs/2037015"
style="color: var(--darkreader-text--tertiary); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word;">graphical
corruption</a>.</li>
<li>On the Raspberry Pi, the first login will have the<span> </span><a
href="https://launchpad.net/bugs/2060815"
style="color: var(--darkreader-text--tertiary); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Ubuntu
logo as opposed to the Edubuntu logo</a>.</li>
<li>As Edubuntu shares a desktop with and is based on Ubuntu
Desktop, any known issues can be found in the official<span> </span><a
href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/mantic-minotaur-release-notes/"
style="color: var(--darkreader-text--tertiary); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Ubuntu
Release Notes<span> </span></a>.</li>
<li>Individual applications included with Edubuntu may have
their own known issues. Please consult upstream release notes
for those applications before filing bug reports.</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong style="font-weight: bolder;">How To Contact</strong></p>
<p><a
href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users"
style="color: var(--darkreader-text--tertiary); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Edubuntu
Users Mailing List<span> </span></a>(Support Discussion)<br>
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style="color: var(--darkreader-text--tertiary); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Edubuntu
Developers Mailing List<span> </span></a>(Join The Team!)</p>
<p><strong style="font-weight: bolder;">Social Media</strong></p>
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style="color: var(--darkreader-text--tertiary); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Twitter</a><br>
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