<div dir="ltr">Yay fresh Lubuntu!<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Walter Lapchynski</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wxl@ubuntu.com">wxl@ubuntu.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 12:09 PM<br>Subject: Xenial Xerus 16.04 Alpha 2 now released for select flavors<br>To: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-devel-announce@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-devel-announce@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>"Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness</div><div>like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something</div><div>beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole</div><div>occupation."</div><div> - Nazim Hikmet</div><div><br></div><div>The second alpha of the Xenial Xerus (to become 16.04) has now been</div><div>released!</div><div><br></div><div>This alpha features images for Lubuntu, Ubuntu MATE,</div><div>Ubuntu Kylin and the Ubuntu Cloud images.</div><div><br></div><div>Pre-releases of the Xenial Xerus are *not* encouraged for anyone</div><div>needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running</div><div>into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however,</div><div>recommended for Ubuntu flavor developers and those who want to</div><div>help in testing, reporting and fixing bugs as we work towards getting</div><div>this release ready.</div><div><br></div><div>Alpha 2 includes a number of software updates that are ready for wider</div><div>testing. This is quite an early set of images, so you should expect some</div><div>bugs.</div><div><br></div><div>While these Alpha 2 images have been tested and work, except as noted in</div><div>the release notes, Ubuntu developers are continuing to improve the</div><div>Xenial Xerus. In particular, once newer daily images are available,</div><div>system installation bugs identified in the Alpha 2 installer should be</div><div>verified against the current daily image before being reported in</div><div>Launchpad. Using an obsolete image to re-report bugs that have already</div><div>been fixed wastes your time and the time of developers who are busy </div><div>trying to make 16.04 the best Ubuntu release yet. Always ensure your</div><div>system is up to date before reporting bugs.</div><div><br></div><div>Lubuntu:</div><div> Lubuntu is a flavour of Ubuntu based on LXDE and focused on providing</div><div> a very lightweight distribution.</div><div><br></div><div> The Lubuntu 16.04 Alpha 2 images can be downloaded from:</div><div><br></div><div> * <a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/xenial/alpha-2/" target="_blank">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/xenial/alpha-2/</a></div><div><br></div><div> More information about Lubuntu 16.04 Alpha 2 can be found here:</div><div><br></div><div> * <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/Alpha2/Lubuntu" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/Alpha2/Lubuntu</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Ubuntu MATE:</div><div> Ubuntu MATE is a flavour of Ubuntu featuring the MATE desktop</div><div> environment for people who just want to get stuff done.</div><div><br></div><div> The Ubuntu MATE 16.04 Alpha 2 images can be downloaded from:</div><div><br></div><div> * <a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/xenial/alpha-2/" target="_blank">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/xenial/alpha-2/</a></div><div><br></div><div> More information about Ubuntu MATE 16.04 Alpha 2 can be found here:</div><div><br></div><div> * <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/Alpha2/UbuntuMATE" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/Alpha2/UbuntuMATE</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Ubuntu Kylin:</div><div> Ubuntu Kylin is a flavour of Ubuntu that is more suitable for</div><div> Chinese users.</div><div><br></div><div> The Ubuntu Kylin 16.04 Alpha 2 images can be downloaded from:</div><div><br></div><div> * <a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/xenial/alpha-2/" target="_blank">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/xenial/alpha-2/</a></div><div><br></div><div> More information about Ubuntu Kylin 16.04 Alpha 2 can be found here:</div><div><br></div><div> * <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/Alpha2/UbuntuKylin" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/Alpha2/UbuntuKylin</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Ubuntu Cloud:</div><div> Ubuntu Cloud images can be run on Amazon EC2, Openstack, SmartOS and</div><div> many other clouds.</div><div><br></div><div> The Alpha-2 images can be downloaded from:</div><div><br></div><div> * <a href="http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/xenial/alpha-2/" target="_blank">http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/xenial/alpha-2/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regular daily images for Ubuntu can be found at:</div><div><br></div><div> * <a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>If you're interested in following the changes as we further develop</div><div>Wily, we suggest that you subscribe to the ubuntu-devel-announce list.</div><div>This is a low-traffic list (a few posts a week) carrying announcements</div><div>of approved specifications, policy changes, alpha releases and other</div><div>interesting events.</div><div><br></div><div> * <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce" target="_blank">http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce</a></div><div><br></div><div>A big thank you to the developers and testers for their efforts to</div><div>pull together this Alpha release!</div><div><br></div><div>On behalf of Ubuntu Release Team, Martin Wimpress and Walter Lapchynski.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>@wxl | <a href="http://polka.bike" target="_blank">http://polka.bike</a><br>Lubuntu Release Manager & Head of QA<br>Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact<br>Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader<br>Ubuntu Membership Board & LoCo Council Member<br>Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-Organizer</div></div></div> </font></span></div> </div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>@wxl | <a href="http://polka.bike" target="_blank">http://polka.bike</a><br>Lubuntu Release Manager & Head of QA<br>Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact<br>Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader<br>Ubuntu Membership Board & LoCo Council Member<br>Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-Organizer</div></div></div> </div></div>