Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) Final Beta released

[Iain Lane]

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Beta release of the Ubuntu
20.04 LTS Desktop, Server, and Cloud products.

20.04 LTS, codenamed "Focal Fossa", 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 Beta release includes images from not only the Ubuntu Desktop,
Server, and Cloud products, but also the Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu
Budgie, UbuntuKylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, and Xubuntu flavours.

The Beta images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper image
build or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of
20.04 LTS that should be representative of the features intended to ship
with the final release expected on April 23rd, 2020.

Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Cloud Images:
  Focal Beta includes updated versions of most of our core set of
  packages, including a current 5.4 kernel, and much more.

  To upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Beta from Ubuntu 19.10, follow these
  instructions:

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

  The Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Beta images can be downloaded at:

  http://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04/ (Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server on x86)

  This Ubuntu Server image features the next generation Subiquity server
  installer, bringing the comfortable live session and speedy install of
  the Ubuntu Desktop to server users at last.

  Additional images can be found at the following links:

  http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/daily/server/focal/current/ (Cloud Images)
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/20.04/beta/ (Non-x86, and d-i Server)
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/20.04/ (Netboot)

  As fixes will be included in new images between now and release, any
  daily cloud image from today or later (i.e. a serial of 20200401 or
  higher) should be considered a Beta image.  Bugs found should be filed
  against the appropriate packages or, failing that, the cloud-images
  project in Launchpad.

  The full release notes for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Beta can be found at:

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes

Kubuntu:
  Kubuntu is the KDE based flavour of Ubuntu. It uses the Plasma desktop
  and includes a wide selection of tools from the KDE project.

  The Beta images can be downloaded at:
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/20.04/beta/

Lubuntu:
  Lubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu which uses the Lightweight Qt Desktop
  Environment (LXQt).  The project’s goal is to provide a lightweight
  yet functional Linux distribution based on a rock-solid Ubuntu base.

  The Beta images can be downloaded at:
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/20.04/beta/

Ubuntu Budgie:
  Ubuntu Budgie is community developed desktop, integrating Budgie
  Desktop Environment with Ubuntu at its core.

  The Beta images can be downloaded at:
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-budgie/releases/20.04/beta/

UbuntuKylin:
  UbuntuKylin is a flavor of Ubuntu that is more suitable for Chinese
  users.

  The Beta images can be downloaded at:
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/20.04/beta/

Ubuntu MATE:
  Ubuntu MATE is a flavor of Ubuntu featuring the MATE desktop
  environment.

  The Beta images can be downloaded at:
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/20.04/beta/

Ubuntu Studio:
  Ubuntu Studio is a flavor of Ubuntu that provides a full range of
  multimedia content creation applications for each key workflow: audio,
  graphics, video, photography and publishing.

  The Beta images can be downloaded at:
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/20.04/beta/

Xubuntu:
  Xubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu that comes with Xfce, which is a stable,
  light and configurable desktop environment.

  The Beta images can be downloaded at:
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/20.04/beta/

Regular daily images for Ubuntu, and all flavours, can be found at:
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for clients, servers and
clouds, 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 https://ubuntu.com/support

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

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

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On behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team,

-- 
Iain Lane                                  [ iain at orangesquash.org.uk ]
Debian Developer                                   [ laney at debian.org ]
Ubuntu Developer                                   [ laney at ubuntu.com ]
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