Announcing Ubuntu 9.04 for ARM
Steve Langasek
steve.langasek at ubuntu.com
Fri Apr 24 01:48:40 BST 2009
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop edition
for ARM processors, continuing Ubuntu's tradition of integrating
the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality,
easy-to-use Linux distribution.
This first, community-supported ARM release of Ubuntu supports the
imx51, ixp4xx, and versatile subarchitectures, allowing use
on a wide variety of hardware and virtual environments. Desktop
installation images are available for the i.MX 51 Babbage development
board, and netboot installation images for other subarchitectures.
Read more about the features of Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition
Desktop edition http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-9.04-desktop
Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition for ARM will be supported for 18 months.
To Get Ubuntu 9.04
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To download Ubuntu 9.04 images for the Babbage development board, visit:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/jaunty/release
To download netboot images for other subarchitectures, visit:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/jaunty/release
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 and workarounds for known issues. They are available at:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904
Find out what's new in this release with a graphical overview:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904overview
There are some additional caveats about installation to the Babbage
development board:
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BabbageJauntyInstall
If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but
aren't sure, try asking on the #ubuntu IRC channel, on the Ubuntu Users
mailing list, or on the Ubuntu forums:
#ubuntu on irc.freenode.net
http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/
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you can participate at:
http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/
About Ubuntu
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