<div dir="ltr"><div class="" id="magicdomid2"><span class="">"How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid3"><span class="">   - Guybrush Threepwood, Monkey Island</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid4"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid5"><span class="">The first alpha of the Vivid Vervet (to become 15.04) has now been released!</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid6"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid7"><span class="">This alpha features images for Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME,</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid8"><span class="">UbuntuKylin and the Ubuntu Cloud images.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid9"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid10"><span class="">Pre-releases of the Vivid Vervet are *not* encouraged for anyone</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid11"><span class="">needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid12"><span class="">into occasional, even frequent breakage.  They are, however,</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid13"><span class="">recommended for Ubuntu flavor developers and those who want to</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid14"><span class="">help in testing, reporting and fixing bugs as we work towards getting</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid15"><span class="">this release ready.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid16"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid17"><span class="">Alpha 1 includes a number of software updates that are ready for wider</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid18"><span class="">testing. This is quite an early set of images, so you should expect some</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid19"><span class="">bugs.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid20"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid21"><span class="">While these Alpha 1 images have been tested and work, except as noted in</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid22"><span class="">the release notes, Ubuntu developers are continuing to improve the</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid23"><span class="">Vivid Vervet.  In particular, once newer daily images are available, system</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid24"><span class="">installation bugs identified in the Alpha 1 installer should be verified</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid25"><span class="">against the current daily image before being reported in Launchpad.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid26"><span class="">Using an obsolete image to re-report bugs that have already been fixed</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid27"><span class="">wastes your time and the time of developers who are busy trying to make</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid28"><span class="">15.04 the best Ubuntu release yet.  Always ensure your system is up to</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid29"><span class="">date before reporting bugs.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid30"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid31"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid32"><span class="">Kubuntu:</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid33"><span class="">  Kubuntu uses KDE software and now features the new Plasma 5 desktop.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid34"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid35"><span class="">  The Alpha-1 images can be downloaded at:</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid36"><span class="">  </span><span class=""><a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/vivid/alpha-1/">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/vivid/alpha-1/</a></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid37"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid38"><span class="">  More information on Kubuntu Alpha-1 can be found here:</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid39"><span class="">  </span><span class=""><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/Alpha1/Kubuntu">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/Alpha1/Kubuntu</a></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid41"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid42"><span class="">Lubuntu:</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid43"><span class="">  Lubuntu is a flavour of Ubuntu based on LXDE and focused on providing a</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid44"><span class="">  very lightweight distribution.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid45"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid46"><span class="">  The Alpha 1 images can be downloaded at:</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid47"><span class="">  </span><span class=""><a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/vivid/alpha-1/">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/vivid/alpha-1/</a></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid92"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid111"><span class="">  More information on Lubuntu Alpha-1 can be found here:</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid106"><span class="">  </span><span class=""><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/Alpha1/Lubuntu">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/Alpha1/Lubuntu</a></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid49"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid50"><span class="">Ubuntu GNOME:</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid51"><span class="">  Ubuntu GNOME is an flavour of Ubuntu featuring the</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid52"><span class="">  GNOME desktop environment.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid53"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid54"><span class="">  The Alpha-1 images can be downloaded at:</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid121"><span class="">  </span><span class=""><a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/vivid/alpha-1/">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/vivid/alpha-1/</a></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid113"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid136"><span class="">  More information on Ubuntu GNOME Alpha-1 can be found here:</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid115"><span class="">  </span><span class=""><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/Alpha1/UbuntuGNOME">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/Alpha1/UbuntuGNOME</a></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid57"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid58"><span class="">UbuntuKylin:</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid59"><span class="">  UbuntuKylin is a flavour of Ubuntu that is more suitable for</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid60"><span class="">  Chinese users.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid61"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid62"><span class="">  The Alpha-1 images can be downloaded at:</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid63"><span class="">  </span><span class=""><a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/vivid/alpha-1/">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/vivid/alpha-1/</a></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid64"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid65"><span class="">  More information on UbuntuKylin Alpha-1 can be found here:</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid66"><span class="">  </span><span class=""><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/Alpha1/UbuntuKylin">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/Alpha1/UbuntuKylin</a></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid68"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid69"><span class="">Ubuntu Cloud</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid70"><span class="">  Ubuntu Cloud images can be run on Amazon EC2, Openstack, SmartOS and</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid71"><span class="">  many other clouds.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid72"><span class="">  </span><span class=""><a href="http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/vivid/alpha-1/">http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/vivid/alpha-1/</a></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid74"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid75"><span class="">Regular daily images for Ubuntu can be found at:</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid76"><span class="">  </span><span class=""><a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com</a></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid77"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid78"><span class="">If you're interested in following the changes as we further develop</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid147"><span class="">Vivid, we suggest that you subscribe to the ubuntu-devel-announce list.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid80"><span class="">This is a low-traffic list (a few posts a week) carrying announcements</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid81"><span class="">of approved specifications, policy changes, alpha releases and other</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid82"><span class="">interesting events.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid83"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid84"><span class="">  </span><span class=""><a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce">http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce</a></span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid85"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid86"><span class="">A big thank you to the developers and testers for their efforts to</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid87"><span class="">pull together this Alpha release!</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid88"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid89"><br></div><div class="" id="magicdomid90"><span class="">Jonathan Riddell, on behalf of the Ubuntu release team.</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid91"><br></div></div>