Fwd: Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) alpha-1 released!

[Nicholas Skaggs]

For those flavors who participated, and those who helped test to make 
sure the images worked, thanks!

Nicholas


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Subject: 	Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) alpha-1 released!
Date: 	Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:34:08 -0400
From: 	Stéphane Graber <stgraber at ubuntu.com>
Reply-To: 	ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com
To: 	ubuntu-devel-announce at lists.ubuntu.com



"A long time ago, when the Earth was green
There was more kinds of animals than you've ever seen
They'd run around free while the Earth was being born
And the loveliest of all was the unicorn."
  - Shel Silverstein

The first alpha of the Utopic Unicorn (to become 14.10) has now been released!

This alpha features images for Kubuntu, Lubuntu Ubuntu GNOME,
UbuntuKylin and the Ubuntu Cloud images.

Pre-releases of the Utopic Unicorn are *not* encouraged for anyone
needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running
into occasional, even frequent breakage.  They are, however,
recommended for Ubuntu flavor developers and those who want to
help in testing, reporting and fixing bugs as we work towards getting
this release ready.

Alpha 1 includes a number of software updates that are ready for wider
testing. This is quite an early set of images, so you should expect some
bugs.

While these Alpha 1 images have been tested and work, except as noted in
the release notes, Ubuntu developers are continuing to improve the
Utopic Unicorn.  In particular, once newer daily images are available, system
installation bugs identified in the Alpha 1 installer should be verified
against the current daily image before being reported in Launchpad.
Using an obsolete image to re-report bugs that have already been fixed
wastes your time and the time of developers who are busy trying to make
14.10 the best Ubuntu release yet.  Always ensure your system is up to
date before reporting bugs.


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.

   Kubuntu development is now focussing on the next generation of KDE
   Software, Plasma 5.  This is not yet stable enough for everyday use, so
   we are still shipping the Plasma 1 desktop on our image which has been
   updated to the latest version in the alpha.

   The Alpha-1 images can be downloaded at:
   http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/utopic/alpha-1/

   More information on Kubuntu Alpha-1 can be found here:
   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UtopicUnicorn/Alpha1/Kubuntu


Lubuntu:
   Lubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu based on LXDE and focused on providing a
   very lightweight distribution.

   The Alpha 1 images can be downloaded at:
   http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/utopic/alpha-1/


Ubuntu GNOME:
   Ubuntu GNOME is an flavor of Ubuntu featuring the
   GNOME desktop environment.

   The Alpha-1 images can be downloaded at:
   http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/utopic/alpha-1/


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

   The Alpha-1 images can be downloaded at:
   http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/utopic/alpha-1/

   More information on UbuntuKylin Alpha-1 can be found here:
   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ubuntu Kylin/1410-alpha-1-ReleaseNote


Ubuntu Cloud
   Ubuntu Cloud images can be run on Amazon EC2, Openstack, SmartOS and
   many other clouds.
   http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/utopic/alpha-1/


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

If you're interested in following the changes as we further develop
Utopic, we suggest that you subscribe to the ubuntu-devel-announce list.
This is a low-traffic list (a few posts a week) carrying announcements
of approved specifications, policy changes, alpha releases and other
interesting events.

   http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce

A big thank you to the developers and testers for their efforts to
pull together this Alpha release!


Stéphane Graber, on behalf of the Ubuntu release team.



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