Trusty Alpha 2 Available for Testing

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2014-01-23

The second Alpha of Trusty Tahr (to become 14.04 LTS) has now been released for testers and early adopters.

This alpha features images for Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin, Xubuntu and Ubuntu Cloud images.

These are not to be used as stable systems but please do test for bugs to report. Always ensure your system is up to date before reporting bugs.

Edubuntu

Edubuntu is the educational flavour of Ubuntu. It’s very similar to stock Ubuntu but integrates a lot of educational software, supports thin clients (LTSP) and offers an optional GNOME lashback desktop as an alternative to Unity.

The Alpha 2 images can be downloaded at: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/trusty/alpha-2/

More information on Edubuntu alpha 2 is published here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/Alpha2/Edubuntu

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. In this LTS cycle the Kubuntu team are working on stabalising and bug fixing.

The Alpha 2 images can be downloaded at: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/trusty/alpha-2/

More information on Kubuntu Alpha 2 can be found here: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/TrustyTahr/Alpha2/Kubuntu

Ubuntu GNOME

Ubuntu GNOME is a flavour of Ubuntu featuring the GNOME desktop environment.

The Alpha 2 images can be downloaded at: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/trusty/alpha-2/

More information on Ubuntu GNOME Alpha 2 can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/Alpha2/UbuntuGNOME

Xubuntu

Xubuntu is the Ubuntu flavour with Xfce, a stable, light and configurable desktop environment.

The Alpha 2 images can be downloaded at: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/trusty/alpha-2/

More information on Xubuntu Alpha 2 will be published here: http://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-14-04-alpha-2/

UbuntuKylin

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

The Alpha 2 images can be downloaded at: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/trusty/alpha

More information on UbuntuKylin Alpha 2 will be published here: http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/trusty/alpha-2/

Regular daily images for Ubuntu (Unity) can be found at: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/

If you’re interested in following the changes as we further develop Trusty, 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

Originally posted to the ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list on Thu Jan 23 18:40:13 UTC 2014 by Jonathan Riddell

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 351

By lyz | Published: 2014-01-20

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #351 for the week January 13 – 19, 2014, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
  • Paul White
  • Gim H
  • Emily Gonyer
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 350

By lyz | Published: 2014-01-14

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #350 for the week January 6 – 12, 2014, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
  • Paul White
  • Emily Gonyer
  • Jim Connett
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 349

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2014-01-07

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #349 for the weeks December 23, 2013 – January 5, 2014, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
  • Paul White
  • Emily Gonyer
  • Jim Connett
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License

Announcing the new Ubuntu IRC Council

By lyz | Published: 2014-01-03

The poll of Ubuntu IRC Members closed today and the following nominees have been elected to the Ubuntu IRC Council:

Congratulations to the new IRC Council Members! And thanks to Neal and Nathan for standing for election.

Originally posted to the ubuntu-irc mailing list on Fri Jan 3 20:26:23 UTC 2014 by Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph