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gwijimimi · 2011-09-24T11:55:44+00:00

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2. Codenamed Oneiric Ocelot, 11.10 continues Ubuntus 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 fixing bugs and introducing a couple of new features as we polish up for the release. Ubuntu Changes since Beta 1 Some of the new features now available are: A new set of community supported ARM architecture images will be available between now and the release. The armel+ac100 for the Toshiba ac100 netbook is available for download now, and armel+mx5 targeted at the Freescale i.MX53 Quick Start development board will be available in one of the upcoming dailies. GNOME got updated to current unstable version (3.1.92) on its way to GNOME 3.2 OneConf has now been integrated into the Ubuntu Software Center to help keep your installed applications in sync between computers. And we continue to improve the underlying infrastructure: Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 improves support for installing 32-bit library and application packages on 64-bit systems Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 has a new kernel based on v3.0.4. Ubuntu Server Beta 2 includes Orchestra which is a collection of the best free software services for provisioning, deploying, hosting, managing, and orchestrating enterprise data center infrastructure services, by, with, and for the Ubuntu Server. Juju (formerly codenamed Ensemble) is now available as a part of Ubuntu Server to handle service deployment and orchestration for both cloud and bare metal. Juju has many Charms available, including OpenStack deployment. Xen hypervisor has been re-introduced to Ubuntu Server. Kubuntu Kubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 has the latest KDE software including KDE 4.7.1 Plasma Workspaces and Applications. Along with KDE 4.7.1, the new KDE Personal Information Management (KDEPIM) suite 4.7 is included, which includes the new Kmail 2. The Muon Suite 1.2 which includes Muon Software Center and Muon Package manager is now available. Please see https://wiki.kubuntu.org/OneiricOcelot/Beta2/Kubuntu for details. Edubuntu Edubuntus Oneiric Ocelot Beta 2 has updates to gobby-0.5 and gbrainy version 2. For more details on what has changed in Edubuntu 11.10, please refer to http://www.edubuntu.org. Mythbuntu Mythbuntu Oneiric Ocelot Beta 2 has adapted Chromium to replace Firefox by default. It now ships with Ubuntu Software Center. Please see Ubuntu Testing | Ubuntu for further details. About Ubuntu Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and servers, 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 Support | Ubuntu If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at:Get involved | Ubuntu. 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. To Get Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 To upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 from Ubuntu 11.04, follow these instructions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OneiricUpgrades Or, download Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 images from a location near you: CERIAS OS Mirrors: Index of /pub/ubuntu-releases//oneiric/ (Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server) In addition, they can be found at the following links: Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Beta 2 (Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server) Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Beta -2 (Ubuntu Cloud Images) Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Beta 2 (Ubuntu DVD, Alternates, pre-installed ARM Images) Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Netboot (Ubuntu Netboot) Kubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Beta 2 (Kubuntu) Kubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Beta 2 (Kubuntu DVD) Xubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Beta 2 (Xubuntu) Edubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Beta 2 (Edubuntu) Ubuntu-Studio 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Beta 2 (Ubuntu Studio) Mythbuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Beta 2 (Mythbuntu) Lubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Beta 2 (Lubuntu) The final version of Ubuntu 11.10 is expected to be released on October 13 2011. More Information You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this beta release on our website, IRC channel and wiki. To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntus very low volume announcement list at: http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce Originally sent to the ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list by Kate Stewart on Thu Sep 22 22:50:21 UTC 2011

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