You guys are the BEST! Stay well, all of you! On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 6:26 AM Iain Lane <la...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Beta release of the Ubuntu > 20.04 LTS Desktop, Server, and Cloud products. > > 20.04 LTS, codenamed "Focal Fossa", continues Ubuntu's 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, introducing new features and fixing bugs. > > This Beta release includes images from not only the Ubuntu Desktop, > Server, and Cloud products, but also the Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu > Budgie, UbuntuKylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, and Xubuntu flavours. > > The Beta images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper image > build or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of > 20.04 LTS that should be representative of the features intended to ship > with the final release expected on April 23rd, 2020. > > Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Cloud Images: > Focal Beta includes updated versions of most of our core set of > packages, including a current 5.4 kernel, and much more. > > To upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Beta from Ubuntu 19.10, follow these > instructions: > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FocalUpgrades > > The Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Beta images can be downloaded at: > > http://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04/ (Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server on x86) > > This Ubuntu Server image features the next generation Subiquity server > installer, bringing the comfortable live session and speedy install of > the Ubuntu Desktop to server users at last. > > Additional images can be found at the following links: > > http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/daily/server/focal/current/ (Cloud > Images) > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/20.04/beta/ (Non-x86, and d-i Server) > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/20.04/ (Netboot) > > As fixes will be included in new images between now and release, any > daily cloud image from today or later (i.e. a serial of 20200401 or > higher) should be considered a Beta image. Bugs found should be filed > against the appropriate packages or, failing that, the cloud-images > project in Launchpad. > > The full release notes for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Beta can be found at: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes > > 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. > > The Beta images can be downloaded at: > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/20.04/beta/ > > Lubuntu: > Lubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu which uses the Lightweight Qt Desktop > Environment (LXQt). The project’s goal is to provide a lightweight > yet functional Linux distribution based on a rock-solid Ubuntu base. > > The Beta images can be downloaded at: > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/20.04/beta/ > > Ubuntu Budgie: > Ubuntu Budgie is community developed desktop, integrating Budgie > Desktop Environment with Ubuntu at its core. > > The Beta images can be downloaded at: > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-budgie/releases/20.04/beta/ > > UbuntuKylin: > UbuntuKylin is a flavor of Ubuntu that is more suitable for Chinese > users. > > The Beta images can be downloaded at: > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/20.04/beta/ > > Ubuntu MATE: > Ubuntu MATE is a flavor of Ubuntu featuring the MATE desktop > environment. > > The Beta images can be downloaded at: > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/20.04/beta/ > > Ubuntu Studio: > Ubuntu Studio is a flavor of Ubuntu that provides a full range of > multimedia content creation applications for each key workflow: audio, > graphics, video, photography and publishing. > > The Beta images can be downloaded at: > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/20.04/beta/ > > Xubuntu: > Xubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu that comes with Xfce, which is a stable, > light and configurable desktop environment. > > The Beta images can be downloaded at: > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/20.04/beta/ > > Regular daily images for Ubuntu, and all flavours, can be found at: > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com > > Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for clients, servers and > clouds, 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 https://ubuntu.com/support > > If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways > you can participate at: > https://ubuntu.com/community/participate > > 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 > > 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 Ubuntu's > very low volume announcement list at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce > > On behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team, > > -- > Iain Lane [ i...@orangesquash.org.uk ] > Debian Developer [ la...@debian.org ] > Ubuntu Developer [ la...@ubuntu.com ] > -- > ubuntu-announce mailing list > ubuntu-annou...@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce > -- Max M Mohan
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