Natty Alpha 1 Released
Shown below, is the Ubuntu, Natty Narwhal, Alpha 1 release announcement, that Kate Stewart, Ubuntu Release Manager, Canonical, posted to the ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list earlier today.
defn Spy Hopping: "A form of cetacean behavior that consists of rising vertically out of the water, head first, and scanning the entire surrounding area while rotating." (Source: Dor)
Natty Narwhal is doing a first bit of Spy Hopping, also known as Alpha 1, which will in time become Ubuntu 11.04.
Pre-releases of Natty 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 developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs.
Alpha 1 is the first in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Natty development cycle. The Alpha images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of Natty. You can download it here:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/natty/alpha-1/ (Ubuntu Desktop, Server)
Additional ISOs and torrents are also available at:
* http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/natty/alpha-1/ (Ubuntu Server for UEC and EC2)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/natty/alpha-1/ (Kubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/natty/alpha-1/ (Xubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/natty/alpha-1/ (Edubuntu DVD)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/natty/alpha-1/ (Ubuntu Studio)
Alpha 1 includes a number of software updates that are ready for wider testing. Please refer to http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/natty/alpha1 for information on changes in Ubuntu.
This is quite an early set of images, so you should expect some bugs. For a list of known bugs (that you don't need to report if you encounter), please see:
http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/natty/alpha1
If you're interested in following the changes as we further develop Natty, have a look at the natty-changes mailing list:
http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/natty-changes
We also suggest that you subscribe to the ubuntu-devel-announce list if you're interested in following Ubuntu development. 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
Bug reports should go to the Ubuntu bug tracker:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
Enjoy,
- Kate Stewart, on behalf of the Ubuntu release team
For more info on how you can download, use, participate and contribute to Ubuntu, visit: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate.
Questions, Comments suggestions can be sent to Amber at: amber [AT] ubuntu-user.com.
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