Ubuntu Natty Narwhal Alpha 2 Released Today
[Update: Post has been changed to reflect the Mailing List announcement and not the earlier Wiki Page Information]
Alpha 2 for Ubuntu 11.04, Natty Narwhal was released today and as with any releases still in development comes with all the usual developers only warnings.
Having said that below is the Ubuntu Natty Narwhal Alpha 2 Release Announcement which Kate Stewart, Ubuntu Release Manager at Canonical, sent to the ubuntu-devel announce mailing list today.
Welcome to Natty Narwhal Alpha 2, 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 2 is the second in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Natty development cycle. New packages showing up for the first time include:
* LibreOffice 3.3 (has replaced OpenOffice.org 3.2)
* X.org Server 1.10 and Mesa 7.10
* Linux Kernel 2.6.38-rc2.
Unity is now the default in the Ubuntu Desktop session. It is only partially implemented at this stage, so keep an eye on the daily builds, new features and bug fixes are emerging daily!
Alpha 2 includes a number of software updates that are ready for wider testing. Please refer to http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/natty/alpha2 for more detailed information on the new features and known issues with this development release of Natty.
You can download Alpha 2 ISOs here:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/natty/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Desktop and Server)
http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/natty/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Server for UEC and EC2)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-netbook/releases/natty/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Netbook ARM)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/natty/alpha-2/ (Kubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/natty/alpha-2/ (Xubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/natty/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Studio)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/natty/alpha-2/ (Edubuntu DVD)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/natty/alpha-2/ (Mythbuntu)
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/alpha2
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
More information can also be found on the Natty Narwhal Alpha 2 Release wiki.
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.
Comments
Natty Narwhal Alpha 2 Release
Friday February 04 2011 12:59:58 am
Amber Graner
Please don't jump the gun
Thursday February 03 2011 10:09:53 pm
Jonathan Carter