Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) alpha-2 released!

[Iain Lane]

 - The Unicorn looked dreamily at Alice, and said "Talk, child."
 - Alice could not help her lips curling up into a smile as she began: "Do
   you know, I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters, too? I
   never saw one alive before!"
 - "Well, now that we have seen each other," said the Unicorn, "If you'll
   believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain?"

     Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found
     There.


The second alpha of the Utopic Unicorn (to become 14.10) has now been
released!

This alpha features images for Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME,
UbuntuKylin and the Ubuntu Cloud images.

Pre-releases of the Utopic Unicorn 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 flavor developers and those who want to help in testing,
reporting and fixing bugs as we work towards getting this release ready.

Alpha 2 includes a number of software updates that are ready for wider
testing. This is quite an early set of images, so you should expect some
bugs.

While these Alpha 2 images have been tested and work, except as noted in
the release notes, Ubuntu developers are continuing to improve the
Utopic Unicorn. In particular, once newer daily images are available,
system installation bugs identified in the Alpha 2 installer should be
verified against the current daily image before being reported in
Launchpad. Using an obsolete image to re-report bugs that have already
been fixed wastes your time and the time of developers who are busy
trying to make 14.10 the best Ubuntu release yet. Always ensure your
system is up to date before reporting bugs.


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.

  Kubuntu development is now focussing on the next generation of KDE
  Software, Plasma 5. This is not yet stable enough for everyday use, so
  we are still shipping the Plasma 1 desktop on our image which has been
  updated to the latest version in the alpha.

  The Alpha-2 images can be downloaded at:

  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/utopic/alpha-2/

  More information on Kubuntu Alpha-2 can be found here:
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UtopicUnicorn/Alpha2/Kubuntu

Lubuntu

  Lubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu based on LXDE and focused on providing a
  very lightweight distribution.

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

Ubuntu GNOME

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

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

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

UbuntuKylin

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

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

  More information on UbuntuKylin Alpha-2 can be found here:
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ubuntu%20Kylin/1410-alpha-2-ReleaseNote

Ubuntu Cloud

  Ubuntu Cloud images will shortly be available. These images can be run
  on Amazon EC2, Openstack, SmartOS and many other clouds.

  http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/utopic/alpha-2/

Regular daily images for Ubuntu can be found at: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com

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

A big thank you to the developers and testers for their efforts to pull
together this Alpha release!

From the steps outside GUADEC in Strasbourg, and on behalf of the Ubuntu
release team,

-- 
Iain Lane                                  [ iain at orangesquash.org.uk ]
Debian Developer                                   [ laney at debian.org ]
Ubuntu Developer                                   [ laney at ubuntu.com ]
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