Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) Final Beta released

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of Ubuntu 15.10 Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products.

Codenamed “Wily Werewolf”, 15.10 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, Cloud, and Core products, but also the Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Studio, and Xubuntu flavours.

The beta images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of 15.10 that should be representative of the features intended to ship with the final release expected on October 22nd, 2015.

There is, however, one bug in this beta serious enough that it’s worth calling it out in the release announcement. This bug affects all flavours, and will be fixed before release:

1) Depending on your location, Ubiquity may trigger a ubi-timezone error during install. If you encounter this, the recommended work-around is to install without an active network connection.

Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Core, Cloud Images: Wily Final Beta includes updated versions of most of our core set of packages, including a current 4.2.1 kernel, and much more.

To upgrade to Ubuntu 15.10 Final Beta from Ubuntu 15.04, follow these instructions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WilyUpgrades

The Ubuntu 15.10 Final Beta images can be downloaded at http://releases.ubuntu.com/15.10/ (Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server)

Additional images can be found at the following links:

• http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/15.10/beta-2/ (Cloud Images)
• http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/15.10/beta-2/ (Community Supported)
• http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/releases/15.10/beta-2/ (Core)
• http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/15.10/ (Netboot)

The full release notes for Ubuntu 15.10 Final Beta can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/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 Final Beta images can be downloaded at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/15.10/beta-2/

More information on Kubuntu Final Beta can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/Beta2/Kubuntu

Lubuntu

Lubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu that targets to be lighter, less resource hungry and more energy-efficient by using lightweight applications and LXDE, The Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment, as its default GUI.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/15.10/beta-2/

More information on Lubuntu Final Beta can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/Beta2/Lubuntu

Ubuntu GNOME

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

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/15.10/beta-2/

More information on Ubuntu GNOME Final Beta can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/Beta2/UbuntuGNOME

UbuntuKylin

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

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/15.10/beta-2/

More information on UbuntuKylin Final Beta can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/Beta2/UbuntuKylin

Ubuntu MATE

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

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/15.10/beta-2/

More information on UbuntuMATE Final Beta can be found here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/Beta2/UbuntuMATE

Ubuntu Studio

Ubuntu Studio is a flavor of Ubuntu that provides a full range of multimedia content creation applications for each key workflows: audio, graphics, video, photography and publishing.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/15.10/beta-2/

Xubuntu

Xubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu that comes with Xfce, which is a stable, light and configurable desktop environment.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/15.10/beta-2/

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 http://www.ubuntu.com/support

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at http://www.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

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Originally posted to the ubuntu-announce mailing list by Adam Conrad on Thu Sep 24 23:28:23 UTC 2015