The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Beta Release of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS -
codenamed "Dapper Drake". The Beta Release introduces the new Desktop CD,
which can be used both to try Ubuntu "live" and to install the system.

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a fast and
easy install, regular releases, a tight selection of excellent packages
installed by default, every other package you can imagine available from the
network, and professional technical support from Canonical Ltd and hundreds
of other companies around the world.

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (long-term support) will be the first Ubuntu release to be
supported for three years on the desktop, and five years on the server.

To Get Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Beta
---------------------------

Download Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Beta here (choose the mirror closest to you):

United States:
http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/6.06/

Europe:
http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/6.06/

United Kingdom:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/6.06/

Rest of the World:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/6.06/

Please download using Bittorrent if possible.

To upgrade from Ubuntu 5.10 to Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Beta, follow these
instructions:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperUpgrades

The final version of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is expected to be released in June. At
that time, we will mail pressed Desktop CDs free of charge.


About Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Beta
--------------------------

To see it all, you'll need to try the CD, but the highlights
include:

On the Desktop

* A new graphical installer is available on the live CD, allowing Ubuntu
to be installed quickly and easily to your hard disk

* Faster system startup and login

* Simplified menu organization

* Graphical shutdown process

* Easy access to power management settings with GNOME Power Manager

* Improved support for video playback

* Optional NetworkManager for convenient roaming between different
wireless and wired networks

* It is now possible to enable accessibility options from the very first
boot screen of the live CD, and thereby use the accessibility features
of Ubuntu during installation

* GNOME 2.14.1

* OpenOffice.org 2.0.2

* X.org 7.0


On the Server

* New kernels targeted at server platforms. The server kernels are tuned
differently than the desktop kernels (providing better performance for
server applications). The "server" kernel is generic, and should work on
the same equipment that the desktop kernel does. The "bigiron" server
kernel is geared towards systems with greater than 8 CPUs
(ES7000/Summit/BIGSMP).

* Turn-key LAMP installation

* Improved support for clusters and SANs

* Numerous thin client enhancements, including faster client startup,
graphical boot process, reduced memory requirements, and sound
device support


Localization

* Automatic setup of non-Latin input methods

* Menu item translations can now be included in language packs,
for faster integration of new and updated translations

Installation and Upgrades

* The text-mode installer now runs in a single stage, rebooting
straight into the complete system. This makes it faster,
simpler, and more reliable.

* Ubuntu can now be installed to USB devices, such as removable hard
drives and flash memory, using the text-mode installer

* A new upgrade tool is available, for simple, clean and reliable upgrades
from one Ubuntu release to the next, starting with Ubuntu 5.10


"Under the hood"

* GCC 4.0.3

* glibc 2.3.6

* Linux 2.6.15.6

* New live CD infrastructure for improved performance, usability and
space-efficiency

* Greatly improved infrastructure for automatic hardware detection and
* activation

* The system PATH is now set in exactly one place, /etc/environment, for
convenient administration

As always, Ubuntu includes the very best of the 100% Free / Libre
application software world, and each new release incorporates
countless new features and bugfixes from the global development
community.


Feedback and Helping
--------------------

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 will help turn
this Beta into the best release of Ubuntu ever. Please report
bugs through the Launchpad bug tracker:

http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs

If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but
aren't sure, first try asking on the #ubuntu IRC channel on FreeNode,
on the Ubuntu Users mailing list, or on the Ubuntu forums:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/


More Information
----------------

You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this preview release on
our website, IRC channel and wiki. If you're new to Ubuntu, please
visit:

http://www.ubuntu.com/


To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu's
very low volume announcement list at:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce

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Kubuntu 6.06 LTS Beta has been released together with the Ubuntu beta.
This release includes a preview of the new live installer on the
Desktop CD.

Kubuntu is a user friendly operating system based on KDE, the K
Desktop Environment. With a predictable release cycle and part of the
Ubuntu project, Kubuntu is the GNU/Linux distribution for everyone.
Kubuntu 6.06 LTS (long-term support) will be the first Kubuntu release
to be supported for three years on the desktop, and five years on the
server.


Download Kubuntu 6.06 LTS Beta
---------------------------

Download Kubuntu 6.06 LTS Beta from the following sites, please use
Bittorrent if possible:

United States:
http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6.06/

Europe:
http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6.06/

United Kingdom:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6.06/

Rest of the World:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6.06/

The final version of Kubuntu 6.06 LTS is expected to be released in
June. At that time, we will mail pressed Desktop CDs free of charge.


New in Kubuntu 6.06 LTS Beta
--------------------------

Find out more of the new changes in 6.06 at

https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuDapperBeta

On the Desktop

* A new graphical installer is available on the live CD, allowing
Kubuntu to be installed quickly and easily to your hard disk

* Faster system startup and login

* A simplified package installer - Add/Remove Programmes

* An update notification from Adept in the system tray when new
packages are available

* X configuration tool in System Settings

* Graphical shutdown process

* Improved support for Oriental languages through Skim

* Language Support tool to setup Kubuntu for different locales

* The latest KDE 3.5.2

* OpenOffice.org 2.0.2

* X.org 7.0

Adventurous users find KDE Network Manager for easy roaming between
wireless networks and Kerry the KDE frontend to the Beagle desktop
search engine. These are not part of the official release but can be
found in the unsupported 'universe' archive.

Installation and Upgrades

* The text-mode installer now runs in a single stage, rebooting
straight into the complete system. This makes it faster,
simpler, and more reliable.

* Kubuntu can now be installed to USB devices, such as removable
hard drives and flash memory, using the text-mode installer.

"Under the hood"

* GCC 4.0.3

* glibc 2.3.6

* Linux 2.6.15.6

* New live CD infrastructure for improved performance, usability and
space-efficiency.

* Greatly improved infrastructure for automatic hardware detection
and activation.

* The system PATH is now set in exactly one place, /etc/environment,
for convenient administration.

As always, Kubuntu includes the very best of the 100% Free / Libre
application software world, and each new release incorporates
countless new features and bugfixes from the global development
community.


Feedback and Helping
--------------------

As a community project we always welcome help. Packagers, testers,
translators and documentation writers are all needed

https://wiki.kubuntu.org/HelpingKubuntu

Please see this wiki page for a list of known problems and to report
any general feedback. Report bugs to Launchpad:

https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuDapperBetaFeedback

Community support is available on mailing lists, forums and IRC channels:

http://kubuntu.org/support.php

More Information
----------------

Find out more about Kubuntu on our website:

http://www.kubuntu.org/

To sign up for future announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu's
very low volume announcement list at:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce

我是抓 LiveCD 來試用的.
真是令人眼睛為之一亮. 他的 Human theme 有夠美觀的.

We are pleased to announce that the first public beta release of Xubuntu,
the latest official addition to the Ubuntu family of derivative distributions has arrived.

Xubuntu is built around the solid Ubuntu core and the friendly and relatively lightweight
Xfce desktop environment, with the specific goal of providing a nice user experience
even on older hardware.

To get Xubuntu 6.06 Beta
================

visit the URL below, keeping in mind the using torrents is preferred

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/dapper/beta/

There are two CD variants as with Ubuntu 6.06 Beta:

* classical install image with the text mode interface
* desktop image, which can be tried as a liveCD and optionally installed permanently using a graphical
interface.

The final version of Xubuntu 6.06 is expected to be released in June.

What's in Xubuntu Beta
=============

This release includes a recent code snapshot of the upcoming Xfce 4.4 desktop environment.

In addition a nice selection of applications is provided to complete the user experience

* Firefox
* Thunderbird
* Gaim
* Abiword
* Gimp
* Synaptic

and others.

The install CD also contains Openoffice.org2 but it not installed by default.

Under the hood, as part of the Ubuntu base system there is linux 2.6.15.6, gcc 4.0.3 and Xorg 7.0

Feedback and helping
=============

if you are interested in helping out please visit

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu

The Porting Team is proud to announce to the Ubuntu world the Beta release of
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS codename "Dapper Drake" and Ubuntu Server 6.06 LTS for
UltraSparc, IA64 and HPPA (1.1 and later) CPUs.

What's hot and new
- ------------------

For the second time the Porting Team is releasing together with Ubuntu
mainstream
(https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2005-October/000040.html).
This is the proof that our ports are getting better and more stable in time
specially thanks to our amazing growing community,

On top of what Ubuntu mainstream already has, a number of architecture specific
improvements have been done from the previous release:

* new amazingly fast build machines have been donated by Canonical and hosted
at the official data center.

* HPPA did overrule all the other 5 architectures for being the most
up-to-date in the archive.

* a lot of work has been done on the sparc kernel that now has preliminary
support for SUN Niagara T1 CPU (as previously announced).

* mono has been ported to sparc, bringing the sparc desktop experience almost
at the same level as other architectures.

* a lot of sparc installer bug fixes made their way to the archive. Including
also installation on RAID and LVM.

* and much more under the hood.

How to get Ports
- ----------------

Download Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Beta here:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/6.06/beta/

or the Ubuntu Server 6.06 LTS Beta here:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/ports/releases/dapper/beta/

Net install images are available here:

UltraSparc:

http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/dapper/main/installer-sparc/current/images/

HPPA:

http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/dapper/main/installer-hppa/current/images/

IA64:

http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/dapper/main/installer-ia64/current/images/

Known Issues
- ------------

Due to a very unfortunate bug, the HPPA CD images will not be able to complete
the install. It is highly recommended to use net install that is known to work fine.

Feedback and Helping
- --------------------

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 will help ensure that our
next release is the best release of Ubuntu ever. Please report bugs through
Launchpad:

http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs

If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but aren't
sure, first try asking on the #ubuntu IRC channel on Freenode, on the Ubuntu
Users mailing list, or on the Ubuntu forums:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/

For specific Ports involvement and development you are welcome to join the
#ubuntu-ports IRC channel on Freenode.

我的天啊!! Ubuntu 真的火力全開...

The Edubuntu team is happy to announce the release of Edubuntu 6.06 LTS
Beta.
Aside from the usual install CDs for all architectures, this release
includes the Edubuntu live CD that comes with a new live installer to
install the Edubuntu Workstation flavour directly to the disk.

Edubuntu is a classroom distribution, shipping with a selection of
educational applications and built around LTSP the linux terminal server
project. Edubuntu aims for an as easy-as-possible installation of an
LTSP setup, but also comes with a workstation flavour for home usage.
The Edubuntu 6.06 LTS (long term support) release comes with 3 Year
support on the desktop and 5 year support on the server.

== Downloading Edubuntu 6.06 LTS Beta ==

To download Edubuntu 6.06 LTS Beta, use one of the following URLs,
please use bittorrent if possible:

* United States: http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/6.06/
* Europe: http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/6.06/
* United Kingdom: http://releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/6.06/
* Rest of the World: http://releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/6.06/

The final release of Edubuntu 6.06 LTS Beta will be released on June
1st, at which time you will be able to order pressed install CDs free of
charge.

== Whats New ? ==

* Edubuntu ships three themes by default in its -artwork package now,
with a simple dpkg-reconfigure edubuntu-artwork you are able to
select the systemwide default look. The choices are Junior (6-10 age
group), Senior (10-16 age group) *default* and Plain (less graphic
rich).
* Themed graphical login manager for the LTSP clients.
* Support for multiple architectures for the LTSP clients (It is now
possible to build the client chroot on AMD64 systems for i386
clients by running sudo ltsp-build-client --arch i386 post install).
* The first Edubuntu live CD is now available (it contains all of the
Edubuntu workstation install and is available for all 3 supported
architectures).
* Support for the PowerPC architecture was added
* LTSP now finally supports the X_COLOR_DEPTH variable to force the
usage of 16Bit on the clients through lts.conf.
* By default we now install only the linux-image package in the client
chroot, the excessive memory usage of the restricted modules package
is gone
* A special netboot mode was introduced to initramfs so only network
device drivers are loaded, this reduces the size to two thirds of a
normal initramfs and speeds up the bootprocess
* LTSP now understands the X_MOUSE_DEVICE and X_MOUSE_PROTOCOL
in lts.conf options and adds support for various serial devices
including touchscreens and serial tablets.
* 3 button emulation of 2 button mice is now supported as well.
* The bootprocess has seen a lot of speed improvements
* Startup links in rcS.d and rc2.d are now started based on whitelists
(RC2_WHITELIST RCS_WHITELIST), only the bare minimum of processes is
started on the thin clients
* this results in a shorter boottime.
* Usplash was included and enabled by default on thin clients - Many
patches were merged from the debian team to make the packages work
on debian as well.
* There is optional Sound support on the thin clients now.
* The ltsp-build-client script now has options to manually enable
extra and security mirrors during chroot creation.
* The default mirror of ltsp-build-client points to
archive.ubuntu.com now.

== Feedback and Helping ==

If you want to help us developing, documenting and improving edubuntu,
have a look at:

* https://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuCommunity

== More Information from online ressources ==

For more information see the edubuntu website, wiki and mailing list:

* https://www.edubuntu.org

* https://wiki.edubuntu.org

* https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel