9 Jun 2012

Ubuntu 12.10 Codenamed "Quantal Quetzal" Alpha 1 Released

 Ubuntu 12.10 Codenamed "Quantal Quetzal" Alpha 1 Released By Canonical

After Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) now both Canonical and the Ubuntu developer team has released the first alpha of version 12.10 of their Ubuntu codenamed "Quantal Quetzal". Pre-releases of Quantal Quetzal are not encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. Mainly it has been aimed for the developers and testers of Ubuntu. Those testing the release are encouraged to provide feedback and report any bugs that they find. 12.10 Alpha 1 by-default using the 3.4.0-5.11 Ubuntu kernel, based on the recent 3.4 Linux kernel. Most notable changes planned for 12.10 is that the project intends to only include Python 3 with the desktop image of Ubuntu. As well as the Update Manager has been updated with "a slightly new look" and version 4.7.0 of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) has replaced GCC 4.6, which was included in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Version 13 of the Firefox web browser and Thunderbird 13 are among the included packages. Kubuntu, the KDE variant of Ubuntu, now includes version 4.8.3 of the desktop environment and updates the Amarok media player to the latest 2.6 beta release. Additional information can be found on the 12.10 Technical Overview page, while a list of features and changes planned for Ubuntu 12.10 is available on the Blueprints for Quantal page.


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