Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2 Is Available for Download

A few minutes ago, the second and last Beta version of the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) operating system was made available for testing by the Ubuntu developers. As usual, we've grabbed a copy of it in order to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 11.04 development cycle.

What's new in Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2? Well, not much has been changed since Beta 1, only bug fixes and various improvements, especially to Unity, which will be the default for the final version of Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal). This is the last development release of Ubuntu 11.04. The final version is expected by the end of the month!

Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2 is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.38 and includes the following applications: Unity 3.8.6, LibreOffice 3.3.2, Mozilla Firefox 4.0, Banshee 2.0, GCC 4.5, Python 2.7, dpkg 1.16.0, Upstart 0.9, X.org 1.10.0, Mesa 7.10.1, Shotwell 0.9.1, Transmission 2.13 and Evolution 2.32.2.

The Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2 installer

Ubuntu Server 11.04 Beta 2 includes Powernap 2.0, isc-dhcp v4, Eucalyptus 2.0.2, OpenStack 2011.2, libvirt 0.8.8.

What's new in Kubuntu 11.04 Beta 2? Well, Kubuntu 11.04 Beta 2 is now build on top of the KDE Software Compilation 4.6.2 environment. There are no visibile changes from the previous Beta release.

Kubuntu 11.04 Beta 2

What's new in Xubuntu 11.04 Beta 2? Xubuntu 11.04 Beta 2 is build on top of the recently released Xfce 4.8 desktop environment. There are no visibile changes from the previous Beta release.

Xubuntu 11.04 Beta 2

On April 28th, 2011, Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) will become the fourteenth release of the Ubuntu operating system. See you again in two more weeks (April 28th), for the final version of the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) operating system.

The Natty Narwhal Release Schedule:

December 2nd, 2010 - Alpha 1 release February 3rd, 2011 - Alpha 2 release March 3rd, 2011 - Alpha 3 release March 31st, 2011 - Beta 1 release April 14th, 2011 - Beta 2 release April 28th, 2011 - Final release of Ubuntu 11.04

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Remember that this is a beta release and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only. Please report bugs to the Ubuntu Bug Tracker.