A few minutes ago, the Ubuntu developers unleashed the third alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) operating system, which is scheduled for release in late October this year. As usual, we've downloaded a copy of it in order to keep you up to date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 9.10 development.
What's new in Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3? It has been about six weeks since the last alpha release, therefore the developers had some time to introduce new technologies and features to this version. Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3 has a new development version of the GNOME desktop environment, 2.27.4, which brings cool new features. Here are the most important features of Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3:
1. Sad news for Pidgin fans, as the development team decided to replace it with the Empathy instant messenger client.
2. Brasero received a few weeks ago a new interesting feature that shows how much data was written on the CD/DVD media and how much free space is available. This is very, very useful for people who have DVD-RW or CD-RW discs and are used to write in the multi-session mode.What's new in Kubuntu and Xubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3? The good news is that Kubuntu now has its own "Netbook Remix" Edition (see below for download links). This version contains the KDE 4.3 RC2 desktop environment and the following applications:
· Arora Web Browser (replaces Konqueror) · Amarok 2.1.1 · KPackageKit 0.4.1.1 · K3b 1.66.0 (alpha 2) · QtCurve 0.65.1 · kcm-gtk 0.5 · KDE microblogging Plasma widget
The Karmic Koala Release Schedule:
May 14th, 2009 - Alpha 1 release
June 11th, 2009 - Alpha 2 release
July 23rd, 2009 - Alpha 3 release
August 13th, 2009 - Alpha 4 release
September 3rd, 2009 - Alpha 5 release
September 17th, 2009 - Alpha 6 release
October 1st, 2009 - Beta release
October 22nd, 2009 - Release Candidate
October 29th, 2009 - Final release of Ubuntu 9.10
Download Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3 (Karmic Koala) right now from Softpedia.
Download Ubuntu Server 9.10 Alpha 3 (Karmic Koala) right now from Softpedia.
Download Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 Alpha 3 (Karmic Koala) right now from Softpedia.
Download Kubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3 (Karmic Koala) right now from Softpedia.
Download Kubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 Alpha 3 (Karmic Koala) right now from Softpedia.
Download Xubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3 (Karmic Koala) right now from Softpedia.
Download Ubuntu Studio 9.10 Alpha 3 (Karmic Koala) right now from Softpedia.
Remember that this is an alpha 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.