The final release of Yakkey Yak launches October 13

Sep 28, 2016 05:35 GMT  ·  By

Delayed six days, the Final Beta release of the upcoming Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) operating system launched today, September 28, 2016, as the final development snapshot in the series.

Today's Final Beta is in fact the first Beta pre-release version of Ubuntu 16.10, and the only development milestone that you'll be able to test if you want to see what's coming to the next major release of Ubuntu Linux. However, we can tell you that it is powered by Linux kernel 4.8, contains up-to-date applications, and still uses the Unity 7 UI.

"The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of Ubuntu 16.10 Desktop, Server, and Cloud products. Codenamed "Yakkety Yak", 16.10 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," reads the announcement.

Today also marks the release of the Beta 2 builds for various opt-in flavors that also participated in the Alpha 1, Alpha 2, and Beta 1 milestones, including but not limited to Ubuntu MATE 16.10, Ubuntu Kylin 16.10, Lubuntu 16.10, Xubuntu 16.10, Kubuntu 16.10, and Ubuntu Studio 16.10. Mythbuntu and Edubuntu are not participating.

Ubuntu 16.10 will be officially announced on October 13, 2016

That's it guys, this is the last development snapshot of the Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) operating system before it hits the streets next month on October 13, 2016. It's true that it's not a special release of Ubuntu and it doesn't bring any major changes, but it is an important milestone towards a better Ubuntu OS.

If you want to take the Ubuntu 16.10 Final Beta for a test drive right now, you can download the 64-bit or 32-bit Live ISO images via our website, as well as the Ubuntu Server ones. Please remember that this remains a pre-release version, which means that bugs still exist. We don't recommend using this build as your daily driver.