The first Alpha in the new 14.04 LTS branch is now available for download

Dec 20, 2013 08:35 GMT  ·  By

Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 LTS Alpha 1 (Trusty Tahr) has been released and is now available for download and testing. We prepared a screenshot tour to get a sneak peek at the new operating system.

The best news for the fans of Ubuntu GNOME is that the 14.04 will include a number of GNOME applications from the 3.10 stack.

Also, the GNOME Classic session has been included. To try it, users just have to choose it from the Sessions option on the login screen.

“The Alpha 1 Trusty Tahr snapshot includes the 3.12.0.7 Ubuntu Linux kernel which is based on the the upstream v3.12.4 Linux kernel. The 3.12 release contains improvements to the dynamic tick code, support infrastructure for DRM render nodes, TSO sizing and the FQ scheduler in the network layer, support for user namespaces in the XFS filesystem, multithreaded RAID5 in the MD subsystem, and more,” reads the official announcement.

Check it out for more details about this release. Download Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 LTS Alpha 1 (Trusty Tahr) right now from Softpedia.

Remember that this is a development version and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.

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