14 DAY TRIAL // Canonical announced that the upcoming Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" operating system has entered Feature Freeze development stage within a month ahead of the scheduled beta release.
Dubbed "Eoan Ermine," the Ubuntu 19.10 operating system series has been in development since end of April 2019, shortly after the release of the Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" operating system, which is currently the latest and most advanced version of Canonical's widely-used Ubuntu Linux OS on desktop, server, and cloud.
As of August 22nd, the Ubuntu 19.10 operating system series has entered the so-called "Feature Freeze" stage of development, which means that no new features will be implemented in the upcoming release before it hits the streets later this fall on October 17th.
"Ideally, you will all now be focusing on bug fixing and not on getting new features into the release," said Steve Langasek to Ubuntu developers in a mailing list announcement. "As is the custom, packages that have been uploaded to eoan-proposed prior to the Feature Freeze deadline.
Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" beta available on September 26th
Just like the last few Ubuntu releases, Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" has dropped the Alpha builds from its development cycle, which means that the only way for public testers to test drive the pre-release builds of Ubuntu 19.10 is to get the daily builds (very experimental) or the beta version.
The beta release of Ubuntu 19.10 is expected to arrive next month on September 26th, allowing anyone who's curious to know what's new in the upcoming operating system to download and install it on his/her personal computer. Ubuntu 19.10 is expected to come with many new features and improvements.