The Ubuntu Team has announced the first beta release of Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak, feathers images for Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio.

This pre-release includes the v4.4 kernel, LibreOffice 5.2, and a number of software updates that are ready for wider testing. These images are still under development, so you should expect some bugs.

Ubuntu 16.10 Beta 1 Release Highlights:

Lubuntu still uses LXDE since LXQT is still in development.

Ubuntu GNOME 16.10:

• includes GNOME 3.20
• Select apps have been updated to their GNOME 3.22 Beta 1 (3.21.90) versions.
• GTK 3 version of LibreOffice 5.2 by default.
• GNOME’s Initial Setup utility is included and enabled.
• Empathy is no longer installed by default for new installs.
• The new Characters character map utility is installed by default.
• The experimental wayland session is included.

Ubuntu Kylin 16.04 fixed many internationalization and localization bugs.

Ubuntu MATE 16.10:

• Migrated to GTK 3.20
• Updated to MATE Dock Applet 0.74
• Updated many MATE packages for improved GTK 3.20 support
• Removed MATE Heads-Up Display (HUD)

Ubuntu Studio 16.04 included dgedit, drumgizmo, gpick, calibre, pdf-shuffler, plume-creator. Replaced recordmydesktop with vokoscreen, and gnome-color-manager with dispcalgui. Also an updated list of packages included.

Future releases for Ubuntu 16.10: