{"id":44402,"date":"2023-09-22T11:44:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T11:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=44402"},"modified":"2023-09-22T13:31:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T13:31:25","slug":"beta-release-of-ubuntu-2310","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/09\/beta-release-of-ubuntu-2310\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beta Release of Ubuntu 23.10, Mantic Minotaur, is out!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ubuntu-new-logo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-43228\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ubuntu-new-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ubuntu-new-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ubuntu-new-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ubuntu-new-logo-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ubuntu-new-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ubuntu-new-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 23.10, code name &#8220;Mantic Minotaur&#8221;, is in Beta stage now!<\/p>\n<p>The Ubuntu team <a href=\"https:\/\/lists.ubuntu.com\/archives\/ubuntu-announce\/2023-September\/000295.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> the release today on Sep 22:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<i>This Beta release includes images from not only the Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, but also the Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Unity, and Xubuntu flavours.<\/i>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 23.10 features <b>GNOME Desktop 45<\/b>, <b>Kernel 6.5<\/b>, and some other exciting new features!<\/p>\n<p>They include a <b>new App Center<\/b> based on Google&#8217;s Flutter toolkit. Compare to the previous Ubuntu Software, it&#8217;s fast and just works!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44361\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ubuntu-app-center.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44361\" class=\"size-large wp-image-44361\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ubuntu-app-center-600x353.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ubuntu-app-center-600x353.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ubuntu-app-center-300x176.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ubuntu-app-center-768x451.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ubuntu-app-center.webp 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New App Center<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The release also features a <b>new firmware updater<\/b>, for users who are running Ubuntu on real machine. The features also include <b>TPM based full disk encryption<\/b>, <b>workspace indicator<\/b> in top-left, <b>Super + S<\/b> shortcut to open Quick Settings, new <b>Tiling Assistant<\/b> extension.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ubuntu2310-desktop.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44403\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ubuntu2310-desktop-600x375.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ubuntu2310-desktop-600x375.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ubuntu2310-desktop-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ubuntu2310-desktop-768x480.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ubuntu2310-desktop-1536x960.webp 1536w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ubuntu2310-desktop-1320x825.webp 1320w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ubuntu2310-desktop.webp 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Ubuntu installer now <b>defaults to the &#8216;Minimal&#8217; installation<\/b>, though the previous &#8220;Full&#8221; installation is still available for choice.<br \/>\nOther changes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Polished &#8216;Files&#8217; and Settings pages.<\/li>\n<li>Use deb822 .sources files for PPA.<\/li>\n<li>Network manager now uses Netplan as it\u2019s default settings storage backend<\/li>\n<li>Enable Wayland by default for Firefox.<\/li>\n<li>New package for the old classic font, that is default in Ubuntu 22.04 and earlier.<\/li>\n<li>Drag and drop saving web image into file.<\/li>\n<li>Default wallpaper now has dark variant.<\/li>\n<li>Firefox 117, Thunderbird 115, LibreOffice 7.6.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Toolkit updates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GCC 13.2.0, binutils 2.41, glibc 2.38.<\/li>\n<li>Python 3.11.5 (3.12 rc in the archive), Perl, 5.36.0, LLVM 16 (17 is available in the archive), rustc 1.71.<\/li>\n<li>OpenJDK 17, OpenJDK 21, .NET 7, golang 1.21.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more about Ubuntu 23.10, see the official <a href=\"https:\/\/discourse.ubuntu.com\/t\/mantic-minotaur-release-notes\/35534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release note<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Get Ubuntu 23.10<\/h2>\n<p>Ubuntu 23.10 final is planned for October 12. The current Beta as well as final release is available to download at the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/releases.ubuntu.com\/23.10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Ubuntu 23.10<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For other download links and upgrade channel, see the official <a href=\"https:\/\/lists.ubuntu.com\/archives\/ubuntu-announce\/2023-September\/000295.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubuntu 23.10, code name &#8220;Mantic Minotaur&#8221;, is in Beta stage now! The Ubuntu team announced the release today on Sep 22: &#8220;This Beta release includes images from not only the Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, but also the Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Unity, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2085],"class_list":["post-44402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ubuntu-23-10"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}