{"id":5676,"date":"2016-02-26T17:27:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T17:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=5676"},"modified":"2016-02-26T17:27:41","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T17:27:41","slug":"ubuntu-16-04-beta-1-download-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/02\/ubuntu-16-04-beta-1-download-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu 16.04 Beta 1 Download Available for Opt-in Flavors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ubuntu-next-release.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ubuntu-next-release.png\" alt=\"Ubuntu 16.04\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ubuntu-next-release.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ubuntu-next-release-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, the next LTS (Long-Term Support) release, has reached the first Beta release. Features image for opt-in flavors: Lubuntu, Ubuntu Cloud, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu MATE, UbuntuKylin, Ubuntu Studio and Xubuntu.<\/p>\n<p>Beta 1 includes the Linux Kernel 4.4 (final release will ship with this kernel) and a number of software updates. As an Beta pre-release, it is only recommended for developers and those who want to test by finding, reporting, and\/or fixing bugs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/xerus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/xerus.jpg\" alt=\"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS\" width=\"598\" height=\"382\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/xerus.jpg 598w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/xerus-450x287.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Release Highlights:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu Gnome:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GNOME Shell 3.18<\/li>\n<li>GNOME Software has replaced Ubuntu Software Center<\/li>\n<li>Experimental wayland session available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Xubuntu 16.04: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>won&#8217;t have a default media manager installed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ubuntu Kylin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kylin style lightdm greeter based on unity-greeter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Download Ubuntu 16.04 Beta 1:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LUbuntu 16.04: <a href=\"http:\/\/cdimage.ubuntu.com\/lubuntu\/releases\/xenial\/\" target=\"_blank\">cdimage.ubuntu.com\/lubuntu\/releases\/xenial\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ubuntu MATE 16.04: <a href=\"http:\/\/cdimage.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu-mate\/releases\/xenial\/\" target=\"_blank\">cdimage.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu-mate\/releases\/xenial\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>UbuntuKylin 16.04: <a href=\"http:\/\/cdimage.ubuntu.com\/ubuntukylin\/releases\/xenial\/\" target=\"_blank\">cdimage.ubuntu.com\/ubuntukylin\/releases\/xenial\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ubuntu Cloud 16.04: <a href=\"http:\/\/cloud-images.ubuntu.com\/releases\/xenial\/\" target=\"_blank\">cloud-images.ubuntu.com\/releases\/xenial\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>XUbuntu 16.04: <a href=\"http:\/\/cdimages.ubuntu.com\/xubuntu\/releases\/xenial\/\" target=\"_blank\">cdimages.ubuntu.com\/xubuntu\/releases\/xenial\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>UbuntuStudio 16.04: <a href=\"http:\/\/cdimage.ubuntu.com\/ubuntustudio\/releases\/xenial\/\" target=\"_blank\">cdimage.ubuntu.com\/ubuntustudio\/releases\/xenial\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ubuntu Gnome 16.04: <a href=\"http:\/\/cdimage.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu-gnome\/releases\/xenial\/\" target=\"_blank\">cdimage.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu-gnome\/releases\/xenial\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a reminder of upcoming Ubuntu 16.04 release dates see the table:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>March 24th<\/td>\n<td>Final Beta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>April 14th<\/td>\n<td>FinalFreeze, ReleaseCandidate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>April 21st<\/td>\n<td>Final release of Ubuntu 16.04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;\">via: <a href=\"http:\/\/fridge.ubuntu.com\/\">fridge.ubuntu.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, the next LTS (Long-Term Support) release, has reached the first Beta release. Features image for opt-in flavors: Lubuntu, Ubuntu Cloud, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu MATE, UbuntuKylin, Ubuntu Studio and Xubuntu. Beta 1 includes the Linux Kernel 4.4 (final release will ship with this kernel) and a number of software updates. As an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1327],"class_list":["post-5676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ubuntu-16-04"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5676","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=5676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}