{"id":7579,"date":"2018-03-10T14:10:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T14:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7579"},"modified":"2018-03-10T14:10:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T14:10:05","slug":"first-beta-of-ubuntu-18-04-lts-released-opt-in-flavors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/03\/first-beta-of-ubuntu-18-04-lts-released-opt-in-flavors\/","title":{"rendered":"First Beta of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Released (Opt-in Flavors)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/upgrade-ubuntu245.png\" alt=\"Ubuntu 18.04\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6103\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first beta of Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver LTS (Long Term Support) was released last night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lists.ubuntu.com\/archives\/ubuntu-devel-announce\/2018-March\/001238.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu 18.04 Beta 1<\/a> features images for Kubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, and Xubuntu.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE the pre-releases of Ubuntu 18.04 are not recommended for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs.<\/p>\n<p>Changes in <a href=\"http:\/\/cdimage.ubuntu.com\/xubuntu\/releases\/18.04\/\" target=\"_blank\">Xubuntu 18.04 Beta 1<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Removed the GTK Theme Configuration tool<\/li>\n<li>Replaced the Sound Indicator with the Xfce PulseAudio Plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Replaced Application indicator with Status Notifier Plugin<\/li>\n<li>Replace some desktop applications: Evince -> Atril, File Roller -> Engrampa, GNOME Calculator -> MATE Calculator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Changes in <a href=\"http:\/\/cdimage.ubuntu.com\/kubuntu\/releases\/18.04\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kubuntu 18.04 beta 1<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Replace Dragonplayer with VLC as default media player.<\/li>\n<li>Muon package manager is shipped by default once again.<\/li>\n<li>Replace Amarok with Cantata Qt5 as default music player.<\/li>\n<li>Drop Telepathy instant messaging client from the defaults.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Changes in <a href=\"http:\/\/cdimage.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu-mate\/releases\/18.04\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu MATE 18.04 Beta 1<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MATE desktop 1.20<\/li>\n<li>Uses Indicators by default in all layouts.<\/li>\n<li>Brisk Menu switches to a dash-style launcher for Mutiny or Cupertino layout.<\/li>\n<li>Minimal installation support and more and more other changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Changes in <a href=\"http:\/\/cdimage.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu-budgie\/releases\/18.04\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 Beta1<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Better font handling for Chinese and Korean users<\/li>\n<li>Play mp3 out of the box.<\/li>\n<li>New applets available via Budgie settings, Budgie welcome.<\/li>\n<li>New exciting GTK+ theme by default called Pocillo<\/li>\n<li>Minimal installation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Future releases of Ubuntu 18.04:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>April 5th<\/td>\n<td>Final Beta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>April 19th<\/td>\n<td>Final Freeze \/ Release Candidate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>April 26th<\/td>\n<td>Final release of Ubuntu 18.04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first beta of Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver LTS (Long Term Support) was released last night. 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NOTE the pre-releases of Ubuntu 18.04 are not recommended for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into [&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":[1527],"class_list":["post-7579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ubuntu-18-04"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7579","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=7579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}