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Ubuntu Linux 18.04 'Bionic Beaver' Beta 1 Now Available For Download (betanews.com)
From a report: This week, Ubuntu Linux 18.04 'Bionic Beaver' Beta 1 became available for download. Ubuntu 18.04 is significant, as it will be an LTS (Long Term Support) version. As was the case when Unity was the primary DE, GNOME is not available in this beta stage. Instead, there are other flavors from which to choose, such as Kubuntu with KDE Plasma and Xubuntu, which uses Xfce.
"Pre-releases of the Bionic Beaver are not encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu flavor developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs as we work towards getting this release ready. Beta 1 includes some software updates that are ready for broader testing. However, it is quite an early set of images, so you should expect some bugs," says Dustin Krysak, Ubuntu Budgie team member.
"Pre-releases of the Bionic Beaver are not encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu flavor developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs as we work towards getting this release ready. Beta 1 includes some software updates that are ready for broader testing. However, it is quite an early set of images, so you should expect some bugs," says Dustin Krysak, Ubuntu Budgie team member.
If you want stable, you're going to have to wait until the final release on April 26th. This is a BETA release. The schedule hasn't changed.
FWIW, I've been running it on a PC with few issues since pre-Alpha, but YMMV.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bionic...
This Beta is feature-complete and now the team is mostly focused on bug fixes and documentation.
Next Beta is April 5th followed by Release Candidate on April 19th, and final release on April 26th. Every release up until Final Release will have cautions about instability.
The reason it's called 18.04 is it's expected to be released near the end of April 2018. It's really not reasonable for anyone to expect anything stable sooner than that... as again, the schedule has not changed.
There are 64 names left in Toy Story 1, 2 and 3 -- and Toy Story 4 is coming soon. Thus, names get added faster than they are consumed; and even if Toy Story 4 gets cancelled, with one release per approx. two years, existing buffer will last us a good while.
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
I've found Mint to be more stable...