The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Beta release of the Ubuntu 24.04
LTS Desktop, Server, and Cloud products.
24.04 LTS, codenamed "Noble Numbat", continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of
integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a
high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been very hard
at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs.
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, UbuntuKylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Unity and
Xubuntu flavors.
The Beta images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper image build
or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of 24.04 LTS
that should be representative of the features intended to ship with the
final release expected on April 25, 2024.
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Cloud Images:
Noble Beta includes updated versions of most of our core set of
packages, including a current 6.8 kernel, and much more.
To upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Beta from Ubuntu 23.10 or Ubuntu 22.04
LTS, follow these instructions:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NobleUpgrades
The Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Beta images can be downloaded at:
https://releases.ubuntu.com/24.04/ (Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server on
amd64)
Additional images can be found at the following links:
https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/daily/server/noble/current/ (Cloud Images)
https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/beta/ (Non-x86)
As fixes will be included in new images between now and release, any
daily cloud image from today or later (i.e. a serial of 20240411 or
higher) should be considered a Beta image. Bugs found should be filed
against the appropriate packages or, failing that, the cloud-images
project in Launchpad.
The full release notes for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Beta can be found at:
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/noble-numbat-release-notes/
Edubuntu:
Edubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu designed as a free education-oriented
operating system for children of all ages.
The Beta images can be downloaded at:
https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/24.04/beta/
Kubuntu:
Kubuntu is the KDE based flavor of Ubuntu. It uses the Plasma desktop
and includes a wide selection of tools from the KDE project.
The Beta images can be downloaded at:
https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/24.04/beta/
Lubuntu:
Lubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu which uses the Lightweight Qt Desktop
Environment (LXQt). The project's goal is to provide a lightweight
yet functional Linux distribution based on a rock-solid Ubuntu base.
The Beta images can be downloaded at:
https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/24.04/beta/
Ubuntu Budgie:
Ubuntu Budgie is a community-developed desktop, integrating Budgie
Desktop Environment with Ubuntu at its core.
The Beta images can be downloaded at:
https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-budgie/releases/24.04/beta/
Ubuntu Cinnamon:
Ubuntu Cinnamon is a flavor of Ubuntu featuring the Cinnamon desktop
environment.
The Beta images can be downloaded at:
https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntucinnamon/releases/24.04/beta/
UbuntuKylin:
UbuntuKylin is a flavor of Ubuntu that is more suitable for Chinese
users.
The Beta images can be downloaded at:
https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/24.04/beta/
Ubuntu MATE:
Ubuntu MATE is a flavor of Ubuntu featuring the MATE desktop
environment.
The Beta images can be downloaded at:
https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/24.04/beta/
Ubuntu Studio:
Ubuntu Studio is a flavor of Ubuntu that provides a full range of
multimedia content creation applications for each key workflow: audio,
graphics, video, photography and publishing.
The Beta images can be downloaded at:
https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/24.04/beta/
Ubuntu Unity:
Ubuntu Unity is a flavor of Ubuntu featuring the Unity7 desktop
environment.
The Beta images can be downloaded at:
https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-unity/releases/24.04/beta/
Xubuntu:
Xubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu that comes with Xfce, which is a stable,
light and configurable desktop environment.
The Beta images can be downloaded at:
https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/24.04/beta/
Regular daily images for Ubuntu, and all flavors, can be found at:
https://cdimage.ubuntu.com
Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for clients, servers and
clouds, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A
tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an
incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.
Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and
hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about
support, visit https://ubuntu.com/support
If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you
can participate at: https://ubuntu.com/community/participate
Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions really help us to
improve this and future releases of Ubuntu. Instructions can be found at:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this Beta release on our
website, discourse and wiki.
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On behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team,
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Steve Langasek
