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The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Beta Release of Ubuntu 7.04 -
codenamed "Feisty Fawn". 

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a fast
and easy install, regular releases, a broad selection of excellent
packages installed by default, every other package you can imagine
available from the network, and professional technical support from
Canonical Ltd and hundreds of other companies around the world.

Ubuntu 7.04 will be supported for 18 months on both the desktop and
on the server.

To Get Ubuntu 7.04 Beta
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Download Ubuntu 7.04 Beta here (choose the mirror closest to you):

[ FIXME: Add mirror list ]

Please download using Bittorrent if possible.

To upgrade from Ubuntu 6.10 to Ubuntu 7.04 Beta, follow these
instructions:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FeistyUpgrades

The final version of Ubuntu 7.04 is expected to be released in
April 2007.


About Ubuntu 7.04 Beta
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The full release notes can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeistyFawn/Beta

Highlights include:

 On the Desktop

  * GNOME 2.18

  * OpenOffice.org 2.2.0 release candidate 3

  * X.org 7.2


 On the Server

  * Apache 2.2

  * PostgreSQL 8.2

  * PHP 5.2.1

[ FIXME: Add shiny server stuff ]

 "Under the hood"

  * GCC 4.1.2

  * glibc 2.5

  * Linux 2.6.20

  * Python 2.5

As always, Ubuntu includes the very best of the 100% Free / Libre
application software world, and each new release incorporates
countless new features and bug fixes from the global development
community.

Known Bugs
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  * Resizing ext2/ext3 file systems may fail unless a full file system
    check has just been run. To work around this, run 'e2fsck -f DEVICE'
    (where DEVICE is the name of the device in question, such as
    /dev/sda1) and retry the resize operation after that completes. When
    using the desktop CD, you can run this from a terminal window; when
    using the alternate install CD, you can press Alt-F2 to get to a
    terminal, and Alt-F1 to return to the installer.
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/94647

Feedback and Helping
--------------------

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of
ways you can participate at

  http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/

Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions will help turn
this Beta into the best release of Ubuntu ever.  Please report bugs
through the Launchpad bug tracker:

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/feisty/+bugs

If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but
are not sure, first try asking on the #ubuntu IRC channel on FreeNode,
on the Ubuntu Users mailing list, or on the Ubuntu forums:

  http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
  http://www.ubuntuforums.org/


More Information
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You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this preview release on
our website, IRC channel and wiki. If you are new to Ubuntu, please
visit:

  http://www.ubuntu.com/

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