Introduction

Feisty Fawn, the current name of the latest development branch of Kubuntu, will expand on the brand new infrastructure that has landed in Edgy as well as branching out in some exciting new directions. Feature development in the Feisty Fawn release will be improvements to hardware support in the laptop, desktop and high-end server market, and aggressive adoption of emerging desktop technologies.

Herd 1 is the first in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Feisty development cycle as images known to be reasonably free of CD-build or installer bugs. They represent very current snapshots of Feisty. Kubuntu 7.04, Feisty Fawn, Herd 1 releases can be downloaded from the following URL:

• http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/feisty/

NOTE: This is an alpha (pre-) release. Pre-release version of Feisty are NOT encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or for anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent, breakage. Pre-release versions of Feisty ARE recommended for Kubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs.

Screenshots are available at: http://www.thecodingstudio.com/opensource/linux/?q=node/55

New In Feisty Herd 2

Feisty Fawn Herd 2 CD release brings with it many new and exciting applications. For this latest release of Kubuntu 7.04, usability looks to be the common theme. Besides usability there have been updates to many common applications as well as a changing in the default database application in Kubuntu. With every new pre-release, updates will be documented allowing you to thoroughly test your Kubuntu 7.04 installation. Remember that all of these features are part of a pre-release version of Kubuntu, and may still have issues. We ask that any problems you come across that you file a bug, if one has yet to be filed for your problem.BR https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+filebug

Multimedia Simplification

• ADD INFO - no kscd or kaudiocreator. k3b for ripping, kaffeine no audio shortcuts on first load.

Iconic Directories

• ADD INFO (replace heading) - .directory files in /home and /media for icons in /

Kexi

• ADD INFO - replaces OOo Base for db app

digiKam

• ADD INFO - v0.9

Xmodmap

• ADD INFO - loaded on login

Tabbed System Settings

• ADD INFO - system settings displayed with tabs

Ubiquity

• ADD INFO - Qt4'dafied

Adept

• ADD INFO - upgrade detection

UI Language Selector

• ADD INFO - integrated and UI improved language selector

Guidance

• ADD INFO - now supports CPU freq policy changes and idle time actions

Feedback

We want to hear what you think about the current release of Kubuntu 7.04, The Feisty Fawn, Herd 1 CD Release. We want to know if it Rocks, if it is just OK, or it is flat out wrong. No matter the feedback, as long as it is in line with the [http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct Ubuntu Code of Conduct] we would like to hear it.

So what are you waiting for, head on over to the [:FeistyFawn/Herd1/Kubuntu/Feedback:Feedback Page] and let us know!