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The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of Ubuntu
13.04 Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products.

Codenamed "Raring Ringtail", 13.04 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 hard
at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs.

Together with Ubuntu 13.04, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu and
Ubuntu Studio also reached Final Beta status today.  We also welcome
two new flavors, Ubuntu-Gnome and UbuntuKylin, which are participating
in the Ubuntu release process for the first time this cycle.


Ubuntu Changes
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Some of the new features available in Ubuntu 13.04 Final Beta are:

# * Quantal Beta-2 includes the 3.5.0-15.23 Ubuntu Linux kernel which
#   is based on the v3.5.4 upstream Linux kernel.

# * Unity has been updated to version 6.6 which contains the new
#   default web application in the launcher, a new shopping lens,
#   improvements to the dash and multiple bug fixes.

# * GNOME has been updated to 3.5.92 for most components (some to 3.6.0)

# * Accessibility is turned on by default.

Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ for details.


Ubuntu Server and Cloud Images
------------------------------

# * Cloud Images now have Quick Start buttons to enable Quick Start like
#   function for Amazon AWS images.  They also no longer have a five
#   second boot time out.

# * Ubuntu now has native packaging for Amazon AWS RDS (rdscli),
#   Identity Management(iamcli), Elastic LoadBalancing (elbcli),
#   ElastiCache (elasticache), and CloudWatch (moncli).

Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ for details.


Kubuntu
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 * KDE SC 4.10.2
 * Muon Suite 2
 * Homerun, Oxygen Font, Krita
 * Slick new look for the installer

Please see https://wiki.kubuntu.org/RaringRingtail/Beta2/Kubuntu for
details.


Edubuntu
--------

For more details on what has changed in Edubuntu 13.04, please refer to
http://www.edubuntu.org .


Xubuntu
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New features in Xubuntu Beta 2 include:

 * Documentation is updated to 13.04
 * New version of Catfish (0.6.1) is included and fixes a lot of bugs
 * More updates for the Greybird theme

For more details on what has changed in Xubuntu 13.04, please refer to
http://xubuntu.org/news/raring-beta2/ .

Lubuntu
-------

For more information about the changes in Lubuntu 13.04,
please go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu .


Ubuntu Studio
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Ubuntu Studio has had many bug fixes applied since Beta 1.

 When compared to 12.10, it has a rewritten icon theme, new wallpapers,

new ubiquity, some new applications,

 an updated -lowlatency kernel and much more.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/Beta2/UbuntuStudio for the release notes.


UbuntuKylin
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For more information about UbuntuKylin 13.04, please see:

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuKylin/1304-beta-2-ReleaseNote


Please see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/TechnicalOverview
for more details on the above products.




About Ubuntu
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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 http://www.ubuntu.com/support .

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 really help us to
improve this and future releases of Ubuntu.   Instructions can be
found at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs .


To Get Ubuntu 13.04 Final Beta
------------------------------

To upgrade to the Ubuntu 13.04 Final Beta from Ubuntu 12.10 or Ubuntu
12.04, follow these instructions:

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

Or, download Ubuntu 13.04 Beta images from a location near you:

  http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/download (Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server) .

In addition they can be found at the following links:

  http://releases.ubuntu.com/13.04/ (Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server)
  http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/13.04/beta-2/
  (Ubuntu Cloud Images)
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/13.04/beta-2/
  (Ubuntu community supported images, source)
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/releases/13.04/beta-2/
  (Ubuntu Core)
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/13.04/ (Ubuntu Netboot)
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/13.04/beta-2/
  (Kubuntu)
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/13.04/beta-2/
  (Edubuntu)
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/13.04/beta-2/
  (Ubuntu Studio)
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/13.04/beta-2/
  (Lubuntu)
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/13.04/beta-2/
  (Xubuntu)


The final version of Ubuntu 13.04 is expected to be released
on April 25, 2013.


More Information
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website, IRC channel and wiki.

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