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Kubuntu 13.10 Beta 1
Kubuntu 13.10 Beta is available for testing. Try it out now if you want to help debug before our release in October 2013.
Upgrading from Previous Versions
Instructions to upgrade from 13.04 To upgrade to Kubuntu 13.10 from previous releases, run kubuntu-devel-release-upgrade from a command line.
Download a Disk Image
Download a Bootable images and put it onto a DVD or USB. Burning ISO Guide.
Upgrading from Previous Versions |
Download a Disk Image |
Instructions to upgrade from 13.04 To upgrade to Kubuntu 13.10 from previous releases, run kubuntu-devel-release-upgrade from a command line. |
Download a Bootable images and put it onto a DVD or USB. Burning ISO Guide. |
Beta 1 Highlights
Software Updates
KDE Plasma and Applications 4.11
The released upgrade to KDE SC 4.11 is featured in Kubuntu 13.10, and adds Faster Nepomuk indexing, Kontact improvements such as a new theme editor for e-mails, and prepares the ground for future developments using Wayland and Qt 5.
Muon Discover
A friendly way to discover and install applications.
User Manager
A simpler way to manage your system users.
For advanced management of groups or LDAP users install kuser.
Wireless Setup in Installer
You can now setup wifi networking from the installer making it easier to install updates and extra packages during the install.
Note this currently causes a crash in installer only mode, to try the feature use it under a running Plasma Desktop for now.
ubiquity KDE frontend crash setting up wireless when ubiquity only (1220193)
KDE Telepathy with Better Text Editing and Improved Notifications
Chat application KDE Telepathy 0.6.2 adds several improved features.
New Network Manager applet
The new Network Manager applet gives a simpler UI for connecting to a range of network types.
Linux
The Beta 1 Saucy Salamander snapshot includes the 3.11.0.4 Ubuntu Linux kernel which is based on the the upstream v3.11-rc7 Linux kernel. The 3.11 release contains support for KVM and Xen virtualization on 64-bit ARM (AArch64) hardware. There has also been significant progress on making PCI support not be tied to SoC-specific code but to make PCI host controller drivers for ARM work as loadable kernel modules.
Known Problems
Kubuntu Desktop
No ubiquity on Kubuntu Netbook desktop (1195255)
No suspend from session possible (1195256)
Black screen after upgrade if color correction was enabled (KDE 321217)
kwallet requires first use setup (1204585)
ubiquity kde frontend crash setting up wireless when ubiquity only (1220193)
sip 4.15 causes crash in PyKDE (1220675)
Additional issues being tracked can be found at Kubuntu 13.10 Milestoned bugs
Installation and Updates
The standalone installer has several extra top panels (1207890)
The desktop image installer cannot unlock existing encrypted (LUKS) volumes. If you need to make use of existing encrypted volumes during partitioning, then use the "Try Ubuntu without installing" boot option to start a live session, open the encrypted volumes (for example, by clicking on their icons in the Unity launcher), enter your password when prompted to unlock them, close them again, and run ubiquity to start the installer. (1066480)
ARM OMAP4 machines will sometimes boot to a black screen during installation. It's likely that the system has booted fine, but you will need to switch to another tty then back to tty7 (Ctrl+Alt+F1 and then Alt+F7) to get graphics. (1065902)
On a mac with an external display can not run in framebuffer mode error occurs on the 2nd reboot onwards. (1066883)
When using installer to upgrade or reinstall an existing installation with encrypted swap, the installer may fail to reuse the partition. A warning will be shown, however the installation can be completed. The installed system will not have swap activated and users are advised to recreate swap on their systems. Please see advice about adding and activating swap at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq (1172002)
Installs on very small memory systems may fail to start or exit without completing with no error. It is recommended that swap be created before install for such systems. Please see advice about adding and activating swap at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq (1172161)
In rare circumstances the 'Next' button on the installer 'Install Type' screen is non-functional. This is intermittent and may be resolved by hitting 'Back' and retrying. (1172572)
Kernel
On some systems, when opening lid, there is a kerneloops with a suspend/resume failure message seen. (1054732)
Networking
In order to improve compatibility with other local nameserver packages, NetworkManager now assigns IP address 127.0.1.1 to the local nameserver process that it controls instead of 127.0.0.1. If the system's /etc/resolv.conf is absent or is a static file instead of the symbolic link to ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf installed by default then this static file will have to be updated by the administrator in order to continue using the NetworkManager-controlled nameserver.
Feedback
Development of Kubuntu 13.10, the Saucy Salamander is ongoing and bugs are fixed every day. Before reporting bugs, please ensure your system is up to date. For verifying installation related bugs, updated disk images are available from Daily bootable images for standard PCs/laptops/netbooks.
You can give us feedback on the Kubuntu Google+ page.