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| ||<tablestyle="float:right; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;">'''Table of Contents'''<<BR>> <<TableOfContents>>|| | ## page was copied from TrustyTahr/Beta2/Kubuntu ## page was copied from TrustyTahr/Beta1/Kubuntu ## page was copied from TrustyTahr/Alpha2/Kubuntu |
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| = Kubuntu 14.04 Alpha 1 = | = Kubuntu 14.10 Alpha 1 = |
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| Kubuntu 14.04 Alpha 1 is available for testing. Try it out now if you want to help debug before our release in April 2014. | Kubuntu 14.10 Alpha 1 is available for testing. Try it out now if you want to help debug before our release in October 2014. |
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| ||<tablestyle="background:#D2FCFF; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;"> '''Upgrading from Previous Versions''' || '''Download a Disk Image''' || || [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TrustyUpgrades/Kubuntu|Instructions to upgrade from 13.10]] To upgrade to Kubuntu 14.04 pre-releases from previous releases, run '''kubuntu-devel-release-upgrade''' from a command line. || Download a [[http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/trusty/alpha-1|Bootable images]] and put it onto a DVD or USB. [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto|Burning ISO Guide]]. || |
||<tablestyle="background:#D2FCFF; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;"> '''Upgrading from 14.04LTS''' || '''Download a Disk Image''' || || To upgrade to Kubuntu 14.10 pre-releases from 14.04LTS, run '''kubuntu-devel-release-upgrade''' from a command line.<<BR>> [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UtopicUpgrades/Kubuntu|Full instructions to upgrade from 14.04 LTS]]. || Download a [[http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/utopic|Bootable image]] and put it onto a [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto|DVD]] or [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick|USB Drive]] || |
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| == KDE Plasma 4.11 and Applications 4.12 Release Candidate == | ||<tablestyle="background:#E3F6CE; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;">'''Plasma 1 is our recommended stable offering''' and what you get from the default download, but is now in maintenance mode. It runs the software you are familiar with and will be getting updates and bugfixes but not new features from now on. || {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UtopicUpgrades/Kubuntu?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=raring11.png}} || || {{http://kde.org/announcements/plasma5.0-beta2/plasma50b2-main-wee.png}} || '''Plasma 5''' a work in progress. The next generation of KDE Software is still a work in progress. You can install it from the [[Kubuntu Next PPA|https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+archive/next|Kubuntu Next PPA]] but beware it will remove your stable software. || |
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| || {{attachment:desktop-350px.png}} || The upcoming KDE Applications 4.12 release is promising greatly improved reliability and performance. || | == KDE Applications and Platform 4.13.2 == |
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| == Mozilla Firefox 26 == || [[attachment:firefox.png|{{attachment:firefox-350px.png}}]] || Kubuntu 14.04 introduces award winning Mozilla Firefox 26 as default web browser. || == Gwenview Plugin Installation == || [[attachment:gwenview-plugins.gif|{{attachment:gwenview-plugins-350px.gif}}]] || Plugins in Gwenview can now be installed on-demand from inside the application. || == Automatic Crash Reporting == || [[attachment:drkonqi-whoopsie.png|{{attachment:drkonqi-whoopsie-350px.png}}]] || No software is perfect; Kubuntu 14.04 however makes it easier than ever before to inform developers when something has gone terribly wrong, using the all new automatic crash reporting. || == Infrastructure == === Linux Kernel === The Alpha 1 Trusty Tahr snapshot includes the [[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.12.0-7.15|3.12.0.7 Ubuntu Linux kernel]] which is based on the the upstream [[http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-3.12.4.tar.bz2|v3.12.4 Linux kernel]]. The 3.12 release contains improvements to the dynamic tick code, support infrastructure for DRM render nodes, TSO sizing and the FQ scheduler in the network layer, support for user namespaces in the XFS filesystem, multithreaded RAID5 in the MD subsystem, additional highlights are described [[https://www.linux.com/news/software/linux-kernel/746527-the-312-kernel-is-out|here]]. |
|| {{http://kde.org/announcements/4.13/screenshots/thumbs/applications.png}} || The [[http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.13.2.php|KDE Applications and Platform 4.13.2]] includes a bunch of bugfixes. || |
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| == Kubuntu Desktop == | [[http://goo.gl/RmgXgX|Bugs tagged Kubuntu 14.10]] |
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| [[http://goo.gl/JUAg5g|Bugs tagged Kubuntu 14.04]] * #1262779 KDE oem-config requires extra Continue click to prevent crash * #1259465 kde-nm-connection-editor is completely useless for setting up TLS connections * #988991 debconf does not working on KDE * #988961 debconf: Missing dependency on libqt3support4-perl * #1182784 Install with German / Swiss Keyboard fails: "ubi-console-setup failed with exit code 141" or "Installer Crashed" * #1038522 [kde] manual partitioning in installer crashes when handling many partitions |
* (Bug:1334189) syslinux offers no OEM mode on Kubuntu Utopic Alpha 1 * (Bug:1334199) ubiquity-kde fails to install Kubuntu in non-English * (Bug:1308931) Ubiquity side bar is broken on the initial page for the KDE UI |
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| Development of Kubuntu 14.04, the Trusty Tahr 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 [[http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/daily-live/current/|Daily bootable images for standard PCs/laptops/netbooks]]. | Development of Kubuntu 14.10, the Utopic Unicorn, 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 [[http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/daily-live/current/|Daily bootable images for standard PCs/laptops/netbooks]]. |
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| You can give us feedback on the [[https://plus.google.com/107577785796696065138|Kubuntu Google+]] page. | You can give us feedback on the [[https://plus.google.com/u/0/107577785796696065138/posts|Kubuntu Google+]] page or the [[https://www.facebook.com/kubuntu.org|Kubuntu Facebook page]] or on [[https://twitter.com/kubuntu|Twitter]]. |
Kubuntu 14.10 Alpha 1
Kubuntu 14.10 Alpha 1 is available for testing. Try it out now if you want to help debug before our release in October 2014.
Upgrading from 14.04LTS |
Download a Disk Image |
To upgrade to Kubuntu 14.10 pre-releases from 14.04LTS, run kubuntu-devel-release-upgrade from a command line. |
Download a Bootable image and put it onto a DVD or USB Drive |
Alpha 1 Highlights
Plasma 1 is our recommended stable offering and what you get from the default download, but is now in maintenance mode. It runs the software you are familiar with and will be getting updates and bugfixes but not new features from now on. |
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Plasma 5 a work in progress. The next generation of KDE Software is still a work in progress. You can install it from the https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+archive/next but beware it will remove your stable software. |
KDE Applications and Platform 4.13.2
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The KDE Applications and Platform 4.13.2 includes a bunch of bugfixes. |
Known Problems
(1334189) syslinux offers no OEM mode on Kubuntu Utopic Alpha 1
(1334199) ubiquity-kde fails to install Kubuntu in non-English
(1308931) Ubiquity side bar is broken on the initial page for the KDE UI
Feedback
Development of Kubuntu 14.10, the Utopic Unicorn, 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 or the Kubuntu Facebook page or on Twitter.
UtopicUnicorn/Beta2/Kubuntu (last edited 2014-10-02 08:22:36 by valorie-zimmerman)