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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 UtopicUnicorn/Alpha1/Kubuntu
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= Kubuntu 14.04 Alpha 1 = = Kubuntu 14.10 Alpha 2 =
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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 2 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''' || ||<tablestyle="background:#D2FCFF; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="width:50%; 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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|| [[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]]. || = Choose Stable Plasma 4 or Work in Progress Plasma 5 =
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= Alpha 1 Highlights = ||<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 test it and install it from the [[http://download.kubuntu.co.uk/kubuntu-plasma5/|Kubuntu Plasma 5 image]] but beware it will remove your stable software. ||
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== KDE Plasma 4.11 and Applications 4.12 Release Candidate == == KDE Applications and Platform 4.14 Beta ==
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|| {{attachment:desktop-350px.png}} || The upcoming KDE Applications 4.12 release is promising greatly improved reliability and performance. ||

== 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||width=300}} || The [[http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.14-beta3.php|KDE Applications and Platform 4.14 Beta]] 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:1182784) Install with non English language fails
 * (Bug:1334189) syslinux offers no OEM mode on Kubuntu Utopic Alpha 1
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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 [[https://plus.google.com/u/0/107577785796696065138/posts|Google +]][[https://plus.google.com/u/0/107577785796696065138/posts|{{attachment:googleplus.png}}]] or [[https://www.facebook.com/kubuntu.org|Facebook]][[https://www.facebook.com/kubuntu.org|{{attachment:facebook_icon_30x30.gif}}]] or [[https://twitter.com/kubuntu|Twitter]][[https://twitter.com/kubuntu|{{attachment:icon-twitter.png}}]].

Kubuntu 14.10 Alpha 2

Kubuntu 14.10 Alpha 2 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.
Full instructions to upgrade from 14.04 LTS.

Download a Bootable image and put it onto a DVD or USB Drive

Choose Stable Plasma 4 or Work in Progress Plasma 5

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 test it and install it from the Kubuntu Plasma 5 image but beware it will remove your stable software.

KDE Applications and Platform 4.14 Beta

http://kde.org/announcements/4.13/screenshots/thumbs/applications.png

The KDE Applications and Platform 4.14 Beta includes a bunch of bugfixes.

Known Problems

Bugs tagged Kubuntu 14.10

  • (1182784) Install with non English language fails

  • (1334189) syslinux offers no OEM mode on Kubuntu Utopic Alpha 1

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 Google +https://plus.google.com/u/0/107577785796696065138/posts or Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/kubuntu.org or Twitterhttps://twitter.com/kubuntu.

UtopicUnicorn/Beta2/Kubuntu (last edited 2014-10-02 08:22:36 by valorie-zimmerman)