news 28 Posted April 28, 2011 "Form and function are a unity, two sides of one coin. In order to enhance function, appropriate form must exist or be created." -Ida P. Rolf The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 11.04, code-named "Natty Narwhal". 11.04 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. For PC users, Ubuntu 11.04 supports laptops, desktops and netbooks with a unified look and feel based on a new desktop shell called "Unity". This version supersedes Ubuntu Netbook Edition for all PC netbooks. Developer reference images are provided for select Texas Instruments (TI) ARM platforms, specifically the "PandaBoard" and "BeagleBoard". Ubuntu Server 11.04 has made it easier to provision servers, and reduce power consumption. Ubuntu Server 11.04 for UEC and EC2 has a new kernel and improved initialization and configuration options. Read more about the features of Ubuntu 11.04 in the following press releases: http://www.canonical.com/content/ubuntu-transforms-your-pc-experience http://www.canonical.com/content/latest-ubuntu-offers-business-added-cloud-features-and-sleek-new-desktop-interface Standard maintenance updates will be provided for Ubuntu 11.04 for 18 months, through October 2012. Thanks to the efforts of the global translation community, Ubuntu is available in 43 languages. For a list of available languages and detailed translation statistics for these and other languages, see: http://people.canonical.com/~dpm/stats/ubuntu-11.04-translation-stats.html Ubuntu 11.04 is also the basis for new 11.04 releases of Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and Mythbuntu: Kubuntu http://kubuntu.org/news/11.04-release Xubuntu http://xubuntu.org/news/11.04-release Edubuntu http://edubuntu.org/news/11.04-release Mythbuntu http://mythbuntu.org/11.04/release Ubuntu Studio https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/11.04release_notes To Get Ubuntu 11.04 ------------------- To download Ubuntu 11.04, or obtain CDs, visit: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download Users of Ubuntu 10.10 will be offered an automatic upgrade to 11.04 via Update Manager. For further information about upgrading, see: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/upgrade As always, upgrades to the latest version of Ubuntu are entirely free of charge. We recommend that all users read the release notes, which document caveats and workarounds for known issues. They are available at: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes Find out what's new in this release with a graphical overview: http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/whats-new http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/features If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but aren't sure, you can try asking in any of the following places: #ubuntu on irc.freenode.net http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users http://www.ubuntuorg/ http://askubuntu.com/ Helping Shape Ubuntu -------------------- 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/ About Ubuntu ------------ Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, netbooks and servers, 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 services including support are available from Canonical and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about support, visit: http://www.ubuntu.com/support More Information ---------------- You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this release on our website: http://www.ubuntu.com/ To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu's very low volume announcement list at: http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce/ Kate Stewart, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team -- Share this post Link to post
