Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 1

The development of Ubuntu 12.10, code name "Quantal Quetzal", is now under way with the initial test release: "The 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) alpha 1 milestone image set is now released. New features: Ubuntu kernel based on the final 3.4 upstream Linux kernel; the 4.7 version of GCC is replacing the 4.6 version that was included in Ubuntu 12.04; for 12.10, we intend to ship only Python 3 with the Ubuntu desktop image, not Python 2; automatic Apport crash reporting has been enabled by default again to catch problems early on...." Read the release announcement and check out the technical overview for details. Download (SHA256): quantal-desktop-i386.iso (728MB, torrent), quantal-desktop-amd64.iso (726MB, torrent). Also made available today were CD/DVD images for Kubuntu (download), Lubuntu (download) and Edubuntu (download).