Ubuntu 9.04 for ARM

Ubuntu 9.04 for ARM has been released. Here the release announcement:

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop edition for ARM processors, continuing Ubuntu's tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

This first, community-supported ARM release of Ubuntu supports the imx51, ixp4xx, and versatile subarchitectures, allowing use on a wide variety of hardware and virtual environments. Desktop installation images are available for the i.MX 51 Babbage development board, and netboot installation images for other subarchitectures.

Read more about the features of Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition

Desktop edition http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-9.04-desktop

Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition for ARM will be supported for 18 months.

To Get Ubuntu 9.04
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To download Ubuntu 9.04 images for the Babbage development board, visit:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/jaunty/release

To download netboot images for other subarchitectures, visit:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/jaunty/release

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/904

Find out what's new in this release with a graphical overview:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904overview

There are some additional caveats about installation to the Babbage development board:

http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BabbageJauntyInstall

If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but aren't sure, try asking on the #ubuntu IRC channel, on the Ubuntu Users mailing list, or on the Ubuntu forums:

#ubuntu on irc.freenode.net
http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/

Helping Shape Ubuntu
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http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/

About Ubuntu
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http://www.ubuntu.com/support

More Information
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