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The second alpha release of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is now available



Here the announcement:
The second Alpha of Trusty Tahr (to become 14.04 LTS) has now been
released for testers and early adopters.

This alpha features images for Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME,
Ubuntu Kylin, Xubuntu and Ubuntu Cloud images.

These are not to be used as stable systems but please do test for bugs to
report. Always ensure your system is up to date before reporting bugs.

Edubuntu:
Edubuntu is the educational flavour of Ubuntu. It's very similar to stock
Ubuntu but integrates a lot of educational software, supports thin clients
(LTSP) and offers an optional GNOME Flashback desktop as an alternative to
Unity.

The Alpha 2 images can be downloaded at:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/trusty/alpha-2/

More information on Edubuntu alpha 2 is published here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/Alpha2/Edubuntu

Kubuntu:
Kubuntu is the KDE based flavour of Ubuntu. It uses the Plasma desktop
and includes a wide selection of tools from the KDE project. In this LTS
cycle
the Kubuntu team are working on stabalising and bug fixing.

The Alpha 2 images can be downloaded at:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/trusty/alpha-2/

More information on Kubuntu Alpha 2 can be found here:
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/TrustyTahr/Alpha2/Kubuntu

Ubuntu GNOME:
Ubuntu GNOME is a flavour of Ubuntu featuring the GNOME desktop
environment.

The Alpha 2 images can be downloaded at:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/trusty/alpha-2/

More information on Ubuntu GNOME Alpha 2 can be found here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/Alpha2/UbuntuGNOME

Xubuntu:
Xubuntu is the Ubuntu flavour with Xfce, a stable, light and
configurable desktop environment.

The Alpha 2 images can be downloaded at:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu;/releases/trusty/alpha-2/

More information on Xubuntu Alpha 2 will be published here:
http://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-14-04-alpha-2/

UbuntuKylin:
UbuntuKylin is a flavour of Ubuntu that is more suitable for
Chinese users.

The Alpha 2 images can be downloaded at:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/trusty/alpha

More information on UbuntuKylin Alpha 2 will be published here:
http://www.ubuntukylin.com/downloads/show.php?lang
=en&id =147

Ubuntu Cloud:
Ubuntu Cloud images can be run on Amazon EC2, Openstack, SmartOS and
many other clouds. Included with Alpha-2 are PPC64EL images.
http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/trusty/alpha-2/

Regular daily images for Ubuntu (Unity) can be found at:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/