Many thanks to Linode
Behind the scenes with Kubuntu, we build packages, then test and finally release to our users. We mostly rely on the building services provided by Canonical on Launchpad, but also are lucky enough to have services donated by some third parties. A lot of our developers are working on quite…
Kubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark is released
Kubuntu 17.10 has been released, featuring the beautiful Plasma 5.10 desktop from KDE. Codenamed “Artful Aardvark”, Kubuntu 17.10 continues our proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features…
Updated Kubuntu 17.10 RC ISOs now available
Following on from yesterday’s 1st spin of the 17.10 RC images by the ubuntu release team, today the RC images (marked Artful Final on the QA tracker) have been re-spun and updated. Please update your ISOs if you downloaded previous images, and test as before. Please help us by testing…
Kubuntu Artful Aardvark (17.10) initial RC images now available
Artful Aardvark (17.10) initial Release Candidate (RC) images are now available for testing. Help us make 17.10 the best release yet! Note: This is an initial spin of the RC images. It is likely that at least one more rebuild will be done on Monday. Adam Conrad from the Ubuntu…
Kubuntu Artful Aardvark (17.10) final Beta images now available
Artful Aardvark (17.10) final Beta images are now available for testing. Help us make 17.10 the best release yet! The Kubuntu team will be releasing 17.10 on October 19, 2017. This is the final Beta pre-release. Kubuntu Beta pre-releases are NOT recommended for: Regular users who are not aware of…
Kubuntu Artful Aardvark (17.10) Beta 2 testing
Artful Aardvark (17.10) Beta 2 images are now available for testing. The Kubuntu team will be releasing 17.10 in October. The final Beta 2 milestone will be available on September 28. This is the first spin in preparation for the Beta 2 pre-release. Kubuntu Beta pre-releases are NOT recommended for:…
Call for design: Artful Banner for Kubuntu.org website
Kubuntu 17.10 — code-named Artful Aardvark — will be released on October 19th, 2017. We need a new banner for the website, and invite artists and designers to submit designs to us based on the Plasma wallpaper and perhaps the mascot design. The banner is 1500×385 SVG. Please submit designs to the Kubuntu-devel mail…
Plasma 5.11 beta available in unofficial PPA for testing on Artful
Adventurous users and developers running the Artful development release can now also test the beta version of Plasma 5.11. This is experimental and can possibly kill kittens! Bug reports on this beta go to https://bugs.kde.org, not to Launchpad. The PPA comes with a WARNING: Artful will ship with Plasma 5.10.5,…
Kubuntu Council Election Results Announced
The Kubuntu Council is happy to announce the results of the election, and welcome the following members: Rik Mills, Aaron Honeycutt (returning) and Rick Timmis. We thank Simon for running and making this a race, Clay and Ovidiu-Florin for their service on the Council, and Kubuntu Member Clive Johnston for…
Kubuntu Artful Aardvark (17.10) Beta 1 testing
Artful Aardvark (17.10) Beta 1 images are now available for testing. The Kubuntu team will be releasing 17.10 in October. The final Beta 1 milestone will be available on August 31st. This is the first spin in preparation for the Beta 1 pre-release. Kubuntu Beta pre-releases are NOT recommended for:…