Ubuntu 16.10 Alpha 1 to Come Only in Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Kylin & Lubuntu Flavors

In only two days from the moment of writing this article, we will be able to get a very early taste of the upcoming Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) operating system, as the first Alpha build should be released, as planned, on June 30, 2016.

That’s the good news, but the bad news is that only the Ubuntu MATE, Lubuntu, and Ubuntu Kylin flavors will be participating in the Ubuntu 16.10 Alpha 1 milestone. The maintainer of the rest of the official Ubuntu editions, namely Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, and Ubuntu Studio, have decided to participate only in the Final Beta.

“So far from what I have seen, Lubuntu and Ubuntu MATE are the only flavors interested in releasing an Alpha 1 image. Do any other flavors plan on joining in?,” asked Simon Quigley. “For completeness, Ubuntu MATE intend to participate in Alpha 1, Alpha 2, Beta 1 and Final Beta,” <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/u… (read more)

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