Edubuntu 11.04 Alpha 3 Released

New Development Release

Edubuntu 11.04 (codenamed: Natty Narwhal) is the next version of Edubuntu due for release in April 2011. Development on the system is in full swing and today marks the third tested installable development version. It is still in an early state and has known problems, it is not recommended for anything else than testing and experimental purposes for people who are interested in Edubuntu development.

Download

The DVD ISO image is available for download from:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/natty/alpha-3/

Release Notes

What's New in this Alpha?

• The Edubuntu installer now has an additional installation step that allows users much better control over which packages are installed on the final system.
• QCad is now replaced by LibreCAD.
• Too many bug fixes too mention.

Known Issues:

• When installing LTSP, you have to link the old CDROM path to the new one before commencing installation. You can do this by typing "sudo ln -s /cdrom /media/cdrom" from the command line. (LP: #727783)
• On 64bit systems, you may have two of the same icons in the system notification area. (LP: 727811)
• Notifications that a software volume has been detected will often pop up. It's safe to just close these notifications when they do. (LP: 727817)
• The trash applet will sometimes crash on login. (LP: 727844)

For more information on this Alpha release, including non-Edubuntu specific bugs and features, please refer to the Natty Narwhal Technical Overview wiki page. We strongly recommend reading this, since there are may be bugs that may result in data loss under certain circumstances.

Edubuntu follows the Ubuntu release schedule, for more information on the roadmap to release, please refer to the Release Schedule.

Bug Day

Interested in getting involved with Edubuntu? We're having a bug day on 10 March to iron out some problems in Natty before the final freezes are in effect. More details here:
http://edubuntu.org/2011-02-23/edubuntu-bug-day-10-march