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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is now available for download.

For more information on the release, and individual products that make up the release, please see the release notes.

12.04 (Precise Pangolin) is now available for those interested in helping find and fix those last bugs before we release.

More details can be found at:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/TechnicalOverview/Beta2

Many thank yous to the developers, testers, documentation and translation writers for all your hard work to get us to this milestone!

Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 release is now a week away and the archive is now in hard freeze to prepare for it.

During the freeze, all uploads to main must be approved by a member of the release team, so if you have fixes which are important to get in, please get in touch as soon as possible (and preferably, get your packages uploaded in parallel!).

Uploads to unseeded universe require a manual push through the queue, but are not subject to release management approval.

12.04 (Precise Pangolin) is now available for those interested in helping find and fix bugs before we release.

More details can be found at:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/TechnicalOverview/Beta1

Many thank yous to the developers, testers, documentation and translation writers for all your hard work to get us to this milestone!

Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 release is now a week away and the archive is now in hard freeze to prepare for it.

During the freeze, all uploads to main must be approved by a member of the release team, so if you have fixes which are important to get in, please get in touch as soon as possible (and preferably, get your packages uploaded in parallel!).

Uploads to unseeded universe require a manual push through the queue, but are not subject to release management approval.

An issue has been noticed due to interaction between a recent libc upgrade and the nvidia graphics driver. If you have nvidia hardware, please avoid upgrading until this has been resolved. Investigation is
ongoing.

Details will be found and tracked in:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/929384

12.04 (Precise Pangolin) Alpha 2 is now available for those developers and testers interested in helping find and fix bugs before we beta.

More details can be found at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/TechnicalOverview/Alpha2

The dreams that inspired this release are now in running code, and available for your download.

We would like to acknowledge the debt of gratitude owed by everyone in the Unix community to Dennis Ritchie, who passed away this weekend.
None of this code could have happened without building on the dreams and excellent work of such giants.

For more information on the release, please see the release notes.

One week away from the Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 release, the archive is now in hard freeze for preparation of that Beta.

During the freeze, all uploads to main must be approved by a member of the release team, so if you have fixes which are important to get in, please get in touch as soon as possible (and preferably, get your packages uploaded in parallel!). Uploads to universe require a manual push through the queue, but are not subject to release management approval.

11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Alpha 3 is now available for those developers and testers interested in helping find and fix bugs before we beta.

More details can be found at:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneiricOcelot/TechnicalOverview/Alpha3