The final beta version of Ubuntu 17.04 is now available

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of the
Ubuntu 17.04 Desktop, Server, and Cloud products.

Codenamed "Zesty Zapus", 17.04 continues Ubuntu's 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 and fixing bugs.

This beta release includes images from not only the Ubuntu Desktop,
Server, and Cloud products, but also the Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu
GNOME, UbuntuKylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, and Xubuntu flavours.

We're also pleased with this release to welcome Ubuntu Budgie to the
family of Ubuntu community flavours.

The beta images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build
or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of 17.04
that should be representative of the features intended to ship with the
final release expected on April 13th, 2017.

Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Cloud Images:
Yakkety Final Beta includes updated versions of most of our core set
of packages, including a current 4.10 kernel, and much more.

To upgrade to Ubuntu 17.04 Final Beta from Ubuntu 16.10, follow these
instructions:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ZestyUpgrades

The Ubuntu 17.04 Final Beta images can be downloaded at:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/17.04/ (Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server on x86)

Additional images can be found at the following links:

http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/daily/server/zesty/current/ (Cloud Images)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/17.04/beta-2/ (Non-x86 Server)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/17.04/ (Netboot)

As fixes will be included in new images between now and release, any
daily cloud image from today or later (i.e. a serial of 20170323 or
higher) should be considered a beta image. Bugs found should be filed
against the appropriate packages or, failing that, the cloud-images
project in Launchpad.

The full release notes for Ubuntu 17.04 Final Beta can be found at:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/ReleaseNotes

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.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/17.04/beta-2/

More information on Kubuntu Final Beta can be found here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/Beta2/Kubuntu

Lubuntu:
Lubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu that targets to be lighter, less
resource hungry and more energy-efficient by using lightweight
applications and LXDE, The Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment,
as its default GUI.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/17.04/beta-2/

More information on Lubuntu Final Beta can be found here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/Beta2/Lubuntu

Ubuntu Budgie:
Ubuntu Budgie is community developed desktop, integrating Budgie
Desktop Environment with Ubuntu at its core.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-budgie/releases/17.04/beta-2/

More information on Ubuntu Budgie Final Beta can be found here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/Beta2/UbuntuBudgie

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

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/17.04/beta-2/

More information on Ubuntu GNOME Final Beta can be found here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/Beta2/UbuntuGNOME

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

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/17.04/beta-2/

More information on UbuntuKylin Final Beta can be found here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuKylin

Ubuntu MATE:
Ubuntu MATE is a flavor of Ubuntu featuring the MATE desktop
environment.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/17.04/beta-2/

More information on UbuntuMATE Final Beta can be found here:
https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-zesty-beta2/

Ubuntu Studio:
Ubuntu Studio is a flavor of Ubuntu that provides a full range of
multimedia content creation applications for each key workflows:
audio, graphics, video, photography and publishing.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/17.04/beta-2/

More information about Ubuntu Studio Final Beta can be found here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/Beta2/UbuntuStudio

Xubuntu:
Xubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu that comes with Xfce, which is a stable,
light and configurable desktop environment.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/17.04/beta-2/

More inormation about Xubuntu Final Beta can be found here:
http://wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/17.04/release-notes

Regular daily images for Ubuntu, and all flavours, can be found at:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for clients, servers and
clouds, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A
tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and
an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and
hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information
about support, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/support

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways
you can participate at: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate

Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions really help us to
improve this and future releases of Ubuntu. Instructions can be
found at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this beta release on our
website, IRC channel and wiki.

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On behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team,

Adam Conrad

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