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| 2005-09-09 |
NEW • Development Release: Kubuntu 5.10 Preview |
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The Kubuntu project, a subproject of Ubuntu Linux, has announced a preview release of Kubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger": "The Kubuntu 5.10 Preview is now available. This is the beta release for the next version of Kubuntu. New in this release is: the latest KDE 3.4.2, OpenOffice.org 2 beta 2, X.Org 6.8.2. Other new features include: Krita - state of the art bitmap image editor, Katapult - an advanced application and item launcher, System Settings - a user friendly replacement for KControl, a simplified Konqueror profile." More information about the release can be read in the official release announcement. Download (MD5): kubuntu-5.10-preview-install-i386.iso (640MB), kubuntu-5.10-preview-live-i386.iso (652MB). ISO images for AMD64 and PowerPC architectures, as well as BitTorrent trackers, are also available.
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| Kubuntu is a free, user-friendly Linux distribution based on KDE's desktop software and on the Ubuntu operating system. It has a biannual release cycle. Besides providing an up-to-date version of the KDE desktop at the time of the release, the project also releases updated KDE packages throughout the lifetime of each release.
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