A few minutes ago, the Ubuntu development team unleashed the third and last alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system, due for release in late April this year.

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS, the fourth maintenance update to Ubuntu’s 8.04 LTS release. This release includes updated server, desktop, and alternate installation CDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures.

Ubuntu. Ah Ubuntu. My old friend. That Linux desktop OS that pried my fingers away from the likes of Fedora, Mandriva, SuSE, and many others.

As you are probably aware, in Lucid the platform team is working and re-planning in three separate milestones. Last week we passed the first such milestone, Alpha 2.

The alpha release introduces a few new applications, including the Pitivi video editing tool and the GBrainy game. Some of the other planned changes to the default application set have not yet been made.

The Lucid Lynx Alpha 2 is the second alpha release of Ubuntu 10.04, bringing with it the earliest new features for the next version of Ubuntu.

A new video created by MadsRH, and voiced by Alan Pope, hopes to clear the confusion surrounding the Ubuntu release schedule.

The first Alpha of the Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx development cycle will be released later on today. This will be the first of 3 Alpha releases, the following of which will arrive January 14th and February 25th respectively.

LinuxPlanet.com brought up a good debate if Ubuntu needs a longer release schedule. Ubuntu releases a new version every six months and a LTS or Long Term Support version every two years.

The decision to release at remarkably rapid intervals is tied to the GNOME Desktop Project’s schedules; GNOME releases a month ahead of Ubuntu.

One of the unique features of Ubuntu is a rock-solid six month release cycle, that’s so predictable you can practically put in on your calendar years in advance.

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server editions, Ubuntu 9.10 Server for Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) and Amazon’s EC2, and Ubuntu Netbook Remix, continuing Ubuntu’s tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

What do French gendarmes, Andalucian school children, Wikipedia and San Francisco International airport have in common? It is not the set up for a tortuous pun. Instead all of them are big users of the free Ubuntu operating system.

Once again, “Berliner Fenster“, the company behind the Berlin inside metro tv advertising system was so kind to provide the Ubuntu Berlin Karmic Koala release party at c-base and the release of Ubuntu with it’s own spot.

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server editions, Ubuntu 9.10 Server for UEC and EC2, and the Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Codenamed “Karmic Koala”, 9.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) is about to be released. The beta was released on October 1, 2009 and this is a first looks at whats new in Ubuntu 9.10 Beta.

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server editions, and the Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Codenamed “Karmic Koala”, 9.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating thelatest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

Ubuntu has released the sixth alpha of its Linux distribution, and it firms up two of the five features we want to see in Ubuntu: a faster, graphical boot-up sequence, and an integrated software store

The fifth development version of the next version of Ubuntu 9.10, codenamed Karmic Koala, has been announced by the developers.

The fourth alpha release of Ubuntu 9.10 (codename “Karmic Koala”) has been released. This release includes Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc5, GRUB 2, GNOME 2.27.5, Ubuntu One, Firefox 3.5.2, Palimpsest Disk Utility, and so on. For more information, please see also Karmic Koala Alpha 4 Release Notes. The following are some screenshots of Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 4.

The fourth development release of the next version of Ubuntu 9.10, codenamed Karmic Koala, has been announced by the developers. The new release includes the first images of the operating system suitable to run on the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) or on Amazon’s EC2 cloud.

The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. The Karmic Koala Alpha 4 is the fourth alpha release of Ubuntu 9.10, bringing with it the earliest new features for the next version of Ubuntu

Given the increasing corporate use of GNU/Linux, there has been pressure on Debian from various quarters to adhere to some kind of time-based release process. This pressure increased no end after the emergence of Ubuntu, based on the unstable branch of Debian, which has tied its releases to the six-monthly release cycle of the GNOME [...]

A few minutes ago, the Ubuntu developers unleashed the third alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) operating system, which is scheduled for release in late October this year. As usual, we’ve downloaded a copy of it in order to keep you up to date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 9.10 [...]

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS, the third maintenance update to Ubuntu’s 8.04 LTS release. This release includes updated server, desktop, and alternate installation CDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures.

Welcome to Karmic Koala Alpha-2, which will in time become Ubuntu 9.10.

The Ubuntu developers have announced their first pre-release of what will become Ununtu 9.10, Karmic Koala Alpha.

This spring sees a burst of activity for Linux distributions. In addition to Ubuntu and Mandriva, FreeBSD and OpenBSD also put final touches on their new releases

This is the tenth release for Ubuntu since its inception in 2004. Ubuntu has grown from being a small Debian Linux based distribution to one of the most popular Linux distributions, with more than Windows 7 release.

Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope has been finally released! For the last 2 weeks I’ve been using Release Candidate, and I can say for sure, it has been a great in both performances and in speed. …. Anyway, here are some new features in the new release: