Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Beta released

Today Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) has its beta version released and the final stable version will be released on October 29th, 2009.You can upgrade/install this beta version in following,test it and report any bugs to make an even better release.But do not install it on production machines.
Upgrading from Ubuntu 9.04

To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 on a desktop system, press Alt+F2 and type in “update-manager -d” (without the quotes) into the command box. Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release ‘9.10′ is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.

To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 on a server system: install the update-manager-core package if it is not already installed; edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set Prompt=normal; launch the upgrade tool with the command sudo do-release-upgrade -d; and follow the on-screen instructions.
Download

Get it while it’s hot. ISOs and torrents are available at:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/9.10/ (Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Netbook Remix)
http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/9.10/ (Ubuntu Server for UEC and EC2)
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/9.10/ (Kubuntu Desktop and Netbook)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/9.10/beta/ (Xubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/9.10/beta/ (UbuntuStudio)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/9.10/beta/ (Mythbuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/9.10/beta/ (Edubuntu)

Local mirrors are also available:
Europe

* http://ie.releases.ubuntu.com/ (Ireland)
* http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/ (Sweden)
* http://ubuntu.ipacct.com/releases/ (Bulgaria)
* http://nl.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/ (Netherlands)
* http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/ubuntu.iso/ (Germany)
* http://ftp.uni-muenster.de/pub/mirrors/ftp.ubuntu.com/releases/ (Germany)

North America

* http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/ubuntu-releases/ (United States)
* http://ubuntu.cs.utah.edu/releases/ (United States)

Oceania/Australia

* http://ftp.citylink.co.nz/ubuntu-releases/ (New Zealand)
* http://nz2.releases.ubuntu.com/ (New Zealand)

Get more about this beta release from here.

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