Upgrading from 8.04 LTS or 9.10 to 10.04 LTS Beta

You can directly upgrade to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Beta 1 (“Lucid Lynx”) from Ubuntu 9.10 (“Karmic Koala”) or from Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (“Hardy Heron”). This page contains instructions for both.

Upgrade from 9.10 to 10.04 LTS Beta:

You can easily upgrade over the network with the following procedure.

1. Open teminal or press Alt-F2 and type update-manager --devel-release
2. Click the Check button to check for new updates.
3. If there are any updates to install, use the Install Updates button to install them, and press Check again after that is complete.
4. A message will appear informing you of the availability of the new release.
5. Click Upgrade.
6. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Upgrade from 8.04 LTS to 10.04 LTS Beta

You can easily upgrade over the network with the following procedure.

1. Press Alt-F2 and type update-manager --devel-release
2. Click the Check button to check for new updates.
3. If there are any updates to install, use the Install Updates button to install them, and press Check again after that is complete.
4. A message will appear informing you of the availability of the new release.
5. Click Upgrade.
6. Follow the on-screen instructions

Or if you don’t have super speed internet connection, you may prefer upgrading from the Alternate CD :

Upgrading Using the Alternate CD/DVD

Use this method if the system being upgraded is not connected to the Internet.

1. Download the alternate installation CD (PC (Intel x86) alternate install CD or 64-bit PC (AMD64) alternate install CD)
2. Burn the ISO to a CD and insert it into the CD-ROM drive of the computer to be upgraded.
   • If the ISO file is on the computer to be upgraded, you could avoid wasting a CD by mounting the ISO as a drive with a command like:

     sudo mount -o loop ~/Desktop/ubuntu-10.04-beta1-alternate-i386.iso /media/cdrom0

3. A dialog will be displayed offering you the opportunity to upgrade using that CD.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

If the upgrade dialog is not displayed for any reason, you may also run the following command using Alt+F2:

gksu "sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade"

Happy Beta Testing!

Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 1 Released

Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 1 has finally been released following yesterdays postponement.

Grab yourself a copy, while it’s hot at   http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/10.04/

Note: This is a beta release. Do not install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released on April 29, 2010.

Note: If you’re new into Lucid testing cycle make sure you read through the following…

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Upgrading from Ubuntu 9.10 or Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
3. Download
4. New features since Ubuntu 9.10
   1. GNOME
   2. Mozilla
   3. Linux kernel 2.6.32
   4. KDE SC 4.4
   5. HAL removal
   6. Major new version of likewise-open
   7. New default open source driver for nVidia hardware
   8. Improved support for nVidia proprietary graphics drivers
   9. Social from the Start
   10. New boot experience
   11. New Indicators
   12. New Themes
   13. Ubuntu One File Syncing
   14. Ubuntu One Music Store
   15. New features for Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC)
5. Security Issue when upgrading from Lucid Alpha 2
6. Known issues
7. Reporting bugs
8. Participate in Ubuntu
9. More information