Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn Daily CD Images Released for Testing

The Unicorn is Here

It’s not even two weeks since the latest LTS version of Ubuntu was released, and here we are, a new testable beta of the next Ubuntu is available for download:

“The first autosync with Debian is running right now, so don’t get overexcited and sync something by hand that the automated machinery will get to in the next hour. The buildds will be very, very angry with us for a couple of days due to the above autosync. Have some patience. Upload your merges, and don’t babysit the queues. You’ll thank me for it. You might even want to go out for a walk, get some fresh air, feed a duck, that sort of thing,” said Adam Conrad on the official mailing list.

The developer explained that ruby-defaults has been updated to version 2.1, boost-defaults has been updated to version .55, a new binutils snapshot has been added, and all the other packages have received some “tiny unicorns” (it’s probably a given that many of the Ubuntu developer’s statements will be littered with various puns).

Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) is also the perfect version for the developers who want to push some of the updates that didn’t make it into Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) or that got rejected for whatever reason. This is the perfect playground for new packages, and users might see some very interesting things in the final released of Ubuntu 14.10.

“I know post-LTS releases are always an exciting barrage of tossing in all the things you didn’t think you could land in an LTS without the release team glaring at you, and I’m sure this one will be no exception. So, have fun, happy uploading, and do try to fix two bugs for every one you upload,” also said Adam Conrad.”

It’s probably not a good idea for the average user to go out there and grab a copy, beta + bugs, so it’s never advised to use any beta operating system on your main every day machine.

But, if you’re like me, a sucker for new stuff with no patience whatsoever, then you can grab the images here:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/

Create a LiveUSB as normal and give it a whirl before installing, and if you intend to install, I strongly advise you to back up all your data and settings first, just in case.

As you may have guessed, I’ve dived in the deep end and installed it as my main os on my only machine, so watch this space for updates on features as they come, and the occasional panicky post where things have totally wrong.