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Ubuntu GNOME 13.04 Daily Images Available For Download

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QIXFE_25MG4VKJgfAJ4tWlCkOLznmHQL6eofhA37U6EM1Fbhk5CHeqX_P4qm_x5qiWGkOMddc1QaiaTfqkGNo-MKUnPaGPekhvbBt8slTZuMDOZe0TYapecqQDhMH_0UzmchNfQrOGiQ/s1600/ubuntu-gnome-daily.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu GNOME 13.04" border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QIXFE_25MG4VKJgfAJ4tWlCkOLznmHQL6eofhA37U6EM1Fbhk5CHeqX_P4qm_x5qiWGkOMddc1QaiaTfqkGNo-MKUnPaGPekhvbBt8slTZuMDOZe0TYapecqQDhMH_0UzmchNfQrOGiQ/s320/ubuntu-gnome-daily.png" title="Ubuntu GNOME 13.04" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Quick update: now that <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/ubuntu-gnome-becomes-official-ubuntu.html">Ubuntu GNOME is an official Ubuntu flavour</a>, it can make use of the Ubuntu infrastructure, and the first daily builds are now available for download:</div><br /><a name='more'></a><blockquote>Currently we have 32-bit and 64-bit images available for download and testing. We do not plan to release PowerPC or "amd64+mac" images unless a group of volunteers commits to test these images for each of the Ubuntu release milestones we participate in. The next release milestone for us is Ubuntu 13.04 Final Beta on 28 March.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>- Matthew Butler @ Ubuntu GNOME <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-gnome/2013-March/000050.html">mailing list</a></i></div></blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Oh, and I've forgot to mention this in the previous Ubuntu GNOME article: if you can help in any way (not just packaging and coding), including reporting bugs, join the (new) <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome">Ubuntu GNOME mailing list</a> or the #ubuntu-gnome channel on the freenode IRC network.</div><br /><a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/daily-live/current/">Download Ubuntu GNOME daily images</a>

Ubuntu GNOME 13.04 Daily Images Available For Download

Quick update: now that Ubuntu GNOME is an official Ubuntu flavour , it can make use of the Ubuntu infrastructure, and the first daily builds...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCkFtY-4bPqKF4J7FYvueu2bL4VJZDMyEyHrYcCwI5BvN7-QBdKfnhOaiQaBWwDZ9NBZ6qc8u0822TitVelaT4gXc14qGIVZXA-wHJV6UeNHV4NEY2kiicE6IeO-56rGusIM8-G5qbHya/s1600/gnomeubuntu-vert-wh.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu GNOME logo" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCkFtY-4bPqKF4J7FYvueu2bL4VJZDMyEyHrYcCwI5BvN7-QBdKfnhOaiQaBWwDZ9NBZ6qc8u0822TitVelaT4gXc14qGIVZXA-wHJV6UeNHV4NEY2kiicE6IeO-56rGusIM8-G5qbHya/s320/gnomeubuntu-vert-wh.png" title="Ubuntu GNOME logo" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/prefer-gnome-shell-download-ubuntu.html">Ubuntu GNOME</a>, an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that ships with GNOME Shell by default along with other GNOME applications that aren't available by default in Ubuntu, is now an official Ubuntu flavour (starting with 13.04).</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The news comes from the Ubuntu GNOME <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-gnome/2013-March/000035.html">mailing list</a>, where it is specified that there won't be a 13.04 beta 1 release this week, but there should be a beta release at the end of the month and daily images should be available within a few weeks. This should make it easier to install and test because right now, there's no way of getting Ubuntu GNOME except for installing another Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail flavour and then <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/how-to-get-complete-gnome-3-desktop-in.html">install the Ubuntu GNOME</a> meta packages.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu GNOME 13.04 will be released with GNOME 3.6 because Ubuntu 13.04 <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/ubuntu-1304-only-some-gnome-components.html">won't ship with GNOME 3.8</a> for the most part and since this is now an official flavour, it can't ship with a PPA, but you can use the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/gnome-38-beta-available-in-ppa-for.html">GNOME 3 PPA</a> which should get the stable GNOME 3.8 once it's released.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, <b>the official name is now "Ubuntu GNOME', without "Remix"</b> which has been used in the previous (unofficial) release:</div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The official name is now "Ubuntu GNOME"; no "Remix", no "Edition". I like the simplicity of this name and the GNOME Foundation Board has made it clear that we are not welcome to use derivative names like GNOMEbuntu as our official name.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">- Jeremy Bicha @ Ubuntu GNOME <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-gnome/2013-March/000003.html">mailing list</a></div></blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We'll let you know when the Ubuntu GNOME beta is released and when you can download the daily builds.</div>

Ubuntu GNOME Becomes An Official Ubuntu Flavour

Ubuntu GNOME , an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that ships with GNOME Shell by default along with other GNOME applications that aren't...

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