The Ubuntu team is very pleased to
announce the release of Ubuntu 13.10 for Desktop, Server, Cloud, Phone, and
Core products.
Codenamed
"Saucy Salamander", 13.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of
integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a
high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work
through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs.
Ubuntu
13.10 introduces the first release of Ubuntu for phones and Ubuntu Core for the
new 64-bit ARM systems (the "arm64" architecture, also known as
AArch64 or ARMv8), and improved AppArmor confinement. In addition to these
flagship features there are also major updates throughout.
Ubuntu
Server 13.10 includes the Havana release of OpenStack, alongside deployment and
management tools that save devops teams time when deploying distributed
applications – whether on private clouds, public clouds, x86 or ARM servers, or
on developer laptops. Several key server technologies, from MAAS to Ceph, have
been updated to new upstream versions with a variety of new features.
Maintenance
updates will be provided for Ubuntu 13.10 for 9 months, through July 2014.
The newest
Kubuntu 13.10, Edubuntu 13.10, Xubuntu 13.10, Lubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu GNOME
13.10, UbuntuKylin 13.10, and Ubuntu Studio 13.10 are also being released
today. More details can be found for some of these at their individual release
announcements:
To get Ubuntu 13.10
In order to download Ubuntu 13.10,
visit:
Users of
Ubuntu 13.04 will be offered an automatic upgrade to 13.10 via Update Manager.
For further information about upgrading, see:
As always,
upgrades to the latest version of Ubuntu are entirely free of charge.
We
recommend that all users read the release notes, which document caveats,
workarounds for known issues, as well as more in-depth notes on the release
itself. They are available at:
Find out
what’s new in this release with a graphical overview:
If you have
a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but aren’t sure, you can
try asking in any of the following places:
Features:
The new smart scopes
Ubuntu 13.10 brings ‘smart scopes’
into the Dash. They revolutionise how you find and filter the content on your
computer and the internet.
Type any query into the Dash
Home, and the smart scopes server will determine which categories of content
are the most relevant to your search and return only the best results. The
smart scopes server constantly improves its results by learning which categories
and results are most useful to you over time.
Web browsing
With Firefox already
installed, Ubuntu has everything you need to browse the web. You can choose
more browsers, like Google Chrome, from the Ubuntu Software Centre.
Speedy surfing
Bored of waiting to get online?
Leave the days of slow surfing behind you. Renowned for their speed and
security, Ubuntu and Firefox make browsing the web a pleasure again.
Built-in security
With automatic security updates, anti-phishing technology and
defence against viruses and malware, Ubuntu and Firefox help you keep your
private information private.
Office apps
Create professional
documents, spread sheets and presentations with Ubuntu. LibreOffice is easy to
use, packed with the features you need, and it’s completely free.
Open your Office documents
Ubuntu is compatible with Microsoft
Office. That means you can open and edit files like Word documents, Excel spread
sheets and PowerPoint presentations, and share them with other users quickly
and easily. Works with Microsoft Office
Get things done
We understand how important your computer is for day-to-day tasks.
Whether it's finding information online, sending emails to colleagues and
friends, or creating and sharing documents, Ubuntu has everything you need to
get things done. Fast.
Social and email
Ubuntu
is packed with apps for quick and easy communication. Empathy helps you
integrate your chat accounts. And with Thunderbird, you can access your emails,
address book and calendar.
Dash message lens
Keep up to date with your friends
and colleagues quickly and easily. With the Dash message lens, you can see all
your micro blogging feeds in one place. So you’ll be able to follow the latest
news and gossip like never before.
Stay in touch with your friends,
family and colleagues wherever you are. Ubuntu works brilliantly with Skype so
you can have face-to-face chats with your contacts, anytime, anywhere and, of
course, completely free!
Music and mobile
Ubuntu
works with all common portable music players, as well as Android phones and the
iPhone. And you’ll find all the tunes you’ll ever need in the Ubuntu One Music
Store.
Find your tunes anywhere
Ubuntu will find the music you
want in an instant, whether it’s already on your computer or available in an
online store like Amazon. Just type a few letters, hit return and view the
results.
New music is never far away
Enjoy one-click access to the
Ubuntu One Music Store, direct from your desktop. The Ubuntu One Music Store is
just one of many web apps you can add to the Launcher.
Preview before you buy
Right-click on an album to see
a full-size shot of the artwork, complete with track listings. Then just click
to hear any of the tracks, before you buy.
Photos and videos
Ubuntu
is full of free apps to help you enjoy, manage, edit and share your photos and
videos — whatever you use to take them. With fantastic support for cameras and
phones, you won’t need any extra drivers to get up and running.
Organise your photos
With Shotwell, you can quickly
and easily import, organise, edit and view your pictures. And you can share
your favourite snaps on all popular photo sites and social networks.
Photo and illustration tools
Edit your photos or create
professional illustrations and designs with tools like GIMP and Inkscape,
available in the Ubuntu Software Centre.
Watch videos
Watch all your favourite content online from YouTube, BBC
iPlayer and MSN Player. Or download and watch movies with VLC, available in the
Ubuntu Software Centre.
Edit your movies
Edit your movies with PiTiVi
and then watch them in Movie Player — or add VLC and OpenShot from the Ubuntu
Software Centre, for compatibility with even more file formats.
Games and apps
Ubuntu
Software Centre also gives you instant access to thousands of great
applications — some free and some available commercially. You can also search
for apps directly from the Dash. If you see something you like, you can get
more information and then install it in just a couple of clicks.
Educational resources
The Ubuntu Software Centre
comes with a range of apps that make learning fun and engaging.
Ratings and reviews
Each application comes with
ratings and reviews to make it easier for you to decide which apps you want to
install.
Fun and games
From Sudoku to shoot-em-ups,
we’ve got loads of games that’ll keep you busy for hours.
Steam on Ubuntu
As the PC gaming resurgence
continues at pace, Ubuntu has quickly become a great platform for cutting-edge
games. Canonical and Valve have worked together to bring the world’s biggest
open gaming platform to Ubuntu, with more and more Linux-compatible games, so
download Steam today and start playing thousands of titles.
Create cool apps!
Develop and publish your apps on
Ubuntu, the world's third-most popular desktop
OS.
Personal cloud
Your cloud:
Store your files on Ubuntu One and
access them on all your devices. Instantly. 5GB free.
Your music
Your music can be shared between
your devices, too. Listen to any song, anywhere, any time.
Your network
Share files with colleagues, photos
with friends or link them to your social networks.
Snaptastic!
On iOS and Android, any photo can
appear online and on any device, the instant you take it.
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