Artful Aardvark (17.10) Beta 1 images are now available for testing.

The Kubuntu team will be releasing 17.10 in October. The final Beta 1 milestone will be available on August 31st.

This is the first spin in preparation for the Beta 1 pre-release. Kubuntu Beta pre-releases are NOT recommended for:

Regular users who are not aware of pre-release issues

Anyone who needs a stable system

Anyone uncomfortable running a possibly frequently broken system

Anyone in a production environment with data or workflows that need to be reliable

Kubuntu Beta pre-releases are recommended for:

Regular users who want to help us test by finding, reporting, and/or fixing bugs

Kubuntu, KDE, and Qt developers

Getting Kubuntu 17.10 Beta 1:

To upgrade to Kubuntu 17.10 pre-releases from 17.04, run sudo do-release-upgrade -d from a command line.

Download a Bootable image and put it onto a DVD or USB Drive via the download link at http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/381/builds. This is also the direct link to report your findings and any bug reports you file.

See our release notes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/Beta1/Kubuntu

Please report your results on the Release tracker: http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker