As Canonical unleashed the first Alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) operating system earlier today, we've taken it for a test drive and reported the new features.

Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 1 is powered by Linux kernel 3.4 and features the newly released Mozilla Firefox 13.0 as the default web browser and Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0 as the default email client.

For the full release notes, with all the highlights, please check out our in-depth announcement for the new Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 1 development release. Enjoy the screenshot tour of Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 1, and also the Kubuntu 12.10 Alpha screenshot tour.

Download Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 1 right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is an alpha release and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only.

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