On Thursday, April 23rd, Canonical and the community will release the latest Ubuntu version, 15.04. System76 products will ship with it pre-loaded the same day.

Ubuntu 15.04 brings faster graphics and improved system performance resulting in a more responsive desktop experience. Major open source applications are also updated including Libre Office, Firefox, Thunderbird, and more.

We started testing Ubuntu 15.04 on System76 products a month after the 14.10 release. Testing starts with the mastering of an Ubuntu image that’s then stored on our servers. Our custom imaging system, Tribble, lays down a fresh Ubuntu image in about 60 seconds. That enables rapid product prototyping and testing. Testing throughout the development period helps us catch bugs early and thus ensure a smooth upgrade once the release occurs.

Over the years, we’ve tuned our our infrastructure and testing processes to deliver insanely up-to-date Ubuntu on all System76 products. It’s exciting to ship new releases and even better to do it consistently, on time, and at a demandingly-high level of quality.

Because all System76 products are custom built, which takes a couple days in queue, we’ll start taking orders for Ubuntu 15.04 loaded products today.