Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus (Derivatives) is Available For Download
Adam Conrad has announced the release of Ubuntu 17.04. The latest release of Ubuntu features nine months of support and security updates. The new release includes version 4.10 of the Linux kernel as well as driverless printing to supported devices. Support for 32-bit PowerPC computers has been dropped and new installations will, by default, be set up using a swap file instead of a swap partition for added flexibility.
Codenamed "Zesty Zapus", Ubuntu 17.04 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.
Under the hood, there have been updates to many core packages, including
a new 4.10-based kernel, and much more.
Under the hood, there have been updates to many core packages, including a new 4.10-based kernel, and much more. Ubuntu Desktop has seen incremental improvements, with newer versions of GTK+ and Qt, updates to major packages like Firefox and LibreOffice, and stability improvements to Unity.
Ubuntu Server 17.04 includes the Ocata release of OpenStack, alongside
deployment and management tools that save devops teams time when
deploying distributed applications - whether on private clouds, public
clouds, x86, ARM, or POWER servers, z System mainframes, or on developer
laptops. Several key server technologies, from MAAS to juju, have been
updated to new upstream versions with a variety of new features.
The newest Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE,
Ubuntu Studio, and Xubuntu are also being released today. More details
can be found for these at their individual release notes:
Download Ubuntu 17.04
Images can be downloaded from a location near you.
You can download ISOs and flashable images from from:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/17.04/ (Ubuntu Desktop and Server) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/releases/17.04/release/ (Less Popular Ubuntu Images)
http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/17.04/release/ (Ubuntu Cloud Server)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/17.04/ (Ubuntu Netboot)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/17.04/release/ (Kubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/17.04/release/ (Lubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-budgie/releases/17.04/release/ (Ubuntu Budgie)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/17.04/release/ (Ubuntu GNOME)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/17.04/release/ (Ubuntu Kylin)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/17.04/release/ (Ubuntu MATE)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/17.04/release/ (Ubuntu Studio)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/17.04/release/ (Xubuntu)
Upgrading from Ubuntu 16.10
To upgrade on a desktop system:- Open the "Software & Updates" Setting in System Settings.
- Select the 3rd Tab called "Updates".
- Set the "Notify me of a new Ubuntu version" dropdown menu to "For any new version".
- Press Alt+F2 and type in "update-manager -c" (without the quotes) into the command box.
- Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release '17.04' is available.
- If not you can also use "/usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/check-new-release-gtk"
- Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.
- Install the update-manager-core package if it is not already installed.
- Make sure the Prompt line in /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades is set to normal.
- Launch the upgrade tool with the command sudo do-release-upgrade.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
There are no offline upgrade options for Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server. Please ensure you have network connectivity to one of the official mirrors or to a locally accessible mirror and follow the instructions above.
