The Xubuntu team is pleased to announce the immediate release of Xubuntu 15.04 Beta 2. This is the final beta towards the release of 15.04 in April.
Please note the important install known issue at Bug 1436715: “Vivid DVD fails to reboot or shutdown w/o hard reset”
If you are at all unsure about a hard reset, the options are
- Install Beta 1 and dist-upgrade
- Wait for the bug to fix and install from a daily
- Wait for Release Candidate
The Beta 2 release is available for download by torrents and direct downloads from
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/vivid/beta-2/
Highlights and known issues
New features and enhancements
Between Beta 1 and now, the final release of Xfce 4.12 has been packaged and uploaded to 15.04.
Known Issues
The detailed release note including other less critical known issues can be found here.
New application versions in the Xubuntu packageset
- Thunar (1.6.6)
- tumbler (0.1.31)
- Xfwm4 (4.12.1)
- xfce4-panel (4.12.0)
- xfconf (4.12.0)
- xfdesktop4 (4.12.0)
- xfce4-panel (4.12.0)
- xfce4-settings (4.12.0)
- xfce4-session (4.12.0)
- xfce4-power-manager (1.4.3)
- libxfce4ui (4.12.1)
- libxfce4util (4.12.1)
- garcon (0.4.0)
- Parole (0.8)
- Mousepad (0.4)