LXQt migration is in progress for the final launch

Aug 25, 2016 23:15 GMT  ·  By

As part of today's Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) Beta launch, Simon Quigley from the Lubuntu Linux team released the first Beta build of the upcoming Lubuntu 16.10 operating system.

The development of the Lubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) distribution continues and today we can get an early taste of what's coming in the final release of the lightweight GNU/Linux operating system, which should launch along with the rest of the Ubuntu flavors on October 13, 2016.

Although the Lubuntu team announced a few weeks ago that they are planning and working hard on migrating the desktop environment of Lubuntu 16.10 to the modern, next-generation LXQt graphical interface, this first Beta build still ships with LXDE. Additonally, Lubuntu 16.10 Beta 1 is powered by the same Linux 4.4 LTS kernel from Lubuntu 16.04 LTS.

"LXQt is still in development, because of this, Lubuntu still uses LXDE. (Although we are getting closer and closer, progress is made every day). This Yakkety Yak snapshot still includes the v4.4 kernel," reads today's announcement, where you'll also find the known issues present in the Lubuntu 16.10 Beta 1 release.

If you feel adventurous and you want to test drive the Beta 1 ISO images of Lubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak), we recommend to download the 64-bit (amd64) and 32-bit (i386) builds right now via our website, where you'll find the regular Desktop and Alternate variants. Please be aware that this is a pre-release version and it shouldn't be installed in production systems. Also, the Lubuntu team needs your feedback on the size of the ISO image for Lubuntu 16.10, so submit your vote now!