Download Ubuntu 9.04 release candidate

Following on from the beta, the Ubuntu development team has released the first release candidate of the 9.04 branch released. The new version is here downloadable in different versions. ‘Jaunty Jackalope’, as the 9.04 release has been dubbed by Ubuntu, includes Gnome 2.26, X.Org Server 1.6 and Linux kernel 2.6.28. Furthermore, the distro supports the Ext4 file system and Ubuntu can be used for cloud computing. The developers have the following to say about this release candidate:

For testing only! This is a pre-release version of Ubuntu and is almost ready for general use. If it is important that your computer run reliably please continue to use the current stable release (8.10)until this version is ready on April 23rd, 2009.