Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Release Schedule

The Ubuntu 9.04 (codename Jaunty Jackalope) development will on November 6th, and will conclude next year on April 23rd, with the final release. Make sure you check with our website, starting with November 20th when the first alpha will be released, as we will do a full coverage of the Ubuntu 9.04 development process. Without any further introduction, let's have a look at the release schedule:


November 20th, 2008 - Alpha 1 release

December 18th, 2008 - Alpha 2 release

January 15th, 2009 - Alpha 3 release

February 5th, 2009 - Alpha 4 release

February 26th, 2009 - Alpha 5 release

March 12th, 2009 - Alpha 6 release

March 26th, 2009 - Beta release

April 16th, 2009 - Release Candidate

April 23rd, 2009 - Final release of Ubuntu 9.04

For the Jaunty Jackalope, the development team will focus their efforts to fulfill certain tasks that are intended to make Ubuntu 9.04 the reflection of the most efficient understanding of the open source ensemble. The first one is the boot time decrease, mostly when the OS is tailored to a specific device, but also in the standard case. Another declared goal is the intention to blur desktop tools and web services, so that the former better integrate the web. And last, but certainly not least, all of Ubuntu will migrate to Bazaar, giving developers the unprecedented possibility to publish their changes and branch any Ubuntu package with a simple bzr command.