Rebel Zero

It’s finally here. As mentioned earlier, Canonical announced the eventual release of the Desktop, Server, and Netbook Remix editions of Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope for today. Today, the official announcement appears on The Fridge.

This is an interim release meaning that it will receive support through security fixes and updates for a total of 18 months from the day of its official release. This is opposed to the LTS desktop releases which get an additional 18 months of support.

As is usual during release time, Ubuntu’s servers are under heavy loads as users are determined to be among the first to download the new install CDs and DVDs. You can download your own copy from the Get Ubuntu page. However, users who have use of a bit torrent client (Transmission, Deluge, Ktorrent, uTorrent, Azureus/Vuze etc) are encouraged to take advantage of Jaunty’s torrent files, which can be found on the Complete Download Options List page, to help alleviate the strain on Ubuntu’s servers.

Those looking for a mirror close to or in their own country can look at the Complete Download Mirror List.

Using the torrents should give you the best download speeds. Currently, I’m helping to seed the torrents from my home server. I’m among 4037 other seeds on the desktop i386 ISO, so anyone downloading from that torrent ought to get it quickly.

Unfortunately, they left no additional options for downloading the Netbook Remix edition. On top of that, it’s not easy to find. Users interested in downloading the UNR can get the USB image from one of Jaunty’s release pages, or simply by clicking HERE. For instructions on how to make and use the UNR image, see the Ubuntu’s USB Image Writing Guide. The guide also includes Windows instructions.

EDIT:
I should’ve linked two more important pages. First is the 9.04 Release Notes while the second is Ubuntu 9.04 Technical Overview. These two pages have more information about the 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope release that anyone wanting to use it should read.

I haven’t shown off in a while, so here are some “obligatory” screenshots:
Lenovo Thinkpad T61p “obsidian”, showing off Compiz.

Asus Eee PC 1000HE “osiris”, using UNR, showing off the new notifications.

Of course, the look and feel in the screenshots above are not Jaunty defaults.