Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal": roadmap, releases e versione definitiva.

La release Natty Narwhal di Ubuntu, prima di vedere definitivamente la luce, passerà attraverso cinque releases alpha, e sarà definitivamente rilasciata il 28 aprile 2011.
Natty Narwhalovvero "narvalo elegante", è un cetaceo di grossa stazza che vive perlopiù nell'Oceano Atlantico settentrionale e nell'oceano Artico.
L'animale sarebbe stato scelto per via del lungo corno a spirale che assomiglia a quello dell'unicorno
Ecco a voi la timeline completa (aggiornamento via Distrowatch):
03 Diciembre 2010 – Alpha 1

Kate Stewart has announced the availability of the first alpha release of Ubuntu 11.04, code name "Natty Narwhal": "Natty Narwhal is doing a first bit of spy hopping, also known as alpha 1, which will in time become Ubuntu 11.04." New features include Unity as the default user interface: "Unity is now the default in the Ubuntu desktop session. The Unity Launcher is now available; it can be used to launch applications that are pinned to the launcher and switch between running applications. It supports quick lists on context menu. It can be set to auto-hide. Places is not yet available in alpha 1. Clicking the Ubuntu logo in the upper left of the screen will open the applications directory." Read the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download (SHA256): natty-desktop-i386.iso (717MB, torrent), natty-desktop-amd64.iso (723MB, torrent). Also available are the first 11.04 alpha builds for Kubuntu (download, announcement), Xubuntu (download), Edubuntu (download, release notes) and Ubuntu Studio (download).

03 Febbraio 2011– Alpha 2

Kate Stewart has announced the availability of the second alpha release of Ubuntu 11.04, code name "Natty Narwhal". Among the new features in this release one will find the brand-new Linux kernel 2.6.38, X.Org 1.10 and LibreOffice 3.3: "Alpha 2 includes the 2.6.38-rc2 kernel which is based on the latest mainline release candidate kernel at kernel milestone freeze kernel. This kernel update includes the official inclusion of the '200-line patch' which improves responsiveness for some workloads. It also brings a major update to the VFS, RCU dentry handling, which is slated to improve file system performance particularly with parallel loads. There are a bunch of updates for graphics which should extend support to new cards and extend 3D to more cards too." Read the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download (SHA256): natty-desktop-i386.iso (689MB, torrent), natty-desktop-amd64.iso (692MB, torrent). Alpha 2 CD/DVD images for Kubuntu (download, release notes), Xubuntu (download), Ubuntu Studio (download), Edubuntu (download, release announcement) and Mythbuntu (download) are also available.