Edubuntu 25.04 Beta Released!

[Erich Eickmeyer]

The Edubuntu Council (@amypenguin [4] and @eeickmeyer [5]) is pleased
to announce Edubuntu 25.04 Beta, codenamed “Plucky Puffin”. While it is
free of any showstopper installer bugs and is representative of what
will be the final release, bugs will be found within.
Desktop (amd64) and Raspberry Pi 5 (arm64+raspi) Images may be
downloaded
from https://cdimages.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/25.04/beta  [6].
New Features
 * This release includes GNOME 48.
 * For Qt-based/KDE apps, we now include theming via Kvantum, mostly as
   a workaround for the inability to change the accent color in those
   applications. This theme is based on GNOME’s libadwaita, on which
   the default Ubuntu theme (Yaru) is based. Unfortunately, the colors
   don’t automatically change if you change them in Settings, so if you
   want a uniform look to the accent color, you’ll have to change it in
   Kvantum Manager.
 * GNOME Notes is dead upstream. For that reason, we have switched to
   the resurrected GNote.
 * Likewise, GNOME Dictionary is also dead upstream. We have replaced
   it with Artha, which is more of a thesaurus but does dictionary
   operations as well.

Known Issues
 * Upon first boot, the system will reboot. This is normal, and is the
   mechanism to set the logo for the login screen.
 * The Ubuntu welcome app branding does not match Edubuntu. We’re
   working on ways to resolve this,  [1]and next cycle it looks like
   we’ll likely have a fluter-based welcome application to
   replace gnome-initial-setup.
 * On the Raspberry Pi, the first login will have the Ubuntu logo as
   opposed to the Edubuntu logo [2].
 * As Edubuntu shares a desktop with and is based on Ubuntu Desktop,
   any known issues can be found in the official Ubuntu Release Notes 1
   [3].
 * Individual applications included with Edubuntu may have their own
   known issues. Please consult upstream release notes for those
   applications before filing bug reports.

How To Contact
Leave us a note here on Ubuntu Discourse! [7]

Social Media
Twitter(X) [8]
Mastodon [9]

[1] We’re working on ways to resolve this, 
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/2060817
[2] Ubuntu logo as opposed to the Edubuntu logo
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/2060815
[3] Ubuntu Release Notes 1
    https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/oracular-oriole-release-notes/44878
[4] @amypenguin https://discourse.ubuntu.com/u/amypenguin
[5] @eeickmeyer https://discourse.ubuntu.com/u/eeickmeyer
[6] https://cdimages.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/25.04/beta 
    https://cdimages.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/25.04/beta
[7] Leave us a note here on Ubuntu Discourse!
    https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/flavors/edubuntu/189
[8] Twitter(X) https://twitter.com/edubuntuproject
[9] Mastodon https://ubuntu.social/@edubuntu
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