Ubuntu Core 16 beta images available

[Jamie Bennett]

On 07/09/16 at 11:50pm, Michael Vogt wrote:
> Ubuntu Core 16 Images
> =====================
> 
> The Ubuntu snappy team is happy to announce the first beta images for
> Ubuntu Core 16.  The images use the snapd package manager to install
> and update all components of the system including kernel, core, gadget
> and applications.

Great news and well done all round. To squeeze so much goodness into snapd,
snap-confine, snapcraft, store, ubuntu-image, and other components that make 
this possible is really an achievement.

> The images are available for PC (amd64, i386) and Raspberry Pi2
> (armhf). More architectures and boards (arm64 dragonboard, pi3) will
> follow shortly. You can download them at:
> 
>     http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-snappy/16.04/current/
> 
> The images are bootable, the pc image can be booted directly in
> qemu-kvm or virtualenv. The pi2 image can be written to a sdcard via:
> 
>     unxz ubuntu-core-16-pc.img.xz
>     dd if= ubuntu-core-16-pc.img of=/dev/sdXX
> 
> Where /dev/sdXX is the path of your sd card.
> 
> After booting the image you can enter your Ubuntu SSO email and it
> will automatically create a matching user with the right ssh keys. If
> you do not have an Ubuntu SSO account yet you can create one at:
> 
>     https://login.ubuntu.com/
> 
> These images follow the "beta" channel.
> 
> Enjoy the fresh images! If you find any bugs or issues, please let us
> know via:
> 
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/snappy/
> 
> Cheers,
>  Michael (on behalf of the snappy team)
> 
> 
> 
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