The Xubuntu team is pleased to announce the immediate release of Xubuntu 15.10 Beta 1. This is the first beta towards the final release in October.

The first beta release also marks the end of the period to land new features in the form of Ubuntu Feature Freeze. This means any new updates to packages should be bug fixes only, the Xubuntu team is committed to fixing as many of the bugs as possible before the final release.

The Beta 1 release is available for download by torrents and direct downloads fromhttp://cdimages.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/wily/beta-1/

Highlights and known issues

New features and enhancements

• LibreOffice Calc and Writer and now included. These applications replace Gnumeric and Abiword respectively.
• A new theme for LibreOffice, libreoffice-style-elementary is also included and is default for Wily Werewolf.

Known Issues

Some issues during testing of image were found, in addition some bugs related to Xubuntu have been noted during the development cycle. Full detail of all of these can be found in the release notes at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/Beta1/Xubuntu