Ubuntu 13.04 Is Codenamed The "Raring Ringtail"

Written by Michael Larabel in Ubuntu on 18 October 2012 at 01:38 AM EDT. 6 Comments
UBUNTU
Mark Shuttleworth has revealed the codename for UDS-R, a.k.a. the Ubuntu 13.04 release.

The Ubuntu 13.04 release that is due out next spring is codenamed the Raring Ringtail. This news comes as Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" is due out today and the Ubuntu 13.04 Developer Summit in Copenhagen is coming up at month's end.

Mark Shuttleworth writes on his blog about Ubuntu 13.04, "So what will we be up to in the next six months? We have two short cycles before we’re into the LTS, and by then we want to have the phone, tablet and TV all lined up. So I think it’s time to look at the core of Ubuntu and review it through a mobile lens: let’s measure our core platform by mobile metrics, things like battery life, number of running processes, memory footprint, and polish the rough edges that we find when we do that. The tighter we can get the core, the better we will do on laptops and the cloud, too."

We know already that Ubuntu 13.04 may look at using XZ packages, gearing up Ubuntu TV, work to push Ubuntu as a first-rate gaming platform, and further enhance Compiz.
Related News
About The Author
Michael Larabel

Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. He can be followed via Twitter, LinkedIn, or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.

Popular News This Week