It has been discussed with admin / mods and a majority has ruled to allow open testing of Ultimate Edition 2.8, for the first time in Ultimate Edition history. It is not to be taken lightly.

This is an alpha release. Do not install it on a production machine. This is being released to allow users to see new features etc. It is not suggested to install this release unless you would like to help report bugs. If you are going to test it, it is suggested to do so running a Live environment w/o installing it. I repeat this is an alpha release based on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, it is far from stable, you can expect to have problems. There are many known issues.

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Screenshots of Ultimate Edition 2.8 Alpha 1:

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Release Information

Release Name: Ultimate Edition 2.8
Status: Alpha 1
Base Release: Ubuntu Maverick Merekat 10.10
Architecture: x86 (32 bit)
Filesize: 2.1 GB (2,238,666,752 bytes)
MD5SUM: c711bf2fec234737ccf016a7caaca19a
Video: Can be viewed in Linux only, a bug? (right click save as)

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Release Name: Ultimate Edition 2.8
Status: Alpha 1
Base Release: Ubuntu Maverick Merekat 10.10
Architecture: x64 (64 bit)
Filesize: 1.9 GB (2,058,336,256 bytes)
MD5SUM: 5a8136925976f39cd9ce918988802bd6
Video: Can be viewed in Linux only, a bug? (right click save as)

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