Ubuntu 23.04 Beta Testing

Ubuntu and its various flavours are excited to release the beta of Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster and WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Start by simply downloading the Ubuntu 23.04 Beta ISO, install it on your machine (physical or virtual), perform the variety of test cases found on the ISO tracker and report your results. If you experience any bugs along the way, consider submitting a bug report with your findings.

With the exciting Desktop installer built on Subiquity and Flutter arriving in Ubuntu 23.04, we’re calling on our Community Testers to help identify any issues that may appear. To help test out the new installer, be sure to choose the Ubuntu Desktop amd64 test cases in the ISO tracker.

It’s important that we capture a broad spectrum of test results, so we encourage testers to evaluate and document various configurations such as:

You can find additional reported issues to test in the Ubuntu Desktop Installer github project.

We also need testers to evaluate the legacy desktop image that comes preloaded with the classic Ubuntu Desktop installer. You can perform these tests by downloading the Ubuntu Legacy ISO and following the steps outlined in the various Ubuntu Desktop (Legacy) amd64 test cases.

Ubuntu 23.04 ships with the latest and greatest iteration of the GNOME desktop packed with a bevy of new features. To help iron out any desktop specific bugs, we encourage testers to explore the newly updated desktop environment and report any issues they experience.

Ubuntu Flavours are an important part of our ecosystem and also rely on community testers to ensure their releases are stable and ready for general use. While their testing process is typically very similar to Ubuntu, it’s important to follow their community’s additional testing guidance.

Kubuntu ISO Lubuntu ISO Ubuntu Budgie ISO Ubuntu Kylin ISO Ubuntu MATE ISO Ubuntu Studio ISO Ubuntu Unity ISO Xubuntu ISO Xubuntu Minimal ISO

We’re thrilled to have two NEW official flavours available for testing this release, Edubuntu and Ubuntu Cinnamon. You can help welcome them to the flavour family by testing their inaugural beta.

Edubuntu ISO Ubuntu Cinnamon ISO

Join in the testing conversations over on the #ubuntu-quality and #ubuntu-testing IRC channels, The Ubuntu Testers Telegram group , or on the #testing-cycles channel on the Ubuntu Hideout Discord server.

Testing is a fun and vitally important way to contribute to the Ubuntu Community. Learn more about contributing via QA and Testing

For new tester support and additional QA information, please check out our various learning resources: New Tester Guide Testing Walkthrough QA Development Setup Ubuntu Quality Launchpad Team The Keys to Successful Bug Reporting