Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus flavors are now available to download, including Ubuntu Budgie.

Ubuntu 17.04 has been released.

The new version brings updated applications and various under-the-hood improvements, along with bug fixes.

As expected, Compiz and Unity have only received minor improvements and bug fixes.

On the other hand, Ubuntu 17.04 includes the GNOME 3.24 stack for the most part (GTK3 along with Totem, Disks, Calendar, and so on).

There are some missing bits, but this is still pretty important, as Ubuntu didn't use the latest GNOME since around Ubuntu 11.10 / GNOME 3.2.

These release notes for Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) provide an overview of the release and document the known issues with Ubuntu 17.04 and its flavors.

Support lifespan.
Ubuntu 17.04 will be supported for 9 months until January 2018. If you need Long
Term Support, it is recommended you use Ubuntu 16.04 LTS instead.
Official flavour release notes.
Find the links to release notes for official flavors here.
Get Ubuntu 17.04

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Download Ubuntu 17.04
Images can be downloaded from a location near you.
You can download ISOs and flashable images from from:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/17.04/ (Ubuntu Desktop and Server)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/releases/17.04/release/ (Less Popular Ubuntu Images)
http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/17.04/release/ (Ubuntu Cloud Server)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/17.04/ (Ubuntu Netboot)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/17.04/release/ (Kubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/17.04/release/ (Lubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-budgie/releases/17.04/release/ (Ubuntu Budgie)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/17.04/release/ (Ubuntu GNOME)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/17.04/release/ (Ubuntu Kylin)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/17.04/release/ (Ubuntu MATE)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/17.04/release/ (Ubuntu Studio)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/17.04/release/ (Xubuntu)

Upgrading from Ubuntu 16.10
To upgrade on a desktop system:

• Open the "Software & Updates" Setting in System Settings.
  
• Select the 3rd Tab called "Updates".
• Set the "Notify me of a new Ubuntu version" dropdown menu to "For any new version".
• Press Alt+F2 and type in "update-manager -c" (without the quotes) into the command box.
• Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release '17.04' is available.
  • If not you can also use "/usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/check-new-release-gtk"
• Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.

To upgrade on a server system:

• Install the update-manager-core package if it is not already installed.
  
• Make sure the Prompt line in /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades is set to normal.
  
• Launch the upgrade tool with the command sudo do-release-upgrade.
  
• Follow the on-screen instructions.

Note that the server upgrade will use GNU screen and automatically re-attach in case of dropped connection problems.
There are no offline upgrade options for Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server. Please ensure you have network connectivity to one of the official mirrors or to a locally accessible mirror and follow the instructions above.

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