Congrats team! Well done! Jeff
On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Michael Vogt <michael.v...@canonical.com> wrote: > Hi, > > The Snappy team is happy to announce the release of Ubuntu Core 16. > > Ubuntu Core is an operating system entirely based on snaps, including > its foundation. Applications, kernel, core operating system, and > gadget components are all managed as snaps and are installed and > refreshed by snapd, the daemon and tooling responsible for making it > all dance. > > The images are available currently for PC (amd64, i386) and > for Pi2/Pi3 and Dragonboard. These images can be downloaded from: > > http://releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/16/ > > Once unpacked, the images are bootable, the PC image can be booted > directly in qemu-kvm, virtualbox or on real hardware. When running the > images in qemu-kvm it is helpful to use the "-redir" feature of > qemu-kvm. e.g.: > > $ kvm -smp 2 -m 1500 -redir tcp:10022::22 ubuntu-core-16-amd64.img > > The message from console-conf is a bit misleading in this setup. It > will say "ssh USER@10.0.2.15". However due to the way that the > qemu-kvm user networking behaves, you will actually have to run the > following to ssh into the images: > > $ ssh -p 10022 USER@localhost > > or if you have the following snippet in ~/.ssh/config > > Host kvm.snappy > Hostname localhost > Port 10022 > User USER > UserKnownHostsFile /dev/null > StrictHostKeyChecking no > > then you can just > > $ ssh kvm.snappy > > into it. > > The Pi2/Pi3/Dragonboard image can be written to a sdcard via dd. An > alternative way to write the image is to use "go-dd", e.g. on Ubuntu > 16.04: > > $ sudo snap install --devmode --beta godd > $ sudo /snap/bin/godd ubuntu-core-16-pi2.img.xz > [this will print a message showing what devices are removable] > $ xzcat ubuntu-core-16-pi2-rc2.img.xz | sudo /snap/bin/godd - > /dev/sdXX > > After booting the image you can enter your Ubuntu One email and it > will automatically create a matching user with the right ssh keys. If > you do not have an Ubuntu SSO account yet please create one at: > > https://login.ubuntu.com/ > > (don't forget to add your public ssh keys to that account). > > Known issues: > - pi3 wlan can not be initially configured, wired network needs to be > used for the initial setup (you can re-run "sudo console-conf" at > any later point to re-configure the device for wlan only > operation). > > Bug references for the pi3 known issues: > - http://pad.lv/1637153 > plugging in network cable during configuration can cause a traceback > on pi3 > - http://pav.lv/1624322 > no wlan0 device at all on first boot on pi3 > - http://pad.lv/1632387 > wifi setup times out on pi3 devices on first boot > > These images follow the "stable" channel. If you find any issues, > please let us know via: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/snappy/ > > Ubuntu Core 16 follows a rolling release model, security updates and > bug fixes will come to you via regular over the air updates for the > lifetime of the release. > > Enjoy this release! > > Cheers, > Michael Vogt (on behalf of the Snappy team) > > > -- > Snapcraft mailing list > Snapcraft@lists.snapcraft.io > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/snapcraft > -- Jeff Biehle | Sales & Alliances Manager | Canonical | +1 512.636.8321
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