Adam Conrad has announced that the second and final beta of Ubuntu 13.10, code name "Saucy Salamander", is ready for testing: "The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of Ubuntu 13.10 Desktop, Server, Cloud and Core products." One of the interesting additions to the growing Ubuntu family of distribution is Ubuntu Touch: "Together with existing builds of Ubuntu for PCs and servers, with this milestone, Ubuntu images for phones are also included in a beta for the first time. It is not recommended that casual users install Ubuntu on their phone, but developers can find instructions for installing the latest stable build of Ubuntu for phones here." See the release announcement and release notes for further information and additional links. Download: ubuntu-13.10-beta2-desktop-amd64.iso (882MB, SHA256, torrent). Today's round of releases also include beta 2 builds for Edubuntu (announcement, download), Kubuntu (download), Lubuntu (download), Ubuntu GNOME (download), UbuntuKylin (download), Ubuntu Studio (announcement, download) and Xubuntu (announcement, download).
