“Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimming
isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting
in the water can take your breath away. The defense force inside
of us wants us to be cautious, to stay away from anything as
intense as a new kind of action. Its job is to protect us, and
it categorically avoids anything resembling danger. But it's
often wrong. Anything worth doing is worth doing too soon.”
- Barbara Sher


With this release, the development teams decided to dive in and focus on
introducing some of the new innovations we’ve been imagining for
the upcoming LTS cycle, and so are very pleased to be able to announce
the release of Ubuntu 12.10 for Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core
products.

Codenamed "Quantal Quetzal", 12.10 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition
of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a
high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

Ubuntu 12.10 introduces innovations that bring together desktop and
cloud-based experiences, representing the next stage in the transition
to a multi-device, cloud-based world. New Previews give large, clear
previews of content as it appears in the Dash search results, giving
users a quick way to get more information to help find what they are
looking for. The new Web Apps feature makes frequently used web
applications available through the desktop. A new remote log-in
option now lets Ubuntu 12.10 be used as a thin client by businesses
that want to virtualise their desktop applications and deliver them
to users over the network.

Ubuntu Server 12.10 includes the Folsom release of OpenStack,
alongside deployment and management tools that save devops teams
time when deploying distributed applications - whether on private
clouds, public clouds, x86 or ARM servers, or on developer laptops.
Cloud builders now have access to two major new components: Cinder,
for block storage and Quantum, a virtual networking API. Ubuntu’s
Metal-as-a-Service (MAAS) bare-metal provisioning tool has been
updated and now supports Calxeda hyperscale hardware based on ARM,
so users can now quickly deploy services directly to bare-metal
clusters, whether they’re built on legacy hardware, new
Ivy Bridge-based machines or the new ARM-based hardware.

The Ubuntu desktop images have been consolidated to a single
improved image with a size of 800MB. This desktop image folds in
the advanced partitioning options from the alternate installer
(removing the need for alternate and DVD images) and introduces
support for UEFI Secure Boot technology. The Ubuntu Server image
remains as a CD sized image, but installs the base system from a
squashfs image for improved performance.


Code:
http://nl.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/12.10/ubuntu-12.10-desktop-i386.iso
Code:
 http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/12.10/ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64.iso