ubuntu.pngMatt Zimmerman has announced the availability of a release candidate for Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu 6.06:

"The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Release Candidate for version 6.06 LTS of Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu - codenamed 'Dapper Drake'. The Release Candidates includes installable live Desktop CDs, server images, alternate text-mode installation CDs and an upgrade wizard for users of the current stable release. We consider this release candidate complete, stable and suitable for testing by any user."

Read the release announcement and visit the Dapper RC page for more details; especially the notes about CD image name change and the upgrade procedure. Download: ubuntu-6.06-rc-desktop-i386.iso (673MB, MD5). CD images and BitTorrent files for other editions and architectures are also available.