Kubuntu 17.10 Alpha 1 Debuts with VLC Media Player by Default, KDE Plasma 5.10.2

As part of today's Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) first Alpha release, the Kubuntu development team announced the availability of the Kubuntu 17.10 Alpha 1 images, which users can download and test drive on their personal computers.

Using the same internals that are present in the latest daily builds of Ubuntu 17.10, such as the Linux 4.10 kernel, systemd 233, X.Org Server 1.19.3, and Mesa 17.1.2, the first Alpha images are built on top of the KDE Plasma 5.10.2 desktop environment, KDE Frameworks 5.35.0, and KDE Applications 16.12.3.

"Kubuntu comes with KDE Applications 16.12.3 containing all your favorite apps from KDE. This is the 16.12.3 update with bugfixes and translation updates. Most applications have been ported to KDE Frameworks 5 but those which aren't should fit in seamlessly," reads today's