Hi,

Well, it's that time again, please all welcome Linaro Alpha 3 into the world. This will be the final release before the beta version arrives at the end of August and signals Linaro's continued maturity towards the final November image.

Highlights of this release include:

* A small Linaro headless image with basic OMAP3 beagle board support (reported working on other architectures with minimal changes). * A new software archive rebuild with GCC 4.4.4, CodeSourcery enhancements and ARM-related improvements. * Support for opengl ES development through MESA. * GPS support via gypsy and geoclue. * Netbook user interface capabilities with the latest EFL software stack.

More Information on this development release as well as download and installation instructions can be found at:

http://wiki.linaro.org/Releases/1011/Alpha3

More information on Linaro in general and the 10.11 plans can be found at:

* Homepage: http://www.linaro.org * Wiki: http://wiki.linaro.org * 10.11: http://wiki.linaro.org/Releases/1011

Also subscribe to the important Linaro mailing lists and join our IRC channels to stay on top of Linaro developments:

* Announcements: http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-announce * Development: http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev * IRC: #linaro on irc.freenode.net

For any errata issues please see:

http://wiki.linaro.org/Releases/1011/Alpha3#Issues

Bug reports for this release should be filed in Launchpad against the individual packages that are affected, if a suitable package cannot be identified, please feel free to assign them to:

http://www.launchpad.net/linaro

Regards, Jamie. -- Linaro Release Manager