*Ubuntu Karmic Koala Release Schedule* [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseSchedule]
April 2009 April 30th - Toolchain Uploaded
May 2009 *May 14th - Alpha 1* May 25th to May 29th - Ubuntu Developer Summit May 28th - Declare Kernel Version at UDS
June 2009 *June 11th - Alpha 2* June 18th - Feature Definition Freeze June 25th - Debian Import Freeze
July 2009 July 2nd - Rebuild Test *July 23th - Alpha 3*
August 2009 August 6th - Developer Sprint (tentative) *August 13th - Alpha 4* & Partner Upload Deadline August 27th - Feature Freeze & Artwork First Drop
September 2009 *September 3rd - Alpha 5* September 10th - User Interface Freeze & Artwork Second Drop September 17th - Alpha 6 September 24th - Beta Freeze & Artwork Dead line
October 2009 *October 1st - Ubuntu Karmic Beta* & Documentation String Freeze October 15th - Kernel Freeze & Final Freeze October 22nd - Ubuntu Karmic Release Candidate *October 29th - Ubuntu 9.10 *