Pretty well got a full Monty here:

[ventrical]

I installed a 11.04 mini.iso I had sitting around, then changed sources to raring and did a dist-upgrade. No problem, went very smoothly. I checked which repos were available and only changed those for now. No 404 errors during apt upgrade.

Soooo, I went ahead and installed xubuntu-desktop. Hey! I'm running Xubuntu 13.04 now

Actually , when I booted up this morning, the Plymouth screen displayed "Ubuntu 13.04". I wonder why we are getting all of this so early? Only explanation I have is that Raring is Raring to go !!

[PaulW2U]

I installed a 11.04 mini.iso I had sitting around, then changed sources to raring and did a dist-upgrade.

11.04 straight to 13.04? That was adventurous.

paul@G620:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch)
Release:        13.04
Codename:       raring

Running 13.04 of the Kubuntu variety here.

[serdotlinecho]

Actually , when I booted up this morning, the Plymouth screen displayed "Ubuntu 13.04". I wonder why we are getting all of this so early? Only explanation I have is that Raring is Raring to go !!

Wow, really? But I didn't see any ubuntu 13.04? At lightdm login manager?

[wheeze]

11.04 straight to 13.04? That was adventurous.

Well, it was a mini install so there wasn't all that much to upgrade Took about 18 minutes to download the upgrade via my 1.5 Mb DSL connection. Kept the stock 3.5 kernel for now. Just wanted to see what I could get going already.

Actually , when I booted up this morning, the Plymouth screen displayed "Ubuntu 13.04". I wonder why we are getting all of this so early? Only explanation I have is that Raring is Raring to go !!

Yep, before I installed xubuntu-desktop, I had the 13.04 plymouth screen going on. Fun to see the new stuff pop up

[wheeze]

steve@ubu-raring:~$ inxi -SxxxGxFr
System:    Host: ubu-raring Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.7.2) 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.10.0 (Gtk 2.24.10) info: xfce4-panel dm: lightdm Distro: Ubuntu 13.04 raring
Machine:   Mobo: Abit model: AV8 (VIA K8T800P-8237) version: 1.x Bios: Phoenix version: 6.00 PG date: 05/17/2006
CPU:       Single core AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (-UP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2) bmips: 2043.11 clocked at 1000.00 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA NV44A [GeForce 6200] bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0221 
           X.Org: 1.13.0 driver: FAILED: nouveau Resolution: 1280x1024@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NV4A GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card: VIA VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller 
           driver: snd_via82xx port: d800 bus-ID: 00:11.5 chip-ID: 1106:3059 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.25
Network:   Card: VIA VT6120/VT6121/VT6122 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 
           driver: via-velocity port: d000 bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 1106:3119
           IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:50:8d:d1:60:52
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 580.1GB (0.5% used)
           1: id: /dev/sda model: ST3500418AS size: 500.1GB serial: 9VMMCKZY 
           2: id: /dev/sdb model: ST380817AS size: 80.0GB serial: 4MR025E2 
Partition: ID: / size: 17G used: 2.7G (17%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 3.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
RAID:      System: supported: N/A
           No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
           Unused Devices: none
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 49.0 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
           deb http://mirror.hmc.edu/ubuntu/ raring-backports main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://mirror.hmc.edu/ubuntu/ raring-proposed main restricted multiverse universe
           deb http://mirror.hmc.edu/ubuntu/ raring-security main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://mirror.hmc.edu/ubuntu/ raring-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://mirror.hmc.edu/ubuntu/ raring main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ raring partner
Info:      Processes: 136 Uptime: 21 min Memory: 481.0/3010.2MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.7.2 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.20

[mc4man]

ATM (until raring repos open) you'll find newer packages to use/test in quantal-proposed/updates/security.

[jerrylamos]

Replace all quantal with raring in /etc/apt/sources.list, did update dist-upgrade, didn't complain about missing anything 10/25/2012 3 pm EST.

Some updates not too many.

Same raring problems on this amd64 Acer Aspire 5253 as quantal RC and release:

booting with splash specified splash never displays and stops at solid purple screen. No cursor. Press Esc, Alt-F1 nothing appears.
Ctrl-Alt-Del eventually reboots. Yes there's a bug written.
"Advanced Options" is a real mess, sluggish jerky 1024x768 instead of 1366x768. Ugh. Useless.
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310]
Usually boots if splash quiet and vt handoff removed from linux line.

Hidden wireless WPA security automatically disconnects. Have to go into systems settings network manager and flail around with the sluggish drop downs eventually connects. On every boot. Yes there's a bug written,

Oh, of course, presice 12.04.1 runs like a champ....

Yes I've got 12.04.1 and 12.10 partitions for backup when raring updates clash....

[ventrical]

Wow, really? But I didn't see any ubuntu 13.04? At lightdm login manager?

No . Not at LightDM. It still said 12.10. The screen before that one. The Plymouth screen after GRUB.

[jerrylamos]

This one says:

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch)
Release: 13.04
Codename: raring
Linux version 3.5.0-17-generic (buildd@allspice) (gcc version 4.7.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.2-2ubuntu1) ) #28-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 9 19:31:23 UTC 2012

[serdotlinecho]

No . Not at LightDM. It still said 12.10. The screen before that one. The Plymouth screen after GRUB.

Oh, that one. But i didn't see any 13.04, just magenta blank wall colour. Then ubuntu logo with 5 dots appeared.