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Ubuntu 14.10 Released With Ambitious Name, But Small Changes

Posted by timothy on from the I'd-hoped-for-ubiquitous dept.

Ubuntu 14.10, dubbed Utopic Unicorn, has been released today (here are screenshots). PC World says that at first glance "isn't the most exciting update," with not so much as a new default wallpaper — but happily so: it's a stable update in a stable series, and most users will have no pressing need to update to the newest version. In the Ubuntu Next unstable series, though, there are big changes afoot: Along with Mir comes the next version of Ubuntu’s Unity desktop, Unity 8. Mir and the latest version of Unity are already used on Ubuntu Phone, so this is key for Ubuntu's goal of convergent computing — Ubuntu Phone and Ubuntu desktop will use the same display server and desktop shell. Ubuntu Phone is now stable and Ubuntu phones are arriving this year, so a lot of work has gone into this stuff recently. The road ahead looks bumpy however. Ubuntu needs to get graphics drivers supporting Mir properly. The task becomes more complicated when you consider that other Linux distributions — like Fedora — are switching to the Wayland display server instead of Mir. When Ubuntu Desktop Next becomes the standard desktop environment, the changes will be massive indeed. But for today, Utopic Unicorn is all about subtle improvements and slow, steady iteration.

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  1. "not so much as a default wallpaper" by Arancaytar · · Score: 4, Funny

    WHAT?

    I'm not installing such a crap update. Why would they leave out the most important thing?

  2. Re:That's An Ambitious name? by rolfwind · · Score: 3, Funny

    Vexing Vabbit.

    And for Elmer Fudd, certainly ambitious.

  3. How about... by justthinkit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Vivacious Vivisectionist?

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  4. Re:That's An Ambitious name? by sexconker · · Score: 3, Funny

    Vaginal Vulture

  5. Re:That's An Ambitious name? by Dartz-IRL · · Score: 4, Funny

    Vivacious Velociraptor.

    If they dont use V* Velociraptor I will personally wrrite a strongly worded letter deploring them for their utter lack of humour and sense of awesome.

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  6. Re:That's An Ambitious name? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Volumetric Vagina

  7. Just what I want by jandrese · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh boy, I can't wait for all of the compromises you have to make to get a system usable on a small touchscreen to be ported over to my mouse and keyboard equipped desktop. I hope they go all the way and remove keyboard support so I can hunt and peck with the mouse on an onscreen keyboard with crappy predictive text. Also, make sure every app defaults to fullscreen, because that's what I want on a 3840x2160 display. I also hope they do away with onscreen menus and make everything gigantic buttons because I hate efficient use of screen space.

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