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Sunday, September 17, 2017
Ubuntu MATE 15 04 Vivid Vervet Beta 1 Released Gets Official Ubuntu Flavor Status
Ubuntu MATE 15 04 Vivid Vervet Beta 1 Released Gets Official Ubuntu Flavor Status
Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet Beta 1 was released today. Lets take a look at whats new since alpha 2.
Unfortunately I didnt have time to test the other flavors (and for most of them, theres not much to say anyway), so Ill only cover Ubuntu MATE for this first beta release. However, Ill add links to the other flavors release notes (download links included), below:
- Ubuntu GNOME
- Kubuntu
- Xubuntu
- Lubuntu
- Ubuntu Kylin
You may also want to read:
- Ubuntu Flavors 15.04 Vivid Vervet Alpha 2 Available For Testing
- Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet Alpha 2 Released
I should also mention that as usual, Ubuntu (w/ Unity) doesnt take part in alpha and first beta releases.
Now back to Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1. The most important news is that Ubuntu MATE is now an official member of the Ubuntu family.
The first Ubuntu MATE release was 14.10, followed by 14.04 (thats not a typo, the 14.04 release was after 14.10 because the Ubuntu MATE devs wanted to provide a LTS, since non-LTS versions are only supported for 9 months), but both versions were unofficial and used PPAs to provide the latest MATE Desktop 1.8, which is no longer the case with Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1.
Since Ubuntu MATE is now an official Ubuntu flavor, all the packages it ships with are now available in the Ubuntu repositories - that include MATE Menu, MATE Tweak, its default GTK theme(s) and so on.
Speaking of MATE Tweak, the tool has received a pretty important new feature, which allows switching between different panel layouts, including: Ubuntu MATE (default), Eleven (with a top panel for the menu, systray, etc. and Plank at the bottom, as the app switcher/launcher) and more:
This also means that Plank, the default elementary OS application launcher, is now installed by default in Ubuntu MATE (but its not used by default).
+Martin Wimpress posted a video which demonstrates this new MATE Tweak feature so check it out HERE. Note that in the video there are more panel layouts than there are available in Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1 by default, because it depends on the packages installed on the system and for instance, the Ubuntu Indicator Applet, which was available in previous Ubuntu MATE releases, is no longer available in Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1.
The reason for this is that the default Indicator Applet / Ubuntu Indicators dont support GTK2 by default. For the previous Ubuntu MATE releases, the Indicator Applet was patched to support MATE and it was available in a PPA, but since Ubuntu MATE 15.04 is now an official Ubuntu flavor, it cant ship with PPAs enabled by default and thus, it cant use Ubuntu Indicators out of the box.
However, you can install the Ubuntu Indicator Applet along with the Sound Indicator package (patched for MATE) in Ubuntu MATE 15.04 by following THESE instructions.
Another change in the latest Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1 is the addition of Folder Color by default:
Folder Color is a tool which allows changing individual folder colors (useful to organize your folders, make some important folder stand out, etc.) and besides Caja, it supports Nautilus and Nemo.
Other changes include:
- added menu categories to System > Preferences;
- LightDM GTK Greeter Settings was updated to version 1.10;
- updated the default GTK theme (Yuko) with better GTK 3.14 support;
- thanks to a GTK2 bugfix, MATE should have better multi-monitor support;
- MATE Tweak allows switching between Marco and Compiz without requiring a logout/login;
- added PowerPC as an officially supported architecture;
- updated LightDM GTK Greeter to 2.0.0 which now includes a MATE logo in the session switcher;
- merged MATE Compatibility integration into upstream Compiz .
Here are a few more Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1 screenshots:
This being a beta, there are a few known issues, most importantly: MATE 1.8x is not fully compatible with glibc>=2.43.1 and while this was fixed upstream, its not available in 15.04 yet so for now, youll have to use a PPA to get the fixes.
Other known issues include: the notification tray crashes on first start and randomly from time to time (32bit only), live switching between Compiz and Marco is experimental and may result in missing window decorations on some old GPUs (and in VirtualBox, at least that was the case in my test) and more.
Default applications/packages
Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1 ships with the following applications installed by default: Caja 1.8.2, Pluma 1.8.1, Firefox 34, Thunderbird 31.4.0, LibreOffice 4.4.0, VLC 2.2.0, Rhythmbox 3.1, Shotwell 0.20.2, Pidgin 2.10.9, HexChat 2.10.1, Transmission 2.84, Cheese 3.14.1, two terminals - MATE Terminal 1.8.1 and Tilda 1.2.2 (which can be triggered via the F12 key), and Eye of Mate 1.8.0, on top of MATE Desktop 1.8.1.
Under the hood, the first Ubuntu MATE Vivid beta ships with the Ubuntu Linux Kernel 3.18.0-13, based on the upstream 3.18.5 Linux Kernel, Xorg server 1.16.2.901 and Mesa 10.5.0 RC1 (with RC2 available in the Proposed repository).
Download Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1
Download Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1
The link above includes the official release notes so make sure you read them before testing the latest Ubuntu MATE 15.04 beta 1!
Up next: Ubuntu MATE (and flavors) 15.04 Vivid Vervet final beta, which should be released on March 26th. All the Ubuntu flavors as well as Ubuntu (w/ Unity) will take part in the final beta release.
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Ubuntu 15 04 Vivid Vervet Flavors Ready For Download
Ubuntu 15 04 Vivid Vervet Flavors Ready For Download
The official Ubuntu 15.04 flavors are available for download. Lets take a quick look at whats new in the latest 15.04 release of Xubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin, Kubuntu and Lubuntu.
For Ubuntu MATE 15.04, a new MATE-based Ubuntu flavor, theres a separate article HERE. You may also want to see whats new in Ubuntu (with Unity) 15.04.
Xubuntu 15.04
Xubuntu is an Ubuntu flavor which uses Xfce, a fast, light desktop environment.
The latest Xubuntu 15.04 ships with Xfce 4.12, the first stable Xfce release in almost three years. Since previous Xubuntu versions were already using various Xfce 4.12 development builds, some of the new features and improvements in Xfce 4.12 were present in Xubuntu for a while.
For whats new in Xfce 4.12, see THIS article.
Changes in Xubuntu 15.04 include:
- Xfce Window manager now supports window previews and comes with corner-tiling and better support for client-side decoration apps;
- LightDM GTK+ Greeter Settings, a tool which allows changing various login screen settings, is now installed by default;
- Xfce Power Manager now handles light-locker�s settings in its �Security� tab;
- the panel now has an intelligent hiding mode;
- the display dialog comes with improved support for multiple monitors;
- the appearance dialog shows previews for theme styles and icons;
- improved Qt apps appearance (the GTK theme is used now) however, Qt apps continue ignore the currently set icon theme;
- Xfce apps:
- Mousepad text editor was rewritten, getting support for GTK3 along with a settings dialog;
- new/updated Xubuntu light and dark color schemes in Mousepad and Terminal;
- The Xfce Task Manager has received a new user interface with GTK3 support along with a process filter;
- improved keyboard navigation for Thunar.
Below youll find screenshots with some of these changes:
Download Xubuntu 15.04 | Official release notes
Ubuntu GNOME 15.04
Ubuntu GNOME tries to bring a pure GNOME experience in the Ubuntu "family". It uses GNOME Shell by default and this release ships with GNOME 3.14 for the most part - this includes GTK 3.14.12, GNOME Shell 3.14.4, GNOME Control Center / Settings Daemon 3.14.2, GDM 3.14.1 as well as version 3.14.x for most GNOME apps, both those available by default and those available for installation from the repositories.
As far as Im aware, the only app that wasnt updated to version 3.14 (its still at version 3.10.x) is Gedit.
GNOME 3.14 brings quite a few changes, including:
- multi-touch gestures for both the system and applications (for touchscreen devices only);
- improved support for Wi-Fi hotspots;
- network-based sharing (WebDAV, DLNA and VNC will now remember which network you want them to be active on);
- enhanced geolocation framwork with the use of Mozillas Location Service for 3G and network-based positioning;
- new animations for the Activities Overview;
- new interactive inspector which allows live examination of running GTK+ applications (can be activated via Ctrl+Shift+I);
- Evince was updated with a new design with header bars, support for removing annotations, recent documents overview and more;
- Weather has a new layout and it makes use of GNOMEs geolocation framework to automatically show the weather for your current location (the Location Services feature is turned off by default - enable it via System Settings > Privacy);
- Maps was updated with a route planning feature which allows you to plan journeys by foot, bicycle or car.
For a more in depth look at the changes introduced with GNOME 3.14, see THIS article.
Also, with Ubuntu GNOME 15.04, Maps and Weather are installed by default and so is Numix, a popular GTK theme (though its not used by default).
Another change in Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 is the addition of an experimental Wayland session. This is not installed by default and to try it out, youll have to install "gnome-session-wayland" and then select "GNOME on Wayland" from the login screen. Its important to mention that this session only works with open source GPU drivers.
Here are a few Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 screenshots:
Download Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 | Official release notes
Ubuntu Kylin 15.04
Ubuntu Kylin is an Ubuntu variant for Chinese users which uses Unity. The project provides apps commonly used by Chinese users as well as customized existing components, like a custom Online Music Search Dash plugin and better Chinese localisation.
With this release, Ubuntu Kylin has switched to LIM (locally integrated menus) by default, a feature that was also present in Ubuntu 15.04 but was reverted a few days before the release. This feature is used in conjunction with a new Unity feature which allows disabling the menu autohide.
Another feature thats enabled by default with this release is "click to minimize" for the Unity Launcher, a feature thats also available for Ubuntu (w/ Unity) users, but its not enabled by default.
According to the release notes, these changes should make it easier for Windows users to adapt to the Unity user interface.
Other changes in Ubuntu Kylin 15.04 include fixes for the Kylin-specific applications: Ubuntu Kylin Software Center, Youker Assistant, Chinese Calendar and Unity China Music Scope as well as a refreshed default theme.
Below youll find a few Ubuntu Kylin 15.04 screenshots:
(I installed it in English, thats why parts of the desktop are in English and not in Chinese)
Download Ubuntu Kylin 15.04 | Official release notes
Kubuntu 15.04
Kubuntu is an Ubuntu flavor which uses the KDE Plasma Desktop as the desktop environment. Even though its now sponsored by Blue Systems and not by Canonical, Kubuntu is still an official Ubuntu derivative.
For the previous Kubuntu version, 14.10, the distro provided two ISOs: a stable Plasma 4 ISO and a testing Plasma 5 ISO. For Kubuntu 15.04, the developers have decided to complete the transition and only provide one ISO which uses Plasma 5 by default (along with KDE Applications 14.12.2).
Plasma 5 is built using Qt 5 and Frameworks 5 and it provides improved HiDPI support, an updated, modern and cleaner user interface with a new theme, rendered on top of OpenGL, offloading many intensive rendering tasks.
Compared to Plasma 5.0 (tech preview) used in the Plasma5 Kubuntu 14.10 ISO, Plasma 5.2 used in this release includes the following improvements:
- new / re-added components for Plasma 5: Icons-only Task Manager, Notes widget, System Load Viewer, BlueDevil (a set of tools to manage Bluetooth devices), KSSHAskPass (a GUI for entering SSH passwords), Muon, KScreen (Multi-monitor system settings module), KDecoration and GTK Application Style;
- added option to undo Plasma desktop layout changes;
- smarter results and audio player controls in KRunner;
- improved themes;
- Baloo should consume 2-3x less CPU on startup;
- KDE Frameworks 5-based versions of Kate, KWrite, Konsole, Gwenview, KAlgebra, Kanagram, KHangman, Kig, Parley, KApptemplate and Okteta;
- the default Plasma 5 login screen manager is SDDM and this is what Kubuntu 15.04 uses by default;
- numerous bug fixes;
- more.
Changelogs: Plasma 5.2 | Plasma 5.1 | KDE Applications 14.12
Here are a few Kubuntu 15.04 screenshots:
Download Kubuntu 15.04 | Official release notes
Lubuntu 15.04
Lubuntu is a lightweight Ubuntu flavor which uses the LXDE desktop environment, useful for old computers.
The latest Lubuntu 15.04 only includes general bug fixes and updated artwork, as the developers prepare for the switch to LXQt.
Download Lubuntu 15.04 | Official release notes
Ubuntu Studio & Ubuntu MATE 15.04
The latest Ubuntu Studio shares most of its changes with Xubuntu 15.04, so check out the changes above, for Xubuntu. Download / release notes for Ubuntu Studio 15.04.
For Ubuntu MATE 15.04, Ive posted a separate article: Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Available For Download.
All the Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) flavors include the Ubuntu Linux Kernel 3.19.0 based on the upstream 3.19.3 Linux Kernel, Mesa 10.5.2, Xorg server 1.17.1, PulseAudio 6.0 and systemd 219 (and they use systemd as the default init system, replacing upstart - except on Touch). Also, like all non-LTS releases, the Ubuntu 15.04 flavors are supported for 9 months!
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Saturday, September 2, 2017
Ubuntu 15 04 Vivid Vervet
Ubuntu 15 04 Vivid Vervet
By the time we had a chance to review Ubuntu 15.04, the final release date had passed and it had already shipped. But it�s important to point out that our final review is based on a Beta release. However, the tasks that we threw at the latest iteration of Ubuntu, were easily completed without any major issues.
The boot process of Ubuntu 15.04 was great. Even when running the operating system in Live mode, it is so responsive that you could be forgiven for thinking that it was physically installed on real metal. Read below, for a bit more of an in-depth glance at what we think of Ubuntu 15.04.
Desktop
We tested 15.04 with the XFCE desktop environment. It�s clean, simple and responsive on even slower older system specifications. Unless you really love or have a specific requirement for the Unity desktop, stick with something more traditional such as XFCE and you can�t go wrong.
On a daily basis, we have become accustomed to the use of Linux Mint here in the office. Nautilus file manager that is included in Ubuntu feels somewhat limited in comparison to Caja file manager. Still, it does the basic roles of graphical file management just fine. However, the absence of the BACK arrow button still makes no logical sense to us.
We did perform some testing using the Ubuntu native Unity desktop environment. It still feels too bloated. In fact, we feel it gets worse with each release. It�s not that its response times are slow or laggy in any way. It simply feels very cluttered with lots of unnecessary bits and bobs that offer nothing but another obstacle for the user to maneuver the mouse cursor around. We stand by our recommendation of using something much more traditional.
We also had some issues with Global Menus in Unity. They did not function properly when moving windows using the mouse and title-bar grab. We point out this is not a fault as such but rather a design flaw with Global Menus. This can be seen as another reason to look past Unity unless you really feel comfortable with its ways of performing daily desktop tasks.
Software
There is one specific feature with Ubuntu 15.04 that we would like to point out as very strange. So strange, it concerns us a little as to where developers are heading with it in future versions of Ubuntu.
What are we ranting about, you might ask? Default Web Browser. We have no idea what the exact name of this web browser, so we will refer to it as just the Ubuntu Web Browser.
If web browsers had hearts, this piece of code would certainly be heartless. There is no menu(s) or options or anything, actually. If there is, we couldn�t find them. We were able to open a website, new tab and access web history. Feature-wise, this web browser remains almost featureless. Digging a little deeper into the workings of the browser, we discovered that when you access a website, it seeks to access a mobile version of the website as preference. This backs our theory that it is indeed a web browser designed specifically for
mobile use.
mobile use.
To top off the misery in the case of the heartless web browser, we were unable to highlight anything. Not a single string of text was able to be highlighted or selected in any way. Finally, the text rendering from the browser�s engine, whatever that engine may be, is terrible. Text is blurry and unreadable in any sense.
Initially, our thoughts were it is a web browser intended for use with touch screens and/or mobile devices. If this is the case, then it gives an indication of where Ubuntu Developers are taking Ubuntu. Possibly an all-in-one desktop/office/mobile operating system. Much like Microsoft has and still is trying to do with its Windows operating system. We like some things that Microsoft has done with Windows and what we have seen with Windows 10. But it�s safe to declare its attempt to turn Windows into a one size fits all operating system, a overall failure. If Ubuntu Developers are heading this way with their own operating system, then we wish them all the best in their attempts because those before them have failed to date. Watch this space in future versions of Ubuntu.
Looking at Ubuntu 15.04 from a general software perspective; there is no GIMP package, still. We really do hope this package is reinstated to a default installation of Ubuntu sometime in the future, as its absence is still somewhat difficult to understand why it was ever removed in the first place and never replaced with any other package which comes close to the power of GIMP. Yes, this is still a sore spot with us here in the office
and the testing Labs.
and the testing Labs.
Speaking of sore spots, there is another package installed which we detected through the Unity Application Launcher which bothers us, as we have no idea what it is and what it is meant to do, as we couldn�t get it to do anything. The package is listed in Unity Application Launcher as Fcitx and is accompanied by another package listed as Fcitx Configuration. Digging deeper in a terminal, the package seemed to be fcitx-qimpanel-configtool. Regardless of how we attempted to launch the package, nothing happens. Again, we have no idea what this package is or is supposed to do, but if it is simply a background package or some kind of configuration package, it really should be hidden in the Unity Application Launcher.
Although we have big complaints about the default Ubuntu web browser, thankfully we still have Firefox at our fingertips. The Firefox version in the Beta build of Ubuntu 15.04 we tested, was Firefox 26.0.1. We accept this has since been updated as there have been several version updates to Firefox since our build was shipped to us.
To round the software selection off, LibreOffice version is 4.4.1.2. Unity 7.3.1 desktop is the default desktop environment shipped with Ubuntu 15.04 vanilla package.
Hardware Detection
We tested the operating system on a fairly decent system running a quad-core Intel CPU, 6GB RAM and a SSD hard drive. This was accompanied by a high-end AMD graphics adapter.
Ubuntu 15.04 had absolutely no issue(s) detecting our dual-display setup. Both displays registered and Ubuntu utilized the maximum resolution possible for both displays. Although, it is a little strange that Unity decides to place its sidebar on both displays. We are unsure whether this is normal behavior or something more sinister occurring. We sense the former.
Regardless of what display behavior Ubuntu considers normal, display and graphics performance across the two displays was fantastic, using our high-end AMD graphics adapter.
Linux Kernel
The Beta version that we received in the Labs for testing, was running the Linux kernel 3.19. At the time of publishing, Linux kernel 4.0 is available. It came simply too late to get pushed into Ubuntu 15.04 by the Developers. But that�s ok as there really is nothing missing from the 3.19 that makes any performance difference. Despite one being easily fooled by the higher version number of Linux 4.0.
Conclusion
Despite our complaints of certain aspects of Ubuntu 15.04, it is a very good release. Probably the fastest, most stable version of Ubuntu to be dropped into our Labs. We have no issue with recommending the upgrade.
Ubuntu has come a long way and one of its greatest assets is having so many official variants readily available. So there is absolute guarantee you will find the right version to suit your desktop environment preferences and requirements.
If you have not yet installed Ubuntu 15.04, please proceed to do so as you are missing out on one heck of a great Linux operating system.
Refer this link to install Ubuntu 15.04 Desktop and Server. If you already have Ubuntu 14.xx version on your system, and want to upgrade it to Ubuntu 15.04, then refer the following link.
- How To Upgrade To Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet From Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn
Well, I have installed Ubuntu 15.04, what now?
Here is the list of 15 important things to do after installing Ubuntu 15.04.
- Top Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 15.04
About the Author:
Chris Jones is the Editor-in-Chief, Secretary and Director of Global Operations of Freedom Publishers Union. He is the former Chief Editor of Unixmen.com and Unixmen Australia. Prior to this role, he run the now defunct technology news website, TheMuldyZone.net.
Mail: editor@freedompublishersunion.com
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Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Ubuntu 15 04 Vivid Vervet Final Beta Available For Download
Ubuntu 15 04 Vivid Vervet Final Beta Available For Download
Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet final beta was released today, bringing quite a few changes, like locally integrated menus (LIM) by default, upstart was replaced with systemd by default as well as various other improvements and fixes. Lets take a look at whats new!
Changes in Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet final beta
Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet final beta comes with quite a few menu changes. Firstly, LIM (locally integrated menu) is now the default menu type:
Locally integrated menus are displayed in the windows titlebar for unmaximized windows, instead of the previous default Unity approach, which was to always display the menu on the top panel. LIM was introduced with Ubuntu 14.04 as an alternative to Unitys Appmenu (global menu), but its not used by default in either Ubuntu 14.04 or 14.10.
LIM uses autohide by default however, there are some new options which allow you to change its behavior. Most importantly, you can now disable the autohide feature for both LIM as well as the previously used default Unity global menu. This option is available via Dconf Editor: com > canonical > unity and enabling "always show menus".
Furthermore, LIM was tweaked and it now allows accessing the menus of unfocused windows, a feature that wasnt avaialble until now. Thanks to this, you can directly open the menu of an unfocused window by clicking on it. If you dont like this behavior, you can disable it via Dconf Editor: com > canonical > unity > integrated-menus > unfocused-windows-popup.
If you prefer the old default global menu (Appmenu), you can easily switch back to it, by going to System Settings > Appearance and on the Behavior tab, under "Show the menus for a window", enable "In the menu bar".
Yet another menu improvement in Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet is the addition of JAyatana by default - this provides AppMenu support for Java Swing applications:
Other Unity and Compiz changes include:
- Dash, HUD and the logout dialogs now work over fullscreen windows;
- tweaks to animations for faster startup and shutdown experiences;
- fixes for various problems that occur with the nVidia proprietary driver (mostly blank or black windows);
- many bug fixes and small improvements.
Another change, not visual but a very important one nevertheless, is that Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet switched to booting with systemd by default, replacing upstart. This change affects Ubuntu desktop along with all Ubuntu desktop flavors as well as cloud/autopkgtests (snappy was already using systemd).
This change occurred on March 9 and back then, Martin Pitt said that the plan is to use systemd for a few weeks and if "there are too many or too big regressions", Vivid will be reverted to boot with upstart by default. So the final Ubuntu 15.04 release will most probably boot with systemd by default, but theres still a (minor) chance it wont.
Im using Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet for a couple of weeks and I didnt encounter any issues with systemd, though some users have reported issues with it, like a very long boot time, but hopefully everything will be fixed for the final release. What I can tell you from my test is that my laptop not only boots just as fast with systemd as it did with upstart, but the shutdown process is now very fast - around 2-3 seconds, while before this change, it sometimes took more than 8-9-10 seconds.
And finally, Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet final beta ships with various theme improvements, like support for GTK 3.14, better CSD apps integration (though THIS bug still occurs) and more:
... as well as a new default wallpaper:
Applications / packages
Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet final beta ships with the following default applications: Nautilus 1:3.14.2, Firefox 36.0.1, Thunderbird 31.5.0, LibreOffice 4.4.1, Ubuntu Software Center 13.10, Gedit 3.10.4, Totem 3.14.2, Rhythmbox 3.1, Empathy 3.12.8, Transmission 2.84, Deja Dup 32, Shotwell 0.20.2, Brasero 3.12, Evince 3.14.2, GNOME Terminal 3.14.2, GNOME System Monitor 3.15.91 and Eye of GNOME 3.14.3, on top of Unity 7.3.1 (+dailybuild) and GTK3+ 3.14.9.
Here are screenshots with a few of the core GNOME apps that were updated to version 3.14 in Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet:
Under the hood, Vivid final beta ships with Mesa 10.5.0, Xorg server 1.17.1 and the Ubuntu Linux Kernel 3.19.0, based on the upstream 3.19.2 Linux Kernel.
Vivid final beta ships with GTK 3.14.9 and not the latest 3.16 (and mostly GNOME 3.14 apps as you can see from the list above) because GNOME 3.16 was just released and Ubuntu 15.04 had its feature freeze on February 19th. However, at least some important applications were updated to version 3.14, like Nautilus (Ubuntu 14.10 has Nautilus 3.10), GNOME Terminal (Utopic has an ancient version: 3.6.2) and Totem (Utopic has version 3.10.1).
Also, GNOME Shell 3.14.4 is available in the repositories (and available by default in Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 Vivid Vervet final beta, obviously), along with the 3.14 version of GNOME Control Center, GNOME Settings Daemon, GDM and most GNOME apps like Maps, Weather, Clocks, Bijiben, Music, Photos, Boxes as well as GNOME games like Mines and Sudoku.
Download Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet final beta
Before downloading it, remember that Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet is in beta, so you may encounter issues, especially with the recent switch to boot with systemd!
Download Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet final beta | release notes
Ubuntu flavor downloads/release notes:
- Xubuntu
- Kubuntu
- Ubuntu GNOME
- Lubuntu
- Ubuntu Kylin
- Ubuntu MATE
Ubuntu 15.04 (stable) will be released on April 23rd and it will be supported for 9 months.
Are you using Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet? Whats your experience with it so far?
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