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Ubuntu 15 10 Wily Werewolf reaches End of Life on July 28 2016

The Ubuntu Release Team recently announced the End of Life of Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) which was released almost 9 months ago, on October 22, 2015. All security related updates wil no longer be made available after the scheduled date "July 28, 2016. According to the announcement posted by Adam Conrad (A member of the release team):

As a non-LTS release, 15.10 has a 9-month month support cycle and, as such, the support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 15.10 will reach end of life on Thursday, July 28th.  At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 15.10.

Highlights of Ubuntu 16.04

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS introduces a new application format, the ‘snap’, which can be installed alongside traditional deb packages. These two packaging formats live quite comfortably next to one another and enable Ubuntu to maintain its existing processes for development and updates


• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is based on the long-term supported Linux release series 4.4.


• Python2 is not installed anymore by default on the server, cloud and the touch images, long live Python3! Python3 itself has been upgraded to the 3.5 series.


• The golang toolchain was upgraded to the 1.6 series, and gccgo was upgraded to the GCC 6.1 release candidate 1. Thus the same level of standard library and compiler features are provided by both compilers on all fully supported architectures.


• The application "Apt 1.2" includes the new privilege separation features introduced in Apt 1.1. Importantly, the unprivileged "_apt" user is now used when making outgoing network connections and parsing the results for the various apt transport methods (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP).

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Ubuntu 15 10 Wily Werewolf Beta 1 Flavors Released

Kubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf Beta 1

• a new Audio Volume applet that works directly with PulseAudio;
• a new fullscreen Application Dashboard alternative launcher;
• over 1400 new icons;
• KRunner now remembers your previous searches;
• the Networks applet is now able to display network traffic graphs;
• much improved high DPI support;
• smaller memory footprint;
• a new, much faster desktop search backend;
• new additions to the KDE Frameworks 5-based applications list, including Dolphin, the Kontact Suite, Ark, Picmi and more.

Here are a few screenshots with some of these changes:





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Xubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf Beta 1

Changes in Xubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf beta 1:

• LibreOffice Calc and Writer have replaced Gnumeric and Abiword;
• a new theme for LibreOffice, libreoffice-style-elementary, is now installed by default;
• updated packages:
• xfdesktop4 4.12.2 (changes since 4.12.0, available in Vivid):
• reinitialize background when reloading desktop;
• monitor the wallpaper file for changes;
• add a xfconf settings to center the text on xfdesktop icons;
• allow dragging desktop launchers to the panel;
• preserve order when moving multiple icons;
• Thunar 1.6.10 (changes since 1.6.6, available in Vivid):
• new tabs and windows inherit the history of the origin view;
• history is preserved across view changes;
• remember the last used application when opening files;
• Catfish 1.3.0:
• the toolbar has been replaced with a Gtk HeaderBar;
• the sidebar has been cleaned up and now clearly indicates selected options;
• the file type and modification date dialogs were replaced with Popover widgets;
• Gmusicbrowser 1.1.14:
• added support for Gstreamer 1.x;
• added an Equalizer Preset widget to change presets;
• WhiskerMenu 1.5.0:
• added a profile picture and command which allows editing it via Mugshot;
• added option to set background opacity;
• customizable limit for recently used;
• many other Xfce components were updated with mostly bug fixes - this includes Xfce Power Manager, Xfce Weather Plugin, Xfburn and more.

Youll find a screenshots with some of these changes below:





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Ubuntu MATE 15.10 Wily Werewolf Beta 1

Ubuntu MATE 15.10 Wily Werewolf ships with a combination of MATE 1.8 and 1.10 and it includes the following changes:

• MATE 1.10 changes:
• Caja now has an extension manager so plugins can be enabled/disabled at run-time;
  improved multi-monitor support;
  libmatemixer, an audio mixer library for MATE desktop, has been introduced with MATE 1.10;
  CSD and pop-over support;
• Mate Welcome was updated with various UI improvements, software categories and new applications on the Software page such as AppGrid, Chromium, Disks, Hardinfo, SpiderOakONE, Ubuntu Software Center (which as you probably know, is no longer installed by default in Ubuntu 
• MATE 15.10) and VeraCrypt;
• MATE Tweak has gained support for two new panel layouts: Fedora and Mageia;
• Deja Dup is now integrated with Caja.

Below youll find a few screenshots with some of these changes:

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Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 Wily Werewolf Beta 1

• GNOME 3.16 includes some important changes, like:
• a new notification system which has replaced the old Message Tray. The notification history can now be accessed from the date/time menu (Top Bar);
• legacy "tray" icons are now displayed in a "drawer" that used autohide at the bottom left corner of the screen;
• the Activities Overview, login/lock screen, system menus and others have received an updated design (including monochrome icons for the applications menu);
• improved scrollbars, which are now only displayed when needed;
• Redesigned GNOME Image Viewer, which now uses header bars;
• many other changes - you can read all about it (including a video) HERE;
• GNOME Getting Started Guide is now included by default and runs on first login;
• Shotwell has been replaced with GNOME Photos;
• GNOME Music is now installed by default (Rhythmbox continues to be installed by default as well).

Here are a few screenshots with some of these changes:

GNOME Photos

New GTK 3.6 scrollbars

GNOME Image Viewer

Notification history / events and calendar

GNOME Music

Legacy tray icons

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Lubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf Beta 1

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Ubuntu Kylin 15.10 Wily Werewolf Beta 1

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Ubuntu 15 10 Wily Werewolf Final Beta Available For Download

Changes in Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf final beta

Other Unity changes include:

• new dconf setting to control the delay to show the menu when pressing the Alt key;
• dragging an app from Dash to the Desktop should now work properly;
• added option to enable and disable Unity low graphics mode on the fly in CCSM or via gsettings;
• fixed issues with "Always on Top" windows and Dash / HUD.

A complete Unity changelog can be found HERE.

Applications / packages

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Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf beta 2 flavors downloads/release notes:

• Xubuntu
• Ubuntu MATE
• Kubuntu
• Ubuntu GNOME
• Lubuntu
• Ubuntu Studio
• Ubuntu Kylin

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Ubuntu 15 10 Wily Werewolf Reaches End Of Life Today July 28

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