Canonical will publish the images for Ubuntu 14.10 tomorrow

Oct 22, 2014 11:37 GMT  ·  By

Canonical will publish Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) tomorrow, and most of the flavors under the Ubuntu umbrella will also make an appearance.

The latest Ubuntu version has been in development for the last six months and it's one of the tamest releases made so far. Despite the fact that it has a codename that is either loved or hated, Ubuntu 14.10 will be a small improvement over the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS version, and lots of users have already said that they won't be getting the new one just yet.

This is something that usually happens after the release of an LTS version, and in the case of Ubuntu, the 14.04 iteration is one of the best made by Canonical until now. It's easy to understand why people don't want to upgrade just yet. As we get further and further away from Ubuntu 14.04, users will start adopting the upcoming versions, especially if they bring something new.

Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) is almost here

Many users are focused on the launch that will be made tomorrow for the official Ubuntu flavor, but there are a few others that deserve the same kind of attention, such as Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, and Ubuntu Kylin. A few of the other flavors, Edubuntu, Mythbuntu, and Ubuntu Studio don't participate in this release because they only follow the LTS schedule.

This is what Mark Shuttleworth said six months ago about Ubuntu 14.10. "So bring your upstanding best to the table - or the forum - or the mailing list - and let's make something amazing. Something unified and upright, something about which we can be universally proud. And since we're getting that once-every-two-years chance to make fresh starts and dream unconstrained dreams about what the future should look like, we may as well go all out and give it a dreamlike name. Let's get going on the utopic unicorn."

It's very likely that Ubuntu 14.10 will be considered to be just a minor update. You could say that it's like a "service pack" for Ubuntu 14.04, if you are more of a Windows fan. The entire system remains basically the same, but many of the components under the hood will be updated, like the Linux Kernel, the Xorg server, the GTK+ libraries, Upstart, and even Unity.

The support period for Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) will be nine months, which is just a fraction of the five years declared for the previous LTS. Stay tuned for more information about the download locations and details about the distro's features.

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