• Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 21st, 2018
Canonical's Unity 8 Desktop Revived by UBports with Support for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Canonical's Unity 8 Desktop Revived by UBports with Support for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

It's also supported on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Unity 8 Fork "Yunit" Now Available as an Overlay Repository for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Unity 8 Fork "Yunit" Now Available as an Overlay Repository for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Also works on Ubuntu GNOME, Xubuntu and Lubuntu 16.04

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • April 18th, 2017
UBports Recommends Buying Fairphone 2, OnePlus One or Nexus 5 as Ubuntu Phones

UBports Recommends Buying Fairphone 2, OnePlus One or Nexus 5 as Ubuntu Phones

Anbox already works on the OnePlus One device

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • April 11th, 2017
UBports to Provide Legacy Support for BQ Ubuntu Phones, Create Their Own Store

UBports to Provide Legacy Support for BQ Ubuntu Phones, Create Their Own Store

They will eventually update Ubuntu Touch to Ubuntu 16.04

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • April 7th, 2017
Unity 8 Now Has a New Home Over at UBports, Development Will Start Very Soon

Unity 8 Now Has a New Home Over at UBports, Development Will Start Very Soon

UBports team is keeping Unity 8 alive for mobile devices

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • April 6th, 2017
Ubuntu Touch and Unity 8 Are Not Dead, UBports Community Will Keep Them Alive

Ubuntu Touch and Unity 8 Are Not Dead, UBports Community Will Keep Them Alive

More devices will be transformed into Ubuntu Phones soon

Canonical to Stop Developing Unity 8, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ships with GNOME Desktop

Canonical to Stop Developing Unity 8, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ships with GNOME Desktop

Ubuntu Phone and convergence plans are put on hold

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • January 17th, 2017
Canonical: 2017 Will See a Mir 1.0 Release, Plans to Implement Vulkan Support

Canonical: 2017 Will See a Mir 1.0 Release, Plans to Implement Vulkan Support

2016 was a good year for Mir, says the company behind Ubuntu

Ubuntu 17.04 to Offer an Evolved Unity 8 Session As More Apps Will Run as Snaps

Ubuntu 17.04 to Offer an Evolved Unity 8 Session As More Apps Will Run as Snaps

Canonical's Ubuntu convergence vision continues

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • November 15th, 2016
Ubuntu Online Summit for Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) Starts Today, November 15

Ubuntu Online Summit for Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) Starts Today, November 15

It will be held for two days, until November 16, 2016

Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) to Ship with an Optional Unity 8 Session After All

Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) to Ship with an Optional Unity 8 Session After All

The distro is now powered by the final Linux 4.8 kernel

Canonical Releases Massive Mir 0.24.0 Display Server Update for Ubuntu Linux OS

Canonical Releases Massive Mir 0.24.0 Display Server Update for Ubuntu Linux OS

There are numerous enhancements and bugfixes in this release

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • May 7th, 2016
Mark Shuttleworth: We Won't Make the Same Mistake Again with Unity 8

Mark Shuttleworth: We Won't Make the Same Mistake Again with Unity 8

It won't be ready for public consumption before user testing

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • May 6th, 2016
Ubuntu Touch OTA-11 Takes Shape, Promises Unity 8 Improvements and Miracast

Ubuntu Touch OTA-11 Takes Shape, Promises Unity 8 Improvements and Miracast

Final Freeze is approaching fast, possibly next

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • May 5th, 2016
Unity 8 and Snaps Are the Future of the Ubuntu Desktop, After Ubuntu 16.10

Unity 8 and Snaps Are the Future of the Ubuntu Desktop, After Ubuntu 16.10

More and more snaps are coming to the Ubuntu Store

Unity 8 Won't Be the Default Desktop Session for Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

Unity 8 Won't Be the Default Desktop Session for Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

Unity8 desktop environment is still under heavy development

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • February 9th, 2016
New Ubuntu Phone Patch Is Coming Soon to Fix Infamous Mir Bug, Says Canonical

New Ubuntu Phone Patch Is Coming Soon to Fix Infamous Mir Bug, Says Canonical

Unity 8 gets support for the Ubuntu Tablet

 
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