![]() ‘The HUD, global menu, and other Unity features are no longer included’īy choosing to drop Unity most of Ubuntu’s home-grown usability efforts also fall by the wayside. ![]() This is the first version of Ubuntu to use GNOME Shell as the default desktop. Ubuntu 17.10 Debuts with An All-New Desktop It debuts with a new desktop shell, a new display server technology, and makes major user-interface and user-experience changes.Ī short-term release, Ubuntu 17.10 will receive bug fixes, security patches and select app updates for 9 months. In Brief: Ubuntu 17.10 is a sizeable upgrade to this Linux-based operating system. Ubuntu joins the fold with its fellow Linux distros in opting to use upstream GNOME - but naturally puts its own distinctive stamp on things. Yup, the Unity desktop, once Ubuntu’s core USP, has been unceremoniously relegated to “available in the archives”. So rather aptly for a release that begins with the first letter of the english alphabet, Artful Aardvark is the first version of Ubuntu to ship with the GNOME Shell desktop installed by default. ‘After years of ‘footnote’ releases that brought only minor tweaks, Ubuntu 17.10 brings all-out change’Īfter years of ‘footnote’ releases that brought only minor tweaks, the ‘Artful Aardvark’ brings all-out with change, ready to usher in the new era.
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