Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" Official Images Now Available

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" Official Images Now Available

Ubuntu 18.04, the Bionic Beaver release, is now available as Canonical's latest Long-Term Support (LTS) release...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-18.04-Download

[PackRat]

I got the update tuesday before finale official release with my beta copy. When I went to compile ue4 I was surprised it comes with clang 6 (I choose clang 5).

[preflex]

"Bionic Beaver", because "Fleshlight" is already trademarked.

Is Mark really that desperate?

[kaprikawn]

When I was updating my Linux box a few months ago, I decided to do an Ubuntu install which I intended to use for Steam mainly (turns out I don't use it that much and Arch continues to be my main distro). I decided on the LTS release because it's the one officially supported. It's astounding how out-of-date it looks, especially the icons. I'll maybe do an update to it to this release.

[mike44]

I'll wait some days for bugs to get fixed. Gnome with unite extension should be pretty cool.
Has UDEV been removed? In 16.04 I had to create rules for my USB Joysticks, a true pain in the ass.

[cl333r]

What's up with Unity 7/8 and the plans?

[tweak42]

When I was updating my Linux box a few months ago, I decided to do an Ubuntu install which I intended to use for Steam mainly (turns out I don't use it that much and Arch continues to be my main distro). I decided on the LTS release because it's the one officially supported. It's astounding how out-of-date it looks, especially the icons. I'll maybe do an update to it to this release.

There was a icons and theme update in the mix but it was apparently pushed back to 18.10 at the last minute.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/03/ubuntu-18-04-lts-no-new-gtk-theme

[uid313]

What's up with Unity 7/8 and the plans?

Unity 7 is discontinued. So new features is not likely. Maybe bug fixes.
Unity 8 is abandoned by Canonical but there is the UBPorts community which picked it up and continues the development of it.

The new Unity experience is built on top of GNOME as a GNOME Shell Extension. It provides a familiar user interface with a dock to the left.

[carewolf]

I am going to wait a while, the betas bricked my computer twice (well the machine could be recovered via a reinstall, but otherwise completely useless). I have very very little confidence in Canonical QA these days.

[Slobodan]

Ah.

I am using Ubutnu 17.10 with Unity 7. When it stopps being supported, I will need to "upgrade" to 18.04. Is there any way to continue using Unity 7? I don't like Unity 8, because it looks like it was made for phones/tablets (touchscreens, actually).
Or to have Unity 8, but customised to look more like Unity 7?