Ubuntu 14.10 “Utopic Unicorn” – What to expect

06 May 2014, 18:45
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    Deprecate gnome-session and use upstart/systemd as the root process
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    Deprecate gnome-screensaver (following upstream) and unify screensaver management into the shell
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    Deprecate policykit-gnome and use the shell for PolicyKit handling in both Unity 7 and Unity 8
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    Deprecate unity-settings-daemon by decoupling the plugins and migrating to new services
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    Add more desktop capabilities in Ubuntu System Settings to replace unity-control-center
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    Enhance the core apps to replace current defaults e.g. calculator, file manager etc
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  <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><em>These are few of the known changes/updates, so more updates to come!!!</em></span>
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    <span style="color: #003366;"><strong>Ubuntu 14.10 Key Release Dates &#8211; Draft</strong></span>
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      June 26th &#8211; Alpha 1 (for opt-in flavors)
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      July 31st &#8211; Alpha 2 (for opt-in flavors)
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      August 28th &#8211; Beta 1 Freeze (for opt-in flavors)
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      September 25th &#8211; Final Beta Freeze, Final Beta
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      October 9th &#8211; Release Candidate
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      October 16th &#8211; Final Release (Ubuntu 14.10)
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    See <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UtopicUnicorn/ReleaseSchedule" target="_blank">wiki</a> for full release details
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Ubuntu 14.10 “Utopic Unicorn” – What to expect

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