Ubuntu 17.10 Release Date and New Features & Release Date October 2017 | Tech News

Ubuntu 17.10 codename is indirectly revealed. It will be called Artful Aardvark.

Ubuntu 17.10

Most Ubuntu users, if not  know the logic behind the codename and versioning of Ubuntu releases. All Ubuntu releases are codenamed with two words, both words starting with the same letter.The first word of the codename is an adjective and the second word is usually an endangered species and sometimes mythical characters.

One more interesting fact is that these code names are in incremental order. So if Ubuntu 16.04 was called Xenial Xerus, the next releases 16.10 was codenamed Yakkety Yak.Last release Ubuntu 17.04 had the codename Zesty Zapus. This left people wondering about the next release’s codename. Quite obviously it had to be something with starting with A as we go back to the beginning of the alphabet.And now Ubuntu 17.10 codename is Artful Aardvark.

As per Wikipedia, Aardvark is a “medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa”. And it's also called in Africa "African Ant Eater".

Aardvark

Release Schedule for Ubuntu 17.10 :

• Alpha 1 for opt-in flavors — June 29th
• Alpha 2 for opt-in flavors — July 27th
• Feature Freeze, Debian Import Freeze — August 24th
• Beta 1 for opt-in flavors — August 31st
• Final Beta — September 28th
• Kernel Freeze — October 5th
• Final Freeze, Release Candidate — October 12th
• Final Release Ubuntu 17.10 — October 19th

New features of Ubuntu 17.10 :

• Linux kernel 4.13 or kernel 4.14
• Wayland display server by default
• Mozilla Thunderbird might not be default email client
• New Ubuntu Server installer
• Windows buttons go back to the right
• Better support for WiFi Captive Portals
• Better support for Bluetooth speakers
• Better hardware support
• GNOME will be default desktop (probably GNOME 3.26)
• Ubuntu GNOME won’t be a separate flavor

Which Version Of GNOME With Ubuntu 17.10?

It is unclear which version of GNOME will ship with Ubuntu 17.10. My up-to-date daily build currently runs GNOME 3.24.2. In September 2017, GNOME 3.26 will be released, and that iteration is important because it will bring really important features to GNOME including.

• GNOME Usage, a new app that will display the host system's current resource usages.
• A new sharing framework that will make use of portals for sharing files across social networks.
• GNOME Photos will finally be able to import photos from digital cameras.
• The Seahorse application for storing passwords and keys will be replaced by a more modern app.
• Non-integer HIDPI scaling, which means support for Apple retina displays will be rolled in.
• A new UI that will allow the creation of recurring events.
• Todoist integration.
• Control Center redesign.
• Quarter window tiling.
• My guess is GNOME 3.26 will not make its way into Ubuntu 17.10, it could arrive in the 17.10.1 update.

What GNOME means for Ubuntu :

The best thing to come from Ubuntu dropping Unity and picking up GNOME is a two-way street of evolution. Not only will the Ubuntu distribution benefit from having a desktop that is developed by top-notch programmers around the globe, but GNOME will get input from the Ubuntu developers, as well as the branding that comes with Ubuntu. This is a win-win for both sides, and it's a situation that will go a very long way to continue improving GNOME, which will have the added benefit of improving Ubuntu.