Software Updates
- GNOME Shell 3.18
- Most of GNOME 3.18
- GNOME Software has replaced Ubuntu Software Center
- GNOME Calendar and GNOME Logs are installed by default
- GNOME Builder (IDE) is now available in the archives
- gnome-control-center sharing panel has been fixed
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Experimental wayland session is now available. Install gnome-session-wayland and then select “GNOME on wayland” from login screen (Only works with OSS GPU drivers).
Known Problems
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The prompt asking for media removal is not shown at the end of the installation (966480)
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Shutdown/Restart of live session guest does not work in Virtualbox, and VMWare (1447038)
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No auto login in Ubuntu GNOME Xenial (1547297)
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Ubuntu installer says: The creation of swap space in partition failed (990744)
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Ubuntu GNOME Xenial live image boots to tty1 (1548864)
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It only shows installed apps, not available ones (1548933)
The beta version isn’t ready for everyday use, but if you can and have a decent Internet connection, downloaded and give it a try even on a VM.
I seriously can’t wait for Ubuntu 16.04. It’s going to be awesome!!Are you excited as I am? Let me know what you think in the comments section below?