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Ubuntu 15.04 Released

posted by CoolHand on Saturday April 25 2015, @04:25AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-idea-what-a-vervet-is-and-ruh-roh-systemd dept.

benmhall writes:

Ubuntu 15.04 has now been released; full details are at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/ReleaseNotes

Notable new features:
- Unity 7.3
- LibreOffice 4.4
- Firefox 37
- Chromium 41

Low-level and server changes include:
- Linux kernel 3.19
- The move from upstart to systemd
- A new version of OpenStack
- Ubuntu Core (Snappy) - a variant to be used as a core OS for other software projects

OMGubuntu coverage is here: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/04/ubuntu-15-04-download-new-features
Slashdot commentary/griping at: http://news.slashdot.org/story/15/04/24/1245209/ubuntu-1504-released-first-version-to-feature-systemd

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Saturday April 25 2015, @09:40AM

    by Magic Oddball (3847) on Saturday April 25 2015, @09:40AM (#175002) Journal

    As of last time I looked, the only major holdouts were Slackware and PCLinuxOS (which I migrated to in late December).

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 25 2015, @01:11PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 25 2015, @01:11PM (#175040)

    Slackware isn't an option. It's a fossil. It isn't 1995 any longer. The economy has been in the shitter for years, and we're busy enough just keeping afloat. We don't have time to spent days configuring a new Linux installation by hand. We need Linux distros that install quickly, that configure themselves, and that work with minimal tweaking. Slackware totally doesn't work like that.

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 25 2015, @02:50PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 25 2015, @02:50PM (#175066)

      Sharks are fossils too, yet they rule the seas just as much today as they did hundreds of millions of years ago. Old is different from bad.

      The tool to select depends on the task at hand.