Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) Release Schedule
Ubuntu 17.10 Codename 'Artful Aardvark'
The codename of Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark was released yesterday on Launchpad. And recently a LinuxAndUbuntu reader asked a very interesting question "What after Zesty?" referring the selection of each distro in an alphabetical order, he asked what would be the name of Ubuntu 17.10 after "Z". So it's "A" back again. Artful Aardvark.
The release date, along with the dates for various development milestones along the way, are listed on the Ubuntu Wiki but are, as of writing, still subject to change.
Ubuntu 17.10 Release Schedule
- 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
For those who don’t know, Ubuntu follows a time-based cycle, instead of a feature-driven cycle. This means that Ubuntu plans in advance to release on a fixed date and the development process is carried out by keeping that in mind. In general, the October releases follow a 25-week schedule. The freezes normally take place at 2100 UTC.
Ubuntu 17.10 New Features
It’s very early to write about the list of final features that are going to arrive in Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark. Still, we have a rough idea of the major changes. Take a look:- GNOME will be default desktop (probably GNOME 3.26)
- Ubuntu GNOME won’t be a separate flavor
- Wayland display server by default
- Optional X.org server session
- Mesa 17.2 or Mesa 17.3
- Linux kernel 4.13 or kernel 4.14
- Mozilla Thunderbird might not be default email client
- Better hardware support
- New Ubuntu Server installer
The users should expect Ubuntu to arrive with default GNOME desktop around second Alpha. You can read more about the developments in this IRC log.
Ubuntu 17.10 hits the streets on October 19, 2017
The Final Beta or Beta 2 for the opt-in flavors is currently scheduled to land on September 28, and it looks like the final release of Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark), which will probably sport the GNOME 3.26 desktop environment by default, set to launch on September 13, is hitting the streets on October 19, 2017.The release schedule also shows us that the development of Ubuntu 17.10 started the other day, April 20, when the toolchain was uploaded, based on the current stable release, of course. Therefore, the first daily build ISO images should also appear online in the coming days, so stay tuned on Softpedia for the latest news.
