Big day for Ubuntu lovers as Canonical has just released the final version of Ubuntu 16.10 operating system yakkety Yak για desktop, server, και cloud computing.
Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) has been developing over the past six months, but today 13 October 2016 is now officially available for download at the company's repositories. The new operating system is for everyone who wants to use the latest software and GNU / Linux software releases on their personal computers, or in the cloud.
The most exciting feature of the new Ubuntu 16.10 is the Linux kernel 4.8, which brings support for the latest hardware released, but also contains some updated components that are mostly like base the GNOME 3.20 Stack.
So some of the preinstalled apps are based on the latest GNOME 3.22 Stack, except the file manager Nautilus (file manager), which remains in version 3.20.3. The LibreOffice suite comes in version 5.2 and Mozilla Firefox in the 49.0 version.
Also, the new Ubuntu 16.10 also features an experimental Unity 8 session, which is installed by default and is accessible through the login manager. Canonical has added Unity 8 mostly for trial purposes, although it knows it will not work on all computers.
Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak will be supported for nine months, by July of 2017, the end date of the distribution. From this date on, it will no longer receive software and security updates, which means you will need to upgrade to the next version of Ubuntu, or use the stable version of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus.
Ubuntu hardliners can download the new Ubuntu 16.10 with Linux kernel 4.8 in Desktop, Server and Cloud versions by the end of the post.
Select the ISO you are interested in:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.10/