After yesterday's release of Ubuntu 17.04 Final Beta, I decided to try the new (second beta) Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 that was released with the new GNOME 3.24 interface.
The final release of Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 to be released on 13 April will be released with the GNOME 3.24 desktop environment. Although I am not a friend of Ubundoids I decided to try the new beta, as GNOME 3.24 brings many attractive features. Among them is Night Light.
This particular feature could not be missing from Ubuntu. Windows 10 Creators Update, Apple's iOS and Google's Android have this feature that can automatically reduce the amount of blue light emitted by laptop screens, computers and phone screens during the night.
In GNOME 3.24, developers decided to add a blue light filter and named Night Light.
We found that there is an updated application for the Calendar, but also the completely new application for recipes, GNOME Recipes for those who have cooking concerns…
However, some of the applications that the new Gnome brings come in older versions, due to some bugs that were not resolved at the time of release. So we have Nautilus 3.20.4 file manager, GNOME 3.22 package management software with support Flatpak 0.8, GNOME Terminal 3,22, Evolution 3.22 and File Roller 3.22.
We expect that until the official release, all the above applications will be in the 3.24 version.
Among the notable changes that Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 final Beta brings, we can also mention the chrome-gnome-shell system assistant which is installed by default. The Tracker search indexing engine is now sandboxed. Gnome-icon-theme and gconf are not installed by default and there is a Wayland experimental session.
“An experimental Wayland session is included, but it does not come by default. If o computerIf you support open source graphics drivers and want to try Wayland, log out and select GNOME in Wayland from the tools menu under enter password and log back in.”
Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 final Beta comes with Linux kernel 4.10, Mesa 17.0.1 3D Graphics Library, systemd-resolved as default DNS resolver. The new operating system uses swap files instead of swap partitions, and comes with it installed LibreOffice 5.3 office suites.
If you want to download the Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 final Beta for some trial and can not wait until its final release on April 13, you can download Live ISO to 64-bit or 32-bit from the links below.
64-bit PC (AMD64) desktop image
32-bit PC (i386) desktop image
