Ubuntu 17.10 release schedule (artful aardvark)

We already knew that the nickname of Ubuntu 17.10 will be Artful Aardvark, but what we needed to find out more accurately were the release dates of the next Alpha and Beta versions, as well as the arrival date of the final version of Ubuntu 17.10.

Fortunately, the release schedule and some of the upcoming improvements to Ubuntu 17.10 are now available on the Ubuntu Wiki, and we'll reveal it to you below.

Ubuntu 17.10 release schedule

• Alpha version 1 of Ubuntu 17.10 - June 29 Alpha version 2 of Ubuntu 17.10 - July 27 Ubuntu 17.10 enters Feature Freeze phase - August 24 Ubuntu 1 beta 1710 - August 31 Ubuntu final beta 17.10 - September 28 Ubuntu 17.10 enters Kernel phase Freeze (Linux Kernel can no longer be updated) - October 5 Ubuntu 17.10 enters Final Freeze phase (Release Candidate) - October 12 Ubuntu 17.10 final version - October 19

As can be seen, the development of Ubuntu 17.10 will go through several phases and will last for 25 weeks, until its gloobal release takes place in mid-October.

What's new in Ubuntu 17.10

While it is early to know exactly what all the improvements and new features of Ubuntu 17.10 will be, for now some of the biggest changes are already known:

• GNOME will be the default desktop (probably GNOME 3.26) Ubuntu GNOME will no longer be a standalone distribution Optional X.org server session Inclusion of Mesa 17.2 or 17.3 Mozilla Thunderbird may no longer be used as the default mail tool Standard graphics server will be Wayland Enhanced support for the Hardware New Ubuntu Server Installer Ubuntu 17.10 release date

As already indicated in the Ubuntu 17.10 release schedule, the next version of the operating system is scheduled to reach all users on October 19, 2017, although before that it will have a final beta on September 28, while the September 13 will release the GNOME 3.26 desktop environment, which is the version most likely to end in Ubuntu 17.10.