Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Images and its all Flavors Available for Vmware and VirtualBox
Ubuntu:
Canonical announced the latest version of Ubuntu codenamed 15.04 Vivid: “Ubuntu 15.04 will be supported for 9 months for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Core, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin along with all other flavours. systemd has replaced Upstart as the standard boot and service manager on all Ubuntu flavors except Touch. At the time of the 15.04 release there are no known major problems which prevent booting. The only service which does not currently start is Juju, which will be fixed in a post-release update soon; all other packaged Ubuntu services are expected to work. Upstart continues to control user sessions… You can boot with Upstart once by selecting `Advanced options for Ubuntu’ in the GRUB boot menu and starting the `Ubuntu, with Linux … (upstart)’ entry. To switch back permanently, install the upstart-sysv package (this will remove systemd-sysv and ubuntu-standard).” Read release announcement here and official release notes here.
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Kubuntu:
Kubuntu team announced the latest version Kubuntu 15.04 Vivid: “Plasma 5, the next generation of KDE’s desktop has been rewritten to make it smoother to use while retaining the familiar setup. The second set of updates to Plasma 5 are now stable enough for everyday use and is the default in this version of Kubuntu. Kubuntu comes with KDE Applications 14.12 containing all your favourite apps from KDE. This is the 14.12.2 update with bug fixes and translation updates. Several applications have been ported to KDE Frameworks 5 but those which aren’t should fit in seamlessly. Non-KDE applications include LibreOffice 4.4 and Firefox 37.” You can read here release announcement.
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Ubuntu Mate:
Ubuntu Mate is now official flavor of Ubuntu family and its first official version announced started with 15.04 Vivid: “Ubuntu MATE 15.04 is now available for download. This release builds on Ubuntu MATE beta 2 and mostly fixes bugs. Here is a run down of some of the new features in Ubuntu MATE 15.04 compared to Ubuntu MATE 14.10: Ubuntu MATE 15.04 is an official Ubuntu flavour; established a hardware partnership with Entroware; added PowerPC and Raspberry Pi 2 as supported hardware architectures; added a new default theme called Yuyo; added user interface switching to MATE Tweak; added fully integrated Compiz support; added Tilda pull-down terminal; added Folder Color; added LightDM GTK+ Greeter Settings; added categories to the system menus; added new community contributed desktop backgrounds; updated to Linux kernel 3.19; updated to MATE Desktop 1.8.2; updated to Firefox 37; updated to LibreOffice 4.4….” Read complete release announcement here.
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Lubuntu:
“New Features in Lubuntu 15.04: General bug fix release as we prepare for LXQt; Many LXDE components have been updated with bug fix releases; An update of the artwork (more icons, theme update, more compatibilities. Based on the lightweight LXDE desktop environment. Pcmanfm, a fast and lightweight files manager using gio/gvfs. ” Checkout complete release announcement here.
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Ubuntu Gnome:
“The Ubuntu GNOME Team is glad to announce the release of Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 (Vivid Vervet). Most of GNOME 3.14 is now included, the few missing bits of 3.14 are available in ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3. We do NOT use gnome-software to install applications, instead we use Ubuntu Software Center. GNOME Maps and GNOME Weather are now installed by default, GNOME Photos, GNOME Music and Polari are available to install from the Ubuntu archive. GNOME Classic session is included. To try it, choose it from the Sessions option on the login screen. Numix is now installed by default. Applications in Ubuntu GNOME 15.04: GNOME Shell – the GNOME desktop environment from where you can search and start applications, switch between windows, etc; Nautilus – an easy-to-use file manager for organizing your documents, music, pictures, videos and files in general; Firefox – browse the web with one of the most popular fast, flexible and secure web browsers….” Complete release announcement here.
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Ubuntu Studio:
“Another short term release is out. Not much is new, but some of the most obvious changes are: New meta package: ubuntustudio-audio-core (includes all the core stuff for an audio oriented installation); Xfce 4.12.” See release announcement here.
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Xubuntu:
“Xubuntu now uses Xfce 4.12, which was released on February 28. The new release has brought both some new features and many bug fixes over the old 4.10/4.11 components. For a complete changelog for Xfce 4.12, see the 4.12 changelog on Xfce.org. In addition to the new Xfce release, the 15.04 release has the following highlights: New/Updated Xubuntu Light/Dark colour schemes in Mousepad, Terminal; Mousepad colour scheme set to Xubuntu Light by default; Better appearance for Qt applications out of the box (default to GTK theme); Redundant File Manager (Settings) menu entry removed.” You can read complete release announcement here.
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