What is New in Ubuntu 15.10?

Introduction

Ubuntu 15.10 was released for public use on October 22nd, 2015.  Nicknamed “Wily Werewolf” it comes with a few upgrades and changes that are worth noting.  In this overview, we will briefly touch on the changes and upgrades in the newest version.  Ubuntu 15.10 is primarily noted as a stepping stone to the release of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, the next Long-Term Service release coming in April 2016.  Most of the major features remain largely unchanged from the current 15.04 LTS.

New Features

Linux Kernel 4.2

• AMDGPU kernel drivers
• Intel Broxton support
• F2FS file-system encryption support
• NV-DIMM support

A kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 has also been added to the archives.

One of the major changes is the migration to utilize systemd as the primary init system going forward.

Ubuntu 15.10Desktop

• Unity, many bugs have been fixed as well as new features in this version,  focusing primarily on interface improvements, such as locally integrated menus for unfocused windows and scrollbar updates.
• Compiz has several bug fixes, also of note is the integration with the MATE desktop.
• Firefox updated to version 41
• Chrome updated to version 45
• MATE updated to version 1.10
• GNOME now updated to version 3.16
• Blueman 2.0 is now included
• Able to pair new Steam Controller, can be paired through Big Picture mode in Steam
• LibreOffice has many upgrades and changes, which can be located here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.0

Ubuntu 15.10 Server Edition

Ubuntu 15.10 now holds the newest edition of OpenStack, Liberty, including:

• OpenStack Identity – Keystone
• OpenStack Imaging – Glance
• OpenStack Block Storage – Cinder
• OpenStack Networking – Neutron
• OpenStack Telemetry – Ceilometer and Aodh
• OpenStack Orchestration – Heat
• OpenStack Dashboard – Horizon
• OpenStack Object Storage – Swift
• OpenStack Database as a Service – Trove
• OpenStack DNS – Designate
• OpenStack Bare-metal – Ironic
• OpenStack Filesystem – Manila
• OpenStack Key Manager – Barbican

There is also experimental support being offered for erasure coded storage.

Other changes

• Juju has been updated to 1.24.6
• libvirt has been updated to 1.2.16
• qemu has been updated to 2.3
• Open vSwitch 2.4.0 is now included by default
• Ceph has been updated to “Hammer” 0.94.3

As a personal use note, I updated my home computer to this version and did not notice any glaring changes after a few days use.  Things ran mostly how they always have, but maybe a little prettier.  I expect greater things are in store for Ubuntu 16.04.

Official Ubuntu release notes can be found here.

 

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