The Ubuntu 15.04 release includes a new build of Ubuntu Phone, which Canonical says is the basis of the version that's currently shipping on the BQ Aquarius E4.5 handset and will soon be available on the Meizu MX4. Steady progress on the small endĮven though Canonical has its head planted firmly in the cloud, however, it still hasn't forgotten about smaller-scale deployments. Canonical says it is the first vendor to ship a distro with the OpenStack "Kilo" release, which includes major improvements to the Neutron networking component, identity federation across cloud regions, and improved scalability. Naturally, that means Ubuntu 15.04 has to include OpenStack, as well. The biggest benefit of LXD, Canonical says, is that it integrates with OpenStack, meaning admins can use OpenStack APIs to spin up "full system containers" that act like virtual machines but run on bare metal and use resources more efficiently than traditional VMs. For example, this is the first release to bundle LXD, Canonical's homegrown "hypervisor" for Linux containers. Most desktop users shouldn't notice the difference, but for admins it's a major change and not everyone will welcome it.Ĭanonical founder Mark Shuttleworth even himself opposed the shift at first, but eventually relented when it became clear that the larger Debian Linux community – of which Ubuntu is a major part – had decided to go with systemd.īut Vivid Vervet brings other important changes for developers and admins, too, particularly those with a cloudy bent. Under the hood, perhaps the most significant change for this Ubuntu release is that it's the first to ship running the controversial systemd init system by default, rather than the previous Upstart.
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Canonical has also included a new version of its handy Ubuntu Make – the rebranding of the software formerly known as Ubuntu Developer Tools Center – which now supports installing 14 new tool platforms in addition to Android Studio and the Android SDK.
The desktop release also comes with the usual host of updated software, including Chromium 41, Firefox 36, and LibreOffice 4.4.
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