FILES DOWNLOAD

Changes in Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet final beta

• Dash, HUD and the logout dialogs now work over fullscreen windows;
• tweaks to animations for faster startup and shutdown experiences;
• fixes for various problems that occur with the nVidia proprietary driver (mostly blank or black windows);
• many bug fixes and small improvements.

Applications / packages

Download Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet final beta

• Xubuntu
• Kubuntu
• Ubuntu GNOME
• Lubuntu
• Ubuntu Kylin
• Ubuntu MATE

• Ubuntu GNOME
• Kubuntu
• Xubuntu
• Lubuntu
• Ubuntu Kylin

• Ubuntu Flavors 15.04 Vivid Vervet Alpha 2 Available For Testing
• Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet Alpha 2 Released

• added menu categories to System > Preferences;
• LightDM GTK Greeter Settings was updated to version 1.10;
• updated the default GTK theme (Yuko) with better GTK 3.14 support;
• thanks to a GTK2 bugfix, MATE should have better multi-monitor support;
• MATE Tweak allows switching between Marco and Compiz without requiring a logout/login;
• added PowerPC as an officially supported architecture;
• updated LightDM GTK Greeter to 2.0.0 which now includes a MATE logo in the session switcher;
• merged MATE Compatibility integration into upstream Compiz .

Default applications/packages

Download Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1

$ spotify
spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libgcrypt.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

$ sudo dpkg -i Brackets.1.2.Extract.64-bit.deb
..............................
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of brackets:
 brackets depends on libgcrypt11 (>= 1.4.5); however:
  Package libgcrypt11 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package brackets (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.14-0ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 brackets

• 32bit
• 64bit

Important: on 64bit, you may also need to install the 32bit package if the app that requires libgcrypt11 uses a multiarch package.

Once installed, Spotify, Brackets, etc. should work under Ubuntu 15.04:

Xubuntu 15.04

• Xfce Window manager now supports window previews and comes with corner-tiling and better support for client-side decoration apps;
• LightDM GTK+ Greeter Settings, a tool which allows changing various login screen settings, is now installed by default;
• Xfce Power Manager now handles light-locker’s settings in its “Security” tab;
• the panel now has an intelligent hiding mode;
• the display dialog comes with improved support for multiple monitors;
• the appearance dialog shows previews for theme styles and icons;
• improved Qt apps appearance (the GTK theme is used now) however, Qt apps continue ignore the currently set icon theme;
• Xfce apps:
  
  • Mousepad text editor was rewritten, getting support for GTK3 along with a settings dialog;
  • new/updated Xubuntu light and dark color schemes in Mousepad and Terminal;
  • The Xfce Task Manager has received a new user interface with GTK3 support along with a process filter;
  • improved keyboard navigation for Thunar.

Ubuntu GNOME 15.04

Ubuntu GNOME tries to bring a pure GNOME experience in the Ubuntu "family". It uses GNOME Shell by default and this release ships with GNOME 3.14 for the most part - this includes GTK 3.14.12, GNOME Shell 3.14.4, GNOME Control Center / Settings Daemon 3.14.2, GDM 3.14.1 as well as version 3.14.x for most GNOME apps, both those available by default and those available for installation from the repositories.

• multi-touch gestures for both the system and applications (for touchscreen devices only);
• improved support for Wi-Fi hotspots;
• network-based sharing (WebDAV, DLNA and VNC will now remember which network you want them to be active on);
• enhanced geolocation framwork with the use of Mozilla's Location Service for 3G and network-based positioning;
• new animations for the Activities Overview;
• new interactive inspector which allows live examination of running GTK+ applications (can be activated via Ctrl+Shift+I);
• Evince was updated with a new design with header bars, support for removing annotations, recent documents overview and more;
• Weather has a new layout and it makes use of GNOME's geolocation framework to automatically show the weather for your current location (the Location Services feature is turned off by default - enable it via System Settings > Privacy);
• Maps was updated with a route planning feature which allows you to plan journeys by foot, bicycle or car.

Ubuntu Kylin 15.04

Kubuntu 15.04

• new / re-added components for Plasma 5: Icons-only Task Manager, Notes widget, System Load Viewer, BlueDevil (a set of tools to manage Bluetooth devices), KSSHAskPass (a GUI for entering SSH passwords), Muon, KScreen (Multi-monitor system settings module), KDecoration and GTK Application Style;
• added option to undo Plasma desktop layout changes;
• smarter results and audio player controls in KRunner;
• improved themes;
• Baloo should consume 2-3x less CPU on startup;
• KDE Frameworks 5-based versions of Kate, KWrite, Konsole, Gwenview, KAlgebra, Kanagram, KHangman, Kig, Parley, KApptemplate and Okteta;
• the default Plasma 5 login screen manager is SDDM and this is what Kubuntu 15.04 uses by default;
• numerous bug fixes;
• more.

Lubuntu 15.04

Ubuntu Studio & Ubuntu MATE 15.04