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Ubuntu GNOME 13.10

Ubuntu GNOME is an official flavour of Ubuntu, featuring the GNOME desktop environment. Ubuntu GNOME is a mostly pure GNOME desktop experience built from the Ubuntu repositories.

System Requirements

It is recommended to have at least 1 GB of RAM or more. If you have an old machine, you may consider other alternatives like Lubuntu.

Features of 13.10

  • Most of GNOME 3.8 is now included. See the GNOME release notes for more details. The few missing bits of 3.8 are available on the stable gnome3-team Gnome3 PPA.

  • Many Artwork improvements including new bootloader theme, plymouth theme, wallpapers, installer slideshow and completed branding with our new Logo.
  • The new GNOME Classic session is included. To try it, choose it from the Sessions option on the login screen.

  • Ubuntu Online Accounts is no longer included by default (1040193). If you'd like to install it, install gnome-control-center-signon, evolution-data-server-uoa, and whichever of the account-plugin-* packages you want to use.

Applications

  • gdm
  • gnome-shell
  • libreoffice
  • Ubuntu software center
  • Firefox
  • Evolution

Get Ubuntu GNOME 13.10

Download Ubuntu GNOME 13.10.

Upgrading from last release

When upgrading, it is highly recommended that you back up your own data.

The update manager GUI will offer you the next release of Ubuntu GNOME; Alternatively, launch Terminal and enter 

sudo do-release-upgrade

PPA

PPA for Ubuntu GNOME can be found on this link.

Known Issues

Installation and Updates

  • In some cases, when installing to a disk that was previously partitioned, the installer (both text and GUI versions) will give an error about being unable to inform the kernel about partition changes. The workaround for this is to remove the partition table entirely and then reboot back into the installer. (1229432)

  • The desktop image installer cannot unlock existing encrypted (LUKS) volumes. If you need to make use of existing encrypted volumes during partitioning, then use the "Try Ubuntu without installing" boot option to start a live session, open the encrypted volumes (for example, by clicking on their icons in the Unity launcher), enter your password when prompted to unlock them, close them again, and run ubiquity to start the installer. (1066480)

  • When using installer to upgrade or reinstall an existing installation with encrypted swap, the installer may fail to reuse the partition. A warning will be shown, however the installation can be completed. The installed system will not have swap activated and users are advised to recreate swap on their systems. Please see advice about adding and activating swap at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq (LP: #1172002)

  • Installs on very small memory systems may fail to start or exit without completing with no error. It is recommended that swap be created before install for such systems. Please see advice about adding and activating swap at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq (LP: #1172161)

  • In rare circumstances the 'Next' button on the installer 'Install Type' screen is non-functional. This is intermittent and may be resolved by hitting 'Back' and retrying. (LP: #1172572)

Networking

  • In order to improve compatibility with other local nameserver packages, NetworkManager now assigns IP address 127.0.1.1 to the local nameserver process that it controls instead of 127.0.0.1. If the system's /etc/resolv.conf is absent or is a static file instead of the symbolic link to ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf installed by default then this static file will have to be updated by the administrator in order to continue using the NetworkManager-controlled nameserver.

Ubuntu Release notes

Support

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