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DRAFT Ubuntu GNOME 14.04

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Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 LTS

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.

Minimum System Requirements

  • 1000 MHz processor (for example Intel Celeron or better);
  • 1 GB RAM (system memory);
  • 6 GB of free hard drive space for installation;
  • either a CD/DVD drive or a USB port for the installer media;
  • Internet access is helpful (for installing updates during the installation process).

If you have an old machine, you may consider other alternatives like Lubuntu or Xubuntu.

Features of Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 LTS

  • Ubuntu GNOME is now an LTS (Long Term Support) release. For more details on this achievement, see this blog post.

  • Most of GNOME 3.10 is now included. See the GNOME release notes for more details. The few missing bits of 3.10 are available in ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3.

  • With GNOME 3.10 comes enhanced support for online accounts, and some general optimization of the user interface.

  • A set of 10 new high-quality wallpapers is included. For more details about the Ubuntu GNOME Wallpaper Contest and wallpaper previews, see this blog post.

Features of GNOME 3.10

  • rsz_system_menu-resized.png System Menu. A new layout for the giving you even more access to your computer!

  • rsz_header_bars-resized.png Header Bars. Header Bars merge the titlebar and toolbars into one line.

  • rsz_app_pager-resized.png Application Pager. New dots that order your applications into pages.

  • Documents. Gained the ability to browse and read documents stored on ownCloud.

  • Contacts. Has had a lot of user interface improvements, including an updated contacts list, better looking contacts panel, and new dialogs for linking contacts and changing your address book.

Applications

  • GNOME Display Manager (GDM). An eye candy and good-looking login manager.

  • GNOME Shell. The GNOME desktop environment from where you can search and start apps, switch between windows, etc.

  • LibreOffice [version]. Create professional documents, spreadsheets, presentations and more with the open-source office suite.

  • Ubuntu Software Center. Lets you browse and install thousands of free and paid applications available for Ubuntu.

  • Firefox Web Browser [version]. Browse the web with one of the most popular fast, flexible and secure web browsers.

  • Evolution

Get Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 LTS

Upgrading from last release

Before upgrading, it is highly recommended to back up your data. See this page for tutorials on how to backup your data. Or just download Clonezilla and create an image of your hard drive or system partition.

The included GUI update manager will offer you the latest release of Ubuntu GNOME. Alternatively, launch Terminal by hitting Ctrl+Alt+T and run the following command:

sudo do-release-upgrade

Note. If you were using the gnome3-team/gnome3 PPA, you should run

sudo ppa-purge

before upgrading.

Personal Package Archives (PPAs)

PPAs for Ubuntu GNOME can be found on this link.

Ubuntu Release Notes

Support