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 1. Using your favourite installer application, install the unity8-desktop-sessiono-mir package, log out, then select the Unity 8 session at the LightDM prompt.  1. Using your favourite installer application, install the unity8-desktop-session-mir package, log out, then select the Unity 8 session at the LightDM prompt.

The Unity 8 Desktop (Preview)

Introduction

The Unity 8 Desktop Preview is the new Unity 8 desktop shell running on the Mir display technology. It's called a preview, because it's a pre-release view of technology and designs that are not yet ready for general consumption as a full desktop experience. It's there for developers, and anyone else who is interested, to test and review how the Unity 8 stack works in the desktop experience with an eye to full Ubuntu convergence.

Getting the Unity 8 Desktop Preview

The Unity 8 desktop preview is available either as an add-on package to a regular Ubuntu or derivative image or as a separate ISO that can be run as a live filesystem without affecting your currently installed OS.

Your choices are as follows.

  1. Using your favourite installer application, install the unity8-desktop-session-mir package, log out, then select the Unity 8 session at the LightDM prompt.

  2. Download and install the latest preview image from the Ubuntu Desktop-Next download page, burn it to a USB stick or DVD, and use it to boot your system.

Limitations

Unity 8 uses Mir display technology. Proprietary video drivers do not yet offer the required level of support for Mir, so your experience if you're using the binary block nVidia or AMD drivers will be somewhat disappointing.

See Also

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