Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus)

REF: https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-17-04-release-features/

UNITY 8

Unity 8 in action

Ubuntu users have been hearing a lot about Unity 8 for the last couple of years but so far Unity 8 is nowhere to be seen officially. Of course, there are ways you can run Unity 8 in Ubuntu releases already but that’s the experimental way.

Ubuntu 17.04 does bring this experimental build of Unity 8. Though Unity 7 will still be the default desktop environment, you can select between Unity 7 and Unity 8 at the login screen.

You can choose between Unity 7 and Unity 8 in Ubuntu 17.04

In case you didn’t know, Unity 8 is the new version of Unity desktop of Ubuntu and it will be coupled with Ubuntu’s own Mir display server. Unity 8 is important because it brings convergence to the desktop side of Ubuntu.

Update: Unity 8 won’t be the default desktop on Ubuntu 17.04 or 17.10 or 18.04. Ubuntu Unity is dead and GNOME will be the default desktop environment starting Ubuntu 18.04.