Ubuntu 14.10, which is codenamed the Utopic Unicorn, is currently penciled in to release on 23rd April, 2015. The release date for Ubuntu 15.04 has now been firmed up as are the other development milestones leading up to the mid-April debut of this release. Ubuntu 15.04 a big focus on convergence and Unity 8 with Mir, early systemd integration, and many other changes planned for development over the next six months.
The schedule of the release of Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet with given dates are as follows:
- Alpha 2 – January 22nd (for flavours)
- Feature Freeze — February 19th
- Beta 1 – February 28th (for flavours)
- UI Freeze — March 12th
- Final Beta – March 26th
- Kernel Freeze — April 9th
- Release Candidate – April 16th
The final release of the Vivid Vervet in all its vivacious glory is pencilled in for release on:
- Ubuntu 15.04 Final – April 23rd
