Unity 7 or 8 for Ubuntu 13.10

[Ric Moore]

On 09/04/2013 05:04 AM, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> hi,
> Am Dienstag, den 03.09.2013, 13:11 -0400 schrieb jack wallen:
>> Hello everyone! I'm writing a post for techrepublic.com and need to know
>> if it will be Unity 7 or 8 shipping as the default for 13.10. I've been
>> under the assumption that it will be 7 until 14.04. Does anyone have any
>> insight into this? I've googled and found conflicting information.
>
> In 13.10 the desktop will ship with Unity7 and XMir while the new Ubuntu
> Touch (for phones) will release with Mir and Unity8.
>
> During the 14.04 cycle Unity8 is supposed grow the missing desktop
> features so that 14.04 can release with Unity8 natively running on Mir
> on the desktop as well.

I sincerely pray that the nVidia drivers, which quite a few of us love 
and cherish, will be available to Mir. Otherwise, especially for gamers 
and multiple display users (I use three) , Mir will not be an answer. Ric


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