Mr. Rudra Saraswat has announced the release of Ubuntu Unity 20.10 Groovy Gorilla. With the Yaru icon theme and Papirus Gtk theme, Ubuntu Unity 20.10 provides a decent user experience, and it will be a fair choice for people who miss the compactness and elegance of the Unity shell.

Ubuntu Unity 20.10 Preview

Ubuntu Unity 20.10 offers all enhancements from the Ubuntu Groovy baseline, along with Unity specific fixes and customizations. The following are the noteworthy highlights in Ubuntu Unity 20.10 release.

  • Linux Kernel 5.8.
  • GRUB is available in both BIOS and UEFI.
  • Added compizconfig-settings-manager (CCSM) and many Compiz plugins and effects.
  • The default theme changed to Arc-darker.
  • New default Groovy Gorilla wallpaper
  • Included Yaru-Purple theme and icon theme for Unity by Neffscape.
  • Added Numix-circle icon theme as an option, although Papirus remains the default.
  • Some bug fixes.

For further reading, proceed to Ubuntu Unity 20.10 release notes published on the project’s official website.

Ubuntu Unity 20.10 screenshots

These screenshots are captured on beta image of Ubuntu Unity 20.10. The experience might slightly differ in the final release, especially the wallpaper

01 title clip01 title clip02 desktop02 desktop03 application menu03 application menu04 nautilus04 nautilus05 terminal05 terminal06 firefox06 firefox07 video player07 video player08 rhthymbox08 rhthymbox09 libreoffice09 libreoffice10 shotwell10 shotwell11 control center11 control center12 background selection12 background selection13 about the system13 about the system14 ubuntu software14 ubuntu software15 system monitor15 system monitor16 system menu16 system menu17 shutdown confirmation17 shutdown confirmation

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