Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) Has Been Released

Utopic Unicorn has been released.  It is now available to download and install.

You can download ISOs of Ubuntu 14.10 and the other flavors from the following sites:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.10/ (Ubuntu Desktop and Server)
http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/14.10/release/ (Ubuntu Cloud Server)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/14.10/ (Ubuntu Netboot)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/releases/14.10/release/ (Ubuntu Core)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/14.10/release/ (Kubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/14.10/release/ (Lubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/14.10/release/ (Ubuntu Studio)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/14.10/release/ (Ubuntu GNOME)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/14.10/release/ (UbuntuKylin)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/14.10/release/ (Xubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/14.10/release/ (Mythbuntu)

If you are upgrading from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty) on a desktop system:

Press Alt+F2 and type in “update-manager” (without the quotes) into the command box.

Update Manager should then tell you:  New distribution release ‘14.10’ is available.

Click Upgrade and follow the instructions.

Ubuntu 15.04 Name to Be Vivid Vervet

Mark Shuttleworth has just announced that Ubuntu 15.04 will be called Vivid Vervet:

“In my favourite places, the smartest thing around is a particular kind of monkey. Vexatious at times, volant and vogie at others, a vervet gets in anywhere and delights in teasing cats and dogs alike. As the upstart monkey in this business I can think of no better mascot. And so let’s launch our vicenary cycle, our verist varlet, the Vivid Vervet!”

According to Wikipedia, the Vervet is a monkey that can be found “throughout Southern Africa and some of the eastern countries.”