Ubuntu 15.10 Desktop (64-bit)

This is the official Ubuntu 15.10 Desktop (64-bit) torrent!

Introduction
These release notes for Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) provide an overview of the release and document the known issues with Ubuntu 15.10 and its flavors.

Support lifespan

Ubuntu 15.10 will be supported for 9 months for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Core, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin along with all other flavours.

Official flavour release notes

Find the links to release notes for official flavors here.

New features in 15.10

Updated Packages
As with every new release, packages--applications and software of all kinds--are being updated at a rapid pace. Many of these packages came from an automatic sync from Debian's unstable branch; others have been explicitly pulled in for Ubuntu 15.10.

For a list of all packages being accepted for Ubuntu 15.10, please subscribe to wily-changes.

Linux kernel 4.2
Linux 4.2 is another exciting update with the following highlights:

- New AMDGPU kernel driver for supporting recent and near-term Radeon GPUs
- Intel Broxton support
- F2FS file-system encryption support
- NV-DIMM support
A new kernel for the Raspberry Pi 2 has also landed in the official archive.

Ubuntu Desktop
The general theme for 15.10 on the desktop is one of bug fixes and incremental quality improvements as well as a more significant change in the move to systemd as an init system.

Unity

Unity has had many bugs fixed and new features added. Locally integrated menus are now available for unfocussed windows. There have been a number of usability improvements to the dash.

Compiz

- Various fixes and improvements.
- Refined integration with the MATE desktop.

General

- Firefox is updated to version 41 and Chromium is updated to version 45.
- MATE is updated to 1.10.
- Most of the GNOME platform is now based on version 3.16.
- Blueman 2.0 is now included and used by several flavours along with BlueZ 5.35.
- Support for the new Steam Controller - Just install Steam from the Software - Center and then pair the controller in Big Picture mode.

LibreOffice

LibreOffice 5.0.2 brings a lot of improvements to entire package. For more information on these improvements please see the LibreOffice release notes available here.