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elementaryOS: Visualizing The Finish Line

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 04, 2024

First things first, congratulations to Ubuntu on releasing version 24.04! If you’re not already aware, we build elementary OS releases from the Ubuntu software repositories, so we now have a stable upstream to work from. That means it’s time for us to focus in on finishing up elementary OS 8! Read ahead to find out what we accomplished towards that end over the last month.

Release PlanningThe OS 8 Project Board has been scoped down to only include things that are essential for release. This is the place to watch to estimate how far out we are from a stable OS 8. When this board is empty, we’re ready to release! We want to ship OS 8 as soon as possible, so we may find ways to further trim this list down if we aren’t able to address everything in a timely manner.

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