Ngokusho kweshejuli yokuthuthukiswa esemthethweni ye-Ubuntu, i-Ubuntu 17.04 , eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Ubuntu Zesty Zapus, izokhishwa kuleli sonto. Lena inguqulo yama-26 ye-Ubuntu, futhi isazoqhubeka nokufaka i-Unity 7 njengendawo yayo eyinhloko yedeskithophu, kanye nokunambitheka okusemthethweni kwe-Ubuntu GNOME.
Inguqulo entsha izokhishwa ngomhlaka-13 Ephreli njengoba kuhleliwe, futhi phakathi kwezinye izici ezintsha, inguqulo izoba ne-kernel 4.10, i-X.org 1.19 kanye ne-MESA 17.0.3.
I-Unity 7 izoba yindawo yedeskithophu ezenzakalelayo kule nguqulo futhi izofaka ezinye izici ezintsha , kodwa lezi zikhawulelwe ekulungisweni kwamaphutha nezinkinga zokuzinza ezitholakale ezinyangeni zamuva. I-Gnome, yize ingeyona ideskithophu ezenzakalelayo, izofaka nezici ezintsha eziningana, kufaka phakathi inguqulo yakamuva, i-Gnome 3.24.
Ngaphandle kwesimemezelo, i-Unity 8 isesezikhwameni ezisemthethweni ze-Ubuntu 17.04
Izinhlelo ezahlukene ezakha ideskithophu ye-Gnome zizofakwa nasezindaweni zokugcina ze-Ubuntu 17.04, kodwa hhayi enguqulweni yazo yakamuva, okungukuthi, inguqulo 3.24. Esikhundleni salokho, zizoba sezinguqulweni zangaphambilini, kuye ngesinqumo samaqembu e-Ubuntu ne-Ubuntu Gnome. Ngakho-ke, i-Nautilus, umphathi wefayela odumile kakhulu we-Gnome, izoba inguqulo 3.20.
Ngokusho kwesimemezelo sangesonto eledlule, i-GNOME izoba yindawo yedeskithophu ezenzakalelayo ngonyaka ozayo, ngo-2018, ngokukhishwa kwenguqulo elandelayo ye-LTS. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, i-Unity 7 izohlala iyiyona ezenzakalelayo. Okunye okuphawulekayo ukufakwa kwezinguqulo ezintsha ze-Unity 8, indawo yedeskithophu engazinzile, yize ingakhishwanga ngenxa ye-Ubuntu, isatholakala ezindaweni zokugcina ezisemthethweni zokusabalalisa.
I-Ubuntu 17.04 izoba yinguqulo eqinile neyokugcina, kodwa ngenxa yesimemezelo sangesonto eledlule, le nguqulo yesikhathi esizayo iseyinguqulo yokuthuthukiswa, inguqulo lapho singabona khona ukuthi ukuvumelanisa nokusebenza phakathi kwe-Gnome-Shell ne-Ubuntu kuthuthuke kangakanani.