Elementary Freya was release last sunday and we took it for a spin. First thing we noticed is that the message indicator in the top panel is missing, leaving you without notifications of incoming mails and chat, this is actually a known bug.

This can be fixed quite easy by editing a text file (as root): /etc/xdg/autostart/indicator-messages.desktop

You'll want to comment out 2 lines and make it look like this:

[Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=Indicator Messages Exec=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-messages/indicator-messages-service StartupNotify=false Terminal=false #OnlyShowIn=Unity;GNOME; #AutostartCondition=GNOME3 unless-session gnome X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=indicator-messages

After that, log out an back in.