As part of the release of Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) Beta 1 for opt-in flavors, the Ubuntu Kylin team had the pleasure of announcing the immediate availability for download and testing of the first Beta build of the upcoming Ubuntu Kylin 15.10 distro.

Ubuntu Kylin 15.10 Beta 1 is powered by Linux kernel 4.1 LTS and introduces updates to the most important Ubuntu Kylin-specific packages, such as the Ubuntu Kylin Theme (ubuntukylin-theme), which has been updated to version 1.4.0, bringing new Ubuntu Kylin 15.10 logos to the Unity Greeter and Plymouth boot splash screen.

The Ubuntu Kylin Software Center has been updated to version 1.3.5, a release that includes optimizations to the list of software, the addition of a mouse hover effect, a progress bar for the installation, upgrading, and uninstallation of software, as well as multiple optimizations to the state of the progress bar and the blurbs.

The Youker Assistant tool reached version 2.0.3 with adjustments to the layout of the interface, smoother transition when switching the interface, beautified skin center, setting module, menu, and info module, revamped About dialog, animation, and skin center, an added upgrade function, and support for displaying the hardware manufacturer's logo.

Moreover, Youker Assistant can now handle empty scanning garbage, adds Gio.Settings notify for the MATE and Unity settings, introduces the ability to delete command history and debug logs, makes the dash blur normal, offers a modified custom skin filter, replaces PyGame with OpenCV, and boasts a redesigned camera module.

"We are glad to announce the Release of Ubuntu Kylin 15.10 (codename Wily Werewolf) Beta 1. In this pre-release, we have fixed many internationalization and localization bugs in Ubuntu itself and bugs in software written by the Ubuntu Kylin team," reads the announcement.

The Indicator China Weather gets new features

The first Beta build of Ubuntu Kylin 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) also updates the Ubuntu Kylin Default Settings (ubuntukylin-default-settings) to version 1.3.9, bringing an updated logo on the Details section, and implements several improvements to the Indicator China Weather applet, which is now at version 2.1.3.

Among the features added in Indicator China Weather 2.1.3, we can mention a revamped user interface, which has been written in CSS, optimizations to the forecast interface, improvements to the real-time humidity and temperature functions, as well as modifications to the internal database for better storing of weather information.

As usual, you can download Ubuntu Kylin 15.10 Beta 1 (Wily Werewolf) right now from Softpedia, but please try to keep in mind that it is a pre-release version which contains unresolved issues that might affect the overall user experience. Thus, we don't recommend using it in production environments where stability is of the essence.