Namhlanje, nge-30 kaJuni, siya kuba nakho ukukhuphela iinguqulelo zokuqala ze-Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak, kodwa hayi inguqulelo esemgangathweni, kodwa zimbini iincasa zayo ezisemthethweni. Ukuchaneka ngakumbi, namhlanje iinguqulelo zokuqala zeAlfa ze Ubuntu MATE, Lubuntu kunye no-Ubuntu Kylin, bonke njengenxalenye yokukhutshwa Yakkety Yak ecwangciselwe iinyanga ezine ukusukela ngoku, nge-Okthobha. Zonke ezinye iincasa, ezinje ngoKubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubungu GNOME okanye Ubuntu Studio, zithathe isigqibo sokukhupha kuphela ii-betas zokugqibela.
USimon Quigley ubuze ukuba, ukongeza Lubuntu kunye no-Ubuntu MATE, bekukho ezinye iincasa ezinomdla wokukhulula iYaketyety Yak Alpha kwaye owokuqala ukuphendula nguMartin Wimpress, inkokheli yeprojekthi Ubuntu MATE, besithi baceba ukukhupha iAlpha 1, Alpha 2, Beta 1 kunye neenguqulelo zokugqibela ze-beta. Njengoko utshilo ngaphambi kokukhutshwa kwe-Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, ezinye iincasa kufuneka zikhuphe iinguqulelo ezininzi zolingo kuba uninzi lweenguqu ezibalulekileyo zijolise kuhlobo oluqhelekileyo lwe-Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 16.10 izakufika phakathi ku-Okthobha
Kwelinye icala, iqela eliphethe Ubuntu Kylin ikwatsho ukuba izakukhupha uguqulelo lwe-Alpha 1 lwenkqubo yokusebenza. Ubuntu GNOME abaphuhlisi bathi abaqinisekanga ukuba inguqulelo yokuqala abaza kuyikhupha iya kuba yi-Alpha 2 okanye i-Beta 1 kuba balinde i-GTK 3.20 kunye nezinye izinto ze-GNOME 3.20 zokufika kwii-Ubuntu 16.10 zokugcina.
Ubuntu 16.10, ecwangciselwe ukukhutshwa ngo-Okthobha u-20, uya kusebenzisa I-Linux kernel 4.8 kwaye iya kuba ne-Unity 8 efakwe ngokungagqibekanga, nangona ingazukuqwalaselwa ukuyifaka ngokungagqibekanga, oko kukuthi, sinokukhetha ukuba sifuna ukungena kwi-Unity 8 kukhetho lokungena. Nangona ixesha ndizamile ndafumana ukubonakala okuhle, kuya kufuneka ndivume ukuba babelungile ukuba bangayifaki ku-Ubuntu 16.04, kuba ngo-Epreli kwakungekho nto ingako yayilungiselelwe. Ngethemba ngo-Okthobha yonke into isebenza ngcono kakhulu.