Njengoba nonke nazi, Ubunye 8 kuzoba yindawo yokuqhafaza ezosetshenziswa ku-Ubuntu ngokuzayo. Ezinyangeni ezedlule sonke besilindele ukuthi kube yindawo ezenzakalelayo yokuqhafaza ye-Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, kepha ayikaze itholakale njengenketho. Yebo kuzoba ku Ubuntu 16.10 I-Yakkety Yak, kepha njengenketho, okungukuthi, indawo ezenzakalelayo yokuqhafaza izoqhubeka ibe yi-Unity 7 kepha singangena ku-Unity 8 kusuka kuzinketho zokungena ngemvume.
ICanonical isivele isebenzisa i-Unity 8 kumafoni namathebulethi asebenzisa Ubuntu Touch, enikwe amandla yi Iseva yokubonisa iMir, enye emisha yeCanonical. Manje njengoba lobu buchwepheshe busethunyelwa ku-Ubuntu Desktop, izici ezintsha zilethwa ku-Launchpad.
Ukusekelwa okugcwele kweVulkan ku-Mir 0.24
Inguqulo yamanje ye-Mir iyi-v0.22.1, kepha isicelo okwenziwa ngu-Emanuele Antonio Faraone ekupheleni kukaJanuwari kwaheha ukunakwa kweCanonical. UFaraone ucele abathuthukisi be-Ubuntu ukuthi basebenzise ukusekelwa okugcwele kwemitapo yolwazi ye intabamlilo ku-Mir display server kanye no-Ubuntu system image, futhi kubukeka sengathi izifiso zakho zizogcwaliseka.
Ukuhlanganiswa kokuqala neVulkan (MESA) kwenziwe emasontweni ambalwa edlule, kepha isebenzisa izihloko ezithile eziyimfihlo. Kwakunezindlela ezimbalwa ezintsha zeMir ezazingakakhishwa. Uma sekushicilelwe esifubeni sonjiniyela, kuzoba isikhathi sokuthi baphume ngokukhishwa okusemthethweni (0.24).
Njengamanje, iCanonical ihlose ukuthi ukusetshenziswa okuphelele kweVulkan API kufike kunguqulo UMir 0.24, manje osekugxilwe entuthukweni, kepha kusenomsebenzi okusamele wenziwe ukwenza iVulkan isebenze njengoba bekulindelwe kuMir. Ukufunda lolu lwazi, angikwazi ukuzibamba kodwa ngicabange ukuthi i-Unity 8 izosebenza kanjani ngokungenaphutha ku-Ubuntu Desktop. Uma kwenzeka, ngo-Okthoba ngizocabanga ukusebenzisa uhlobo olujwayelekile lwe-Ubuntu futhi.