Ngaphandle kwaso sonke isikhathi esisele, izindaba ezintsha ziyaqhubeka nokwaziwa nge-Ubuntu 17.10. Uma ngesonto eledlule besikwazi lokho Ubuntu 17.10 izophatha iKernel 4.13Manje siyazi ukuthi kuzoletha ukuhambisana nohlelo lwe-PIE (Position Independent Executable), oluzosebenza ngokuzenzakalela.
Ngaphezu kwePIE, sizohambisana kangcono ne-GRUB, Ezokwazi ukubamba ngokuphepha i-boot ngeWindows. ICanonical iyazi ukuthi abasebenzisi bayo abaningi basebenzisa ama-double-boot futhi ngenxa yalesi sizathu, ithuthukise ukuhambisana kweGRUB nohlelo lweWindows futhi yenza ukuthi isebenze kahle futhi ngokuphepha.
Ukufakwa kwe-PIE izohambisana nazo zonke izakhiwo futhi kuzoletha phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukwanda okukhulu kwezokuphepha, ukugwema izingozi ezinjengokukhuphuka kwemvume nokuhlaselwa kwe-ROP. Njengoba sikwazi ukubona, le nguqulo ye-Ubuntu igxile kwezokuphepha njengenye yezici zayo eziyinhloko zokuqinisa.
Ekugcineni, ukumiswa kwenethiwekhi kungeziwe kusetshenziswa i-Netplan, ngaphezu kokuthuthuka kohlelo lokumiswa kwe-YAML Networks. Konke lokhu kungezwe kwizimbungulu ezilungiswa nsuku zonke kwiDaily Builds ekhishwa yiCanonical.
Zonke lezi zindaba, eduze kernel, amanye asetshenziswa njengokubuya kudeskithophu yeGnome, ngemuva kokwehluleka kwedeskithophu ye-Unity. Yize Ubuntu 17.10 kungeyona inguqulo ye-LTS, ngokungangabazeki izoletha izinguquko eziningi kunokujwayelekile.
Olandelayo ngoJuni 29, Ekugcineni sizoba nohlobo lwe-Alpha Ubuntu 17.10, inguqulo ezoba yinguqulo yokuqala ephelele ekwakhiweni kwenguqulo entsha ye-Ubuntu. Kodwa-ke, kusazoba nezinguqulo ze-Beta, izinhlobo ze-RC bese kuthi ekugcineni kube nguhlobo lokugcina, oluzokhishwa ngo-Okthoba njengenjwayelo.