Informatica Canonical Details Plans for Unity 8 Integration in Ubuntu Desktop 16 Ottobre 2014 admin Next Ubuntu LTS will have Unity 8 by default The mobile platform is now using Unity 8, the next generation of the famous desktop environment developed by Canonical. It’s very different from Unity 7, the current version on the desktop, although it will share a few of the design aspects. Ubuntu 14.10 will feature Unity 7 by default (Unity 8 development version as an option), Ubuntu 15.04 will still have Unity 7 by default and Unity 8 as alternative, and the first distro to get the new Unity 8 might be Ubuntu 15.10.