I know has not been formerly released or exactly at this time completed. Will say, that back when 14.04 was in this same condition was not so capable of being worked. What I mean by that is seemed everything I went to install had issues. Thus far am assembling slowly but surely and is happening very well??? Yes am quite shocked so far as seems even smoother than the 13.10 I put together. What I have found to be totally bizarre is the fact of Gnome not dissolving the flashback desktop and no real information on all this. Kind of a hush-hush thing. Maybe, they figured was the poorest and dumbest move they could ever make??? I mean think about it, and I am totally serious, without Flashback, do you really think Gnome is anything close to a worthwhile desktop environment???? Personally my answer is no. As I stated months ago, if Flashback was to be obsoleted, I would no longer use Gnome and I am deadly serious since the other part is not acceptable as a working environment.
Now, I know most people here hate Gnome, but please for those that do use Gnome would love to hear what you think??? Only reason I found out Flashback is still there is when I went to install gnome-applets, installed right away. So am very happy at that aspect. I also have seen numerous sites explaining how to install Flashback into 14.04 so figured same option would hold true for this one and was right. I know I have pretty much jumped the gun on building, but I figure at this point should be all downhill since is 2 weeks two days from the official release. Now, I am leaving the Ubuntu desktop in this time to see if there are any decent changes that may make it a usable desktop. Sorry, so far to me that desktop is useless, but of course know we all have our likes and dislikes.
Not sure if am going to do KDE yet. Have to figure if I will use it enough to be a viable option. I have to confess that I spend at least 95% of being on the computer in Flashback/Fallback, don't know can't get those two right and still confused. All I know is the style that helps me the most finding what I need. Will also have to state, current 3.10 Gnome that I am using is far superior to earlier version I had of Gnome. Of course, is all just my opinion so is very debatable to those that use other desktops. I will not give up LXDE or XFCE as I enjoy their progression and their looks, so will continue on. Most likely Cinnamon and of course Mate.
Linux as have said is the most exciting and progressive OS I have ever used. Is awesome to be moving ahead in progress all the time and this is another great adventure to me. I am hoping for less errors this time as I always do. 13.10 am on currently is still working great, but it's the same ole curiosity and just hoping it is not going to kill this cat(me). Have to learn and meet new challenges. Of course, if I totally blow it on the build, can wait a month and just use TheeMahn's OS Builder. Will probably do it for the laptop anyway, since my OS's seem to be a little overloaded for that. Great for a desktop, but other things not really as is a bit of overkill. Anyway love to hear what I am in store for or any opinions on anything stated. Will also as the days carry on to the release of 14.10 also periodically inform of progress on build and any problems or issues to look out for.