Ubuntu 17.10 development is ongoing with a lot of stuff still need to be done, especially for the Unity to GNOME Shell transition, and it now looks like the operating system is approaching Feature Freeze stage, which should happen in two weeks from today, on August 24, 2017. Feature Freeze means that Canonical will stop introducing new features, new packages, or other major changes to the OS, focusing only on fixing critical bugs, and, for that, they need community’s help. A first Beta release of Ubuntu 17.10 is expected at the end of the month for that, on August 31, 2017.