A number of decisions were reportedly made about at the conference, while numerous other questions are still being debated.

Ready for a very early look at Oneiric Ocelot? Here's a roundup of what's been reported so far.

1. A Refined Unity

Natty Narwhal's new, notebook-derived has been met with considerable hesitation on the part of some Ubuntu users, but apparently the next version will include a revised version of the desktop shell. For example, "the Unity launcher will see its quicklist functionality improved and icons in the launcher will be able to display count badges or progress meters to reflect the state of the underlying application," according to a on The H.

2. GNOME 3