Help Test a New Version of the Iconic Ubuntu Font
An updated version of the Ubuntu font boasting better support for non-latin languages is nearing release. Ubuntu developers want to ship a new revision of its iconic typeface in next month’s Ubuntu 23.04 release but aren’t 100% certain if it is 100% ready for mainstream deployment yet. Hence the need for community feedback. Since its introduction back in 2010 the Ubuntu font has taken on a life of its own, extending far beyond the confines of the desktop it was made for. I regularly see the Ubuntu font being used in all kinds of content, from magazine ads to bus 
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GNOME 44 Released, This is What’s New
The GNOME project has announced the release of a new version of their hugely popular open-source desktop environment. GNOME 44 includes a number of core improvements spanning eye-catching new features through to more subtle enhancements and lower-level buffs. Last year’s GNOME 43 release was quite the instalment and everything shipping here, in GNOME 44 continue steadfast in the same direction. I took readers through the best GNOME 44 features on my other Linux blog a couple of weeks ago. If you read that post — thank you 🙏 — you’ll be clued up on the core changes. If you haven’t
#News #DesktopEnvironments #Gnome #Gnome44
Ubuntu 23.04: The Best New Features
Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster” is released on Thursday April 20, 2023. As a short-term release, Lunar gets 9 months of ongoing updates, security patches, and critical fixes. That might not sound very long but Ubuntu 23.10 arrives 6 months after and users will be encouraged to upgrade to that. Details out of the way. In this post I take a closer look at the Ubuntu 23.04’s new features, changes, and enhancements – though keep in mind that everything you read about below is still (somewhat) subject to change until April 20. Let’s dive in 🦞. New Features in Ubuntu 23.04
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Ubuntu Wants You to Test its Steam Snap
Remember when Ubuntu said it was getting serious about gaming? Well, it hasn’t forgotten entirely — it’s once again asking gamers to take part in a fresh bout of testing for its Steam snap. Steam is available on Ubuntu through traditional packaging methods but Canonical sees its Steam snap as the real future of the games platform on Ubuntu. That kinda of makes sense: it’s a tad easier to cater for the tangle of 32-bit libraries older games require using a sandboxed, separated Snap file system. “Since publishing steam as a snap under the “Early Access” banner, we’ve been working
#Community #News #Snaps #SteamForLinux
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-steam-snap-candidate-testing
Firefox 111 Released with Minor Improvements, Updated PDF.js
Mozilla Firefox 111 is available to download. Shocked? Course you’re not! The latest release arrives bang on schedule, one month to the day of the Firefox 110 release (which was notable for featuring WebGL improvements on Linux). Alas, the change-log this time around is a little (perceptually) leaner. Mozilla say Windows users will find that native notifications are enabled by default (which is great for them, I guess), and that users of Firefox Relay can ‘opt-in to create Relay email masks directly from the Firefox credential manager’ (which is great for them too, I guess). Elsewhere, web apps used in
#News #AppUpdates #Firefox
Ubuntu 23.04 Will Ship with Linux Kernel 6.2
When Ubuntu 23.04 arrives in April it will be using Linux kernel 6.2, the most recent kernel version ahead of the distro's next release – nice!
#Dev #News #LinuxKernel #Ubuntu23_04
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-23-04-will-ship-with-linux-kernel-6-2
MusicPod is a New Music, Podcast, and Radio Player for Ubuntu
A new all-in-one music, radio and podcast player is in development for Ubuntu, called MusicPod. Though MusicPod not an “official” Ubuntu app it is being developed under the umbrella of the Ubuntu Flutter Community, who also maintain that Fluter-based software app we previewed last summer which Ubuntu may use in a future release. The app is built in Flutter and uses Flutter’s “Yaru” design elements to effect a look that’s similar to the GTK theme of the same name but, y’know, without being an actual GTK app. So what can it do? MusicPod Fluter App MusicPod can play local audio
#Dev #News #Flutter #MusicPlayers #Musicpod #SnapApps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-musicpod-flutter-app
Flathub’s Got Big Plans for 2023
With more than 2,000 apps available and daily downloads of over 700,000 (!) it’s fair to say Flathub is now the de-facto ‘app store’ for Linux, not just for Flatpak apps. And things show no signs of slowing down. Endless CEO and GNOME board president Rob McQueen has shared a new blog post to bring the Linux community bang up-to-date on the effort going on behind the scenes to get Flathub here, and what will be required to get Flathub to where it wants to go next. The key aims for this year are: Awesomely, Flathub has already secured $100k
#News #Flathub
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/flathub-has-big-plans-for-2023
Pano Clipboard Manager for GNOME Shell Updated
Remember that slick clipboard manager for GNOME Shell I wrote about last year? Well, it just got a sizeable update. We’re talking improved UI, new user-requested features, and a ton of additional configuration options. Oh yeah, and it supports GNOME 44 nice and early so you can upgrade to Ubuntu 23.04 this April without worrying about breakage. For those unfamiliar with it, Pano is a clipboard manager for GNOME Shell that uses rich previews for copied content type (e.g., image, links, images, hex codes, text, etc) in a pop-up bar at the bottom of the screen. This lets you see
#News #AppUpdates #Clipboard #GnomeExtensions
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/pano-clipboard-manager-updated
How to Upgrade to KDE Plasma 5.27 on Kubuntu 22.10
Kubuntu 22.10 users can now upgrade to the latest KDE Plasma 5.27 release thanks to the ever-dependable Kubuntu backports PPA. As expected, Kubuntu developers put in the effort necessary to package the latest Plasma release for use atop Kubuntu 22.10. As the backports PPA is entirely opt-in (i.e. it’s not enabled by default) users must go out of their way to add it in order to receive the update. KDE Plasma 5.27 features a variety of cool things, the most notable being a(n incredibly cool) new window tiling experience, and major improvements to multi-monitor handling. There are also Flatpak setting
#HowTo #News #Backports #KdePlasma #Kubuntu #Ubuntu22_10
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/install-kde-plasma-5-27-on-kubuntu-22-10
Want to Create a Custom Ubuntu ISO? Try Cubic
I’ve never needed to create a custom Ubuntu ISO but if it’s something you want to do, check out Cubic. Cubic (which stands for “Custom Ubuntu ISO Creator”) describes itself as a “GUI wizard” to create customised Live ISO images for Ubuntu (and Debian-based Linux) distributions. To quote the project’s homepage: “Cubic permits effortless navigation through the ISO customization steps and features an integrated virtual command line environment to customize the Linux file system. You can create new customization projects or modify existing projects. Important parameters are dynamically populated with intelligent defaults to simplify the customization process.” Why would you
#Apps #Cubic #Customization #GtkApps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/cubic-is-a-custom-ubuntu-iso-creator
Ubuntu Devs Working on New ‘Mini’ ISO (
Ubuntu plan to release a new minimal ISO as part of the upcoming Ubuntu 23.04 release. While there’s nothing to download or test (yet – that I’m aware of) a good overview of the project was shared on the Ubuntu developer mailing list at the weekend. Interestingly, the effort is being headed up by Dan Bungert, the maintainer of Subiquity, which is the tech underpinning Ubuntu’s new Flutter-based installer). “The ubuntu-mini-iso is a small bootable iso that can be either downloaded and used on a CD/USB-drive or even via UEFI HTTP that brings up a dynamic TUI menu of what
#News #Development #LunarLobster #Ubuntu23_04
Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS is Available to Download
Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS has been released, and is available to download. The 2nd point release adds a new Linux kernel & updated graphics drivers.
#News #JammyJellyfish #PointRelease #Ubuntu22_04Lts
Ubuntu Flavors Decide to Drop Flatpak
Flatpak will no longer be available “out-of-the-box” in any of Ubuntu’s official flavors. In a surprise move, Ubuntu flavors have agreed to stop shipping Flatpak, preinstalled Flatpak apps, and any plugins needed to install Flatpak apps through a GUI software tool in the default package across all eight of Ubuntu’s official flavors, starting with the upcoming Ubuntu 23.04 release. Ubuntu says the decision will “improve the out-of-the-box Ubuntu experience for new users” by making it clearer what the “Ubuntu experience” is. Someone using a flavor that uses Flatpak might assume the tech gets the same level of support, bug fixes,
#Community #News #Flatpak
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/ubuntu-flavors-no-flatpak
Linux Kernel 6.2 Released, This is What’s New
A new version of the Linux kernel is available with a collection of important hardware, performance, and security improvements. Announcing the Linux kernel 6.2 release on the Linux kernel developer mailing list (LKML), creator Linus Torvalds urges people to try it out, noting: “Maybe it’s not a sexy LTS release like 6.1 ended up being, but all those regular pedestrian kernels want some test love too.” As you know, the Linux kernel is developed and maintained by a worldwide community of engineers and enthusiasts. While a great number of those who contribute to the Linux kernel do so as part
#News #LinusTorvalds #LinuxKernel
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/linux-kernel-6-2-new-features
Get Horizontal OSD for Brightness/Volume Change on Linux Mint
If you find Linux MInt’s on-screen display (OSD) when changing volume and brightness a little boxy there’s a neat extension that changes their look entirely. The “Horizontal OSD” extension for Linux Mint (yes, Linux Mint has extensions too) reformats Cinnamon’s default volume and screen brightness indicators from a vertical box to a horizontal bar. It’s a subtle tweak that I think gives the Cinnamon desktop an extra splash of modernity (GNOME Shell switched its OSD from boxes to bars last year). While the look of the horizontal OSD blends in perfectly with the rest of the Linux Mint’s default look
#HowTo #EyeCandy #LinuxMint
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/horizontal-osd-linux-mint-extension
Canonical Announce Availability of Real-Time Ubuntu
Enterprise, industry, and developers with specific needs will be interested to know that Ubuntu’s real-time kernel has entered general availability. Canonical says Real-time Ubuntu is “designed for enterprises in aerospace, automotive, defense, IoT, robotics, and telcos, as well as the public sector and retail”, where access to agile, low-latency computing offered by a real-time kernel is a real-time requirement. Ubuntu’s real-time kernel is based on the Linux 5.15 LTS kernel offered in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and is available for both x86 and Arm architectures. Canonical note that the Real-time Ubuntu kernel integrates out-of-tree PREEMPT_RT patches to reduce kernel latencies, making
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/real-time-ubuntu-kernel-general-availability
Firefox 110 Arrives with WebGL Performance Improvements
I’ll keep this short and sweet: a new version of Mozilla Firefox is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux (heard of that?). Firefox already supports importing bookmarks, history, and passwords from Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Chromium, and Safari but once you have the Firefox 110 update you can also import data from Opera, Opera GX, and Vivaldi too – which is handy. Other changes in Firefox 110 include the ability to clear date, time, and datetime-local input fields using using ctrl + backspace and ctrl + delete on Linux (and Windows) — no, can’t say I’ve ever noticed I couldn’t
#News #AppUpdates #Firefox
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/firefox-110-arrives-with-webgl-performance-improvements
Final Version of KDE Plasma 5 Released – This is What’s New
KDE Plasma 5.27 has arrived with some cool changes, the best of which I run through in this post. Notably, this is expected to be the final release in the KDE Plasma 5.x series, with the following stable release set to be KDE Plasma 6.0, due for release towards the end of the year. Naturally, the developers working on this phenomenally popular (not to mention increasingly lightweight) desktop environment chose to end things on a high, so they’ve doubled-down to dish out some final finishing touches in the form of new features, UI tweaks, bug fixes, and performance buffs. Work
#News #Kde #KdePlasma
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/kde-plasma-5-27-new-features
