Canonical Bringing Livepatch Support to HWE Kernels
Ubuntu Pro subscribers will be able to apply reboot-free updates to more Linux kernels from July. As spotted by our friends at Neowin, Canonical announced Livepatch support for Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernels starting this summer. The first HWE kernel being covered as part of this support extension is Linux 6.2, which will be backported from the Ubuntu 23.04 release and pushed out to users of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Livepatch is a feature only available on long-term support (LTS) versions of Ubuntu for users with an active Ubuntu Pro subscription. When enabled, Livepatch allows users to install kernel updates (on eligible 
#News #Canonical #Hwe #Livepatch #Ubuntu22_04Lts
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/04/ubuntu-livepatch-hwe-kernels
Ubuntu 23.04: What’s New? [Video]
The Ubuntu 23.04 release is out on April 20 and to help hype its arrival I put together a video to show off the most striking changes. Not that news of what’s new in Ubuntu 23.04 will be a surprise to those of you who read this blog regularly — oh, I know: I make that exact same joke every six months I post one of “these”. Thing is, I could ask ChatGPT for new material but since it was trained on my typo-laden content, it’d likely be just as derivative 😅. All told, Ubuntu 23.04 is a minor but
#News #Video #LunarLobster #Ubuntu23_04
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/04/ubuntu-23-04-whats-new-video
Mozilla Firefox 112 Released with Low-Key Iterative Improvements
The latest monthly release of Mozilla Firefox is available to download, right on schedule. Firefox 112 intros a handful of changes that gives some extra buffs to this brilliant open-source web-browser. Like what? Well, Mozilla mention the ability to right-click in a password field to access a ‘reveal password’ option. This sounds a bit of a strange addition, granted. But not all password fields pre-populated with your saved credentials offer an option to un-asterisk credentials, so it may be useful. Keeping with the “nice improvement, but I probably won’t use this” vein, Firefox 112 can import browser data from the
#News #AppUpdates #Firefox
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/04/mozilla-firefox-112-released
OpenShot 3.1 Released with Several Feature Enhancements
A new version of free, open-source video editor OpenShot is available to download. OpenShot 3.1 is primarily a bug-fix update to last year’s OpenShot 3.0 release, which was notable for introducing several major improvements including enhanced real-time video playback, support for multithreaded video codecs, and several significant buffs to the timeline. But there are some notable additions to talk about. Export options are expanded by the addition of more than 400 export profiles. These profiles cover an array of common resolution/frame rates/aspect ratios and the profiles are fully searchable, making it easy to find the one you’re looking for. OpenShot
#News #AppUpdates #Openshot #VideoEditors
Linux Mint 21.2 Simplifies Theming with ‘Cinnamon Styles’
When Linux Mint 21.2 is released this June it’ll come with a selection of new visual “styles” for users to choose from. Announcing this visual buff in its latest monthly update, Mint says the feature will simplify the Cinnamon desktop’s extensive customisation capabilities whilst still satisfying those looking to fine-tune the way their desktop looks and feels. “A style has up to three modes: mixed, dark and light. Each of these modes can contain color “variants”. A variant is a combination of themes which work well together,” Mint says of its new feature. Effectively, Linux MInt’s new “Styles” are “one-click”
#News #Cinnamon #Development #LinuxMint
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/04/linux-mint-cinnamon-styles
How to Center New Windows in Ubuntu
I’m currently recording footage for my upcoming Ubuntu 23.04 video and, while doing so, reminded myself that there’s a hidden setting I always use that I don’t think I’ve ever written about on this blog. Please don’t get excited by my use of the term “hidden”. You’re probably aware that this setting exists, you just might not have known where to find it, hence the “hidden” qualifier. Whenever I open a new app window it “spawns” in the center of my screen. This is predictable, reliable, and likely a few other -bles too. This behaviour is really useful when making
#HowTo #GnomeTweakTool #Mutter
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/04/center-new-windows-ubuntu-gnome
Ubuntu 23.04 Beta is Available to Download
If you’ve been dying to download the Ubuntu 23.03 beta it’s time to go get it — downloads are now officially available! This beta build arrives in advance of the final stable release of Ubuntu 23.04, which is due out April 20. It’s purpose: to let folks like you and I try it out early to find bugs, breakages, and report any show-stopping quirks. As Ubuntu 23.04 is a short-term release (supported for just 9 months) there aren’t reams of revolutionary changes present in this released, which is codenamed the “Lunar Lobster”. But there is a lot to like! Ubuntu
#News #LunarLobster #Ubuntu23_04
Want to Add App Shortcuts to the Desktop in Ubuntu? Use This Extension
Looking for an easy way to add application shortcuts to the desktop on Ubuntu? If so, the ably named Add to Desktop GNOME extension is what you need. This simple, straight-forward add-ons makes creating desktop shortcut for your favourite apps a total cinch. How cinch-y? You just have to right-click on an any application shortcut in the Applications grid and select the “Add to Desktop”, as this GIF demonstrates: Now, you don’t need a GNOME extension to do this. You can put app shortcuts on the desktop in Ubuntu manually. Just open the Nautilus file manager, navigate to ~/usr/share/applications (or
#HowTo #DesktopIcons #GnomeExtensions #Shortcuts
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/add-app-shortcut-desktop-ubuntu
Ubuntu Cinnamon is Now an Official Ubuntu Flavour
What’s the best way to sample the Cinnamon desktop on top of an Ubuntu base? You may be minded to answer Linux Mint (and that wouldn’t be a wrong answer) but with the upcoming release of Ubuntu 23.04 there’ll be a new choice to consider. The Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix team have been coaching for official status among Ubuntu’s family of flavours for a while. This week they achieved it. Following a vote of Ubuntu’s Technical Board, Ubuntu Cinnamon 23.04 is going to the first official release of this spicy new flavour. As you can probably guess, Ubuntu Cinnamon is a
#News #LinuxMint #Ubuntu23_04 #UbuntuCinnamon
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-cinnamon-new-official-flavor
Bored of Slow Ubuntu Shutdowns (Thanks Snap) I Went In Search of a Solution…
Sometimes when I shutdown Ubuntu …it takes ages to actually power off. Am I alone? Am I unreasonable? I hit shutdown (or run sudo shutdown now in a terminal) and expect Ubuntu to do the whole “going… to gone” process in around 5-10 seconds, max. I want to be able to close my laptop’s lid, stuff it in my bag, and go buy bread because I’m half pigeon. And, to be fair, most of the time Ubuntu does do that. But sometimes …It doesn’t. Sometimes it hangs. For ages. The loading dots on the shutdown screen just keep… dotting. Like
#HowTo #Snaps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/fix-ubuntu-slow-shutdowns-snap-daemon
Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS Released with Major Secure Boot Fix
Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS is now available to download. A point-six release?! They’re a bit unusual. Long-term support releases typically only receive five point releases during their support cycle so what’s going on? I’ll quote Ubuntu’s Graham Inggs. They explained why this exceptional release was required in a mailing list post sent earlier today (March 23): “Unlike previous point releases, 20.04.6 is a refresh of the amd64 installer media after recent key revocations, re-enabling their usage on Secure Boot enabled systems.” You can read more about the issue on Launchpad (not that you need to – it’s now fixed, after all). :sys_more_orange:
#News #PointRelease #Secureboot #Ubuntu20_04Lts
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-20-04-6-lts-released
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
#News #Fonts
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
#News #LunarLobster #Ubuntu23_04
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
Ubuntu 23.04 Default Wallpaper Revealed
Ready for your first look at the new default wallpaper for Ubuntu 23.04? Course you are! And with a codename like the “Lunar Lobster” it’s only natural that the designers of the official Ubuntu 23.04 background have leaned lovingly into this ludicrous label with lascivious zeal. So here, in all its compressed JPEG glory, is Ubuntu’s luxe new lead: All things said, this lusciously illustrated lobster should help to liven up Ubuntu’s latest release. Ubuntu’s designers had an unenviable task in translating such a wacky codename into a well considered graphic. There are stars! A moon! And… whatever those triangles
#News #Defaultwallpaper #EyeCandy #LunarLobster #Ubuntu23_04
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-23-04-default-wallpaper
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
Ubuntu to Offer Better Window Tiling Experience by Default?
Are Ubuntu devs finally going to something about the Ubuntu desktop’s relatively lacklustre window tiling experience? Word on the street is yes, they are! I’m told that there are plans to ship Leleat’s Tiling Assistant GNOME extension as part of the default install in Ubuntu 23.04 or Ubuntu 23.10, with the extension being renamed to ‘Ubuntu Tiling Assistant’ in the process. In recent versions of Ubuntu you can drag an app window to the sides of the screen to snap it to 50% vertically, or drag a window to the top of the screen to maximise it. You can’t presently
#News #Development #GnomeExtensions #Ubuntu23_04
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-tiling-assistant-gnome-extenson
