Show Your Ubuntu Pride With This New T-Shirt
The French Ubuntu community is celebrating the release of Ubuntu 23.10 in style, with the launch of a brand new t-shirt. Available in a variety of sizes, the charcoal grey shirt carries a custom design featuring a minotaur (of course) in classic dress looking très mantic. An ancient-looking scroll bears the version number in Roman numerals near the neckline, and a similar scroll sits at the bottom to convey the codename. Ubuntu-fr has produced a tie-in tee for each Ubuntu release since 2020, each adorned with bespoke artwork riffing on the release codename. Since it’s no longer possible to buy 
#Merch #News #T-Shirts #Ubuntu23_10
Audacity 3.4 Released with Music Workflows, Time Stretch Tool
A brand new version of Audacity, the open-source audio workstation, has been released. Audacity 3.4 includes a number of new features and improvements, include new music workflows that will greatly enhance the editor’s appeal with musicians. One of the biggest new features in Audacity 3.4 is a new Beat and Beasures grid. This new view makes it easier to align clips to a project’s tempo and rhythm, with options to show subdivisions, and snap clips to the nearest beat. Also included is a new Time Stretch tool. This makes it a breeze to change the duration of an audio clip
#News #AppUpdates #AudioApps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/audacity-3-4-audio-editor
How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10 ‘Mantic Minotaur’
Looking to upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10 from Ubuntu 23.04? Good news: you can! If you’re full up-to-date and you have an active internet connection you can upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10 ‘Mantic Minotaur’ directly. There’s no need to download an ISO, flash it to a USB, wipe your existing install, etc. Ubuntu 23.04 won’t reach end-of-life until January, 2024 but anyone still using it after that date will need to upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10 to keep getting updates. So why wait? Upgrading to Ubuntu 23.10 is Easy To upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10 you must meet all of the following requirements: Wondering if you
#HowTo #News #Ubuntu23_04 #Ubuntu23_10
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/how-to-upgrade-to-ubuntu-23-10
Papirus Icon Pack for Linux Gets Fresh Update
Papirus, the popular icon pack for Linux desktops, has received a new update for November 2023. The latest version adds icons for a slew of Linux software, including apps distributed on Flathub, as well as a redesigned icon for GNOME Console and a revamped animated spinner glyph. The following apps, games, and utilities pick up icons in Papirus v20231101: Flathub app coverage extends to include icons for: As mentioned, there’s a redesigned icon for GNOME Console (plus a new symbolic icon), and a revamped animated spinner glyph (this is often shown during loading actions in GNOME apps). Plus, Papirus boosts
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/papirus-icon-pack-november-2023
Ubuntu 24.04 Daily Builds Now Available for Download
Daily builds for Ubuntu 24.04 are now available for download. Development on Ubuntu 24.04 ‘Noble Numbat’, which will become the next long-term support (LTS) release upon its official release in April 2024, kicked off last week. There’s nothing “new” to see or hear about as of writing (Nov 1) but that will change in the coming weeks and months. What are Ubuntu Daily Builds? Ubuntu daily builds are pre-release versions of Ubuntu generated every day as a ‘snapshot’ of progress. They are intended for developers and testers who want to try out the latest features and changes in Ubuntu before
#News #DailyBuilds #Ubuntu24_04Lts
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/ubuntu-24-04-daily-builds-available
NVIDIA Linux Driver Now Supports Night Light Feature in GNOME
NVIDIA has released a new driver for Linux that adds support for the Night Light feature in GNOME. Night Light is a feature that reduces the amount of blue light emitted from your display, which can (studies show) help to improve sleep quality, and reduce eye fatigue. It’s available out-of-the-box in all Linux distributions which use GNOME (including Ubuntu), and accessed from the Settings app. The Linux x64 NVIDIA Display Driver 545.29.02 release notes mention various Wayland-related improvements (and much needed they are too, from what I hear) including support for virtual reality displays, support for running in XWayland, and a
#News #GraphicsDrivers #NightLight #Nvidia #Wayland
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/gnome-night-light-nvidia-support
Decibels is a Linux Audio Player Designed for Non-Music Files
Want playback a lecture or meeting you recorded, transcribe an interview, or play a podcast episode without adding it your music library? Check out Decibels, an audio player for Linux written in Typescript and GTK4/libadwaita. While Decibels can play music files, it is not designed for that purpose. It is more of a non-music, multi-purpose audio player to play single files in, rather than managing a library of recordings, handling playlists, or showing you tags, metadata, album artwork, and other fluff. Some may ask, “Why not just use a regular music player?” and they would have a point. If you
#Apps #AudioApps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/decibels-audio-player-for-linux
Mozilla’s New Repo Brings Firefox Nightly Deb Builds to Ubuntu
Mozilla has announced a new apt repository to make it easier for users to install Firefox Nightly builds on Ubuntu and Debian-based Linux distributions. The Deb packages in the new repository are said to offer ‘multiple benefits’ compared to Snap and Flatpak builds. First, the Deb packages are compiled with optimisation to improve performance. Second, the binary is “hardened” with all security flags enabled. Third, updates are delivered directly from source, which is faster than waiting for them to be packaged via other channels. For those unaware, Firefox Nightly builds are intended primarily for developers as they contain bleeding edge
#News #Apt #Firefox #Mozilla
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/firefox-nightly-deb-packages-mozilla-apt-repostiory
Linux 6.6 Kernel Released with Major New Features
A new version of the Linux kernel has been released — and, as ever, it delivers the goods. Linux kernel 6.6 is a big update that deliver a diverse array of improvements, including a new CPU scheduler that promises to improve performance and reduce latency, a new memory-friendly eventfs subsystem, and new drivers for a slew of gaming hardware. Plus, like most kernel updates, developers are preparing for the future by shipping ‘initial work’ and early bring up to support host of upcoming hardware, including new CPUs and GPUs from Intel. Linus Torvalds announced the launch of Linux 6.6 in
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/linux-kernel-6-6-new-features
Discord is Now Verified on Flathub
Discord, the phenomenally popular chat platform, is now verified on Flathub. For years, a Discord Flatpak app has been available on Flathub albeit without any official association, approval, or contribution from Discord itself. However, that’s finally changed. Being verified on Flathub means an app is published “by its original developer or a third party approved by the developer”, according to Flathub documentation. Verified apps show a checkmark on the Flathub store page to let users know the software in question is legit. This means users who install Discord from Flathub on Linux can be certain that the Discord app they
#News #Discord #Flathub
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/discord-flatpak-now-verified-flathub
The Best Wallpaper Changer Extension for Ubuntu
Looking for an easy-to-use desktop wallpaper slideshow tool for Ubuntu? The distro doesn’t have a feature to automatically change the desktop background built-in. And while changing your wallpaper manually isn’t difficult I know I often suffer choice paralysis when trying to decide which flippin’ picture to set! Using a desktop wallpaper changer is a great way to keep your desktop fresh and interesting, show off your personality, or even make you more productive (yes, there’s been studies looking at this). Such tools automatically cycle through images on your computer or from online sources. Lots of Linux wallpaper changer apps exist,
#News #Bing #GnomeExtensions #Wallpaper
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/best-wallpaper-changer-extension-for-ubuntu
Microsoft is Attending Next Week’s Ubuntu Summit
If you’re rocking up to the Ubuntu Summit in Riga, Lativa next week you’ll find yourself in the company of Microsoft. Yes, the makers of Windows (and one-time arch enemy of Linux) has announced it’s going to be at the Ubuntu Summit. Why? These days Microsoft loves Linux and open source, and has a healthy working relationship with Canonical, makers of Ubuntu. We’re a long way from the days of that phrase, folks. Microsoft isn’t going there to be a passive spectator, wandering the corridors between talks looking a bit sheepish. It’s holding talks and workshops to showcase the “Windows
#News #Microsoft #Uds
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/microsoft-is-attending-the-ubuntu-summit
Ubuntu 24.04 ‘Noble Numbat’ is Now Open for Development
Ubuntu 24.04 development has officially started – and a codename officially confirmed! Last week I invited you you share your Ubuntu 24.04 codename predictions. Several of you suggested the numbat, a small, marsupial anteater native to Australia, as the next release mascot and it seems Ubuntu devs were of the same mind as Ubuntu 24.04 is codenamed ‘Noble Numbat’! Congrats to all those who guessed it! In an e-mail sent to the Ubuntu development mailing list Canonical’s Utkarsh Gupta kicked off proceedings, writing: “We’re pleased to announce that Noble Numbat is now open for development. Auto-sync has been enabled and
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/ubuntu-24-04-development-open
Linux Mint 21.3 to Feature Experimental Wayland Support
Linux Mint 21.3, the next major release of the popular Ubuntu-based Linux distro, will include experimental Wayland support in the Cinnamon desktop. Wayland is a modern display server protocol developed to ‘solve’ many of the shortcomings present in Xorg, a decades old tech at this point. Wayland is more efficient and more secure than X and is now widely used by many leading Linux distributions, including Ubuntu and Fedora Workstation. Adding Wayland support to the Cinnamon desktop isn’t an easy task, so Mint says it does not expect Wayland will replace Xorg as its default display manager “any time soon”
#News #Cinnamon #LinuxMint #Wayland
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/linux-mint-21-3-experimental-wayland-support
Ubuntu 24.04 Release Date Set for April 25, 2024
The next long-term support (LTS) release of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 24.04, is scheduled to be released on April 25, 2024. Launchpad, the home of Ubuntu development, lists this as the Ubuntu 24.04 release date, though it is, as always, subject to change. Other important dates in the Ubuntu 24.04 release schedule include Ubuntu 24.04 feature freeze (the point past which no major new features are added without request and approval) on February 29, 2024. Ubuntu 24.04 beta will be released on April 4, 2024 to allow for a solid few weeks testing to ensure that the next long-term support release is
#News #Ubuntu24_04Lts
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/ubuntu-24-04-release-date-set-for-april-25-2024
Ubuntu Gets Mentioned in Official Doctor Who Spin-Off Series
What do trans-dimensional time and space machines, sonic screwdrivers, and the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system have in common? They’re all used in the Doctor Who universe! Ubuntu is no stranger to the worlds of Doctor Who. The enigmatic character of Joshua Naismith used the distro to control the ‘immortality gate’ featured in the final episodes of the 10th Doctor’s run (which aired back in 2009). Now, like the 10th Doctor’s actor, the distro has made a reappearance! During a conversation between characters in an episode of Doctor Who: Redacted (an official audio drama spin-off about the hosts of a podcast
#News #DoctorWho #Ubuntuinthewild
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/ubuntu-mentioned-doctor-who-redacted
Firefox 119 Lets You Add Images to PDFs, Import Chrome Extensions
Mozilla Firefox 119 has been released. The latest update to the open-source web browser brings a set of improvements that enhance its usefulness, both for those using it full-time and those looking to make a switch to it. For example, when importing data from Google Chrome Firefox 119 is now able to “import some of your extensions as well”. The “some” is the catch here as imported extensions must also be available on the Firefox Add-ons. Though the underlying technology is similar many popular Chrome extensions (and my own OMG! Ubuntu Chrome extension) are yet to be ported over. Elsewhere,
#News #AppUpdates #Firefox
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/firefox-119-lets-you-add-images-to-pdfs-import-chrome-extensions
KDE Plasma 6.0 Release Date is Feb 28, 2024
Work is progressing fast on KDE Plasma 6.0, the next major release of this phenomenally popular open source desktop environment. But one question (had) remained: when will it be released? Last months KDE devs shared a tentative target of February 2024, a window within which the first formal release of KDE Plasma 6.0 would appear. Now they’ve gone one better. An official release schedule is out and it gives us the precise release date for KDE Plasma 6.0 (plus many of the related technology stacks paired with it). In fact, there are so many dates and package releases happening at once that
#News #KdePlasma #Kubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/kde-plasma-6-0-release-date-is-feb-28-2024
Errands is a Top To-Do List App for Linux Users
To get stuff done you need to get organised, and to-do apps can be a useful tool in helping you do that. There are plenty of terrific to-do list apps for Linux, ranging from focused with no-frills to complex with all-the-frills. In this post I spotlight an ace Linux to-do app I’ve been using a fair bit in recent months called Errands. Errands is a GTK4/libadwaita app written in Python. Its simple design and feature set makes it well-suited to those for those wanting to spend more time doing their tasks than organising them! Using this app you can: Nextcloud
#Apps #News #Office&ProductivityApps #Todoapps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/errands-todo-list-app-for-linux
7 Spooky Desktop Wallpapers for Ubuntu
There’s a chill in the air – and not just because I left the kitchen window open. It’s Hallowe’en season! All Hallows’ Eve! Samhain! Commercialized creepiness! Whatever you call it, October is the only month of the year where you’re free to revel in the revolting, marvel at the macabre, and embrace the eerie without judgmental folks deeming you a bit weird. So here’s my (trick or) treat for you: a wicked collection of Halloween wallpapers with which to bewitch your Ubuntu setup (or non-Ubuntu setup; you can use these images anywhere, they don’t bite – I think). Where’d I
#News #EyeCandy #Wallpaper
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/eerie-desktop-wallpapers-for-halloween-linux
