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
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
Expandable Folder View Returns to Nautilus in Ubuntu 23.04
A new version of the Nautilus file manager is available in the latest daily builds of Ubuntu 23.04 ‘Lunar Lobster’. If you read our sister site omg! linux you’ll already know of one particular change that makes Nautilus 44 an especially exciting update: the return of Expandable Folders in List View option. Accessible from the file manager’s Preferences panel, this opt-in behaviour makes it faster to flit through folders to find a specific file when using list view (this feature doesn’t work in icon view). When enabled you’re able to expand and collapse folders tree view style to maintain a
#News #Gnome44 #LunarLobster #Nautilus #Ubuntu23_04
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/nautilus-44-in-ubuntu-23-04
Unicode 15 Emoji Now Supported in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS users can now see a range of newer emoji in their favourite desktop apps, web browsers and command line clients. An updated version of the Noto Color Emoji font rolled out to users this week. This font is regularly updated to include support all of the new emoji adopted by the Unicode Consortium. And while these garishly colourful glyphs are frivolous to some it’s important that Ubuntu LTS users are able to see newer emoji where used, regardless of whether they want to use them themselves. Emoji are often used to carry context or nuance. Only being
#News #Emoji #Ubuntu22_04Lts
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/unicode-15-ubuntu-22-04-lts
Canonical Joins Academy Software Foundation as Premier Member
And the winner of the ‘latest member of the Academy Software Foundation’ award goes to …Canonical! Yes, Ubuntu’s big-money backer has announced it is joining the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF), an association setup to promote, advance and advocate the use of open-source software and fibre technologies within the media and entertainment industries. The group, as we reported back 2018, was borne out of the fact that 84% of filmmakers use open source software at various stages of production, most notably in visual effects and animation. A non-profit, the foundation is supported by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/canonical-joins-academy-software-foundation
