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Ubuntu 23.10 Runs Firefox in Wayland Mode by Default

Monday 18th of September 2023 09:52:30 PM

Most of us using Ubuntu use the Mozilla Firefox Snap preinstalled by default — and in Ubuntu 23.10 that package comes with a big below-the-surface change. Ubuntu defaults to Wayland but the Firefox Snap currently runs in XWayland mode Canonical has announced that it has configured the Firefox Snap in Ubuntu 23.10 to run in Wayland mode by default. “Wait a second — I already use Firefox on Wayland in Ubuntu,” some of you may be thinking, “And it works fine!” You’re not wrong. Ubuntu does indeed default to a Wayland session by default, and Firefox does indeed already work […]

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10 Best Features in GNOME 45

Friday 15th of September 2023 02:01:43 PM

The upcoming GNOME 45 release is attracting a lot of hype already, and I’m pleased to say it comes provided out-of-the-box in Ubuntu 23.10, which is out next month. But I figured I’d whet your appetite before then. In this post I list improvements, changes and new features in GNOME 45 that have caught my eye. What follows is by no means exhaustive (i.e. there’s more included than what I mention) but this rundown will give you a good idea of what the biggest user-facing additions are. GNOME 45 is due for release on September 20, 2023. It will include […]

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LMDE 6 (Linux Mint Debian Edition) Beta is Available to Download

Wednesday 13th of September 2023 01:39:40 PM

A beta version of LMDE 6 “Faye” is now available to download. The next major update in the LMDE series (LMDE stands for ‘Linux Mint Debian Edition’) is based on Debian 12 Bookworm, which offers a significantly fresher stack of software than available to users of LMDE 5 (meaning as upgrades go this is a compelling one). LMDE endeavours to offer an experience that’s as close to Linux Mint as possible but without relying on Ubuntu infrastructure. Maintaining LMDE also enables Mint to ensure its homegrown software is compatible with Linux distros outside of the Ubuntusphere. Its chief reason for […]

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Control Nanoleaf Lights on Linux Using a GNOME Extension

Saturday 9th of September 2023 10:34:00 PM

Do you own and use Nanoleaf lights and want to control them from your Linux desktop rather than a mobile app? If so, you’re in luck as there’s a plucky little GNOME extension that lets you do exactly that. The creator of the Nano Lights GNOME extension says their add-on “…controls Nanoleaf shapes and possibly others Nanoleaf devices on your local (wifi) network (sic)”. This includes turning devices on/off, adjusting the brightness, changing/setting the colour, and setting Scenes. Nanoleaf products are popular with Twitch streamers and YouTubers in particular as the unique designs, flexible placement options, and wide range of […]

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Brand New ‘App Center’ Lands in Ubuntu 23.10

Thursday 7th of September 2023 06:06:39 PM

Ubuntu’s new “App Center” app has arrived in Ubuntu 23.10 daily builds – no Snap channel commands required to test it out. The new front-end for installing Snap and Deb package is built using Flutter. Ubuntu made Flutter its ‘default choice’ for app making in 2021. Despite being made with an unconventional toolkit the new store looks perfectly in-keeping with the rest of the Ubuntu desktop. For a closer look at this natty new client, and to learn more about what it can and can’t do, keep reading! Ubuntu App Center The “old” Ubuntu Software/Snap Store app (it was called […]

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Firefox for Linux Adds Rounded Bottom Corners

Wednesday 6th of September 2023 04:24:43 PM

Mozilla Firefox is bringing rounded bottom corners to its Linux builds. Getting official support means you’ll no longer need to use a third-party GNOME extension to force rounded corners in the browser. The change will help Firefox look more ‘at home’ when run windowed on Ubuntu and on other Linux distros that use GNOME and/or ship large sets of modern GTK apps. Here’s how Firefox (stable) looks in Ubuntu 23.10: And here’s how Firefox (nightly) looks like in Ubuntu 23.10: The change is subtle, but look closely at the bottom corners of the browser. You’ll notice that the sharp bottom […]

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Ubuntu 23.10 Mascot Art, Default Wallpaper Revealed

Wednesday 6th of September 2023 06:05:52 AM

The default wallpaper set to greet those installing Ubuntu 23.10 ‘Mantic Minotaur’ next month has been unveiled. Ubuntu 23.10’s default wallpaper and mascot artwork draws heavily on the motifs afforded to it by its mythological moniker – to a greater degree than I think many of us had expected. Most Ubuntu mascot artwork has, during the past 5 years or so, been fashioned from geometric shapes, simplistic lines, or concentric circles. But Mantic is a far more complex beast. The ‘bull’ head is present but it is not as linearly distinct as mascots past. Instead, Ubuntu’s designers have chosen to […]

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GNOME 45 Arrives in Daily Builds of Ubuntu 23.10

Monday 4th of September 2023 03:08:36 PM

Good news for those looking forward to the upcoming GNOME 45 release – it’s arrived in the Ubuntu 23.10 daily builds! The next stable update to the world’s most-used Linux desktop environment isn’t due to be released until later this month, so what’s made it in Mantic shouldn’t be considered final, finished, or forgone. But Ubuntu 23.10 isn’t due to be released until October anyway, so it all jives nicely. Improvements to libadwaita aimed at enhancing consistency and adaptability bring new full-height sidebars to many of GNOME’s core apps, including Nautilus, Settings, and Calendar: Additionally, the “Activities” label in the […]

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Papirus Icon Pack Updated with New-Look LibreOffice Icons

Sunday 3rd of September 2023 10:58:00 PM

A major update to the phenomenally popular Paprius icon set for Linux desktops is now available. Papirus’ September 2023 update adds a bunch of new and updated glyphs, including redesigned icons for LibreOffice that riff on the suite’s own recent icon revamp. Among the newly added apps supported in Paprius v20230901: Additional file/document types are catered for as of this update, with .hwp, .Julia, and .vue among them. If you regularly work with or download these files you’ll appreciate seeing bespoke representations for them in your file manager. Additional file/document types are catered for as of this update, with .hwp, […]

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I Think Ubuntu 23.10 is Making a Mistake…

Friday 1st of September 2023 12:44:00 PM

The next version of the world’s most popular desktop Linux operating system (that’s Ubuntu, for those playing dumb) comes with fewer apps available out-of-the-box. Daily builds of Ubuntu 23.10 now ship with just a super-slim set of default software. These are designed to cover basic computing needs only. For anything else, the idea is that we, the user, fire up the Software Store (though the new one isn’t included in daily builds yet) and install what we want for ourselves. As an idea, it’s not without merit. But in practice, I think it’s a potential misstep. Basic as a Feature […]

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Regolith Desktop 3.0 Released with Initial Wayland Support

Wednesday 30th of August 2023 11:56:18 AM

Regolith Desktop 3.0 has been released for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, 23.10, and both Debian Bullseye and Bookworm. This update to the keyboard-driven, tiling desktop environment also introduces an alpha-quality Wayland-based session based on the Sway compositor (though this is only available if using the DE on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and above, or Debian Bookworm). Notable changes in Regolith Desktop 3.0: An assortment of bug fixes, code cleanups, and performance optimisations come included in Regolith Desktop 3.0 too, so read through the full release notes for more detail on those. Upgrading from an earlier version of Regolith? There are […]

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Firefox 117 Released With Minor (And I Mean Minor) Changes

Tuesday 29th of August 2023 01:59:11 PM

Mozilla Firefox 117 is now rolling out to users across Windows, macOS, and Linux. But don’t get excited about its arrival, okay? Given the rapid release cadence this browser uses the days of blockbuster, feature-packed Firefox updates are long gone. We still get ace new features, but we get them in dribs and drabs, spread out over the course of a year, rather than in a single blockbuster update. Which is why updates like Firefox 117 seem unexciting (though to be clear: I’m not saying unexciting is a bad thing, lest anyone jumps me down in the comments). Case in […]

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Ubuntu 23.10 Fixes Its Dev Wallpaper Faux-Pas

Monday 28th of August 2023 03:16:58 PM

I made a little joke — which some people didn’t find funny, alas — about the super bright, glaring white default wallpaper Ubuntu devs added to the Mantic Minotaur daily builds last week. That joke is now even flatter as, following respectable™ consternation (i.e. a bug report) about the suitability of the background, Ubuntu developers issued an update to the image. That update dials the brightness down a notch or two (and eyes everywhere rejoice). Those booting up Ubuntu 23.10 daily builds during the coming weeks won’t feel compelled to dive for their brightness keys as they’ll be greeted by […]

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Linux Kernel 6.5 Released, This is What’s New

Monday 28th of August 2023 02:37:39 PM

Helping round off August with aplomb is the official release of Linux kernel 6.5 — which arrives days after the kernel celebrated its 32nd birthday. Linus Torvalds announced Linux 6.5’s arrival on the official Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) as he always does, where he says that “nothing particularly odd or scary happened this last week [of development], so there is no excuse to delay the 6.5 release”. Read on for a drop more detail about the many improvements, enhancements, and merriments the latest stable kernel release brings with it. Linux Kernel 6.5 New Features Those running Linux 6.5 on […]

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Ubuntu 23.04 Broke 32-bit App Support (And No-One Noticed)

Sunday 27th of August 2023 03:40:37 PM

Turns out that installing the Steam client from the Ubuntu repos on a new Ubuntu 23.04 install doesn’t work – and barely anyone noticed. Which is kind of surprising given the popularity of Steam, but also kind of not — and I’ll get to why in a second. So what’s the rub? This (unintentional) issue stems from Ubuntu’s switch to a new Flutter-based installer. The new installer leverages Subiquity on the backend. This was originally created for Ubuntu server where 32-bit library support isn’t enabled by default. Due to an “oversight”, Subiquity desktop installs also don’t enable 32-bit library support. […]

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Ubuntu 23.10 Won’t Use Snap Printing Stack After All

Friday 25th of August 2023 01:57:52 PM

Ubuntu was planning to ship the CUPS printing stack as a Snap in 23.10 — but after several months of testing, its changed its mind. Accordingly, a DEB-based printing stack will feature in Ubuntu 23.10 “Mantic Minotaur” and in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Switching to the CUPS Snap will now aim to take place during the Ubuntu 24.10 development cycle. The CUPS Snap got added to Ubuntu 23.10 development builds early and has recieved a decent bout of testing – but issues remain: This reversal is undoubtedly disappointing for the devs working on it but it is the right decision for […]

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New Repo Brings Mainline Linux Kernel to Ubuntu LTS Releases

Thursday 24th of August 2023 06:28:40 PM

There’s a new way to install stable mainline Linux kernel builds on Ubuntu — all thanks to a former Canonical employee and Ubuntu developer. Stéphane Graber has been running mainline Linux kernels on his Ubuntu systems for a while (having found the quality of Ubuntu’s generic kernel lacking of late) and says they are “working surprisingly well”. Thus, he’s put in the effort needed to “scale” up building the latest stable bug fix release of the mainline Linux kernel, applying select changes not yet upstream, and making them available for other Ubuntu users to install on their machines. “The general […]

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Ubuntu 23.10 Adds Development Wallpaper (Sunglasses Req)

Wednesday 23rd of August 2023 12:21:37 PM

A new temporary wallpaper is being introduced in Ubuntu 23.10 “Mantic Minotaur”, which is currently under active development The aim of the background is to make it “more obvious when testing the mantic daily that it is not lunar anymore”. There’s precedent for this; Ubuntu 23.04 included AI-generate lobster artwork for the bulk of its daily builds. It visual signpost doesn’t just remind developers and enthusiasts which release they’re working on/testing but makes those watching early-bird Ubuntu 23.10 reviews on YouTube etc aware that what they’re seeing is not the final, finished product. Anyway, here’s how Ubuntu 23.10 daily builds […]

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Intel Updates its Popular Open Source Mono Font

Tuesday 22nd of August 2023 12:19:03 PM

Intel’s open-source monospace font (imaginatively titled ‘Intel One Mono’) has been updated. “You’re blogging about a frickin’ font update?!”, you scoff (justifiably perhaps). But hey: indulge me (if only so I can continue using words beginning with ‘I’). Font updates aren’t that exciting, granted. But Intel One Mono was created specifically for developers (which means it’s also ideal for terminals, which I know a lot of you use on the regular, thus making this post relevant). I also don’t need to assume this font is popular with you folks; my original post about Intel One Mono lingered in the omg […]

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Bodhi Linux 7.0 Released with New Theme & Linux Kernels

Monday 21st of August 2023 10:01:58 PM

Lovers of Linux distros that run well on lower-end hardware rejoice for Bodhi Linux 7.0 has been released and is now available to download. Bodhi Linux 7.0 is based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and uses the Enlightenment-based desktop and Moksha window manager by default. The distro is notable for running deftly on devices with limited resources (though there’s no reason you can’t or shouldn’t run it on high-end devices too). I took a look at the Bodhi Linux 7.0 beta back in May and liked what I saw. Since then the distro’s devs have updated the s76 ISO to use Linux kernel 6.4 […]

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