GNOME 45 Arrives in Daily Builds of Ubuntu 23.10

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 :sys_more_orange:
#News #Development #Gnome45 #ManticMinotaur #Ubuntu23_10

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/09/gnome-45-arrives-in-ubuntu-23-10

Is Ubuntu 23.10 Too Minimal?

The next version of the world’s most popular desktop Linux operating system (that’s Ubuntu, for those of you playing dumb) will come with less software available out-of-the-box. Current daily builds of Ubuntu 23.10 instead offer a minimal platform pre-populated with just a handful of apps. These cover only the most basic of basic computing needs. For anything else the idea is that we, the user, fire up the Software Store and install what we want ourselves. As an idea, it’s not without merit. But in practice, I think it’s a possible misstep. Basic as a Feature The Ubuntu 23.10 experience :sys_more_orange:
#News #Opinion #DefaultApps #ManticMinotaur #Minimal #Ubuntu23_10

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/09/ubuntu-23-10-minimal-mistake

Ubuntu 23.10 Won’t Use a Snap’d Printing Stack After all

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 happen in the Ubuntu 24.10 release (but work on it will continue in the Ubuntu Core Desktop builds). So what gives? This reversal is undoubtedly disappointing for the devs working on it but it is the right decision for end-users — for the time being. The CUPS Snap doesn’t support all :sys_more_orange:
#News #Cups #Snaps #Ubuntu23_10

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/08/ubuntu-23-10-wont-use-cups-snap

Ubuntu 23.10’s New Development Wallpaper (Sunglasses Advised)

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 :sys_more_orange:
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:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/08/ubuntu-23-10-temp-wallpaper

Ubuntu 23.10 Will Use Linux 6.5 Kernel

Planning to upgrade or install Ubuntu 23.10 when it’s released in the autumn? If so, you can look forward to an experience powered by the Linux 6.5 kernel. While the Linux 6.5 kernel is yet to be released yet, the stars (or rather the release calendars) have aligned to make its inclusion in the “Mantic Minotaur” a dead-cert. Current daily builds of Ubuntu 23.10 include the Linux 6.3 kernel. Linux 6.5 is due for release in mid to late August. Ubuntu 23.10’s kernel freeze takes effect on September 28. And the final stable release of Ubuntu 23.10 goes live on :sys_more_orange:
#News #Development #Kernel #Ubuntu23_10

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/07/ubuntu-23-10-linux-6-5-kernel

Ubuntu 23.10 Switches from DejaVu to Noto Fonts

Ubuntu devs plan on making a major typographic change in the upcoming release of Ubuntu 23.10 ‘Mantic Minotaur’. In an effort to improve the quality and reduce the number of fonts a standard Ubuntu install comes with, the plan is ship the Noto fonts package by default. This package includes sans-serif and serif fonts that cover a swathe of latin and non-latin scripts. In current versions of Ubuntu the DejaVu fonts package is pre-installed and pre-configured to handle non-latin scripts. With this change the Noto fonts will take over duties for cases where DejaVu would be used as the quality :sys_more_orange:
#News #Fonts #ManticMinotaur #Ubuntu23_10

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/07/ubuntu-noto-fonts-change-mantic

Ubuntu 23.10 Adds Support for Window Quarter Tiling

Improved window tiling just landed in Ubuntu 23.10. If you’re a regular reader you’ll be aware that this was coming, as I revealed earlier this year that Ubuntu developers planned to make the Tiling Assistant GNOME extension as part of the default install. That extension is now part of the default install in the latest Ubuntu 23.10 daily builds. So what does this provide? Well, in current versions of Ubuntu when you drag a window to either side of your screen you’re able to “snap” it to 50% of the horizontal space, allowing you to view two apps side-by-side. You :sys_more_orange:
#News #Development #Ubuntu23_10 #WindowSnapping

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/06/ubuntu-23-10-window-tiling-feature

Ubuntu Wants to Switch CUPS Printing Stack to Snap

Ubuntu 23.10 is aiming to ship the CUPS printing stack as a snap package. Canonical’s Till Kamppeter, who is also the project lead for the OpenPrinting Project, says he wants to “…switch Ubuntu 23.10, the Mantic Minotaur, as planned, to use the CUPS Snap as its printing system and the Printer Application Snaps as drivers for non-IPP-driverless printers.” Printers are not my forte; I last owned a printer about a decade ago and even then it hadn’t been used for years — not quite a daisy wheel, but getting there 😉! I recall lots of printer driver issues on Ubuntu, :sys_more_orange:
#News #Canonical #Cups #Snaps #Ubuntu23_10

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/05/cups-snap-ubuntu-23-10

Development Opens on Ubuntu 23.10 ‘Mantic Minotaur’

We’re ago — development has opened on Ubuntu 23.10 “Mantic Minotaur”. “We’re pleased to announce that kinetic is now open for development. auto-sync has been enabled and will run soon”, Ubuntu’s Graham Inggs’ writes in a post on Ubuntu’s main development mailing list. “As usual, we expect a large influx of builds and autopkgtests in this initial period, which will cause delays. Please help with fixing any breakage that occurs,” they add. Excited? Haha, don’t be — not yet! At this stage in development there isn’t anything “new” to mention, much less screenshot for your ocular enjoyment. If you’re big :sys_more_orange:
#News #Development #ManticMinotaur #Ubuntu23_10

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/05/ubuntu-23-04-development-opens

Ubuntu 23.10 Codename Revealed as “Mantic Minotaur”

The Ubuntu 23.10 codename has been revealed — and it’s a marvellous moniker. As per Launchpad, home of Ubuntu development, Ubuntu 23.10 is codenamed “Mantic Minotaur”. This Machiavellian mandate may manifest as a milestone worthy of …Nope, I’m running out of words beginning with M — but what does it mean? Well, ‘Mantic‘ is an adjective relating to divination or prophecy. A ‘Minotaur‘ is, as I’m sure most of you know, a mythical creature from Greek legend shaped half like a man and half like a bull. Together they mean… Well, nothing. Ubuntu codenames no longer carry the kind of :sys_more_orange:
#News #Codename #Ubuntu23_10

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/04/ubuntu-23-10-codename-revealed