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Ubutnu 16.04 just around the corner, total media silence!

2016-04-19 / / 0 Comments

It’s just two days away separating us from the release of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS!
Yet it seems like there is nothing, no one is talking about the imminent release!

 

 16.04 almost here!

I’ve been covering Ubuntu 16.04 since the first Alpha, you can tell how much I’m excited for this release since I’ve been using Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Taher ever since it was released! Down to the first Beta and second beta released,
What surprises me isn’t the lack of media coverage from big tech sites and mainstream attention, I’m really stunned that Ubuntu themselves aren’t covering the event at all!
I am following Ubuntu’s twitter account closely, and nothing about Ubuntu 16.04 was tweeted, nothing at all! Not even a tweet!
Now I understand that Canonical has more profiting projects to cover and that Ubuntu for the desktop draws little if any money at all, but that doesn’t mean to completely ignore the release!

My take on the issue in 144 letters!

It would be awful if Ubuntu’s release was announced after it was actually released, or worse! A couple days after..

 

Why all the excitement? It’s just an OS

This release has interesting features and updates! Most notably the addition of a new Kernel (Linux 4.4), I’m personally hoping for better power management.
And lets not forget this is an LTS version, so 5 years of updates off the bat!
It is, it’s just an operating system, so as Mac OS and Windows 10, but Ubuntu is always special!

 

What the public wants?

Even blogs that specialize in covering Ubuntu news aren’t hyping the release! Take OMGUbuntu for example! According to a recent poll the conducted 66.76% of the people who voted said they will upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04 “As soon as possible”, 8,282 to this date, and 27.1% answered “Yes, but not right away”, those totaled in at 3,412. And 3% are undecided (to me these are potential yes)!

When will be Ubuntu 16.04 released?

I think that’s the million dollars question, according to the wiki it will be released on April the 21th if everything goes according to plan, I’m not sure about other Ubuntu flavors, this date is for Ubuntu that ships with the Unity interface.

 

Never forget who you are!

I know that Canoical is busy promoting the new Ubuntu tablet (which is pretty cool by the way!) and it’s cloud services, let alone the shock that Ubuntu runs from CMD on Windows 10 now (that needs a whole post to vent to be honest!). All of that success was built on the platform that is good old Ubuntu for desktop!
I hope that Ubuntu doesn’t lose itself trying to reach out of it’s current Eco-system.

How did you like this post? It’s pretty much a part of my Ubuntu 16.04 hype! Please let me know what you think and share it with your people!

Minor update
OMGUbuntu’s account on twitter posted a tweet about 16.04. That’s a start..
And now a day before the release they started hyping, which is good!

Ubuntu 16.04 Beta 2 is out

2016-03-26 / / 0 Comments

Ubuntu 16.04 Beta 2 was released yesterday!

As we follow the highly anticipated launch of Ubuntu 16.04 here on this blog, we saw the Alpha roll out and then the first Beta, now it’s time for the second beta to launch.

Remember this version is far from over and it’s for testing purposes only, but if you would like to download it and give it a spin, you are more than welcome!

On a lighter note, this is the official Ubuntu 16.04 Mascot.

With the Ubuntu 16.04 release being less than 1 month away, I presonally can’t wait and will blog about it as soon as it rolls out god willing.

Have a nice day!

Gnome 3.20 is out!

2016-03-23 / / 0 Comments
Gnome 3.20 is out today, let’s take a look at what’s new in this release!

Gnome 3.20 was released on March 23th, it took 6 months of development and the work of 837 contributors and includes 28.933 changes!
This version is named Delhi recognizing the efforts of the  team Asian Gnome team.

The date was delayed from March 20th (which would have been perfect!) to March 23th for reasons unknown to me.

Main highlights for this release

  • OS upgrades can now be installed using Software
  • Wayland support has improved significantly, with kinetic scrolling, drag-and-drop, and middle-click paste
  • Keyboard shortcuts and gestures can be easily learned with new shortcut overlay windows
  • Privacy controls have been improved with per-application location access
  • Quick access to media controls directly from the shell
  • Searching in Files has been much improved
  • Builder can now build XDG-Apps, a new cross-distro framework for building and distributing desktop applications. These can also be installed directly from GNOME Software
  • Gnome photos receives a huge update.Gnome Photos screenshot
  • The file manager is also updated and refined.
    Gnome files screenshot
  • There is more to find out, like the new map application, the enhanced web browser, or the fonts! Check out the details from here.

How to get this awesome release?  

It’s immediately available on Fedora and Opensuse, but if you want this on Ubuntu you are going to have to wait a little bit, as the highly anticipated Ubuntu 16.04 is going to be released with Gnome 3.18 (there is an unofficial port of course, let’s leave that until Ubuntu Gnome is out!)

I hope you liked this post, I personally can’t wait as I’m writing this on Gnome 3.10 that ships with Ubuntu Gnome 14.04.4 
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Ubuntu 16.04 Beta 1 download

2016-02-26 / / 0 Comments
Today Ubuntu 16.04 Beta 1 is ready for download on all flavors of Ubuntu, that includes Lubuntu, Ubuntu Gnome, and Xubuntu. 

 

This is the first major milestone for many flavors as Alpha wasn’t available to many of them, while this version is far from complete, it gives you a clear idea on how will Ubuntu 16.04 will look and behave.

Now every flavor has it’s changes and improvements, but since I’m with Ubuntu Gnome now, here is a list of update and known bugs (Source):

Software Updates

  • GNOME Shell 3.18
  • Most of GNOME 3.18
  • GNOME Software has replaced Ubuntu Software Center
  • GNOME Calendar and GNOME Logs are installed by default
  • GNOME Builder (IDE) is now available in the archives
  • gnome-control-center sharing panel has been fixed
  • Experimental wayland session is now available. Install gnome-session-wayland and then select “GNOME on wayland” from login screen (Only works with OSS GPU drivers).

Known Problems

  • The prompt asking for media removal is not shown at the end of the installation (966480)
  • Shutdown/Restart of live session guest does not work in Virtualbox, and VMWare (1447038)
  • No auto login in Ubuntu GNOME Xenial (1547297)
  • Ubuntu installer says: The creation of swap space in partition failed (990744)
  • Ubuntu GNOME Xenial live image boots to tty1 (1548864)
  • It only shows installed apps, not available ones (1548933)

    The beta version isn’t ready for everyday use, but if you can and have a decent Internet connection, downloaded and give it a try even on a VM.
    I seriously can’t wait for Ubuntu 16.04. It’s going to be awesome!!

    Are you excited as I am? Let me know what you think in the comments section below?

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