Developers of the Ubuntu Unity project, which develops an unofficial edition of Ubuntu Linux with the Unity desktop, have published the release of Unity 7.6.0, marked as the first significant release in 6 years since the original development was ceased by Canonical. The Unity 7 interface is based on the GTK library and optimized for efficient use of vertical space on widescreen laptops. The code is released under the GPLv3 license. Pre-built packages have been created for Ubuntu 22.04.
The last significant release of Unity 7 was published in May 2016, after which only bug fixes were added to the branch, and support was provided by a group of enthusiasts. In Ubuntu 16.10 and 17.04, in addition to Unity 7, Unity 8 was included, transitioned to the Qt5 library and display server Mir. Initially, Canonical planned to replace the Unity 7 shell, which used GTK and GNOME technologies, with Unity 8, but plans changed and Ubuntu 17.10 reverted to the default GNOME with the Ubuntu Dock panel, and development of Unity 8 was discontinued. server The development of Unity 8 was taken over by the UBports project, which develops its fork under the name Lomiri. The Unity 7 interface was abandoned for some time until it regained popularity in 2020 in the unofficial edition of Ubuntu — Ubuntu Unity. The Ubuntu Unity distribution is developed by Rudra Saraswat, a twelve-year-old teenager from India.
Among the changes added in Unity 7.6.0:
The design of application menus (Dash) and the pop-up Heads-Up Display (HUD) interface has been modernized.
- Previously:
A transition to a flatter appearance has been made while retaining blur effects.
- The design of sidebar menu items and tooltips has been revamped.
- Improved performance in low-graphics mode, where if native graphics drivers cannot be used, the vesa driver is enabled.
- Performance of the Dash panel has been enhanced.
- Memory consumption has been slightly reduced. As for the Ubuntu Unity 22.04 distribution, its environment based on Unity 7 consumes about 700-800 MB.
- Issues with incorrect application and rating information being displayed during preview in Dash have been resolved.
- Issues with incorrect application and rating information being displayed during preview in Dash have been resolved.
- The issue with the display of the empty cart button on the panel has been resolved (the handler based on the Nautilus file manager has been switched to use Nemo).
- Development has been moved to GitLab.
- The build tests have been revised.
Source: opennet.ru
