The release of the Ubuntu Sway Remix 22.10 distribution is now available, providing a pre-configured, ready-to-use desktop based on the mosaic composite manager Sway. This distribution is an unofficial edition of Ubuntu 22.10, designed for both experienced GNU/Linux users and newcomers wanting to try a tiling window manager environment without the hassle of lengthy setup. Builds are available for the amd64 architecture (2.1 GB).
The distribution's environment is based on Sway — a compositing manager that uses the Wayland protocol and is fully compatible with the i3 tiling window manager, as well as the Waybar panel, PCManFM-GTK3 file manager, and utilities from the NWG-Shell project, such as the desktop wallpaper manager Azote, fullscreen application menu nwg-drawer, screen output utility for script contents nwg-wrapper (used to display hotkey hints on the desktop), GTK theme, cursor, and font manager nwg-look, and the Autotiling script, which automatically arranges windows of open applications like dynamic tiling window managers.
The distribution includes both graphical applications such as Firefox, Qutebrowser, Audacious, GIMP, Transmission, LibreOffice, Pluma, and MATE Calc, as well as console applications and utilities like the music player Musikcube, video player MPV, image viewer Swayimg, PDF document viewer Zathura, text editor Neovim, file manager Ranger, and others.
Another feature of the distribution is the complete abandonment of the Snap package manager; all programs are provided as standard deb packages, including the Firefox web browser, for which the official PPA repository from the Mozilla Team is used. The installer of the distribution is based on the Calamares framework.
Key Changes:
- Audio processing has been transitioned to the multimedia server PipeWire and the sound session manager Wireplumber.
- An Ubuntu Sway Welcome application has been added, with links to essential resources for the distribution and a system initial setup page.
- The Sway Input Configurator application has been added for setting up input devices like keyboards, mice, and touchpads.
- The workspace indicator now supports the placement of icons for running applications.
- The Wdisplays tool for configuring display settings has been replaced with nwg-displays, a more functional and actively developed alternative.
- The application menu Wofi has been replaced with a Rofi fork that supports Wayland.
- A script for configuring Bluetooth connection settings has been added for the Waybar panel.
- The notification output system Mako now supports a 'Do Not Disturb' mode.
- Two new color schemes have been added — Breeze and Matcha Green.
- The Fonts Awesome fonts have been updated.
Source: opennet.ru
