The developers of the Ubuntu Unity project, which is developing an unofficial edition of Ubuntu Linux with the Unity desktop, announced the formation of a stable release of the Unity 7.6 user interface. The Unity 7 interface is based on the GTK library and is optimized for effective vertical space usage on laptops with widescreen displays. The code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Ready 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, and support was provided by a group of enthusiasts. In Ubuntu 16.10 and 17.04, in addition to Unity 7, the Unity 8 interface was included, which was translated to the Qt5 library and display. 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.
The development of Unity 8 was taken over by the UBports project, which has developed its fork under the name Lomiri. The Unity 7 interface was in an abandoned state for some time until a new unofficial edition of Ubuntu — Ubuntu Unity — was created based on it in 2020. The Ubuntu Unity distribution is developed by Rudra Saraswat, a twelve-year-old teenager from India.
Changes in Unity 7.6 include:
- 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.
Compared to the May test release, the final release of Unity 7.6 includes the following changes:
- More rounded corners are rendered in the Dash panel.
- The information panel has been replaced by the unity-control-center application.
- Support for accent colors for active elements has been added to Unity and unity-control-center.
- The list of themes has been updated in unity-control-center.
Source: opennet.ru
