Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" release. Ready test images are created for , , , , Ubuntu
Budgie, , and UbuntuKylin (China edition).
All :
- Desktop updated to with a redesigned style of interface elements, desktop and icons, the end of global menu support and experimental support for fractional scaling. The Wayland session now allows scaling between 100% and 200% in 25% increments. To enable fractional scaling in an X.Org based environment, x11-randr-fractional-scaling mode via gsettings. By default, the graphical environment still remains on the X.Org graphics stack. Probably the next LTS release of Ubuntu 20.04 will also leave X.Org by default;
- to optimize performance and improve desktop responsiveness, including smoother icon animation (FPS increased by 22%), added support for monitors with a high refresh rate (more than 60.00Hz), increased smoothness of scaling operations, eliminated blocking I / O operations, interrupting the smooth output of graphics;
- A new sound settings panel has been added that uses a vertical layout and more intuitive grouping of devices. Changed the GNOME Initial Setup Wizard, moved more options to the first screen, made it easier to enable location-aware services (for example, automatic time zone selection);
- By default, the Tracker service is enabled, which automatically indexes files and keeps track of recent access to files;
- The mouse right click handler is switched to "Area" mode by default, where a right click can be simulated by touching the lower right part of the touchpad, in addition to the previously supported right click through simultaneous touching the touchpad with two fingers;
- The Alt-Tab handler is switched to "Windows" mode by default (switching between windows, not between programs), and Super-Tab combination should be used to switch between applications;
- Fixed the order of window thumbnails in the panel, which now corresponds to the order in which these windows were opened;
- Wi-Fi daemon based backend activated in Network Manager developed by Intel as an alternative to wpa_supplicant;
- When installed in a VMware environment, the open-vm-tools package is automatically installed to improve integration with this virtualization system;
- The Yaru theme has been updated, new icons have been added;
- A new “Safe Graphics” mode has been added to the GRUB bootloader menu, when selected, the system boots with the “NOMODESET” option set, which allows, in case of problems with video card support, to boot and install proprietary drivers;
- Linux kernel updated to version with support for AMD Radeon RX Vega and Intel Cannonlake GPUs, Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+ boards, Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC, expanded USB 3.2 and Type-C support, significant power saving improvements;
- Toolkit updated to GCC 8.3 (optional GCC 9), Glibc 2.29, OpenJDK 11, boost 1.67, rustc 1.31, python 3.7.2 (default), ruby 2.5.5, php 7.2.15, perl 5.28.1, golang 1.10.4. 1.1.1, openssl 3.6.5b, gnutls 1.3 (with TLS 64 support). Enhanced tools for cross-compilation. Added cross-compilation support to POWER and AArchXNUMX toolkit for
ARM, S390X and RISCV64; - QEMU emulator updated to version , and libvirt up to version 5.0. Component included , which allows you to use virtio-gpu (Virgil3D virtual GPU) to use 3D acceleration in virtual environments based on QEMU and KVM without exclusively forwarding the video card to the guest system. 3D rendering is done inside the guest systems using the host GPU, but the virtual GPU operates independently of the host's physical GPU;
- Updated user applications: LibreOffice 6.2.2,
kdenlive 8.12.3, GIMP 2.10.8, Krita 4.1.7, VLC 3.0.6, Blender v2.79beta, Ardour 5.12.0, Scribus 1.4.8, Darktable 2.6.0, Pitivi v0.999, Inkscape 0.92.4 , Falkon 3.0.1, Thunderbird 60.6.1, Firefox 66. Panel added to repository ; - Added Bluetooth support for Raspberry Pi 3B, 3B+ and 3A+ pi-bluetooth boards to the server build (enabled by installing the pi-bluetooth package);
- Xubuntu and Lubuntu have stopped preparing 32-bit builds (Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Kylin, and Ubuntu Budgie have dropped 32-bit builds in past releases). Only builds for the x86_64 architecture are now offered for download. Support for repositories with packages for the i386 architecture is preserved;
- В suggested desktop and a set of applications . To simplify the transition from other operating systems, the default for opening files and directories is now double-clicking the mouse (the first click makes the icon active, and the second opens the file). The old behavior (opening with one click) can be returned in the settings;
Added kio-gdrive package to access Google Drive from KIO-enabled applications (Dolphin, Kate, Gwenview, etc.).A minimal installation mode has been added to the installer, when selected, PIM applications (mail client, scheduler) are not installed,
LibreOffice, Cantata, mpd and some multimedia and network applications (only pure Plasma Desktop, Firefox, VLC and some utilities remain). Testing of the session based on Wayland continues (after installing the plasma-workspace-wayland package, an optional item "Plasma (Wayland)" appears on the login screen); - В desktop updated to Budgie 10.5 (). By default, the Noto Sans font set and the new QogirBudgie theme are used. Added section to Budgie Welcome to quickly install snap packages with GNOME Web, Midori, Vivaldi, Firefox, Chrome and Chromium browsers. By default, an interface for searching for Catfish files has been added. Instead of the Nautilus file manager, its Nemo fork is used. The component is used to place icons on the desktop. from the Elementary OS project. The Plank panel has been moved to the bottom of the screen. The clock applet (ShowTime) has been completely redesigned, the Take-A-Break applet for scheduling work breaks has been added, as well as applets for controlling CPU frequency and power consumption modes;
- В The last release of the MATE 1.20 desktop has continued to ship, bringing some fixes and improvements from . The decision to stay on version 1.20 was made to unify packages with Debian 10 and due to possible stability issues with third-party applications due to a large number of internal changes in MATE 1.22. MATE Dock Applet updated to release 0.88 with improved UI styling mode for Unity 7. Added patches to support (Remote Desktop Awareness) to improve the MATE experience inside remote desktop sessions. Simplified installation of NVIDIA proprietary drivers;
- В the base package includes GIMP, AptURL, LibreOffice Impress and Draw packages. Updated file manager Thunar 1.8.4 and components
Thunar Volume Manager 0.9.1 (translated to GTK+ 3), Xfce Application Finder 4.13.2 (translated to GTK+ 3), Xfce Desktop 4.13.3, Xfce Dictionary 0.8.2, Xfce Notifications 0.4.3, Xfce Panel 4.13.4, Xfce Screenshooter 1.9.4 and Xfce Task Manager 1.2.2; - В The interface of the Ubuntu Studio Controls configurator has been improved, which is now offered as the main way to activate the Jack sound system. Added support for sound plugins to the base package .
The installer adds support for installing additional metapackages, as well as the ability to install Ubuntu Studio-specific packages and settings on top of existing Ubuntu installations. Theme enabled
GTK Materia and Papirus icon set.
Source: opennet.ru