On the day of the eighteenth anniversary of the project, the release of the Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" distribution is available, which is classified as an intermediate release, updates for which are formed within 9 months (support will be provided until July 2023). Install images are created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, UbuntuKylin (China edition) and Ubuntu Unity.
Major changes:
- The desktop has been updated to the release of GNOME 43, which has a block with buttons for quickly changing the most commonly used settings, continued transition of applications to use GTK 4 and the libadwaita library, updated the Nautilus file manager, added hardware and firmware security settings, returned support for self-contained web PWA (Progressive Web Apps) applications.
- Changed to use PipeWire media server by default for audio processing. To ensure compatibility, a pipewire-pulse layer has been added that runs on top of PipeWire, which allows you to keep all existing PulseAudio clients working. Previously, PipeWire was used in Ubuntu for video processing when recording screencasts and for sharing the screen. The introduction of PipeWire will provide professional audio processing capabilities, get rid of fragmentation and unify the audio infrastructure for different applications.
- By default, a new text editor "GNOME Text Editor" is offered, implemented using GTK 4 and the libadwaita library. The previously proposed GEdit editor remains available for installation from the universe repository. GNOME Text Editor is similar in functionality and interface to GEdit, the new editor also offers a set of basic text file editing features, syntax highlighting, a document mini-map, and a tabbed interface. Of the features, support for a dark theme and the ability to automatically save changes to protect against loss of work as a result of a crash stand out.
- The To Do application is excluded from the base distribution, which can be installed from the repository under the name endeavor. Removed the app and GNOME Books, suggesting Foliate as a replacement.
- The Linux kernel has been updated to release 5.19. Updated systemd 251, Mesa 22, BlueZ 5.65, CUPS 2.4, NetworkManager 1.40, Pipewire 0.3.57, Poppler 22.08, PulseAudio 16, xdg-desktop-portal 1.15, Firefox 104, LibreOffice 7.4, Thunderbird 102, OpenVPN 2.6.0-pre , Containerd 1.6.4, Runc 1.1.2, Docker 20.10.16. QEMU 7.0, openvswitch 3.0.
- To run openssh, a systemd service is enabled for socket activation (starting sshd when trying to establish a network connection).
- SSSD client libraries (nss, pam, etc.) have been switched to multi-threaded request processing instead of sequential parsing of the queue by one process. Added support for authentication using the OAuth2 protocol, implemented using the krb5 plugin and the oidc_child executable.
- Support for TLS certificate verification and authentication using TLS has been added to the BIND DNS server and dig utility.
- Imaging applications support the WEBP format.
- Added support for Sipeed LicheeRV, Allwinner Nezha, and StarFive VisionFive 64-bit RISC-V based boards available for $17, $112, and $179.
- The debuginfod.ubuntu.com service has been added, which allows you to do without installing separate packages with debugging information from the debuginfo repository when debugging programs supplied in the distribution. With the help of the new service, users have the ability to dynamically load debug symbols from an external server directly during debugging. Debugging information is provided for packages from the main, universe, restricted, and multiverse repositories of all supported Ubuntu releases.
- Added the ability to restrict access to user namespaces to AppArmor. The administrator can explicitly define which applications and users can use the user namespace.
- Support for InfiniBand, VXLAN, and VRF devices has been added to the Netplan system used to store network interface settings.
- The Subiquity installer (22.10.1) has been updated in the live build of the Ubuntu server edition, in which the automatic installation capabilities have been expanded, integration with cloud-init has been provided, and work with the keyboard has been improved.
- To improve integration with Windows, cyrus-sasl2 added the ability to use ldaps:// transport with LDAP Channel Binding and digital signatures to verify integrity.
- Improved builds for Raspberry Pi boards. Added support for some external displays (DSI, Hyperpixel, Inky) for Raspberry Pi. Added mpremote utility for Raspberry Pi Pico boards to simplify MicroPython development. Added binding for using GPIO libraries on a system with Linux 5.19 kernel. Updated raspi-config.
- The Ubuntu Unity build is included in the official Ubuntu editions. Ubuntu Unity offers a desktop based on the Unity 7 shell, based on the GTK library and optimized for efficient use of vertical space on widescreen laptops. The Unity shell came by default from Ubuntu 11.04 to Ubuntu 17.04, after which it was replaced by the Unity 8 shell, which was replaced in 2017 by the regular GNOME with the Ubuntu Dock.
- Kubuntu offers the KDE Plasma 5.25 desktop and the KDE Gear 22.08 application suite.
- Ubuntu Studio updated Darktable 4.0.0, OBS Studio 28.0.1, Audacity 3.1.3, digiKam 8.0.0, Kdenlive 22.08.1, Krita 5.1.1, Q Light Controller Plus 4.12.5, Freeshow 0.5.6, openLP 2.9.5. The installer now has the ability to remove from the system components that are of no interest to the user.
- Ubuntu MATE continues to ship MATE Desktop 1.26.1, but the MATE Panel has been updated to the 1.27 branch and includes patches to center applets. Enabling center alignment is done in the MATE Tweak configurator. A separate screen has been added to configure the HUD (Heads-Up Display) quick search pop-up interface. The structure includes a utility for managing user accounts User Manager.
- Ubuntu Budgie features a new release of the Budgie 10.6.2 desktop. Updated applets. The budgie-menu menu is used with a traditional layout, a quick transition area and buttons for quick access to settings. Improved support for fractional scaling. In the configurator, the management of color profiles has been redone. Changed default set of applications: GNOME-Calculator replaced with Mate Calc, GNOME System Monitor with Mate System Monitor, Evince with Atril, GNOME Font Viewer with font-manager, Celluloid with Parole. Removed from distribution GNOME-Calendar, GNOME-Maps, GNOME Screenshot,
- In Xubuntu, the Xfce desktop has been updated to experimental branch 4.17. The elementary-xfce 0.17 theme has been updated. Updated Catfish 4.16.4, Exo 4.17.2, Gigolo 0.5.2, Mousepad 0.5.10, Ristretto 0.12.3, Thunar File Manager 4.17.9, Xfce Clipman Plugin 1.6.2, Xfce Netload Plugin 1.4.0, Xfce Panel 4.17.3, Xfce Screenshooter 1.9.11, Xfce Settings 4.16.2, Xfce Systemload Plugin 1.3.1, Xfce Task Manager 1.5.4 and Xfce Whisker Menu Plugin 2.7.1.
Source: opennet.ru