Company , specialized in the production of laptops, PCs and servers supplied with Linux, distribution release , which is being developed to ship on System76 hardware instead of the previously offered Ubuntu distribution and comes with a redesigned desktop environment. Pop!_OS is package based and is also advertised as a Long Term Support (LTS) release. Project achievements licensed under GPLv3. ISO images for x86_64 architecture in versions for NVIDIA and Intel/AMD graphics chips (2 GB).
Pop!_OS ships with GNOME Shell, original theme , a set of icons, other fonts (Fira and Roboto Slab), and an extended set of drivers. The project develops three extensions to GNOME Shell: to change the power off/sleep button, to permanently display thumbnails of virtual desktops in overview mode, and to view detailed information about the program by clicking on the icon with the right mouse button.
The distribution is primarily aimed at people who use a computer to create something new, such as developing content, software products, 3D models, graphics, music, or scientific work. developing your own edition of the Ubuntu distribution After Canonical's decision to move Ubuntu from Unity to GNOME Shell, System76 developers began creating a new theme based on GNOME, but then realized that they were ready to offer users a different desktop environment that provides flexible tools for customizing to the current workflow.
In the new version:
- For new installations, a dark desktop theme is enabled by default. You can activate the light theme in the configurator in the section with appearance settings.
- Implemented full-fledged opportunities for navigating the desktop using the keyboard without using the mouse. Using keyboard shortcuts, you can, among other things, launch applications, switch between programs, and quickly change settings. In addition to the default hotkeys, a Vim-style navigation mode is also offered as an alternative. To view all hotkeys in the upper right menu, the "View All Shortcuts" item has been added.
- The mode of automatic mosaic rearrangement of windows (Auto-tiling) after opening the application has been implemented. You can adjust the position and size of the window using the keyboard without touching the mouse. The mode is enabled through the system menu.
- Virtual desktops have been added to bring together related content and separate active applications that are not related to the current workflow into a separate space. You can use the keyboard to switch between virtual desktops and move windows within them.
- Added support for self-contained Flatpak packages and the Flathub catalog to the Pop!_Shop application installation interface.
- Simplified work on systems with hybrid graphics. In addition to the switch for rendering with an integrated Intel graphics card or a discrete NVIDIA card, a "Hybrid Graphics" mode has been added to the system menu, in which the laptop runs most of the time using an energy-efficient Intel GPU and switches to a more powerful discrete NVIDIA GPU only for certain applications.
When launching a standalone program, you can also select "Launch using Dedicated Graphics Card" from the context menu to use the NVIDIA GPU. Application developers and package maintainers can also choose a discrete GPU by default by specifying the "X-KDE-RunOnDiscreteGpu=true" option in the .desktop file.
- The Firmware section has been added to the settings through which you can update the firmware for hardware components not only for System76 equipment, but also for any other vendors by pressing one button, publishing updates through (Linux Vendor Firmware Service).
- An applet has been added to the panel that uses indicators to quickly access settings for apps like Slack, Dropbox, and Discord.
- An offline system update mode has been added, which allows you to first download updates in the background, and then apply them separately at a convenient time.
Source: opennet.ru