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    Esteemed adherents of the arts rejoice, as the official Ubuntu 24.04 wallpaper has finally been unveiled! As you no-doubt know, every new Ubuntu release comes with its own unique desktop background and the upcoming release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS “Noble Numbat” doesn’t abdicate the responsibility. Indeed, the Ubuntu 24.04 default wallpaper tacks firmly traditional, heeding the formula established in 2017: rich purple gradient, elegant geometric/polygonal edge detailing, and the official mascot image royally positioned in the center: As well as the the “colour” default you see pictured above a darker variant is included for those who prefer nocturnal vibes (i.e., […]

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    Mozilla Firefox 124 is now officially available to download. The latest update to the open-source web browser includes a small clutch of improvements. Firefox View can now sort open tabs by recent activity (default) or tab order making it a touch faster to find specific tabs using this feature; and Firefox’s built-in PDF viewer now supports caret browsing mode for improved accessibility. The Firefox snap package for Ubuntu saw a regression in native messaging portal support (used by some web extensions, including the GNOME Shell extensions doohickey) in the Firefox 122 release. It took some time by the bug is […]

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    GNOME 46 is released on March 20 and the update will be at the heart of the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 release — so are you wondering what sort of improvements it brings? Well, I gotcha’ covered, innit. In this post I run-through the best GNOME 46 features, changes, and usability enhancements. And there’s a fair bit, including super-charged search features in the Nautilus file manager, streamlining to the Settings app, support for remote login over RDP, and some small but sensible buffs to GNOME Shell notifications. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ships with GNOME 46 by default so if this round-up leaves […]

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    Linux kernel 6.8 ReleasedAfter several solid months of development the Linux 6.8 kernel has been officially released. This kernel is of particular note to Ubuntu users as it’s the version chosen to ship in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS – i.e., as the GA kernel and thereby supported for the duration of the release. Announcing the release of Linux kernel 6.8 on the official Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) Linux founder Linus Torvalds says: “This is not the historically big release that 6.7 was – we seem to be back to a fairly average release size for the last few year.” Adding: “You can see […]

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    Jargonaut Linux Mint Chat AppA new IRC client (but don’t call it an IRC client) is being developed by Linux Mint. The Ubuntu-based distro currently includes Hexchat in its default software set. IRC isn’t as trendy as Discord or Telegram but it is a free, open standard that no single entity controls, is relatively low-bandwidth, interoperable, and efficient. But as I reported in February: Hexchat is no more. Hexchat quitting the chat leaves —I so badly want to type leafs there— Linux Mint with a dilemma and an opportunity. The dilemma being: “should we continue shipping an IRC client, and what role does it […]

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      pubsub.blastersklan.com / omgubuntu · Monday, 4 March - 22:46 edit

    Silverfox theme for Mozilla Firefox ESRA new open-source nostalgia project allows you turn back time — though sadly only in web browser aesthetics. Silverfox is a custom theme for Mozilla Firefox ESR that recreates the classic look of Google Chrome. We’re talking trapezoid tabs, parallelogram new tab button, pared back speed dial, a bottom-based downloads bar, and a custom-made hamburger menu (wrench icon optional) that puts all the important features at-hand. “Browsers age, good design doesn’t”, say the creators of this effort. This theme is a real labour of love and, speaking as someone who blogged obsessively about the early days of Google Chrome/ium on […]

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    About a week ago I noticed that the default icon for App Center (the Flutter-based software store-front that replaced Ubuntu Software in 23.10) had changed — and not for the better! At first I assumed it was an intentional change, but a snafu caused by me (I was playing with display scaling options when I noticed the icon in the dock had suddenly changed). But it turns out the change wasn’t a “caused by me” thing — for once! As App Center is a snap (snap-store ) it gets updated in automatically in the background. An update rolled out that […]

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    Games in Ubuntu 24.04Ubuntu developers have decided to stop shipping games in future installs. While Ubuntu 23.10 defaults to a minimal install offering only core software essentials (like a terminal and web browser) users may opt for a “full installation” which preinstalls additional software, including a handful of simple GNOME games. In Ubuntu 23.10 and earlier the following 4 games are provided: But in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS none are. For the Noble Numbat, no games will be installed as part of the full install option and won’t be present in the ISO (which includes all of the software used in a full install […]

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    crossover logoA new version of CrossOver is out building out from last month’s release of Wine 9.0. Created by CodeWeavers, a major contributor to Wine’s ongoing development, CrossOver is a commercial version of Wine with extra “goodies” included that make running Windows games and apps on Linux, Chrome OS and macOS desktops a little bit easier. CrossOver 24 is the latest release and the first based on Wine 9.0 (itself a huge update with over 7,000 changes). Also included are Wine Mono 8.1.0, vkd3d 1.10, and MoltenVK 1.2.5 to ensure solid performance across the multiple different operating systems supported. CodeWeavers devs […]

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