is presented Beta-issue of the Ubuntu Distribution 21.10 “Impish Indri”, after which is generated Full freezing of the packet base, and the developers switched to final testing and correcting errors. Release is scheduled for October 14. Ready test images Created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server , Lubuntu , kubuntu , ubuntu Mate , Ubuntu.
Budgie , Ubuntu Studio , Xubuntu and ubuntukylin (editors for China).
Basic Changes :
- transition to the use of GTK4 and the desktop GNOME 40, in which the interface is significantly upgraded. Virtual desktops in the review mode (Activities Overview) are translated into horizontal orientation and are displayed in the form of a continuously scrolled left right chain. On each desktop, shown in the overview mode, the available windows are clearly presented for which dynamic pan and scaling when the user interacts. Provided seamless transition between the list of programs and virtual desktops. Improved organization of work in the presence of multiple monitors. GNOME Shell provides GPU to the rendering of shaders.
- By default, a completely bright version of the design theme of yaru used in Ubuntu is offered. As an option, a completely dark version is also available (Dark headers, dark background and dark controls). Support for the old combined theme option (Dark headers, light background and light controls) stopped due to lack of in GTK4 Definitions of different colors background and text for header and main window that does not allow to guarantee the correct operation of all GTK applications when used Combined theme.
- is given the ability to use the Wayland session on the Wayland database in environment with NVIDIA proprietary drivers.
- in Pulseaudio, Bluetooth support is enlarged: Added A2DP codecs LDAC and APTX, built-in HFP profile support (Hands-Free Profile), which has enhanced the quality of sound.
- a transition to the use of the ZSTD algorithm to compress Deb packets, which will allow almost twice the speed of the package installation, the price of a small increase in their size (~ 6%). Support for using ZSTD is present in the APT and DPKG starting with Ubuntu 18.04, but not used to compress packets.
- proposed new installer
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