Showing posts with label 16. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 16. Show all posts
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Ubuntu MATE 16 10 Yakkety Yak Gets A Unity HUD Like Searchable Menu
Ubuntu MATE 16 10 Yakkety Yak Gets A Unity HUD Like Searchable Menu
MATE HUD, a Unity HUD-like tool that allows searching through an applications menu, was recently uploaded to the official Yakkety Yak repositories, and is available (but not enabled) by default in Ubuntu MATE 16.10.
MATE HUD is a fork of i3-hud-menu, which weve covered recently, with a few changes:
- xprop was replaced with a Python implementation;
- rofi is used instead of dmenu;
- rofi is automatically themed based on the current GTK theme;
- the settings (including configurable keyboard shortcut) are stored in Dconf (org > mate > hud).
Slightly off-topic: Rofi is a lot like dmenu, with various improvements, like mouse support (allows selecting items using the mouse; dmenu does not). Furthermore, Rofi provides a window switcher, run dialog and SSH launcher. Check it out HERE. Youll find Rofi in the official Ubuntu repositories (15.10+).
Like i3-hud-menu, MATE HUD has some limitations, like not supporting Qt applications, Firefox, Thunderbird, or LibreOffice. It can also break the LibreOffice menu completely, as long as the "libreoffice-gtk" desktop integration package is installed. Check out our i3-hud-menu article for more information.
To try MATE HUD, you need to be running the latest Ubuntu MATE 16.10 Yakkety Yak. After installing all the available updates, you should see an option in MATE Tweak (under "Panel") that allows enabling MATE HUD:
If you cant see this option, make sure youve installed all the available updates (if youre using a repositories mirror, it may take a while until the package is synced). Alternatively, you can install MATE HUD using the following command:
sudo apt install mate-hud
Once installed, restart the session (logout/login) and enable MATE HUD from MATE Tweak.
The default keyboard shortcut for opening MATE HUD is Ctrl + Alt + Space. This can be changed using Dconf Editor, under org > mate > hud.
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Ubuntu flavoured 16 04 ISOs for Atom based Intel Compute Sticks
Ubuntu flavoured 16 04 ISOs for Atom based Intel Compute Sticks
Update: This page refers to earlier work and my latest ISOs and kernel upgrade scripts can be downloaded from my latest post.
When Intel released its Ubuntu Compute Stick it was heavily criticized as being under-specd. Also criticized was the choice of Ubuntu with Unity as it was deemed to be too demanding. With this in mind Ive combined the latest patches and source together with Canonicals kernel source to create a range of ISOs that can work on Intels Atom Compute Sticks from the very basic model to the latest. All include audio over HDMI, wifi and bluetooth together with patches that try to reduce the random freezes that have been known to occur.
First up is Lubuntu. Ive configured it to use ZRAM both as an ISO and once installed. As a light-weight Ubuntu it is highly suitable for the minimalist STCK1A8LFC device.
Next is Ubuntu. Previously it was necessary to use the 64-bit bootloader to use my 16.04 ISO. Now Ive configured it to both run and install using either the 32-bit or 64-bit bootloaders. The key benefit is the ability to easily dual-boot without needing to modify the BIOS.
Finally Ive also incorporated all these features and produced Xubuntu, Ubuntu-Mate and Kubuntu ISOs. This provides a choice now of Ubuntu flavours for the Intel Compute Stick.
One potential draw-back is that each ISO includes a patched kernel to provide the missing functionality meaning it will not get any automatic kernel updates from Canonical. So Ive also developed a manual patching process that allows you to download a script which will then update the kernel.
ISOs
To try an ISO download it from one of the links below (i.e. the caption below each image) and write it to a USB using either Rufus in Windows or dd in Linux.Update: If you are using Rufus version 2.3 or above then select Write in DD Image mode when prompted otherwise for version 2.2 and below you should first let Rufus complete and then additionally download bootia32.efi from https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B99O3A0dDe67QWUtek9rdHptMjA and copy the file to the newly created USBs EFIBOOT directory.
Then boot from the USB by pressing the F10 option immediately after powering-on your device. For installation to your device simply run the installer and follow the on-screen instructions.
Remember also to be patient as depending on the speed of your USB it can be anything from 15 to 45 seconds before anything appears on the screen.
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Kernel Upgrade Script
If you want to upgrade the kernel to the latest Ubuntu 16.04 (but patched) version first download the upgrade script (click the caption under the image below) , make sure it is executable (use chmod 755 <script>) and then run as root (./<script>). Once the script has finished executing youll need to reboot to use the latest kernel. |
| linuxium-install-xenial-kernel-4.4.0-22-linuxium-ics.sh |
As before this is only for Atom based Intel Compute sticks which includes the STCK1A8LFC, STCK1A32WFC, STK1AW32SC and STK1A32SC models.
Acknowledgements: Pierre-Louis Bossart (HDMI audio), Bastien Nocera (wifi) & Larry Finger (bt).
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Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Ubuntu 16 04 wont wake up from suspend
Ubuntu 16 04 wont wake up from suspend
I recently installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus on my Thinkpad E550. I honestly regretted it not just because it doesnt support AMD proprietary fglrx driver aka AMD Catalyst or AMD Radeon Software but because the suspend feature stopped working.
I initially thought that this had something to do with video drivers that I had installed on Ubuntu 15.10 which were now incompatible with 16.04. I realized that this was not the case as the issue persisted even on opensource drivers that it is compatible with.
Also on a closer observation I realized that it was not that my system was not able to wake up from suspend, but that it was not able to suspend at all. On suspending, the screen would go off but my laptop kept running, heating up and draining battery. This problem existed when I hibernate or shutdown as well.
Now the only possible reason for this is some problem in acpi which is not letting my system to suspend. Ubuntu 16.04 is shipped with kernel 4.4. A quick search on this issue on kernel 4.4 made me realize that this exists across several destros and mostly on thinkpads. So I upgraded to kernel 4.5 and the problem is resolved.
Then reboot!
I initially thought that this had something to do with video drivers that I had installed on Ubuntu 15.10 which were now incompatible with 16.04. I realized that this was not the case as the issue persisted even on opensource drivers that it is compatible with.
Also on a closer observation I realized that it was not that my system was not able to wake up from suspend, but that it was not able to suspend at all. On suspending, the screen would go off but my laptop kept running, heating up and draining battery. This problem existed when I hibernate or shutdown as well.
Now the only possible reason for this is some problem in acpi which is not letting my system to suspend. Ubuntu 16.04 is shipped with kernel 4.4. A quick search on this issue on kernel 4.4 made me realize that this exists across several destros and mostly on thinkpads. So I upgraded to kernel 4.5 and the problem is resolved.
Installing kernel 4.5
32 bit
64bit
Then reboot!
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Ubuntu 16 10 Yakkety Yak Beta 1 released Download Now
Ubuntu 16 10 Yakkety Yak Beta 1 released Download Now
The first beta release of Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak was recently last week and its available for download. The following images are avialbel for download Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio.
According to the annoucement, this beta release will ship with Kernel 4.4, LibreOffice 5.2, and a number of other software updates that are ready for wider testing.
Ubuntu 16.10 Release Highlight
Ubuntu GNOME 16.10
- includes GNOME 3.20.
- uses GTK3 version of LibreOffice
- GNOME’s Initial Setup utility is included and enabled.
- Empathy is no longer pre-installed
- new Characters character map utility
- The experimental wayland session is included.
Ubuntu Mate 16.10
- Migrated to GTK 3.20
- Updated to MATE Dock Applet 0.74
- Update and rebuild many MATE packages to improve GTK 3.20 support
- Removed MATE Heads-Up Display (HUD)
LUbuntu 16.10 still uses LXDE in the beta while LXQT is still in development.
Ubuntu Studio 16.10
- Added dgedit, drumgizmo, gpick, calibre, pdf-shuffler, plume-creator.
- Replaced gnome-color-manager with dispcalgui
- Replaced recordmydesktop with vokoscreen
- Updated multimedia packages
And Ubuntu Kylin 16.10 has fixed many internationalization and localization bugs in Ubuntu itself and bugs in software written by the Ubuntu Kylin team.
Future releases of Ubuntu 16.10:
- Beta 2: September 22nd
- Final Freeze: October 6th
- Ubuntu 16.10 Final: October 13th
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- Lubuntu (Download)
- Ubuntu GNOME (Download)
- Ubuntu Kylin (Download)
- Ubuntu MATE (Download)
- Ubuntu Studio (Download)
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Sunday, September 17, 2017
Ubuntu 16 04 Beta 1 Is Now Available to Download
Ubuntu 16 04 Beta 1 Is Now Available to Download
The first Ubuntu 16.04 beta builds are now available to download.
Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu MATE � oooh-argh � and Ubuntu Kylin are among the official Ubuntu flavors to stick their hands up for inclusion in this development milestone.
The regular version of Ubuntu, i.e. the one most of you are waiting for, only takes part in the second beta release.
Ubuntu 16.04 Beta 2 is set for a March 24 release date.
For this bout of beta level testing the following Ubuntu flavors take part:
- Lubuntu
- Xubuntu
- Ubuntu MATE
- Ubuntu GNOME
- Ubuntu Kylin
What�s New in Ubuntu 16.04 Beta 1?
Ubuntu Kylin 16.04 Beta 1 improves on its alpha releases with a new version of the Youker assistant, a brand-new login screen (kylin-greeter, pictured) and benefits from general improvements to both the look and feel of the Kylin branding and theme.
Download Ubuntu Kylin 16.04 Beta
Xubuntu 16.04 Beta 1 features a modest set of changes.Testers of the lightweight spin will find new versions of key apps and components, including new versions of the Xfce 4 desktop, whisker menu applet and Orage calendar, plus support for controlling the Parole media player from the sound applet.
Download Xubuntu 16.04 Beta
Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 Beta 1 features a more sizeable set of changes thanks to it shipping with �most of GNOME 3.18�, including GNOME Shell 3.18 and the new GNOME Software utility.In line with Ubuntu, GNOME Calendar and GNOME Logs are now pre-installed, GNOME Builder is available through the main archive and an �experimental Wayland session� is available to install (but keep it mind it requires open-source GPU drivers).
Download Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 Beta
Lubuntu 16.04 Beta 1 ships with a massive set of changes � just kidding!As always, Lubuntu ships with no new features. It does offer a selection of small bug fixes and benefits from being based on the Linux kernel (v4.4, fact fans).
A PPC version is also available, making Lubuntu perfect for resurrecting an old iBook, PowerMac or iMac. You could even don a lab coat and call yourself iVictor Lubuntkenstein.
Download Lubuntu 16.04 Beta 1
Last (but never least) is Ubuntu MATE 16.04 Beta 1.
The retro revivalist once against delivers an impressive changelog for its latest development snapshot.
On offer is a brand new �Software Boutique� (accessed through an updated version of Ubuntu MATE Welcome tool). The MATE desktop has been bumped to v1.12.1 and includes Caja 1.12.4.
Fans (both literal and figuratively) will be pleased to hear that the updated desktop sees reduced CPU usage �across the board�.
Also included is a Unity-style MATE panel layout is available to try. Head to MATE�s appearance settings and select the �Mutiny� panel layout to take it for a spin.
Download Ubuntu MATE 16.04 Beta 1
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Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Ubuntu 16 04 Review and Linux current state
Ubuntu 16 04 Review and Linux current state
Ubuntu 16.04 Review and Linux current state
In this video i want to review ubuntu 16.04 and talk about the state linux is currently in.
You might think why am i reviewing ubuntu release after so much time has passed. Well i wanted to fully test it before i would make a verdict.
I should point out that i have been a supporter of canonical and ubuntu for some time now and it is becoming hared and harder to defend it.
When you install ubuntu 16.04 you will be hard to find any difference between 14.04 and 16.04 well now you have a different software center that from my experience works worse, let me clarify will it faster to open, but it doesnt shows all the software that are in the repository and installing software is an adventure it might install software or it might not. It is like rolling a dice, i am not even talking about the bug it originally had that it couldnt install deb files. Yes you couldnt install deb files with software center just imagine how awesome would it be for a user that has switched from windows to find out that he cant install files like he is used to, and he should have used terminal. i am not even talking about the constant updating reminder notification but when you try to update the system the update manager tells you that there arent any updates.
Lets talk about UI now there is a saying "If its not broke, dont fix it" well i think canonical are swear by this, lets be honest unity UI is an acceptable UI that needed ton of work to become a good UI for example when i am working on documents and have multiple doc files opened it is very hard to navigate in unity and now they added a feature that divides open folders by partition in where they are. So i am struggling finding in what directory i have my documents stored and constantly looking through every notification.
However the biggest issue i have is with the performance!!!!!! Originally linux was always lighter then windows and this was one of the selling point of linux but now i believe that it is more hungry for resources then a clean windows 10 installation. Yes i know when you install few software on windows it will slow down, but it is a huge problem when ubuntu decided to say no to optimizing and every release they are becoming more resource hungry. Plus there is no way to justify this because unlike other operating systems they arent adding anything to the system.
So now lets talk about the current state of linux when i first used linux it was in 2008 and now it is 2016, let me explane what was going on in 2008:
Well in 2008 everyone was using windows XP (Few days ago i used windows xp to refresh my memory) it was a terrible operating system it was constantly crashing, it was slow, it needed drivers for everything, it was a huge MESS, so in 2008 when i used ubuntu 8.04 i was really surprised how good it actually was sure it crashed, sure it would become slow, sure it had driver issues, but this was nothing out of the ordinary for that time and ubuntu was much more stable and fast compared to windows. NOW IT IS 2016 and i should say that unlike other operating systems linux barley has improved for average pc user (Windows is very stable operating system and believe it or not it is light weight as well), but you might tell me we have zfs we have this and that..... but does it really matter for an average pc user ??? NO!! it doesnt for average pc user the most important thing is how good does it opens software that he is interested in.
In this aspect we the linux users are getting screwed, linux users are getting inferior software (product) compared to windows users even firefox (open-source frontiers) developers say that linux version is worse then windows version and blame the market share (they cant devote a lot of developers for such a small market such as linux) dont believe me go ahead and benchmark firefox on linux and windows you will see how much faster windows version is.
Other then web browser average user will use a office suit well same problem here you might encounter files that libreoffice cant open (I did and filled up a bug report) so here we are screwed as well!! What about video card drivers and games well of course we get inferior product here as well, games run much worse on linux, and dont let me get started about video card drivers. So at the end of the day linux users can copy files faster from one directory to another that is where we have an edge on other operating systems. YES!!! we are dominating.
I am not saying linux isnt amazing but it is amazing for big companies and for developers but for average user linux is years behind compared to windows. This are users who dont care how much information is microsoft is taking, users only care about how efficient their software works and in this aspect linux is rather inferior.
If you been watching linux action show you will know that they are using macs for the production and even though they are trying to replace them with linux they are on again off again it because they struggle with linux. So if they struggle with linux and they cant trust it just imagine how much problems will an average pc user will have. Lets stop sugar coating our situation it isnt that good and lets look the reality in they eye.
It really sucks in what situation linux actually is but lets look at the reality and try to improve it, but because linux has such a small market i honestly dont know if situation will ever improve for linux users, because unless its market share will grow i dont think the developers will really make high quality ports (versions) for it.
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Friday, September 8, 2017
Ubuntu Linux 16 10 Yakkety Yak Beta 2 open source OS now available for download
Ubuntu Linux 16 10 Yakkety Yak Beta 2 open source OS now available for download
Today, the final beta of the upcoming Ubuntu Linux 16.10 becomes available. While this version -- dubbed Yakkety Yak -- will not reinvent the wheel, it should offer enough to delight existing users of the open source operating system. Hey, if its not broke, why fix it, right? That is a lesson Microsoft learned the hard way with Windows 8, but I digress.
"Codenamed Yakkety Yak, 16.10 continues Ubuntus proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs", says Steve Langasek, Developer, Canonical.
Langasek further says, "the beta images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of 16.10 that should be representative of the features intended to ship with the final release expected on October 13th, 2016".
While there arent many new aspects, there are some significant changes. The Linux kernel has been updated to 4.8 and the included GNOME apps have all been updated to 3.20 and higher. The wonderful LibreOffice is now at version 5.2.
If you are ready to download Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak, you can use the below links. Desktop users will most likely want to select Ubuntu Desktop (Unity), but I recommend Kubuntu and Ubuntu GNOME too. Want to install Google Chrome on the operating system? You can follow our how-to guide here.
- Ubuntu Desktop (Unity)
- Ubuntu Server
- Less Popular Ubuntu Images
- Ubuntu Cloud Server
- Ubuntu Netboot
- Kubuntu
- Lubuntu
- Ubuntu Studio
- Ubuntu GNOME
- Ubuntu Kylin
- Ubuntu MATE
~ Brian Fagioli
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Ubuntu 16 10 Beta 2 for Intel Baytrail and Cherrytrail Devices
Ubuntu 16 10 Beta 2 for Intel Baytrail and Cherrytrail Devices
Update: This page refers to earlier work and my latest ISOs and kernel upgrade scripts can be downloaded from my latest post.
Ive decided to re-spin my Ubuntu 16.10 Beta 2 ISO with a kernel that supports HDMI audio and wifi on any Intel Baytrail or Cherrytrail device. The kernel and ISO were developed for Intel Compute Sticks and this version hasnt been extensively tested on multiple devices simply due to the fact that I dont own them! As your mileage may vary depending upon device there are two options available.
The first option is to
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The second option is to
Additionally Ive released an upgraded kernel: 4.8.0-17.19 called linuxium-install-yakkety-kernel-4.8.0-17-linuxium-linuxium.sh which can be
Acknowledgements: Canonical Ltd. (Ubuntu), Pierre-Louis Bossart (HDMI audio), Linuxium (v4.8 HDMI audio), Daniel Bilik (C-state), Bastien Nocera (WiFi) and Larry Finger (Bluetooth).
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Monday, September 4, 2017
Ubuntu 16 10 Available For Download See What s New
Ubuntu 16 10 Available For Download See What s New
Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) has been released. The new version ships with Unity bug fixes, updated applications, including the GNOME 3.20 stack, an alternative experimental Unity 8 session, along with various under-the-hood improvements.
Unity / Compiz changes in Ubuntu 16.10
Unity and Compiz changes in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak):
- low graphics mode improvements:
- reduced animations in the window switcher, launcher and menus (in some cases to zero);
- disabled blur and fade in/out;
- reduced shadows;
- Also, even if youre not using the low graphics mode, theres now an option to to skip animation in the Expo, Scale, and Show Desktop Compiz plugins;
- More about the improved low graphics mode in Unity 7, HERE.
- bottom launcher:
- properly decorate launcher/panel when the launcher is at the bottom;
- Expo and Scale Compiz plugins now support buttom offsets, fixing some issues that were occuring when the Unity launcher is used at the bottom of the screen, such as the Workspace Switcher icon switching workspaces;
- the top panel and launcher now have an outline in spread mode;
- middle-clicking an app icon in the switcher now closes the app window
- properly partially unmaximize a window when middle/left clicking in the restore button on the Unity panel;
- scrolling on indicators should now work when Expo is active;
- HiDPI fixes: the switcher detail view is now properly scaled and the xy_offset is now also scaled to make sure the switcher and launcher dont overlap;
- re-added Animations Experimental, Animations Plus, Simple Animations, and Animations Addon Compiz plugins (these are available with the "compiz-plugins" package, not installed by default);
- various other improvements and bug fixes.
Complete changelogs for Unity and Compiz.
Its important to mention that most of these changes were backported to Ubuntu 16.04 already.
Also, with Ubuntu 16.10, graphical desktop sessions (including Unity) are ran by systemd instead of Upstart (more about this, HERE). systemd was already used for system sessions in previous Ubuntu releases.
Another change in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) is the addition of an Unity 8 session by default. The new Unity 8 session is optional, and Unity7 is still used by default. If you want to try the Unity 8 session in Ubuntu 16.10, select "Unity8" from the login screen:
The Unity 8 session runs on top of the Mir display server, and is especially designed for Ubuntu Phones and Tablets. It is currently considered experimental on desktops and lacks many features to actually be usable for everyday use. For instance, besides requiring quite a bit of work pretty much everywhere, there are only a couple of apps installed by default (a web browser and terminal), applications (and scopes) can only be installed from the command line, and so on.
Furthermore, Unity 8 will only work if youre using Intel or Nvidia open source drivers. Also, VirtualBox is not supported, but there are reports that at least at some point in the past, it did work in VMWare.
Here are a couple of Unity 8 session screenshots I took under Ubuntu 16.10:
Update: for more about the Unity 8 session in Ubuntu 16.10, see THIS article (includes installing more scopes and apps, etc.).
Ubuntu 16.10 Defaults
Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) ships with GNOME 3.20 (and GTK 3.20), mixed with quite a few GNOME 3.22 applications.
Changes in GNOME 3.20 include:
- a shortcuts window was added to some GNOME applications (apps that support this include Files, Videos, etc. );
- Files (Nautilus) uses revamped search filters, a faster and more responsive search, a new, more compact preferences dialog, and more;
- dconf Editor now uses a header bar, with a standard search design, redesigned entry editor, and other improvements;
- GTK+ CSS theming has had a major overhaul, which should result in easier theme writing and more dynamic interfaces;
The Nautilus changes mentioned above only cover the 3.20 release. The previous Files (Nautilus) version in Ubuntu was 3.14 and since then, the app has seen many other changes.
Among these changes are a reworked places sidebar, a new popover for changing between views, zoom level and sort order, folder creation and file/folder renaming now uses popovers, the copy/move dialog is now integrated as a button in the Files header bar, and more.
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| Files (Nautilus) 3.20.3 search filters in Ubuntu 16.10 |
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| A shortcuts window (for Files) in GNOME 3.20, under Ubuntu 16.10 |
For a complete GNOME 3.20 overview, see THIS page.
Among the default applications in Ubuntu 16.10 are: Nautilus 3.20.3, Gedit 3.22, Firefox 49, Thunderbird 45.3, LibreOffice 5.2.2 (with the GTK3 integration package now installed by default), Transmission 2.92, Shotwell 0.22.0 (+ Git), Rhythmbox 3.4.1, Totem 3.22, GNOME Terminal 3.20.2, GNOME Disks 3.22, and GNOME Software 3.20.1 (+ Git).
Under the hood, Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) ships with Mesa 12.0.3, Xorg server 1.18.4, Ubuntu Linux Kernel 4.8.0-22.24 based on the upstream 4.8 Linux Kernel, PulseAudio 9.0, and systemd 231 (+ Git).
Heres a very short (but youll also find links for more information) list of changes in the Linux Kernel since the version used in the previous Ubuntu release (Ubuntu 16.04 uses Linux 4.4 by default):
- Linux 4.5 (more information: KernelNewbies | Phoronix):
- experimental PowePlay support for the amdgpu driver for discrete GPUs Tonga and Fiji, and integrated APUs Carrizo and Stoney;
- initial i915 DRM graphics support for Kabylake hardware;
- Linux 4.6 (more information: KernelNewbies | Phoronix):
- initial acceleration support for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 900 Maxwell (Nouveau driver);
- support for runtime power management of the AHCI controllers;
- Dell and Alienware laptop support improvements;
- Linux 4.7 (more information: KernelNewbies | Phoronix):
- Microsoft Xbox One Elite Controller support;
- new "schedutil" governor for the CPUFreq scaling driver;
- Nouveau now has Nvidia GM108 Maxwell support;
- Linux 4.8 (more information: KernelNewbies | Phoronix):
- initial NVIDIA Pascal support for Nouveau;
- amdgpu OverDrive support, allowing overclicking AMD GPUs using the open source driver;
- Broadcom BCM2837 SoC support (this is used by the Raspberry Pi 3);
- Microsoft Surface 3 touch-screen support.
Download Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)
Download Ubuntu 16.10 | official release notes (includes instructions for upgrading from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and other download links)
Important: all non-LTS Ubuntu versions are only supported for 9 months. Ubuntu 16.10 will be supported until July 2017.
Official release notes and download links for Ubuntu 16.10 desktop flavors:
- Kubuntu: release notes | download
- Ubuntu MATE: release notes | download
- Xubuntu: release notes | download
- Lubuntu: release notes | download
- Ubuntu GNOME
- Ubuntu Studio
- Ubuntu Kylin
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Saturday, September 2, 2017
Ubuntu 16 10 Yakkety Yak e derivate disponibili al download
Ubuntu 16 10 Yakkety Yak e derivate disponibili al download
Canonical ha ufficialmente rilasciato Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak", la nuova release semestrale di Ubuntu e che sar� supportata fino a Luglio 2017.
Accanto alledizione principale di Ubuntu 16.10 troviamo le derivate ufficiali caratterizzata dalla presenza di un desktop environment alternativo.
Ma vediamo quali sono le principali novit� di questo rilascio:
Ubuntu 16.10 Desktop:
- Linux kernel 4.8
- gnupg2
- LibreOffice 5.2 con supporto alle GTK3
- Lupdate manager fornisce il changelog dei PPA
- Nautilus e la maggior parte delle applicazioni fornite da GNOME sono state aggiornate alla versione 3.20. Alcune applicazioni sono invece state aggiornate a GNOME 3.22
- systemd usato per la sessione utente
- Sessione Unity 8 sperimentale per le schede video con driver compatibili (la mia non � compatibile uffa)
Ubuntu 16.10 Server:
- Ubuntu 16.10 include lultima release di OpenStack release, Newton include i seguenti componenti: OpenStack Identity - Keystone, OpenStack Imaging - Glance, OpenStack Block Storage - Cinder, OpenStack Compute - Nova, OpenStack Networking - Neutron, OpenStack Telemetry - Ceilometer and Aodh, OpenStack Orchestration - Heat, OpenStack Dashboard - Horizon, OpenStack Object Storage - Swift, OpenStack Database as a Service - Trove, OpenStack DNS - Designate, OpenStack Bare-metal - Ironic, OpenStack Filesystem - Manila, OpenStack Key Manager - Barbican
- qemu 2.6.1
- DPDK 16.07
- libvirt 2.1
- Open vSwitch 2.6
- LXD 2.4.1
- cloud-init
Kubuntu 16.10
Ledizione con KDE viene rilasciata con i seguenti pacchetti
- KDE Applications 16.04.3
- KDE Frameworks 5.26.0
- Plasma 5.7.x
Lubuntu 16.10
LXDE continua ad essere lambiente desktop predefinito di Lubuntu. Laggiornamento a LXQt � stato rimandato a Lubuntu 17.04
Ubuntu GNOME 16.10
GNOME 3.20 per la maggior parte del sistema, incluso il core system (GTK+, gnome-shell, gnome-control-center, nautilus). Alcune applicazioni sono state portate a GNOME 3.22. La lista completa dei pacchetti con relative versioni la trovate a questo indirizzo.
Nel dettaglio troviamo:
- Files 3.20
- Photos aggiornato alla versione 3.22 che porta con se la funzione di editing non distruttivo
- Video 3.22 con supporto alla regolazione della velocit� del video
- Books 3.22 che ora guadagna il supporto iniziale a formato .epub
- Maps 3.22 con supporto a OpenStreetMap
- Disk Usage Analyzer 3.22
- Empathy, lapplicazione di messaggistica instantanea che nelle scorse versioni trovavamo preinstalla su Ubuntu GNOME non � ora pi� installate di default ma � comunque presente nei repository della distro.
- Characters 3.22 � ora installata di default
- Aggiunta nuovamente lutility Initial Setup che ci guida al primo avvio di GNOME permettendoci di configurare la lingua e lintergrazione con gli account online.
- Aggiunta la sessione sperimentale con wayland per coloro che fanno uso dei driver open source.
- webkit2gtk � ora installata di default
Ubuntu MATE 16.10
Ledizione con MATE viene ora rilasciata con:
- MATE 1.16.0 con supporto alle GTK3+
- Ubuntu MATE Welcome 16.10.10
- MATE Dock Applet 0.75
Xubuntu 16.10
Ledizione con Xfce non ha cambiamenti evidenti rispsetto al precedente rilascio che si limita soltanto allintroduzione di nuovi wallpaper e allaggiornamento di alcune applicazioni (poche a dire il vero) alle GTK+3.
Potete scaricare Ubuntu 16.10 e derivate ai seguenti indirizzi
- http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.10/ (Ubuntu Desktop and Server)
- http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/releases/16.10/ (Less Popular Ubuntu Images)
- http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/16.10/ (Ubuntu Cloud Server)
- http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/16.10/ (Ubuntu Netboot)
- http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/16.10/ (Kubuntu)
- http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/16.10/ (Lubuntu)
- http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/16.10/ (Ubuntu Studio)
- http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/16.10/ (Ubuntu GNOME)
- http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/16.10/ (Ubuntu Kylin)
- http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/16.10/ (Ubuntu MATE)
- http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/16.10/ (Xubuntu)
Guide post installazione Ubuntu 16.10
Visto e considerato il numero esiguo di novit� presenti su questo rilascio molto probabilmente non rilascer� le consuete guide post installazione.
Se volte consigli vi invito a visionare le guide per Ubuntu 16.04 LTS e derivate che trovate ai seguenti indirizzi:
Ubuntu 16.04 - Guida post installazione
Kubuntu 16.04 - Guida post installazione
Lubuntu 16.04 - Guida post installazione
Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 - Guida post installazione
Ubuntu MATE 16.04 - Guida post installazione
Xubuntu 16.04 - Guida post installazione
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Friday, September 1, 2017
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Ubuntu 16 04 LTS no login con i driver nvidia 304 132 Ecco come risolvere il problema
Ubuntu 16 04 LTS no login con i driver nvidia 304 132 Ecco come risolvere il problema
Gli utenti di Ubuntu 16.04 LTS che fanno uso dei driver nvidia 304.132 hanno riscontrato recentemente un grosso problema che gli impedisce di effettuare il login sul proprio PC.
Il problema � connesso allultima versione dei driver del ramo 304 attualmente presenti (come update) nei repository di Ubuntu.
In attesa di un possibile fix a monte da parte di nvidia o di Canonical con il downgrade dei pacchetti lunica soluzione � quella di utilizzare i driver nvidia 304.131 che sono ancora presenti nei repository di Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
Vediamo come risolvere il problema.
Nel caso in cui avete gi� installato i driver nvidia-304.132 la prima cosa da fare � quella di rimuoverli.
Dalla schermata di login premete la combinazione di tasti CTRL+ALT+F1 per loggarvi nella consolle e inserite i vostri dati di accesso.
Da terminale aggiorniamo dando
sudo apt-get update
rimuoviamo i driver nvidia con
sudo apt-get remove nvidia*
sudo apt-get autoremove
ora non ci resta che installare i driver nvidia-304.131 che non sono afflitti dal bug dando
sudo apt-get install nvidia-304=304.131-0ubuntu3
Bene, ora riavviamo il sistema e logghiamoci su Ubuntu.
Adesso dobbiamo istruire il sistema dicendogli di non aggiornare i driver alla nuova versione buggata. Per fare questo dobbiamo creare una regola di pinning.
Con il nostro editor di testo preferito e con i permessi da super utente creiamo il file /etc/apt/preferences.d/local-nvidia-quirks
Mettiamo il caso di voler utilizzare Gedit. Da terminale diamo:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/preferences.d/local-nvidia-quirks
Adesso abbiamo due strade. Se vogliamo saltare soltanto la versione 304.132 incolliamo allinterno del file
Package: nvidia-304
Pin: version 304.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
Pin-Priority: -10
e salviamo.
Se invece vogliamo bloccare anche futuri update del ramo 304 dei driver e restare sempre sulla versione 304.131 incolliamo
Package: nvidia-304
Pin: version 304.131-0ubuntu3
Pin-Priority: 1001
e ovviamente salviamo il tutto.
Per maggiori dettagli sul bug vi rimando alla segnalazione fatta su Launchpad dove ho tratto la soluzione a questo problema https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/+bug/1639180
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Sunday, August 27, 2017
uBlock Origin 1 9 16
uBlock Origin 1 9 16
uBlock Origin ( uBlock0 )
uBlock Origin atau uBlock0 adalah salah satu aplikasi ekstensi untuk FireFox & Chrome yang bisa digunakan untuk menangkal iklan yang berada di Internet. Seperti yang kita tahu, iklan-iklan yang ada di Internet sering sekali menyebabkan loading halaman website menjadi lambat dan tentu saja membuang-buang kuota. Belum lagi saat ini banyak sekali iklan diinternet yang mengandung malware dan dapat membahayakan PC yang kalian gunakan.
uBlock Origin tidak cuma berfungsi sebagai ad-blocker, uBlock Origin juga bisa membaca list filter yang ada di file hosts. uBlock Origin juga tidak memakan penggunaan RAM dengan besar, kalian juga bisa mengatur list filter yang ada di uBlock Origin dengan mudah. Saat ini uBlock Origin tersedia sebagai ekstensi Mozilla FireFox dan Google Chrome.
Homepage : https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
Changelog : https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases
DOWNLOAD DISINI [ UNTUK BROWSER BERBASIS CHROMIUM ]
DOWNLOAD DISINI [ UNTUK BROWSER BERBASIS FIREFOX ]
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