Available release distribution Ubuntu 21.10 ” Impish Indri “, which is referenced to the intermediate releases, updates, which are formed during the first 9 months (support will be carried out until July 2022 ). The installation images are created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server , Lubuntu , Kubuntu , ubuntu Mate , ubuntu Budgie , Ubuntu Studio , Xubuntu and UbuntuKylin (edition for China).
Main change :
- Implemented a move to GTK4 and GNOME Desktop 40, which substantially upgraded interface. Virtual desktops in the review mode (Activities Overview) transferred to a horizontal orientation, and displayed in a continuously scrolling from left to right chain. On every desktop is shown in overview mode, a visual display of the available window for which a dynamic panning and zooming when the user interacts. Provided a seamless transition between the list of applications and virtual desktops. Improved organization of work if you have multiple monitors. The GNOME Shell is provided the use of the GPU to render shader.
- By default, proposed completely light version themes Yaru , used in Ubuntu. As an option, also available option completely dark (dark headers, a dark background and dark controls). Support for the old version of the theme of the combined (dark headers, light background and light controls) discontinued due to lack of opportunities in GTK4 determination of different background and text colors for the header and the main window that allows you to not guarantee the correct operation of all GTK-applications using the combined topics.
- Given the opportunity to use desktop session-based protocol Wayland in environments with proprietary NVIDIA drivers.
- In PulseAudio significantly expanded support for Bluetooth: A2DP-added codecs LDAC and AptX, integrated profile support HFP (Hands-Free Profile), will improve the sound quality.
- Made the transition to the use of the algorithm for compressing zstd deb-packages, which will almost double the speed of installation packages, the cost of a small increase in their size (~ 6%). Support the use of zstd present in the apt and dpkg starting with Ubuntu 18.04, but the packet compression is not used.
- A new installer
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