Ubuntu 24.04: An Excellent Linux Distro
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- Опубликовано: 27 апр 2024
- Ubuntu 24.04 linux distro review, including installation, new features, and applications. Ubuntu 24.04, the Noble Numbat, can be freely downloaded from: ubuntu.com/desktop
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Chapters:
00:35 Noble Numbat (specifications & download)
03:49 Installation
07:55 What’s New?
11:45 Applications
15:32 Wrap
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Congratulations Chris on crossing over the 1 million subscribers!
Yes, freecell is good, but also 1M subs is nice
You explained the clock alarm feature with a marvellous real world example - "in case you miss a cup of tea'". The danger of such a catastrophic event cannot be over emphasized and I am happy you drew attention to it. 😅😅
This will not stand! I prefer my tea prompt and while seated.
Missing tea time would be a tragedy for a British gentleman like Christopher.
One of the first applications on X11 was the tea timer, so that honours a very old tradition.
Another reviewer said this release of Ubuntu was boring. He acted like that was a bad thing. But boring is GOOD. As you said in the video, there is no use changing things just for the sake of changing them. If software changes all of the time, people have to devote time to relearning the software rather than the task they wanted to use the software for in the first place. If I want to type a letter, I want to do it and be done -- not learn a new word processor interface BEFORE I can type the letter. So I think Ubuntu has taken the wise course by being "boring." Though the lack of Solitaire on initial installation is something they need to reconsider...
We are in agreement, as is so often the case. :)
So true. Microsoft seem to be obsessed with "Oh the new version can do this and that and we've put the taskbar in the middle, and it looks so gorgeous...."
No! I just want the OS to run my programs. Boring all the way for me.
Yes, I really dislike having to Google how to do things in Windows 11 vs 10. Really annoying for no real purpose. Add the fact Microsoft keeps coming up with more things to turn off to stop them collecting as much or more data than Google! Seems Microsoft updates is also very helpful in turning telemetry back on and not telling you. Very annoying indeed. New isn't always better, especially when you work in IT and have a dozen operating systems to deal with, you waste a lot of time figuring out where they hid things with each release.
@@john_in_phoenix Of course, there are plenty of Linux commentators who are all for "new." "Oh, there's this stylish new user interface!!!! Isn't it wonderful?" I want to ask them, "Does it do anything better than the old UI?" Of course, 99 times out of a hundred, it does not. It adds no functionality, but someone thought it looked "pretty" or "exciting." To hell with that! I'm all for improved functionality. But if the change doesn't improve the function of the software, then they should make it optional if they include it at all.
That is another reason why I detest Microsoft. Every new release, I have to spend hours figuring out how to accomplish what I used to do.
watching this while running the new ubuntu version, and i am loving it so far!
great video!
:)
@@ExplainingComputers I also have this version, and whenever I reboot I lose all audio and also the video freezes. Have you heard of this issue before or what it might be? Otherwise its great
Using Lubuntu 24.04 and must say it is running like a dream.....
I am thrilled about Ubuntu LTS release day because Linux Mint will have a new version in about two months
Indeed so!
Mint is my favourite distro.
Me too, I have mint 21.3 right now and I am eager to know what's going to be added in 22 wilma
I used to be thrilled about those same updates... But I recently switched from regular Mint to the LMDE version, and am very happy with the minor differences.
@@KomradeMikhail What is the difference between LMDE and Mint? I've read some things but what does it mean for a daily user?
Great video, mate. I love Ubuntu. Regards from Adelaide, South Australia. 👍🏼
Greetings!
I have a feeling more and more people will be tuning in, Chris, as Win10 reaches end-of-life. Your videos are straight forward with no fluff, and I'm sure new users to Linux (like myself) will greatly appreciate it.
I think you are right, every new Windows release is good for Linux. :)
I like the new look for the installer and app store. Always nice to see Linux gaining more traction and observing how the ecosystem for it is developing, I hope more people are able to fully transition from Windows to Linux without having to be deprived of certain tools and utilities that they need. I've been running Kubuntu as my daily driver for a while now and so far I haven't really felt like I "miss" anything from Windows.
LOL, "it's the year of desktop Linux."
@@hoagy_ytfc Said every year for 30 years.
@hoagy_ytfc it really is, for me at least! 😄
I tried Linux on my desktop a few years and it wasn't great. Didn't get a lot of stuff working, help resources/documentation online were often incomplete, incompatible or difficult to follow and the next time I booted it, half of what did work, broke.
This year, Migrainesoft decided to shove a full screen ad for Windows 11 into Windows 10 user's face that also tells them they'd need to upgrade their hardware, when all they did need to do in most cases desktop users would just need to enable their TPM and safe booting (which is disabled by default on desktop mainboards), but why give accurate advice when you can -create unnecessary e-waste- "stimulate the economy" instead? 🙄
That motivated me to try Linux again and right out of the gate everything ran just as good or better than on Linux, whatever didn't work or I didn't understand had well explained tutorials solving my problem just one google search prompt away and I haven't looked back so far (it's only been a week, but I'm already feeling very familiar and settled with the new OS).
The only thing that's keeping me from formatting my Windows 10 drive right now is a DAW called Studio One. If I can install Wayland so I can use its Linux Beta, then I will never need to boot into a Windows install ever again.
Else I'll have to switch DAW which would mean needing to keep a Windows install in case I need to export something from an old project into a format that Ardour or Reaper can work with... 🤔
Warning for people trying to use it in Virtualbox or VMware.
3D acceleration is currently broken and will result in a black desktop.
Disabling the 3D acceleration will help for now (tested with VMware).
thanks for pointing that out 👍
Works well in a Hyper-V enhanced session using a few tweaks.
Proxmox?
@@PureAwareness76 in the release notes it mentions specifically VirtualBox, VMware and old (470 I think?) NVIDIA drivers.
Thanks for the info, that should save some people time and headaches 😉👍🏻
watching this video while running ubuntu 24.04 on my main system :)
Chris uploading awesome videos as always.
Awesome Video as always. Congratulations on crossing over the 1 million subscribers!
Thanks for keeping us informed Christopher!
Upon discovering Steam's Proton, the only time I boot into Windows is to update it. Linux/Ubuntu is fantastic and you sir present this new version in such a splendid way! Thank you for that and congrats to 1M subs! That's an astonishing accomplishment and I can see why from the quality and clarity of your videos.
Chris! I have downloaded Xubuntu 24.04 because I really love the XFCE desktop. It's also about half the size of the Ubuntu iso. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks for your continued excellent coverage of Linux.
Really looking forward to giving this a try, Chris. Thanks for your review of it, It's very helpful.
Fun fact: Numbats eat nothing but termites. They're also very cute little critters.
Anyway, good morning, everyone! :)
Greetings! Nice fun fact. They are like small anteaters!
@@ExplainingComputersHi, Chris! They're such good little anteaters too. Breaks my heart a bit to hear that they're endangered though... :(
i wish more of the internet was as wholesome and civil as this comment thread
Off-topic: I live in the USA. I went to Taco Bell today. They were advertising "Aardvark Nacho Fries". I hope they did not have actual aardvark (i.e. anteater) meat in them. (I did not order them, nor did I ask about them.)
@@georgeh6856 Upon looking them up, they don't have any aardvark and they definitely look something I'd eat while stoned. Huzzah! Arthur Read is safe!!! 🥳🥳🥳
I do look forward to the "Can I Switch to Linux" videos, they're always tremendously interesting. The answer always seems to be "not quite, but it's getting closer and closer". I look forward to that day arriving!
any example of why not (e.g. no minesweeper in linux, oops there is more than 1) ?
@@jyvben1520 Off the top of my head, the video where Linus tries to swap is a good example. Things that should just simply work just flat out broke. As well as compatibility for games (which is getting better but not perfect).
On top of that, enterprise software can be a hurdle too.
Hard to read fonts are a bane for me too.... it's alright for these young developers with their 20/20 vision 🙂
It's been a long time since I used Ubuntu, but the changes do look interesting,
Thank you Chris, always a pleasure! Take care, see you next week...
Thanks for your support -- I agree about the developers with good eyes who work on big screens. I remember that in TV studios, even in the most modern galleries with large colour monitors, there was always a 14 inch, 405 line black and white monitor hooked up too. And care was always taken to ensure that the output from the studio was watchable on this screen. Sadly the days of developers (and many content creators) thinking about accessibility, and now things will appear on the worst delivery hardware, are long gone. But this is not a positive change.
Had to laugh when he complained about the hard to read font :) this sounds worse than I mean it - honestly. But this is such an “old man’s problem”. I mean I’m 30 years old and still have okay-ish vision. But I’m also not a youngster anymore. I think the new font looks fresh and modern. And when it becomes hard to read for me some day - it probably won’t be the font’s fault. Let’s say it like that. :)
@@lifehacker123 I had 20/20 vision up to the age of 40, then I was suddenly told needed glasses which over time seem to get stronger and stronger....you are not there yet, and hopefully you won't be, but it comes on quickly or seems to for a lot of us older users 🙂
Yes, also very narrow scroll bars...
I really love your videos , its like the type of videos I watched back in 2010-2012 when I was first learning computers, Straightforward and Clear, Love this Style !
Thanks.
Another informative and great video as always! Looking forward to playing with this new version!
Great video, as always. Have a great week, Chris.
you hit 1mil! Have been watching you for yeaaaars since I was a teenager omg congrats Chris!
Thanks.
Thanks! I was watching this and had forgotten I had made a cup of tea some time ago so a useful reminder there.
An so my work is done! :)
AWESOME ! .. Exactly what I needed to know !
I appreciate you, Chris !
Very nice presentation. This was very informative and useful. Also appreciate the dry humour! :)
Was looking forward to an EC video on this. Tidy!
Excellent. I first used Ubuntu about 12 years ago. Great to see that it’s continuing to progress
Well done superb video as always!
Thank you for another helpful and clear presentation
Good morning from LA (6:30 am lol) another great video but nothing will get me to switch from my Mint/Windows 7 setup.
Thanks for the demo on Ubuntu LTS. Hope your editing solution works out as well! I haven't really dived into Ubuntu/Linux since late 2000s, when I had a few free work PCs. I think mine was 2006 LTS. Anyway, I'm thinking about giving Ubuntu another try. I have an old i5 Mac mini in a closet that might be made useful again.
Great video I was waiting for your excellent review for this distro.
Thanks. It has been a busy few days!
Good stuff Chris. 👍
It should be noted this release adds Kernel driver support for more recent AMD GPU's, a considerably more up to date version of the MESA graphics stack and a "Higher vm.max_map_count" ( which is interesting ). Making this release pretty good for AMD Linux gamers looking for 'stable'. Particularly on GNOME. ( Sadly Kubuntu is still on Plasma 5 )
Greetings Noble Sir! Ubuntu has come a long, long way since the first version I used, Dapper Drake. I love the new installer. A welcome change indeed. I am due for the upgrade so I will probably get it done later today. My only critques are...NO GAMES???? What were they thinking? 😁 I have never been a fan of the Ubuntu default font and change it as a first setup step so making it worse and spindly is not an issue for me. My other critique is that I have never been a fan of GuhNome3 so I tend to use a different flavour i.e. Kubuntu or Mate. As always, thank you for producing these quality videos and stay well and happy my friend!
Great stuff Chris, Thank you !
Ubuntu 24.04 is so snappy - I have the same CPU - i5 10400 on a desktop dell Inspiron with 16G of RAM to test Linux distros as well. Snaps came a long way and it is really fast now. Some softwares are slower to load like LibreOffice but it is fully confined. it takes a few seconds but nothing frustrating.
Full disk encryption is nice and 24.04.1 should be compatible with FDE with nvidia drivers.
So far, great release. Very polished.
Good video Chris with lots of information, I have been running this a while now but did not like the desktop setup so changed to KDE Plasma and this transformed the whole experience far more fluent and just nicer to use.
Just installed it a while ago. Love the new interface look. Chrome doesn't open after install but a restart solves the problem. Played Dota 2 on Steam, all good. Installed it via app center.
Bare metal or VM?
@@PureAwareness76 Bare metal, I wiped out my old 20.04 in PC and did a fresh install. Running on Ryzen 2400G , I only have the built in APU. No external graphics card.
Thanks for the video. Best wishes from the land of the numbat. 🇦🇺
Good to hear you're moving towards being a Linux-only setup
Absolutely love that you put the solitaire footage in there!!! Hahahahahahahaha! Just beautifully done, sir.
Like-Button pressed and subscribed allready ;)
I like the video. Of course it is not a complete review (filesystem options, programming environments etc) but for me it is very helpful. I just bought a system76 machine (you don't want to know the transport cost to Finland, it is a lot) which I will receive end of the week. It has Pop_os, derived from Ubuntu. Thank you very much for making the video, although I was a bit disappointed to not know whether you finished the game of solitair .... Looking forward to the next video!
Great video Chris. I have been using Mint for quite a while on an I5 Dell laptop But after watching your video I am thinking about switching to Ubuntu. How awesome it is to be able to freely switch distros in the Linux world. My main anchor (or ball and chain) to Windows these days is Autodesk Fusion360, which is only offered in Windows or Mac. But I see the Linux alternatives keep improving. So maybe I will try those also. Thanks again for another informative video. Take Good Care Chris.
I installed Ubuntu 24.04 the day it came out on my PC, followed a tutorial by ksk royale on youtube of removing snap packages and the snap/app center, took me like 5 mins, installed flatpak support and the gnome software center, installed Steam, played one of my games that I use as a benchmark if it runs on Linux and so far, it has been working beautifully. I made some changes to the desktop by installing dash to panel and arc menu gnome extensions and made it my own. Definitely worth the upgrade and the flexibility of customization to make my pc mine :3
great job Chris on the review of Ubuntu 24.04 :D
Does the flatpak support come automatically after installing the gnome software center or are there extra steps ?
Timely video as this new LTS is now out and I was curious on what the new Gnome might look like.
It's going to be August before a prompt will appear on our Ubuntu update process allowing us to adopt the new LTS without need for external media images.
I am tempted to jump the gun . . .
But it's safer to wait till it comes via auto updates later on as I can't afford more trouble from any direction now
Trying this out on an old laptop, easy to install like you showed, thanks for the recommendation
I recently bought my first "Windows" desktop machine in over 10 years. It replaces an ancient netbook (yes...one of those...) 2nd-gen two-core Intel with a 10th-gen 6-core CPU. One oddity I noticed was Ubuntu KDE Neon''s insistence that I disable Rapid Storage Technology (RST). After fiddling about, I pulled out the original NVME drive screwed onto the motherboard and replaced it a factory-fresh one that presumably didn't have Windows on it.
I am awed by the increase in performance of Ubuntu Linux on this newer machine. The bog standard NVME with Windows on it is nicely packed away in a case...in case I need it later.
Mahalo for another talk about Ubuntu. I've been a Debian devotee of late, and it's nice to see what Ubuntu are getting up to as well. Aloha!
Hi Chris! Thank you to promote Ubuntu. RIP fenêtre! (yes, I'm French)
Although I am a dedicated LinuxMint user, since 2008, I, too, d/l Aisleriot Solitaire as soon as possible!
Nice review Anne Robinson, can't believe you're at 1 mil subs, I'm grateful for your great content
Bad bot.
@@user-lu1lv2bf5f mate I'm not a bot shut up
Top of the week to you Chris. Stay safe...J
Greetings!
Oh this channel still exists? And it reached 1 Mio Subscribers? That is insane, watched this channel 12 years ago :D Congrats for your subscribers. Thanks to your video on beating RSI I found the 3M vertical mouse which was a game changer, so I could continue my work as a Software Engineer, thank you for that. Since then I went on to split keyboards like the Kinesis Advantage2 and a more budget model that is perfect for my office work a split Perixx PERIBOARD-524. I would recommend anyone getting this keyboard and the 3M mouse if they struggle with RSI. Anyway thank you for that and I hope your channel grows even more, you are a good influence.
Great to hear that the 3M mouse helped.
@@ExplainingComputers it did. I didn't consider a vertical mouse until I saw it in your video and thought "ok, if he uses it you at least have to try". And yeah, it did work. It was also a lesson on looking for people who actually have an incentive to find the best option for a given situation :D
I tried it out on my N100 rig and it was fine. Using KDE Neon almost all the time now and going back to Gnome was not really something I want to do everyday. Ubuntu has always been a solid distro but not my choice lately. Thanks for another great video Chris.
Excellent video Chris. I'm curious what you think of the immutable distros that are gaining popularity. Maybe an idea for a future video?
As usual, quality content.
If I may ask from your personal experiance, if you had to rate in percantage how much desktop ubuntu distro is heavier that Lubuntu/Xubuntu, how much it would be approx?
Awesome Thank you for Sharing! 💯✴
I prefer Linux Mint, but this is rather impressive! I love the addition of new animations, but I prefer the cinnamon desktop that Mint comes with. Its just more to my liking. :)
Could you review Linux Lite? Its a really lightweight distribution for old and less powerful computers, and it is based on Ubuntu LTS. Probably worth a try, especially if you have a very low powered computer!
Great video, please keep up the fantastic work!
Upgraded from 23.10 and so far it's been really sold. I recommend it
Really solid, you mean !
Great review as always! The new version of Ubuntu sure is snappy. I'm in love with the new settings menu, though I will say it's a total shame Aisleriot Solitaire isn't pre-installed on there... Hopefully, a snap version of it isn't too far away! Can't have a computer without solitaire. 🤭
Thanks for your support.
@@ExplainingComputersYou're welcome!
Thanks Chris...Upgrading my Ubuntu 22.04 desktop to 24.04 now!!
Good luck!
8:26T - Gnome - I love it - thanks Chris 🙂
Excellent video 👍 Thank you 💜
First time I tried any sort of Linux distro in more than a decade and I have to say I am pleasantly surprised. It reminds me of macOS. Looking rather polished. Truly Linux is more ready than ever for mainstream. I will still be keeping Windows in dual boot, but only for the gaming use case.
Great video Chris! It's nice to see a solid release from Ubuntu, in my work i manage various servers, most using ubuntu. Personally in the desktop i don't use because the snap packages because they take more space and slow to launch, e do prefer .deb for the simplicity and the stability (during some update they don't break and the process is smooth). I have a home server using debian stable and rock solid, on the my notebook i use arch with xfce and run nicely, i had an old desktop PC and had Debian Sid + xfce (i being using for two years and after a couples updates e can say i never had any issues or break packages), if you need to transition to Linux i do recommend Debian + xfce (xfce don't update to often so you don't bother had some trouble), Debian in testing or Sid are better for normal usage because the software get more updates, especially browser use a firefox-esr is not a good practice in terms of security, today we need the security patches.
Setting a timer so you dont miss a cup of tea! Love it! 🤩
Great information! Gracias👏👏👏
One thing is for sure, *Ubuntu wallpapers are always stunning!* ❤
I really like it. They've polished the icons and made a lot of other polishing improvements.
Also Ubuntu has got a server you can download if your into that kind of thing, Would go nicely with your mini PC, Chris.
I never did like solitaire, my favourites were Pinball and Space invaders which was written in QB64, can be compiled with Quick Basic also.
Very interesting and well presented, thanks from east Orlando 👋
Greetings!
I've just fixed my wife windows laptop wifi problem. Spent near 3 hours troubleshoot it. That makes me realize again how grateful I am as an Ubuntu user. That brings me straight to your video. Love it and subscribed. Also thanks mate introduce me to Autograph. Looking forward to try it.
Welcome aboard. Autograph will appear here in a video in a couple of weeks -- really nice software. :)
Haha you getting giddy over a reinstall of solitaire cracked me up. I think I'll give Noble Numbat a go when I get home.
The best thing about (l)ubuntu 24.04 LTS is the fact that Bluetooth finally works as it should: 22.04 wasn't able to connect to my headphones, but had no problem connecting to my Creative T60 speakers 🤔
The only thing I don't like so far is it adopts Python's nag about "externally managed" environments. I just like installing a package or two with pip but now I either have to learn about Python virtual environments or bypass the nag (I choose the latter).
Hi, Jeff! :)
Greetings Jeff! :)
You shouldn't probably use python without a virtualenv anyway. Even in my dockerfiles I setup a clean venv each time. Once you get the gist of it, it's simple and gives you a lot of flexibility.
I am so tired of keeping --break-system-packages on clipboard speed-dial
@@loicjeannin6233 I get the gist but I can't remember any of the command etc especially with pip and poetry
Ubuntu is looking impressive these days! Looking forward to your next video!
Greetings Perry.
@@ExplainingComputers Greetings back at you Christopher!
Completely agree with your positive comment on this LTS release. I was really impressed that the Canonical team managed to get day one support for Raspberry Pi 5. Searching around in forums seemed to suggest it might not be supported for a while yet. I took a peek at the RPi installer and lo and behold it was listed as an option for Pi 5. I quickly installed the Server version to my SSD - in the beautiful Argon 5 Neo Nvme case (!). It booted first time. The only gripes are that it shows a low power warning (unlike 23.10), but boots fine, and (more troubling) when I enabled Gen3 PCIE speeds (also fine on 23.10), it could not connect to any network. I am sure these will get ironed out and it is nothing to stop using 24.04. I would love to use Fedora 40 on my Pi but even with a more convoluted install process, it just seems to fail to boot, and I don’t see any news in the Fedora community on when Pi 5 might be officially supported.
Just to follow up on this. Someone replied to my experiences in the RPi forums that there seem some general problems with Ubunut Desktop. So be ready for some bleeding edge experiences on Pi, but at least Ubuntu Server works for me.
This has been my first experience into Linux and I can't be more happy with it.
Great to hear! :)
Very slick looking distro!
I’m about to change a machine I built as a “main” desktop. A SFF Lenovo i7. Doesn’t like Windows 11 much. Biggest complaint is no sound through video port/HDMI. Going to go with either Mint or now this. It looks good. Thanks for the review and congrats on 1 million.
Good luck with Linux. :)
@@ExplainingComputers Thanks. I have a lot of Pi’s running Linux, so I’m not new to it.
Another good review
Hello kind sir. I really enjoy your videos, keep them coming. So I’m finally getting my framework 16 laptop and wanted to ask your opinion of a Linux OS to use/learn indefinitely on my new laptop. With this new Ubuntu vid you put out, not sure if i should go with LM or Ubuntu?
I try linux every year or so and install the latest ubuntu and fadora and mint. It has come so far but there are still 2 things making me not just make the switch from windows. 1 no way to undervolt/overclock or monitor my GPU through software provided by AMD, 2 peripherals not having linux driver support by the manufacturers. I know there are a lot of open ones but for my particular set up there is not anything that works currently and I would rather not make my own when in windows it is just a click away.
So glad linux is making so much headway though and cant wait to ditch windows for good. Also thank Gaben for making Proton, that made gaming 90-95% doable on linux without much headache at all. Amazing stuff!
ubuntu is a solid, good and reliable operating system, I tried other operating systems but I always came back to ubuntu. I love Canonical and the whole team there. Thank you Cris for all your presentations, they are very helpful.
I like that games aren't installed by default.
Thanks, Chris, for your brilliant videos!
Thanks Chris for your excellent review of Ubuntu 24.04. Only one complaint; you need to release your time-altering software for all us time-challenged viewers….😂!
Have a great week.
Ubuntu 24.04 is a well curated OS with plenty of scope & a straightforward install. I liked the fact that you can extend the support to 10 years, Microsoft please take note! I'd never heard of a Numbat until you mentioned it, this proves the channel is very educational. Thanks Chris for an interesting video.
Hi, Alan! I didn't know what a numbat was until this either. Now I gotta seek out a plushie of one when I can. I got a big $50 plushie of a Pokemon that I fear would get pretty jealous if I brought in another plushie. 😅
@@Praxibetel-Ix Hey Ford it'd be OK if it was a small one, do plushies get jealous? Way to go :)
Hi Alan, and thanks for your support. :)
Setting Up My New Geekom A7 With Windows 11 Pro Installed And Right Away The Silence Is Brilliant Just To Sit And Browse In Peace No Fan Side Case Hum Drum Etc Love It......
It is great OS. Dotnet is becomming more friendly to Linux and just recently I migrated from Windows to Ubuntu 24.04 as a Dotnet developer and works fine.
Updated my Bodhi Linux 7.0 to use the new ubuntu 24.04 base and it works well.
Thank you for sharing.
Have it up and running, really like it.
I have a GMKtec G3 (N100 based system with Realtec WiFi and Intel 2.5 gigabit interfaces) and bought a second NVME SSD specifically to compare the Windows 11 pro and Ubuntu experience. Windows 11 installer did not recognize either network interface and thus didn’t want to install without work arounds. The 24.04 Ubuntu installer had zero problems. Really nice NUC system for $160 and Ubuntu works great! I wonder how much of the cost is a Windows pro license.
Nice new distro like the improvements on the Laptop track pad.
Greetings and love from Western Australia my home town :) so shocked and yet excited to see the Numbat as the mascot for this distro .. Wiki: Numbats were formerly widely distributed across southern Australia, from Western Australia to north-western New South Wales. However, their range has significantly decreased since the arrival of Europeans, and the species has survived only in two small patches of land in the Dryandra Woodland and the Perup Nature Reserve, both in Western Australia.
Today, numbats are naturally found only in areas of eucalypt forest, but they were once more widespread in other types of semiarid woodland, spinifex grassland, and in terrain dominated by sand dune. There are estimated to be fewer than 1,000 left in the wild.
FYI those wondering whether it can be used for work, it can if you're using it as an 'internal' work machine:
"Ubuntu is freely available to all users for personal, or in the case of organisations, internal use. It is provided for this use without warranty. All implied warranties are disclaimed to the fullest extent permitted at law."
I see TPM back disk encryption is now an option - something I've been waiting for.
The installer is good, but Ubuntu has become too _snappy_ for me.
:)
I agree - remove snaps completely and install flatpak instead or go to Debian with the same process. Debian 12.5 now my daily driver and very pleased with it.
If my operating system ain't snappy, I don't want it. I always disable animations wherever I can.
I don't get the joke
Edit: i get the joke 🤗
It has become the macos-like rival in these last incarnations, more demanding for desktop hardware.But as long as it keeps being stable, easily upgradable and being widely adopted as a debian based distro it's ok.