![]() There are programs like Unetbootin that can automatically download distros and set them up in all kinds of fancy ways, but we prefer to keep things simple so here we’re recommending the cross platform Etcher tool. We know that many PCs and most laptops don’t have optical drives nowadays, but that’s okay-the image can be written to a USB stick, which will probably boot much faster and certainly will be much quieter than booting from DVD. Toast on macOS, CDBurnerXP on Windows, Brasero on Linux). You should now have a 2.5GB disk image (ISO) file which you can write to a DVD using the software of your choice (e.g. We’d recommend making a cup of tea while the download completes. If you are feeling charitable, you can also make a donation to Canonical and choose how they invest it, but this is entirely optional. Fire up your browser and head to and hit the download button. You can download the Ubuntu install image from whatever operating system you are comfortable with. (Image credit: Canonical) Installing Ubuntu And this number will increase as developers increasingly sidestep the old method of relying on distros to package up their offerings. We predict Snaps (and Flatpaks) are going to gain serious traction in the coming months and years.Īs you’ll see from the Software application, a number of trendy tools (some proprietary like Zoom and Slack, and some not like Riot and Signal) are now packaged as Snaps. ![]() ![]() Of course, you can still install packages from the command line with Apt if you’re not sold on the ‘app store’ mentality. Indeed, most applications we searched for were only available in this format, but some packages can be installed from the traditional Ubuntu repos. The Ubuntu Software tool now serves Snaps as the default. There’s an opportunity to help the community here if you find one that doesn’t work, do your bit and package it up as a Snap. If you’re running old 32-bit applications you might run into difficulties, so do test these before getting rid of your 18.04 install. And in case you’re concerned about the 32-bit library palaver, don’t be-everything needed by Steam, Wine and Lutris is still in the repos. This can rejig CPU frequency governers, schedulers and other frobs to boost framerates. Gamers will be pleased to hear that Feral’s GameMode is part of a standard install. Speaking of Nvidia, their drivers are now included on the install medium, no need to resort to a PPA or (shudder) downloading them from Nvidia’s website. At the time of writing, there seem to be issues using this with the proprietary Nvidia driver too, so keep an eye on this bug. Now the Goldilocks Zone can be enabled through a simple switch in Settings > Screen Display, but do note the small print warning about increased power usage and decreased sharpness. Previously only integer scaling was available, which meant users often had to choose between tiny text and giant text. ![]() And (unlike in 19.10) you don’t need to awkwardly invoke Gsettings from the command line to use it. If you have a HiDPI display you’ll be pleased to hear that fractional scaling is finally here. And if you remove all but one item from a folder, then the singleton is automatically promoted back to the main menu and the folder removed. Gnome’s application folders feature, by which you can drag icons in the Applications menu on top of one another to make a folder, is less clumsy now. Light or dark, we think you’ll love the new bold icons and Yaru theme. What we affectionately refer to as “the darkening” has come to Ubuntu-like so many desktops and apps it now offers a dark mode (it’s not the default) which some people find easier on the eyes. But with this release, it’s smooth like the wrong kind of peanut butter. It seems like there’s been a two year game of bug whack-a-mole, both within Gnome and Ubuntu’s take on it, to address niggling performance and memory issues. What most home users will be interested in is the desktop, and you’ll find Gnome 3.36 looks and behaves better than ever. The new 5.4 kernel brings support for new hardware and fixes for old. Naturally, everything under the hood has been refreshed. ![]()
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