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Episode 24: Destination Linux EP24 – A Flurry of Activity
Description
Welcome to Episode 24 of Destination Linux
Rob was unavailable this week due to business so we have two guys helping Co-host today
Discussion
Dustin
Ryan – DasGeek
News
Ubuntu 17.10 Daily Builds Now Shipping with the GNOME Desktop Instead of Unity
- Gnome is now the default Desktop
- LightDM has Gnome as default but also has a Wayland session available
- Unity session has been removed
- GDM to replace LightDM
- Final release date is October 19th 2017
GNOME is now the Default Desktop in Ubuntu 17.10 Daily Builds
Ubuntu Works with GNOME to Improve HiDPI Support on Linux Desktop
GNOME Shell 3.26 Will Have Translucent Top Bar
- Top bar will be Translucent by default and turn Opaque when a window is maximized
- There are extensions that do this right now but it will be default
Dash to Dock Now Supports Multi-Monitor Setups
- Dash to Dock v59
- Checkbox to “Show on All Monitors”
- Replicates the dock on both screens
- Setting to change the behavior of clicking on an icon with multiple windows open
How to Enable Picture-in-Picture Mode in GNOME Shell
- Install
- Drop down menu and click the preview on
- Pick your window
Which GNOME Apps Should Ubuntu Include By Default? [Poll]
MX-16.1 released with support for Adobe Flash
- Improved system installer
Supports home folder encryption (experimental feature)
Fix for partition boot flags for certain systems
- Autoinstall now works for UEFI systems.
- Official Adobe Flash included on the iso, with permission from Adobe. MX-Flash is not on the iso and is now deprecated. Adobe Flash package will work with BOTH Firefox AND Chromium (includes original classic NPAPI and the PPAPI plugins ie: pepperflash)
- New default theme and new MX-Linux wallpapers.
- MX-Defaultlook and MX Panel Orientation have been merged.
- MX-Defaultlook now includes options for “top or bottom” placement of the horizontal bar, Improved backup and restore
- New MX-Packageinstaller, (as a supplement to synaptic)
- Updated Manual in html and pdf formats.
- apt-notifier has many bug fixes, right-click menu improvements, and a choice of icon themes under preferences (classic vs. mx16).
- New MX-Linux sourceforge site for iso hosting.
- Jessie 8.8 base
Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya” Cinnamon – BETA Release
Cinnamon 3.4
- Icons can now be automatically aligned on a grid, either in lines or in columns.
They can also be automatically sorted in various ways: