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  • Ubuntu 19.10 version will end-of-life on July 17th, 2020

    Ubuntu 19.10 is of course a normal version rather than a long-term support version. Therefore, the support period of this version is relatively short. According to Canonical, this version will end support on July 17th, 2020. Security updates are not available, so users who still use Ubuntu 19.10 need to take the time to upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

    The Ubuntu 20.04 LTS version provides support for up to 10 years. Therefore, users do not need to worry about support issues within a short period of time after upgrading the LTS series. Of course, users can also actively upgrade when the Ubuntu 20.10 version is released.

    For users who like to pursue new versions and new features, this is not a big problem. After all, the new version may have been upgraded as soon as it is released, and those who do not like frequent upgrades recommend using the Ubuntu LTS series directly. Provide stable security updates without worrying about having to upgrade in a short time.

  • Ubuntu 19.10 “Eoan Ermine” officially released

    Canonical today officially released Ubuntu 19.10, code-named “Eoan Ermine,” which brings many new features, including the late ZFS file system. ZFS is an extensible, advanced file system that supports better data compression, copy-on-write, snapshots, data integrity verification, automatic repair, and more. In Ubuntu 19.10, you have the option of using the ZFS file system.

    Ubuntu 19.10 default wallpaper

    Another major change in Ubuntu 19.10 is the pre-installation of NVIDIA drivers with installed ISO files. For some gamers and developers who need to deal with machine learning models, these things will become easier. In addition, 19.10 runs on the Linux 5.3 kernel, which adds support for AMD Navi GPUs and also supports the latest Raspberry Pi 4 Model B.

    In terms of visual changes and the desktop environment, GNOME 3.34 comes along with Ubuntu 19.10. Users can also choose a dark or light Yaru theme. There are many other small visual changes in the new operating system.

    “With GNOME 3.34, Ubuntu 19.10 is the fastest release yet with significant performance improvements delivering a more responsive and smooth experience, even on older hardware. App organization is easier with the ability to drag and drop icons into categorized folders, while users can select light or dark Yaru theme variants depending on their preference or for improved viewing accessibility. Native support for ZFS on the root partition is introduced as an experimental desktop installer option. Coupled with the new zsys package, benefits include automated snapshots of file system states, allowing users to boot to a previous update and easily roll forwards and backwards in case of failure,” says Canonical.

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    Via: betanews

  • Canonical announces the default wallpaper for Ubuntu 19.10

    Canonical announced today the winner of the Ubuntu Wallpaper Contest and announced the upcoming Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) release default wallpaper. Launched in early July this year, this wallpaper contest invites photographers and graphic designers from around the world to submit their own artworks.

    The new default wallpaper collection will be included in the upcoming Ubuntu 19.10 Beta release, which is expected to be released on Thursday, September 26. Ubuntu 19.10 will be the 31st edition of Canonical, which promises many new features and improvements, including the Linux 5.2 kernel family to provide better hardware support, the latest GNOME 3.34 Desktop environment, faster startup performance, and the latest core components.

    Below is the list wallpaper for Ubuntu 19.10

    1. Ermine diving vector with squares on the background by @designicolas
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    2. Das Boot by @jerosguitar
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    3. Ermine-wallpaper eoan by @g0b
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    4. ShenZhongBurial by @meinhoff
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    5. 80s styled glitch variation by @zero-1729
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    6. 07 720 Ubuntu by @mantissa
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    7. 3 min (2) by @schabing
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    8. Milky Way by @marcik
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    9. Daytime Flow H2O by @cruzmateus
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    10. Sky Sparkles by @jellyjoe
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  • Ubuntu 19.10 uses LZ4 compression to make boot faster

    In the official Canonical blog post released recently, Colin Ian King, an Ubuntu engineer from the Kernel team, introduced some improvements in the Ubuntu 19.10 operating system startup. The Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) operating system is scheduled to be officially released on October 17. The blog post indicates that a faster compression/decompression algorithm has been found through the efforts of the past few months.

    Ubuntu Core 18

    Canonical’s Colin Ian King wrote, “ In compression size, GZIP produces the smallest compressed kernel size, followed by LZO (~16% larger) and LZ4 (~25% larger). With decompression time, LZ4 is over 7 times faster than GZIP, and LZO being ~1.25 times faster then GZIP on x86… Even with slow spinning media and a slow CPU, the longer load time of the LZ4 kernel is overcome by the far faster decompression time. As media gets faster, the load time difference between GZIP, LZ4 and LZO diminishes and the decompression time becomes the dominant speed factor with LZ4 the clear winner.“

  • Canonical will enhance support for ZFS on Ubuntu 19.10

    Canonical announced the implementation of ZFS support on rootfs (root file system) in the upcoming Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine). Ubuntu 19.10 will be the next major release of the Ubuntu operating system. Ubuntu 19.10, which will be released this fall, will provide an experimental option in the graphical installer that allows users to create a root file system formatted using ZFS. However, Didier Roche temporarily discourages users from using it in production systems.

    Didier Roche said:

    “As we want to have the dataset layout right and we know a file system is very crucial as it’s responsible for all your data, we don’t want to encourage people to use it on production systems yet, or at least, not without regular backups. The option will be highlighted as such – you are now warned.”

    Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) will be released on October 17, and they have provided several upstream fixes for ZFS On Linux to improve the ZFS experience and improve reliability.

    In addition, Canonical said they added new support to the GRUB boot menu, as shown below. Over the next few weeks, they will plan to automate snapshots, rollbacks, and backups, as well as offline instant update support for ZFS on roofs.

    Via: Softpedia

  • Canonical: Ubuntu 19.10 will no longer offer 32-bit hardware architectures

    Canonical announced in its announcement today that a major decision was made to completely stop support for the 32-bit (i386) hardware architecture in future releases of Ubuntu. Last year at the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) development cycle, Canonical announced that they would no longer provide a 32-bit installation image (ISO), and adopted the same solution in the subsequent release of Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish). But Ubuntu’s 32-bit software library is still available.

    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Kernel Patch

    Currently Canonical has blocked Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) upgrade to 32-bit Ubuntu 18.10, and today the company once again announced that it will no longer continue to support 32-bit systems since the upcoming Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine). Steve Langasek said in an email:

    “The Ubuntu engineering team has reviewed the facts before us and concluded that we should not continue to carry i386 forward as an architecture. Consequently, i386 will not be included as an architecture for the 19.10 release, and we will shortly begin the process of disabling it for the Eoan series across Ubuntu infrastructure.”

    Although Canonical said it no longer provides 32-bit applications in the upcoming Ubuntu system, if users need to use certain applications, 32-bit applications can still run on this Linux-based system. Application developers can provide this content to users through a supported file format (probably Snap, Flatpak or AppImage).

    Source: Softpedia

  • Ubuntu 19.10 ISO image will include Nvidia drivers

    The Ubuntu 19.10 is scheduled to be released on October 17, 2019. Canonical announced that it will ship the closed source Nvidia GPU driver by default on this version of the ISO, and the program is licensed by NVIDIA. According to a bug report, users can choose to install a third-party driver on the Ubuntu desktop offline, but even if you choose this option, you cannot install the Nvidia private driver because it does not exist in the ISO pool.

    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Kernel Patch

    The solution is to add both the mainline and the traditional Nvidia private drivers to the Ubuntu ISO image. This scheme increases the size of the Ubuntu x86_64 ISO to 2.1GB.

    It should be noted that the Nvidia driver is not activated by default and can be manually selected by the user who needs it. At the same time, the open source driver Nouveau is still the default GPU driver for new Ubuntu installations and “live” sessions.

    Via: omgubuntu

  • Ubuntu 19.10 enters the development phase

    Canonical announced today that Ubuntu 19.10 will be officially released on October 17th. But before that, developers can already participate in the test experience in advance. Last week, Canonical pushed a daily build of ISO images to public testers, meaning that Ubuntu 19.10 has officially entered the development phase. It will come pre-installed with the Python 3.7 and GCC 9 series compilers, but the Python 3.8 version is also available in the repository.

    Ubuntu 19.04 wallpaper

    The tentative plans for Ubuntu 19.10 with what we’d expect:

    :hammer_and_wrench: gcc-9 as the default gcc.

    :books: glibc 2.30 when it becomes available in August or later.

    :snake: python3.7 as default and supported, with python3.8 as simply available in the archive. As the 3.8 final is too close for the 19.10 release. The plan however is to have python3.8 as the default and supported in 20.04 LTS.

    Speaking of python2 :older_woman: hopefully, it can be demoted from Main to Universe this cycle. We are currently left with deja-dup/duplicity (port completed upstream), heartbeat (pacemaker v2 stack doesn’t need it), mailman3 is getting promoted to main this cycle, and OpenStack Swift. I am not sure where the latest status is on OpenStack Swift, but hopefully, we can get Swift to move to python3 this cycle.

    Also hoping to switch default/only implementation of bzr to the python3 port breezy :wind_face:.

    :japanese_castle: icu transition to 64.2 or newer. And we also need to backport support for the new Japanese era Reiwa (令和) into stable releases. Not sure how that will be done yet.

    ⬣ boost transition to 1.70 or newer. Mostly to get better compiler support.

    :tea: OpenJDK 11 as default, with 8 & 13 available.

    :chipmunk:️ golang updated to 1.12.