Category: Ubuntu 23.10

  • Reminder: Ubuntu 23.10 Support Ends July 11 – Time to Upgrade!

    Reminder: Ubuntu 23.10 Support Ends July 11 – Time to Upgrade!

    Those still making use of Ubuntu 23.10 ‘Mantic Minotaur’ should be aware that official support for this version of Ubuntu ends on July 11, 2024. Which, to orient the blissfully slow who, like me, remain convinced 2024 has only just started, is this week: July 11 is on Thursday. As an interim/short-term support release, Ubuntu…

  • The Recent App Center Icon in Ubuntu Revealed as a Bug

    The Recent App Center Icon in Ubuntu Revealed as a Bug

    About a week ago I noticed that the default icon for App Center (the Flutter-based software store-front that replaced Ubuntu Software in 23.10) had changed — and not for the better! At first I assumed it was an intentional change, but a snafu caused by me (I was playing with display scaling options when I…

  • New Update: GNOME Shell 45.2 Rolls Out to Ubuntu 23.10

    New Update: GNOME Shell 45.2 Rolls Out to Ubuntu 23.10

    The first point release to GNOME Shell 45 only hit Ubuntu 23.10 at the end of last month, and now a second one is already on its way! GNOME Shell 45.2 was released upstream at the start of December, now Ubuntu’s developers have packaged it up and pushed it out to users of Ubuntu 23.10.…

  • Ubuntu 23.10 Receives Newly Updated GNOME Shell 45.1

    Ubuntu 23.10 Receives Newly Updated GNOME Shell 45.1

    The recent GNOME Shell 45.1 update has begun rolling out to users of Ubuntu 23.10. As the first point release issued to GNOME Shell since the GNOME 45 release in September, the update ships with an miscellaneous assortment of bug fixes, code cleanups, and crash remedies. Specific fixes mentioned in the official upstream changelog include:…

  • Exploring the New Ubuntu 23.10 on Raspberry Pi 5: A First Look

    Exploring the New Ubuntu 23.10 on Raspberry Pi 5: A First Look

    My Raspberry Pi 5 finally arrived yesterday so the first thing I did after I’ve set it up was to try various GNU/Linux distributions, ending up with Canonical’s latest Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) release. Expect this to be a review of both software and hardware. Why Ubuntu 23.10? Because it would be redundant to write…