Category: Yaru
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Ubuntu 25.10: Addressing Hidden Issues You Didn’t Know Were There
A recent update for Ubuntu 25.10 addresses a minor design flaw in the Ubuntu Dock, which many users might not have even noticed. Specifically, the corner radii of the dock have been adjusted to provide a more visually consistent experience alongside the UI. This subtle change stems from community feedback, where a designer pointed out…
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Potential Makeover for the Controversial Rubbish Icon in Ubuntu 25.10
Designers in the Ubuntu community are contemplating a redesign of the iconic trash icon found in the Yaru icon theme. The trash icon, which serves as a default highlight on the Ubuntu dock, has not seen a cohesive design in years. Its visual inconsistency, particularly the full-colour icon which resembles a postbox instead of a…
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Upcoming Fix for the Window Button Bug in Ubuntu 25.04
If you’ve recently installed Ubuntu 25.04 or upgraded from 24.10, you may have observed an inconsistency with the window buttons in GTK applications. A user named Cristiano Fraga G. Nunes noticed that the minimize, maximize, and close buttons appear to be of different sizes across various GTK applications. Specifically, he highlighted that while GTK4 apps…
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Exciting Updates: Ubuntu 25.04 Yaru Theme Unveils Fresh New Icons
With the feature freeze for Ubuntu 25.04 now in place, the Yaru design team is busy refining the visual elements of the operating system, including updates to the Yaru theme. This theme includes a modified GTK4/libadwaita stylesheet, a GNOME Shell theme, icon pack, and a selection of system sounds. The design team has made subtle…
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Ubuntu’s Icon Theme: Addressing the Overlooked ‘Bug’ for a Better User Experience
It appears that Ubuntu’s default icon theme, Yaru, has a subtle yet significant design flaw: some of its icons are oversized. The Yaru icon theme employs four different shapes for its app, folder, and file icons: square, circle, vertical rectangle, and horizontal rectangle. The square icons, which feature rounded corners, are notably larger than desired…
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Ubuntu 24.04: The Revamp of ‘App Center’ with a New Icon
App Center, the Flutter-based substitution for the Ubuntu Software application, has seen a revamped application icon in the most recent Ubuntu 24.04 daily builds. The App Center has undergone more than one icon alteration in the past months. A few months ago, an updated version of the software installation frontend was released and it accidentally…
