Ubuntu 24.10: the SNAP ecosystem improves, with a touch of nostalgia

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  • @TheLinuxEXP
    @TheLinuxEXP  3 місяці тому +14

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  • @krtirtho
    @krtirtho 3 місяці тому +396

    *Ubuntu releases new version
    Nick 0.00001ms later: I was there when it was written

    • @b0t123
      @b0t123 3 місяці тому +9

      Project stalker lmao

    • @nero7569
      @nero7569 3 місяці тому +2

      "I was there Gandalf, I was there 3000 years ago..."

    • @jpedrothejo
      @jpedrothejo 2 місяці тому

      i was there when the creator thought about the idea

  • @dermond
    @dermond 3 місяці тому +193

    I love startup sounds😊

    • @rumplstiltztinkerstein
      @rumplstiltztinkerstein 3 місяці тому +9

      Same. Can't wait to turn it off though.

    • @dand337
      @dand337 3 місяці тому +8

      @@rumplstiltztinkerstein this one seems to be win 98ish, way too long

    • @deadskull888
      @deadskull888 3 місяці тому +3

      Yes.. I love the new start up sound. Have the feel of Ubuntu 9.10

    • @h208x8
      @h208x8 3 місяці тому +1

      I like it but it's long
      I wish it could be cut in half.

    • @dillonblair6491
      @dillonblair6491 3 місяці тому

      ​@@rumplstiltztinkerstein just press the off button

  • @CreepToeJoe
    @CreepToeJoe 3 місяці тому +87

    0:05 I was there Gandalf. I was there 3000 years ago.

  • @Dugachug
    @Dugachug 3 місяці тому +98

    As soon as I saw Ubuntu 9.10 I got the feels. That was my first distro, followed by the original Damn Small Linux.

    • @cameronbosch1213
      @cameronbosch1213 3 місяці тому +4

      Funny thing is, the theme introduced in 10.04 was actually supposed to be introduced in 9.10, but was delayed to 10.04, which was also an LTS, because the theme wasn't ready.
      10.04 was my first experience with Ubuntu, and despite some of the naysayers calling the theme a "macOS ripoff", I kind of liked it! Even 11.04 was decent, albeit a bit annoying because of Unity, but not unbearable as far as I could remember. Too bad I had to leave Linux while I was in high school because nothing really worked on it; OpenOffice got forked into LibreOffice, and PC game support was literally a joke.

    • @its_ruu
      @its_ruu 3 місяці тому +1

      Ubuntu 9.10 was my first distro too! I remember thinking it was bold to have brown and orange as the main colors, but in a good way. Feels nostalgic :)

    • @thebirdhasbeencharged
      @thebirdhasbeencharged 3 місяці тому +1

      Wobbly windows was crazy 😂

    • @cameronbosch1213
      @cameronbosch1213 3 місяці тому +2

      @@thebirdhasbeencharged KDE Plasma & Wayfire still offer wobbly windows! It's not just Compiz on X11!

  • @WinstoneSmith
    @WinstoneSmith 3 місяці тому +72

    A very nice touch of the new APT is that will colour in red when about to DELETE packages. This will save your life every now and then.

    • @cameronbosch1213
      @cameronbosch1213 3 місяці тому +3

      @@WinstoneSmith It should also emphasize when certain packages are attempting to be deleted, lest we have another "Yes, do as I say" issue.

    • @cybernit3
      @cybernit3 3 місяці тому +1

      I upgraded to Ubuntu 24.10 but I notice the APT version is 2.9.8 not 3.0? Is this normal? Then I tried to upgrade APT, but it says no 3.0 version exists, I guess I have the new version.

  • @Cyco_Nix
    @Cyco_Nix 3 місяці тому +32

    Yep remember when it first dropped. It changed the Linux perception for a lot of people. Coming from back when Linux first dropped and going through many of the early distros, including the OGs like Slackware, Debian, Red Hat, and SUSE, it was something different for those that were still scare to try Linux.

  • @nathanrussell2158
    @nathanrussell2158 3 місяці тому +17

    I remember using Ubuntu around 2006. It has come a long way. I use it daily on 2 of my machines and love it.

  • @thefanboy3285
    @thefanboy3285 3 місяці тому +17

    The start up sound is nice but ultimately it's that bird symbol that's awesome. I mean just look at it ! It's geometrically wonderful!

  • @WinstoneSmith
    @WinstoneSmith 3 місяці тому +28

    Shoutout for the NVIDIA Wayland support at long last. I'm eager to enjoy it

    • @DavideDavini
      @DavideDavini 3 місяці тому +2

      That almost makes me want to abandon LTS. Almost, everything I care about works though. 😂

  • @yaroslav7328
    @yaroslav7328 3 місяці тому +8

    Ubuntu was the first distro that pulled me into the Linux rabbit hole. Despite using Fedora for years, I still have great respect for Ubuntu. They're doing a great job!

  • @albertkinng
    @albertkinng 3 місяці тому +52

    While I recognize the criticism directed at Ubuntu, it truly stands out as the ideal Linux distribution for the average user. I've successfully introduced it to my family, including my mom, and they effortlessly adapted to it, just as they did with Mac and Windows. It functions seamlessly!

    • @xviii5780
      @xviii5780 3 місяці тому

      Weak mom can't use Arch smh

    • @nailil5722
      @nailil5722 2 місяці тому +1

      exactly. Installed it on the old family laptop with an SSD and my parents instantly picked it up after decades on windows.

    • @RexTorres
      @RexTorres 2 місяці тому +3

      Damn. I wish I could be as Ubuntu-savvy as your mom and your family. I'm a software developer, so I can say that I'm pretty tech-savvy, and I know my way around Linux, but I cannot say I can "effortlessly adapt" to Ubuntu with GNOME. 😂
      I also introduced my younger sister to it some time ago. She's also quite tech-savvy. She ended up reformatting her laptop and went back to Windows.

    • @jyggalag_
      @jyggalag_ 2 місяці тому

      Ubuntu with MATE or Budgie is great, try it if you hate GNOME like me​@RexTorres

  • @isrbillmeyer
    @isrbillmeyer 3 місяці тому +19

    Kubuntu now for many years my daily driver. Tried many other distro's and spins and just keep on going back to Kubuntu. Looking forward to getting a stable Plasma 6.x / KDE.

    • @AG-sy4wt
      @AG-sy4wt 3 місяці тому

      i fell in love with zorin. i dont do much other than freecad

    • @justethical280
      @justethical280 3 місяці тому +2

      Yes, Kubuntu is also my favourite. Stabil and a lot of customization.

  • @konishiwoi
    @konishiwoi 3 місяці тому +17

    That boot sound is not bad, it's soothing and techy, but with modern machines and their speed, it lasts waaaay too long xD

    • @tranmanhuc6235
      @tranmanhuc6235 2 місяці тому

      Windows used to have incredibly long startup/shutdown sounds too

  • @noobbyboimaster
    @noobbyboimaster 3 місяці тому +8

    I recently went back to running regular Ubuntu after distrohopping(and usually kept either Pop OS or Fedora if I wanted something stable) and I have used practically everything maybe except Gentoo or LFS, and to be honest the experience with regular Ubuntu has become pretty cool even with using some apps installed via Snap. Although I do use apps mainly from Flatpak or native sources, snap to be honest isn't as bad as it once was. Not to mention Ubuntu 24.04 compared to any other distro out there is working far better on my laptop surprisingly.
    Anyways, thanks for the video Nick! Sure 24.10 isn't that big of an upgrade but to celebrate 20th anniversary of by far one of the most popular Linux distros I will be upgrading to it and see how it works out!

  • @lots_of_codeswallop
    @lots_of_codeswallop 3 місяці тому +4

    As someone who manually uses Canberra play in startup applications to make a startup sound, this change is very welcome!

  • @krtirtho
    @krtirtho 3 місяці тому +46

    Looks like Ubuntu is also pushing for a Flutter based custom Desktop Environment (echosystem tbh) and they're slowly building apps for it in Flutter

    • @AndoresuPeresu
      @AndoresuPeresu 3 місяці тому +4

      Me being a complete ignorant on this, what would be the advantage of using flutter there?

    • @aheendwhz1
      @aheendwhz1 3 місяці тому +31

      @@AndoresuPeresu I think the biggest advantage is that they'll find issues with Flutter on Linux and fix them, so developers of Flutter apps will have an easier time bringing their apps to Linux.
      One thing that already came out of their efforts is their Yaru style for Flutter, which makes Flutter apps feel at home on Ubuntu visually.
      Also, they already wrote a lot of documentation on how to deploy a Flutter app on Linux.

    • @that_leaflet
      @that_leaflet 3 місяці тому +8

      For their own apps, yes. But they have no plans to replace Gnome apps (unless they have good reason to, like with Gnome Software).

    • @AndoresuPeresu
      @AndoresuPeresu 3 місяці тому +2

      @@aheendwhz1 Thanks! Great to get such a speedy response with such context. My brother uses flutter, I'll share with him.

    • @lx2222x
      @lx2222x 3 місяці тому +14

      ​@@AndoresuPeresu Advantage to Flutter apps is that it is cross platform and it has a very good animation system. Overall the technology is pretty good

  • @Cadey
    @Cadey 3 місяці тому +9

    The 8.04 wallpaper still goes so hard. I've used it on my macbook and gotten people turning heads at it.

  • @honkhonkler7732
    @honkhonkler7732 3 місяці тому +8

    The first Linux distro I ever tried was Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope. It's come a long way since then.

  • @Romactu
    @Romactu Місяць тому +2

    Hello @TheLinuxEXP,
    If you're wishing for newer releases of Ubuntu like 25.04 to have Warty Remastered Wallpaper but not just that but I'll make Edgy Remastered Wallpaper and I have to contact one of an employees for having Ubuntu 25.04 or later to continue to have Warty Remastered Wallpaper but not just Warty Wallpaper, color theme and Startup sound, but also an Edgy Remastered Wallpaper. One says that's a brilliant idea, because it proves you or other people which there's a lot of people are wishing for that too, so that way Ubuntu improves populations. Yes, I'm including an Edgy startup sound too not just Warty startup sound, So you get Startup sound option in the settings like.
    Warty, Edgy, or Cosmic (Which it's current), so you can change it to which one or disable a startup sound if you don't want to hear it anymore until you change your mind. 😁

  • @scpatl4now
    @scpatl4now 3 місяці тому +4

    Dapper Drake was my first release I used way back in the day. Amazing how far they have come.

  • @krycekaiolfi
    @krycekaiolfi 3 місяці тому +8

    I have to say that those ubuntu apps are looking pretty professional.

  • @RagnarinVa
    @RagnarinVa 3 місяці тому +2

    It is pleasant to see Ubuntu focus on the desktop - it is back to my main driver. I am using 24.10 now and its stable and I restored from my 24-04 back-up. Still cannot fall in love with the Warty Warthog color scheme - will stick to current colors. Nick - thanks again for another informative video.

  •  3 місяці тому +5

    I ordered 6 dvd by mail from Canonical. My first distro was mandrake, but this "order" a dvd thing with a release was too good to pass.that boot sound though... never ending. Sosuemi for mac continues to be the best one.

  • @rupentiumal
    @rupentiumal 3 місяці тому +1

    In my family, we have been using only Linux for 18 years. It all started on an old Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro. Ubuntu 11.04 was the first distro I used for a while, followed by Ubuntu Mate 18.04. Now I am on Debian, but I recognize, aside from all the criticisms that can be made of Ubuntu and Canonical, that this distro made me discover Linux, and I will be forever grateful to it for this.

    • @ThatStranger
      @ThatStranger 2 місяці тому

      hey between ubuntu 24.10 and fedora 41 which is better like for performance,battery and stability i am using fedora for now battery backup is great but heard alot about ubuntu aswell so confised which should i keep my laptop is x1 carbon gen 9

  • @Romactu
    @Romactu 3 місяці тому +11

    3:55 to 4:07
    Heeey! There's my Warty remastered Wallpaper. 😃

  • @lots_of_codeswallop
    @lots_of_codeswallop 3 місяці тому +2

    The new dialogues are so much better, as a previous Windows user, the gnome dialogues were so confusing as to which option I had selected (I always use arrow keys and enter to navigate dialogues)!

  • @llynellyn
    @llynellyn 3 місяці тому

    That slideshow at the beginning brought back so many good memories, Ubuntu was great pre-unity

  • @vidal9747
    @vidal9747 3 місяці тому +55

    I love flatpaks. Snaps could be a good alternative. If they were really free. The safety argument for a centralized store doesn't hold any weight when people could download scam crypto wallets on the biggining of the year.

    • @veyselerden72
      @veyselerden72 3 місяці тому

      Yeah but most (almost all) flatpak users use flathub which is a centralized repo for most of the flatpaks.

    • @donkey7921
      @donkey7921 3 місяці тому +6

      snaps already are starting to feel a lot more polished to me tbh. And I hate that on flatpak apps choose what they have access to instead of the user without having to open another app to change permissions afterwards. Also others can still make their own backends for it, so it doesn't really matter.

    • @stephenanthony5923
      @stephenanthony5923 3 місяці тому

      Check out Flatseal for handling Flatpak permissions (which is also a flatpak)

  • @VeryWarmBear1
    @VeryWarmBear1 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for your content very informative and interesting as usual. Also the new camera is incredibly Sharp. Good work.

  • @obsoletepowercorrupts
    @obsoletepowercorrupts 3 місяці тому

    Love that they've done this (Gnome flashback style) because it helps those of us who use both modern and old distro versions _(and I installed gnome flashback recently to show a list of multiple desktops to chat about to friends at a small gaming multiplayer party recently)._ However, there could be one tweak _(on some distros, not necessarily ubuntu)_ that would help a lot because booting a linux distro in a public wifi place like a pub or coffee shop doesn't need to have the embarrassingly loud boot sound for the first boot _(especially live CD or ISO-to-Pendrive-USB-Boot equivalent)_ which you have no control over in the intial-boot since it is not an install _(other than busting out the command-line which most don't know how to or don't have time)._ A simple no-ear-grape option _(even just "quiet-vs-loud-vs-medium volume level setting)_ would be more incognito and less likely to draw looks. It's really long and really loud (still). It doesn't "advertise" it. We shouldn't need to order a raisin-danish with the coffee just to have something to muffle the speaker with, upon boot-up, as a means to pre-emptively ungrape your ears. For the price of a danish, ordering a live-DVD/CD with the custom sound level would be a fair funders deployment solution. The hash tagging of InitialBootSoundShaming is a community revenue stream meme I'd be down with.
    On a live-CD/DVD for that first boot, having the volume on-off when you are already booted is a catch22 clause. A LiveCD in a public wifi _(especially with settings loaded for security on floppy disk or by webcam QR-code scanning on some business-card size printout in your wallet, assuming it is version40 177x177 QRCode format with about 3KB of data on it)_ is useful for when you don't want your daily-driver operating system _(be it linux of the same or differing distro or MSWindows or Mac or whatever)_ is handy. FreeNAS would save settings to a floppy having booted from CD-DVD as read only.
    The last thing one needs is other pub-or-coffeeshop patrons making that impatient specific sighing sound from the back of the throat _(like when using hot breath to polish an apple)_ and simultaneously pinching their nose bridge in disgust at the loudness thinking it is a ringtone _(and then the bar-staff plonk to charity-swear-jar for a 'fine-donation' whilst pointing to a no-phones-indoors-sign on the wall)._
    With a danish-priced live-cd-dvd as a funded option, they (live distro coders) could even ship custom (use-once) scratch-n-sniff _(scratch-off-silver-coating)_ encrypted QR_code settings business-cards which are use-once, and you have to bust them out in a forgetful 'emergency of shame' _(aka 'shamemergency', pronounced "shame-mergency", to those in the know),_ costing some pennies each time, to avoid the initial-boot-sound-shaming social consequences by beeping them at the camera upon first-boot of that live-cd-dvd. Printed upon it, a picture of the ground opening up and swallowing a person would serve as a reminder for how it feels when initial-boot-sound-shamed as though it was a phone-sound when it wasn't, thereby accused, like the A-Team, of a transgression you never did commit. Spotting a fellow linux nerd, you could give one of your own _(but guest mode)_ antishame QR business cards _(as a shamemergency initial-boot-sound-shaming countermanding card)_ to avoid them being shamed by those patrons who do not know it is a linux laptop and not a phone, and the card would have some business credentials on it to make it worth it in a mutually beneficial interaction ethos. It'd be all smooth like in American psycho but more modern than a monochrome palm pilot. Olfactory memory mechanisms of Pavlovian response brain-reward-centre mechanisms associate the aroma of the card with the rescuer who handed it that fateful day and said, _"Here, use mine"" (guest mode only)._ The guest-mode would only do cosmetics like the startup sound and it'd be in the primary camera scanning QRCode beep, not the secondary for that would be for security and setups tied to the TPM and/or Multi FactorAuthentication uniquely tied _(upon orders of it on a site in advance)_ to its own secondary QRcode card which is camera-scanning during a second beep and thereby not possible for usage as a security nefarious hack, and unable to be used as guest mode. This could be done in the Regal-RubberChicken distro in future.
    My comment has no hate in it and I do no harm. I am not appalled or afraid, boasting or envying or complaining... Just saying. Psalms23: Giving thanks and praise to the Lord and peace and love. Also, I'd say Matthew6.

  • @gljames24
    @gljames24 3 місяці тому +4

    Honestly have been wanting to see app permissions for Flatpak for a while now, so I hope that these Snap permissions will push Flatpak to develop them instead of relying on developers to set the correct permissions or having to use Flatseal.

  • @Sika1956
    @Sika1956 3 місяці тому +8

    A useful overview, thanks. Nothing here to make me feel I should upgrade from 22.04.3 LTS, though.

    • @cameronbosch1213
      @cameronbosch1213 3 місяці тому +10

      You should at least move to 24.04, as that's a better LTS that is not a mismatch of GNOME Shell and app versions.

    • @Sika1956
      @Sika1956 26 днів тому +1

      @@cameronbosch1213 Thanks for the advice. I have done so, with no issues.

  • @FengLengshun
    @FengLengshun 3 місяці тому +16

    Honestly, I love the UX for Snaps apps on Ubuntu - at least where they're heading in terms of management GUI's design directions. I wish Flatpak is like that, already, on other distros. It's just really annoying to see diverging implementations and you can't mix and match the ideal aspects of both.

    • @lx2222x
      @lx2222x 3 місяці тому +2

      Flatpak is not a GUI system. You can also make a Flatpak App with Flutter. But still using Flutter is a good choice

    • @razzeeee
      @razzeeee 3 місяці тому

      ​@@lx2222xit's not the flutter implementation is very linux unfriendly and bad to package

    • @FengLengshun
      @FengLengshun 3 місяці тому +6

      @@lx2222x Wtf are you talking about. I'm talking about the system integration with the progress bar in the panel icon, the general flow in Ubuntu Store and how it integrates between pages and systems, as well as their design for how it will ask for permissions once it's ready. I don't care what Flatpak apps, or Flatpak GUI installer, or whatever you are thinking about use. I just want good UX in the system.

    • @ikeahloe
      @ikeahloe 3 місяці тому

      ​@@lx2222x I think you read something wrong

  • @Jerrec
    @Jerrec 3 місяці тому +6

    I honestly began to like snaps. I never was a Flatpak fan, because 99% the Apps are GTK based. And as QT user that sucks. Then I worked more with Ubuntu core and that way I cam into the ecosystem. If they would finally resolve the performance issues, I would be very happy.

    • @deusexaethera
      @deusexaethera 3 місяці тому

      It doesn't matter if the apps are gtk based or not. You can easily have gtk and qt installed and running at the same time. All that matters is the packaging format is better.

    • @Jerrec
      @Jerrec 3 місяці тому

      @@deusexaethera You can but they are ugly and therefore should be avoided.

  • @thebusinessfirm9862
    @thebusinessfirm9862 3 місяці тому +1

    Thanks for this video, mate. I love Ubuntu. 👍🏽

  • @the-answer-is-42
    @the-answer-is-42 3 місяці тому

    I like the idea behind the security center app and those permissions. The implementation needs work, though.
    It's good that they are working on this kind of thing, I have encountered situations where I wanted more control over what folders a snap can access.

  • @mirage809
    @mirage809 3 місяці тому

    That little update progress bar on the dock is a clever little idea. It's very iPhone-like in how it behaves, but also very clean and clear. Kinda hoping to see Flatpak implement a similar system. The permissions system also reminds me of a phone operating system, but it's a good system for the security minded of us.
    Anyway, these updates have me wanting a Snap-only version of Ubuntu. A immutable, Fedora Silverblue styled version of the OS. But with all snaps instead of flatpaks.

  • @simplytuts
    @simplytuts 3 місяці тому +1

    i used 12.04 and loved how it looks, i still do

  • @dezmondwhitney1208
    @dezmondwhitney1208 3 місяці тому +13

    Happy Birthday to the Ubuntu community from an openSUSE user.

  • @b0t123
    @b0t123 3 місяці тому +5

    At this point the only thing i dislike about snaps is the centralization, everything else is pretty nice

  • @bokocchop
    @bokocchop 3 місяці тому +8

    Ubuntu now has the best looking installer and software center imo. Now we just need a system backup and reset/refresh feature

    • @Batwam0
      @Batwam0 3 місяці тому

      Timeshift?

    • @danilaros
      @danilaros 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Batwam0No. The future is Ubuntu Core.🙂

    • @mrdenpes1309
      @mrdenpes1309 3 місяці тому

      Perhaps best looking. But looks are not the most useful when installing an OS. I can't properly manually partition my drive, like I can with the Debian 12 installer. In the Debian graphical installer, you have lot's of flexibility when it comes to partitioning your drive. It's a shame, because I like ubuntu, but i won't go through the hassle of using a yaml file for proper partitioning my drive.

  • @CarlosSahajdacny
    @CarlosSahajdacny 3 місяці тому +1

    My first UBUNTU was the 6.04 live CD that came with a magazine...

  • @rjltrevisan
    @rjltrevisan 3 місяці тому +2

    I'm running Ubuntu 24.10 now and it seems pretty fine so far...

  • @Alexander-ix2jp
    @Alexander-ix2jp 3 місяці тому +1

    Ha, Ubuntu has a new bootsound now? I always liked the older boot sounds and always felt like something was missing ever since things went silent. Nice to see it make a comeback!

  • @RagnarinVa
    @RagnarinVa 3 місяці тому +2

    Re watched the second half of the video to review some points and I noticed Nick really likes Warhammer.

  • @experimental0000
    @experimental0000 3 місяці тому +1

    Startup sounds need to make a comeback. If there's not one, I try to add one

  • @KM-sv4dh
    @KM-sv4dh 3 місяці тому +1

    I wish that effort spent to make snap as it is would be directed to Flatpak as one truely universal packaging format.

  • @I0NE007
    @I0NE007 3 місяці тому +1

    I've been using Ubuntu and I haven't had any issues with Snaps.... because I added Flatpak support and purposefully install/switch my installs to the flatpak versions. I'm looking forward to the Wayland development and the improved linux-nvidia support.

  • @nervaproject
    @nervaproject 3 місяці тому +1

    I was mostly just interested to hear if VR works on Linux with the new update. Steam has been directing Ubuntu users to a fix to make DRM leasing work in order to make their VR games work. It would be nice to have out of the box VR support on Ubuntu

  • @dybefapi8694
    @dybefapi8694 3 місяці тому +1

    Oh man that boot sound 🤤

  • @DiegoTorres-mx1wc
    @DiegoTorres-mx1wc 3 місяці тому +1

    Ubuntu was the first distro that I used, and 5 years later, is my laptop 💻 distro again u.u

  • @kodemasterx
    @kodemasterx 3 місяці тому +22

    Personally I do not get why the hate towards Ubuntu…I use Ubuntu and do not touch anything snap related, is not like the Canonical is blocking you from using flatpaks or the classic Debian packages… Why do I use Ubuntu? It is more stable than most distros, and snaps do not bother me, again, I do use them but there are there as an option.
    No Ubuntu? no Mint, no PopOS etc etc, people should be a bit more grateful.

    • @riseabove3082
      @riseabove3082 3 місяці тому +2

      Just because snaps are ok with you does not make them ok for the rest of us. Do some research.

    • @kodemasterx
      @kodemasterx 3 місяці тому +16

      @@riseabove3082 did you even read my comment at all? Or are you being purposely ignorant? 🤦Some people...

    • @Tobi-ci3ns
      @Tobi-ci3ns 3 місяці тому +8

      The official Ubuntu package for the widely used Firefox browser forces you to install it as a snap. This is a huge pain if you don't want to use snap, or use features like 1password integration which don't work with snap. It's also a huge pain if you're installing Firefox for use on the server as part of an Ubuntu-based docker container, as snap won't work properly from within docker. I would have no problem with snap as an option on Ubuntu if I wasn't forced to use it.

  • @foss_sound
    @foss_sound 3 місяці тому +2

    Started with Linux with Ubuntu 12. Got pretty nice. If Ubuntu wouldn't force to its Snaps, I'd give it another shot. Maybe. Debian sid is pretgy fine dor me. And I got the great Gnome 47 experience as well. Simply the best Gnome so far for ,e.

  • @daapedrotti
    @daapedrotti 3 місяці тому +2

    16:18 - They learned from Nala. But Nala is still better.

  • @johnharris3311
    @johnharris3311 3 місяці тому +1

    Ubuntu was my first Linux distribution. It's fair to say that it really saved my computing bacon, drastically extending the useful lives of both the laptop and desktop PCs that I had at the time. Of course, tht was only after I switched from Canonical's extremely demanding Unity desktop to the much more reasonable LXDE.
    I haven't used Unity on a desktop PC in years, but I've been running the current version of Xubuntu on a little laptop for many months now. It's fine. It's much better than Debian, which is the last distribution I had on this machine. As a matter of principle, I prefer deb packages to snaps, but I honestly can't tell the difference in practice. I will continue to use it until something goes horribly wrong, at which point I will see if Mint has finally fixed the graphical glitches thet have prevented me from using it on this computer for the last several years.

  • @bejoalan
    @bejoalan 3 місяці тому

    My fist Ubuntu was Feisty Fawn. I even requested the CD installer. I was sooo excited when I received that CD.

  • @jamescobban857
    @jamescobban857 3 місяці тому +1

    I ran other versions of UNIX including SunOS and Solaris in the 1980s and 90s. I ran some versions of Linux before Warty, but Warty was the first version I used regularly, although retaining a dual boot of the Windows version that my computer had pre-installed. Once I had Hardy installed in 2008 I erased the Windows partition.

  • @KeithBoehler
    @KeithBoehler 3 місяці тому +8

    Its popular to trash Ubuntu, but I always feel rather at home in it.

  • @Nope-gu3ph
    @Nope-gu3ph 3 місяці тому +1

    Ubuntu's Snap ecosystem is actually maturing well. If only Snaps themselves were as good as the competition, like Flatpaks. In my experience Snaps still slow down faster while using and take just a little longer to open.
    Either way, still a decent update. I really like Ubuntu tbh, I know people don't these days but it's still very good and till I get a new laptop that doesn't have an old Nvidia GPU and can run Fedora or Arch + Hyprland, Ubuntu will serve and it'll serve well.

  • @rumplstiltztinkerstein
    @rumplstiltztinkerstein 3 місяці тому +5

    I started using flatpak in Ubuntu because Steam Proton doesn't work in the snap install. Flatpak works perfectly well though. I just install almost everything with Flatpak instead.

    • @the-answer-is-42
      @the-answer-is-42 3 місяці тому +2

      For me it works, just Factorio that doesn't for some weird reason (something something can't access "~/.factorio" folder something).

    • @rumplstiltztinkerstein
      @rumplstiltztinkerstein 3 місяці тому

      @@the-answer-is-42 I get major bugs using proton in snap steam. Flatpak steam is so good that even games like Warhammer Vermintide 2 runs kind of good. It wouldn't even launch on the snap install.

    • @rumplstiltztinkerstein
      @rumplstiltztinkerstein 3 місяці тому

      @@the-answer-is-42 factorio works in flatpak install

    • @the-answer-is-42
      @the-answer-is-42 3 місяці тому +1

      @@rumplstiltztinkerstein I double checked and now Factorio works with the snap, so for now it's fine. I'm too lazy to switch.

    • @rumplstiltztinkerstein
      @rumplstiltztinkerstein 3 місяці тому

      @@the-answer-is-42 That's great. If there is need to install custom proton repos like glorious eggroll, if it doesn't work in the snap install, it will work in flatpak.

  • @dullah1434
    @dullah1434 2 місяці тому +1

    I wonder if Ubuntu is going to have the transparent dock and menu bar Mac OS has

  • @notCAMD
    @notCAMD 3 місяці тому +4

    Is the language bug in the installer fixed?

  • @teeteetuu94
    @teeteetuu94 3 місяці тому

    We've really come a long way. My first glimpse of Linux was with Ubuntu 10.10 in early 2011. Today's mainstream Linux distros are quite a far cry compared to back then. Many more flavours and mostly painless setup for daily use.

  • @josephnorris4095
    @josephnorris4095 3 місяці тому +5

    Ubuntu 24.10 feels and seems faster than 24.04.1 and everything before that.

    • @cybernit3
      @cybernit3 3 місяці тому +1

      Ya I fell it is and might take less power while running. In Ubuntu 24.04 I ran the raylib basic example but the window opens on the secondary monitor not the primary. I tried Ubuntu 24.10 today and it does open on the primary screeen; so good they fixed that glitch with Mutter/Gnome.

  • @danbuter
    @danbuter 3 місяці тому +2

    I miss brown ubuntu. Started with Feisty Fawn.

  • @daniels-mo9ol
    @daniels-mo9ol 3 місяці тому

    8:36 I would assume they want to implement system wide policies too later on, the home folder might be representing your individual settings in your home folder where your isolated apps are located.

  • @ArtemShoobovych
    @ArtemShoobovych 3 місяці тому +1

    Started with Ubuntu 6 myself, pretty much stopped since my PCs reduced to only work-issued MacBook

  • @lots_of_codeswallop
    @lots_of_codeswallop 3 місяці тому +1

    The one thing i hated about nautilus was the sidebar, and surprisingly, this fixed everything I didn't like!

  • @MohanRam
    @MohanRam 3 місяці тому

    Long time Ubuntu user here, started using it since 5.04 after testing 4.10 as at that time I was Fedora Core (the free libre version without binary blobs) user.

  • @veyselerden72
    @veyselerden72 3 місяці тому +5

    this all snap stuff are overhated for vain. I use it daily both for gui apps and for terminal apps. Not all apps are packaged the best way but most of them are and you won't feel them being installed as snaps or deb packages. I like Canonical's route more than Red Hat's, so it's an upgrade time for me :)

  • @qwe14205
    @qwe14205 3 місяці тому +2

    WARHAMMER 40K ❤️

  • @chrisxsterling
    @chrisxsterling 3 місяці тому +1

    Over the years, Ubuntu has amassed so many beautiful well thought out background images.
    Why the heck don't don't they include like the top 20 past favorite backgrounds, that are let's say, hand picked from the current dev teams?

  • @blackstar-genX
    @blackstar-genX 3 місяці тому +9

    Man moving to Linux when win 11 gets to end of life is looking more and more great.

    • @cameronbosch1213
      @cameronbosch1213 3 місяці тому +11

      I agree, as long as you mean Windows _10._ Windows 11 was so bad I jumped to Linux full-time upon 11's release.

    • @rami-succar7356
      @rami-succar7356 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@cameronbosch1213 same

  • @JakubITDH
    @JakubITDH 3 місяці тому +1

    10:50 Kate is build with mind of kde env. So app must be written with gnome window system

  • @5I6
    @5I6 3 місяці тому +2

    2:29 I found out about Linux five years ago, but that sound itself is a nice touch.

  • @ikeahloe
    @ikeahloe 3 місяці тому +1

    Ubuntu's color palette for highlight colors is so much better than gnome's palette on default like in fedora. Waited like 15 years to be able to easily change my highlight color to blue-violet or a cooler purple but with gnome 47 now I still just have to use a fucking hacky solution for something basic.

  • @lhommedelapampa9730
    @lhommedelapampa9730 3 місяці тому

    The startup sound was not drums ?

  • @WillWise808
    @WillWise808 3 місяці тому +2

    Hi, Is it better to do a fresh install of Ubuntu 24.10 instead of upgrading from 24.04? Thank you for your time..

    • @thetechdog
      @thetechdog 3 місяці тому

      No need to fresh install, just upgrade. As always, do a backup of your files. But I did an upgrade without doing any backups and everything went well, though you might want to be more cautious than I was. Always try upgrading first and only reinstall if something goes wrong.

    • @WillWise808
      @WillWise808 3 місяці тому +1

      @@thetechdog Thank's for the reply.. I decided to do fresh clean install.. It is amazing . Performance is faster than 24.04. I guess the linux kernel 6.11 makes a big difference.. Also I switched from windows 10 to Linux one month ago with no regrets. Have a great day.. cya

    • @thetechdog
      @thetechdog 3 місяці тому

      @@WillWise808 Nice, enjoy your new operating system!

  • @ray84851
    @ray84851 3 місяці тому +1

    I'm waiting for Kubuntu 24.10 much more

  • @Romactu
    @Romactu 3 місяці тому

    Hello @TheLinuxEXP
    What do you think about my Warty Remastered Wallpaper included in Ubuntu 24.10?

  • @Romactu
    @Romactu 3 місяці тому

    Hello @TheLinuxEXP
    If you're talking about desktop that look nice back in the day, yes there is the way mostly.
    First of all, resize the dock to the smallest as possible and move it to the bottom.
    Second of all, set a color to brown like it says warty brown.
    Third of all, install tweaks and find the theme were you change an icons from Yaru to Humanity.
    That's all you got to do.

  • @Trop58
    @Trop58 3 місяці тому

    This boot sound is from Warthy Warthog! _this was fun fact_ 2:31

  • @Lxx00Jxx00
    @Lxx00Jxx00 2 місяці тому +1

    After some drama with the new windows version I’ve decided to go full Ubuntu. I’m on 24 10 too. I am liking a lot, but the installation of software is Inded an issue. .deb and flatpaks should be natively supported… apart from that, everything is super fine. I love how steam works and all my games basically are accessible.

  • @WalterLópezGaldámez
    @WalterLópezGaldámez 3 місяці тому +1

    This new version of Ubuntu 24.10 is very good, the only detail is that the old versions of Nvidia GPUs that use driver 470 no longer have support to use this distro. I don't know if it's something that will be changed, but if you have an old GPU you can't use this version. The drivers are not detected on old GPUs. For the rest, it's a great version. I hope they fix this detail.

    • @thetechdog
      @thetechdog 3 місяці тому

      At least 24.04 will continue to be supported, and if you enable Ubuntu Pro (free for personal use) you get security updates until 2034, which should hopefully be enough time for those users to upgrade.

  • @gilbertarmengaud3324
    @gilbertarmengaud3324 3 місяці тому

    Hi Nick,
    Congratulations on your work around Linux.
    I have been using Ubuntu for a long time, because developing web applications is easier to install and manage than in other distributions.
    I also use Mint, with its philosophy of not using the Snap ecosystem. I also removed the Snap ecosystem on my 24.04 LTS and only use Deb packages and Flatpak applications. I am looking forward to 24.10, so that I can use KDE Plasma 6 on Wayland (currently using Plasma 5.27 on X11).
    Do you think it is not a problem in the future to remove the Snap ecosystem in this 24.10 release as in future releases? Will I have a complete and untruncated experience of some utilities related to the distribution?
    Thank you in advance for the time you will take to answer this question, and again congratulations for the work around Linux that you give with all of your videos.
    Gilbert ARMENGAUD
    Béziers, Occitanie, France

  • @lucyinchat
    @lucyinchat 3 місяці тому +1

    I loved 12.04 to 18.04

  • @CHADAFGHAN
    @CHADAFGHAN 3 місяці тому

    THE UI SEEMS SMOOOOTH

  • @joaopauloalbq
    @joaopauloalbq 3 місяці тому +2

    4:11 Libadwaita 😮‍💨😪

  • @atsizbalik
    @atsizbalik 3 місяці тому +1

    i just want fractional scaling to be better, they should do something like KDE where X11 apps don't have scaling

    • @pingus_silly
      @pingus_silly 3 місяці тому +1

      they did this in gnome 47

  • @RafaCoringaProducoes
    @RafaCoringaProducoes 3 місяці тому

    Nick for ubuntu spins, watch out for mid november with lxqt 2.1 and xfce 4.20 promissing wayland and even sway support in lxqt. Couldnt test the experimental releases myself, i use lxqt+i3 btw lol. Also, bsd just anounced initial suport for snapdragon x

  • @zvezdan__
    @zvezdan__ 3 місяці тому +4

    I feel that all Linux distributions are stuck in 2004. No killer features or major improvements for the past 20 years. A new menu item here, a new button there, a new accent color… Apps are still using different GUI themes, and we are still switching back and forth from X11 and Wayland. it’s just sad.

  • @cubeskywalker4953
    @cubeskywalker4953 2 місяці тому

    Looks like a solid update

  • @Mik3l24
    @Mik3l24 3 місяці тому +1

    From what I remember, Ubuntu 14.04 was my first Linux distro... Really? It's been 10 years?
    It's been quite influential on me, to the point that I've even been replicating the "Unity layout" on other distros and DEs
    And... I've returned to it after all this time... Just to use a particular app that's not in rpm, only a deb package.

  • @bladasound
    @bladasound 3 місяці тому +2

    I'm not a big fan of snaps but i like ubuntu for some reasons

  • @alicealysia
    @alicealysia 2 місяці тому

    Getting xwayland without needing to compile it is the main reason I switched. But lately I've been building a tonne of apps as I test out new window managers and the like.
    My poor, poor lib folder is straining under the weight of so many development libraries.

  • @abelolsen9656
    @abelolsen9656 3 місяці тому

    Boot sound sounds so good, I'll boot my system just to listen to it. Few seconds are nothing, if it's comes with a good sound. That snap-store error message is annoying, and I thought it was the app itself, that gives the error, not snap-store. It was something desktop app, that I tried to update, and that popup appeared and I just set it to ignore.

  • @felipeferraz6766
    @felipeferraz6766 3 місяці тому +1

    I used to call this old nostalgia color as baby poopy color

  • @SecureSnowball
    @SecureSnowball 3 місяці тому +1

    I really dislike the permission UI but that's okay because right now it is an experimental feature. I believe it would be fixed when it becomes stable and comes enabled by default.

  • @ronm6585
    @ronm6585 3 місяці тому

    Thanks Nick.