
The new ‘do not disturb’ toggle will be a welcome addition for those looking to focus on their work.

GNOME 3.36 features both user-visible changes, which add features & improve user workflow and under the hood changes which improve performance and stability across the board. Thereby, joining our friends in the Debian project to update packages to the latest GNOME software packages. The Ubuntu Desktop team have worked closely with the upstream GNOME developers and the wider community to deliver a solid GNOME desktop experience for our users. Since 17.10, Ubuntu has shipped GNOME Shell as the default desktop environment. Yaru was first introduced in Ubuntu 18.10, so if you’re upgrading from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, this will be the first time you are going to see this bold, new, and unmistakably Ubuntu, look. With that in mind, Canonical hosted a design sprint in January with members of the Yaru community team, Ubuntu desktop and design teams. For most operating system vendors, having a distinctive look for the operating system is important in establishing their brand. You can’t miss the refreshed Yaru theme, from boot splash to the desktop. With that said, let’s take a look at what’s new in this release. This is why we are committed to delivering a first-class workstation experience to fuel continued innovation and keep Ubuntu at the vanguard. By placing the very best of open-source in the hands of Ubuntu Desktop users, the Linux desktop is where all the major waves of tech innovation have come from in recent years. So even though Ubuntu is a popular community story, which we still celebrate today with emerging desktop remixes of Ubuntu such as Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu Deepin and Ubuntu Lumina, it is also a significant part of how we have moved to the mainstream. As a consequence, Ubuntu was the first choice in these new domains. These have all emerged while we’ve been working on the Linux desktop, and all of these innovations have driven waves of Ubuntu Desktop adoption in the enterprise. They want to build the next big thing, such as AI/ML, self-driving cars, public cloud services, and container orchestration. Nothing could be farther from the truth, and here’s why the people who use Ubuntu Desktop are often passionate people making huge waves in their industry. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is an enterprise-grade, secure, cost-effective operating system for organisations and home users.īefore I summarise the changes in this release, let’s address something I’ve seen discussed in the wider desktop Linux community there is a perception that the desktop is no longer a priority for us. Ubuntu is the world’s most popular open-source desktop operating system, and we think this is our best release to date.
