Last week marked the release of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
<https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-22-04-lts-released>, and so far it looks
like some noteworthy improvements over the last LTS, notably Wayland being
enabled for Intel/AMD users by default!
There is no Wayland enablement for Nvidia users in 22.04 LTS though, and
Pulseaudio is still the default audio server instead of the more modern
pipewire+wireplumber that's been appearing in other distributions. It also
appears that Firefox in 22.04 LTS is now installed as a snap at the request
of Mozilla, and it drops the deb package from the official repo.
Also interesting is that Ubuntu will continue to avoid supporting flatpak
in favor of snap, as explained by Mark Shuttleworth:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/ubuntu-wont-support-flatpak-anytime-soon
*>I can say right now Flatpak’s wouldn’t work for us. I don’t think they
have the security story and I also don’t think they have the ability to
deliver the same integrity of execution over time that Snaps have ‘cos we
built those things into Snaps*
>*I like the fact that people have a diversity of opinions on ways to solve
the problem […] but I also think we’re going to deliver a far better
experience to developers and to users if we concentrate our efforts around
something we really can move forward.*
I respectfully disagree with Shuttlesworth's appraisal, because it seems to
contradict the overall experience I've seen from open source projects that
have a tendency to package flatpaks and appimages which in turn tend to be
well-supported across many distributions.
While I understand that it's very easy to set up flatpak in Ubuntu
<https://flatpak.org/setup/Ubuntu> these days, I'm still disappointed that
this is the stance Ubuntu is taking because I feel that this doesn't quite
align with the interests of the Linux community at large who're trying to
improve the desktop experience.
I worry that the distribution that got me into Linux years ago will
increase fragmentation as time goes on if it continues to focus on its
walled garden approach. What do you think?
- Josh
I just shutdown a linux machine with 3169 days of uptime!
It had userland processes that have been actively running since 2013!
Tim.
--
I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
Hey Everybody,
This is the final reminder we've got a meeting tonight at 7pm!
The speaker is going to be Dick Miller!
He's going to be talking about Fotoxx!
Fotoxx is an open source professional grade photo editing and collection
manager!
I hope to see you at the Hudson Public Library or online in our Jitsi Room!
Later,
Tim.
--
I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
What do people of the crazy atlassian outage?
They're talking about some customers still being offline for two weeks!
Later,
Tim.
--
I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
Hey Everybody,
We've got a meeting on April 14th at 7pm!
The topic is going to be "Fotoxx." This is a professional grade photo
management/editing suite developed by Dick Miller.
He's going to be showing off it's many amazing features!
We'll be meeting at the Hudson Public Library in our usual space. We'll
also be meeting online using Jitsi at our usual haunt as well (
https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA)
Snacks and Refreshments will be provided and the whole presentation is
going to be recorded and uploaded to our youtube channel!
Afterwards we'll head off for dinner!
Thanks,
Tim.
--
I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
Hey Everybody,
This month Dick Miller will be speaking about the amazing photo editing
software called "Fotoxx". https://kornelix.net/fotoxx/fotoxx.html
From their website:
Fotoxx is a free open source *Linux* program for image editing and
collection management.
The goal is to meet the needs of serious photographers while remaining fast
and easy to use.
This presentation has been long in the making. Dick reached out to Chuck
that due to scheduling conflicts more than a decade ago he was unable to
schedule the presentation!
Time: 7pm
Date: April 14th, 2022
Location: Physical at the Hudson Public Library and virtual in our usual
Jitsi haunt. https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA
We'll be recording the session and posting it to the WLUG youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj-5C7Lr4B_2iFr9_vAnmaA
As usual, we'll head off after the meeting for dinner and keep the
conversation going.
I really hope to see you there!!
Later,
Tim.
