Ubuntu Remixes I Would Love to See DEV Community

For now, we’re afraid, if you want Cinnamon, you should stick to Linux Mint. The only issue that prevents the Official Ubuntu flavors from merging with the Unofficial Ubuntu flavors is the user experience index, which denotes the user experience rating. A hobbyist Linux developer might bring a different desktop environment and try it out on Ubuntu. Since it’s a gamble, an enthusiast Ubuntu use will try out this new release. A worst-case scenario is when the desktop environments conflict. It could lead to duplicate programs, missing icons, or a non-appealing user interface.

Xubuntu

Why wait to compare it with Xubuntu when we can do it now. The main chip that distinguishes them is Lubuntu’s modern appealing desktop environment, an exclusion in Xubuntu, as we shall see later on in the article. These Ubuntu flavors come with different specs depending on your specific need for the Ubuntu operating system. For familiarity purposes, let us list down the best Ubuntu flavors you should try before we dive deeper into evaluating what they individually have to offer you as an anxious user. Ubuntu Studio is a community supported multimedia creation flavor of Ubuntu.

• Either install it with the existing desktop shell or use a Ubuntu flavor that uses the desired desktop shell by default.
• Another point to consider when dealing with an Ubuntu flavor is the Ubuntu release cycle.
• The last time we did this comparison, in 2013, Kubuntu scoffed the most RAM – and as before, it still uses the most disk.
• However, all flavors of Ubuntu use the same repository for downloading updates, so the same set of packages is available regardless of which flavor you have installed.
• Edubuntu installer allows us to select applications for target audiences such as preschool, graduate, and postgraduate or course levels such as primary, secondary, and tertiary.

GNOME Software replaces gnome-packagekit, offering a more user-friendly way to manage app installations and updates. Additionally, the updated Sway Input Configurator now stands at version 1.4.1, further refining the customization of input devices to enhance user interaction. Developers customized this flavor for schools and universities. It uses the same desktop environment the default Ubuntu flavor uses. However, it includes several custom applications specially designed for educational purposes. Blinken memory game, Chemtool for scheming chemical formulas, Fritzing emulator for building electronic circuits, and Calibre books manager are a few examples of these applications.

The Franco-Hibernian rival project Linux Mint definitely isn’t official, nor does it seek to be. Nor is its neighbor, the Ukraino-Hibernian Zorin OS, the New Zealand-led Linux Lite, or Teejeetech’s lightweight but galvanized Zinc. Both Linux Lite and Zinc have neither format pre-installed, although Zinc offers Nala and Deb-Get instead. ZorinOS installs both systems, and the paid editions of Zorin OS include dozens of pre-installed Flatpak apps, which is why it takes a whopping 30-plus gigabytes of disk. However, the Official Ubuntu flavors have a dedicated desktop environment that is bundled up during their installation. This way, you do not need to seek other desktop environments that depict your intended use of the Ubuntu operating system.

The new versions are not big changes so we’re not going to re-review them so soon. The main purpose of today’s update is to add some more data points to our recent remix roundup. Installing and setting up MythTV in default Ubuntu requires a lot of customization. Besides this, you also need to update related configuration files.

systemd begrudgingly drops a safety net while a challenger appears, GNU Shepherd 1.0

Ubuntu Studio is aimed at the GNU/Linux audio, video and graphic creators, be they enthusiasts or professionals. The app is fast, it has an adaptive UI, and it makes it so easy to search for, install, and manage Snap apps (through the snapd Dart unofficial Ubuntu library). It can also handle the installation of software distributed as a .deb (through the PackageKit Dart library). Devs describe it as ‘an alternative software store for the Ubuntu Desktop made with Flutter‘, the app-development tech Ubuntu is all-in on. It’s not developed by Canonical (though Canonical employees do contribute to the code) and there’s no suggestion it’ll ever ship by default on the OS itself.

The last time we did this comparison, in 2013, Kubuntu scoffed the most RAM – and as before, it still uses the most disk. KDE Plasma 5 really has slimmed down its memory footprint impressively, although it’s still no lightweight. Lubuntu has always been the lightweight flavor of Ubuntu for older computers.

This was quick and thorough, leaving nothing for apt to do – although there was a snap update pending. We did experience a crash of the menu application, though, which is a little worrying. After installation, Kubuntu noticed some updates and prompted us, but then the apt full-upgrade command found a few more. After we installed those and rebooted, it then notified us that the localizations weren’t fully installed.