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- | Release notes for new versions of Linux distributions make interesting reading. They are normally written by developers to introduce the new release and, hopefully for those of us writing reviews, list the changes incorporated. Some release notes have clear lists of changes, others require a bit more reading in-between-the-lines. Such is the case with Ubuntu Unity 23.10. | + | **Release notes for new versions of Linux distributions make interesting reading. They are normally written by developers to introduce the new release and, hopefully for those of us writing reviews, list the changes incorporated. Some release notes have clear lists of changes, others require a bit more reading in-between-the-lines. Such is the case with Ubuntu Unity 23.10. |
- | This latest Ubuntu Unity version came out on 12 October, 2023, along with all the other Ubuntu 23.10 flavors. Ubuntu Unity 23.10 is the eighth release of this distribution using the Unity interface. It is the third and last interim release of this development cycle. The next version will be a long term support release, Ubuntu Unity 24.04 LTS, which will be out on 25 April, 2024. As an interim release, Ubuntu Unity 23.10 is supported for just nine months until July, 2024. | + | This latest Ubuntu Unity version came out on 12 October, 2023, along with all the other Ubuntu 23.10 flavors. Ubuntu Unity 23.10 is the eighth release of this distribution using the Unity interface. It is the third and last interim release of this development cycle. The next version will be a long term support release, Ubuntu Unity 24.04 LTS, which will be out on 25 April, 2024. As an interim release, Ubuntu Unity 23.10 is supported for just nine months until July, 2024.** |
- | Installation | + | Les notes de version de nouvelles versions de distributions Linux sont très intéressantes à lire. Elles sont habituellement écrites par des développeurs qui présentent la nouvelle version et, pour ceux qui écrivent des critiques, listent les modifications incorporées, |
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+ | Cette nouvelle version d’Ubuntu Unity est sortie le 12 octobre 2023 en même temps que tous les autres saveurs d’Ubuntu 23.10. Ubuntu Unity 23.10 est la huitième publication de cette distribution qui utilise l’interface Unity. Il s’agit de la troisième et dernière version intérimaire de ce cycle de développement. La prochaine version sera celle de support à long terme, Ubuntu Unity 24.04 LTS, qui sortira le 25 avril 2024. En tant que version intérimaire, | ||
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I downloaded Ubuntu Unity 23.10 from the official source using Transmission to get the file via BitTorrent. Once I had the ISO file, I ran an SHA256 sum check on it from the command line to make sure the download was good. | I downloaded Ubuntu Unity 23.10 from the official source using Transmission to get the file via BitTorrent. Once I had the ISO file, I ran an SHA256 sum check on it from the command line to make sure the download was good. | ||
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This release is a 3.5 GB download, which is 200 MB bigger than the last version which was 3.3 GB. Still, Ubuntu Unity 23.10 is much smaller than mainstream Ubuntu 23.10 which weighs in at a much heftier 5.2 GB. | This release is a 3.5 GB download, which is 200 MB bigger than the last version which was 3.3 GB. Still, Ubuntu Unity 23.10 is much smaller than mainstream Ubuntu 23.10 which weighs in at a much heftier 5.2 GB. | ||
- | I tested Ubuntu Unity 23.10 from a USB stick equipped with Ventoy 1.0.96. Even though Ubuntu Unity is not officially listed as being supported by Ventoy, it boots up just fine. Ventoy allows dragging and dropping multiple Linux distributions onto a single USB device which makes reviewing or just distro-hopping very easy. Ventoy does the hard work of unpacking the one selected right at boot up. | + | I tested Ubuntu Unity 23.10 from a USB stick equipped with Ventoy 1.0.96. Even though Ubuntu Unity is not officially listed as being supported by Ventoy, it boots up just fine. Ventoy allows dragging and dropping multiple Linux distributions onto a single USB device which makes reviewing or just distro-hopping very easy. Ventoy does the hard work of unpacking the one selected right at boot up.** |
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+ | J’ai téléchargé Ubuntu Unity 23.10 à partir de la source officielle avec Transmission, | ||
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+ | Le téléchargement de cette version fait 3,5 Go, ce qui est 200 Mo de plus que la dernière version qui faisait 3,3 Go. Malgré cela, Ubuntu Unity 23.10 est beaucoup plus petite que la principale Ubuntu 23.10, dont la taille est beaucoup plus grosse à 5,2 Go. | ||
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+ | J’ai testé Ubuntu Unity 23.10 à partir d’une clé USB équipée de Ventoy 1.0.96. Bien que Ubuntu Unity ne figure pas dans la liste officielle des distributions prises en charge par Ventoy, il démarre sans problème. Ventoy permet le glisser-déposer de distributions Linux multiples sur un seul dispositif USB, ce qui rend les critiques ou, tout simplement, l’essai de plusieurs distro Linux, très facile. Ventoy fait le travail du dépaquetage de la distribution sélectionnée au démarrage. | ||
- | System requirements | + | **System requirements |
Ubuntu Unity does not specify any system requirements but it is probably safe to assume that it is the same as Ubuntu 23.10, a minimum of: | Ubuntu Unity does not specify any system requirements but it is probably safe to assume that it is the same as Ubuntu 23.10, a minimum of: | ||
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The release announcement for Ubuntu Unity 23.10 indicates that the project’s developers have spent this six-month release period working on three projects, none of which made it into this release. | The release announcement for Ubuntu Unity 23.10 indicates that the project’s developers have spent this six-month release period working on three projects, none of which made it into this release. | ||
- | The first project aims to replace Nux, an OpenGL toolkit, in the next version of Unity which is currently under the working name of UnityX. Replacing Nux will allow Unity to be run under the full Wayland display server protocol, instead of the XWayland workaround currently employed. | + | The first project aims to replace Nux, an OpenGL toolkit, in the next version of Unity which is currently under the working name of UnityX. Replacing Nux will allow Unity to be run under the full Wayland display server protocol, instead of the XWayland workaround currently employed.** |
- | The second project is work to allow Lomiri to be used on Ubuntu Unity. Lomiri was previously known as Unity 8. A development of Unity 7, it was originally started by Canonical as a “convergence desktop” for all devices, including phones, and is now developed by UBPorts as part of their Ubuntu Touch phone operating system. Lomiri was intended to be available for Ubuntu Unity 23.10’s release, but was delayed due to the discovery of some application launcher bugs. | + | Exigences système |
- | The third project is listed as " | + | Ubuntu |
+ | un processeur à double cœur et à 2 GHz | ||
+ | 4 Go de RAM | ||
- | Otherwise, the release announcement does not list any changes actually incorporated in Ubuntu Unity 23.10, and my own testing found only a few new setting changes. There are, of course, upstream changes that are unavoidably part of 23.10, including new application versions from the Ubuntu repositories, | + | Nouveautés |
- | In many ways, a lack of distribution-level changes may be a good sign, as it may indicate that the developers are now happy with how Ubuntu Unity looks and works, and don’t see any need for anything new to be added or removed. In the past, both Ubuntu Unity 22.04 LTS and 22.10 brought a dizzying swap in and out of default applications, | + | L’annonce de la publication d’Ubuntu Unity 23.10 indique que les développeurs du projet ont passé cette période de six mois de version intérimaire à travailler sur trois projets. Aucun n’est présent dans cette version. |
- | Not new is that Ubuntu Unity 23.10 continues to use Unity 7.7, the same as Ubuntu Unity 23.04 did. This version of the user interface introduced a “portrait” style main menu system that only uses half the screen (the left half), and usually requires vertical scrolling to find things. I am not sure why the full screen is not used, as it would be more space efficient. This interface also continues with the indicator-notification system for desktop notifications which I still find the most intrusive and annoying of all the user notification systems used in Linux distributions. | + | L’objectif du premier projet est de remplacer Nux, une boîte à outils OpenGL, dans la prochaine version d’Unity, nom de travail actuel UnityX. Le remplacement de Nux permettra d' |
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+ | **The second project is work to allow Lomiri to be used on Ubuntu Unity. Lomiri was previously known as Unity 8. A development of Unity 7, it was originally started by Canonical as a “convergence desktop” for all devices, including phones, and is now developed by UBPorts as part of their Ubuntu Touch phone operating system. Lomiri was intended to be available for Ubuntu Unity 23.10’s release, but was delayed due to the discovery of some application launcher bugs. | ||
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+ | The third project is listed as " | ||
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+ | L’objectif du deuxième projet est de permettre d’utiliser Lomiri sur Ubuntu Unity. Lomiri était connu auparavant sous le nom de Unity 8. Développement de Unity 7, il a été démarré à l’origine par Canonical comme un « bureau de convergence » pour tous les dispositifs, | ||
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+ | Le troisième projet est censé « ajouter du support pour CUPS 2.0 dans Unity (impression), | ||
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+ | **Otherwise, | ||
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+ | In many ways, a lack of distribution-level changes may be a good sign, as it may indicate that the developers are now happy with how Ubuntu Unity looks and works, and don’t see any need for anything new to be added or removed. In the past, both Ubuntu Unity 22.04 LTS and 22.10 brought a dizzying swap in and out of default applications, | ||
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+ | Autrement, l’annonce de version ne liste pas de changements véritablement incorporés dans Ubuntu Unity 23.10 et mes propres tests n’ont trouvé que quelques modifications dans les nouveaux paramètres. Il y a, bien entendu, des modifications en amont qui font nécessairement partie de la 23.10, dont des applications dont la version est nouvelle, venant des dépôts d’Ubuntu, du support pour du matériel plus récent avec le noyau Linux 6.5 et le système d’initialisation systemd 253.5. | ||
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+ | Dans de nombreuses façons, le manque de changements au niveau d’une distribution peut être un bon signe, car cela peut indiquer que l’apparence et le fonctionnement de Ubuntu Unity plaisent aux développeurs. Ceux-ci ne voient aucun besoin de rajouter ou d’enlever quoi que ce soit de nouveau. Par le passé, Ubuntu Unity 22.04 LTS et 22.10 contenaient des échanges vertigineux d’applications par défaut et cette nouvelle stabilité peut signifier que les développeurs sont contents avec la gamme actuelle des applications. Si la prochaine version LTS n’apporte pas grand’chose de neuf, je pense que ma conclusion est raisonnable et que ce sera probablement une bonne chose pour les utilisateurs aussi. | ||
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+ | **Not new is that Ubuntu Unity 23.10 continues to use Unity 7.7, the same as Ubuntu Unity 23.04 did. This version of the user interface introduced a “portrait” style main menu system that only uses half the screen (the left half), and usually requires vertical scrolling to find things. I am not sure why the full screen is not used, as it would be more space efficient. This interface also continues with the indicator-notification system for desktop notifications which I still find the most intrusive and annoying of all the user notification systems used in Linux distributions. | ||
Settings | Settings | ||
- | The settings in this release are once again spread out in three places: the regular settings menu, the “brush” icon on the panel, and the included Unity Tweak Tool. Once you locate them, they all work well. | + | The settings in this release are once again spread out in three places: the regular settings menu, the “brush” icon on the panel, and the included Unity Tweak Tool. Once you locate them, they all work well.** |
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+ | Ce qui n’est pas nouveau est que Ubuntu Unity 23.10 continue à utiliser Unity 7.7, la même version que dans Ubuntu Unity 23.04. Cette version de l’interface utilisateur a introduit un style « portrait » de système du menu principal qui n’utilise qu’une moitié de l’écran (la moitié gauche) et nécessite généralement un défilement vertical pour trouver des choses. Je ne sais pas pourquoi l’écran en entier n’est pas utilisé, car cela économiserait en fait de l’espace. Cette interface continue aussi avec le système d’indicateur-notification pour les notifications sur le bureau. Et je continue à le trouver le plus agaçant et intrusif de tous les systèmes de notification utilisateur utilisés dans des distributions Linux. | ||
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+ | Paramètres | ||
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+ | Les paramètres dans cette publication sont, à nouveau, étendus à trois endroits : le menu normal des paramètres, | ||
- | The Unity Tweak Tool still has four window themes: Ambiance, Radiance, Yaru, and Yaru-dark, plus 36 icon themes and six cursor styles. The regular settings menu and the brush icon offer up only two window themes, Yaru and Yaru-dark. Both the settings menu and brush icon now have 20 accent colors to choose from, an increase of ten over the last release, something not mentioned in the release notes. | + | **The Unity Tweak Tool still has four window themes: Ambiance, Radiance, Yaru, and Yaru-dark, plus 36 icon themes and six cursor styles. The regular settings menu and the brush icon offer up only two window themes, Yaru and Yaru-dark. Both the settings menu and brush icon now have 20 accent colors to choose from, an increase of ten over the last release, something not mentioned in the release notes. |
For this release, code named " | For this release, code named " | ||
- | Ubuntu Unity continues with its aim of offering a high degree of user customization, | + | Ubuntu Unity continues with its aim of offering a high degree of user customization, |
- | Applications | + | L’Unity Tweak Tool a encore quatre thèmes de fenêtre : Ambiance, Radiance, Yaru, et Yaru-dark, plus 36 thèmes d’icône et six styles de curseur. Le menu normal des paramètres et l’icône d’un pinceau ne propose que deux thèmes de fenêtre, Yaru et Yaru-dark. Le menu des paramètres et l’icône d’un pinceau ont maintenant tous les deux 20 couleurs d’accentuation au choix, une augmentation de dix par rapport à la dernière version. C’est quelque chose qui n’est pas mentionné dans les notes de version. |
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+ | Pour cette version, nom de code « Mantic Minotaur », | ||
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+ | L’objectif d’Ubuntu Unity continue d' | ||
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+ | **Applications | ||
Some of the applications included with Ubuntu Unity 23.10 are: | Some of the applications included with Ubuntu Unity 23.10 are: | ||
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CUPS 2.4.6 printing system | CUPS 2.4.6 printing system | ||
Document Scanner (Simple Scan) 44.0 optical scanner* | Document Scanner (Simple Scan) 44.0 optical scanner* | ||
- | Firefox 118.0.1 web browser** | + | Firefox 118.0.1 web browser< |
GDebi 0.9.5.7 .deb package installer* | GDebi 0.9.5.7 .deb package installer* | ||
Gnome Disks 45.0 disk manager | Gnome Disks 45.0 disk manager | ||
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* indicates same application version as used in Ubuntu Unity 23.04 | * indicates same application version as used in Ubuntu Unity 23.04 | ||
- | ** supplied as a snap, so version depends on the upstream package manager | + | < |
- | As noted, the selection of default applications provided has not changed in this release. The mix mostly comes from the Gnome and Mate desktops with some, like the VLC media player, Firefox web browser and the Thunderbird email client from outside projects. Overall, the applications seem like reasonable choices and, of course, if you want something else it can be easily installed. | + | Applications |
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+ | Voici quelques-unes des applications incluses dans Ubuntu Unity 23.10 : | ||
+ | Archive Manager (File Roller) 43.0 archiveur de fichiers* | ||
+ | Atril 1.26.0 visionneur de PDF* | ||
+ | Cheese 44.1 application webcam | ||
+ | CUPS 2.4.6 système d’impression | ||
+ | Document Scanner (Simple Scan) 44.0 scanner numérique* | ||
+ | Firefox 118.0.1 navigateur Web< | ||
+ | GDebi 0.9.5.7 installeur de paquets .deb* | ||
+ | Gnome Disks 45.0 gestionnaire de disques | ||
+ | Gnome Screenshot 41.0 outil de capture d’écran* | ||
+ | Gnome System Monitor 45.0.2 moniteur de ressources système | ||
+ | Gnome Terminal 3.49.92 émulateur de terminal | ||
+ | Gparted 1.5.0 éditeur de partitions | ||
+ | Image Viewer (Eye of MATE) 1.26.0 visionneur d’images* | ||
+ | LibreOffice 7.6.2 suite bureautique | ||
+ | Mate Calculator 1.26.0 calculatrice | ||
+ | Nemo 5.8.4 gestionnaire de fichiers | ||
+ | Pluma 1.26.0 éditeur de textes* | ||
+ | PulseAudio 16.1 contrôleur d’audio* | ||
+ | Remmina 1.4.31 client de bureau à distance | ||
+ | Rhythmbox 3.4.7 lecteur de musique | ||
+ | Shotwell 0.32.2 gestionnaire de photos | ||
+ | Startup Disk Creator 0.3.17 graveur d’ISO sur USB | ||
+ | Synaptic 0.91.3 système de gestion de paquets* | ||
+ | Thunderbird 115.3.1 client mail | ||
+ | Transmission 4.0.2 client bittorrent | ||
+ | Unity 7.7.0 interface* | ||
+ | Unity Tweak Tool 0.0.7 gestionnaire de paramètres* | ||
+ | VLC 3.0.18 lecteur de média* | ||
+ | XTerm 384-1 émulateur de terminal | ||
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+ | * indique la même version de l’application que celle utilisée dans Ubuntu Unity 23.04 | ||
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+ | **As noted, the selection of default applications provided has not changed in this release. The mix mostly comes from the Gnome and Mate desktops with some, like the VLC media player, Firefox web browser and the Thunderbird email client from outside projects. Overall, the applications seem like reasonable choices and, of course, if you want something else it can be easily installed. | ||
Ubuntu Unity 23.10 is still using PulseAudio as its audio controller and, unlike all the other Ubuntu flavors, has not yet switched to PipeWire. | Ubuntu Unity 23.10 is still using PulseAudio as its audio controller and, unlike all the other Ubuntu flavors, has not yet switched to PipeWire. | ||
- | The file manager used in 23.10 continues as Nemo from the Cinnamon desktop environment. Nemo has a nice look and works well enough but still lacks bulk file renaming which really is a feature that is needed. There are some workarounds available in the repositories, | + | The file manager used in 23.10 continues as Nemo from the Cinnamon desktop environment. Nemo has a nice look and works well enough but still lacks bulk file renaming which really is a feature that is needed. There are some workarounds available in the repositories, |
- | The LibreOffice 7.6.2 office suite is once again supplied almost complete, missing only the LibreOffice Base database application. If needed, it can also be installed from the Ubuntu repositories. | + | Comme indiqué, la sélection des applications par défaut fournies n’a pas changé dans cette publication. Le mélange vient, pour la plupart, des bureaux Gnome et Mate avec quelques applications, |
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+ | Ubuntu Unity 23.10 utilise encore PulseAudio comme contrôleur d’audio et, contrairement aux autres saveurs d’Ubuntu, n’a pas encore changé pour PipeWire. | ||
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+ | Le gestionnaire de fichiers utilisé dans la 23.10 reste Nemo, venant de l’environnement de bureau Cinnamon. L’apparence de Nemo est sympa et il fonctionne convenablement, | ||
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+ | **The LibreOffice 7.6.2 office suite is once again supplied almost complete, missing only the LibreOffice Base database application. If needed, it can also be installed from the Ubuntu repositories. | ||
Conclusions | Conclusions | ||
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+ | La suite bureautique LibreOffice 7.6.2 est à nouveau fournie presque complète ; | ||
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+ | Conclusions | ||
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+ | Ubuntu Unity 23.10 est une distribution qui est très fluide et solide avec un bon fonctionnement et une bonne apparence. Les développeurs semblent avoir sélectionné une liste finale (pour le moment du moins) d’applications par défaut, ce qui est une bonne chose pour les utilisateurs. La distribution propose toujours beaucoup d’options de personnalisation et cela tend à engendrer la fidélité des utilisateurs. Les gens aiment pouvoir faire en sorte que l’apparence de leur système d’exploitation leur convienne personnellement. | ||
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+ | Le manque de modifications dans la 23.10 semble indiquer que Ubuntu Unity 24.04 LTS, prévue le 25 avril 2024, sera très similaire, mais avec trois ans de prise en charge. Il se peut que Lomiri ou UnityX soit également des options disponibles dans un proche avenir ? Je dirais que la version LTS à venir se concentrera sur la stabilité et que ces nouvelles fonctionnalités arriveront au cours du prochain cycle de développement. | ||
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+ | Site Web officiel : https:// |
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