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Following the recent news about Nouveau reorganising code to allow their shader compiler to be used outside of Nouveau Gallium3D, Red Hat’s Karol Herbst, a longtime Nouveau developer, has been posting patches for his new “NVK” Nouveau Vulkan driver effort.
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NVK is a brand-new, yet-to-be-merged open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA graphics hardware. This is a Mesa-based driver that is currently being worked on primarily by Karol Herbst, who joined Red Hat several years ago and has since continued to work heavily on Mesa, including in the areas of OpenCL compute and other features. Aside from NVK, he has recently begun working on Rusticl, a Rust-based OpenCL implementation for Mesa.
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Jason Ekstrand of Collabora, as well as David Airlie of Red Hat, have been making early contributions to NVK. NVK can at least run vulkaninfo, but it is still a work in progress, with the initial code only being committed two weeks ago.
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Aside from performance issues with newer generations of NVIDIA graphics cards, the lack of an open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver has been a major roadblock, given that most Linux games these days are Vulkan-native, and even Steam Play is mostly Vulkan with VKD3D-Proton/DXVK.
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This NVK driver will most likely be updated in the future to support the open source NVIDIA kernel driver as an alternative to the Nouveau DRM driver. The original NVK open source Vulkan driver code is available on [Nouveau’s GitLab repository][2].
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We will give you the feature summary of the KDE Plasma 5.25 desktop environment (upcoming).
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KDE Plasma 5.25 is the 27th version of KDE Plasma desktop, not an LTS release. This release is followed by the prior [5.24 LTS][1], released in February. KDE Plasma 5.25 brings several exciting updates on the desktop UI, polished applets, widgets, a good set of gesture updates for touch-based devices and a massive list of bug fixes. Plasma 5.25 is based on Qt 5.15.2 and KDE Frameworks 5.94.
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KDE Plasma releases on June 14, 2022, but before that following milestones are to be met:
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The list of bug fixes and features is around 400+, and it’s challenging to cover them in a single article. We filtered out in this article some of the essential and visual changes which are more impactful straightaway to the general user base.
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Perhaps the most important visual change in KDE Plasma 5.25 is accent colour change based on the Wallpaper. As reported earlier, this change gives the final touch to the entire accent colour functionality and makes it complete with dynamic colour, custom colour and pre-sets. The option is available in the Appearance module. ([MR#1325)][2]
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In addition, the accent colour change to the title bar was [also implemented][4] in the Breeze Classic theme and made it more consistent across the desktop.
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Another exciting change that KDE Plasma 5.25 brings is an option for Themes to make the Panel float. When selected, the Panel detaches itself from the bottom of the screen with rounded corners and gives a floating feeling. The option is available in the additional settings in Edit Panel mode. Here’s how it looks. ([MR#714)][5]
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In addition to that, the power profiles menu in the system tray now has [icons][8] with their names in the [tooltip][9].
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The login and logout screen see a [small UI change][10] to display avatar and profile name with longer user names.
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Also, the spacing between the avatar icon and name with the logout screen action buttons is [increased][11] to give a more consistent look.
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A fix was made to the Plasma Desktop to prevent widgets from [retaining position][12]when resolution changes back from fullscreen gaming. The widgets remember their position for respective resolutions.
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The plasma Workspace module [reverts][13]to the lock screen behaviour on mouse move, which was removed accidentally earlier.
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The Digital Clock “Copy to Clipboard” menu is now [more clean][14] with the removal of duplicate items and separate entries when seconds are enabled.
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KWin introduces an [option to hide][15] minimised windows in KDE Plasma 5.25. In addition to that, the desktop grid effect is [completely replaced][16] with the QML Version.
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Furthermore, it is now possible to switch between display specific resolutions which are not visible to the operating system in Wayland. The change adds [libxcvt][17] dependency in Kwin, and details of this change can be found [here][18].
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With this release, the switching between the dark and light mode is more smooth and animated thanks to this [MR][19], inspired by GNOME. It was not smooth earlier and now looks more professional behaviour.
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The application page of Discover is now complete with [more focused details][20] at the top with Application metadata and images. The spacing of the app name, ratings and developer with the image at the header section with the summary in the middle. And rest at the bottom. Here’s a side by side comparison of the earlier version with 5.25.
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One tiny yet impactful change in Discover related to Flatpak apps. Discover now [shows][22] a message with an action button to clean Flatpak data for uninstalled apps.
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Moreover, Discover now [shows the required permissions][24]of the Flatpak applications before you install them. In addition, if you are planning to install proprietary software, you get a warning message saying the potential consequences of using those (such as Microsoft Teams).
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The System Monitor (KSystemStats) shows new [information about your window system][25] whether you are running X11 or Wayland. This should also display on the overview screen of the KSysGuard.
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The Open With Dialog of XGD Portal sees a [complete UI rework][26]. The top section label is merged into one single information line for better clarity. Also, the search field is now visible for all modes, and the Show More button is moved up beside Search with better clarity. You can look at the below image (Credit KDE Team) for this change.
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The Plasma Applet for NetworkManager now [shows][27] the WiFi frequency connection details to help distinguish which frequency you are connected to in the same SSID (same Wi-Fi Router). It’s really helpful if both the band have the same Wifi Accent point name and you cannot distinguish between 4G or 5G.
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The cuttlefish icon viewer now helps you [open the file path via the file manager][28] directly of the selected icon.
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Plasma desktop now gives a [more organised view][29]in “Recent Documents” with the ability to show “non-file” items such as RDP or remote connections.
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Moreover, the spell checker module in KRunner now [detects][30] the search language and gives you results.
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When you run into an error, the KInfocenter now gives you [more information][32] about the error. The new design gives you what is the error, why it happened, whether you can fix it by yourself and how to report it to the devs. This is a nifty change that has a more significant impact. Here’s a side by side view of the change.
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### Closing Notes
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Along with the above changes, this release improves several gestures for touch devices and a massive list of performance and bug fixes (counting 150+), which will enhance the KDE Plasma 5.25 experience for all of its users.
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If you want to give a hand on testing, read the [contribution guide][34], and you can try the [unstable edition of KDE Neon][35] until the BETA release.
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[2]: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/1325
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**This post contains the top new features of LibreOffice 7.4 (upcoming) across Writer, Calc, Impress and other core modules.**
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The LibreOffice team improves the famous free and open-source office product with each iteration. Perhaps the only stable and well-managed open-source project as a replacement to Microsoft Office.
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The LibreOffice 7.4 version (planned in August), bringing regular updates to core modules including Calc, Writer and Impress with features and enhancements. Furthermore, in this release, the compatibility with Microsoft Office improved with changes to the core filters and platform updates.
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First and foremost, the most crucial change coming in 7.4 is the support of 16k columns in LibreOffice Calc. It was available in earlier LibreOffice 7.3 but hidden as an experimental option. Finally, it is open to support 16384 columns, i.e. up to XFD. Additional columns are going to help several high-volume data work.
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Firstly, the most important change as a standard feature is LibreOffice now supports WEBP images officially. You can directly export and import WebP images across Writer, Calc, Draw etc. Now you do not need additional software to convert WEBP images, especially in Linux systems.
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作者：[Arindam][a]
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[#]: subject: "Fedora Workstation’s State of Gaming – A Case Study of Far Cry 5 (2018)"
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First-person shooter video games are a great proving ground for strategies that make you finish on the top, reflexes that help you to shoot before getting shot and agility that adjusts you to whatever a situation throws at you. Add the open-ended nature brought in by large intricately-designed worlds into the mix, and it dials the player experience to eleven and, with that, it also becomes great evidence of what a platform is capable of. Needless to say, I have been a great fan of open-world first-person shooter games. And Ubisoft’s Far Cry series happens to be the one which remains closest to my heart. So I tried the (second) most recent release in the long-running series, Far Cry 5 which came out in 2018, on Fedora Workstation 35 to see how it performs.
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Just like in [my previous case study][4], the testing hardware has an AMD RDNA2-based GPU, where the video game was configured to the *highest possible graphical preset* to stress the hardware into performing as much as its limiting factor. To ensure that we have a fair comparison, I set up two environments – one with Windows 10 Pro 21H2 and one with Fedora Workstation 35, both having up-to-date drivers and support software such as MSI Afterburner or MangoHUD for monitoring, Steam or Lutris for video game management and OBS Studio for footage recording. Adding to that, the benchmarks were ensured to be both representatives of a common gameplay scenario and variable enough to address resolution scaling and HD textures.
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Before we get into some actual performance testing and comparison results, I would like to go into detail about the video game that is at the centre of this case study. Far Cry 5 is a first-person action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft Toronto. The player takes the role of an unnamed junior deputy sheriff who is trapped in Hope County, a fictional region based in Montana and has to fight against a doomsday cult to take back the county from the grasp of its charismatic and powerful leader. The video game has been well received for the inclusion of branching storylines, role-playing elements and side quests, and is optimized enough to be a defining showcase of what the underlying hardware and platform are capable of.
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1. On average, the video game had around a whopping 59.25% more framerate on Fedora Workstation 35 than on Windows 10 Pro 21H2.
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1. On average, the video game had around a whopping 65.63% more framerate on Fedora Workstation 35 than on Windows 10 Pro 21H2.
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1. On average, Fedora Workstation 35 uses around 38.10% lesser system memory as compared to Windows 10 Pro 21H2.
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1. On average, Fedora Workstation 35 uses around 33.58% lesser system memory as compared to Windows 10 Pro 21H2.
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1. A great deal of inconsistent performance is visible on Fedora Workstation 35 with both display servers in lower resolution scales.
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1. A small amount of inconsistent performance is visible on Fedora Workstation 35 with both display servers in lower resolution scales.
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4. Although Windows 10 Pro 21H2 misses out on potential performance advantages in lower resolution multipliers, it has been consistent.
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5. Records on Windows 10 Pro 21H2 in the 1.6x resolution multiplier and beyond appear to be better than those on Fedora Workstation 35.
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1. A minor amount of inconsistent performance is visible on Fedora Workstation 35 with both display servers in lower resolution scales.
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3. Resolution multipliers change starts noticeably affecting performance on Windows 10 Pro 21H2 on a 1.6x scale, beyond which it falls greatly.
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4. Although Windows 10 Pro 21H2 misses out on potential performance advantages in lower resolution multipliers, it has been consistent.
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1. A great deal of inconsistent performance is visible on Fedora Workstation 35 with both display servers in lower resolution scales.
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3. Resolution multipliers do not seem to have a great effect on the framerate on Windows 10 Pro 21H2 as much as on Fedora Workstation 35.
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4. Although Windows 10 Pro 21H2 misses out on potential performance advantages in lower resolution multipliers, it has been consistent.
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1. A great deal of inconsistent performance is visible on Fedora Workstation 35 with both display servers in lower resolution scales.
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3. Resolution multipliers change starts noticeably affecting performance on Windows 10 Pro 21H2 on a 1.6x scale, beyond which it falls greatly.
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1. A minor amount of inconsistent performance is visible on Fedora Workstation 35 with both display servers in lower resolution scales.
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### Inferences
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If the test results and observations baffle you, please allow me to tell you that you are not the only one who feels like that. For a video game that was created to run on Windows, it is hard to imagine how it ends up performing way better on Fedora Workstation 35, all while using a much lesser amount of system resources at all times. Special attention has been given to noting down the highest highs and lowest lows of framerates to ensure that consistent performance is made available.
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But wait a minute – how is it that Fedora Workstation 35 manages to make this possible? Well, while I do not have a clear idea of what exactly goes on behind the scenes, I do have a certain number of assumptions that I suspect might be the reasons attributing to such brilliant visuals, great framerates and efficient resource usage. These can potentially act as starting points for us to understand the features of Fedora Workstation 35 for compatibility layers to make use of.
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1. Effective caching of graphical elements and texture assets in the video memory allows for keeping only those data in the memory which are either actively made use of or regularly referenced. The open-source AMD drivers help Fedora Workstation 35 make efficient use of the available frame buffer.
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3. With AMD Smart Access Memory (SAM) enabled, the CPU is no longer restricted to using only 256MiB of the video memory at a time. A combination of leading-edge kernel and up-to-date drivers makes it available on Fedora Workstation 35 and capable of harnessing the technology to its limits.
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4. Extremely low system resource usage by supporting software and background services leaves out a huge majority of them to be used by the applications which need it the most. Fedora Workstation 35 is a lightweight distribution, which does not get in your way and puts the resources on what’s important.
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5. Faster loading of data elements to and from the physical storage devices to the system memory is greatly enhanced with the use of high-capacity modern copy-on-write file systems like BTRFS and journaling file systems like EXT4, which happens to be the suggested file system for Fedora Workstation 35.
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Performance improvements like these only make me want to indulge more in testing and finding out what else Fedora Workstation is capable of. Do let me know what you think in the comments section below.
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作者：[Akashdeep Dhar][a]
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选题：[lkxed][b]
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译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID)
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[a]: https://fedoramagazine.org/author/t0xic0der/
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[b]: https://github.com/lkxed
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[1]: https://fedoramagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/gaming-2-816x345.jpg
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[2]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steam_Deck_(front).png
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[3]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
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It will show what packages have been upgraded and which packages won’t be upgraded. It supports several languages. It even checks if your PPA and custom repositories are supported in the new version.
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What’s wrong with the existing Blueberry tool? Nothing really. But since it is not compatible with GNOME 42 (which is the base for the next version of Cinnamon desktop). As lead developer, Clem [mentioned][6], “There is also frustration upstream from the GNOME Bluetooth development team who simply does not want to have users from other desktops than GNOME and so Blueberry will probably get discontinued.”
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Mint team has been recommending Timeshift for system settings backups for some time now. It almost felt a part of the Mint applications suite. I actually[mistakenly said that in one of the YouTube videos as well][7].
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But the good news is that the Mint team has taken over the development of the Timeshift application. It is now part of the XApp and you should see it even more integrated within the Linux Mint ecosystem.
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There are already a few developments to it. For example, in rsync mode, Timeshift now calculates the required space for the next snapshot and skips it if performing that snapshot leads to less than 1GB of free space on the disk.
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If you try to download images from the internet and they are in WebP format, they are opened with a web browser. You’ll have to install additional packages for [WebP support in other Linux distributions][9].
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Mint 21 will have WebP support enabled by default. You can open the WebP images in the image viewer and the images will be displayed with Thumbnail in the Nemo file manager.
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#### No negative impact on dual boot
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It was noticed in Ubuntu 22.04 release that Windows disappeared from the Grub menu in dual boot systems. It was because the os-prober feature was disabled by default in version 2.6 of [Grub bootloader][10].
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Mint team has correctly decided to enable the os-prober by default. This means that the Grub bootloader with Mint 21 should be able to properly detect Windows (and other OS) as it used to previously.
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#### No surprise killing of applications (like Ubuntu 22.04)
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Ubuntu 22.04 introduced the [systemd-oomd][11], a userspace out-of-memory (OOM) killing service. This service takes “corrective action before an OOM occurs in the kernel space”.
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So when the system is struggling with memory pressure, this service jumps into action to ensure that system keeps running. How does it do that? By killing some running applications.
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But that’s created a problem as[Ubuntu users complained of random closing of running applications][12].
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For this reason, Mint team has decided against including this ‘performance improving’ feature in the upcoming Mint 21.
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How does that impact you as an end user? Well, if you tried downloading some images from the internet, it might be in
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It looks like Mint 21 is undoing a lot of things that Ubuntu 22.04 have done. The libfuse library has been removed from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and hence you [cannot run AppImage applications][13] unless you install it explicitly.
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The Mint team takes note of this pain point and has included libfuse2 and libfuse3-3 by default in Mint 21.
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#### Newer software and kernel
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Of course, Mint 21 will have newer versions of many popular applications and Kernel 5.15 LTS.
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The newer version of the Cinnamon desktop environment should bring visual changes as well. More on that when the new version is out.
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#### More to come …
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Mint 21 is under heavy development. While you won’t see regular updates from the Mint team on its development, we’ll have a clearer picture of what’s coming when the beta version is released.
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Meanwhile, do express your views on Linux Mint 21. What kinds of features are you expecting in the new version?
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作者：[Abhishek Prakash][a]
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[a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/abhishek/
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[2]: https://github.com/linuxmint/mintupgrade
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[5]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/blueman-800x458.png
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[6]: https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4323
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[7]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWrZvRnAda0&t=45s
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[8]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/timeshift_mint21-800x648.png
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[9]: https://itsfoss.com/webp-ubuntu-linux/
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[10]: https://itsfoss.com/what-is-grub/
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[11]: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-oomd.service.html
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[12]: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/06/ubuntu-22-04-systemd-oom-killing-apps
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[#]: subject: "Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS – New Features and Release Details"
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[#]: via: "https://www.debugpoint.com/ubuntu-studio-22-04-lts/"
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[#]: author: "Arindam https://www.debugpoint.com/author/admin1/"
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A list of new features and enhancements of the Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS “Jammy Jellyfish”.
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[Ubuntu Studio][1] is the official Ubuntu flavour dedicated to the creators who mainly work with photographs, audio and video. This official distribution brings almost all popular open-source creative software pre-loaded in its ISO image to give you a ready and stable system to kick-start your professional work.
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### Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS – New Features
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Like all the official Ubuntu flavours, Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS is based on [Ubuntu 22.04 LTS “Jammy Jellyfish][3]“.The Linux Kernel 5.15 LTS powers Ubuntu Studio 22.04, a stable Kernel for all the current range of modern hardware lineups.
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Most creative work usually happens in high-end and modern machines; hence the Kernel version is significant in Ubuntu Studio. The [Linux Kernel 5.15 LTS][4] supports Intel and AMD’s current CPU and GPU lineups. For example, this Kernel brings AMD PTDMA driver for high-bandwidth I/O operations and many more essential updates, which are significant for creative work in modern hardware.
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In addition, the customised [KDE Plasma 5.24][5] with KDE Framework 5.92 brings a friendly user interface with Ubuntu Studio’s native dark theme and icon theme. The KDE Plasma desktop is tweaked with a top panel with shortcuts and necessary system tray widgets to make all the professional work more streamlined.
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Moreover, if you are migrating from Ubuntu Studio 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa to this version, KDE Plasma is a new desktop that the user will experience. Because Ubuntu Studio 20.04 LTS was the last version with the Xfce desktop environment. And since then, Ubuntu Studio has moved on to the KDE Plasma desktop environment for better modern tech and performance support.
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#### Application Stack
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The application stack of Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS brings the latest stable releases. The Studio Controls (a native control centre for Ubuntu Studio) bumped to version 2.3.0 with improved mixers and plugins with bug fixes.
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Mainly for Blender, KDenlive and Ardour because these super impressive open-source applications are very active in development. In addition, the graphics, video and audio software suite are updated with their latest stable versions. Moreover, you may notice a massive upgrade of features and enhancements if you make a feature comparison with the last LTS release.
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However, this is not the complete list of the major ones we put up here.
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* Blender v3.0.1 (3D computer graphics)
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* KDenlive v21.12.3 (Video editor)
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* Krita v5.0.2 (Raster graphics drawing and animation)
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* Gimp v2.10.24 (Raster graphics drawing)
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* Ardour v6.9 ([Digital audio workstation][7])
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* Scribus v1.5.7 (Desktop publishing)
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* Darktable v3.6.0 (RAW image and photographs management)
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* Inkscape v1.1.2 (Vector graphics editor)
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* Carla v2.4.2 (Audio plugin host)
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* Studio Controls v2.3.0 (Audio manager and control)
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* OBS Studio v27.2.3 (Streaming application)
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* MyPaint v2.0.1 (Simple drawing)
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Besides, one of the significant changes in Jammy Jellyfish is the introduction of [Pipewire][8] 0.3.48 (compared to Focal Fossa). This modern audio and video streaming server tech will help many users with advanced audio controls. But it may require command line tweaks to manage it. I am not sure whether the Studio team would bring additional settings in the Studio Control utility in the future to manage Pipewire.
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Finally, the newly designed logo from the Ubuntu Studio team aligning with Canonical’s branding looks impressive and stands out in this release.
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![Ubuntu Studio New Logo][9]
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### Download and Upgrade
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The above suite of applications makes the Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS ISO size to whooping 4GB+ (it won’t fit in a single DVD, use USB). If you want to try it out, you can download the official image using the link below.
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* ISO – [ubuntustudio-22.04-dvd-amd64.iso][10]
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* Torrent and other forms of download [https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/jammy/release/][11]
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A word of caution if you plan to upgrade from Ubuntu Studio 20.04 LTS to this new version. Because of the desktop environment change from Xfce to KDE Plasma, you should not upgrade from Ubuntu Studio 20.04 LTS to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It is not supported.
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Instead, you should go ahead with a fresh installation. It may be a bit complex and challenging to do a fresh install because you already have a system set up with many plugins, settings and established workflow for your audio and video work. But I recommend it because it allows you to clean up and start fresh with Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS with a new set of applications and desktop environment.
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*[Via release notes.][12]*
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*Feature image by Milad Fakurian on Unsplash.*
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via: https://www.debugpoint.com/ubuntu-studio-22-04-lts/
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作者：[Arindam][a]
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选题：[lkxed][b]
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译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID)
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[a]: https://www.debugpoint.com/author/admin1/
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[1]: https://ubuntustudio.org/
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[2]: https://www.debugpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Ubuntu-Studio-22.04-LTS-Desktop.jpg
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[3]: https://www.debugpoint.com/2022/01/ubuntu-22-04-lts/
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[4]: https://www.debugpoint.com/2021/11/linux-kernel-5-15/
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[5]: https://www.debugpoint.com/2022/03/kde-plasma-5-24-review/
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[6]: https://www.debugpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Studio-Controls.jpg
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[7]: https://www.debugpoint.com/2018/08/3-best-daw-digital-audio-workstation-apps-ubuntu-linux/
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[8]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire
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[9]: https://www.debugpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Ubuntu-Studio-New-Logo.jpg
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[10]: https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/jammy/release/ubuntustudio-22.04-dvd-amd64.iso
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[11]: https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/jammy/release/
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[12]: https://ubuntustudio.org/ubuntu-studio-22-04-lts-release-notes/
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