14 DAY TRIAL // Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) is almost here and the guys over at System76 are adding finishing touches to the first release of their Pop!_OS Linux distro, which will be based on Ubuntu 17.10.
During the Beta testing of Pop!_OS Linux, it would appear that System76 received a lots of feedback from the community, users who installed and tested the Pop!_OS Linux Beta release on their personal computers, but especially on System76's laptops and workstations because that's why Pop!_OS Linux was made for in the first place.
"Thank you for all the feedback that you gave us during the beta release last week. Thanks to your efforts many bugs that were exposed through your feedback were addressed," said Sriram Ramkrishna, Community Manager at System76. "Our release is less than a week away and the more feedback we get, the better the end result."
Entry widget gets new styling, Terminal tab coloring improved
Among the last minute touches that System76's devs introduced to Pop!_OS Linux this week, we can mention the implementation of theme support for both granite and elementary titlebars, a styling that should be familiar to those using elementary OS' Terminal app, and new styling to the entry widget.
Furthermore, the tab coloring was improved for the Terminal app because the tabs didn't look right in contrast with the default light-theme of the OS, and it looks like the Pop!_Shop graphical package manager received some design improvements to the way apps are listed in the store.
Also worth mentioning, the scrollbars were redesigned a bit to look more professional. Other than that, probably the entire repos have been synced with the those of Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark), which is now in Final Freeze stage of development. Both Pop!_OS Linux and Ubuntu 17.10 are launching officially next week, on October 19, 2017.