14 DAY TRIAL // System76 has just launched Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS, the version that the company calls “the biggest OS release yet” and which comes with an impressive feature lineup.
For example, the OS includes an improved keyboard navigation, which means you can work with the computer without having to touch your mouse as often as before. There are new keyboard shortcuts for common things like toggling settings and switching between applications.
“In place of the default shortcuts, you can also use Vim shortcuts to navigate your desktop—without having to leave home row,” the developing team explains.
Furthermore, the new version of the OS also introduces a new feature called auto tiling that organizes the windows for you when a new application is launched.
“With organization taken care of by your operating system, Pop!_OS gives you more time to focus on your work and less time to waste on fiddling around with windows. Keyboard shortcuts make auto-tiling a breeze—you can move, resize, and swap windows to your liking without touching your mouse,” it says.
Of course, auto tiling can just be disabled from settings if you don’t want to use it.
Hello, Flatpak!
Flatpak support is now available as well, and so is support for hybrid graphics, which can now be enabled from the system menu.
There are so many other notable improvements, like offline OS upgrades, which means the necessary packages are downloaded in the background when you’re connected to the Internet and then installed without a connection necessary.
The Pop!_OS Firmware Manager has also received a makeover to perform automatic firmware updates beginning with this new release.
“No, you don’t need to own a System76 computer to benefit from this feature. Yes, you do need to own a System76 computer to score batches upon batches of brownie points from our engineers,” the team explains.
The new images are available for Intel/AMD and NVIDIA chips on this page.
