• Linux
  • By Silviu Stahie
  • December 9th, 2015
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Is Getting a Big Plymouth Boot Splash Upgrade After 7 Years

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Is Getting a Big Plymouth Boot Splash Upgrade After 7 Years

Developers have merged the latest version from Debian

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 9th, 2015
Ubuntu Touch Mobile OS to Support the s390x Hardware Architecture for Landings

Ubuntu Touch Mobile OS to Support the s390x Hardware Architecture for Landings

IBM System z as a supported architecture in Ubuntu

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 9th, 2015
Ubuntu Touch OTA-8.5 Is in Testing, OTA-9 Gets New Telephony and Messaging

Ubuntu Touch OTA-8.5 Is in Testing, OTA-9 Gets New Telephony and Messaging

The Xenial Xerus migration is in progress

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 9th, 2015
Linux Kernel 4.3 Lands in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Linux Kernel 4.4 LTS Tracking Continues

Linux Kernel 4.3 Lands in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Linux Kernel 4.4 LTS Tracking Continues

The linux-4.3.0-2.11 kernel package is live in the repos

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 2nd, 2015
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Rebased on Linux Kernel 4.3, First Alpha to Land December 31

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Rebased on Linux Kernel 4.3, First Alpha to Land December 31

The final release will be powered by Linux kernel 4.4

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • December 2nd, 2015
Ubuntu Touch Mobile OS Based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Gets New Features

Ubuntu Touch Mobile OS Based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Gets New Features

The OTA-8.5 hotfix update might not be released

How to Install Unity 8 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10

How to Install Unity 8 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10

Step-by-step tutorial with easy-to-follow instructions

Watch: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Unity 8 Gets a New and Beautiful Official Theme

Watch: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Unity 8 Gets a New and Beautiful Official Theme

Ubuntu is finally changing that old theme

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • November 30th, 2015
New Ubuntu Arabic and Hebrew Fonts Finally Land in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

New Ubuntu Arabic and Hebrew Fonts Finally Land in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

ubuntu-font-family package has been updated to version 0.84

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • November 27th, 2015
First Ubuntu Touch Images Based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Are Now Live

First Ubuntu Touch Images Based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Are Now Live

Music app receives better support for background playlists

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • November 25th, 2015
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Will Be Powered by Linux Kernel 4.4 LTS

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Will Be Powered by Linux Kernel 4.4 LTS

The OS remains based on Ubuntu 15.10's Linux 4.2 kernel

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • November 25th, 2015
Ubuntu Touch Devs Might Release an OTA-8.5 Hotfix Update for Ubuntu Phones

Ubuntu Touch Devs Might Release an OTA-8.5 Hotfix Update for Ubuntu Phones

Landings continue for the OTA-9 software update

Latest Ubuntu SDK Release Drops All Qt Dependencies, Supports Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Latest Ubuntu SDK Release Drops All Qt Dependencies, Supports Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

The IDE is now based on Qt 5.4.2 and QtCreator 3.5

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • November 19th, 2015
Canonical Patches Nvidia Graphics Drivers Vulnerability in All Supported Ubuntu OSes

Canonical Patches Nvidia Graphics Drivers Vulnerability in All Supported Ubuntu OSes

Affects Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 15.10, 15.04, 14.04 and 12.04 LTS

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • November 18th, 2015
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Will Soon Be Rebased on Linux Kernel 4.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Will Soon Be Rebased on Linux Kernel 4.3

Ubuntu Kernel Team weekly newsletter announced

  • Linux
  • By Silviu Stahie
  • November 9th, 2015
Windows-Only Click Lock Feature to Be Built for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Windows-Only Click Lock Feature to Be Built for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

This feature is not preset in any Linux distribution

  • Linux
  • By Silviu Stahie
  • November 9th, 2015
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Unity 8 to Run GTK+ Apps Natively

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Unity 8 to Run GTK+ Apps Natively

Ubuntu developers have big plans for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

 
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