Updated a bit ago and it is a fantastic release so far. Yaru is very mature by now and the speed improvements for animations in Gnome 40 are very evident.
Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)
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Re: Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)
#52Canonical has been doing some great work with Ubuntu. Though now I wonder if the desktop Linux is dead. With WSL rapidly improving with each release, how many devs really want to deal with the configuration of a Linux system?
Re: Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can also use the Flatpak version: https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.mozilla.firefox
Unfortunately the container breaks certain extensions (e.g. keepassxc-browser). And that's ignoring the fact that, at least on my machine, the flatpak fonts look terrible for some reason and I often run into issues with the Gnome theme not being properly inherited. I've been using the Debian packages supplied by Ubuntuzilla (despite their being hosted on gag Sourceforge): https://sourceforge.net/projects/ubuntuzilla/
Try flatseal and see if you can tweak the permissions.
Re: terrible look, I face the same thing with Telegram (the mouse reverts to whatever is the default in Qt and ignores the system settings). I haven't been able to fix that.
Re: Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)
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Re: Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)
#55Canonical has been doing some great work with Ubuntu. Though now I wonder if the desktop Linux is dead. With WSL rapidly improving with each release, how many devs really want to deal with the configuration of a Linux system?
I will sooner give up computers forever than be either locked into a linux VM on Windows, or locked into expensive hardware with the other one
Re: Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)
#56And Firefox is a snap package now; the .deb will go away next release. Canonical finally managed to make me switch back to Debian.
I don't notice a difference since upgrading from the deb to the snap.
Re: Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)
#57Canonical has been doing some great work with Ubuntu. Though now I wonder if the desktop Linux is dead. With WSL rapidly improving with each release, how many devs really want to deal with the configuration of a Linux system?
Obviously, if a developer sees it as "deal with the configuration" then no, go with macOS, Windows or any other zero-config operating systems. But many see that part as a feature, not something to "deal with", and for those Linux is rescue in a sea of the infantilization Apple and Microsoft engage with.
Re: Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)
#58And Firefox is a snap package now; the .deb will go away next release. Canonical finally managed to make me switch back to Debian.
> And Firefox is a snap package now
Oh, ouch!
Re: Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)
#59Canonical has been doing some great work with Ubuntu. Though now I wonder if the desktop Linux is dead. With WSL rapidly improving with each release, how many devs really want to deal with the configuration of a Linux system?
This comment made me laugh out loud. There's no way I'd prefer Windows + WSL to a proper Linux install. I can't stand my OS trying to advertise to me, Windows is a PITA to install/maintain, and I strongly prefer the Gnome UX to Windows (or Mac).
With the Steam deck motivating developers to get their games running on Linux (mostly via Wine), with better performance, I see the opposite potential. Linux share on Steam has been steadily growing.
To be fair Linux on laptops is still occasionally problematic from a battery life POV, but we're often comparing community support to vendor official support not just the operating systems. Increased motivation from vendors to support Linux should help round out hardware support.
Re: Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)
#60Canonical has been doing some great work with Ubuntu. Though now I wonder if the desktop Linux is dead. With WSL rapidly improving with each release, how many devs really want to deal with the configuration of a Linux system?
Windows 10 has EOL End Of Life (EOL) on October 14, 2025.
Windows 11 does run only on limited amount of hardware.
Because of covid, availability of hardware is limited anyway.
Old Mac and Windows computers do not run newest macOS and Windows anymore. So I have installed Linux
Factory customers etc don't want to deal with Windows on factory floor anymore, so they are porting software to Gambas on Linux.
Usage of desktop Linux is increasing all the time.