The next major update for Ubuntu Linux is about to arrive, with the Beta of Ubuntu 23.04 'Lunar Lobster' now available. With the final release scheduled for April 20th, this will be one of the last times you can test for issues before the main release.
One of the major changes is their new installer, which is a Flutter snap, although the original installer is still around for people that have issues with the new one.
The majority of the user-facing changes are from their GNOME 44 upgrade though, so you should hopefully get a better performing desktop, along with the enhanced Quick Settings menu and lots more. My favourite feature there is that after years of waiting, there's finally thumbnails in the GNOME file picker (if the app is using GTK4). Hopefully more applications will upgrade to take advantage of the upgraded file picker.
Of course there's lots of other updated software included like Linux kernel 6.2, Firefox 111, LibreOffice 7.5.2, Thunderbird 102.9, BlueZ 5.66, NetworkManager 1.42, Pipewire 0.3.65, Poppler 22.12 and xdg-desktop-portal 1.16. They're also still testing their new Steam snap.
You can download the Beta below, depending on which you wish to test:
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: ripper81358As far as i know Linux Mint is running Linux 5.15 at the moment. Ubuntu 23.04 and it's flavours will use Linux 6.2.Mint offers 5.19 (the Ubuntu HWE kernel), while newer kernels are just as easy to install as on any Ubuntu flavour or derivative. I tend to run the latest kernels and Mesa myself.
But sure, don't install a stable distro if you don't want a stable distro.
ripper81358 Apr 5, 2023
Quoting: tuubiQuoting: ripper81358As far as i know Linux Mint is running Linux 5.15 at the moment. Ubuntu 23.04 and it's flavours will use Linux 6.2.Mint offers 5.19 (the Ubuntu HWE kernel), while newer kernels are just as easy to install as on any Ubuntu flavour or derivative. I tend to run the latest kernels and Mesa myself.
But sure, don't install a stable distro if you don't want a stable distro.
The Kubuntu regular releases have been stable on my end. I never understood the stability argument. They are just no LTS releases which make them a bad choise for servers and in some cases production systems with the need to have a verfied environment for running proprietary software. For regular desktopuse and gaming they work reliable and stable.
Quoting: ripper81358Quoting: tuubiQuoting: ripper81358As far as i know Linux Mint is running Linux 5.15 at the moment. Ubuntu 23.04 and it's flavours will use Linux 6.2.Mint offers 5.19 (the Ubuntu HWE kernel), while newer kernels are just as easy to install as on any Ubuntu flavour or derivative. I tend to run the latest kernels and Mesa myself.
But sure, don't install a stable distro if you don't want a stable distro.
The Kubuntu regular releases have been stable on my end. I never understood the stability argument. They are just no LTS releases which make them a bad choise for servers and in some cases production systems with the need to have a verfied environment for running proprietary software. For regular desktopuse and gaming they work reliable and stable.
By "stable", I was referring to the stability of the package base. I'm sure your Kubuntu works well, but that's completely beside my point, which was that gaming on Mint is just fine. Hardware support isn't a problem.
I don't even download Ubuntu ISO's to play with in a VM anymore. Other distributions are much more interesting. What I play with lately:
Fedora Kinoite
KaOS
Pop!
Mint
ElementaryOS
RebornOS
(Yeah, Manjaro is not on my short list anymore either.)
What my real systems use:
Arch
EndeavourOS
Last edited by 14 on 8 April 2023 at 6:33 am UTC
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