Easily Toggle Ubuntu’s New Wellbeing Reminders On/Off

The Wellbeing controls available in Ubuntu 25.04 make it easy to get periodic prompts to move your butt or look away from your screen — you might not want them enabled all the time, though. Wellbeing controls were one of the flagship features of GNOME 48. As well as screen time monitoring (with controls to set a screen time limit, and turn the display greyscale when it’s reached), you can enable reminders to take a break and move. Alerts telling you to get up and move may be helpful during the day, but at nighttime when you’re, say, engrossed in
#News #Gnome48 #GnomeExtensions #QuickSettings #Ubuntu25_04

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-wellbeing-toggle-gnome-extension

Fix Coming for Window Button Bug in Ubuntu 25.04

If you installed Ubuntu 25.04 (or upgraded from 24.10 before the gate was closed due to various pernickety issues) you might have noticed that window buttons in GTK apps. Ubuntu user Cristiano Fraga G. Nunes certainly did, filing bug report to report that “…on Ubuntu 25.04, the window control buttons (minimize, maximize, close) appear at inconsistent sizes across different GTK applications.” As he notes, GTK4 apps like Nautilus and Text Editor use smaller window buttons than in GTK3 apps, like Terminal which uses larger buttons (the same size GTK4 apps did in Ubuntu 24.10): Why the discrepancy? Ubuntu uses Yaru
#News #BugFixes #Ubuntu25_04 #Yaru

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/ubuntu-25-04-window-button-size-bug

Ghostty DEBs Now Available for Ubuntu 25.04

Ghostty terminal fans needn’t fear an upgrade to Ubuntu’s latest release, as a community packaging effort just added Ghostty DEB packages for Ubuntu 25.04. The Ghostty Ubuntu project was set up was the aim of providing “Ubuntu/Debian (.deb) packages for Ghostty” so users on supported Linux distributions, including Ubuntu-based distros like Linux Mint and ZorinOS, can download, install and use the app properly. To date, there’s no official snap or Flatpak version of Ghostty available, and although compiling it from source isn’t hard, it’s more hassle than most are willing to go through to try a new app — yes,
#News #Debs #Ghostty #Ubuntu25_04

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/gghostty-deb-package-for-ubuntu

11 Things to Do After Installing Ubuntu 25.04

The Ubuntu 25.04 release is packed full of fresh features, updated apps and other upgrades that deliver a practical, pleasing out-of-the-box experience. —Perhaps not a perfect one, though. I just installed Ubuntu 25.04 on my “couch potato” laptop and there were some “things” I needed to do to make the experience better — albeit for me. I’m not talking about anything drastic: I didn’t remove Snap, uninstall GNOME Shell, or decamp to a 100% Libre Linux kernel. As I’ve done in years past, I made a list as I went along to publish so others can look through and get
#List #News #10ThingsToDo #Ubuntu25_04

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/ubuntu-25-04-post-install-tasks

How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04

Using Ubuntu 24.10 and want to upgrade to the new Ubuntu 25.04 release? Providing that you’re full up-to-date and you have an active internet connection, you can upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04 directly, no need to do a fresh install. And now is as good a time as any. Ubuntu 24.10 supports ends in July, and those using it after that date will need to upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04 to continue receiving security updates. Those left cold by the churn of upgrading every 6 to 9 months should consider installing Ubuntu 24.04 LTS as it’s supported until 2029. Anyway, chances are you know all of that;
#HowTo #Ubuntu25_04

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/how-to-upgrade-to-ubuntu-25-04

Ubuntu 25.04 is Now Available to Download

Pull the party poppers and unpack the cake for today is Ubuntu release day — and Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ is now available to download! Ubuntu 25.04 is arguably the most polished, performant release to date! As the latest short-term release of the world’s best-known desktop Linux operating system Ubuntu 25.04 gets ongoing support until January 2026 — no longer, but Ubuntu 25.10 lands in October, with direct upgrades available from 25.04. Over the past six months Ubuntu engineers, developers and community contributors have baked plenty of improvements into this release — arguably the most polished and performant to date.
#News #DistroRelease #Ubuntu25_04

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/ubuntu-25-04-release-now-available-for-download

Ubuntu 25.04: The Best New Features

The upcoming Ubuntu 25.04 release is set to ship with a plethora of new features, UI improvements and core changes that will be worth upgrading for. In this post, I run through the best new features Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ has to offer. If you don’t plan to test the beta—out today—you can look forward to trying all of the things pin-pointed below in April when the final, stable release arrives. From notification grouping and digital ‘wellbeing’ tools to new features in the OS installer and a performance-focused Linux kernel, there’s a lot to see — here’s what makes the
#News #Feature #Ubuntu25_04

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/ubuntu-25-04-new-features

Ubuntu 25.04 Beta is Now Available to Download

If you’ve been pining to sample the Plucky Puffin, now’s the time: the Ubuntu 25.04 beta downloads are out! Ubuntu 25.04 beta lands ahead of the planned stable release on Thursday April 17, 2025. As a beta, the purpose is to let folks like you and I muck in to test it out, check it works with hardware, and report any bugs, breakages, or big issues so they can be fixed post-haste! Ubuntu 25.04 is a short-term release supported for 9 months — Ubuntu LTS releases are supported for a minimum of 5 years — but Ubuntu 25.10 is released
#News #DistroRelease #Ubuntu25_04

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/ubuntu-25-04-beta-download

Linux Kernel 6.14 Released, Delivers Big Boosts to Linux Gaming

Linux Kernel 6.14 has arrived, bringing a clutch of changes to make your computer run more efficiently and more securely than before. Interestingly, Linux 6.14 is one the smallest kernel updates in terms of commits (not lines of code) for some time. It is also the kernel version that will be included in Ubuntu 25.04, released next month. Announcing the promotion to stable on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) Linus Torvalds notes that the release arrives one day later than expected because of …Well, I’ll let him explain: “So it’s early Monday morning (well – early for me, I’m
#News #Ai/Ml #Amd #LinuxKernel #Ubuntu25_04 #Wine

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/linux-kernel-6-14-released-delivers-big-boosts-to-linux-gaming

Ubuntu 25.04 Yaru Theme Update Brings New Icons

With Ubuntu 25.04 feature freeze now in effect the final licks of polish and paint have begun landing — including an update to Ubuntu’s Yaru theme. The Yaru theme is composed of a modified GTK4/libadwaita stylesheet, GNOME Shell theme, icon pack, and set of system sounds. With visual change and new features in GNOME 48 to account for, the design team working on Yaru have dutifully update the theme to accommodate. Most of the changes are subtle, but Yaru’s oversized icon bug I reported on last month? Fixes to address that did make it in. Thus, in 25.04 you may
#News #Ubuntu25_04 #Yaru

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/ubuntu-25-04-yaru-theme-update-brings-new-icons

Ubuntu 25.04’s New PDF Viewer App is Now Rolling Out

Earlier this year Ubuntu announced plans to replace document viewer app Evince with Papers, a modern GTK4/libadwaita fork1 of the former, in Ubuntu 25.04—today, the swap was made official. Papers is a fork of Evince that is actively maintained and makes use of newer technologies (GTK4, THIS), that are already present in Ubuntu. Upstream, GNOME 48 (out in March) opts to keep Evince as a core app but GNOME 49 is expected to switch to Papers. Ubuntu feels no reason to wait. Dabbled with daily builds of the Plucky Puffin prior to now? You might have noticed Papers isn’t present
#News #Evince #Gnome #Papers #Ubuntu25_04

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/ubuntu-25-04-new-pdf-viewer-app-official

Power Profiles Daemon 0.30 Preps Support for Linux 6.14

A new version of the Power Profiles Daemon (PPD) was uploaded to the Plucky archives today, and should soon make its way out to Ubuntu 25.04 daily builds —but what’s changed? The power-profiles-daemon is what those of who run Ubuntu (or Linux Mint 22.1, which finally added PPD) interact with when we switch power mode on the fly, be it using a GUI button, setting, or toggle, or the command line. The latest 0.30 release adds a couple of notable changes, though nothing as substantive (to end-users) as the various AMD-targeted tune-ups the previous release delivered. Still, improvements are improvements. Some
#News #Battery&Power #PowerProfiles #Ubuntu25_04

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/power-profiles-daemon-0-30-preps-support-for-linux-6-14

Ubuntu’s Icon Theme Fixing Its Not-So-Obvious ‘Bug’

Ever looked at Ubuntu’s default icon theme Yaru and found yourself thinking: “Eh, some of those icons look too big”? —No, can’t say I had either! But it turns out some of the icons are indeed oversized. The Yaru icon theme in Ubuntu uses 4 different shapes for its app, folder and mimetype (file) icons, with a shape picked based on what works best for the design motif being used. Those shapes are: Of those, the most common icon shape used in Yaru is ‘square’ (with rounded corners, but don’t call it a squircle cos that’s so 2014, y’all). It’s
#News #Design #Icons #Ubuntu25_04 #Yaru

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/ubuntus-icon-theme-resized

What Do You Want to See From Ubuntu in 2025?

A new year has started, and who knows what kind of innovations and improvements it holds for for Ubuntu, which remains the world’s most used desktop Linux operating system. We get 2 new releases of Ubuntu each year, one in April and one in October. Plus, new point releases of the latest long-term support release rolling up bug fixes, app updates, and back-porting newer Linux kernels and GPU drivers. So 2025 should be another golden year for Ubuntu, those of us using it, and the Linux and open-source community as a whole. Changes to Ubuntu in 2024 span a wide
#Opinion #Ubuntu25_04

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/what-do-you-want-to-see-from-ubuntu-in-2025

Ubuntu 25.04 Daily Builds Now Available to Download

A sure-fire way to indicate that development is kicking in to gear, Ubuntu 25.04 daily builds are now available to download. Development formally began on Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ last month, but Ubuntu 25.04 is due for release on April 17, 2025. If you’re wondering what sort of new features Ubuntu 25.04 may offer, these daily builds give everyone ample chance to find out, first-hand. Not that, right now, there’s anything new to see. There’s plans for a new document viewer app in Ubuntu 25.04, but it’s not yet included; Linux 6.14 kernel – yes, 6.14 – is earmarked for
#News #Ubuntu25_04

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/download-ubuntu-25-04-daily-build-iso

Ubuntu 25.04 Plans to Preinstall a New PDF Viewer

Ubuntu 25.04 plans to include a new default PDF viewer app. Evince (aka Document Viewer) is the PDF app that comes preinstalled in Ubuntu at present. But next April’s release of Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ could ship with a new app called Papers. Heard of Papers? It’s a modern GTK/libadwaita app to ‘view, search and annotate documents’ saved in a variety of different formats (not only PDF, but PDF is the certainly most ubiquitous in every-day needs). But what’s wrong with Evince? Why is a new app needed to do something similar to the existing one? And why aren’t developers
#News #Evince #Papers #Pdf #Ubuntu25_04

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/ubuntu-25-04-papers-evince-swap

GNOME 48: Release Date & Development Schedule

GNOME 47 ‘Denver’ proved a decent update to the GNOME desktop, delivering a hearty dose of new features, UI refinements, and app improvements. So as one release gets pushed out the door, work on the next begins. GNOME 48 ‘Bengaluru‘ (named after the host city of the GNOME Asia Summit taking place in December) is scheduled for release on March 19, 2025. The dates for important development milestones along the way to ensure there’s ample opportunity for implementing and testing of key changes, the necessary “freeze” to solidify the desired set of changes, and then more testing to refine and
#News #Development #Gnome48 #Loupe #Showtime #Ubuntu25_04

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/gnome-48-release-date-and-features

Ubuntu 25.04 Officially Opens for Development

Ubuntu developers today announced that Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ is officially open for development. We even have a tentative release date, with Ubuntu 25.04 due to arrive on April 17, 2025. But that’s a way off; there are 6 months of development stretching out ahead. What new features will Ubuntu 25.04 offer? It’s too early in the release cycle to say right now, but shipping with GNOME 48, a newer Linux kernel, and further improvements to Snap apps are all-but a given. Would it be too much to hope that the Plucky cycle will finally deliver that long-teased yet never-ready
#News #Ubuntu25_04

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/ubuntu-25-04-officially-opens-for-development