This Unofficial ‘Ubuntu Software’ App is Better Than Ubuntu’s Actual One

For example, software developers and graphic designers cannot use the same Ubuntu operating system interface comfortably. In such an instance, these users will have different user experiences leading to varying user-experience ratings. Therefore, the best Ubuntu flavors you should try is the main theme of Rolling Rhino Remix this article. Software management in Ubuntu Sway Remix 24.04 also sees a major upgrade.

Elementary OS 8 ‘Circe’ conjures Wayland magic

It includes a simple, customizable desktop built with many personalization options and features for extra spice. You can customize hundreds of settings, add and install new desktop widgets (known as plasmoids), change the look and feel of the desktop, customize the toolbar, and so on. The following webpage lists the popular and well-known unofficial Ubuntu flavors. The GPL license allows everyone to modify, strip down, build upon, extend, and embed any part of Ubuntu. It also allows them to distribute the original Ubuntu with those changes or modifications. A customized or modified version of the original Ubuntu is known as the Ubuntu Flavor.

Apps have classic menu bars, it has a unified Control Center for system settings, and it even uses similar wallpapers. Of all the remixes, MATE is the one that’s most like the Ubuntu of old. All the remixes use less memory than the default GNOME edition.

• Today, the distro’s developers released Ubuntu Sway Remix 24.04, built upon the foundation of Ubuntu 24.04 “Noble Numbat,” so, let’s see what’s new.
• They are the work of hobbyists who take advantage of Linux’s open-source platform and, therefore, explore the Linux Operating systems’ horizons.
• The good thing about this flavor is the prioritized focus it gets from the Ubuntu team.

I will be mentioning dead remixes in the “ones I would like to see” section as the currently dead FLAVORS are ideas that I like to see. Only the GNOME version offered the choice of Wayland or X.org. Given that Xfce excels at vertical taskbars, better than any other contemporary Windows-like desktop, we’d like to see it do that by default.

There are just three steps, and you can even skip one of those if you don’t use the graphical software store. Its minimalistic resource handling trait makes this flavor ideal for a system hardware spec with as low as 1GB RAM. In short, Xubuntu sacrifices its desktop appeal for system performance. A glimpse at its desktop environment provides a visual GNOME-like side launcher and an impressive macOS-like notification. With such an impressive UI, the fan base shift to Ubuntu Budgie remains undisputed. Therefore, it is a flavor for individuals seeking a modern look and performance in their Ubuntu OS.

October 28th 2019 – v15 Official Release

However, all flavors of Ubuntu use the same repository for downloading updates, so the same set of packages is available regardless of which flavor you have installed. In other words, everything that’s available on Ubuntu is available on all the other flavors. Similarly, all flavors share a core set of packages with stock Ubuntu. The unofficial Ubuntu Store does let you search the Ubuntu repos for .deb packages, you just need to switch the search filter to ‘deb’ (which in an earlier version of this article, I didn’t notice). You can also update, view, and remove .deb software that is already installed which is better than nothing.

September 3rd 2019 – v5 Desktop Pre-Release Test

Ubuntu doesn’t need the blessing of Canonical for the community to do something with the Ubuntu label (see the Ubuntu Hideout on Discord, for instance). It’s when the Ubuntu Governance, which is entirely volunteer, sanctions something and brings it under its governance structure that it becomes official. Ultimately that is governed by the Ubuntu Community Council, which is entirely volunteer. Canonical is the corporate partner and sponsor of the project, but does not dicatate it. That is up to Mark Shuttleworth, who then delegates to the Community Council. I can usually help on the strange little quirks, such as the audio setup, but there’s also guidance on ubuntustudio.org for the custom tools for those that are helping as well as the users.

This flavor is specially customized for media professionals. This flavor includes several applications specially designed for audio and video editing. XFCE is a clean and uncluttered desktop optimized for performance and usability. Official flavors are recognized and supported by the Ubuntu community. These flavors are built and tested according to the standards of the original Ubuntu. The Ubuntu support team monitors, tracks, and fixes bugs in these flavors.