Destination Linux Episode 19: Destination Linux EP19 – Ikey Doherty with Solus' BIG Snapshot

Welcome to Destination Linux Episode 19 with Ikey Doherty of Solus for 4-24-17

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It’s Now Super Easy to Make Ubuntu Look like Windows

Distrowatch

Rosa Desktop Fresh R9 Plasma 5 & KDE4 versions Download

Update system installer with full screen support. It provides a fuzzy background, facilitate auto detection of location and time and also provide QR code scan feature for providing feedback.
Ships Linux Kernel 4.9.8 which has more drivers for modern hardware components. It provides better stability and reliability
Better font rendering which resolves popup hints.
Enables ability to set different backgrounds in each virtual desktop
Provides better gesture support.
Optimized hot corner experience and better interaction design
A new collection of beautiful wallpapers.

Ikey Doherty

Solus Budgie Improvements

A new Alt + Tab window switching feature. This was a long awaited feature in budgie desktop and it was developed by offering a prize.
Budgie 10.3 provides more options for customization. You can customize clock applet. Also, raven – the control cum notification center – includes a new option to switch window controls to either left or right.
budgie 10.3 includes integration with recent release of gnome stack, ie, gnome 3.22+
Art work download is supported with MprisClient and it addresses a bug which was more visible with Spotify.
Resolved the inability to pin GNOME Twitch via the Icon Tasklist
Resolved incorrect vertical alignment of the Clock Applet
Now ensure tray icons are evenly spaced, as a result of syncing our natray with upstream gnome-panel.
Improvements have been made to the Places applet

Solus Releases ISO Snapshot 2017.04.18.0

Bulletproof boot management out-of-the-box, leveraging clr-boot-manager to enable the maintenance and garbage collection of kernels, as well as configuration of the bootloader
the latest Mesa, 17.0.4
Linux Driver Management