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GNOME Software Update That Fixes Installing Third-Party Deb Files Lands In Ubuntu 16.04 Proposed Repository

A GNOME Software update that fixes the issue with installing third-party deb files was pushed to the Ubuntu 16.04 Proposed repository a few minutes ago.

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Available For Download, See What`s New [Video, Screenshots]

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is available to download! Let's take a look at the most important new features and changes in this long term release.


Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Ubuntu 16.04 will be available for download in a few hours and since many of you will be installing it as soon as it's released, here are some useful things you can do right after the installation.

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS To Offer Updates Via Snap Packages


Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will allow installing snap packages along traditional deb packages, announced Olli Ries, SW Engineering Ubuntu Client Director at Canonical.

Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus Final Beta Available For Download [Video, Screenshots]

Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus LTS final beta is available for download, and it includes quite a few changes, including an option to move the Unity Launcher to the bottom of the screen, the replacement of Ubuntu Software Center with GNOME Software and more.

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Note that this is the first and only Ubuntu 16.04 (with Unity) beta. The ISO says "beta 2" because some of the Ubuntu flavors (like Ubuntu MATE) also had a beta 1 release, and this is beta 2 for them.

Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus Gets Option To Move Unity Launcher To The Bottom

Ubuntu 16.04 will ship with an option to move the Unity Launcher (dock) to the bottom of the screen.

The feature that allows moving the Unity Launcher / Dash to the bottom of the screen, landed in Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus (to be released on April 21st) on Friday.


Dash Online Search To Be Disabled By Default In Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)


With Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, the Dash online search feature will be disabled by default.