I had been running ChalletOS 16.04 LTS (based on Xubuntu 16.04 LTS) on all my linux desktop builds. The Screenlets Info Manager widget has been an anchor for me staying with this older distro. Not many system monitors were appealing with a minimum of trouble setting them up. This weekend I decided to give Conky Manager a try. After trying some Conky Themes, found one I liked, and tweaked it for my i7-2600 quad core 8 thread PCs. It is called Conky Drex. The great thing is you can run Conky on pretty much any distro. So my preferred distro is Linux Mint XFCE 19.20. I have written about this stable distro before. It is polished and fast and has a large user community and based on Xubuntu. Below are my results and a link where to get the Conky theme. I am now a happy Conky user ! Enjoy.
New versions of Ubuntu MATE, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Kubuntu and other official Ubuntu spins are now available to download.
Ubuntu’s family of flavours issue their latest iterations alongside today’s main attraction, the release of Ubuntu 19.10.
And, like regular Ubuntu, all of the flavours mentioned in this post
are supported with critical bug fixes, security patches and app updates
for 9 months.
So keep reading for a quick look at what’s new and notable in each
release, plus the download links you need should you want to grab a
freshly spun ISO and go hands on for yourself!
Ubuntu 19.10 Official Flavours
Ubuntu MATE 19.10
If any flavour knows how to deliver, it’s Ubuntu MATE. Always
sporting a sizeable change log — I do wonder how there’s anything left
to improve! — Ubuntu MATE 19.10 features a wealth of changes, including:
Mate desktop 1.22.2
Evolution email client replaces Thunderbird
GNOME MPV replaces VLC
Updated Brisk menu with various new layouts
There’s also a new ‘notification centre’ applet (complete with ‘do
not disturb’ mode) to help ensure you never miss an alert, plus a new
screen magnifier, assorted theme tweaks, and improvements to the Marco
compositor.
Does all of that sound good to you? If so, grab an ISO and go explore:
As expected, Xubuntu 19.10 comes toting the recent (and well received) Xfce 4.14 release. This uplift helps give the flavour a little extra oomph throughout its core.
Xfce 4.14
Xfcewm improvements, including Vsync, HiDPIsupport
Xfce Screensaver replaces Light Locker
Two new keyboard shortcuts:
ctrl + d – show/hide desktop
ctrl + l – locks screen
New wallpaper
If all of that doesn’t sound as exciting as other releases on this
page well …That’s kinda the point! Xubuntu’s core appeal is that it
offers a functional, yet reliable, user experience.
The lightest on this list, the Ubuntu 19.10 ISO is a relatively svelte 1.65GB:
Ubuntu Budgie 19.10 feathers its nest with some welcome, if iterative, changes. These include an improved alt + tab switcher, a clutch of new wallpapers, and several other enhancements:
Budgie desktop 10.5
Nemo file manager v4
New options in Budgie desktop settings
New accessibility options
All of the core benefits of Ubuntu 19.10 are present here too,
including Linux 5.3, NVIDIA drivers on the ISO, experimental ZFS install
support, etc.
Kubuntu 19.10 ships with the KDE Plasma 5.16 desktop and associated technologies (the most recent Plasma release, KDE Plasma 5.17, is available via the back ports PPA).
KDE Applications 19.04.3
Qt 5.12.4
Latte dock available in the archive
KDE4 support removed
I’m really keen to explore KDE Plasma and Kubuntu 19.10 —
should autocorrect ever let me type it without changing it back to
‘Ubuntu’ — looks like a pretty good place for me to start.
Ahh, Ubuntu Studio. The creative workshop of Linux distributions,
this. Ubuntu Studio 19.10 has the following changes (amongst others):
Xfce 4.14 desktop
OBS Studio included by default
Ubuntu Studio Controls 1.11.3
Updatedapps,including Kdenlive, Audacity, et al
Ubuntu Studio ships with a lot of awesome open source software by
default. As a result it’s the “fattest” of all Ubuntu flavours, with its
live image weighing in at a whipping 3.2GB!
