There is only one day left until the arrival of the Final Beta of the Ubuntu 17.10 operating system (Artful Aardvark), but the developers are still working to put the final touches on this version, and now it seems that they have improved the Ubuntu Dock.
In his latest report, one of Ubuntu's contributors, Didier Roche, talks about the Ubuntu Dock, which is a variant of the dock for Ubuntu 17.10 based on the well-known Dash to Dock extension for the desktop environment GNOME 3. This time, the developer managed to add support for progress bars and notifications in the icons of the apps docked to the Ubuntu Dock.
A GNOME desktop similar to Unity
Canonical promised to facilitate the migration from Unity to GNOME for those users who have a compatible version of Ubuntu, so they are working around the clock to this end. And we have that what they have achieved with the Ubuntu Dock is quite impressive.
The best of all is that you can remove the Ubuntu Dock and place it anywhere on the screen through the system configuration module, in addition to being able to change its theme, size and numerous other things that are also possible with the Dash to Dock extension. And now, Thunderbird will show notifications of new messages and in Firefox you will see a progress bar for downloads.
Meanwhile, the file manager Nautilus (Files) will show a progress bar for file transfers, like any other app that makes use of an API that allows transfers or downloads. In addition, you will also see indicators for each open window: for example, if you have four Terminal windows open, you will see four dots below or right next to the app icon.
Didier Roche said that he is currently working to transform the GNOME Shell user interface into something more familiar to Unity users. Also, you have yet to improve support for HiDPI displays by implementing a special function in the Display pane of the system settings.
When the new LTS comes out next year, I'm going to test it with great interest.
I have 17.10 installed on a pc and I like it a lot, I think they are on the right track, and with the new firefox you don't need another browser
Eager to try when it's ready!
Jose Pablo
hello .. does the UBUNTU 14 LTS operating system support the SPECTRUM monitoring agent (SysEdge)?