The new version of Pop! _OS 18.10

pop os 18.10

After the official launch of the new and more renewed version of Ubuntu which is version 18.10, The distributions derived from this began to be deployed.. And such is the case with Pop! _OS distribution that was recently updated.

To be exact, System76 staff released a new Pop! _OS 18.10 last October 19, version that comes based on the new Ubuntu 18.10, with some improvements and new tools.

New in Pop! _YOU

Among the main novelties that we can find in this new release of this version is that integrates the new Linux kernel, as well as new graphics driver packages, GNOME 3.30, including the long-awaited fix for the excessive RAM usage problem.

Another important point to highlight is that it was improved was the Pop! _Shop with two main points:

  • App views load faster.
  • UI improvements to avoid freezes.

A big and important new feature is integration with Google's artificial intelligence software, TensorFlow.

According to the developers, the maintenance of CUDA has been done and the TensorFlow in the distribution tank, making it much easier to install the tool through a simple command, the installation before it could result, of According to them, more than 100 command lines, now reduced to one:

sudo apt install tensorflow-cuda-latest

This package makes the installation of the CUDA + cuDNN + TensorFlow in Pop! _OS, reinforcing the idea of ​​the system to be 'Creators, Makers, Builders'.

New installer

On the other hand, we can find a new improvement that is in the Distins toolt and the system installer, with various bug fixes and improvements applied to both.

Different it will also be divided into several toolboxes. To learn more about the tool, just access the GitHub it.

Distinst is a Rust-based software library that handles the installation details of the distribution installer.

It has been specifically created to be used in building distribution installers so that installers can spend more time improving their user interface and less time worrying about some of the more complicated implementation details such as partition management and encryption.

Another improvement announced by the Pop! _YOU is to improve the "System76 Power" with new subcommands, and arguments.

In addition to including a new "experimental" indicator, adding new features for power management.

System76 Power is a command line utility that allows power usage to be manually adjusted by computer settings.

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Pop! _OS is working on its own repositories

Last but not least eThe distribution development team also made the announcement that it will now host its own repositories. and that more and more the distribution tries to be independent of Ubuntu and Canonical.

With this, the process will be carried out with their special open source tool. Repositories can be done from APT and configuration via TOML and the tool is also divided into various toolboxes.

Download Pop! _OS 18.10

In order to obtain this new system image and install this Linux distribution on your computer or you want to test it under a virtual machine. You just have to go to the official website of the distribution and in its download section you can get the image of the system.

The link is this.

You can make use of Etcher to save the image to a USB.

For those interested in upgrading, System76 announces that it is possible to upgrade Pop! _OS 18.04 for version 18.10 from the command life, just open a terminal and run:

sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade
sudo sed -i s/Prompt=lts/Prompt=normal/ /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades do-release-upgrade

At the end of the update, they must restart their computer.


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  1.   Jonathan said

    Hello The download link does not appear .. thanks for the info