Ubuntu Matte 23.10 has arrived with a novelty that is not so new because it has already been used in the past. Yes they mention it in the release notes, but as “Even more funds generated by AI.” With that and the header image you can see perfectly what they are referring to: Simon Butcher has created the wallpaper using diffusion models to achieve that minotaur that, as someone who likes the (original) God of War video game saga, I don't know, it reminds you of something.
Otherwise, most of the new features that have arrived since 23.04/XNUMX have to do with the desktop and new versions of applications. What you have below is the official list of changes which was published at the time the Ubuntu MATE 23.10 Mantic Minotaur beta was released.
Highlights of Ubuntu MATE 23.10
- Supported for 9 months, until July 2024.
- Linux 6.5.
- Mate 1.26.2, among what stands out
- box-rename 23.10.1-1 has been ported from Python to C.
- libmatemixer 1.26.0-2+deb12u1 resolves heap corruption and application crashes when removing USB audio devices.
- mate-desktop 1.26.2-1 improves portal support.
- mate-notification-daemon 1.26.1-1 fixes several memory leaks.
- mate-system-monitor 1.26.0-5 now picks up libexec files from
- Firefox 118.
- Celluloid 0.25.
- Evolution 3.50.
- Table 23.2.
- LibreOffice 7.6.1.2
- Thunderbird 115.2.3
- GCC 13.2.0
- binutils 2.41
- glibc 2.38
- GNU Debugger 14.0.50.
- Python 3.11.6
Update from 23.04
To update from Ubuntu MATE 23.04 at the time they activate updates from the same operating system, you must:
- Open the software and updates application.
- Select the “Updates” tab.
- Select the option “For any version”. These three steps may not be necessary, but it's worth making sure.
- We open a terminal and write
update-manager -c -d. The update manager should say that 23.10 is available. - Click "Update" and follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
For new installations, the new image can now be downloaded from here. Martin Wimpress will make the launch official at any time, updating the website and announcing it on social networks.