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After the release of the new stable version of Ubuntu 22.10 “Kinetic Kudu” and its official flavors the formation of unofficial version releases has also begun as well as various distributions based on Ubuntu.
In the case of this publication we will talk about the release of the new version of “Ubuntu Sway Remix 22.10” which is available now and provides a preconfigured, out-of-the-box desktop based on Sway's tiled composite manager.
As such, and already mentioned, the distribution is an unofficial edition of Ubuntu 22.10, created with both experienced GNU/Linux users and newbies in mind who want to try out the tiled window manager environment without the need for a Linux application. long setting.
This new "unofficial" edition had its first appearance in the previous release of Ubuntu 22.04, this being its second release and in which many things have been improved.
Main new features of Ubuntu Sway Remix 22.10
The distribution environment is based on Sway, a composite manager that uses the Wayland protocol and is fully compatible with the i3 tiled window manager, as well as the Waybar panel, the PCManFM-GTK3 file manager, and the NWG-Shell project utilities.
Supported utilities include Scourge wallpaper manager, nwg-wrapper script utilities (used to display hotkey tips on the desktop), GTK theme customization manager, cursor and the nwg skin fonts and the Autotiling script.
The distribution includes GUI programs like Firefox, Qutebrowser, Audacious, GIMPtransmission, Libreoffice, Pen and MATE Calc, as well as console applications and utilities such as Musikcube music player, MPV video player, Swayimg image viewer, Zathura PDF document viewer, Neovim text editor, Ranger file manager and others.
Another feature of the distribution is the total rejection of the use of the Snap package manager, all programs are delivered in the form of ordinary deb packages, including the Firefox web browser, which is installed using the official Mozilla Team PPA repository. The distribution installer is based on the Calamares framework.
For the part of the specific changes of this new version Ubuntu Sway Remix 22.10 we can find that audio processing moved to the middle servers PipeWire and the Wireplumber audio session manager
In addition to that, alson it is noted that the Ubuntu Sway Welcome application was added, with links to the main distribution resources and the initial system configuration page, as well as what added Sway Input Configurator app to configure input devices such as keyboard, mouse, and trackpad.
We can also find in this new version that was added support for placing icons of running applications on the desktop prompt, plus the Wdisplays display configuration utility has been superseded by nwg-displays, a more functional analog and in active development.
Of the other changes that stand out in this new version:
- The Wofi app menu has been replaced by a fork of Rofi with Wayland support.
- Added a script for the Waybar panel to configure Bluetooth connection parameters.
- Added support for "Do Not Disturb" mode to Mako's notification system.
- Two new color schemes have been added: Breeze and Matcha Green.
- updated fonts
Finally if you are interested in knowing more about it, you can check the details on its official website. The link is this.
Download and get Ubuntu Sway Remix 22.10
For those who are interested in being able to test or install the distribution, you should know that builds are offered for desktop (amd64) and also for Raspberry Pi 3/4. System images can be obtained from the following link
Please note that builds for the amd64 architecture (2,1 GB) have been prepared for download in this release.