Check for new features and improvements worth noting in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Check for new features and improvements worth noting in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus will soon be released. As a fan of Ubuntu, system geeks have helped you check out some of the new features and functional improvements worth noting for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. We have been paying attention to the development of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS since the official release. As the official version is about to be released, we have summarized important functional changes in Ubuntu 16.04 for many Ubuntu enthusiasts and Linux users.

Ubuntu Software Center canceled

The Ubuntu Software Center has been canceled in Ubuntu 16.04. It has been regarded by many users as a vulnerable application with many resources, slow response, and slow response in Ubuntu.

Many Ubuntu developers and end users seldom or even refuse to use the Ubuntu Software Center. Therefore, the official team decided to replace it with GNOME Software in Ubuntu 16.04.

Dash online search is disabled by default.

In the past few years, Canonical has enabled the controversial Unity Dash online search feature for Ubuntu by default. For users who are not familiar with Ubuntu, when searching for programs, files, or images in Dash, not only the content stored on the local disk will appear, but also the product recommendations from Amazon. Many users do not note that your search information is collected by Canonical.

Nowadays, users are paying more and more attention to personal chat and data security. Some Linuxer even calls this function Ubuntu spyware, therefore, the online Dash search function is disabled by default in this Ubuntu 16.04 LTS version update.

Location of custom Unity

Linux has always been famous for its flexible customization. Ubuntu also supports various themes and icons for personalization. However, Unity Launcher is always on the left side of the screen. Most users can only hide it and do not display it. Since Ubuntu 16.04, we can move the Unity Launcher to the bottom of the screen for placement.

Still use Unity 7.4

If you want to use the released version of Unity 8, we are sorry that Ubuntu 16.04 remains in Unity 7.4. Of course, this can also be understood. After all, Ubuntu 16.04 is a long-term LTS support version, mainly used for personal and enterprise users in the work and production environments, before introducing a complete new desktop environment, you must have enough real environment tests. Otherwise, it may cause a lot of trouble for the support staff.

Don't be discouraged by using the latest version. Unity 16.04 integrated with Ubuntu 7.4 has the following features:

• Search for shutdown, restart, and logout in Unity Dash and click execute.
• You can move the Unity launcher to the bottom of the screen.
• Online Search is disabled by default.
• Unity Dash uses the new scroll bar
• Unity Launcher add pop-up mobile device shortcut options
• Use Quick options to switch the Workspace
• Alt + num shortcut to open the external drive

Apt command upgrade

If you are an old Ubuntu Bird, you will be familiar with and get used to the apt-get command. Although Ubuntu 16.04 supports this command, we recommend that you use the apt command directly.

Apt is not a new command. It is essentially different from apt-get. It has been used in Debian for many years. Its syntax is very similar to apt-get and is simple.

Correspondingly, you can use apt install to install software instead of apt-get install, and use apt search to search for software instead of apt-cache search, which is more convenient. When ubuntu releases unused packages, we recommend that you use apt-get autoremove to automatically Remove useless packages. In Ubuntu 16.04, apt autoremove is replaced.

Another feature of the apt command is that it can directly display the progress bar and highlight some information in the terminal. After the new version is released, it seems that the basic operations on Linux software package management should be updated.

ZFS File System Support

Ubuntu 16.04 supports ZFS file systems by default. ZFS is a very popular data storage file system designed to continuously check stored data to prevent damages.

AMD/ATI Radeon proprietary drivers are not supported

If you are a heavy Linux game user, this message is critical to you. Ubuntu 16.04 gave up its support for AMD Catalyst Linux driver and recommended the use of AMDGPU instead. The open-source driver has been officially developed by AMD.

Suddenly changing to AMDGPU is not a problem, and the newly developed driver will be incompatible with the old graphics card.

Software Update

Ubuntu 16.04 supplements or updates popular software, including:

• Mozilla Thunderbird 45.0
• LibreOffice 5.1
• Python 1, 3.5
• QML-based USB Startup Creator
• Docker 1.10
• Linux Kernel 4.4
• ......

The outdated Brasero disc burning tool and Instant Messaging application have been confirmed to be removed in the new version.

After reading these enhancements and improvements, do you have the motivation to upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?

Original article from: http://www.sysgeek.cn/ubuntu-16-04-features/original Author: System geeks

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