Before you get your hopes up, we’re not talking Apple-level multi-touch gestures.
Trackpad gesturesįrom the office of “It’s about time,” comes built-in trackpad gestures. And by dragging an application icon to a specific workspace, you no longer have to open the application, switch to the primary workspace, and then move the application to the workspace you want.įigure B The GNOME 40 Applications overview in action. This view also serves as a place to launch applications. Click on the Applications grid icon (bottom left corner) to reveal the installed applications ( Figure B). That’s not the only route to selecting a workspace. And you should be using workspaces, as it makes keeping your desktop organized a snap.
It’s a much-improved way of working with workspaces. Using your mouse scroll wheel, you can then scroll through each workspace and select the one you need. With this new design ( Figure A), users can easily drag applications to the workspace they want to use and quickly switch between them to keep work organized.įigure A The new horizontal workflow that comes with GNOME 40 in Ubuntu 21.10.Ĭlick the Activities button (top left corner of the desktop) to reveal all of your workspaces. One of the best things about the horizontal workflow is that it makes it considerably easier to manage multiple workspaces. You might think that’s not such a big deal. If you’ve been paying attention, you know that GNOME 40 changed the workflow by way of a horizontal Activities Overview. SEE: 5 Linux server distributions you should be using (TechRepublic Premium) What does GNOME 40 bring? I’ve covered GNOME 40 a bit more in-depth in “ GNOME 40 takes a few bold steps to improve the desktop.”īut for the Ubuntu community, GNOME 40 will be a welcome treat. So, GNOME 40 is old news within the Linux community. Yes, this iteration of the GNOME desktop has been out for some time, and many other distributions have been shipping with G40 for some time. That’s a shame because although 21.10 (Impish Indri) might not at first blush include major changes, it does finally bring to Ubuntu one big shift that should make users very happy. This is a non-LTS release, so it won’t gain nearly the attention the LTS releases will receive. The official release of Ubuntu 21.10 is Oct. This Linux learning path will help you start using the OS like a proītop is a much-improved take on the Linux top command Image: Canonical Open source: Must-read coverage For more info, visit our Terms of Use page. This may influence how and where their products appear on our site, but vendors cannot pay to influence the content of our reviews. We may be compensated by vendors who appear on this page through methods such as affiliate links or sponsored partnerships. Jack Wallen comes away from using Ubuntu 21.10 with the conclusion Impish Indri is the not only the most polished release from Canonical, but the most performant. Ubuntu 21.10 is upon us, and it’s small changes for major improvements
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