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Quick settings, the most noticeable part of the desktop is now the top system tray. It allows us to switch critical configuration even easier now like night light and dark mode.
Desktop toolkit library, now Ubuntu is a world class example of a desktop operating system built with the new GTK4 software development technology.
Updated applications, now latest versions of LibreOffice, Firefox and Thunderbird along with many other applications are offered built-in Ubuntu Kinetic.
Sound system, now Ubuntu makes use of Pipewire by default, the new technology of audio (and video) processing on desktop that promises fewer issues and better performance.
User experience, now clicking on a running app on dock will show windows switcher similar to the Ubuntu Unity era in 2011-2017.
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2. Lock screen.
3. Open System Settings.
4. Take screenshot.
5. Switch power mode / show battery settings.
6. Adjust sound volume.
7. Adjust screen brightness.
8. Six quick settings: network manager, bluetooth, power mode, night light, dark mode, and airplane mode.
(Webp image: a demonstration of Ubuntu’s new top system tray)
Thanks to GNOME 43 technology, now Ubuntu desktop applications look snappier than ever. For example, the window of Files and Settings are now adjustable, adaptable to small screens.
(Webp image: a demonstration of the flexibility of new Ubuntu windows)
Long time Ubuntu users will love the return of window overview, an often requested feature now available when you click a running application icon, all running windows will show on screen, and you can pick one then. This is an improvement worth praise. Thanks Ubuntu and GNOME for making this functional again.
Ubuntu Kinetic brings new wallpapers! In this version, our favorite falls to the exotic lake Obersee, Germany by Uday Nakade. Thanks Uday!
List of built-in applications on Ubuntu 22.10:
List of several available applications from Ubuntu Software and Repositories in this release:
(Picture: Kinetic desktop showing Android’s screen from a Lenovo A600 phone)
About booting time, Kinetic at our review (after about one month of use) takes up to 1 minute 9 seconds with the longest items fall to systemd.journal.flush.service (19s) and plymouth-quit-wait.service (31s). See our chart in PNG for it.
And here’s a list of games and their version on Kinetic:
0 A.D. v0.26 – an excellent graphics 3D empires game.
Dosbox-X v2022.09 – a graphical, full-featured MS-DOS emulator.
Extreme Tux Racer v0.6.3 a 3D penguin racing game.
FreeDoom/PrBoom+ a Doom II-clone classic 3D shooting game.
Flare RPG v1.13 a Diablo-clone adventure RPG.
OpenTTD v12.2 – a Tycoon game of city & transportation building simulation.
SuperTux v0.6.3 a Super Mario-clone game with Tux penguin as the character.
SuperTuxKart v1.4 the icon of FOSS community, a cute 3D racing game.
Xonotic v0.8.6 – a realistic team shooting game.
Warzone 2100 , a formerly PlayStation game, 3D single and multiplayer futuristic RTS.
Today, we saw growing enthusiasm from software developers to publish their software on Ubuntu using Snapcraft.io Store under Snap package format. For that reason, on Kinetic we saw several interesting Snaps (application available in a container package technology Snap) as the following. They haven’t available via APT. Below’s our stars!
We confirm ThinkPad T430 works perfectly with Ubuntu Kinetic.
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Ubuntu 22.10 Compatibility with Lenovo T430 |
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Hardware Device |
Works? |
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CPU virtualization |
Yes |
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GPU, 3D acceleration |
Yes |
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Sound system |
Yes |
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Sound system, microphone |
Yes |
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Wifi |
Yes |
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Ethernet |
Yes |
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DVD-ROM |
Yes |
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Bluetooth |
Yes |
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ThinkPad Keyboard |
Yes |
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ThinkPad Touchpad |
Yes |
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ThinkPad Flashlight |
Yes |
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TrackPoint |
Yes |
Drag and drop files from Nautilus to Telegram Desktop often does not work as expected.
Hide sidebar shortcut key is missing on Nautilus. We can only resize the window in order to hide it, F9 key does not work anymore.
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/kinetic-kudu-release-notes
https://ubuntu.com/blog/whats-new-in-ubuntu-desktop-22-10-kinetic-kudu
https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-22-10-kinetic-kudu
https://canonical.com/blog/why-you-should-upgrade-windows-7-to-ubuntu
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2022/10/13/libreoffice-7-4-2-community
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Name: SuperTuxKart
Genre: 3D racing
Multiplayer: yes
License: free software, free data
Name: SuperTux 2
Genre: 2D side-scrolling adventure
Multiplayer: no
Availability: Deb
License: free software, free data
Website: https://www.supertux.org
Name: 0 A. D.
Genre: Real Time Strategy (RTS)
Multiplayer: yes
Availability: deb, snap
License: free software, free data
Website: https://play0ad.com
Name: FreeDoom
Description: the world first FPS game, Doom, has been successfully re-produced by our community. PrBoom/FreeDoom is a version of Doom II that is fully free game both in software and in data.
Similarity: Doom II
Genre: First Person Shooter (FPS)
Multiplayer: yes
Availability: Deb, Snap
License: free software, free data
Website: prboom-plus.sourceforge.io, freedoom.github.io
Description: Dhewm3 is a free software version of the world-rocking FPS of its own age (was competing with Half Life 2 at that time) Doom III. Unfortunately, it requires you to have the original Doom CD/DVD in order to use the proprietary data and we don’t know of any way it can play with a free data. In other words, it has not yet reached the stage Doom II already reached.
Similarity: Doom III
Genre: FPS
Multiplayer: yes
Availability: Deb
License: free software, no free data
Website: https://dhewm3.org
Name: Frozen Bubble
Similarity: Puzzle Bobble
Genre: kids arcade
Multiplayer: yes
Availability: Deb
Website: www.frozen-bubble.org
Name: FlightGear
Description: realistic 3D aircraft, helicopter flight simulator. This game can take you flying freely with beautiful scenery.
Similarity: Microsoft Flight Simulator
Genre: flight simulator
Multiplayer:
Availability: Deb, Snap
License: free software, free data
Website: www.flightgear.org
Name: Warzone
Description: futuristic 3D real time strategy, battle against colonies of robots and alients.
Similarity: Starcraft
Genre: RTS
Multiplayer: yes
Availability: Deb, Snap
License: free software, free data
Website: https://wz2100.net
Name: Chromium BSU
Description: Chromium BSU (not to be confused with Chromium Browser) is an arcade 2D aircraft shooting adventure.
Similarity: a lot of arcade aircraft shooting games
Genre: arcade aircraft
Multiplayer: no
Availability: Deb
License: free software, free data
Website: chromium-bsu.sourceforge.io
Name: OpenRA
Genre: RTS
Multiplayer: yes
Availability: AppImage
License: free software, no free data
Website: https://www.openra.net
Name: OpenTTD
Description: OpenTTD is a free software version of popular city (transportation) building Transport Tycoon Deluxe. You are a mayor and you should build your city transportation as good as possible.
Similarity: Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Genre: city simulation
Multiplayer: no
Availability: Deb
License: free software, free data
Website: www.openttd.org
Name: OpenSA
Description: created with the same engine software as OpenRA, OpenSA is an RTS game of war between insects like ants, spiders etc. using bazooka and other guns in a swarm. It’s name is a pointer that it is a free software version of an old, abandoned proprietary game called Swarm Assault.
Similarity: Swarm Assault
Genre: RTS
Multiplayer:
Availability: AppImage
License: free software, no free data
Website: www.moddb.com/mods/opensa
Name: Swell Foop
Description: this is a colorful same game from GNOME. You can play this to get rid some free time, or play colors with kids. It’s officially available on Ubuntu.
Similarity: Same Game
Genre: kids, puzzle game
Multiplayer: no
Availability: deb
License: free software, free data
Website: wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Swell%20Foop
Name: TORCS
Description: The Open Racing Car Simulator (TORCS) invites you to play 3D car racing games. It’s available officially on Ubuntu.
Similarity: Need For Speed
Genre: 3D car racing
Multiplayer: yes
Availability: Deb
License: free software, free data
Website: https://torcs.sourceforge.net
Name: Tux Math
Description: TuxMath (tuxmath) is an educational game for kids learning their math. It can be played either alone or together, for kids from age of Elementary Student to even High School ones. Questions will fall from the above slowly and the kid should answer it, for example, 1 + 1 = ?, until all of them finished. The more your kids play it, the more they will be better in math.
Similarity: –
Genre: education
Multiplayer: yes
Availability: Deb
License: free software, free data
Website: https://sourceforge.net/projects/tuxmath
Name: Tux Typing
Genre: education
Multiplayer: no
Availability: deb
License: free software, free data
Website: https://sourceforge.net/projects/tuxtype
Name: Tux Paint
Description: TuxPaint is an award-winning drawing program for kids. From our perspective, it also is suitable as well as game for kids. It allows parents to guide their children play with computer just safe and fun. Draw something and you will hear cute sound every time you click. Want to draw cars? There are plenty of them available you just click to place it on your picture. It’s officially available on Ubuntu.
Similarity: –
Genre: education
Multiplayer: no
Availability: deb
License: free software, free data
Website:
Name: Red Eclipse
Description: not to be confused with Eclipse software for Java programming, Red Eclipse is a sophisticated-graphics fast-paced First Person Shooter (FPS) 3D game. It is created with Tesseract, a heavy modification of the legendary Cube 2: Sauerbraten game engine software.
Similarity: Counter Strike, Xonotic
Genre: FPS
Multiplayer: yes
Availability: Deb, Snap
License: free software, free data
Website: www.redeclipse.net
(Tesseract game engine video from YouTube)
Name: Speed Dreams
Description: a 3D sport car racing game.
Similarity: Need For Speed, TORCS
Genre: 3D car racing
Multiplayer: yes
Availability: AppImage
License: free software, free data
Website: www.speed-dreams.net/en
Name: Xonotic
Description: a futuristic, excellent-graphics fast-playing 3D FPS game. It is derived from another game called Nexuiz (before said game was made proprietary) to keep it free and in turn derived from Darkplaces game engine making it a Quake family.
Similarity: Nexuiz
Genre: FPS
Multiplayer: yes, with offline mode available
Availability: Deb, Snap
License: free software, free data
Website: https://xonotic.org
Name: Zaz
Description: Zaz (Zaz’s Ain’t Zuma) is a free Zuma’s clone, a rotating marble shooting game. Play this with your entire family from kids to grandma.
Similarity: Zuma, Luxor
Genre: 2D marble shooting
Multiplayer: no
Availability: Deb
License: free software, free data
Website: https://zaz.sourceforge.net
2D game maker software
Godot
Solarus
GDevelop
LOVE
3D game maker software
Godot
All in one simulators
RetroArch
Nintendo games simulators
SEGA games simulators
PlayStation games simulators
Xbox games simulators
Windows games emulators
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