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Canonical Aiming For A New Desktop Installer With Ubuntu 21.10
Phoronix: Canonical Aiming For A New Desktop Installer With Ubuntu 21.10
Canonical has been working on developing a new desktop installer built around Google's Flutter toolkit and they aim to introduce it later this year in Ubuntu 21.10...
Martin Wimpress, Ubuntu Desktop Lead, is Leaving Canonical
Martim Wimpress, Ubuntu desktop lead, has announced he is leaving Canonical. Martin Wimpress
Sharing the news on Twitter, Martin says he is leaving the company ‘soon’ to take up a new role with the folks at Slim.ai.
Martin joined Canonical’s Ubuntu’s desktop team back in 2017, and became its desktop lead in 2019, taking over the role from Will Cooke.
But (as most of you will know) Martin has a much longer history with the wider open source community thanks, in part, to his role in the creation of Ubuntu MATE, his work on the MATE desktop environment, and his starring role as co-host on the official Ubuntu Podcast.
Ubuntu MATE fans sweating at this news can breathe: Martin says he plans to continue leading the Ubuntu MATE flavour going forward (hurrah) and will remain active in the wider Ubuntu and Snapcraft communities (phew).
Sad news? Yeah.
Marin has been a first-rate captain of the Ubuntu mothership, as reaction to the most recent Ubuntu LTS release proves. His successor (assuming there is one!) will need big feet to fill out his shoes (assuming he leaves them behind).
Ubuntu desktop lead Martin Wimpress has announced he is leaving Canonical. Wimpress became Ubuntu desktop lead in October 2019, taking over from Will Cooke.
Repair option looks quite nice, I imagine it will work by looking at users, installed packages, and removing all but /home then reinstalling and generating an install with the previous users and packages? Might not work right if there is a package conflict or something though - would be interesting to see multiple repair options like 'wipe everything except user files', 'reinstall with same packages and user files', and 'wipe everything and reinstall Ubuntu'
I have repaired Ubuntu installs in the past using the installer. The option has been there (I think since two releases back) just not in your face like with this new installer. It keeps your how folder and wipes everything else, so it's a bit simple.
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