Ubuntu unleashes Mantic Minotaur with 23.10 build

The last interim Ubuntu release before next spring's LTS is out. Some editions are seeing big changes, others very small ones. Ubuntu 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur" appeared this week across multiple editions and ten "flavors" with different desktops. This is the last short-term or interim release before next April's 24.04 code, …

[Dave559]

You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike

You sadly didn't seize the very appropriate opportunity to use this phrase for the sub-heading! :-(

(But, indeed, a wise adventurer never forgets their ball of thread…!)

[David 132]

Re: You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike

Very relevant Oglaf comic. (Site NSFW - that one comic is probably safe though)

[Pascal Monett]

Crowd-sourced translations

Proving once again that, as soon as you give them a chance, there will be an asshole to demonstrate why we can't have nice things.

[Anonymous Coward]

SNAP is an infection that shows no sign of dying off

SNAP is a 4-letter word.

SNAP needs to die like 'systemd' etc.

Why do we need a package manger daemon running? (/usr/libexec/snapd/snapd)

Doh! We don't. We have managed for almost 30 years without it.

Another nail in the Ubuntu coffin. At my LUG, people are keeping well away from anything coming out of Canonical.

[Kevin McMurtrie]

Re: SNAP is an infection that shows no sign of dying off

Snap could be useful but it missing a whole ecosystem of user configuration apps. It should have been a dead idea the moment the plan was wiring it up to the perpetually broken Ubuntu/Canonical/Snap Store app. The command line 'snap' tool might actually be worse.

[ianbetteridge]

Re: SNAP is an infection that shows no sign of dying off

"We have managed for almost 30 years without it."

We managed without GUIs for a long time too. "We managed without X" is a very poor argument, no matter what you're talking about. "Paved roads? Pah. We managed with dirt tracks for hundreds of years! What do those Romans know?"

[Jingfa]

Tried the Cinnamon version.

They've forgotten to include Bluetooth in the sttings

[workrabbit]

Before anyone complains…

This is quite amazing that given the quality it is provided away for free.