Canonical is working on a new desktop installer for Ubuntu 21.10
It could be the default installer in the next Ubuntu LTS release set for 2022
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After being in service for well over a decade,Canonicalis getting ready to retireUbuntu’s Ubiquity installer.
“While still functional, Ubiquity hasn’t seen significant feature development for some years and due to its legacy is becoming cumbersome to maintain,” wrote Ubuntu’s desktop lead, Martin Wimpress, while unveiling plans for the new installer.
He shared that Canonical has been working on developing a new desktop installer built aroundGoogle’s Fluttertoolkit, and they aim to introduce it later this year with the release of Ubuntu 21.10.
Built with Flutter
Meanwhile, the popular desktop distro’s server variant,Ubuntu Server, has switched to a new installer in the recent past. Dubbed Subiquity, Ubuntu Server’s installer is based on the curtin bare-bones installer.
According to Wimpress, the new installer for Ubuntu Desktop will rely on curtin, just like Subiquity, for a more unified installation experience: “Consolidating the installer for server and desktop on common technologies will mean we can deliver a consistent, robust, installation experience across the Ubuntu family and focus our efforts on maintaining a single code base.”
The design and the desktop development teams at Canonical are working together on the new installer. The new installer will be based on the Flutter open source UI framework fromGoogle. Wimpress shares that the installer will be the fruition of Canonical’s work with Google’s Flutter team to extend the UI library to Linux.
Work on the new installer is already underway and will be available in some form with the 21.10 release. “This paves the way to transitioning to the new installer for the next LTS release, which will be 22.04, due for release in April 2022,” adds Wimpress.
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With almost two decades of writing and reporting on Linux, Mayank Sharma would like everyone to think he’sTechRadar Pro’sexpert on the topic. Of course, he’s just as interested in other computing topics, particularly cybersecurity, cloud, containers, and coding.
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