Interpretation of unity desktop version 7.6

Preface

I'm afraid you're too excited , Let me remind you first ,Canonical No return Unity Desktop maintenance .

Thanks to the Ubuntu Unity Distribution developers （Rudra Saraswat） Our unremitting efforts , Time interval 6 year , We finally saw it Unity Update of desktop environment .

I'd like to add that ,Ubuntu Unity It's one that uses Unity desktop （ instead of GNOME） Community projects in China . therefore , If you want to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Upper use Unity desktop , There's no doubt about that ,Ubuntu Unity Definitely your best partner .

At first , It only provides a fine tuned Unity Experience , But now ,Unity 7.6 The interface has been optimized and visual changes .

Content

sudo wget https://repo.unityx.org/unityx.key
sudo apt-key add unityx.key
echo 'deb https://repo.unityx.org/main testing main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/unity-x.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y unity

Unity 7.6 It will be 6 Over the years  Unity  The first important version of （ The last version was still in 2016 year 5 month ）. The official has restarted  Unity7 Active development of , And will regularly release new versions with more functions .

Now it is Ubuntu Unity 22.04 The user posted an update , So it can run  sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade  To upgrade to  Unity 7.6.

Some changes ：

• The dashboard （ Application starter ） and HUD Has been redesigned , Make it look more modern
• by  Unity  and  unity-control-center Added support for key colors , And updated  unity-control-center List of topics
• Fixed corrupted application information and ratings in dashboard preview .
• stay  unity-control-center Updated the information panel
• Improved the rounded corners of the dashboard
• Repair the Dock Medium " Empty the trash can " Button
• Will be complete  Unity7 shell Source code migration to GitLab, And make it in 22.04 It's compiled on .
• The design is more flat , But it retains the fuzzy effect of the whole system .
• dock Menus and tooltips have been given a more modern look .
• Low graphics mode now works better , The dashboard is also faster than before .
• Now?  Unity7 Memory usage is slightly lower , and Ubuntu Unity 22.04 Memory usage has been significantly reduced to about 700-800 MB.
• Fixed independently tested  Unity7 starter
• Problematic tests have been disabled , The construction time is greatly shortened

If you want to in Ubuntu Unity 22.04 Compiled on Unity7 And generate DEB file , You need to run the following command ：

sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git cmake
git clone https://gitlab.com/ubuntu-unity/unity/unity
cd unity && sudo apt build-dep .
debuild -b --no-sign
nemo .. & disown

Some screenshots and interpretation ：

Performance improvements

In the latest update ,Unity7 Lower memory usage , At the same time, you can also notice ,Ubuntu Unity 22.04 Memory usage was significantly reduced to about 700-800 MB.

Besides , The low-end graphics card mode now works better ,Dash And faster than before .

User interface changes

Dash starter （ Application starter ） And HUD It has been redesigned , Have more modern 、 Simple vision .

On the whole , Now the design looks more flat , But it still retains a good global blur effect of the system .

Some subtle visual improvements have been introduced this time , Like... In the parking area “ Empty the recycle bin ” The button is modified to use Nemo（ instead of Nautilus）, And fixed Dash Application details and ratings in preview .

 

Other changes

Unity7 Shell  The source code of has been completely migrated to ​​GitLab​​. For independent testing Unity7 The initiator has been repaired , At the same time, some problematic test items have also been disabled , Improved build time （ Make it significantly shorter ）.

Release notes , These improvements will help Unity7 Contributors .