What's new in Ubuntu Unity 23.04 (Lunar Lobster)
May 8, 2023
- New changes
- It is the first distribution to ship Unity 7.7 out-of-the-box, and brings many improvements to the table, including:
- A brand-new dash, similar to that displayed in the concepts designed for Ubuntu 16.04.
- A slightly bigger panel, that is translucent by default and looks much better in light mode.
- indicator-notification is installed by default, and allows you to see any notifications that may have popped up while you were away.
- The official widgets implementation, UWidgets, is now supported. We’re currently working on a store for downloading and managing them, and it will be made available within the next couple of weeks.
- And some changes:
- The Settings app’s shell UI has been drastically improved.
- The launcher BFB is now half-transparent, and fits in with the rest of the default Yaru icons, similar to Ubuntu Unity’s custom BFB for Unity 7.5 in 21.04.