Ubuntu 23.04 review: Better than I expected 😲

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In this review of Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster I will tell you why I was pleasantly surprised with it. Many things I complained about have been fixed or improved. I also liked all the new things that have been introduced to this Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster release. Watch the video for more details.
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Timecodes:
0:00 Ubuntu 23.04 pleasantly surprised me
0:34 Installation (No installation issues)
1:56 Boot time (Boot time improved significantly)
2:20 Firefox is snap (Firefox is snap but better)
2:52 Kdenlive
3:21 Cheese
3:42 Files
4:13 Brilliant
5:14 How to fix the Clipboard
5:47 Activate minimize on the dock click
6:14 Not possible to fix
5:52 Worthy New features
7:37 Conclusion
Tags: #ubuntu #ubuntu23 #linux
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[@ESCAPEDscapegoat4life]

TY SO MUCH FOR THIS REVIEW

[@ESCAPEDscapegoat4life]

QUESTION I ACCIDENTLY DELETED SNAP STORE . CAN U DO A VIDEO ON HOW TO RESTORE THAT PROBLEM FOR CHROME BROWSER ?? OR WHY IT WOULD'VE STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY AFTER UPGRADING TO UBUNTU VERS 22.04.2 LTS (ALSO RE MY VLC PLAYER - WHY SPECIAL EFFECTS STOPS WORKING WHEN I TRY TO USE THEM IN MY VIDEOS) I REALLY MISS BEING ABLE TO APPLY THEM WHILE EDITTING MY UPLOADS . PLEASE AND TY.

[@user-mi3dj6gu3c]

So close to 100K!! Wish you made more videos frequently.

[@randomworld1]

Almost 100K!

[@AverageLinuxUser]

Text version averagelinuxuser.com/ubuntu-23-04-review/

[@PKM1010]

This is why I recommend Ubuntu as a starting point, it's not the most state of the art distro, but it has just been so stable for me, and instability is what might drive users away and create this idea of Linux being complicated. I know someone might have a different experience, I went back to Ubuntu around 2-3 years ago, before that it wasn't so stable either, I'm still on the same installation now after switching graphics, CPU, Ram and such, while I somehow broke PopOS after 6 months or so. I've had this experience on multiple different devices, hence the assumption. I'm sure other distros have advanced a lot too!

[@kirousek]

fedora is pretty good starting point too

[@TomSmith-sr2br]

FEDORA IS BETTER.....NOT UBUNTU.... UBUNTU AN SNAP IS USELESS

[@folksurvival]

Linux Mint is the best starting point.

[@folksurvival]

@Хубр Мишкин Manjaro is a terrible recommendation. Also Linux Mint has a Debian edition.

[@folksurvival]

@Хубр Мишкин Because Manjaro is known for being unstable and giving people problems all the time.

[@rob876]

How did you fix your laptop to boot Ubuntu in UFI? Did you make a video on how you did this?

[@evgenystep8897]

Why it's not on the repository? I check for updates every time but there is still no updates for 23.04 version

[@abcoflife6420]

great demo thank you, I am using ubuntu 22.04 tls, but there are 2 major things stop me from changing : 1- ububtu setup does not create data partirion by default to keep my data separate from OS which means every upgrade could move into severeuser data loss 2- printers on linux is the toughest issue now .. everytime I advise nyone to use linux, he/she comes back with big fireback because linux does not recognize his printer (usb/network) or at leaset uses very smal funtionality subset of printer advanced features (i.e print only)

[@HikingFeral]

Not sure what is negative about 22.04? it's the most stable Linux I have ever used, sure it may not be full of zoomer buzzwords but it will play Ashes 2063 all day and all night baby.

[@champfisk5613]

Are you switching from KDE Neon?

[@alexlopez-yk6lf]

I am planning to install ubunto 9n older up laptop running XP Can you tell me how do deal with the motherboard drivers that were written for windows? Thanks

[@TrustJesusToday]

Ubuntu Budgie 23.04 is really good. It's on my HP laptop. However, LMDE5 Cinnamon is the winner this season. It's on the HP desktop and on my 2017 iMac too. Mint Debian is terrific.

[@TheEricDangerous]

and this is without counting the release of bookworm in August, Debian & Ubuntu will reshuffle the cards in 2023, and for the benefit of users.

[@celdepescaun39]

Still can not put a solid black wallpaper ? Only pictures backgrounds ?

[@DavidJSullivan8]

Nice one with the "Activate minimize on the dock click" Love the change. Simply ran the command: gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock click-action 'minimize'

[@RazvanTSibiu]

Screen recording in this version of ubuntu still no cursor on my device

[@harisharote123]

I am having a bug in my Ubuntu 23.04 installation since I installed Anydesk remote desktop. I cannot open more than 4 tabs in any browser (Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Brave, etc.), and the minimize and maximize buttons do not work in any browser.

[@treyquattro]

it looks good. I'm gonna install it - currently have 22.10 and 22.04 on a few machines. I really don't like Snaps however and that turns me against Ubuntu in preference of Fedora, and my long-term Linux squeeze, Debian (Debian 12 is great!). Keep up the great work and here's hoping that 500 more Linux users come along and you get the silver KZbin button!

[@bilpo4729]

Do you installed Ubuntu on device with intel processor?

[@Darkk6969]

Debian 12? The current version is 11.6 which is what I am using as my daily driver along with KDE. Definitely looking forward to Debian 12 when it's officially out.

[@treyquattro]

@@bilpo4729 Intel and AMD

[@treyquattro]

@@Darkk6969 Debian 12 is as good as released. I've been using Bookworm since the middle of last year without any issues (well, there was a hiccup with GRUB but I recovered)

[@SwiatLinuksa]

23.04 Gnome - Flutter installer doesn't work on solo Nvidia GPU It's crash at start every time. Only work on Intel/Nvidia or AMD GPU.

[@Shytzedaka]

you can use 23.04 iso with legacy installer

[@AlainDumasblogphoto]

I wonder if there is a fix for no sound on HDMI on this version.

[@brianmadonna2873]

Maybe HDMI audio is blacklisted most people use headphones or speakers.

[@alexhausen]

I had the same issue and it's working now on my setup (Ryzen7 + NVIDIA).

[@netwalker-1]

Strange. Clipboard works as intended here... no need of install anything. The data copied remains after the source app its closed, windoze style. On 22.04.3 I have to install Gpaste (sudo apt install gpaste openssl) in order to get a simple & lightweight copy-paste, but in 23.04 this works out the box.

[@bankimchandrayadav8154]

The 'Not possible to fix' issue is just a not so cool part of Ubuntu from long. But hurray, I guess the developers ARE watching your videos and taking actions. You are my go to person for linux updates.

[@indranilshub7581]

Kindly make one video on how to enable wifi in ubuntu distro

[@StenIsaksson]

That depends on your PC model I have an old Dell laptop and I have to disable the WiFi button on the keyboard in the BIOS to be able to enable WiFi on Ubuntu

[@johanb.7869]

Upgraded my Kubuntu 22.10 yesterday and it's running great so far. Firefox I always use the tarball. Same for Thunderbird. I purged the Fx snap after I installed 22.10.

[@rayirth.upside-down]

Instead of adding features no one asked for, they actually fixed major bugs and added small useful features. Even I had webcam issues with Cheese on Ubuntu 22.10. But, the update seems to have broken Night Light feature for me

[@TomSmith-sr2br]

They still use SNAP, it's a big fail.

[@rayirth.upside-down]

@@TomSmith-sr2br I mean as the whole distro revolves around SNAPs, it's very difficult to abandon SNAPs altogether no matter its downsides.

[@TomSmith-sr2br]

@@rayirth.upside-down SNAP is the problem, a big problem. stopped using Ubuntu because of it and so has many people. it is what it is.

[@rayirth.upside-down]

@@TomSmith-sr2br Unfortunately, that's the same problem for which I switched to Fedora, but the thing with SNAP is that it's very begginer-friendly imo but that friendliness has adverse effects on even mildly professional Linux users.

[@TomSmith-sr2br]

@@rayirth.upside-down dependency and UI matching problems plus themes.

[@RawLu.]

I run Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to Support the Adoption of Linux, and the more I've used it the more I really like it 😊

[@avalagum7957]

Ubuntu 23.04 has python 3.11 while Arch still uses 3.10. Is that strange?

[@tpasi2020UG]

Ubuntu is just awesome!

[@abhishankpaul]

Can anyone tell me how to set password on a directory both by using 3rd party software or any other method implemented in Ubuntu?

[@grahamlees4394]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZyYhYKBdrWmmNk

[@kgfathur]

How about the fan control? I've try installing some linux on my gaming laptop, MSI Stealth series machine, but the drawback is the fan cannot working perfectly it's cannot be controlled/customized.

[@tuckersguitarfiasco]

I will use ubuntu as a daily driver when they quit force feeding snaps.

[@roa4031]

I love gnome design

[@PatrickConstant]

One more time, the best video to understand the Ubuntu evolution. Thanks. I will install it on my Raspberry Pi 400 (4Gb).

[@NormanF62]

Everything can be backported into LTS 22.04. The improvements more than justify upgrading them from stock.

[@Kessra]

The question here is, is Drag&Drop still bugged in Wayland? I.e. in 80% of all Drag&Drop-Events into VSCode it does not add files to its editor or tree list but just tries to paste in the URL of that file and in other cases just doesn't react at all. X11 does not have such issues at all.

[@illegalsmirf]

Does it still ask you to pay for updates?

[@AxelWerner]

muff skillz

[@fhf17]

what did he say? 0:58

[@netwalker-1]

"This *fuck* maybe like it"? :D

[@itspmohit]

wth! I thought the clipboard issue was a feature as when I closed tor the copied items were also cleared 😆

[@Montpelier-sama]

Strange. Your installation process was smooth. Mine was crashing and the proprietary drivers are getting errors.

[@Montpelier-sama]

@@Eimantasks will do. However, the bigger concern I had was the WiFi drivers. It says that its not working. Then I tried to flash the 22.10 version to see if I can upgrade to 23.04 with no problems. Now it won't boot after the update.

[@Eimantasks]

​@@Montpelier-sama I have never updated from one ubuntu version to the next, I always do clean installs because I am always afraid it will break, so I make a backup and just do clean install, because so many libraries are being updated something might break. I have more trust in rolling release dsitros like Fedora, those tend to upgrade better from one version to the next, and for wifi drivers, just do lsusb - if it's a wifi dongle if it's integrated you need to find a model of the chip and good chances are - that you will find drivers on github might have to install manually though. If device is not supported can always use it with cheap wifi extender/repeater, or can purchase cheap usb wifi adapter, from my experience EDIMAX wifi adapters tend to work out of the box no tinkering needed.

[@Montpelier-sama]

@@Eimantasks guess I'll do a clean install everytime a new version comes in.

[@Eimantasks]

@@Montpelier-sama Well if you hate doing that, can always stick to LTS which is good for like 5 years or so, or can use fedora OS if you like having latest GNOME, but it needs to be researched a bit better, I saw some people do successfully upgrade to newer Ubuntu releases, so those problems might not be happening consistently every time upgrade is required, I can't answer that since I always did clean installs, because backing up files just takes a few minutes and everything just works as it did before re-install. I just use "Backups" GNOME app for that.

[@Montpelier-sama]

@@Eimantasks that is what I am planning to do as well on Ubuntu. As for other Distros, I'll give Fedora, Vanilla and KDE Neon a try for a week or two each distro and see if they can lure me away from Ubuntu.

[@simonwillmoth8488]

I had a couple of issues with 23.04. 1.) Installer would crash at various times. 2.) OrcaSlicer won’t display 3D printer interface/controls. Xorg and Wayland both the same. 4.) Random system crashes. I think my issues are are possibly caused mainly by kernel 6. Didn’t have an issue on 5.19

[@themohmand]

My Ubuntu installation in Wayland mode is super laggy. On X11 it runs buttery smooth. I have no idea why there's such a big difference. I am using an nvidia dedicated gpu. Any clues to make wayland perform better?

[@themohmand]

I tried Fedora 38 today. The Wayland experience on the same machine is buttery smooth, it's too good! I am just wondering wth is wrong with the Ubuntu release that botches up the Wayland experience

[@cybernit3]

@@themohmand Ya, I did the reverse with fedora 38 to try xorg and it had laggy input and acted weird; seemed to work better with wayland. On Ubuntu xorg gave me better fps than wayland (but seemed to work for regulary desktop use). Oh I wish they fix these quirks more for Linux.

[@ztitchez]

kdenlive in subtitles says killing wife xD

[@andreytarget1680]

Вы когда-нибудь пробовали Zorin OS? Там все это было пофиксино до выхода убунту 23

[@expertsystem6379]

I have RTX3050 graphics and I didn't seen if that installed automatically. Try to check no where found if it is installed. 😂 on window 11 it give option to switch between intell HD graphics and nvidia GeForce but Ubuntu only use the Intel graphics and ignored nvidia completely don't even install automatically. If they fixed it may be I would able to test the game I build for Linux in last 5nyears that uses graphic card to run. 😂

[@sandrops]

First time I was unable to install Ubuntu on two old machines. Both crashed during installation. Maybe it's not for modest machines anymore

[@tonybender]

Gnome has been able to destroy even the Ubuntu fonts, simply awful.

[@abdoulayekoumare5312]

There's another bug with ubuntu 22 that makes the color selector not work. It's as if an application can't interact outside its context.

[@grogsworld407]

For the "Cheese" app I have a 1080p webcam and had to drop my resolution in preferences to 640x320 to have it work correctly. I had to do this on different linux distros. I think it's an issue with "Cheese".

[@securelinuxchannel1519]

i only like ubuntu server , Gui comes with crashes

[@CeresOutpost]

I've been using Linux (servers and desktops) for ages as a 28-year tech pro. The machine I'm making this comment from is an ARM-based SBC (Orange Pi 5) running 22.04. I can't figure out why the GUI for Ubuntu and other distros looks so cheep and cheesy. While 23.04 looks better, it still has this "cheap" quality to it that screams "yep, this is still the same old Linux". It almost has a kiddish feel to it like it was made for people who are not serious about computers, when we know that's not the fact. This HAS to be fixed before anyone is going to truly start taking this seriously as a Windows/Mac alternative. Of course the software ecosystem is the bigger problem, but the interface is not a small one. Lastly, Ubuntu and other distros need to start asking themselves what they bring to the table that will drive people to switch. I use many different operating systems in my work; use Ubuntu and Windows 11 at home., I can't, for the life of me, figure out why I would switch to Ubuntu on my main computer when Windows 11 works great for me, looks beautiful, etc. There's simply nothing appealing about Ubnuntu, for example, that's worth the jump. This has been so for decades now.

Interesting. In my opinion Ubuntu looks much better than Windows and is much more customizable. That plus the fact that it's much more privacy friendly, makes me feel much more in control of my computer and since I use mostly free software makes use Linux as a daily driver over Windows

[@eng3d]

​@ Microsoft and apple were right about customization, you won't+but the bare minimum)

[@agraiskr]

ubuntu has left the main tools in the system unfixed - the file manager. sad... it's a wonder that they managed to repair the video camera.. about the desktop - I remember Gnome2 and the Magical cube where 6 desktops rotated on the screen in the form of a cube... the current flat one is a child's slipper..

[@shishirkumarsky]

Don't know why it crashed my SSD, I am kind of a freelancer who also lost a week of work

[@woofkaf7724]

Сколько раз не ставил Линукс, все равно винда удобнее в разы. Только медленнее (не во всем) на слабых ПК.

[@edwardcrow8940]

The morons download pages are worthless. They let you loop between two pages, one with download Ubuntu button and the other one with button Ubuntu for Desktop... They make you go round and round between the two pages .

[@ashrafalameldin7173]

Zorin os 16.2 is still superior to this.. very stable without all of these issues

[@urchinden]

+

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

Snap Linux.

[@user-tc9tb3a]

Remembering the success of Microsoft's exe format, SnapOS 23.04 featuring cutting-edge Snap ecosystem consistency and sandboxing technology with NO distracting alternatives. This makes using your operating system easier than ever before... with a tiny amount of traces in your file system. The all-new SnapOS 23.04 - the more tied you are, the safer your computer is!

[@danielg9851]

Nothing special about Kubuntu?

[@SalP123c]

"Better than I expected" is just "Not as bad as I thought" with a positive spin on it. I installed Linux and had fun reinstalling and modifying until I realized that I was putting more times just trying to get it to work than actually working with

[@russellaustin8453]

Would not connect to the internet - or run third party apps - Back to IOS !

[@gushock5487]

Snap is the main reason I don't like Ubuntu.

[@TomSmith-sr2br]

UBUNTU........SNAP.......NOOOOOOOOOO... CHOPPED UP GNOME...NOOOO

[@sergiosousa8801]

Uma porcaria esse Ubuntu o fedora superou

[@miguelangelmoralespantoja9201]

Please keep war, politics out of your channel.

[@30lajka]

Genocide is not politics. Are you from South America?

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

@@30lajka Genocide is happening in Europe for its goverments have turned European into 2nd class citizens in their won nations.

[@fatihonal6273]

@@30lajka what genocide? Stop spreading propaganda...

[@kylefraid6550]

Please keep your ignorance out of this channel.

[@amberwingthefairycat]

Wait, I am confused, what politics is he talking about?

[@JamesSullivan-ru4op]

Built by Google. I stopped right there. No interest.

[@alexanderbobrovitskiy956]

Good! Your face was not needed.

[@Sexymame]

i hate thunderbird hahsdhah!!

[@YesItsReallyKeith]

if they make it real solid.... fk win11 with your pc does not support !! fkthat !!!

[@sirrko]

файно, файно👍 у вас є канали українською? 😉