Ubuntu 20.04 is out, give this new distro a try now.

The new release of Ubuntu, 20.04 is out now. This is all new and comes with a very nice wallpaper.

The awesome selection of ubuntu wallpapers in Ubuntu 20.04. These are very nice.

After installation, make sure to run this command to update package repositories.

sudo apt upgrade

Run this command after installation to install all extra codecs and some nice wallpapers.

sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras ubuntu-wallpapers-maverick ubuntu-wallpapers-lucid mc

This release is very fast and quick to install, it would be a great alternative to Windows 10, with support for Windows 7 ending in 2020, you must have a better operating system on your computer. And this one is very good.

Here is the actual version.

jason@jason-virtual-machine:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development branch)"

This is what the desktop looks like. Open settings and shrink down the icon size for the dock and then move it to the bottom of the screen. This makes a huge difference in the usability of the desktop.

To set a static IP address on an interface if you have two network adapters, use netplan.

Put this configuration into your /etc/netplan/01-network-manager-all.yaml file.

jason@jason-virtual-machine:/etc/netplan$ cat 01-network-manager-all.yaml
# Let NetworkManager manage all devices on this system
network:
  version: 2
  renderer: NetworkManager
 
network:
  version: 2
  renderer: networkd
  ethernets:
    ens33:
      addresses:
        - 192.168.1.2/24
      gateway4: 192.168.1.1
      nameservers:
          search: [mydomain, otherdomain]
          addresses: [10.10.10.1, 1.1.1.1]

Then run the sudo netplan apply command to apply the changes to the network configuration. This gave me a 192.168.1.2 static IP address on my VM. I did type incorrect nameserver IP addresses, but it does not matter for the purposes of this demonstration. But it shows that you can define custom nameservers as well as a gateway IP address. This new system is controversial, but so is Systemd. But it works very well.

This version using Google DNS should be better.

jason@jason-virtual-machine:/etc/netplan$ cat 01-network-manager-all.yaml
# Let NetworkManager manage all devices on this system
network:
  version: 2
  renderer: NetworkManager
 
network:
  version: 2
  renderer: networkd
  ethernets:
    ens33:
      addresses:
        - 192.168.1.2/24
      gateway4: 192.168.1.1
      nameservers:
          search: [mydomain, otherdomain]
          addresses: [8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4]

Download the latest Ubuntu release here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/.