The new release of Ubuntu, 20.04 is out now. This is all new and comes with a very nice wallpaper.
![Ubuntu 20.04 desktop. Very fast and sleek.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kali-2019-12-10-07-47-03.png)
The awesome selection of ubuntu wallpapers in Ubuntu 20.04. These are very nice.
![Ubuntu 20.04 wallpapers.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/walls-891x720.png)
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.
![Ubuntu 20.04 desktop with dock on bottom and icon size shrunk down. Looks very good.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kali-2019-12-10-08-23-46-960x702.png)
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/.
I will install it and give it a go now. I am using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, so I cannot update to 20.04, but I will install on a new HDD and get it running.