Ubuntu 19.04, code-named Disco Dingo, was released on April 18, 2019.
In an interview with eWeek, Mark Shuttleworth highlighted the use of snap packages (snaps) and the Gnome 3.32 Desktop. You can watch the interview here.
You can also read the release notes for more detail. ISOs are available at download.ubuntu.com. If you’re looking for help installing or upgrading, check out the calendar for the next Installfest in your area.
Had a question the other day; a friend’s laptop would lose the trackpad after resume so his solution was to insert the module manually. Well, systemd has systemd-suspend.service which can handle those events. Details in man systemd-suspend.service
Place a script in /lib/systemd/system-sleep/ and make it executable. Any scripts in that directory will be called upon suspend (passing the parameter pre) and will be called again upon resume (passing the parameter post.) A sample script:
#!/bin/sh
if [ "${1}" = "pre" ]; then
# about to suspend …
echo "suspend event at $(date)…" > /tmp/suspend_test
elif [ "${1}" = "post" ]; then
# about to resume …
echo "resume event at $(date) …" >> /tmp/suspend_test
fi
Now, my keyboard backlight settings get saved and restored correctly on suspend/resume.
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