I would like to know if support for new functionality will be added to the Autoinstall.yaml file, specifically support for HW FDE and the enabling of Landscape and authd by default.
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Hi, I want to suggest changes to tiling extension for ubuntu 26.04, please instead of default, try considering (Releases · domferr/tilingshell · GitHub), this is more robust, friendly, accessible and feature rich than the default.
I also want you to add more folder icons for Yaru like three most used, Projects, git/GitHub, Development,
I don’t exacly know where to file/feedback for these features
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I supoort this suggestion, but a warning must be given. ‘Tiling Shell’ and Flutter app do not work as well as Tilling Shell with Gnome applications, so if this tiling extension is adopted, its should check this.
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That was considered and we had direct contacts with upstream too, but it’s a bit too late and risky for 26.04.
One of the main problems at the moment is that, even if such extension has a very nice integration, it does not allow to create a properly tiled experience where tiling groups are preserved, so you end up organizing your desktop into tiles, but these windows end up being just floating windows after all.
So we need to discuss how to build a proper solution to that if we want to include it in future ubuntu versions.
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As foundational components like sudo and coreutils are being replaced potentially with rust going forward, is there any possibility of doing so with JPEG-XL?
Google is finally re-implementing it and looking at jxl-rs: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/7184969
Could the current jxl library be replaced with this in Ubuntu 26.04 as well? Mozilla wants to use the rust library for Firefox as well due to security concerns in image decoders.
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That would be really great! I neither like nor dislike snap or flatpak; I believe each has its strengths and weaknesses, and I’d really like to see them both working together, even if it’s through a plugin or something like that (an app-center-flatpak-plugin, I don’t know).
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@jibel will app center be bounded as a snap package? If we centralize old software management into appcenter then how can we condider users who refuse to use snap packages? We are not forcing people to use snap right?
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users who refuse to use snap packages may install gnome-software which has an interface similar to AppCenter and manages .deb, snap and flatpak.
In any case, today using Ubuntu without snap is nonsense. Synaptic and terminal also exist!
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App Center is already a snap.
Snap is a central part of Ubuntu and its strategy. By removing snap, you are no longer using Ubuntu as intended.
Though to answer the question of software management, you still have apt, synaptic, Gnome Software, Discover, etc.
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Oh, the irony 
If you have installed Ubuntu 24.04 (or later versions), then you have already used a snap package.
snap:ubuntu-desktop-bootstrap 24.04/stable/ubuntu-24.04
snap:ubuntu-desktop-bootstrap 25.10/stable 441
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Of course, if the next Ubuntu came with a unified store for any type of package, it would greatly help people who don’t intend to completely remove snaps from the system, but want to use other types of packaging without having to resort to other apps or the terminal to do so. But yes, I believe that if the new app-center came as a .deb or snap or .flatpak or both, it would greatly help other distributions to also adopt the new app-center or distribute it in their repositories, not limiting themselves only to Ubuntu.
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It should at least come with a native packaging format as well. Yes, Snap is already part of Ubuntu, but it’s important to remember that Snap is not the native packaging format, and many users don’t use it. For example, GNOME Software isn’t packaged as a Flatpak even though GNOME has tight integration with Flatpak. The point is: these kinds of system-level apps need to be packaged natively.
This issue will become even worse if App Center adds Flatpak integration, because then Flatpak users would be forced to install snapd just to install Flatpak application, assuming they prefer using App Center. (So please don’t say “there’s GNOME Software” etc.; I’m specifically talking about App Center here.)
And if the Software & Updates app also gets merged into App Center, users who don’t prefer Flatpak will lose an intuitive, modern-looking way to manage their system settings and updates.
There are also plans to move the Settings app to Flutter, and if that happens, non-Snap users won’t have access to that application at all. (And yes, I know the typical response is “then just install GNOME Settings,” but I’m pointing out a very specific issue here.)
Or maybe we’re just blindly following a strategy to force Ubuntu desktop users to use Snap LOL.
App center has so much potential. It is better than bazaar, gnome software, or any linux software store out there.
And lastly, I use Snap by the way.
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Ubuntu is still Linux and for now it remains a non-immutable system, so there will always be ways to ignore Snap. But you can’t force Ubuntu to create that alternative and commit to maintaining it for 15 years through several LTS releases just because some people prefer to install apps via Flatpak. And the thing is, it’s not even about that. Because using Snap doesn’t mean you have to stop using Flatpak. So, honestly, I don’t understand this debate.
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Yes, 26.04 is only the first iteration. Unifying and modernizing the software management experience touches many components, so it will naturally be a multi-cycle effort. In 26.04 we are laying the foundations and we’ll continue expanding the functionalities in next releases.
Yes, other time, we want the app center to become the single, coherent place for all software and system updates including application updates, system updates, release upgrades, firmware upgrades and also propose curated package sets for specific desktop usages.
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and many users don’t use it.
And that’s where you are wrong, Firefox, Thunderbird, Chromium, the App Store/Center and some more packages (including system packages) are in fact snaps included by default on Ubuntu. I myself use also other snap apps like Telegram, Element, discord and recently Gimp.
From what i read on Matrix and if i understood it correct, snap will be even more integrated on Ubuntu which makes it impossible to remove snapd from the system without breaking it.
Snap or not, i don’t mind, as long as it works i’m happy. 
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Some people? Practically all other distributions except Ubuntu come with Flatpak by default, or at least with a store that can manage it. The problem, I believe, isn’t the snaps themselves, but Canonical completely ignoring the existence of Flatpaks, even though this format is becoming standard in all other distributions. I hope that when I download an app from outside (Flatpak in this case, as is already happening with several applications) I don’t receive a message saying “There are no applications that can open this type of file”.
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I’m actually kinda sad to see that there are always negative comments showing up which disturbs the peace in the community and topics such as this one. If it would be constructive comments and provided with proper feedback, i could live with that.
People are free to use what they want and if they don’t like it the way Ubuntu is heading, they probably should move on to something else.
If something crashes, file a bug report on Launchpad. Have other thoughts or ideas then share them in a proper manner. Just my 2 cents.
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Awesome, thanks for clarifying. Can’t wait to see future updates about this topic.
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I believe that if you consider such suggestions negative, we won’t get anywhere.
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