Greetings Pop!_OS Fans! I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday for those in the U.S., we here at System76 each had a wonderful time. Yours truly took the opportunity to visit his family and got appropriately spoiled!

We have an exciting number of updates for you this week. So, let’s get into it!

Installation and Initial Setup Experience

We can all agree that first impressions count when receiving a shiny new computer and booting it up for the first time. With that in mind, we wanted to create a great and memorable experience and focusing on the kind of experience that would make people excited about using their computer. Over the next couple of weeks we will report on the progress as things mature.

Harmonious Look-n-Feel

We have been fixing the little visual details in the Pop!_OS theme. Our work is very reminiscent of Allan Day’s “Every Little Detail Matters” initiative. One thing that I think is worth highlighting is that GTK2 apps will look like the GTK3 apps with the exact same visual look and feel. Other highlights are re-worked checkbox and radio buttons, a shadow for the panel, and red close buttons for enhanced usability. There are many other changes that you can see here.

Fixes

Upstream is a key part of the work we do. Work was done on gnome-initial-setup fixing the username filter such that invalid usernames are not used. Also fixed was home folder encryption on the same package.



HiDPI Work

The work on HiDPI nears completion. The HiDPI work is a seminal project that we are extremely proud of as a company. When this work is complete, you will be able to have smooth experience with multiple monitors of different resolutions and have it do the right thing. Right now, a lot of work is in testing, handling corner cases, and focusing on the little details that build together into a great experience that just works!

In honor of the HiDPI work, we have a song!





Remember it is only cheese on the outside!

If you want to sing along, here are the lyrics!:

Doctor HiDPI’s Sing-Along Blog!

Oh, It’s a Brand New Day

and the DPI is Hi.

All the users singin’

cause their screens will Fly! And Emma will get a notification

telling her what we’ve done.

And she will click

and make GIMP Look GOOD! And her game runs smooth,

but she wants to see more,

so she clicks again,

and her screen turns crisp. No waiting for Wayland.

This is All On X!

It’s everything you ever

wanted on Hi-DPI. Oh, It’s a Brand New Day

and the DPI is Hi.

All the users singin’

cause their screens will Fly!

Have a great weekend everyone! See you next time! Same Pop! Time and same Pop! channel! :-)

