Your favorite Pop!_erating system has leveled up with Pop!_18.10. Most of the new updates will also be rolled into Pop!_18.04. Here’s what we’ve been working on since our last Pop!_OS announcement:

New kernel, graphic stack, and GNOME desktop environment for Pop!_18.10





18.10 will have lots of updated packages from upstream Ubuntu that 18.04 won’t get

Theme changes and visual tweaks to widgets give your favorite OS some extra Pop!



Pop!_Shop

Application previews now load faster.

Improvements to the UI to prevent it from freezing, like a down jacket sewn from phoenix feathers.

Oh, and before we forget, there’s also some resolutions for outstanding memory leaks.

CUDA and TensorFlow

We keep CUDA and TensorFlow up to date and easy to use. Now, you can take CUDA + cuDNN + TensorFlow installation from 100 lines of code to a single command. To install the latest TensorFlow with the CUDA Toolkit, please run the command:

sudo apt install tensorflow-cuda-latest

Distinst/Installer

A large number of bug fixes have been applied to distinst and installer since 18.04.



Distinst is currently being split apart into multiple Rust crates.



System76 Power

Improved CLI utility with new subcommands and arguments.



A new “–experimental” flag was added to the daemon to enable additional power-saving features.



Debian Repository Builder

Pop! now hosts its own repos built from our new open source tool.

Fetches, builds, and generates APT repos from a TOML config.

The debrep tool is also being split apart into multiple crates.



Ready to get started? Download and install Pop!_18.10 here: https://system76.com/pop

To upgrade to Pop!_18.10 from 18.04, please run the following command:

sudo apt update

sudo apt full-upgrade

sudo sed -i s/Prompt=lts/Prompt=normal/ /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades

do-release-upgrade

Have an improvement in mind? We’d love to hear your ideas at https://chat.pop-os.org/

Now that all the hard work is complete, let’s celebrate! System76 will be hosting an out-of-this-world party November 10th at 5 pm! Bring your family and friends as we celebrate our 13th birthday, Pop!_OS and Ubuntu 18.10 release, and be one of the first to see Thel.io! If you’d like to join us at our factory in Denver for this party, RSVP with Emma by November 3rd at Emma@system76.com. We look forward to seeing you! This place is gonna be Pop!_in’.