Ubuntu Desktop 26.10 "Stonking Stingray" Roadmap: Building toward Ubuntu 28.04 LTS

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-desktop-26-10-stonking-stingray-roadmap-building-toward-ubuntu-28-04-lts/83751

Some of the more interesting points:

  • transition from dbus-daemon to dbus-broker
  • package-agnostic App Center
  • simplified installation experience that dramatically reduces complexity during partitioning and storage configuration
  • new onboarding experience that moves personalization and system setup into a dedicated first-boot experience. Rather than asking users to make every decision during installation
  • on-device speech-to-text engine integrated as a native desktop input method, providing a foundation for fast, private, and offline voice interaction
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thingsiplay@lemmy.ml · 18 pts · 73d

RiderExMachina@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 73d (1 reply)

Wish there was a better text-to-speech engine rather than speech-to-text. I tend to want my computer to speak to me more than I want to speak to my computer.

Guess that’s just me.

thingsiplay@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 73d

I assume you are talking about eSpeak? It sounds very robotic (and bad). Maybe Mozilla's TTS is an option, I don't know. Source https://github.com/mozilla/TTS and some examples https://erogol.com/ddc-samples/ .

SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 72d

Stinking Shuttleworth?