{"id":233021,"date":"2021-04-22T13:40:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T10:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/whats-new-in-ubuntu-21-04-hirsute-hippo\/"},"modified":"2021-04-22T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T10:40:09","slug":"whats-new-in-ubuntu-21-04-hirsute-hippo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-new-in-ubuntu-21-04-hirsute-hippo\/","title":{"rendered":"#What\u2019s New in Ubuntu 21.04 \u2018Hirsute Hippo\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a38312543f46\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a38312543f46\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-new-in-ubuntu-21-04-hirsute-hippo\/#The_Hirsute_Hippo\" >The Hirsute Hippo<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-new-in-ubuntu-21-04-hirsute-hippo\/#Linux_Kernel_511\" >Linux Kernel 5.11<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-new-in-ubuntu-21-04-hirsute-hippo\/#Visual_Tweaks\" >Visual Tweaks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-new-in-ubuntu-21-04-hirsute-hippo\/#Wayland_Is_the_Default_Display_Server\" >Wayland Is the Default Display Server<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-new-in-ubuntu-21-04-hirsute-hippo\/#Files_on_the_Desktop_Are_Back\" >Files on the Desktop Are Back<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-new-in-ubuntu-21-04-hirsute-hippo\/#Updated_Software\" >Updated Software<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-new-in-ubuntu-21-04-hirsute-hippo\/#Home_Directory_Security\" >Home Directory Security<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-new-in-ubuntu-21-04-hirsute-hippo\/#A_Worthwhile_Upgrade\" >A Worthwhile Upgrade?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#What\u2019s New in Ubuntu 21.04 \u2018Hirsute Hippo\u2019&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-723077\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/9-1.png?width=1200&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Hirsute Hippo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"555\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The brand new release of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ubuntu.com\/download\/desktop\">Ubuntu 21.04<\/a>, the Hirsute Hippo, will be released today, April 22, 2021. It\u2019s an interim release of the popular Linux distribution, with only nine months of support from Canonical. So is it worth upgrading to?<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-hirsute-hippo\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Hirsute_Hippo\"><\/span>The Hirsute Hippo<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Hirsute Hippo hits the streets (or mud holes) on April 22, 2021. Either way, the latest version of the enormously popular Ubuntu Linux distribution from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/canonical.com\/\">Canonical<\/a> is available for <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a>. Ubuntu 21.04 is an interim release, which means that it receives support for nine months only.<\/p>\n<p>Canonical releases a build of Ubuntu every six months, one in April and one in October. Every two years, one of these builds is designated a Long Term Support (LTS) release. LTS releases are supported for five years and are considered enterprise-grade. The other releases\u2014the interim builds\u2014are for those who want to have the latest release of Ubuntu and the newest selection of applications, and for whom stability is of secondary importance.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair to Canonical, the interim builds are always pretty stable. They sometimes need a little time to settle down as the post-launch patches are rolled out, but they do get onto an even keel very quickly. Because the interim builds are used as proving grounds for the software, features, and innovations that will eventually be included in the next LTS build, there\u2019s a small residual risk in using them.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the hoped-for features, such as the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gnome.org\/\">GNOME 40 desktop environment<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.gtk.org\/2020\/12\/16\/gtk-4-0\/\">GTK 4 development toolkit,<\/a>\u00a0didn\u2019t make it into Hirsute Hippo. GNOME 40 has a lot of changes in it, so\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/discourse.ubuntu.com\/t\/staying-on-gtk3-and-gnome-3-38-this-cycle\/20466?u=d0od\">there were concerns<\/a>\u00a0about upgrading. Rather than risking introducing something that could negatively impact the desktop experience, the GNOME extensions, and the Yaru theme, GNOME 40 was dropped from this release. Ubuntu 21.04\u00a0sticks with GTK 3 and GNOME 3.38.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-723075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/6.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"The Ubuntu 21.04 default desktop\" width=\"644\" height=\"334\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not a bad thing. Even in an interim build, there\u2019s no place for recklessness. And in fact, the new content in GNOME 40 isn\u2019t as much as you might expect from the jump in the build version number. The\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/discourse.gnome.org\/t\/new-gnome-versioning-scheme\/4235\">GNOME versioning scheme was becoming unwieldy<\/a>. The build number was bumped up to 40 to start a new numbering scheme. It doesn\u2019t represent a major development or a lot of new content, so there was even less reason to include it.<\/p>\n<p>But enough about what didn\u2019t make the cut. What\u2019s new in Ubuntu 21.04?<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"kernel-5.11\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Linux_Kernel_511\"><\/span>Linux Kernel 5.11<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s been some confusion around the new features in kernel 5.11. When <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Linus_Torvalds\">Linus Torvalds<\/a> announced the release of the new kernel on St.\u00a0Valentine\u2019s day, he said,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lkml.iu.edu\/hypermail\/linux\/kernel\/2102.1\/08310.html\">\u201cIt\u2019s a smaller-than-average set of commits from rc7 to final.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0However, that doesn\u2019t mean that there\u2019s not much in this release. It just means that between the seventh final release candidate and the release build, there were very few commits. So there was very little last-minute code-churn, which is a good thing. But there\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kernelnewbies.org\/Linux_5.11\">plenty in this kernel that is of interest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Software Guard Extensions<\/strong>: Intel\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/software.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/develop\/topics\/software-guard-extensions.html\">Software Guard Extensions<\/a>\u00a0(SGX) feature is now supported. SGX allows for the creation of secure, encrypted memory zones called enclaves. Enclaves are opaque to external code. Normal code can make requests to the enclaves, but they cannot directly access their contents. Code running inside the enclave services the requests from non-enclave code. Intel is promoting enclaves as a way of protecting private and sensitive items, such as encryption keys from a malicious or compromised kernel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AMD Processor Enhancements<\/strong>: AMD processors also receive some attention, with performance and management enhancements in the kernel. There\u2019s power-management support for\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/technologies\/zen-core\">AMD\u2019s Zen CPUs<\/a>, for example.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Syscall User Dispatch<\/strong>: A new system call interception scheme designed to improve the efficiency of emulators like\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winehq.org\/\">Wine<\/a>\u00a0has been implemented. Wine needs to frequently swap between Windows-based and Linux-based code. The new call trapping and rerouting routines are expected to yield a significant performance boost.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Constant-Action Bitmaps<\/strong>: The\u00a0 <code>seccomp()<\/code> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/man7.org\/linux\/man-pages\/man2\/seccomp.2.html\">system call<\/a>\u00a0is used to define what system calls a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/User_space\">user space process<\/a>\u00a0can invoke in kernel space. The arguments to system calls used to be examined to see whether the call was allowed, or whether the process or thread should be killed. This provided security to the system by reducing the number of ways that the kernel could be attacked by malicious software. The new scheme reduces the overhead of this functionality by using\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bit_array\">bit-mapped memory regions<\/a>\u00a0that hold binary flags and function similarly to allow-lists, block-lists, and kill-lists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, a new kernel includes many bug fixes, security improvements, and support for specific hardware use cases. Support has been added or improved for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>handling\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USB4\">USB4<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thunderbolt_(interface)\">Thunderbolt<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>hardware detection in Lenovo ThinkPad laptops.<\/li>\n<li>ASUS gaming laptop keyboards.<\/li>\n<li>detection of PCI subsystems using the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transfer_(computing)\">64 gigatransfers per second<\/a>\u00a0(GT\/s) link speed.<\/li>\n<li>reading the sensors in Corsair Power Supplies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"visual-tweaks\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visual_Tweaks\"><\/span>Visual Tweaks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hirsute Hippo ships with a selection of new wallpapers featuring our celebrity\u00a0<em>Hippopotamidae<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-723072\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/7-1.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Ubuntu 21.04 wallpaper selection window\" width=\"602\" height=\"460\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The purple-based design palette remains, and the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ubuntu\/yaru\">default theme is still Yaru<\/a>. There are some tweaks and changes, however.\u00a0Hirsute Hippo defaults to a dark theme by default, but it isn\u2019t global. It\u2019s selectively applied to some desktop elements\u2014the calendar and the system menu, for example\u2014but not to everything.<\/p>\n<p>The system menu has smaller separators between the menu sections, and the arrowhead or triangle indicator used to expand sections is now a chevron.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-723070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1-1.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"The Ubuntu system menu\" width=\"325\" height=\"265\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The orange highlight bar in the Nautilus file browser sidebar is replaced with a much more subdued, gray-tinted highlight. A selected icon still gets picked out in the familiar orange.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-723071\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2-1.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Files browser with a highlighted icon\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Many of the icons have been updated. Most document types now sport a folded-down corner. The LibreOffice icons use fewer colors and look less cluttered.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"wayland-is-the-default-display-server\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wayland_Is_the_Default_Display_Server\"><\/span>Wayland Is the Default Display Server<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Canonical switched to using Wayland as the display server in Ubuntu 17.10 but reverted to using the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.x.org\/wiki\/\">X.Org X11 server<\/a>\u00a0in subsequent releases. Hippo sees the reintroduction of Wayland as the default display server\u2014unless you\u2019re using Nvidia graphics hardware. If Nvidia hardware is detected, you\u2019ll remain on X.Org. If you find any issues with Wayland, you can force your system to use X.Org.<\/p>\n<p>Use this command to edit the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/manpages.ubuntu.com\/manpages\/xenial\/man8\/gdm3.8.html\">GNOME display manager<\/a>\u00a0config file:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo gedit \/etc\/gdm3\/custom.conf<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-723066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4-1.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"55\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>To switch back to X.Org, delete the hash mark \u201c<code>#<\/code>\u201d from the start of the highlighted line and reboot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-723067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/5.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\/etc\/gdm3\/custom.conf opened in the gedit editor\" width=\"644\" height=\"212\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In previous releases of Ubuntu, a cog icon on the login screen gave access to options to choose which display server you wanted to use. That cog icon wasn\u2019t present in the beta version of Hirsute that Hippo used to research this article. It\u2019ll be interesting to see whether it reappears in the final release.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"files-on-the-desktop-are-back\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Files_on_the_Desktop_Are_Back\"><\/span>Files on the Desktop Are Back<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you want to drop a file on the desktop, you can. This functionality was removed in GNOME 3.28. Some people want the ability to place files on the desktop, while others don\u2019t. But removing their ability to choose wasn\u2019t a popular move.<\/p>\n<p>The GNOME extension\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/extensions.gnome.org\/extension\/2087\/desktop-icons-ng-ding\/\">Desktop Icons NG<\/a>\u00a0(DING) was created to allow people to use the desktop however they like. Hirsute Hippo comes with the DING extension installed, so you have a choice once again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-723069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/8.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"A file icon on the Ubuntu desktop\" width=\"404\" height=\"375\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"updated-software\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Updated_Software\"><\/span>Updated Software<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As always, many of the native software packages have been refreshed and updated. Here are the versions of some of the major applications included in Ubuntu 21.04:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Firefox<\/strong>: 87.0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thunderbird<\/strong>: 78.8.1<\/li>\n<li><strong>LibreOffice<\/strong>: 7.1.2.2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nautilus (Files)<\/strong>: 3.38.2-stable<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kernel<\/strong>: 5.11.0-13-generic<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bash<\/strong>: 5.1.4<\/li>\n<li><strong>gcc<\/strong>: 10.2.1 20210401<\/li>\n<li><strong>OpenSSL<\/strong>: 1.1.1j 16 Feb 2021<\/li>\n<li><strong>GNOME<\/strong>: 3.38.4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"home-directory-security\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Home_Directory_Security\"><\/span>Home Directory Security<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Apparently, hippos prefer privacy. Home directories in Ubuntu 21.04 are more secure by default. In previous versions of Ubuntu, every user had read and execute access to every other users\u2019 home directory. Ubuntu 21.04 sets the permissions for home directories to 750 instead of 755. The owner and group permissions remain as they were, but the permissions for all other users have been removed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>750<\/strong>: The\u00a0<em>new<\/em>\u00a0permissions. <code>rwxr-x---<\/code> . Read, write, and execute for the owner and read and execute for group members, but no access for everyone else.<\/li>\n<li><strong>755<\/strong>: The\u00a0<em>old<\/em>\u00a0permissions. <code>rwxr-xr-x<\/code> . Read, write, and execute for the owner, read and execute for group members, and read and execute for everyone else.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you do a fresh install of Ubuntu 21.04, a new set of permissions are used for your home directory. If you do an upgrade, the permissions on existing users\u2019 home directories won\u2019t be changed. Newly created home directories will receive the new set of default permissions.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Worthwhile_Upgrade\"><\/span>A Worthwhile Upgrade?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Hirsute Hippo behaved well in testing and feels like a solid, stable build. What it lacks in surface glitter it makes up for with many significant changes beneath the hood\u2014even without GNOME 40. The 5.11 kernel, refreshed applications, and system-wide bug fixes and security enhancements are all advantageous. The change of permissions on the home directories is a welcome change, too. It\u2019s nothing that you couldn\u2019t do by hand in other releases, but how many actually bothered?<\/p>\n<p>Canonical estimates that 95% of Ubuntu installations are LTS versions. No doubt they\u2019ll stick with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS \u201cFocal Fossa\u201d until 22.04 comes along. As for the other 5%? If I was running an Ubuntu interim release like Ubuntu 20.10 \u201cGroovy Gorilla,\u201d I\u2019d upgrade to 21.04. 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