** Description changed: + [ Impact] + With the recent updates to the Ubuntu Desktop terminal theme defined in this patch: https://salsa.debian.org/gnome- team/ptyxis/-/blob/ubuntu/latest/debian/patches/ubuntu/color- palette.patch?ref_type=heads the Windows Terminal profiles for Ubuntu on - WSL became out of sync. It must match that branding as close as - possible, bringing up-to-date colors with better contrast and a light - theme as well. + WSL became out of sync. The new colours come with better contrast and + include a light theme. We also noticed a small difference in how the terminal icon is rendered compared to the Ubuntu website favicon. As the terminal scales down the - ICO file, it seems to loose one row of orange pixels at the bottom. - Tests showed that by shipping a smaller version of the ICO file (32x32 - pixels) we get the same look. + ICO file, it gives us the illusion of loosing one row of orange pixels + at the bottom. Tests showed that by shipping a smaller version of the + ICO file (32x32 pixels) we the desired look. - Patches were submitted upstream, we need to make them available at least - to the LTSes we expect to build new images as part of their regular - lifecycle (Noble and Resolute). + Patches submitted upstream are needed at least to the LTSes we expect to + build new images as part of their regular lifecycle (Noble and + Resolute). + + [ Test Plan ] + + On a Windows 11 device with Windows Terminal installed: + + - On a preexisting Ubuntu on WSL instance install fastfetch (sudo apt install fastfetch) + - Run fastfatch and record a screenshot for later visual comparison + - Access the terminal profile of that particular instance (Settings / <INSTANCE_NAME> / Appearance) + - Observe the color values are different from those of ptyxis (https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/ptyxis/-/blob/ubuntu/latest/debian/patches/ubuntu/color-palette.patch?ref_type=heads). + - Notice in the color schemes dropdown there is no Ubuntu-Light theme. + - Still inside the WSL instance, follow the steps in this guide to create a chroot environment but do not perform any of the modifications described: https://documentation.ubuntu.com/wsl/latest/howto/custom-ubuntu-distro/ + - With the bind-mounts set, chroot into it and install wsl-setup from `-proposed` + (chroot folder/ && sudo apt update -y && sudo apt install wsl-setup -t <release>-proposed) + - Exit the chroot and pack the directory into a rootfs tarball with the command described in that guide: `sudo tar --numeric-owner --absolute-names --one-file-system -czvf ../MyNewUbuntu.tar .` . + - Move that tarball to the Windows filesystem. + + - Remove all existing WSL instances (wsl --unregister <INSTANCE_NAME>) + - Remove all WSL terminal profiles (on the terminal app go to Settings / <INSTANCE_NAME> / "Delete profile") + + - Register a new WSL instance from the tarball created above: (wsl --install --from-file <TARBALL-LOCATION-ON-WINDOWS> --name MyNewUbuntu) + - Follow the regular steps and when the shell is available just exit. + - Close the Windows Terminal + + - Reopen the Windows Terminal **and launch the MyNewUbuntu instance from the terminal drop down** to see the new theme applied. + - Install fastfetch (sudo apt install fastfetch) + - Run fastfetch and compare to the previous screenshot. Colours and font must have changed. The icon change is harder to notice, but still noticeable. You can compare before (the screenshot) and after (the current state) against the favicon of the Ubuntu website as rendered by your favourite browser. + - Access the terminal profile for that distro in the Windows Terminal settings. + - Compare the colour values against those of ptyxis (https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/ptyxis/-/blob/ubuntu/latest/debian/patches/ubuntu/color-palette.patch?ref_type=heads). + - Notice in the color schemes dropdown that now there is the Ubuntu-Light theme. + + You should notice colours now aligned with ptyxis, the icon position + looking slightly more centered as well as the existence of a light + Ubuntu theme. The colour change in both ptyxis and now in WSL are made + for better accessibility, increasing contrast. + + [ Where problems could occur ] + + If the colours were not properly selected by our designers, we'd end up in a worse condition for accessibility or deviate too much from our branding. + Desktop designers themselves were the ones pushing the changes in the upstream repository. Since new terminal profiles are only created when WSL creates new instances and they never override existing profiles of the same name, the new profile won't cause any change to users with existing instances. Only new setups (after a clean-up if a previous Ubuntu profile existed) can be affected. + + [ Other Info ] + + - https://github.com/ubuntu/wsl-setup/pull/49
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