Atom Text Editor for Linux Ubuntu Systems. Install Atom 1.10 (Stable) Text Editor on Ubuntu 16.04 Systems. Learn how to update to Atom 1.10 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint Systems. Atom is a wonderful multi-platform text editor known for its powerful features and an intuitive graphical user interface. The Atom text editor supports macros, auto-completion and split screen.
Atom 1.10
Atom 1.10 version is the latest stable release of the Atom text editor. It features performance improvements.
Atom Package Manager Upgrade
The new version of apm runs on Node 4.4.5 and npm 3.10.5. This has a number of benefits including:
- Package dependencies are now flattened by npm 3, reducing problems with paths exceeding the path length restriction on Windows
- Package that depend on native modules now install more reliably
- Installing packages from behind proxy servers should work more easily now
New UI inputs
A few commonly used inputs and other controls got added. Open the Style Guide in Atom to see how you can use them in your package or further style in your theme.
Atom 1.11 Beta
Atom 1.11 Beta version features performance and stability improvements and, in particular. Atom now asks for permission before sending any telemetry data.
Improvements and Bug Fixes
- Added a configuration option for the large file warning threshold
- Three improvements to the image-view package by first time code contributor @Ben3eeE
- Image View tabs that are in the pending state can now be confirmed by double-clicking the tabs
- The status bar now shows the size in bytes of the image as well as the width and height
- Fixed a bug where the dimensions of an image were reported as zero if more than one image was opened in the same action
- An option to show a custom title bar on macOS got added by @brumm
- Fixed a regression in the environment patching on macOS for users of the zsh shell
- Made the Split Pane menu items work the way they used to
Install Atom via WebUpd8 PPA
Run the command given below to install the latest Atom from WebUpd8 PPA:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install atom
Once installed, open Atom text editor from Ubuntu Dash or Terminal.