Ubuntu 22.10 will support WebP image format by default

CTOnews.com August 29 news, before the Ubuntu 22.10 feature was frozen, a webp-pixbuf-loader library appeared in main archive, which will support WebP image format by default in GNOME desktop and picture viewer.

WebP is a format developed to lighten the burden on the website. It has a higher compression ratio than the JPG format while maintaining image quality. CTOnews.com learned that the WebP format was first promoted by Google with the extension "* .webp". Because the file size is smaller than the JPG format, it can effectively speed up the display of the website. In addition to lossy compression such as JPG, it can also support lossless compression, transparent processing, GIF and other animation processing.

Starting from Ubuntu 22.10, the WebP image format will be supported by default, but this version is not supported for a long time, so if you are not trying to taste it, you can wait until the next LTS to experience it.

The latest long-term support version is Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, which provides five years of support for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Cloud, and Ubuntu Core, that is, until April 2027.