Unity 6.4.0 Lands In Ubuntu Quantal Proposed Repository, Brings Dash Previews

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q5t1ZlP6i58/UEHFo3v2A-I/AAAAAAAAJ2M/Qlsx29GpywY/s1600/preview-chromium.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu dash previews" border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q5t1ZlP6i58/UEHFo3v2A-I/AAAAAAAAJ2M/Qlsx29GpywY/s320/preview-chromium.png" title="ubuntu dash previews" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Unity 6.4.0 has been uploaded to the Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal proposed* repositories today, bringing a huge list of bug fixes, but also some new features that were announced earlier, like the Dash previews feature.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>previews feature</b> allows you to right click applications or files in Dash to get a preview, along with some extra information which depends on the item you've right clicked. The previews currently work with applications (both installed and suggested), music (available on the HDD and available for download), videos and pictures. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The music lens can now play music without the need of an external music player: when right clicking an album, be it available for purchase or local music, the tracks are listed along with the album art and if you hove a track number, a play/pause button is displayed and you can play that track:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JF2wGITeOEM/UENCtbZTUkI/AAAAAAAAJ4M/NVFQAFdo3N4/s1600/music-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="music lens preview" border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JF2wGITeOEM/UENCtbZTUkI/AAAAAAAAJ4M/NVFQAFdo3N4/s320/music-lens.png" title="music lens preview" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dash previews - music available for purchase playing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p__15TDYeQ8/UENCubOaGsI/AAAAAAAAJ4U/NT6C5c9vO-Q/s1600/music-play-dash.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p__15TDYeQ8/UENCubOaGsI/AAAAAAAAJ4U/NT6C5c9vO-Q/s320/music-play-dash.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dash previews - local music playing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We've covered this a while back, so for more info and a video, see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/unity-dash-gets-cool-new-previews.html">Unity: Dash Gets A Cool New Previews Feature [Video] - Ubuntu 12.10 Development</a>.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tf90rEkxDiY/UEHFuSLUH1I/AAAAAAAAJ2U/bQ4ACuUQl9c/s1600/preview-image.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ubuntu unity previews" border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tf90rEkxDiY/UEHFuSLUH1I/AAAAAAAAJ2U/bQ4ACuUQl9c/s320/preview-image.png" title="ubuntu unity previews" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dash previews - local image</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides the preview feature, the latest Unity 6.4.0 seems to also come with the new <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/install-new-ubuntu-webapps-technology.html">Unity webapps technology</a> because when upgrading, 2 new packages were installed: libunity-webapps0 and unity-webapps-service, but it doesn't work yet. The browser (Firefox and Chromium) extensions are not installed by default, but even after installing them, the WebApps feature didn't work in my test so it seems there's something still missing here.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another change in Unity 6.4.0 is that <b>"backlight toggles" mode is now switched on</b> by default (screenshot above) which means that the Unity launcher icons for applications that aren't running don't have a background anymore:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--ZEM6D6rvhY/UEHF1stlb0I/AAAAAAAAJ2c/cg741Z1fVxw/s1600/launcher-backlight.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="unity Backlight toggles on" border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--ZEM6D6rvhY/UEHF1stlb0I/AAAAAAAAJ2c/cg741Z1fVxw/s320/launcher-backlight.png" title="unity Backlight toggles on" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Backlight toggles on</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, there's also a change in Compiz that I've noticed while testing Unity 6.4.0: the Magic Lamp animation is now used when clicking a minimized application from the Unity launcher (this is not used when minimizing an application). This animation is also used on Mac OSX where is known as the Genie effect (you can see a GIF with this animation in action <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ogbdn4LOjHs/UEHMONZTd8I/AAAAAAAAJ24/sffBeVGCmd0/s1600/output.gif">HERE</a>):</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9AybCy37FxU/UEHMqvFuUPI/AAAAAAAAJ3A/3sNIv40x720/s1600/genie.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="unity magic lamp genie effect" border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9AybCy37FxU/UEHMqvFuUPI/AAAAAAAAJ3A/3sNIv40x720/s320/genie.png" title="unity magic lamp genie effect" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magic Lamp ("Genie") effect</td></tr></tbody></table><br />For a complete list of changes in Unity 6.4.0, see the changelog @ <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/unity/6.4.0-0ubuntu1">Launchpad</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">* The proposed repository is not enabled by default - it can be enabled via Software Sources. Unity 6.4.0 should be promoted from the proposed to the main repository soon.</div>

Unity 6.4.0 Lands In Ubuntu Quantal Proposed Repository, Brings Dash Previews

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Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Community Wallpapers Revealed

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The package that comes with the winning wallpapers for the Quantal wallpaper contest has just uploaded to the Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal repositories.</b></div><br />Here are the 12 winning wallpapers:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6N5P6q5O6ok/UD_VetwMKwI/AAAAAAAAJ0Y/hpbM8bZV_I4/s1920/A_Little_Quetzal_by_vgerasimov.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6N5P6q5O6ok/UD_VetwMKwI/AAAAAAAAJ0Y/hpbM8bZV_I4/s320/A_Little_Quetzal_by_vgerasimov.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r3MG5L2W8xg/UD_VfHViE8I/AAAAAAAAJ0g/PWhPqfQJD4U/s1920/Below_Clouds_by_kobinho.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r3MG5L2W8xg/UD_VfHViE8I/AAAAAAAAJ0g/PWhPqfQJD4U/s320/Below_Clouds_by_kobinho.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rgqQ1tcpICg/UD_VgKiDjRI/AAAAAAAAJ0o/LlDby1d2YRI/s1920/Blue_Dandelion_by_Jaorizabal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rgqQ1tcpICg/UD_VgKiDjRI/AAAAAAAAJ0o/LlDby1d2YRI/s320/Blue_Dandelion_by_Jaorizabal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O4GRF6_bmFU/UD_Vg9nNgTI/AAAAAAAAJ0w/U2SX6i8So3A/s1920/Cairn_by_Sylvain_Naudin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O4GRF6_bmFU/UD_Vg9nNgTI/AAAAAAAAJ0w/U2SX6i8So3A/s320/Cairn_by_Sylvain_Naudin.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vrRluCY7Evs/UD_VhruIbVI/AAAAAAAAJ04/O498xnjomFQ/s1920/Early_Morning_by_Robert_Katzki.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vrRluCY7Evs/UD_VhruIbVI/AAAAAAAAJ04/O498xnjomFQ/s320/Early_Morning_by_Robert_Katzki.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8qhXpbE85lA/UD_Vil2d2-I/AAAAAAAAJ1A/QznWPAgj8eE/s1920/Frozen_by_fernando_garcila_redondo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8qhXpbE85lA/UD_Vil2d2-I/AAAAAAAAJ1A/QznWPAgj8eE/s320/Frozen_by_fernando_garcila_redondo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7VdpkrFmpPs/UD_VjMxa9jI/AAAAAAAAJ1I/oBrHcKTmWz0/s1920/Gran_Canaria_by_ALF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7VdpkrFmpPs/UD_VjMxa9jI/AAAAAAAAJ1I/oBrHcKTmWz0/s320/Gran_Canaria_by_ALF.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mM0p5RaRlk4/UD_VkD7LgoI/AAAAAAAAJ1Q/XQWicMZp-K4/s1920/Green_Plant_by_Simon_Schlegl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mM0p5RaRlk4/UD_VkD7LgoI/AAAAAAAAJ1Q/XQWicMZp-K4/s320/Green_Plant_by_Simon_Schlegl.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f92xzwfMxDg/UD_Vk09l-MI/AAAAAAAAJ1Y/hh9G7RKYdjM/s1920/H_by_Manuel_Sagredo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f92xzwfMxDg/UD_Vk09l-MI/AAAAAAAAJ1Y/hh9G7RKYdjM/s320/H_by_Manuel_Sagredo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tu8zVbiKvMg/UD_VlVfda_I/AAAAAAAAJ1g/R7xyWsoIskc/s1920/Pantano_de_Orellana_by_mgarciaiz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tu8zVbiKvMg/UD_VlVfda_I/AAAAAAAAJ1g/R7xyWsoIskc/s320/Pantano_de_Orellana_by_mgarciaiz.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T5nds97be7g/UD_VmIyMYxI/AAAAAAAAJ1o/fq9Ek_lf5o0/s1920/Roof_Tiles_by_Finn_Sturdy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T5nds97be7g/UD_VmIyMYxI/AAAAAAAAJ1o/fq9Ek_lf5o0/s320/Roof_Tiles_by_Finn_Sturdy.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2EqqcYE2ZEo/UD_Vmx-_AzI/AAAAAAAAJ1w/6_1uE0uW0Xo/s1920/Vanishing_by_James_Wilson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2EqqcYE2ZEo/UD_Vmx-_AzI/AAAAAAAAJ1w/6_1uE0uW0Xo/s320/Vanishing_by_James_Wilson.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're not using  Ubuntu 12.10, you can download the wallpapers from <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-wallpapers/0.35.1/+build/3763395/+files/ubuntu-wallpapers-quantal_0.35.1_all.deb">HERE</a> (deb - you don't have to install it, you can simply extract it), or, you can <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/ubuntu-wallpapers_0.35.1.tar.gz">download all the Ubuntu community wallpapers</a> from Ubuntu Karmic to Quantal.</div>

Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Community Wallpapers Revealed

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Ubuntu Alternate CDs Could Be Dropped For 12.10

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cpt5BgXyR6U/UDyK8est5WI/AAAAAAAAJxs/tUyhQGXKKnw/s1600/ubuntu-alternate-cd.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cpt5BgXyR6U/UDyK8est5WI/AAAAAAAAJxs/tUyhQGXKKnw/s320/ubuntu-alternate-cd.png" title="ubuntu alternate cd installer" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Steve Langasek, Ubuntu release manager, has proposed on the Ubuntu-devel mailing list to drop the alternate CDs for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. </b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><i>The alternate CD is a text-mode installer that comes with various advanced options like RAID setup, LVM, install LTSP Server and so on.</i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to Steve Langasek, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal will be getting support for LVM, cryptsetup and RAID to Ubiquity, however, there won't be any RAID support in Ubiquity for this Ubuntu release, but you'll be able to set up RAID post-install or by using the netboot or server CDs:</div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">As part of ongoing efforts to reduce the number of images we ship for Ubuntu, and to make the desktop image more useful in a variety of scenarios, Dmitrijs Ledkovs has been hard at work in quantal adding support for LVM, cryptsetup, and RAID to ubiquity. [...] It [dropping the alternate CDs] lets us tighten our focus on making the desktop CD shine: fewer images to QA, fewer different paths to get right (like the CD apt upgrader case) means more time to focus on the things that matter.</blockquote><br />More information on this can be found on the <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2012-August/035675.html">Ubuntu-devel</a> mailing list.

Ubuntu Alternate CDs Could Be Dropped For 12.10

Steve Langasek, Ubuntu release manager, has proposed on the Ubuntu-devel mailing list to drop the alternate CDs for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Que...

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Greybird, The Default Xubuntu Theme Gets A Complete Makeover For Xubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A1YR8tXHodg/UDOPOW9qqbI/AAAAAAAAJvo/koBshd5izbQ/s1600/greybird-xfce-12.10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="greybird xubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal" border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A1YR8tXHodg/UDOPOW9qqbI/AAAAAAAAJvo/koBshd5izbQ/s320/greybird-xfce-12.10.png" title="greybird xubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>Greybird, the default Xubuntu theme, has got a complete makeover for Xubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, thanks to the great work of <a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/">Satya</a> and Simon from the <a href="http://shimmerproject.org/">Shimmer project</a>.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The theme doesn't use the Unico GTK3 engine anymore and the GTK3 port has been completely rewritten. Greybird includes:</div><ul><li>GTK2 theme</li><li>GTK3 theme</li><li>Xfwm4 themes (normal and compact)</li><li>xfce-notifyd theme</li><li>Emerald theme</li><li>Metacity theme</li><li>Mutter theme</li><li>Unity support</li><li>Granite widgets support (for compatibility with elementary apps)</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This means <b>Greybird isn't just for Xubuntu (XFCE), but it works with Unity or GNOME Shell/classic too</b>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uYatN75a6qQ/UDOHH6_b1oI/AAAAAAAAJu8/Ei4mJtKzGMg/s1600/graybird-twf.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="greybird gtk3 theme" border="0" height="210" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uYatN75a6qQ/UDOHH6_b1oI/AAAAAAAAJu8/Ei4mJtKzGMg/s320/graybird-twf.png" title="greybird gtk3 theme" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZXnXi-V9uYc/UDOHImPBWtI/AAAAAAAAJvE/mJ-l5i7KuXI/s1600/graybird-unity.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="greybird gtk3 theme" border="0" height="180" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZXnXi-V9uYc/UDOHImPBWtI/AAAAAAAAJvE/mJ-l5i7KuXI/s320/graybird-unity.png" title="greybird gtk3 theme" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WyfhpW86z88/UDOHQeg74CI/AAAAAAAAJvM/kWpaL4orl6c/s1600/greybird-gnome-shell.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="greybird gtk3 theme" border="0" height="179" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WyfhpW86z88/UDOHQeg74CI/AAAAAAAAJvM/kWpaL4orl6c/s320/greybird-gnome-shell.png" title="greybird gtk3 theme" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><br /><h2>Install Greybird in Ubuntu / Xubuntu 12.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The theme is available in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal repositories in the "shimmer-themes" package, but Ubuntu / Xubuntu 12.04 users can already install it by using the Shimmer PPA:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:shimmerproject/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install shimmer-themes-greybird</code></pre><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, you can get Greybird from <a href="https://github.com/shimmerproject/Greybird">GitHub</a> or <a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Greybird-GTK3-Theme-322365199">DeviantArt</a>.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, select "greybird-git" (not Greybird!) from the XFCE settings to apply the theme. In Ubuntu (Unity / GNOME 3), use GNOME Tweak Tool, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/unsettings-tool-to-disable-global-menu.html">Unsettings</a>, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/myunity-30-released-with-new-gui.html">MyUnity</a> or <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/ubuntu-tweak-073-adds-support-for-linux.html">Ubuntu Tweak</a> and select "greybird-git" as the GTK3 and window theme.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Satya for the tip!</i></div>

Greybird, The Default Xubuntu Theme Gets A Complete Makeover For Xubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

Greybird, the default Xubuntu theme, has got a complete makeover for Xubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, thanks to the great work of Satya and S...

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Unity: Dash Gets A Cool New Previews Feature [Video] - Ubuntu 12.10 Development

<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YSBTaPXcpHM/UC58yltGq3I/AAAAAAAAJuA/tHmxDpfnpd4/s1600/rhythmbox-previews-dash.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="rhythmbox previews unity dash" border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YSBTaPXcpHM/UC58yltGq3I/AAAAAAAAJuA/tHmxDpfnpd4/s320/rhythmbox-previews-dash.png" title="rhythmbox previews unity dash" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>A cool new feature has landed in the Unity Staging PPA, for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal: previews in Dash.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>With the new "previews" feature, you'll be able to right click applications or files in Dash to get a preview, along with some extra information which depends on the item you've right clicked.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">For instance, right clicking an application displays a screenshot as well as user ratings, its description and so on. If the application is not installed, there's also a button to install it directly from Dash, without using Ubuntu Software Center or, if it's installed, you can launch or uninstall it:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L_E-vX-LE_E/UC524dxBTZI/AAAAAAAAJtg/WbDPSLwju0s/s1600/thunderbird.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu quantal: unity lens dash previews" border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L_E-vX-LE_E/UC524dxBTZI/AAAAAAAAJtg/WbDPSLwju0s/s320/thunderbird.png" title="ubuntu quantal: unity lens dash previews" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you right click a music file or album from the music lens, you get a large album cover image as well as the available tracks and options to play it or show the files in folder:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T-ZYwqIgpRA/UC53RXaH3DI/AAAAAAAAJto/zzdhNub31Ug/s1600/music.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu quantal: unity lens dash previews" border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T-ZYwqIgpRA/UC53RXaH3DI/AAAAAAAAJto/zzdhNub31Ug/s320/music.png" title="ubuntu quantal: unity lens dash previews" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In my test, using the latest Unity from the Unity Staging PPA, the music starts playing in Rhythmbox and not in Dash, but hopefully users will be able to play the music directly in Dash, or at least preview it.</div><br /><br /><h2>Video: Unity with the new "previews" Dash feature</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's a video I've recorded using the latest Unity from trunk with the new "previews" feature:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WC2f_Xy_g5s" width="420"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC2f_Xy_g5s">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Important:</b> "previews" hasn't landed in Ubuntu 12.10 yet and is currently under heavy development, so in the video you'll notice many bugs and as well as things that will change until the final Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal is released. In the video you'll also notice that the Unity launcher icons use a background for running applications only - I'm not sure if this is a bug or an intentional change.</div><br /><br /><b>Currently, the previews work for:</b><br /><ul><li>applications (both installed and suggested)</li><li>music (installed and available for download via Ubuntu One Music Store)</li><li>videos</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The previews don't work for regular files or folders, but hopefully this will change soon. And not just for the default lenses, I'm sure we'll see some great new Unity lenses created for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal that will make use of this cool new feature, so you'll be able to read the latest news for instance, from Dash, without having to open a browser.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Unity with Previews</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new "previews" feature hasn't landed in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal yet, but it will probably be available very soon. Until then, if you want to test it, you can use the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~unity-team/+archive/staging">Unity Staging PPA</a> in a virtual machine for instance (do not use it on a production machine, the builds in this PPA are highly unstable!).</div><br /><i>The <a href="https://launchpad.net/~unity-team/+archive/staging">Unity Staging PPA</a> contains the latest Unity builds generated from trunk, that have passed the unit tests, but didn't pass the user acceptance (autopilot) tests yet. Only use it for testing only!</i><br /><br />

Unity: Dash Gets A Cool New Previews Feature [Video] - Ubuntu 12.10 Development

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Unity 2D No Longer Installed By Default, Removed From The Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Repositories

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NGu-CTnOekQ/UCujh5kRXUI/AAAAAAAAJqs/2Eip4CsDs_o/s1600/unity-2d.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="210" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NGu-CTnOekQ/UCujh5kRXUI/AAAAAAAAJqs/2Eip4CsDs_o/s320/unity-2d.png" title="unity 2D" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the latest "<a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/ubuntu-meta/1.280">ubuntu-meta</a>" package update from the Ubuntu Quantal Quetzal repositories, Unity 2D will no longer be installed by default in Ubuntu 12.10, and Unity 2D users are being transitioned to the Unity 3D session, just like it was discussed at <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/uds-q-news-unity-2d-might-go-away-more.html" title="UDS-Q News: Unity 2D Might Go Away, More [Ubuntu 12.10]">UDS-Q</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Further more, the <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/unity/6.2.0-0ubuntu2">latest</a> Unity package, uploaded to the Ubuntu Quantal repositories a few hours ago, uses a <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/i386/unity-2d/6.2.0-0ubuntu2">"dummy" Unity-2D package,</a> so <b>Unity 2D is no longer available in the repositories </b>and won't be installable at all in Quantal. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu users without graphical acceleration will be able to use Unity 3D thanks to <a href="http://www.mesa3d.org/llvmpipe.html">llvmpipe</a>, so there will be no fallback session anymore and Unity will look the same for all users.</div>

Unity 2D No Longer Installed By Default, Removed From The Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Repositories

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Ubuntu 12.10 Might Ship With Nautilus 3.4 Instead Of 3.6

<div style="text-align: justify;">Nautilus is causing a lot of controversy lately: Linux Mint is <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/nemo-linux-mint-team-forks-nautilus.html">forking</a> it, SolusOS has <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/install-solusos-patched-nautilus-in-ubuntu-1204.html">added some patches</a> to make it more usable, and <b>the Ubuntu developers</b> don't agree with its direction either and <b>are thinking on going back to Nautilus 3.4.x for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OSW6HOCpTb4/UCLOJKZgpmI/AAAAAAAAJgI/tfa6KsSGQ2g/s1600/nautilus-3.4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="nautilus 3.4" border="0" height="234" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OSW6HOCpTb4/UCLOJKZgpmI/AAAAAAAAJgI/tfa6KsSGQ2g/s320/nautilus-3.4.png" title="nautilus 3.4" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nautilus 3.4.x</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update: Nautilus 3.5.x has been removed from Ubuntu 12.10 and Nautilus 3.4.2 is now used as default in the latest <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/ubuntu-1210-quantal-quetzal-beta-1.html">Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1</a>. </b><br /><br />In a comment on a Launchpad <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1034080">bug</a> posted yesterday, <a href="https://launchpad.net/~seb128">Sebastien Bacher</a>, software engineer at Canonical, has said that Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal might go back to Nautilus 3.4, even though Nautilus 3.5.x <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/nautilus-new-toolbar-menu-ubuntu-quantal.html">is already</a> in the Quantal repositories:</div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">[...] we are looking at going back to nautilus 3.4 for quantal but it's good to have a good view of the issues with the new version</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Pols0Ekwo5Q/UCLOV-TOdII/AAAAAAAAJgQ/rER7ZGLZ2jA/s1600/pantheon-files.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Pols0Ekwo5Q/UCLOV-TOdII/AAAAAAAAJgQ/rER7ZGLZ2jA/s320/pantheon-files.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pantheon Files, used by default in elementary OS Luna, a Marlin fork</td></tr></tbody></table><br />In a later comment, he also adds his personal opinion, saying that he's leaning toward shipping Nautilus 3.4.x on the CD for Quantal, but shipping 3.6.x in the archive too. And that's not all,<b> Sebastien also says that Ubuntu might decide to either follow GNOME or join efforts with the Marlin or <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/nemo-linux-mint-team-forks-nautilus.html">Nemo</a> teams and use one of these by default in Ubuntu, instead of Nautilus:</b></div><br /><blockquote>Looking around us "elementary os" has its own filemanager (marlin, written in vala), "mint" just started their own project "nemo" which is a fork of nautilus 3.4 ... <b>we might decide to follow GNOME, try joining efforts with the marlin or nemo team to maintain a full featured file manager or maintain our own filemanager</b> (less likely at this point, that's not a topic which was raised before)</blockquote><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Further more, in a message posted on the <a href="https://mail.gnome.org/archives/nautilus-list/2012-August/msg00015.html">Nautilus mailing list</a>, Sebastien Bacher says that <b>Ubuntu might even follow GNOME with one cycle delay</b>, for instance, using GNOME 3.4 on Ubuntu 12.10 (this won't happen with Ubuntu 12.10, it's just an example):</div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">[...] The way GNOME is currently working though is making difficult for us (Ubuntu) to take decisions on what to do. We traditionally have the Ubuntu Developer Summit at the start of our cycle (which is start of the GNOME cycle as well) and we plan work for the next release. At the time of UDS none of the nautilus changes that happened this cycle were announced so we didn't discuss that topic, but we got quite surprised by the new direction nautilus is taking (while we were already on the 3.5 serie) and we are trying to ponder what to do next.<br /><br />The lesson that we learned this cycle is that GNOME is not planning their work enough in advance or communicating enough for us to keep basing our distribution on the current unstable GNOME versions. <b>If that situation doesn't change we might well start following GNOME with one cycle delay </b>(i.e building our next version on the current stable rather than following the current unstable), we can't really build a solid product on shifting code where the direction is not communicated in advance. The issue is not specific to nautilus though and this list might not be the best place to discuss that... </blockquote><br /><b>What do you think?</b>

Ubuntu 12.10 Might Ship With Nautilus 3.4 Instead Of 3.6

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Ubuntu Light Themes Updated With New Style For Nautilus, More [Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XfzC09ma0wg/UCKD2uKwwmI/AAAAAAAAJe4/0AfVeeji3r8/s1600/ambiance_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ambiance ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="220" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XfzC09ma0wg/UCKD2uKwwmI/AAAAAAAAJe4/0AfVeeji3r8/s320/ambiance_1.png" title="ambiance ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ubuntu Light Themes branch has been <a href="https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-art-pkg/light-themes/trunk">updated</a> a few minutes ago (the changes aren't in the official Quantal repositories for now), bringing some interesting changes to the Ambiance and Radiance themes for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal:</div><a name='more'></a><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">new tabs style including a rounded active tab and more subtle inactive tabs</li><li style="text-align: justify;">the buttons are a bit bigger and more rounded</li><li style="text-align: justify;">changes for the latest Nautilus 3.5.x which looks great, though oddly, the toolbar doesn't uses a dark style anymore. The toolbar theming used for Nautilus is used by other GNOME applications too, like GNOME Documents, GNOME Contacts or Epiphany (these applications aren't installed by default)</li><li style="text-align: justify;">GNOME panel fixes (classic GNOME session)</li><li style="text-align: justify;">other changes</li></ul><br />Screenshots:<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ySfVCpe41pM/UCKDmu-T9UI/AAAAAAAAJek/SpDsxGcR49s/s1600/ambiance-nautilus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ambiance ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="198" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ySfVCpe41pM/UCKDmu-T9UI/AAAAAAAAJek/SpDsxGcR49s/s320/ambiance-nautilus.png" title="ambiance ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Updated theming for Nautilus 3.5.x</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cQ9PFjnjxgg/UCKDneBBJqI/AAAAAAAAJes/L7XG6uoYKLQ/s1600/ambiance_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ambiance ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="108" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cQ9PFjnjxgg/UCKDneBBJqI/AAAAAAAAJes/L7XG6uoYKLQ/s320/ambiance_2.png" title="ambiance ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New buttons / tabs style</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fOg254EU5mA/UCKDlYJsvyI/AAAAAAAAJeg/Xq3QnNgJCjU/s1600/ambiance-documents-epiphany.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ambiance ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="188" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fOg254EU5mA/UCKDlYJsvyI/AAAAAAAAJeg/Xq3QnNgJCjU/s320/ambiance-documents-epiphany.png" title="ambiance ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GNOME apps Epiphany and GNOME Documents (not installed by default) follow the same style as Nautilus</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hyUzWE25LK8/UCKD-4deaBI/AAAAAAAAJfA/dS0deqUCyfw/s1600/radiance.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="203" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hyUzWE25LK8/UCKD-4deaBI/AAAAAAAAJfA/dS0deqUCyfw/s320/radiance.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Radiance theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The updated Ambiance and Radiance themes</b> (along with an updated Unico GTK3 engine, required for the latest Ambiance and Radiance) <b>aren't yet available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal repositories</b>, but will probably land soon. Until the final Ubuntu 12.10 release, Ambiance and Radiance are likely to get many other updates so this is not the final design!<br /><br /><b>Update:</b> the new Light Themes version has just been <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/light-themes/0.1.90-0ubuntu1">uploaded</a> to the Ubuntu 12.10 repositories so the new theme design should be available to all Quantal users in a few minutes / hours.</div><br /><b>What do you think? </b>

Ubuntu Light Themes Updated With New Style For Nautilus, More [Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal]

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Lubuntu 12.10 Gets A New Icon Theme Called "Box"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z0WL4HxZ6T4/UBviOkyS4CI/AAAAAAAAJZE/LetFQqTSiRw/s1600/lubuntu-icon-theme-box.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="lubuntu icon theme box" border="0" height="255" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z0WL4HxZ6T4/UBviOkyS4CI/AAAAAAAAJZE/LetFQqTSiRw/s320/lubuntu-icon-theme-box.png" title="lubuntu icon theme box" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>A new icon theme called Box has landed in <a href="http://lubuntu.net/">Lubuntu</a> 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. </b><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The theme is inspired by elementary icon theme, which it "inherits" (meaning that some elementary icons are used by Box) and the Faenza "box" style.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yfa-O3ublQQ/UBvrj4299RI/AAAAAAAAJZY/cxy_JdwQqvE/s1600/lubuntu12.10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="lubuntu icon theme box" border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yfa-O3ublQQ/UBvrj4299RI/AAAAAAAAJZY/cxy_JdwQqvE/s320/lubuntu12.10.png" title="lubuntu icon theme box" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The theme is not 100% finished, but is already available for Lubuntu 12.10 users. Box icon theme can also be used on older Lubuntu releases, and not just Lubuntu, it should work with GNOME / Unity too, though it's not optimized for them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/lubuntu-icon-theme_0.30_all.deb">Download Box icon theme</a> (.deb) - also requires the elementary icon theme</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com/2012/08/box-icon-theme.html">Lubuntu blog</a></i></div>

Lubuntu 12.10 Gets A New Icon Theme Called "Box"

A new icon theme called Box has landed in Lubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. The theme is inspired by elementary icon theme, which it "inh...

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Install The New Ubuntu WebApps Technology In Ubuntu 12.04 Or 12.10

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu WebApps is a new feature that will be integrated with Ubuntu by default, starting with Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal</b>. This new technology allows websites such as Gmail, Grooveshark, Last.fm, Facebook, Google Docs and many others to be <b>tightly integrated with the desktop (Unity): they will support HUD, you'll receive desktop notifications, quicklists, ALT-TAB support and they will integrate with the messaging menu:</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a>Examples of what the new WebApps technology can do:<br /><ul><li>Control Grooveshark from the Ubuntu Sound Menu</li><li>See how many unread emails you have in your Gmail or Yahoo Mail inbox from the Ubuntu Messaging Menu</li><li>Get native desktop notifications for Facebook, Gmail, Google+</li></ul><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bbgTsEF-oyE/UAkskE9hCsI/AAAAAAAAJWU/c2I9HlD-6b4/s1600/webapps-messaging-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu webapps" border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bbgTsEF-oyE/UAkskE9hCsI/AAAAAAAAJWU/c2I9HlD-6b4/s320/webapps-messaging-menu.png" title="ubuntu webapps" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L8GMS9lrrRA/UAksk1b0wBI/AAAAAAAAJWY/OK3n3NVHKZY/s1600/webapps-sound-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu webapps" border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L8GMS9lrrRA/UAksk1b0wBI/AAAAAAAAJWY/OK3n3NVHKZY/s320/webapps-sound-menu.png" title="ubuntu webapps" width="277" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Some services like Facebook, Google (including Docs, Gmail, Google+, Picasa and YouTube), Flickr, Twitter, Foursquare and Identi.ca will be directly integrated into Online Accounts, available in the Ubuntu Control Center (System Settings):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kWrLA0tPXlg/UAkvmNUgz1I/AAAAAAAAJWs/mz8eHX8RbjA/s1600/online-accounts.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu webapps" border="0" height="211" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kWrLA0tPXlg/UAkvmNUgz1I/AAAAAAAAJWs/mz8eHX8RbjA/s320/online-accounts.png" title="ubuntu webapps" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>Here's a video demoing the new Web Apps integration in Ubuntu:</b><br /><br /><center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AUTNxi6b-hw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUTNxi6b-hw">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Supported websites and browsers</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Among the supported websites are Yahoo Mail, Google services like Gmail, Google Calendar, News, Google Plus, Reader, YouTube, Launchpad, Facebook, Twitter, Grooveshark, Last.fm and others. A complete list of supported websites can be found <a href="http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~webapps/webapps-applications/trunk/files/head:/src/">here</a>. The community will be able to add support for more websites - the API documentation can be found <a href="http://developer.ubuntu.com/api/ubuntu-12.04/javascript/index.html">HERE</a>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At the moment, only Firefox and Chromium browsers are supported. Google Chrome isn't supported because the PPA installs a custom Chromium build and Google Chrome can't be uploaded to a PPA due to its license.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Ubuntu WebApps Technology In Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This technology will be available in Ubuntu 12.10 by default, but a preview release is already available in a PPA for Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04, so you can already give it a try. But <b>since this is a preview release, you'll probably find bugs so make sure you know what you're doing</b>!</div><br /><b>Update: for Ubuntu 12.10, the WebApps are already available in the official repositories. See the following post for more info and installation instructions: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/unity-webapps-available-in-ubuntu-1210.html">Unity WebApps Available In The Ubuntu 12.10 Official Repositories</a></b><br /><br /><b>To add the PPA and install the WebApps feature, use the commands below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webapps/preview<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install unity-webapps-preview</code></pre><br /><b>Important: the WebApps feature won't work properly if you're using a PPA in Ubuntu 12.04 that installs a newer Unity version, such as the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/how-to-get-dodge-windows-and-minimize.html">Unity Revamped PPA</a>. To be able to make full use of the new WebApps Ubuntu feature, you need to purge that PPA firstly.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then log out, log back in and visit one of the supported websites using Firefox or Chromium and a popup should be displayed, asking if you want to integrate that website with Ubuntu:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3OxsjSleZ30/UAk9gP85MvI/AAAAAAAAJW4/T_EBecZ_ZFI/s1600/webapps-confirm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="webapps firefox" border="0" height="132" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3OxsjSleZ30/UAk9gP85MvI/AAAAAAAAJW4/T_EBecZ_ZFI/s320/webapps-confirm.png" title="webapps firefox" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a4t8aogWicY/UAlPWAQmAZI/AAAAAAAAJXY/-FksGsERGjE/s1600/webapps-chromium.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="webapps chromium" border="0" height="103" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a4t8aogWicY/UAlPWAQmAZI/AAAAAAAAJXY/-FksGsERGjE/s320/webapps-chromium.png" title="webapps chromium" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">click "Integrate" for Firefox or "Yes" for Chromium and you're ready to go. If you don't want a website to integrate with the desktop, simply don't click the Integrate/Yes button for that website.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Firefox, the confirmation popup may disappear before you click "Integrate" (I've had some issues with this). If that happens, refresh the page and the popup should be displayed again.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Note: the PPA also installs some new lenses: Google Docs lens, Photo lens (with a Flickr scope).</b></div><br /><br /><h2>Removing Ubuntu WebApps feature</h2><br />If you want to remove the Ubuntu WebApps feature, use the commands below:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ppa-purge<br />sudo ppa-purge ppa:webapps/preview<br />sudo apt-get remove gnome-control-center-signon signond signon-keyring-extension signon-plugin-oauth2 signon-ui libunity-webapps-chromium unity-chromium-extension unity-lens-gdocs unity-lens-photo unity-scope-flickr xul-ext-webaccounts xul-ext-unity xul-ext-websites-integration</code></pre><br />Then log out and log back in.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/07/19/web-app-integration-in-ubuntu/">jonobacon.org</a></i></div>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ptcrk3Lk4cQ/UAbJ4F7F2bI/AAAAAAAAJVI/iIMGfqpvK_8/s1600/nautilus-3.5.4-ubuntu12.10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="194" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ptcrk3Lk4cQ/UAbJ4F7F2bI/AAAAAAAAJVI/iIMGfqpvK_8/s320/nautilus-3.5.4-ubuntu12.10.png" title="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nautilus 3.5.4 has been <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/nautilus/1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1">uploaded</a> to the Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal repositories today, bringing some very important changes like a new GNOME 3 style toolbar, new "gear" menu, symbolic monochrome icons for the sidebar and others.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>New toolbar / pathbar and "gear" menu:</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qVuwX4YcB1A/UAbKD_-iAwI/AAAAAAAAJVQ/JMIDKBrrwbA/s1600/nautilus-3.5.4_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="57" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qVuwX4YcB1A/UAbKD_-iAwI/AAAAAAAAJVQ/JMIDKBrrwbA/s320/nautilus-3.5.4_2.png" title="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-91GnxGBkPB0/UAbKGk4Q1iI/AAAAAAAAJVY/h_aphpPe8aI/s1600/nautilus-3.5.4-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-91GnxGBkPB0/UAbKGk4Q1iI/AAAAAAAAJVY/h_aphpPe8aI/s320/nautilus-3.5.4-menu.png" title="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="292" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Don't judge the looks yet, as Ambiance theme doesn't support the new Nautilus yet. Here's how it looks using Adwaita, the default GNOME 3 theme:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yWTgG1VFWBQ/UAbSCZZn6II/AAAAAAAAJV8/3_zyd8htSsM/s1600/nautilus-3.5.4-adwaita.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nautilus adwaita" border="0" height="228" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yWTgG1VFWBQ/UAbSCZZn6II/AAAAAAAAJV8/3_zyd8htSsM/s320/nautilus-3.5.4-adwaita.png" title="nautilus adwaita" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><b>New "just type" search (which integrates typeahead):</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OZUKGK2OC48/UAbKNcycqfI/AAAAAAAAJVg/HHZQmYYAb8Q/s1600/nautilus-3.5.4-search-type.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="82" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OZUKGK2OC48/UAbKNcycqfI/AAAAAAAAJVg/HHZQmYYAb8Q/s320/nautilus-3.5.4-search-type.png" title="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>Symbolic icons for the sidebar (and pathbar):</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wshUP8JXoIY/UAbKQbjyiTI/AAAAAAAAJVo/AA53kSP-SkQ/s1600/nautilus-3-5-4-sidebar.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wshUP8JXoIY/UAbKQbjyiTI/AAAAAAAAJVo/AA53kSP-SkQ/s320/nautilus-3-5-4-sidebar.png" title="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="165" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>List view changes:</b> new date format display, better column order, new icon size: 32 and more:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X4l2OOGCl70/UAbKT9WkreI/AAAAAAAAJVw/7rOZOphsiUo/s1600/nautilus-3.5.4_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="231" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X4l2OOGCl70/UAbKT9WkreI/AAAAAAAAJVw/7rOZOphsiUo/s320/nautilus-3.5.4_1.png" title="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There were also some features that were removed from Nautilus, like the "Text beside icons" option for the icon view. There's also no more "Extra pane" feature, sidebar tree view, option to show the statusbar or the option to create a new file - these were removed a while back.</div><br />The full Nautilus 3.5.4 changelog can be found <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/nautilus/1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><br /><b>What do you think?</b>

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A New Interface For Handling Third-Party Drivers Has Landed In Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z1p3Tr3LCgo/UAadyYaOGMI/AAAAAAAAJU0/1_RTagovBlE/s1600/software-properties-gtk.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="software properties gtk ubuntu 12.10" border="0" height="196" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z1p3Tr3LCgo/UAadyYaOGMI/AAAAAAAAJU0/1_RTagovBlE/s320/software-properties-gtk.png" title="software properties gtk ubuntu 12.10" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.89">recent update</a> in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal has replaced Jockey (used for handling third-party drivers), with a new "Additional Drivers" tab in software-properties and "ubuntu-drivers-common", which is "<i>simpler and more robust than Jockey</i>".</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>"software-properties-gtk" is known as "Software Sources" - you can run it from Ubuntu Software Center > Edit > Software Sources.</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2012-July/035553.html">announcement</a>, there are still parts that haven't been implemented yet, like notifications or Control Center integration (an update for this should be available later today). For instance, an alert box will be used to suggest that you can install proprietary drivers instead of a notification area icon / appindicator:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rOQirXXRFVQ/UAagOXHk09I/AAAAAAAAJU8/H1FOmFyVpfI/s1600/drivers-prompt.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rOQirXXRFVQ/UAagOXHk09I/AAAAAAAAJU8/H1FOmFyVpfI/s320/drivers-prompt.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Full specifications for the new UI can be found on the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareAndUpdatesSettings#drivers">Ubuntu wiki</a>. <br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're using Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal and the drivers are not correctly detected, report a bug against "ubuntu-drivers-common" or if the GUI doesn't work properly, report the bug for "software-properties". In my test, the latest "software-properties" didn't start (I've had to tweak it to get the screenshot above) - bug reported <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1026066">here</a>.</div>

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