GNOME 3.8 Released - See What's New [Video, Screenshots]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wfuYd1fD34A/UVM4yQrZofI/AAAAAAAAOvg/KU_RvE9N_Q8/s1600/gnome.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome logo" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wfuYd1fD34A/UVM4yQrZofI/AAAAAAAAOvg/KU_RvE9N_Q8/s1600/gnome.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.gnome.org/">GNOME</a> 3.8 has been <a href="https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.8/">released</a> today, the new version bringing many new features and enhancements, including a new application view and overhauled window layout for GNOME Shell, new setting panels for privacy, search and notifications and of course, many updates to the core GNOME apps like Web (Epiphany), Boxes, Documents and more.<br /><br />Let's take a look at what's new!</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>GNOME 3.8 video</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Below you can watch a video with some of the changes / new features in GNOME 3.8 (with GNOME Shell):</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ete5Us0-IpY" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ete5Us0-IpY">direct video link</a>; for more videos, subscribe to our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>GNOME Shell / GNOME Settings 3.8 changes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>With GNOME 3.8, the Activities Overview has got many changes:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">a new applications view with frequently used and all apps and a new feature called AppFolders that has replaced the old categories</li><li style="text-align: justify;">an overhauled window layout with bigger thumbnails; window thumbnails are also scaled to reflect the size of the actual windows;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">the Message Tray now lets you clear all notifications by right clicking on the tray and choosing "Clear Notifications"</li><li style="text-align: justify;">the search view has been overhauled and it can include results from any application and is configurable via GNOME Settings. For instance Files, Contacts, Boxes and Documents can provide their own search results;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">new input methods OSD switcher.</li></ul><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://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-apps.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="GNOME Shell 3.8 applications view" border="0" height="179" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-auWR25zPh3U/UVMlMtYZP9I/AAAAAAAAOsg/2lQQybp0Nak/s320/gnome3.8-apps.png" title="GNOME Shell 3.8 applications view" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New applications view</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://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-apps_2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="GNOME Shell 3.8 AppFolders" border="0" height="179" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--dhQlF4CEm8/UVMlM9FQ-ZI/AAAAAAAAOsk/uvj2368u9YA/s320/gnome3.8-apps_2.png" title="GNOME Shell 3.8 AppFolders" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AppFolders</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://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-notifications-clear.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Clear all notifications from the Message Tray" border="0" height="154" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pYRS80RZlYk/UVMlNB6SVoI/AAAAAAAAOso/bwy2cKLXlFs/s320/gnome3.8-notifications-clear.png" title="Clear all notifications from the Message Tray" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clear all notifications from the Message Tray</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://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-search-files-results.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="gnome shell 3.8 new search" border="0" height="180" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9C3gqyM-y-A/UVMlN8dZWzI/AAAAAAAAOs0/UBevxF9-8SQ/s320/gnome3.8-search-files-results.png" title="gnome shell 3.8 new search" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New search view with results from applications</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://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-window-layout.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pcnCgWw1Ee8/UVMlN6y6XHI/AAAAAAAAOs4/eLvjWtLx00Q/s320/gnome3.8-window-layout.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New window layout with bigger thumbnails</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://img.netupd8.com/gnome3-language-input.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="GNOME Shell language switcher OSD" border="0" height="154" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dTM00Pgd_bQ/UVMlMhsdqVI/AAAAAAAAOsY/wuZgGfXCyxg/s320/gnome3-language-input.png" title="GNOME Shell language switcher OSD" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New input methods OSD switcher and Region & Language settings panel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">GNOME 3.8 ships with a brand<b> new Privacy GNOME Settings (previously "System Settings) panel</b> that lets you purge recent history and control various privacy settings:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-privacy-settings.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 privacy settings" border="0" height="181" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9GdD5B9nPtM/UVMl7048AXI/AAAAAAAAOtI/06gIkRa-xes/s320/gnome3.8-privacy-settings.png" title="GNOME 3.8 privacy settings" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A <b>new Search GNOME Settings panel</b> which lets you control which search results are displayed in the Activities Overview. Here, you can enable/disable various applications from showing up as well as individual search settings for each application:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-search-settings.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 search settings" border="0" height="233" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uebDSM3nTo8/UVMmCr87B6I/AAAAAAAAOtQ/jGTaS60rEg8/s320/gnome3.8-search-settings.png" title="GNOME 3.8 search settings" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-search-settings_2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 search settings" border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L73KYcCtBbo/UVMmCiJ26oI/AAAAAAAAOtU/ApzdL1QSa0E/s320/gnome3.8-search-settings_2.png" title="GNOME 3.8 search settings" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There's also a<b> new Notifications GNOME Settings panel</b> that, just like the new search settings, lets you control what notifications are displayed and you can enable/disable per application notifications or set which app notifications should be displayed for each application:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-notification-settings_2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 notification settings" border="0" height="211" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nQUraBCcL8s/UVMmHPh_LnI/AAAAAAAAOtg/loHTtbM013s/s320/gnome3.8-notification-settings_2.png" title="GNOME 3.8 notification settings" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-notification-settings.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 notification settings" border="0" height="207" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ljRKCOivQ8A/UVMmHJEneEI/AAAAAAAAOtk/OsR4AKlcxPE/s320/gnome3.8-notification-settings.png" title="GNOME 3.8 notification settings" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>These are just the most important GNOME Shell 3.8 / GNOME Settings 3.8 changes, there are many more tweaks and enhancements, like:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">the Network, Power, Region & Language and Printer settings panels have received various updates</li><li style="text-align: justify;">access the background settings by right clicking on the desktop, a feature that was missing in the previous GNOME 3.* releases;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">smooth scrolling in the overview and menus;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">easier access to the Message Tray;</li><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/owncloud-5-released-with-new-design.html">ownCloud</a> has been integrated into Online Accounts;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">much more! </li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And of course, like we were telling you <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/gnome-38-to-ship-with-reworked-folder.html">a while back</a>, there are also <b>updated GNOME Icon Theme folder icons</b>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-nautilus-new-folder-icons-color.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 new folder icons" border="0" height="197" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RPnJbPkICqw/UVM18oWsDyI/AAAAAAAAOvY/CAZwGgnyBAw/s320/gnome3.8-nautilus-new-folder-icons-color.png" title="GNOME 3.8 new folder icons" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><h2>GNOME Classic</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Like we were telling you a while back, <b>the old GNOME fallback mode has been removed and in its place, there's a new classic mode</b> that tries to provide a GNOME2-like layout. The new Classic mode uses some GNOME Shell extensions to achieve this so even though on a first look the layout is similar to GNOME 2, you're still using GNOME Shell and you can access the Activities Overview and other GNOME Shell features.</div><br />Here are a few GNOME Classic mode screenshots:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-classi.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 classic mode" border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K2lnHgzwFCA/UVMzr04vE3I/AAAAAAAAOuw/Q1kqAhUx9Oc/s320/gnome3.8-classi.png" title="GNOME 3.8 classic mode" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-classic_3.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 classic mode" border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1BLkyhXI9jE/UVMzr8ufx6I/AAAAAAAAOu0/PAGSVOI8hiE/s320/gnome3.8-classic_3.png" title="GNOME 3.8 classic mode" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-classic_2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 classic mode" border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ljI_RzgVlrc/UVMzr0FO34I/AAAAAAAAOu4/liHsbRW7-yg/s320/gnome3.8-classic_2.png" title="GNOME 3.8 classic mode" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-classic_4.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 classic mode" border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LM8lj4ySIo4/UVMzsqk-QJI/AAAAAAAAOvE/pYdcEMFZQ_8/s320/gnome3.8-classic_4.png" title="GNOME 3.8 classic mode" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />More about the new GNOME classic mode in our previous post: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/a-quick-look-at-new-gnome-classic.html">A Quick Look At The New GNOME Classic Session</a><br /><br /><br /><h2>GNOME applications</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The core GNOME applications have received many enhancements and there's also a new application: <b>GNOME Clocks</b>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-clocks_2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 clocks" border="0" height="239" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zLxacThK6aU/UVMmPfhte8I/AAAAAAAAOtw/N2p2CQcQEko/s320/gnome-clocks_2.png" title="GNOME 3.8 clocks" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-clocks.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 clocks" border="0" height="242" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j1BEav0TVk8/UVMmPQAfwWI/AAAAAAAAOt0/63DfDMmiIcE/s320/gnome-clocks.png" title="GNOME 3.8 clocks" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">GNOME 3.8 is the first GNOME release to include Clocks by default. This is an application that lets you see the time in various places around the world (that you add), set up alarms, stopwatch and a timer.</div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-document-editing.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 Documents" border="0" height="173" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1Q3xYUdpAck/UVMoE40IpMI/AAAAAAAAOuY/CS7CjAjIsig/s320/gnome3.8-document-editing.png" title="GNOME 3.8 Documents" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-document-scrolling.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 Documents" border="0" height="173" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9M-DK1xb7ZE/UVMoFIKgj0I/AAAAAAAAOuc/s8eve6sBPIA/s320/gnome3.8-document-scrolling.png" title="GNOME 3.8 Documents" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>GNOME Documents</b> has received some new features, including an embedded edit mode for Google Docs so you can edit documents directly from the application, a presentation mode and more:</div><ul><li>new preview scrub bar and page controls; </li><li>better document preview reading width and dual page mode;</li><li>bookmarks and Table of Content dialogs;</li><li>support PDF files from Google Drive;</li><li>sharing dialog for Google Docs.</li></ul><div style="text-align: right;"><i>GNOME Documents screenshots via <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/mclasen/">mclasen</a> because I couldn't get the app to work. </i></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nautilus</b> (Files) has got its treeview back and also, it is now integrated with the Recent Files feature in Privacy Settings.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-web-incognito.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 web epiphany" border="0" height="205" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PV8U6vt2Gv0/UVMmjNwGHrI/AAAAAAAAOuA/cP63lLd59XU/s320/gnome3.8-web-incognito.png" title="GNOME 3.8 web epiphany" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome3.8-web.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 web epiphany" border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bb44i8q6fp0/UVMmjBd5ldI/AAAAAAAAOuI/KMFBUdJ-iWc/s320/gnome3.8-web.png" title="GNOME 3.8 web epiphany" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Epiphany (Web)</b> has switched to WebKit2 with the 3.8 release and it now includes an incognito mode, a new search UI and it now supports GTK+2 plugins, including Adobe Flash plugin. Other Web changes:</div><ul><li>pages can now crash without bringing down the entire browser;</li><li>revamped UI for HTML5 media content;</li><li>undo closed tab;</li><li>new tab button in the toolbar;</li><li>async session save and restore;</li><li>delayed tab restore on startup.</li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-boxes.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME Boxes" border="0" height="255" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-El2Pa9rosPQ/UVMmpztx0LI/AAAAAAAAOuQ/hr4dOt3a3O8/s320/gnome-boxes.png" title="GNOME Boxes" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There have also been many changes to GNOME Boxes, Contacts, Gedit has got an appmenu like the other core GNOME applications and more.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally,<b> GTK+ 3.8</b> includes support for Wayland 1.0 and there have been various improvements to text handle theming, various GTKWidget improvements and <a href="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnome.announce/10933">more</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For more info about GNOME 3.8, check out the official <a href="https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.8/">release notes</a>.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>What's next?</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The GNOME 3.8 release notes mention two new applications that are available as preview in GNOME 3.8 and which will be integrated by default with GNOME 3.10: <b>Weather and Bijiben</b>:<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://img.netupd8.com/bijiben-note.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="GNOME Bijiben note-taking app" border="0" height="180" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A3IXAh4ybuw/UVNGFfqUXEI/AAAAAAAAOvo/qcmjFglt45Q/s320/bijiben-note.png" title="GNOME Bijiben note-taking app" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bijiben note-taking app</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://img.netupd8.com/weather-zurich.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="GNOME Weather app" border="0" height="180" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CSTGz_A7xvk/UVNGFf7gjVI/AAAAAAAAOvs/r-bo4ud1LvY/s320/weather-zurich.png" title="GNOME Weather app" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GNOME Weather</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> The next stable GNOME release - 3.10 -, is also supposed to <a href="https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointNine/Features">bring</a> automatic extension updates, Git integration in the developer experience, a new Maps application, Colour Tinting in GNOME Shell, Videos application implementation and Focus-caret tracking in GNOME Shell. The feature list for GNOME 3.10 is still being discussed so this is not a final list of improvements we'll see in the next stable GNOME release.</div><br /><br /><h2>Getting GNOME 3.8</h2><br />Ubuntu 13.04 will ship with GNOME 3.6 for the most part but you'll be able to install GNOME 3.8 by using the GNOME 3 PPA. You can already install most GNOME 3.8 development builds in Ubuntu 13.04 - see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/gnome-38-beta-available-in-ppa-for.html">GNOME 3.8 Beta Available In PPA For Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail</a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">GNOME 3.8 will be available in distros that ship with GNOME, such as Fedora (19), etc. and there should also be some ISO files available for testing on the <a href="http://www.gnome.org/getting-gnome/">GNOME.org</a> website (they aren't available yet).<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Note: the screenshots / video were made using GNOME 3.8 RC2 so there might be some slight differences between what you see here and what's in the final GNOME 3.8 release. But only minor changes (if any)! </i></div></div>

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<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Linux Mint roadmap was updated recently, pointing out what to expect in Linux Mint 15 for Cinnamon, Nemo, MDM or Mint Tools.</b></div><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://img.netupd8.com/bumpmaps.jpg" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Cinnamon Bumpmaps"><img alt="Cinnamon bumpmaps" src="http://img.netupd8.com/bumpmaps_thumb.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cinnamon with Bumpmaps support</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>Linux Mint 15 is expected to ship with Cinnamon 1.8 which will include new features like:</b><br /><a name='more'></a><ul><li>Desktlets (desktop widgets). Three such desklets should be available by available by default: System Monitor, Picture video & slideshow frame and Terminal</li><li>Cinnamon Settings: ability to browse, install, remove and update Cinnamon themes, applets, extensions and desklets remotely</li><li>Bumpmaps support (defines transparent textures which look like sculpted glass - see screenshot above)</li><li>A Control Center that integrates both Cinnamon and GNOME settings into one tool</li><li>Rethink Cinnamon 2D: fallback to a non-shadow CPU-less intensive session in software rendering mode. Muffin or OpenBox will be used.</li><li>Configurable color schemes for themes</li><li>Calendar events similar to KDE's implementation</li><li>New/improved applets: upgrade Menu applet with mintMenu features, new email notifier and pulse-like RSS reader applets</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo.png" rel="image_group" title="Nemo file manager (version from GIT)"><img alt="Nemo file manager" src="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nemo</b> (the target version for Linux Mint 15 is Nemo 1.8), the default Cinnamon file manager should get some new features as well, like an Actions API, disk management (with Mintdisk integration), a file preview feature and UI improvements (which include sidebar selection, independent path bar, better looking breadcrumbs and more).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest Nemo from GIT has already got some interesting new features, like an updated sidebar which now displays the amount of free/used space for each drive or zoom buttons as you can see in the screenshot above.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mdm_theme3.png" rel="image_group" title="MDM - the default Linux Mint display manager - this is one of the themes Mint ships with"><img alt="MDM" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mdm_theme3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>MDM</b> (1.2) should be updated as well for Linux Mint 15, getting a new renderer which supports animations and interactivity to get on par with Unity Greeter. Currently, MDM, which is a fork of the old GDM 2.20, looks a bit outdated, while LightDM supports a lot of cool stuff - like you've seen in the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/elementary-os-luna-beta-1-available-for.html">elementary OS Luna</a> video we've posted a while back.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Other potential changes</b> you can expect in Linux Mint 15 include UI improvements for Software Manager and live-installer, a new screensaver, new driver manager, add ubiquity features to live-installer. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Under "R&D" (research and development), it is even mentioned that it's possible to switch away from dpkg: "<i>investigation on pros and cons of dpkg compared to other packaging systems (multi-version installation, static/dynamic support, snapshots, delta, update reversals etc..)</i>".</div><br />The official Linux Mint 15 roadmap can be found on <a href="https://github.com/linuxmint/Roadmap">GitHub</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://marcosbox.blogspot.ro/2012/12/linux-mint-15-ecco-cosa-ci-aspetta.html">Marco's Box</a>; first image via </i><a href="http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2137"><i>Linux Mint blog</i><br /></a></div>

What To Expect From Linux Mint 15 (Cinnamon, Nemo Changes)

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GNOME Shell 3.8 To Get A `Classic` Mode

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ztYSUkDgpuU/Tfj9BnfXxjI/AAAAAAAAE6c/j3XTWvT0MJw/s1700/shell_4.png"><img alt="Classic GNOME Shell" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ztYSUkDgpuU/Tfj9BnfXxjI/AAAAAAAAE6c/j3XTWvT0MJw/s320/shell_4.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Two weeks ago, we were telling you that the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/fallback-mode-classic-session-to-be.html">fallback mode will be dropped from GNOME 3.8</a> and that some extensions which provide a GNOME 2 like layout might be maintained by the GNOME developers for those who are used to the classic interface.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Well, it's now<b> official</b>: a few <b>GNOME Shell extensions which bring back some "classic" features will be supported by GNOME</b>. Among the extensions included are: <b>classic alt tab, task bar, min/max buttons and a main menu</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Sure, there are a lot of extensions that can already mimic the classic/fallback session on <a href="http://extensions.gnome.org/">extensions.gnome.org</a>, but for each GNOME Shell release, the users have to wait for the developers to update them, and sometimes this takes a long time, so it's not a real solution for those who want to always use a GNOME2-like UI. </div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">But because these extensions are supported by the GNOME developers, it means they will work with each new GNOME Shell version, as soon as its released.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A final decision on how the users will be able to use these extensions hasn't been made yet, but <b>one of the ideas so far is to add a "classic mode" switch in GNOME Tweak Tool</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Note: the screenshot in this post does not represent any of the new extensions, it's an old GNOME 3.0 image with some extensions.</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via GNOME <a href="https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2012-November/msg00093.html">desktop-devel</a> mailing list</i></div>

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elementary OS Luna Beta 1 Available For Testing

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>After more than a year and a half since 'Jupiter', elementary OS 0.2 Luna beta 1 has been released today.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Build on top of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and using its own shell called "Pantheon", elementary OS Luna introduces a huge number of changes, including new default applications created especially for eOS or a new window manager called "Gala".</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementaryos-luna-beta1.png"><img alt="elementary OS luna beta 1" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementaryos-luna-beta1_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Let's take a quick look at what's new in elementary OS Luna beta 1:</b><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0-_hZ542qsM" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-_hZ542qsM">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Pantheon shell</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Pantheon</b>, the "shell" used by default in elementary OS Luna beta 1 uses a brand new <b>window manager called Gala, based on libmutter,</b> which features smooth animations and very interesting workspace switcher and expose features which you've seen in video we've posted above.</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://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-super-s.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary os luna beta 1" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-super-s_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Workspace switcher<u><br /></u></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://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-super-w.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary os beta 1" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-super-w_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Expose</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For system settings, elementary OS 0.2 Luna uses Switchboard</b>, which comes with its own "plugs" - below you can see the desktop settings Switchboard plug:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-system-settings-desktop.png"><img alt="elementary os luna system settings" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-system-settings-desktop_thumb.png" /></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://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-syste-settings-switchboard.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary os switchboard" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-syste-settings-switchboard_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Switchboard</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The top panel is called Wingpanel</b>, and even though it doesn't follow the same "wing" design like in the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/install-wingpanel-from-ubuntu-ppa.html">first versions</a>, it's nevertheless a nice addition to Luna, especially thanks to the beautiful design used by the indicators:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-wingpanel.png"><img alt="Wingpanel" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-wingpanel_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For the menu / application launcher, Pantheon uses Slingshot</b>, which follows the same design as the indicators and comes with two modes: one that displays large, uncategorised icons which will remind you of Unity and another one which displays the applications in categories:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-slingshot.png"><img alt="Slingshot" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-slingshot_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">At the bottom of the screen you'll notice a dock - it's called <b>Plank</b> and follows the "stupidly simple" elementary OS philosophy so there just a few configuration options (available in Switchboard). Plank supports some of Unity's features like badges, progress indicators or quicklists:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-plank-dock.png"><img alt="Pantheon Plank" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-plank-dock_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, <b>for the login screen, elementary OS Luna uses LightDM</b>, with its own greeter (theme) and a really cool effect which again, you can see in our video above. Here's the login screen:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-login-screen.png"><img alt="elementary os luna login screen" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-login-screen_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Default applications</h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">elementary OS Luna beta 1 continues to use Midori as the default web browser, Shotwell for managing photos, Empathy IM client, Totem for playing videos as well as Ubuntu Software Center.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For the default file manager, elementary OS 0.2 Luna beta 1 uses Pantheon Files</b>, a <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/elementary-file-browser-marlin-is-now.html">Marlin</a> fork which not only looks great, but it already has most features you'll need in a file manager. There are even plugins for Ubuntu One or Dropbox available, though they aren't installed by default:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-pantheon-files.png"><img alt="Pantheon files" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-pantheon-files_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Geary, a new email client written in Vala</b>, developed by Yorba (the team behind Shotwell) and the elementary team, <b>has been added by default in eOS Luna</b>, replacing Postler. The application integrates with the desktop: you'll get new mail notifications, attachment handling and so on, but its feature list is not that great yet. Hopefully, the application will receive enough attention until the final release, because is has the potential of becoming one of the best Linux email clients.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-geary.png"><img alt="Geary" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-geary_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>Noise</b>, a Beatbox fork (the two players might merge though), <b>is the default music player </b>and offers multiple views, equalizer, iPod sync, Internet radio support, Last.fm integration and other features you'll need in a music player:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-noise.png"><img alt="Noise music player" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-noise_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Other new default applications include: Scratch (text editor) and Pantheon Terminal, Maya (calendar):</b></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://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-maya.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary os luna maya" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-maya_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maya - calendar app<u><br /></u></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://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-pantheon-terminal.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Pantheon terminal" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-pantheon-terminal_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pantheon Terminal</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://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-scratch-text-editor.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Scratch text editor" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-scratch-text-editor_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scratch - text editor</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This is obvious, but it deserves to be mentioned anyway: <b>elementary GTK and elementary icon theme, designed by Daniel Fore, are of course used by default</b>. Also, there's no way to change these in Switchboard, but you can use the same tools that are available for Ubuntu if you want to do this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since it's based on top of Ubuntu 12.04, Luna uses the Linux kernel 3.2.0-32, Xorg 1.11.4 and GTK 3.4.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Conclusions</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">elementary OS 0.2 Luna beta 1 is not only beautiful, but it's also fast, lightweight and uses a consistent look throughout most of its default applications. And this is just the first beta, so Luna should improve further until the final release, for which, by the way, the date is not yet known.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The decision to drop Compiz and use Gala (which uses libmutter) by default seems very inspired because Gala offers a nice touch to the desktop with its beautiful animations: not too intrusive but also not something that goes unnoticed, along with cool workspace switcher and expose features. And on top of that, it seems quite stable too.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The default applications are extremely fast and lightweight, especially those developed by the elementary OS team - maybe too lightweight for some users (read: lack of options), but hey, you can't have it all. </div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download elementary OS 0.2 Luna beta 1</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>elementary OS 0.2 Luna is in beta, so you will find bugs! Don't use it on a production machine!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To read the official release notes, see how you can contribute or download elementary OS Luna beta 1, see announcement @ <a href="http://elementaryos.org/journal/luna-beta-1-released">elementaryos.org</a></div>

elementary OS Luna Beta 1 Available For Testing

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Linux Mint 14 RC Available For Download

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ykBh372gs9w/UKD81KNw5qI/AAAAAAAAL3Q/KCZ5uT-G9dE/s1600/linux-mint-14.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="linux mint 14" border="0" height="191" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ykBh372gs9w/UKD81KNw5qI/AAAAAAAAL3Q/KCZ5uT-G9dE/s320/linux-mint-14.png" title="linux mint 14" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" release candidate, based on Ubuntu 12.10, has been made available for download</b> yesterday and, like the previous version, is available for download in <b>two editions: MATE and Cinnamon</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Linux Mint 14 Mate RC</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u8UfCsk18Ic/UKD9Jlcz-nI/AAAAAAAAL3Y/S850U9RJcb8/s1600/linux-mint-14-mate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="linux mint 14 mate" border="0" height="207" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u8UfCsk18Ic/UKD9Jlcz-nI/AAAAAAAAL3Y/S850U9RJcb8/s320/linux-mint-14-mate.png" title="linux mint 14 mate" width="320" /></a></div><br />Linux Mint 14 RC MATE edition features MATE 1.4, which brings lots of bug fixes, as well as some minor new features:<br /><ul><li>bluetooth and mate-keyring are now functional</li><li>Dropbox support for Caja (file manager)</li><li>Caja improvements: toggle button for text-based location bar, button to get the difference between files in the file conflict dialog and more</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon RC</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qwQTdD-FFR0/UKD9bwEnGDI/AAAAAAAAL3g/kKCK4VZraC8/s1600/linux-mint-14-cinnamon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="linux mint 14 cinnamon" border="0" height="196" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qwQTdD-FFR0/UKD9bwEnGDI/AAAAAAAAL3g/kKCK4VZraC8/s320/linux-mint-14-cinnamon.png" title="linux mint 14 cinnamon" width="320" /></a></div><br />Linux Mint 14 RC Cinnamon edition ships with the latest <b>Cinnamon 1.6, which comes with a huge list of improvements</b>. To name just a few:<br /><ul><li>a 2D session (uses software rendering)</li><li>ALT + Tab improvements, including thumbnails or previews</li><li>improved sound applet</li><li>Grid view in Expo</li><li>persistent workspaces to which you can give a name</li><li>Panel: options to configure auto-hide delay and panel height have been added</li><li>added window quicklists, an applet which lists all the windows available across workspaces</li><li>added a notification applet which keeps a history of desktop notifications</li><li>many other new features and bug fixes</li></ul><br />For more info about Cinnamon 1.6, including a video, see our previous post: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/new-cinnamon-16-release-adds-2d-session.html">New Cinnamon 1.6 Release Adds 2D Session, New Applets And More Customization Options</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And of course, with Linux Mint 14 and Cinnamon 1.6, there's also a <b>new file manager: Nemo, forked from Nautilus 3.4.2</b>, which incorporatest some features not available in Nautilus, like button to toggle between location bar and path bar, improved toolbar and more:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xD20BRfG5Jg/UKD9iSrY7MI/AAAAAAAAL3o/TPjlVjrxMEQ/s1600/linux-mint-14-nemo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nemo file manager" border="0" height="229" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xD20BRfG5Jg/UKD9iSrY7MI/AAAAAAAAL3o/TPjlVjrxMEQ/s320/linux-mint-14-nemo.png" title="nemo file manager" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">MDM continues as the default display manager in Linux Mint 14. The new version supports legacy GDM2 themes so you can use any GDM theme without any modifications:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7mRmZKPYdHs/UKD9p2_MQwI/AAAAAAAAL3w/2MHy-jQXa08/s1600/linux-mint-14-mdm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="linux mint 14 mdm" border="0" height="196" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7mRmZKPYdHs/UKD9p2_MQwI/AAAAAAAAL3w/2MHy-jQXa08/s320/linux-mint-14-mdm.png" title="linux mint 14 mdm" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Further more, 30 GDM/MDM themes are installed by default with Linux Mint 14. The latest MDM also features improved user switching and many bug fixes.</div><br /><br />Other changes in Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon edition RC: <br /><ul><li>improved software manager</li><li>MintStick replaces USB-ImageWriter, for a better UI and better progress reporting</li><li>Gedit 2.30 has replaced Gedit 3. According to the Linux Mint 14 changelog, this change was introduced because Gedit 2.30 "is a more mature/stable alternative, which provides more features and a much better search functionality than the latter version".</li><li>updated default theme to support GTK 3.6</li><li>improved icon theme</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Download Linux Mint 14 RC</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2205">Download Linux Mint 14 RC</a> | Read the official <a href="http://linuxmint.com/rel_nadia.php">release notes</a></div>

Linux Mint 14 RC Available For Download

Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" release candidate, based on Ubuntu 12.10, has been made available for download yesterday and, like the prev...

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