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See What`s New In Kubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-riOvX_IBskw/UXpvWL3bjhI/AAAAAAAAPEo/dwsI9WuxG40/s1600/kubuntu-13.04-desktop.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-riOvX_IBskw/UXpvWL3bjhI/AAAAAAAAPEo/dwsI9WuxG40/s450/kubuntu-13.04-desktop.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.kubuntu.org/">Kubuntu</a> 13.04, the <a href="http://www.kde.org/">KDE</a>-based Ubuntu flavor, has been released yesterday. Let's take a quick look at what's new.</b></div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Kubuntu 13.04 video</h2><br />A usual, we'll start with a video - below you can watch a quick Kubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) overview:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AsMl08BeoY4" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsMl08BeoY4">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>KDE Plasma and Applications - 4.10</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Kubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) ships with KDE Plasma and Applications 4.10 which includes changes such as:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">improved Plasma Workspaces layout, performance, etc.;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">a new Air theme;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">"Get Hot New Stuff" has been integrated into KWin. You can use this to get additional scripts and effects via the KWin configuration dialog;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">new KDE appmenu (not enabled by default, see HERE how to activate it in Kubuntu) which brings options to display the menu as a menubar on top of the screen (with autohide) or as a button in the window decoration;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">new screen locker </li><li style="text-align: justify;">Dolphin has gained MTP support, making it easier to transfer files from mobile devices, configurable panel icon size, Activity manager support along with other improvements and enhancements;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Gwenview has received Activity manager and color correction support along with improved thumbnail handling, the importer now works recursively and more;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Kopete gained a real "Do Not Disturb" mode which disables all notifications (visual and sound);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">many other improvements to Okular, Konsole, Kontact, Games and so on.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/kubuntu-13.04-hot-new-stuff.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kubuntu 13.04 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-hot-new-stuff_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Get Hot New Stuff<u><br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/kubuntu-13.04-appmenu-button.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kubuntu 13.04 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-appmenu-button_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AppMenu - button in the window decoration</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/kubuntu-13.04-appmenu-top-bar.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kubuntu 13.04 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-appmenu-top-bar_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AppMenu - top bar</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/kubuntu-13.04-screen-locker.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kubuntu 13.04 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-screen-locker_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Screen locker</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/kubuntu-13.04-dolphin.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kubuntu 13.04 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-dolphin_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dolphin</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/kubuntu-13.04-gwenview.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kubuntu 13.04 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-gwenview_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gwenview</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><b><br /></b> <i><b>Tip:</b> for how to get the new appmenu to work in Kubuntu, see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/how-to-enable-new-kde-410-appmenu-title.html">How To Enable The New KDE 4.10 Appmenu (Title Bar Button Or Top Screen Menubar)</a></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Other changes, default applications</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Rekonq 2</b> (version 2.2.1), the default Kubuntu 13.04 browser, brings new features such as pinning tabs, incognito mode or inline spellcheck:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-rekonq.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Kubuntu 13.04 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-rekonq_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>Muon Suite</b>, the tools used to install and upgrade software in Kubuntu, has got support for installing Plasma widgets found in KDE's KNewStuff3 and there's also a new tool called <b>Muon Discover</b> (not installed by default in Kubuntu 13.04 though, but it's available in the repositories), a Muon Suite front-end that makes it easier to find new software:<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/kubuntu-13.04-muon.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kubuntu 13.04 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-muon_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Muon Software Center<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://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-muon-plasma-widgets.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kubuntu 13.04 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-muon-plasma-widgets_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Muon: support for installing Plasma widgets found in KDE's KNewStuff</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/kubuntu-13.04-muon-discover.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kubuntu 13.04 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-muon-discover_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Muon Discover</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/kubuntu-13.04-muon-discover_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kubuntu 13.04 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-muon-discover_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Muon Discover</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Kubuntu 13.04 comes with a <b>new screen management tool</b> that makes it easy to configure multiple monitors:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-screen-management.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Kubuntu 13.04 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-screen-management_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, <b>Homerun</b>, a Unity Dash-like alternative to the Kickoff application menu, <b>is installed (but not used) by default in Kubuntu 13.04</b> (Raring Ringtail):</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-homerun.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Kubuntu 13.04 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-homerun_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>Other changes: </b><br /><ul><li>Oxygen Font is now used by default;</li><li>Krita comes with a new dark theme and is twice as fast as before;</li><li>The Kubuntu installer has a new design;</li><li>Kubuntu 13.04 supports UEFI Secure Boot.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/kubuntu-13.04-krita.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kubuntu 13.04 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-krita_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Krita</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/kubuntu-13.04-installer.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kubuntu 13.04 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-installer_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kubuntu 13.04 installer</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/kubuntu-13.04-installer_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kubuntu 13.04 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/kubuntu-13.04-installer_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kubuntu 13.04 installer</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Kubuntu 13.04 comes with the following packages: Plasma Desktop and Applications 4.10.2 (so all the Plasma Apps are at version 4.10.2: Dolphin, Gwenview, Konsole, Okular, Kmail, Dragon Player, etc.), LibreOffice 4.0.2, Rekonq 2.2.1, KTorrent 4.3.1, Amarok 2.7.0, K3b 2.0.2 and Muon Suite 2.0.0.</div><br />For other changes which are shared between all Ubuntu flavors, see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/ubuntu-1304-available-for-download.html">Ubuntu 13.04 Available For Download [Screenshot Tour, Video]</a>.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Kubuntu 13.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Those of you who have installed Kubuntu 13.04 alpha/beta and used Muon Update Manager (or via command line, etc.) to upgrade the packages, already have the final Kubuntu 13.04 release so there's no need to reinstall it.</i></div><br /><b>Download Kubuntu 13.04:</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1Y3AM2JbkaA/UXqfhRxFQuI/AAAAAAAAPFY/rZESXsFeBgQ/s1600/download-kubuntu.png" /></a></div><b><br /></b> <i><b>Tip:</b> <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/upgrade-to-kde-sc-410-in-kubuntu-1210.html">Kubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 users can install KDE SC 4.10 via PPA</a>.</i>

See What`s New In Kubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)

Kubuntu 13.04, the KDE -based Ubuntu flavor, has been released yesterday. Let's take a quick look at what's new. Kubuntu 13.04 vide...

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Ubuntu 13.04 Available For Download [Screenshot Tour, Video]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04 has been <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/download">released</a> today with many enhancements and fixes to Unity as well as some important performance improvements. Read on to find out more!</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Elh34zFygpA/UXaUrjdsWYI/AAAAAAAAPCo/kUj-cFjs3xw/s1600/ubuntu13.04-raring-ringtail.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Elh34zFygpA/UXaUrjdsWYI/AAAAAAAAPCo/kUj-cFjs3xw/s450/ubuntu13.04-raring-ringtail.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) video</h2><br />Check out the video below to see what's new in Ubuntu 13.04:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Sr3XjqXAqc" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sr3XjqXAqc">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>Unity changes in Ubuntu 13.04</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Unity has been improved a lot in Ubuntu 13.04 and it's now a LOT faster than in Ubuntu 12.10. A lot of the work on Unity has happened under the hood but there are some user interesting interface changes and new features, such as:</div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b>new window switching feature</b> that allows you to switch between open windows of the same application by using the Unity Launcher quicklists;</li><li><b>switch</b> between an application's <b>open windows by scrolling on the application icon in the Unity Launcher;</b></li><li><b>new Unity-style shutdown dialogs;</b></li><li>the Launcher <b>minimum icon size limit has been decreased to 8px from 32px;</b></li><li><b>Dash is a lot faster (both to open and search)</b>, comes with<b> improved preview animations, overlay scrollbars </b>and the search has been improved with the addition of a new library which provides <b>error tolerant matching</b> so for instance, typing "gdit" will find Gedit, which wouldn't happen in Ubuntu 12.10;</li><li><b>Unity Online Accounts has received per application toggles</b> so you can choose which application / feature is allowed to use your online accounts;</li><li>the <b>Unity systray whitelist has been removed</b>, so you can no longer whitelist applications to use the notification area, however, Java and Wine apps will continue to work since they have been whitelisted by default (hard-coded);</li><li><b>Sync Menu indicator is now available by default</b> - this is an appindicator that allows you to control Ubuntu One;</li><li><b>a new, proper Bluetooth indicator has replaced the old Bluetooth indicator </b>which was basically a patch over the Bluetooth notification area icon available in GNOME Fallback;</li><li><b>the old Gwibber lens has been replaced with a new "Friends" lens</b> which basically does the same thing: allows you to view, preview (it supports Unity Dash Previews - from which you can perform various actions like: retweet, like a post on Facebook, etc.) and search your social networks streams (Twitter, Facebook, etc.);</li><li><b>the Workspace Switcher and removable media Launcher icons can now be moved anywhere</b> on the Unity Launcher or they can be completely removed. The <b>workspace switcher is actually not available by default</b> (to turn the Workspace Swicher on: <i>System Settings > Appearence > Behavior</i>);</li><li><b>new icons </b>for Nautilus, Ubuntu Software Center, Software Updater, Workspace Switcher (which now displays the active workspace) and BFB (the button used to open Dash);</li><li><b>new window snap animation</b> that shows a window preview</li><li><b>many other</b> subtle changes, improvements and fixes.</li></ul><br />Here are some screenshots with the above mentioned changes as well as some other changes:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-quicklist-window-switching.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-quicklist-window-switching.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quicklist window switching feature<u><br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-shutdown-dialogs_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-shutdown-dialogs_1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unity-style shutdown / logout etc. dialogs</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-shutdown-dialogs_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-shutdown-dialogs_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unity-style shutdown / logout etc. dialogs</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-launcher-icon-size.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-launcher-icon-size_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Minimum Launcher icon size limit decreased to 8px</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-dash-previews_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-dash-previews_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dash Previews (music)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-dash-overlay-icons.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-dash-overlay-icons_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overlay scrollbars for Dash</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-online-accounts.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-online-accounts_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unity Online Accounts - per application toggles</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-sync-menu.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-sync-menu.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sync Menu</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-bluetooth-indicator.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-bluetooth-indicator.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bluetooth Indicator</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-friends-lens_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-friends-lens_1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friends Lens has replaced the old Gwibber Lens</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-friends-lens_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-friends-lens_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friends Lens: Dash Previews</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-friends-lens_3.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-friends-lens_3_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friends Lens</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-settings-workspace.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-settings-workspace_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enable / disable workspaces (and the Workspace Switcher)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-new-icons-assets.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-new-icons-assets_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New icons for BFB (Dash), Nautilus, Software Center, Software Updater and Workspace Switcher</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-new-icons-assets_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-new-icons-assets_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Larger screenshot with the new Software Center, Software Updater and Nautilus icons</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu13.04-raring-ringtail-screenshot-anim.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-raring-ringtail-screenshot-anim_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New window snap animation</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Other changes changes / performance</h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The work to "make Ubuntu fit on mobile" had advantages for the desktop too and <b>with Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, the memory usage has been be greatly reduced</b>. For instance, some processes were changed to exit-on-idle and be restarted-on-demand rather than running all the time, there have been many optimizations and fixed memory leaks and so on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For me, Ubuntu 13.04 has been <b>very stable</b> and I've been using it since ~ January: both its development and the final release. Also, I didn't run any benchmarks or anything like that but compared to previous Ubuntu releases that have used Unity by default, <b>Unity in Ubuntu 13.04 feels the most stable and most responsive / fastest of all releases</b>. And I'm not the only one who thinks this - for instance, Chris from the Linux Action Show has <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBl1fwEpsLQ&feature=youtu.be&t=47m00s">mentioned</a> that for him, Ubuntu 13.04 is the best Ubuntu release so far.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">However, I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 with an Intel graphics card (well, Optimus actually but the desktop runs on the Intel graphics card) so I can't comment on how things work with Nvidia / AMD and their proprietary / open source drivers.</div><br />There are some minor issues which will probably be fixed in an update, like the top panel shadow showing up on top of full-screen videos in Totem (doesn't occur with GNOME Mplayer for instance).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Other changes include:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b>MTP support by default</b> so you shouldn't have any issues <b>accessing Android 4.0 devices that don't support USB Mass Storage</b> via Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail (thanks to Gvfs which now comes with a MTP backend);</li><li><b>Intel SNA</b> (2D acceleration for the Intel Linux graphics driver that improves the X.Org performance) has been turned on by default in Ubuntu 13.04. This should provide improved X.Org driver performance and thus, a <b>faster, more responsive desktop</b>;</li><li><b>LibreOffice has Ubuntu AppMenu and HUD support by default</b>, without using any extensions (this feature is a bit buggy though and if HUD doesn't work properly for you, firstly open the menu, then try to use the HUD and it should work). LibreOffice 4.0 comes with many other enhancements, see <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/libreoffice-40-available-for-download.html">THIS</a> article for more info;</li><li>with Ubuntu 13.04, the process of switching from Python 2 to Python 3 continues, although not everything has been converted to Python 3 for the final Ubuntu 13.04 release;</li><li>simplified Software Updater;</li><li>a "tech preview" of Upstart User Sessions has been included by default in Ubuntu 13.04, which allows Upstart to supervise a user's desktop session. This feature is disabled by default for Ubuntu 13.04, but can be manually enabled for testing;</li><li>many others which you'll discover for yourself. </li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-mtp-support.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-mtp-support_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Android 4.0+ device is accessible through Nautilus</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-libreoffice-appmenu.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-libreoffice-appmenu_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LibreOffice 4.0 AppMenu</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-libreoffice-hud.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-libreoffice-hud_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LibreOffice 4.0 HUD support</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>With Ubuntu 13.04, Wubi, the Ubuntu downloader / installer for Windows, has been discontinued</b>. The reason behind this decision is the fact that Wubi hasn't been updated to work with Windows 8 because the Ubuntu developers now focus on the mobile client so Wubi wasn't in a releasable state for 13.04.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, with Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, <b>the maintenance period has been reduced from 18 months to 9 months</b> - this change won't affect just Ubuntu 13.04 but <b>all future non-LTS releases</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><br /><h2>Default applications</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Gwibber, the social / microblogging client that used to be available by default in Ubuntu has been removed</b> by default and from the repositories (but, like I was saying above, the Gwibber Lens functionality is still available by default thanks to the new Friends lens). <b>The application has been rewritten in QML and it can be <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/install-friends-app-gwibber-rewritten.html">installed</a> via Ubuntu Software Center</b> (and it's now called "Friends").</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04 continues to use GNOME 3.6 for the most part</b> (even though GNOME 3.8 has been released recently - more on why they choose to stay with 3.6, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/ubuntu-1304-only-some-gnome-components.html">HERE</a>), like Ubuntu 12.10, however,<b> some GNOME applications that weren't upgraded to version 3.6 in Ubuntu 12.10 are now available by default: Nautilus 3.6 and Totem 3.6</b>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-nautilus-3.6.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-nautilus-3.6_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nautilus 3.6</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-totem-3.6.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-totem-3.6_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Totem 3.6</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Both Nautilus 3.6 and Totem 3.6 have been patched to work properly with Unity</b>, for instance, there used to be an issue with Totem 3.6 which caused the menu not to be accessible but that's been fixed for the final Ubuntu 13.04 release, or Nautilus 3.6, which for instance, allows easily creating new documents via right click, functionality that was removed upstream.<br /><br />The same goes for GNOME Control Center (System Settings) which has finally been updated to version 3.6.x after version 3.4.x has been used in Ubuntu 12.10:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-gnome-control-center.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-gnome-control-center_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GNOME Control Center 3.6</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/ubuntu-13.04-software-center.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-software-center_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ubuntu Software Center</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) comes with the following packages by default: </b>Firefox 20.0, Thunderbird 17.0.5, Nautilus 3.6.3, LibreOfice 4.0.2, Empathy 3.6.4, Totem (Videos) 3.6.3, Gedit 3.6.2, Deja Dup Backup Tool 26.0, Rhythmbox 2.98, GNOME Contacts 3.6.2, Brasero 3.6.1, Transmission 2.77, Remmina 1.0.0, Ubuntu Software Center 5.6.0 and GNOME Control Center 3.6.3, on top of Compiz 0.9.9~daily13.04.18.1, Unity 7.0.0daily13.04.18 and GTK 3.6.4.</div><br />For the Kernel, Ubuntu 13.04 includes the 3.8.0-19-29 Ubuntu Linux kernel, based on the upstream 3.8.8 Linux kernel.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download / upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you've installed Ubuntu 13.04 beta or a daily image and used the Software Updater to upgrade the packages, you already have the final Ubuntu 13.04 version</b> so there's no need to do anything else.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/upgrade-to-ubuntu-13.04.png"><img alt="Upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail" src="http://img.netupd8.com/upgrade-to-ubuntu-13.04_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To upgrade from Ubuntu 12.10 to the latest Ubuntu 13.04</b>, open <i>Software Sources</i> and on the "Updates" tab, set "Notify me of a new Ubuntu version" to "For any new version", then press ALT + F2 and type: "update-manager -d" (without the quotes). The Software Updater should then show up, notifying you that you a new release - "13.04" - is available. Now all you have to do is click the "Upgrade" button and follow the instructions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Users who run older Ubuntu versions will firstly have to upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10 and then upgrade to 13.04 (same instructions above).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/download">Download Ubuntu 13.04</a> | Official <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseNotes">release notes</a></b></div><br /><b>For other Ubuntu flavors, you'll find download links below:</b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/">Xubuntu</a></li><li><a href="http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu">Kubuntu</a></li><li><a href="http://ubuntugnome.org/download/">Ubuntu GNOME</a></li><li><a href="http://www.edubuntu.org/download">Edubuntu</a></li><li><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu">Lubuntu</a></li></ul>

Ubuntu 13.04 Available For Download [Screenshot Tour, Video]

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MATE 1.6 Released, Install It In Ubuntu [GNOME 2 Fork]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mate-desktop_1.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="mate desktop 1.6 screenshots" border="0" height="210" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-16EVaTKloTA/UVx2VL-AQ7I/AAAAAAAAO14/RPVnKEMpG_U/s320/mate-desktop_1.png" title="mate desktop 1.6 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>After 8 months of development, <a href="http://mate-desktop.org/">MATE</a> 1.6 has been <a href="http://mate-desktop.org/2013/04/02/mate-1-6-released/">released</a></b> yesterday and its Ubuntu and Debian repositories have been updated a few hours ago with the latest MATE desktop. <b>The new version comes with</b><b> many changes such as Systemd-logind support, Caja (file manager) improvements and more.</b><br /><br /><b>MATE 1.6</b> is "<b>a giant step forward from the 1.4 release</b>" according to the MATE developers and with this release, many deprecated packages and libraries have been replaced with new technologies available in GLib. <b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For those not familiar with MATE, this is a <b>GNOME2 fork</b> which lets you use the old GNOME 2 desktop interface and applications but it also allows you to use new applications so for instance, you can use Nautilus 3 with it and so on. Also, MATE can be installed in parallel with GNOME 3, something that wasn't possible with the vanilla GNOME 2. </div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><h2>Changes in MATE 1.6</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Caja</b>, the default MATE file manager has received some interesting improvements, including support for new thumbnailers specifications and a new thumbnails frame, a new connect server dialog backported from Nautilus 3, the sidebar has been improved and there were many bug fixes:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mate-desktop-1.6.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="mate desktop 1.6 screenshots" border="0" height="210" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--5KkRiSm6r4/UVx3Z3FLwDI/AAAAAAAAO2Q/xjPWcO7lxdM/s320/mate-desktop-1.6.png" title="mate desktop 1.6 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>MATE panel</b> Window List now supports middle clicking to close a window and the workspace switcher now has an option to wrap around between workspaces with the mouse wheel.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mate-desktop-1.6_5.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="MATE 1.6 desktop screenshot" border="0" height="210" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zXpAC5Mh0vY/UVxGLpB2vJI/AAAAAAAAO0o/xNrZ7YLdwss/s320/mate-desktop-1.6_5.png" title="MATE 1.6 desktop screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>MATE Control Center</b> has received some improvements too, including an <b>option to enable Marco compositing manager</b> and fast alt-tab window preferences and others.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another interesting change has been made to the <b>Notification Daemon</b> which now has an <b>option which allows users to specify on which screen the notifications should be displayed</b> on and there's also support for notifications that "never expire".</div><br /><br /><b>Other improvements in MATE 1.6:</b><br /><ul><li>added support for systemd-logind in mate-session-manager, mate-screensaver and mate-power-manager (now you can reboot/shutdown without ConsoleKit);</li><li>MPRIS V2 support to send media keys to media players;</li><li>Caja now supports opening remote terminal;</li><li>other changes and bug fixes.</li></ul><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/mate-desktop_3.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="mate desktop 1.6 screenshots" border="0" height="210" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0vlnl5VrFZU/UVx2r73JWnI/AAAAAAAAO2I/pQPEMfl2N3k/s320/mate-desktop_3.png" title="mate desktop 1.6 screenshots" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BlackMATE theme</td></tr></tbody></table><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/mate-desktop_2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="mate desktop 1.6 screenshots" border="0" height="210" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M9GgB3En4rY/UVx2f3LMyII/AAAAAAAAO2A/2aqch2uNqCQ/s320/mate-desktop_2.png" title="mate desktop 1.6 screenshots" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GreenLaguna theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Furthermore, <b>MATE 1.6 ships with new GTK2/3 themes</b>: Menta (seen throughout most of the screenshot of this article), BlackMATE, GreenLaguna and Traditional Green and there's a <b>new icon theme</b> as well: Menta. Also, GTK3 support has been added to some of the existing themes: TraditionalOk, TraditionalOkTest and ContrastHigh. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With version 1.6, MATE has transitioned to some new packages: GSettings has replaced MateConf, DBus has replaced MateCorba/MateComponent, GIO/GVFS has replaced MateVFS and libnotify has replaced libmatenotify.</div><br /><br />Here are a few more MATE 1.6 Desktop screenshots:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mate-desktop-1.6_2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="MATE 1.6 desktop screenshot" border="0" height="210" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ibG6RZYQbno/UVxGDy4xPTI/AAAAAAAAO0g/wTVBa7tRzW4/s320/mate-desktop-1.6_2.png" title="MATE 1.6 desktop screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mate-desktop-1.6_3.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="MATE 1.6 desktop screenshot" border="0" height="210" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ri7sPSbRONk/UVxGeldicjI/AAAAAAAAO1A/gj0jV2aOfwc/s320/mate-desktop-1.6_3.png" title="MATE 1.6 desktop screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mate-desktop-1.6_6.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="MATE 1.6 desktop screenshot" border="0" height="210" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zTQ1GLnSAq0/UVxG1X2sMAI/AAAAAAAAO1I/h_jm4bGzDeI/s320/mate-desktop-1.6_6.png" title="MATE 1.6 desktop screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mate-desktop-1.6_7.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="MATE 1.6 desktop screenshot" border="0" height="210" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bjV9RrEDaHc/UVxG1v4rPTI/AAAAAAAAO1M/aY4ZRmyxUMs/s320/mate-desktop-1.6_7.png" title="MATE 1.6 desktop screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mate-desktop-1.6_14.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="mate desktop 1.6 screenshots" border="0" height="210" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J45f6FzjUn4/UVx3tHhRXeI/AAAAAAAAO2Y/KHekf7pdPdk/s320/mate-desktop-1.6_14.png" title="mate desktop 1.6 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install MATE Desktop in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>MATE is not currently available in the official Ubuntu / Debian repositories but it seems it will make it soon because it's currently on Debian ftp-master <a href="http://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html">new queue</a>.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 and 11.10 users can install MATE Desktop by using its official repositories. To add the repositories and install MATE, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) main"<br />sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://repo.mate-desktop.org/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) main"<br />sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://mirror1.mate-desktop.org/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) main"<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install mate-archive-keyring<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install mate-core mate-desktop-environment</code></pre>Then, log out and select MATE from the login screen.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: for some reason, in my test, the MATE Notification Daemon wasn't installed by default so if that's the case for you too, use the following command to install it:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install mate-notification-daemon</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I've also seen some Raring packages in the MATE repositories so it seems Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail will be supported soon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, see the MATE installation <a href="http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download">wiki page</a>.</b></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Removing MATE</h2><br />If you've installed MATE in Ubuntu using the commands above and you want to remove it, use the command below in a terminal:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove mate-archive-keyring mate-notification-daemon atril atril-common caja caja-common engrampa engrampa-common eom eom-common gir1.2-mate-panel libatril libcaja-extension libmarco libmatedesktop libmatekbd libmatekeyring libmatemenu libmatepanelapplet libmatepolkit libmateweather libmateweather-common libmatewnck libmatewnck-common marco marco-common mate-applets mate-applets-common mate-backgrounds mate-calc mate-control-center mate-core mate-desktop mate-desktop-common mate-desktop-environment mate-dialogs mate-icon-theme mate-media mate-media-common mate-media-gstreamer mate-menus mate-panel mate-panel-common mate-polkit mate-power-manager mate-power-manager-common mate-screensaver mate-screensaver-common mate-session-manager mate-settings-daemon mate-settings-daemon-common mate-settings-daemon-gstreamer mate-system-monitor mate-terminal mate-terminal-common mate-themes mate-utils mate-utils-common pluma pluma-common</code></pre><br />And to remove the MATE repositories, use:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository -r "deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) main"<br />sudo add-apt-repository -r "deb http://repo.mate-desktop.org/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) main"<br />sudo add-apt-repository -r "deb http://mirror1.mate-desktop.org/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) main"<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre>

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