Quick elementary OS 0.2 Luna (Stable) Overview

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Two years after the "Jupiter" release, <a href="http://elementaryos.org/">elementary OS</a> 0.2 Luna (stable) has been made available for download recently. With a bit of a delay, here's a quick overview of what to expect from Luna, along with screenshots and of course, a video.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_10.png"><img alt="elementary OS Luna screenshots" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4bm1c7sLVhjAUUSnwKL_waztDjxKCm8lcXcb3FMrHohhHwUznDQe022TZl0xfQbSgIPF6CGj0PCHNYBBYeSFzqRLJP-BuD1dqNHQH4hYr1sW0FFWhIWQ7KUpnhbtCK2NkdvNX5fYcqJs/s320/elementaryos-luna-stable_10.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>elementary OS 0.2 Luna stable</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, which will be supported until April 2017, elementary OS Luna ships with its own shell called Pantheon and applications that respect the elementary OS philosophy: beautiful, fast and minimalistic</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">elementary OS Luna uses a window manager called Gala, based on <i>libmutter</i>, which comes with <b>smooth animations</b> along with a really cool workspace switcher (Super + s) and a beautiful Expose-like feature (Super + w):</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_7.png"><img alt="elementary OS Luna screenshots" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_7_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_8.png"><img alt="elementary OS Luna screenshots" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_8_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />You can see these in action in the video at the bottom of this article.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Slingshot</b>, the menu / application launcher used by default in elementary OS Luna, lets you either search for the application you want or browse the available application categories:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_6.png"><img alt="elementary OS Luna screenshots" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_6_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The top panel, called <b>Wingpanel</b>, doesn't come with the "wing" design used in its first versions (though you can achieve that by following <a href="http://www.elementaryupdate.com/2013/06/safely-use-wingpanel-slim.html">these</a> instructions), but it still stands out from other panels such as the Unity panel, thanks to the cool design used by the indicators:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_3.png"><img alt="elementary OS Luna screenshots" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For the application switcher, elementary OS Luna uses <b>Plank</b>, a dock that supports intellihide along with other hide modes as well as some Unity features such as badges, progress indicators or quicklists:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_9.png"><img alt="elementary OS Luna screenshots" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_9_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Plank, along with other aspects of the desktop can be customized by using <b>Switchboard</b>, elementary's system settings which comes with some custom "plugs" such as the Desktop plug, which lets you set the wallpaper, change the dock icon size, hide mode or theme as well as set hot corners:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_4.png"><img alt="elementary OS Luna screenshots" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_4_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As for the <b>artwork</b>, Daniel Fore's beautiful GTK and icon themes are of course used by default. Through the Luna development, both have received various improvements: for instance, Luna uses new folder icons and the GTK theme has received new switches, infobars, spin buttons and much more. You can see these changes throughout the screenshots in this article.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">elementary OS 0.2 Luna is truly <b>special</b>: the beautiful indicators, the smart dock, the lightweight default applications of which most are especially designed for elementary OS and the classy effects fit really well together and offer a clean, consistent desktop. And all of this, on top of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS which means you have access to all the applications available for Ubuntu and the long term support (supported until April 2017).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, since besides the default applications there are very few apps that follow the elementary OS design guidelines, this consistency can easily be broken by simply installing a few extra applications and this takes away some of elementary's charm.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another issue, some would say, is the lack of various options / customizations for some of the default elementary OS applications. The main reason behind this is that the elementary team tries to provide a good set of defaults so you don't have to tweak anything yourself.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><h2>Applications</h2><br /><b>Default applications include:</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Pantheon Files - a Marlin fork which is very fast and features multiple views, including Miller Columns as well as optional extensions for Ubuntu One or Dropbox;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Noise (Music) - the default music player offers multiple views, including a browser based on album covers, an equalizer, iPod sync, Last.fm integration and more;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Geary - an email client developed by Yorba (the team behind Shotwell) and the elementary team, has replaced Postler, and features new email notifications, multiple accounts support and more;</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 rel="image_group" href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna screenshots" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pantheon Files</td></tr></tbody></table></div><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 rel="image_group" href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna screenshots" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noise (Music)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><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 rel="image_group" href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_11.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna screenshots" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_11_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Geary (Email client)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Other applications included by default in elementary OS are Maya (calendar), Scratch (text editor), Pantheon Terminal, Midori (web browser), Empathy, Totem, Simple Scan, Shotwell and of course, Ubuntu Software Center.</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 rel="image_group" href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_5.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna screenshots" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/elementaryos-luna-stable_5_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scratch (text editor)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><h2>elementary OS Luna video</h2><br />Below you can watch a quick elementary OS Luna video overview:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/KE-2BSg_e4U" width="480"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE-2BSg_e4U">direct video link</a>; for more videos, subscribe to our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a>)</center><br /><br /><h2>Download elementary OS Luna</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://elementaryos.org/">Download elementaty OS Luna</a> (32bit and 64bit ISOs available)</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can also purchase physical elementary OS Luna CDs (as well as branded t-shirts and stickers) from the <a href="https://www.wepay.com/stores/elementary">elementary store</a>.</div><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://elementaryos.org/journal/the-road-to-luna">The Road to Luna</a></i>

Quick elementary OS 0.2 Luna (Stable) Overview

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Fedora 19 Available For Download

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPnC7dpEBVys5mykPko3v29siSA6OCKRFwcbwIdVhfYFZAjkFdNlYBnUruQ5Mtzqc2qa8gR4uvk3gFBP84qwi7jKIU0RfRkDaSQQ85xH1nmkc2Hd6fJs7mVcURQGgO58ve5pJOkwplwk/s1023/fedora19.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fedora 19 screenshots" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPnC7dpEBVys5mykPko3v29siSA6OCKRFwcbwIdVhfYFZAjkFdNlYBnUruQ5Mtzqc2qa8gR4uvk3gFBP84qwi7jKIU0RfRkDaSQQ85xH1nmkc2Hd6fJs7mVcURQGgO58ve5pJOkwplwk/s320/fedora19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://fedoraproject.org/">Fedora </a>19 "Schrödinger's Cat" has been released today, featuring the latest stable GNOME 3.8, a new initial setup and other interesting <a href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/19/html/Release_Notes/index.html">changes</a>.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><h2>New initial setup</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest Fedora 19 includes a new initial setup (which was supposed to be introduced with Fedora 18, but was delayed) which allows users to perform some basic actions the first time they boot into Fedora. Users can select the language, keyboard layout, add cloud services and, if no user has been created during the installation process, a new user can easily be created from this initial setup: </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOezFMKGg2G6TaxviFTfRea8X8SeZsJuaPSEiw7oJE5MSuDOmvtm7lRor_-GPd1_Dr5XQo2lRJRHDSd8lMWk-j9h83oORsJvOXcyZx25GQfgPSaXRMKjnTpU7sAUcqLX1g73cDsF-E9I/s1022/fedora19-initial-setup_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fedora 19 screenshots" border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOezFMKGg2G6TaxviFTfRea8X8SeZsJuaPSEiw7oJE5MSuDOmvtm7lRor_-GPd1_Dr5XQo2lRJRHDSd8lMWk-j9h83oORsJvOXcyZx25GQfgPSaXRMKjnTpU7sAUcqLX1g73cDsF-E9I/s320/fedora19-initial-setup_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggWx9-p4YF7s8_FA0W4TvhPjhPtBjDElpR9hxSvJc9clIUjhjLUp5QeYHHoBOodN-DXa7QcSWjIDCxPhKkrTw08XMIXMaywKuqs2PpRO4kzkRTMf8q_uHdMg5EKwvP-9dkbxvyXN9-Ow/s1022/fedora19-initial-setup_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fedora 19 screenshots" border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggWx9-p4YF7s8_FA0W4TvhPjhPtBjDElpR9hxSvJc9clIUjhjLUp5QeYHHoBOodN-DXa7QcSWjIDCxPhKkrTw08XMIXMaywKuqs2PpRO4kzkRTMf8q_uHdMg5EKwvP-9dkbxvyXN9-Ow/s320/fedora19-initial-setup_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigatKWkHyoGLULv-y9lo_4dC3McbbozqX-EB_hh4kvl-d2yOwtf2tvWs47RF_zyOB1cKZ693QR-rSxP5rRFGCWEPBR3dbIlpvbHpM-iSyjmRaUlxYNyJPCkU_7WbRgYbSJ2kSoC8brMZs/s1022/fedora19-initial-setup_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fedora 19 screenshots" border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigatKWkHyoGLULv-y9lo_4dC3McbbozqX-EB_hh4kvl-d2yOwtf2tvWs47RF_zyOB1cKZ693QR-rSxP5rRFGCWEPBR3dbIlpvbHpM-iSyjmRaUlxYNyJPCkU_7WbRgYbSJ2kSoC8brMZs/s320/fedora19-initial-setup_3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">After the initial setup completes, an animation displaying some GNOME Shell basic usage is displayed in full-screen (I didn't create a video because the animation was very slow in VirtualBox):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOBbvFDrlfnfMFbWwZv_1yXFE4g1jeKE7QMaCWBpasBSYmT8X2JFShfcnjqycBC7Is7rYdPAeSlgOhA2u4lXjxASnJKRw1INlZLzN-pYyu8eJ0n4oLLvEHU0DQv9Zqj1zAwiNdZfJlWo/s1022/fedora19-getting-started.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fedora 19 screenshots" border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOBbvFDrlfnfMFbWwZv_1yXFE4g1jeKE7QMaCWBpasBSYmT8X2JFShfcnjqycBC7Is7rYdPAeSlgOhA2u4lXjxASnJKRw1INlZLzN-pYyu8eJ0n4oLLvEHU0DQv9Zqj1zAwiNdZfJlWo/s320/fedora19-getting-started.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>GNOME 3.8</h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Fedora 19 ships with GNOME 3.8, which comes with numerous changes and new features, including:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">new Activities Overview applications view;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">overhauled search which can now include results from applications;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">new Privacy, Notifications and Search GNOME Settings panels;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">a new Classic mode is available for GNOME 3.8, replacing the old GNOME fallback mode. This offers a GNOME2-like layout by using some extensions on top of GNOME Shell. To install it, see below;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">GNOME Clocks and Weather, two new application added with GNOME 3.8, are available by default in Fedora 19;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">GNOME Documents has received an embedded edit mode for Google Docs, presentation mode and more;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Web (Epiphany) has switched to WebKit2 and now includes an incognito mode, new search UI and supports GTK+2 plugins, including Adobe Flash. Web is not included by default in Fedora 19 though.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are some Fedora 19 screenshots in which you can see some of these new GNOME 3.8 features:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcLKOcUO84IpQgoRSD809LdJUJHbX0pmwNcI6YD5hMa2YVMUqTJFJDdDHZz8n4p5SWv6XmkOelJ0AKOxwrHuva6ttd94zD9PEARSMtLbIJIlbyM-H5rDLfkq4NiaEYJFqu3oEm83TM2o/s1023/fedora19-gs.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fedora 19 screenshots" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcLKOcUO84IpQgoRSD809LdJUJHbX0pmwNcI6YD5hMa2YVMUqTJFJDdDHZz8n4p5SWv6XmkOelJ0AKOxwrHuva6ttd94zD9PEARSMtLbIJIlbyM-H5rDLfkq4NiaEYJFqu3oEm83TM2o/s320/fedora19-gs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98vXPF8Krsty5d_WWpj9agU136OkCzyzyebnJlg9KD2dBTC6-lpSQwvhS0ZCjDqSMK4hkfL3EO0gP8M95-daZaM9qRNkx4exRSVszY1qvVv686_ubnnDkGbZ2xcRzOWOoWWehsnPj0Cc/s1023/fedora19-gs_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fedora 19 screenshots" border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRTNMFQ0KJd3UoS3qHYbQ3MKU4FMtVpuKgKTmtuQhqbQXBVoyJpwmvSEygobOJBqoqXIhr4meGkgLUhH9vMiHqyTsfBEmWlmbCnpYuCpkt-eNIS0lFf8gI7vLLLRfvpfStFPkHj8NSwPo/s320/fedora19-weather_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>For more info, see our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/gnome-38-released-see-whats-new-video.html">GNOME 3.8</a> article.</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Other changes</h2><br /><b>Other changes in Fedora 19 include:</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">File Roller can extract RAR archive after installing the "unar" package, a free and open source command line tool that's part of The Unarchiver project;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">MariaDB is now the default MySQL option in Fedora;</li><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/3D_Printing">3D modeling and printing</a> tools are available in the repositories</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Updated ModemManager with better support for multi-mode devices like Qualcomm Gobi WWAN cards and other devices that support the CDMA/EVDO/LTE standards, the GSM/UMTS/LTE standards, or devices that can support either;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">firewalld (the default Fedora firewall) improvements;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">more.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Users who can't get used to the GNOME Shell layout can use the new GNOME 3.8 Classic mode, which I've already mentioned, but this is not installed by default so to install it, run the following command as root:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>yum install gnome-classic-session</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, you need to restart the system for the new login session to show up:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fedora 19 screenshots" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBT4S9RcGW58YXxLipVpyG-ytLSpr4AeRnl9p1ZgTHYr5JF445Jsw0QyFclvuaw78qWuE60SaXLw_oiWlm5_PeFRUhKzvpYATrkA2Gx3PAafYOwO_jPBpFZN0bQrOrnqw0GBDI9lMQfUY/s320/fedora19-gnome-classic.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZU-BLUN67uPI4v2ZXwBvgCXVL_ENdOS-SaDoXv-qcSOGJfmj99JBsd0_X8Gw4lDsgR8QEPsEb3YKP95ELMCVojxAPEWaYPtHe8Jl87FAlx_sh3RQRh5W1OzrmxGj9TdUFurM0NiUU7M/s1024/fedora19-gnome-classic_2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fedora 19 screenshots" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZU-BLUN67uPI4v2ZXwBvgCXVL_ENdOS-SaDoXv-qcSOGJfmj99JBsd0_X8Gw4lDsgR8QEPsEb3YKP95ELMCVojxAPEWaYPtHe8Jl87FAlx_sh3RQRh5W1OzrmxGj9TdUFurM0NiUU7M/s320/fedora19-gnome-classic_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And that's not all: <b>the latest Cinnamon (1.9.1) and MATE (1.6.1) desktops are available to install from the Fedora 19 repositories</b>. Like the Fedora 19 release notes <a href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/19/html/Release_Notes/sect-Release_Notes-Welcome_to_Fedora_.html">mention</a>, search for all the available desktop environments using:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>yum grouplist -v hidden | grep desktop</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">And then install a complete desktop environment by entering its name. For instance, to install Cinnamon, use (as root):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>yum groupinstall "Cinnamon Desktop"</code></pre>Or, use the short group name to install:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>yum install @cinnamon-desktop-environment</code></pre><br /><b>For the complete Fedora 19 release notes, see <a href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/19/html/Release_Notes/index.html">THIS</a> page.</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Default applications in Fedora 19</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Fedora 19 ships with Nautilus 3.8.2, Gedit 3.8.2, Totem 3.8.2, GNOME Documents 3.8.3, GNOME Contacts 3.8.2, GNOME Boxes 3.8.3, Evolution 3.8.3, Cheese 3.8.2, Empathy 3.8.3, GNOME Clocks 3.8.2, GNOME Weather 3.8.2, LibreOffice 4.1 beta 2, Firefox 21, Transmission 2.77, Rhythmbox 2.99.1 and Shotwell 0.14.1, on top of GNOME Shell 3.8.3, GTK 3.8.2, Linux Kernel 3.9.5 (though an update to 3.9.8 is already available), Mesa 9.2 and Xorg server 1.14.1.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Fedora 19</h2><br />Before downloading Fedora 19, make sure you check out the <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F19_bugs">common bugs</a> list.<br /><br /><b>Download Fedora 19:</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5NjQ1wHmRIs_CVACvUBVv-pF9vPWFSJ3i8ikLl7nWzahSuy_55tqFik562cZbrLUh-pfOCbkZcZP4bbGHq50lCRZ6t8POPCsmx1ftXj0NLO6755cSRaN54IdabaUWzN_5zCV3cmq7wg/s275/download-fedora19.png" /></a></div><br />Tip: for installing codecs, Java and various tweaks, check out <a href="http://satya164.github.io/fedorautils/">Fedora Utils</a>.<br />

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Linux Deepin 12.12 Released With New Desktop Environment, More [Video, Screenshots]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.linuxdeepin.com/download">Linux Deepin</a> is a Chinese Linux distribution (English ISO files are available as well) based on Ubuntu, that ships with its own desktop environment and some unique applications, which integrate with the overall Linux Deepin look and feel.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMJuOMUiRLqhNDmQuttaH4TDAsLvmRNAovODZvQNasi4Z7ZOBRs_JAHvqYuZHtDIHCy7h9MbEVRqJiniZDvcpXCu_x3vsIFjkIb8MvweQ5P6y1mMp9hyPm43Sr55Js08R3GiDbpLynd7Q/s1600/linux-deepin12.12.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMJuOMUiRLqhNDmQuttaH4TDAsLvmRNAovODZvQNasi4Z7ZOBRs_JAHvqYuZHtDIHCy7h9MbEVRqJiniZDvcpXCu_x3vsIFjkIb8MvweQ5P6y1mMp9hyPm43Sr55Js08R3GiDbpLynd7Q/s450/linux-deepin12.12.png" width="450" /></a></div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Linux Deepin 12.12, based on Ubuntu 13.04</b>, has been <a href="http://planet.linuxdeepin.com/2013/06/19/linux-deepin-12-12-is-released/">released</a> today and comes with a huge list of changes and improvements, including a <b>new desktop environment: Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE)</b>. Previously, Linux Deepin has used a highly customized GNOME Shell as the default desktop environment. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest version, 12.12, was supposed to be released by the end of December 2012, but because its developers wanted to offer a stable, high quality Linux distribution and that couldn't be achieved in time, it was postponed until today, when the 12.12 version has finally been released.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Linux Deepin 12.12 video</h2><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eNGo4tPzGjU" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNGo4tPzGjU">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Deepin Desktop Environment</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) tries to continue with the same look and feel Linux Deepin had in the previous releases, but without using GNOME Shell. The menu will probably remind you of the GNOME Shell Activities Overview while the indicators on the bottom dock look more or less like those used in elementary OS Luna. But, unlike Pantheon and GNOME Shell, <b>Deepin Desktop uses Compiz</b>. I didn't look close into this, but it seems that the Compiz version in Linux Deepin comes with some DDE-specific patches.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Each desktop component has various useful features, such as:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <b>Application launcher</b>: quickly create a desktop shortcut or add an application to the dock via right click; <b>on the desktop, you can drag and drop an application on to another one to create an application group</b>, useful to keep your desktop organized - you can easily rename the app group, ungroup the applications, delete it and so on:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-application-launcher.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Deepin 12.12 Application launcher" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-application-launcher_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzFn4_lYSbEU10MgzQ0zVZjj9mGfQHM_rlFW_GoYoTxqYYH4iFl_ipt6vryCj5_-CCpXcy846e9C13fl2s52dnNVqgL2BXTUSOQtthxYu_pDq6di0DrUH4iVGEPGyx_l7y7Cotk8J-xo/s1600/linux-deepin12.12-app-group.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzFn4_lYSbEU10MgzQ0zVZjj9mGfQHM_rlFW_GoYoTxqYYH4iFl_ipt6vryCj5_-CCpXcy846e9C13fl2s52dnNVqgL2BXTUSOQtthxYu_pDq6di0DrUH4iVGEPGyx_l7y7Cotk8J-xo/s1600/linux-deepin12.12-app-group.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- The <b>dock</b> <b>displays live previews for open windows</b>. You can use the previews to switch between windows or close them:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLYcdjfLHhSYQwDb4f_5BIuxGxStkjSn9Qlehyz-e0UhwsbWsxK_TaiEJT8QGmRWczcm1lcjUQLg0jyC8XDEHa3cCbnJoSXe58XjMyyfYOqxB26fwBh4yZ-uS7DrCjqN739AeXE23ZaI/s1600/linux-deepin12.12-dock-previews.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLYcdjfLHhSYQwDb4f_5BIuxGxStkjSn9Qlehyz-e0UhwsbWsxK_TaiEJT8QGmRWczcm1lcjUQLg0jyC8XDEHa3cCbnJoSXe58XjMyyfYOqxB26fwBh4yZ-uS7DrCjqN739AeXE23ZaI/s320/linux-deepin12.12-dock-previews.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- Stylish <b>notifications</b> that come with a close button so they never get in your way:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8e2SC87ldVbA9L1cxPDBqEMlWDDHN9MJt65IJ2cJDqGMq3It692mTOqtFLnvsnGdPzdftgs-BjcVJQJ3c_uncd4_mHk6-jvcsFmVc2e_HBMXG7BSBPbwE88EoUBVzzs2QySFkPkwFwbM/s1600/linux-deepin12.12-notifications.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8e2SC87ldVbA9L1cxPDBqEMlWDDHN9MJt65IJ2cJDqGMq3It692mTOqtFLnvsnGdPzdftgs-BjcVJQJ3c_uncd4_mHk6-jvcsFmVc2e_HBMXG7BSBPbwE88EoUBVzzs2QySFkPkwFwbM/s320/linux-deepin12.12-notifications.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Linux Deepin 12.12 ships with <b>its own System Settings</b>, this being the first release to include it. The new settings tool is designed to be easy to use and by default, it doesn't display advanced settings that regular users wouldn't understand. Using it, you can configure various system settings such as the sound, multiple monitors and so on as well as change the theme, the dock behavior and more:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNaM8z_SUvnHoX5n8a-kWEmbL5_GeSoE02d9TcFhxtz0pZyIe6vWUDCqJVhsbyYiOlKARIbTsfXPxNcYCaqVX0edRsnKvKBFewt93TUNW1nvP6VpTr7jIMdmeKI5o8OHBxAqVHEbFvPEY/s1600/linux-deepin12.12-system-settings.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNaM8z_SUvnHoX5n8a-kWEmbL5_GeSoE02d9TcFhxtz0pZyIe6vWUDCqJVhsbyYiOlKARIbTsfXPxNcYCaqVX0edRsnKvKBFewt93TUNW1nvP6VpTr7jIMdmeKI5o8OHBxAqVHEbFvPEY/s320/linux-deepin12.12-system-settings.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7c7ww42Fdvbr0IseMt4Q7CGdbyto5NSOFuCgQ-M5SmE60JPUWCK4yST57YampDRXHyAlNIrpWGNBTA67_EnzoGXNnttbybnkf21dFZ9H2MdmQFmJi6FUysveDcZzc3w1Fcfwxc6IHrA/s1600/linux-deepin12.12-system-settings_3.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7c7ww42Fdvbr0IseMt4Q7CGdbyto5NSOFuCgQ-M5SmE60JPUWCK4yST57YampDRXHyAlNIrpWGNBTA67_EnzoGXNnttbybnkf21dFZ9H2MdmQFmJi6FUysveDcZzc3w1Fcfwxc6IHrA/s320/linux-deepin12.12-system-settings_3.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Default applications</h2><br />Linux Deepin ships with its own software center, music player, video player and screenshot tool, along with some applications, including proprietary software such as Skype.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-software-center.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Deepin Software Center" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-software-center_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Linux Deepin 12.12 includes Deepin Software Center 3.0, which comes with new features such as:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">recommendations and download rank added to the home page;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">various category improvements;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Users can now log in using their Linux Deepin forum account to comment and rate applications;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">The preferred software sources mirrors can now be set via its preferences.</li></ul><br />Also, Deepin Software Center comes with a completely reworked backend which should improve its performance.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-dplayer.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Deepin video player" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-dplayer_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>default Linux Deepin video player, DPlayer, has received new features too, including:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>supports choosing and switching sound tracks and subtitles for multiple languages;</li><li>can be used to convert video files to various formats;</li><li>supports DVD/CD playback;</li><li>multiple instances support.</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-dmusic.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Deepin Dmusic screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-dmusic_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another application especially designed for Linux Deepin is DMusic, the default music player. <b>DMusic 2.0</b>, which is included in Linux Deepin 12.12, has received <b>addons support</b> and includes DoubanFM and Internet Radio addons by default, along with some other features:</div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>a new mini-mode has been added - you can easily toggle between the regular and mini interfaces from its preferences;</li><li>supports audio CD and lossless formats playback;</li><li>can convert between various audio formats;</li><li>comes with Mpris V2 support so it's integrated into the Linux Deepin sound menu (displayed on the bottom dock).</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-dnapshot.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Deepin screenshot tool" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-dnapshot_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, <b>DSnapshot </b>(previously Deepin Scrot - really), <b>a screenshot tool that's available by default in Linux Deepin</b>, has received support for sharing screenshots on Twitter and other social media websites along with other improvements and bug fixes.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-nautilus3.8.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Nautilus Linux Deepin 12.12" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-nautilus3.8_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Besides the applications mentioned above, Linux Deepin 12.12 ships with the following applications by default:</b> <b>Nautilus 3.8.1 </b>(patch to display the gear menu on the left), Firefox 21, Google Chrome 27, Thunderbird 17.0.6, LibreOffice 4.0.2, Kingsoft Office (WPS Office) 9.1.0, GNOME Sound Recorder 3.4.0, Pidgin 2.10.7 and Skype 4.2.0.11, among others. Also, Linux Deepin comes with codecs and Adobe Flash Player installed by default, along with a proprietary Wireless Drivers setup tool.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Under the hood</b>, Linux Deepin 12.12 uses <b>GTK 3.8.2</b> - unlike Ubuntu 13.04 which ships with GTK 3.6 -, a patched Compiz 0.9.99+git, the Ubuntu Kernel 3.8.0, based on the upstream Linux Kernel 3.8.5, and Xorg server 1.13.3.</div><br /><br /><br />Here are a few more Linux Deepin screenshots:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbYJZhqtSUEKKWlB9geKm7O7qB91eItHRynkOdL25zQbC00AI1Fk81jxT2zTf7TEKDGLzRXBXG0-Bv2hMCRIKJhgmXwV2wbeESP1H2OGAsDHu49sLu2twn6PbvTxzSpXJQwSC8Gl7ZXg8/s1600/linux-deepin.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbYJZhqtSUEKKWlB9geKm7O7qB91eItHRynkOdL25zQbC00AI1Fk81jxT2zTf7TEKDGLzRXBXG0-Bv2hMCRIKJhgmXwV2wbeESP1H2OGAsDHu49sLu2twn6PbvTxzSpXJQwSC8Gl7ZXg8/s320/linux-deepin.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-dmusic-radio.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Deepin 12.12" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-dmusic-radio_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-indicators-power.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Deepin power indicator" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-indicators-power_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://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-lock-screen.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Linux Deepin 12.12 lock screen" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-lock-screen_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Lock screen</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/linux-deepin12.12-login-screen.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Linux Deepin 12.12 login screen" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-login-screen_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Login screen (LightDM greeter)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-software-center_3.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Deepin 12.12" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-software-center_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-software-center_2.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Deepin 12.12" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-software-center_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANggsTmk5sXUNzBL0_UkywfSZ1aEztiRsClK4x09mAvHmxpSSyZYoFYvy6t8os24GjB3NZJom_Et0ubBGFUPc2MIcj-O6A5tryCTb4dhRgXJqqtfmkwgRgTXLUm9UWQ2-i3K8e8OwT-o/s1600/linux-deepin12.12-system-settings_2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANggsTmk5sXUNzBL0_UkywfSZ1aEztiRsClK4x09mAvHmxpSSyZYoFYvy6t8os24GjB3NZJom_Et0ubBGFUPc2MIcj-O6A5tryCTb4dhRgXJqqtfmkwgRgTXLUm9UWQ2-i3K8e8OwT-o/s320/linux-deepin12.12-system-settings_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Linux Deepin 12.12</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.linuxdeepin.com/download">Download Linux Deepin</a></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Linux Deepin 12.12 ships with a nice user manual (available on the desktop for easy access) so, even if you've used Linux Deepin before, take a look at the manual to find out some of the basics, like how to create application groups and so on:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-user-manual.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Deepin User Manual" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin12.12-user-manual_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin-12.12-user-manual_2.png" rel="image_group"><img a="" alt="Linux Deepin user manual" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-deepin-12.12-user-manual_2_thumb.png" /></a></div>

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