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>

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Synapse Indicator: New Search AppIndicator Based On Synapse Launcher

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Synapse Indicator is a new, unofficial search indicator created for elementary OS. The application should also work under Unity, the Ubuntu GNOME fallback session or in <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/cairo-dock-32-released-with-improved.html">Cairo Dock</a>.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqKcac4pF9DfpTUCVBewgKWAz98MN8vHzO9UsKhk4RLBXR2pb6gLNOswCkuj4k4X4esq0l4kvF7vsEkYorKfF0M93OHZJ-nN0jkL15ykiCTLi3xgUBgM-Do4BMLQOEGlP-M0LCcIC60Y/s1600/synapse-indicator.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Synapse Indicator elementary OS" border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqKcac4pF9DfpTUCVBewgKWAz98MN8vHzO9UsKhk4RLBXR2pb6gLNOswCkuj4k4X4esq0l4kvF7vsEkYorKfF0M93OHZJ-nN0jkL15ykiCTLi3xgUBgM-Do4BMLQOEGlP-M0LCcIC60Y/s320/synapse-indicator.png" title="Synapse Indicator elementary OS" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Synapse Indicator in <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/elementary-os-luna-beta-2-available-for.html">elementary OS Luna</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Like the name suggests, this is a<b> front-end for <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/syanpse-is-here-new-semantic-launcher.html">Synapse</a>, a semantic launcher used to start applications and find relevant files</b> using Zeitgeist, extensible through plugins. It's a great, lightweight alternative to the once very popular GNOME Do or, more or less, to Unity's Dash.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">While the functionality is basically the same, there are some interface differences: with Synapse Indicator, there's no need to scroll to see all the search results, unlike the original Synapse. Moreover, using the AppIndicator, the results are nicely displayed under categories, so you can quickly distinguish between applications, files and so on.<br /><br />Also, this is useful for those who don't want to use a keyboard shortcut to run Synapse. And of course, the AppIndicator integrates great with the elementary OS desktop, as you can see in the screenshot above.<br /><br /><br />According to Tom Beckmann, the Synapse Indicator developer, it is unlikely for this to become default in elementary OS. "<i>If at all, it'd be it's [Slinghot's] search feature</i>", says Tom on <a href="https://plus.google.com/111734729718206650167/posts/T5yU2TXQ7hv">Google+</a>. But if you want to use it, you can easily install it via PPA.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIi0jWDc_msY9-hNxuoz_vhxEyTod6h5OXfaryd01r6G-z5GHhDL9R41__cHUK-pKK5h-gNZWIW1-jwZ4RAKq6gss7iz9LCqOaqE2XrUERfPtiSk5UcvmAMN74VUF9vFCMy1ZC7kZaSTc/s1600/synapse-indicator-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Synapse Indicator" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIi0jWDc_msY9-hNxuoz_vhxEyTod6h5OXfaryd01r6G-z5GHhDL9R41__cHUK-pKK5h-gNZWIW1-jwZ4RAKq6gss7iz9LCqOaqE2XrUERfPtiSk5UcvmAMN74VUF9vFCMy1ZC7kZaSTc/s450/synapse-indicator-ubuntu.png" title="Synapse Indicator" width="450" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Synapse Indicator in Ubuntu 13.04</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Before proceeding with the installation, please note that Synapse Indicator is in its infancy so you may encounter bugs. Since it uses the same code as Synapse, there shouldn't be any functionality issues, but the interface might have some glitches, especially if you're using Ubuntu, since this is aimed at elementary OS. For instance, in my test under Ubuntu, I've had to set the system font to 10 (default is 11) to get the "WolframAlpha" entry properly aligned in the indicator. Also, the indicator doesn't have any options for now.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update: a version that supports accessing the indicator using a keyboard shortcut (ALT+SUPER+SPACE)</b> is now available in the PPA, however, using the keyboard shortcut hasn't worked in my test.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Synapse Indicator</h2><br />If you use Ubuntu, you'll firstly need to add the elementary OS daily PPA, required for the Granite 0.2, a Synapse Indicator dependency (you can remove the PPA after installing Synapse Indicator if you want):<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/daily<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Synapse Indicator can be installed in Ubuntu / elementary OS by using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/unstable-upstream<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install indicator-synapse</code></pre><br /><b>Once installed, you need to restart the panel or log out and log back in.</b><br /><br />In elementary OS, this should restart the panel:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>killall wingpanel</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In Unity, you can press ALT + F2 and enter "unity". Or simply log out and log back in and the new indicator should show up on the panel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, you can get the Synapse Indicator code from <a href="https://code.launchpad.net/~elementary-apps/synapse-project/indicator-search">BZR</a>.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>seen on <a href="http://atombit.es/indicator-synapse-llega-el-buscador-para-elementaryos">atombit.es</a></i></div>

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elementary OS Luna Beta 2 Available For Download

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Five months after the first beta, elementary OS Luna beta 2 has been <a href="http://elementaryos.org/journal/luna-beta-2-released">released</a> yesterday. Based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Luna beta 2 comes with improved multi-monitor support, updated default applications and artwork and more.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-S9dsLXeTcl5QVJLekwbSMpQeWQz9dwGVrPUTldc_ggbUVfNJyEkx-Eoh5utGqul7Q5ygQNauAyVJqTGhRNqx0e8cg00TNmiSZBqUjjbQ-ieYPkBsBSB7PdfYjW29WzNX8ZWdpfka6Nh_/s1600/elementary-os-luna-beta2-screenshot.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-S9dsLXeTcl5QVJLekwbSMpQeWQz9dwGVrPUTldc_ggbUVfNJyEkx-Eoh5utGqul7Q5ygQNauAyVJqTGhRNqx0e8cg00TNmiSZBqUjjbQ-ieYPkBsBSB7PdfYjW29WzNX8ZWdpfka6Nh_/s450/elementary-os-luna-beta2-screenshot.png" width="450" /></a></div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>elementary OS Luna beta 2 video</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Even though there aren't any major visual changes, except for the improved artwork, I've decided to make a video anyway so you can see the beautiful effects and the overall desktop feel of this beautiful Linux distribution. And obviously, you can also check out some of the changes in the latest Luna beta 2.</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/59RvVf-x_6A" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59RvVf-x_6A">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Changes in elementary OS Luna beta 2</h2><br /><b>Changes / new features in elementary OS Luna beta 2 since <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/elementary-os-luna-beta-1-available-for.html" title="elementary OS Luna Beta 1 Available For Testing">beta 1</a>:</b><br /><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Switchboard (system settings) now includes two new Keyboard and Power sections as well as an option to switch dock (Plank) themes;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">improved multi-monitor support for Plank and Wingpanel;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">improved elementary theme (both GTK and icon theme), including brand new folder icons<b>, </b>file manager icon and emoticons set;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Shotwell, Midori, Noise (now called Music), Geary and Pantheon Terminal have received various enhancements and bug fixes:</li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Geary email client now includes multiple account support, "collapsed" messages in conversations, "important" folder support, option to mark emails as spam and many bug fixes;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Midori, the default elementary OS web browser has received a customizable new tab page behavior, a new Cookie Security Manager extension, improved extension loading, a reworked downloads backend, etc. </li><li style="text-align: justify;">Noise is now called "Music" and the latest version comes with duplicate-detection, some design updates, improved external device support and more. </li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;">better translations support;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">many bug fixes;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">more. </li></ul><br /><br />Below you can see some elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots:<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/elementary-os-luna-beta2-switchboard-system-settings.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-switchboard-system-settings_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">System Settings (Switchboard)</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/elementary-os-luna-beta2-power.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-power_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Power settings</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/elementary-os-luna-beta2-keyboard.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-keyboard_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Keyboard settings</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/elementary-os-luna-beta2-keyboard_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-keyboard_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Keyboard settings</td></tr></tbody></table><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/elementary-os-luna-beta2-plank-settings.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-plank-settings_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pantheon Dock (Plank) settings</td></tr></tbody></table><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/elementary-os-luna-beta2-plank_theme_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-plank_theme_1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plank - switching between themes</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/elementary-os-luna-beta2-plank_theme_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-plank_theme_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plank - switching between themes</td></tr></tbody></table><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/elementary-os-luna-beta2-geary.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-geary_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Geary email client</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/elementary-os-luna-beta2-indicator.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-indicator_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">elementary OS desktop / Calendar indicator</td></tr></tbody></table><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/elementary-os-luna-beta2-marlin-files.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-marlin-files_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pantheon Files (Marlin fork) and the new elementary OS icon theme folder icons</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/elementary-os-luna-beta2-midori.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-midori_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Midori web browser</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/elementary-os-luna-beta2-music-noise.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-music-noise_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Music (Noise)</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/elementary-os-luna-beta2-expose.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-expose_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Expose (Super + W)</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/elementary-os-luna-beta2-workspace-switcher.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-workspace-switcher_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Workspace switcher (Super + S)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br />For more about elementary OS Luna, see our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/elementary-os-luna-beta-1-available-for.html" title="elementary OS Luna Beta 1 Available For Testing">beta 1 article</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download elementary OS Luna Beta 2</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you've installed elementary OS Luna beta 1 or a daily build and have all the packages up to date (e.g.: updated using Update Manager, "apt-get upgrade", etc.), you already have the latest beta 2 so there's no need to reinstall. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To read the official release notes, see how you can contribute or download elementary OS Luna beta 2, see announcement @ <a href="http://elementaryos.org/journal/luna-beta-2-released">elementaryos.org</a></b></div><br /><br />

elementary OS Luna Beta 2 Available For Download

Five months after the first beta, elementary OS Luna beta 2 has been released yesterday. Based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Luna beta 2 comes with ...

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