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

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

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<div style="text-align: justify;">The GTK3 theme many of you have asked about in our previous posts has been released: it's called <b><a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Numix-GTK3-theme-360223962">Numix</a></b> and it comes a flat, modern look with square corners, a dark panel and dark window theme with dark menus.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-olBpwb2DFcE/UUeeGiWXI7I/AAAAAAAAOnI/_VvjAhv5pmI/s1600/numix.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="numix gtk3 theme" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-olBpwb2DFcE/UUeeGiWXI7I/AAAAAAAAOnI/_VvjAhv5pmI/s500/numix.png" title="numix gtk3 theme" width="500" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Numix is available for GTK 3.6 and it supports GNOME Shell, Unity, Pantheon, Xfce and Openbox.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For now, the theme is not available in a PPA but it should be pretty soon. Also, in the future, there will be some Numix variants (dark toolbar, etc.) along with a GNOME Shell and an icon theme.<br /><br />Since it's compatible with GTK 3.6, the theme supports Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 (and obviously, other Linux distributions that ship with GTK 3.6). The theme probably works with GTK 3.4 (and thus Ubuntu 12.04), however, the inset shadows and text shadows won't work. However, please note that I didn't test it on GTK 3.4.</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/numix-gnome-shell.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="numix gtk3 theme" border="0" height="180" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_0gBCastgW0/UUeeNuhiFwI/AAAAAAAAOnQ/uvDxc9QxHGE/s320/numix-gnome-shell.png" title="numix gtk3 theme" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Numix GTK3 theme in GNOME Shell</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/numix-unity.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="numix gtk3 theme" border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mZ5LFdbEX8g/UUeeOBDmPPI/AAAAAAAAOnU/AahDhMwNiZQ/s320/numix-unity.png" title="numix gtk3 theme" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Numix GTK3 theme in Unity</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4HoRnCe54QI/UUesTiW5KvI/AAAAAAAAOng/VI8529aYNKc/s1600/numix-gtk3-widget-factory.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="numix gtk3 theme" border="0" height="187" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4HoRnCe54QI/UUesTiW5KvI/AAAAAAAAOng/VI8529aYNKc/s320/numix-gtk3-widget-factory.png" title="numix gtk3 theme" width="320" /></a></div><br />Update: the theme is now available in a PPA. To add the PPA and install it in Ubuntu, use the following commands:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:satyajit-happy/themes<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install numix-gtk-theme</code></pre><br />For other Linux distributions or if you don't want to use the above PPA in Ubuntu, extract the downloaded archive and copy the extracted folder to <i>/usr/share/themes</i>. For instance, if you've extracted it in your home folder, run the following command to copy it to <i>/usr/share/themes</i>:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo cp -r Numix /usr/share/themes/</code></pre><br />For GTK2 applications you'll need the Murrine engine.<br /><br />Then use a tool such as <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/unity-tweak-tool-available-in-ubuntu.html">Unity Tweak Tool</a>, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/unsettings-tool-to-disable-global-menu.html">Unsettings</a>, GNOME Tweak Tool, etc. to set the theme.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Numix-GTK3-theme-360223962">Download Numix</a></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to change the red used by the theme to something else, you can use <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/customize-gtk3-gtk2-theme-colors-using.html" title="Customize GTK3 / GTK2 Theme Colors Using `GTK Theme Preferences`">THIS</a> tool.</div><br /><i>The icons I've used in the screenshots above are <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/humanity-icons-colors-8-different.html">Humanity Colors</a>.</i>

Beautiful Numix GTK3 Theme Released

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GNOME 3.8 To Ship With Reworked Folder Icons

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The default GNOME icon theme isn't very popular among GNOME users, mainly because of the default folder icons, which many label as <i>ugly </i>(<a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/gnome-38-beta-available-in-ppa-for.html#comments">here's an example</a>). However, with GNOME 3.8, the folder icons will use a different color which attempts to fix this, but is it enough?</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Jakub Steiner has recently published an <a href="http://jimmac.musichall.cz/log/?p=1335">article</a> about this, mentioning that "<i>GNOME folder is a result of using the actual beige color that is both the real world folder material and the legacy of Tuomas’ GNOME 1 folder</i>". But I'd say they look more gray than beige and considering that Adwaita, the default GNOME 3 GTK theme is also gray, this is a bit too much.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And it seems Jakub Steiner agrees, at least partially with this, because <b>a recent GNOME Icon Theme GIT commit changes the folder icon to a lighter, more beige / less gray color</b> (which by the way, reminds me of the original <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/faenza-icon-theme-09-released-with-new.html">Faenza</a> icon theme) as a response to <a href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693610">this</a> bug report, to "<i>compensate for the overall greyness of the theme</i>":</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YGm2uRhRQME/UT4_1SrerlI/AAAAAAAAOh8/6PNgJDhotzQ/s1600/gnome-3.8-folder-icons.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.8 folder icons" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YGm2uRhRQME/UT4_1SrerlI/AAAAAAAAOh8/6PNgJDhotzQ/s550/gnome-3.8-folder-icons.png" title="gnome 3.8 folder icons" width="550" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's how Nautilus looks like using the GNOME Icon Theme with the new folder icons:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EugU0jzIXnw/UT44NE_bHvI/AAAAAAAAOh0/GkOLWk2-fiE/s1600/nautilus-gnome-3-lighter-folder-icons.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 lighter folder icons" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EugU0jzIXnw/UT44NE_bHvI/AAAAAAAAOh0/GkOLWk2-fiE/s500/nautilus-gnome-3-lighter-folder-icons.png" title="GNOME 3.8 lighter folder icons" width="500" /></a></div><br />For comparison, here's how the folder icons used to look before this change:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DYxSJFZhp70/UT5LEtZ0-SI/AAAAAAAAOiE/ACvyyWYY0Ts/s1600/nautilus-gnome-folder-icons.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 folder icons" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DYxSJFZhp70/UT5LEtZ0-SI/AAAAAAAAOiE/ACvyyWYY0Ts/s500/nautilus-gnome-folder-icons.png" title="gnome 3.6 folder icons" width="500" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>What do you think? Are the GNOME Icon Theme folder icons so unpopular because of their color or is it something else? Also, do you like the new color?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These new folder icons should be available by default in GNOME 3.8 (though this may not be the final design) which will be released on March 27. If you want to try it right now, you can get the icon theme from <a href="https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-icon-theme">GIT</a>.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://worldofgnome.org/new-default-folder-icons-for-gnome-3-8/">worldofgnome.org</a></i></div>

GNOME 3.8 To Ship With Reworked Folder Icons

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Ubuntu GNOME Becomes An Official Ubuntu Flavour

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zyw_icBDgHw/UT5OBSLQf_I/AAAAAAAAOiM/TjzaGOg4M6o/s1600/gnomeubuntu-vert-wh.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu GNOME logo" border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zyw_icBDgHw/UT5OBSLQf_I/AAAAAAAAOiM/TjzaGOg4M6o/s320/gnomeubuntu-vert-wh.png" title="Ubuntu GNOME logo" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/prefer-gnome-shell-download-ubuntu.html">Ubuntu GNOME</a>, an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that ships with GNOME Shell by default along with other GNOME applications that aren't available by default in Ubuntu, is now an official Ubuntu flavour (starting with 13.04).</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The news comes from the Ubuntu GNOME <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-gnome/2013-March/000035.html">mailing list</a>, where it is specified that there won't be a 13.04 beta 1 release this week, but there should be a beta release at the end of the month and daily images should be available within a few weeks. This should make it easier to install and test because right now, there's no way of getting Ubuntu GNOME except for installing another Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail flavour and then <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/how-to-get-complete-gnome-3-desktop-in.html">install the Ubuntu GNOME</a> meta packages.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu GNOME 13.04 will be released with GNOME 3.6 because Ubuntu 13.04 <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/ubuntu-1304-only-some-gnome-components.html">won't ship with GNOME 3.8</a> for the most part and since this is now an official flavour, it can't ship with a PPA, but you can use the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/gnome-38-beta-available-in-ppa-for.html">GNOME 3 PPA</a> which should get the stable GNOME 3.8 once it's released.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, <b>the official name is now "Ubuntu GNOME', without "Remix"</b> which has been used in the previous (unofficial) release:</div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The official name is now "Ubuntu GNOME"; no "Remix", no "Edition". I like the simplicity of this name and the GNOME Foundation Board has made it clear that we are not welcome to use derivative names like GNOMEbuntu as our official name.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">- Jeremy Bicha @ Ubuntu GNOME <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-gnome/2013-March/000003.html">mailing list</a></div></blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We'll let you know when the Ubuntu GNOME beta is released and when you can download the daily builds.</div>

Ubuntu GNOME Becomes An Official Ubuntu Flavour

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Install GNOME 3.8 In Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail [PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;">A while back, it was decided that Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail will <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/ubuntu-1304-only-some-gnome-components.html">ship with GNOME 3.6</a> for the most part instead of GNOME 3.8. </div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail users can use the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3">GNOME 3 PPA</a> to upgrade to the latest GNOME 3.8, including GNOME Shell 3.8 and Nautilus 3.8.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Additionally, a second PPA (<a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3-staging">GNOME 3 Staging PPA</a>) has been created recently and allows Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail users to upgrade other components that aren't available in the main GNOME 3 PPA. The GNOME 3 Staging PPA packages are work in progress or have known regressions so it's not as stable as the main GNOME 3 PPA. Also, if you want to use the GNOME 3 Staging PPA, you'll have to firstly add the main GNOME 3 PPA.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Jeremy Bicha has <a href="https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/msg00273.html">explained</a> on the Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list that<b> <span style="color: #cc0000;">these PPAs should only be used if you are familiar with ppa-purge and know how to fix a broken system. "This is even more true for the GNOME 3 Staging PPA</span></b> as our normal quality standards do not apply there", said Jeremy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And indeed, in my test, I wasn't able to purge the main GNOME 3 PPA properly and I've had to remove some packages, including GNOME Shell and Nautilus and only then purge the PPA, then I've installed those packages back (and it was a lot more difficult with the GNOME 3 Staging PPA). I've reported a bug for ppa-purge <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ppa-purge/+bug/1142289">HERE</a> regarding this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are a few GNOME 3.8 screenshots:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I0g6Tq22gv8/UTN8mrSDhfI/AAAAAAAAOVE/vU79Ekd5_WM/s1600/gnome-3.8-beta-frequent.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="GNOME Shell 3.8"><img alt="gnome shell 3.8" border="0" height="180" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I0g6Tq22gv8/UTN8mrSDhfI/AAAAAAAAOVE/vU79Ekd5_WM/s320/gnome-3.8-beta-frequent.png" title="gnome shell 3.8" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bUEuP1-t6xE/UTN8m9G0-pI/AAAAAAAAOVI/ca_DwDOa3qQ/s1600/gnome-3.8-beta-all-apps.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="GNOME Shell 3.8"><img alt="gnome shell 3.8" border="0" height="180" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bUEuP1-t6xE/UTN8m9G0-pI/AAAAAAAAOVI/ca_DwDOa3qQ/s320/gnome-3.8-beta-all-apps.png" title="gnome shell 3.8" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VGhb1th7vbs/UTN8mAZQleI/AAAAAAAAOU8/iT6-LvZLmIk/s1600/gnome-3.8-beta-change-background.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="GNOME 3.8 change background right click menu"><img alt="gnome 3.8 change background right click" border="0" height="179" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VGhb1th7vbs/UTN8mAZQleI/AAAAAAAAOU8/iT6-LvZLmIk/s320/gnome-3.8-beta-change-background.png" title="gnome 3.8 change background right click" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xcarKFf_WxY/UTOCJUNaKoI/AAAAAAAAOVU/QDLl5nPn1v4/s1600/gnome-3.8-beta-notifications.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="GNOME 3.8 notification settings"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 notification settings" border="0" height="211" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xcarKFf_WxY/UTOCJUNaKoI/AAAAAAAAOVU/QDLl5nPn1v4/s320/gnome-3.8-beta-notifications.png" title="GNOME 3.8 notification settings" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z3uBn3KkO7k/UTOCJXVkEvI/AAAAAAAAOVY/knkWsj1DwDk/s1600/gnome-3.8-beta-control-center.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="GNOME 3.8 Control Center"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 Control Center" border="0" height="254" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z3uBn3KkO7k/UTOCJXVkEvI/AAAAAAAAOVY/knkWsj1DwDk/s320/gnome-3.8-beta-control-center.png" title="GNOME 3.8 Control Center" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nwGGbIcofzU/UTOCJ9shEmI/AAAAAAAAOVg/K168j1y7IBE/s1600/gnome-3.8-beta-privacy.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="GNOME 3.8 privacy settings"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 privacy settings" border="0" height="188" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nwGGbIcofzU/UTOCJ9shEmI/AAAAAAAAOVg/K168j1y7IBE/s320/gnome-3.8-beta-privacy.png" title="GNOME 3.8 privacy settings" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uekdLdBUVhs/UTOCKNk1xfI/AAAAAAAAOVs/qIShHfIte18/s1600/gnome-3.8-beta-search.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="GNOME 3.8 search settings"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 search settings" border="0" height="237" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uekdLdBUVhs/UTOCKNk1xfI/AAAAAAAAOVs/qIShHfIte18/s320/gnome-3.8-beta-search.png" title="GNOME 3.8 search settings" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--cd5_VVczBY/UTOCJ7ldPpI/AAAAAAAAOVk/Atb5rJR2NxE/s1600/gnome-3.8-beta-classic-session.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="GNOME 3.8 new classic session"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 - new classic GNOME session" border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--cd5_VVczBY/UTOCJ7ldPpI/AAAAAAAAOVk/Atb5rJR2NxE/s320/gnome-3.8-beta-classic-session.png" title="GNOME 3.8 - new classic GNOME session" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install / upgrade to GNOME 3.8 In Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>So, with this in mind, if you want to upgrade to the latest GNOME 3.8 in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, firstly add the GNOME 3 PPA:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><b>Then launch Software Updater and upgrade the packages.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">GNOME SHell 3.8.1, GNOME Shell Extensions 3.8.1 (which include the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/a-quick-look-at-new-gnome-classic.html">new classic GNOME session</a>), Nautilus 3.8.1, Rhythmbox 2.99.1, GDM 3.8.0, Alacarte 3.9.70, Anjuta 3.7.90, Baobab 3.7.91, Bijben 3.8.1, Caribou 0.4.10, Cheese 3.8.1, Clutter 1.1.4.0, Devhelp 3.8.0, Eog 3.8.0, Epiphany 3.7.91, Evince 3.7.92, File-roller 3.7.92, Gcr 3.8.0, Gedit 3.7.5, GNOME Boxes 3.8.0, GNOME Clocks 3.8.0, GNOME Color Management 3.8.0, GNOME Disks 3.8.0, GNOME Documents 3.7.91, GNOME Icon Theme 3.8.0, GNOME Keyring 3.7.92, GNOME Online Accounts 3.8.1, GNOME Sushi 3.8.0, GNOME Themes 3.7.91, GNOME Tweak Tool 3.8.0, GNOME Weather 3.8.1, GTK 3.8.0, Zenity 3.7.2 and dependencies. A complete list can be found HERE. , GDM 3.7.90, Nautilus 3.7.90, Clutter 1.13.6, GTK 3.7.10, Gedit 3.7.4 and others. You can see a complete package list <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=raring">HERE</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Like I was saying above, <b>for some packages which are missing from this PPA, you can also add the GNOME 3 Staging PPA</b> (but remember that this PPA contains work in progress packages or packages for which there are known regressions).</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Empathy 3.7.92, Evolution 3.8.1, GDM 3.8.1.1, GNOME Contacts 3.8.1, GNOME Control Center 3.8.1, GNOME Terminal 3.8.0, Gvfs 1.16.1, Network Manager 0.9.8.0, Pulseaudio with Logind support, Samba 3.6.9, Systemd 198 and Vino 3.7.90 and dependencies. You can see a complete list of packages available in this PPA, <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3-staging/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=raring">HERE</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the GNOME 3 Staging PPA, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><b>Then, launch Software Updater and do an upgrade.</b><br /><br /><br />If you want to try the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/a-quick-look-at-new-gnome-classic.html">new Classic GNOME session</a>, install the following package:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions</code></pre>Then log out and select "GNOME Classic" from the login screen.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">About reporting bugs, here's what Jeremy has <a href="https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/msg00273.html">said</a> in his Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list message:</div><br /><blockquote>You can discuss issues with the PPAs in #ubuntu-gnome on Freenode/Ubuntu IRC and I believe it's ok to use Launchpad to report bugs as our work is the foundation for next cycle's packaging.</blockquote>

Install GNOME 3.8 In Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail [PPA]

A while back, it was decided that Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail will ship with GNOME 3.6 for the most part instead of GNOME 3.8. Ubuntu 13.0...

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How To Disable The GNOME Shell AppMenu While Retaining Its Functionality

<div style="text-align: justify;">GNOME has introduced the AppMenu for some of its core applications a while back (for some applications like Epiphany, with GNOME 3.4 and for others like Nautilus, etc. with GNOME 3.6), meaning that part of the menu or the whole menu is displayed as a drop-down on the top GNOME Shell bar:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CssfIqYJULc/USeVanQHvZI/AAAAAAAAOEU/x7oGlaoFMbE/s1600/gnome-shell-appmenu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME Shell AppMenu Nautilus" border="0" height="187" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CssfIqYJULc/USeVanQHvZI/AAAAAAAAOEU/x7oGlaoFMbE/s320/gnome-shell-appmenu.png" title="GNOME Shell AppMenu Nautilus" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Some applications now have two menus:</b> an <b>AppMenu</b> that's displayed on the top GNOME Shell bar which is used for <b>actions that affect the entire application</b> and <b>another menu that's displayed in the application window, which affects the currently focused window</b>.  Such applications include: Nautilus 3.6+ (the AppMenu includes: Preferences, New Window items, etc., while the cog menu that's displayed in the application window can be used to open a new tab, create a new folder, etc.), Totem 3.6+ (uses an AppMenu and a regular horizontal window menu) or Epiphany (Web) browser.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other GNOME applications only use an AppMenu, without a secondary window menu: GNOME Documents, Contacts, Boxes, Cheese or Empathy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While using an AppMenu for actions that affect the entire application and another one for window-specific actions makes sense in theory, in reality this seems to have caused confusion, inconsistency and some would say that it brings no real benefit. Further more, <b>GNOME Shell's top bar is only displayed on the main monitor </b>when using multiple monitors and thus, if you want to access it for an application that's displayed on another monitor, the mouse needs to travel a considerable distance.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And this isn't confusing just for GNOME Shell users. <b>The GNOME Shell AppMenu is also used in Unity and for instance, in Nautilus 3.6 (which is installed by default in Ubuntu 13.04 and can easily be <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/how-to-install-nautilus-36-or-patched.html">installed in Ubuntu 12.10</a> using the GNOME 3 PPA)</b>, it's not clear that there's a menu on the top Unity panel:</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://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kMPFSf6ZWlc/USeV1k4fRZI/AAAAAAAAOEc/L4wtCSagBYs/s1600/nautilus-unity-confusing.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Nautilus 3.6 Unity" border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kMPFSf6ZWlc/USeV1k4fRZI/AAAAAAAAOEc/L4wtCSagBYs/s320/nautilus-unity-confusing.png" title="Nautilus 3.6 Unity" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It doesn't look like there's a menu on the top panel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRf5yngBOh0/USeV173_dOI/AAAAAAAAOEg/Whu8Xao39y0/s1600/nautilus-unity-confusing_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Nautilus 3.6 Unity" border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRf5yngBOh0/USeV173_dOI/AAAAAAAAOEg/Whu8Xao39y0/s320/nautilus-unity-confusing_2.png" title="Nautilus 3.6 Unity" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But there is a menu...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Further more, Ubuntu 13.04 (with Unity) users can't access the Totem preferences<b>, </b>among other menu items, because Totem uses the classic horizontal menu and thus, the menu is displayed on the top Unity panel, so the Shell AppMenu is not displayed at all - I've reported the bug <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+bug/1131754">here</a>, hopefully this will be fixed in Ubuntu.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So here's how to remove the AppMenu, but retain its functionality.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How the menus will work after disabling the GNOME Shell AppMenu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Removing the GNOME Shell AppMenu doesn't mean you'll lose the AppMenu menu items. They will still be available - here's how things will work after using the instructions below:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">for Nautilus 3.6+ and Epiphany 3.6+, the contents of the AppMenu will be merged into the Cog menu; for Epiphany 3.4, the Shell AppMenu will be displayed in the application window, but not as a horizontal menu bar but as a single menu item;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">GNOME Shell: for Totem 3.6+, you'll get a new menu in the application window, so the menu will be displayed on two lines. I'm not aware of a work-around for this (hopefully, Totem will at least get a cog menu soon);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Unity: this tweak will only affect Nautilus 3.6+ and Epiphany 3.6+. For applications that only have a Shell AppMenu, the menu will continue to only be displayed on the top panel. Also, for Nautilus 3.6 and Epiphany 3.6, the contents of the Shell AppMenu will be merged in the cog menu, but it will also be displayed on the top panel;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">for the applications that only use a Shell AppMenu (GNOME Documents, Contacts, Empathy, Cheese, etc.), the menu will be displayed in the application window, but not as a horizontal menu bar but as a single menu item (see screenshot below).</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://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5MTgJj-96Lk/USevFlwyPPI/AAAAAAAAOE0/N5VworbN9Z0/s1600/gnome-documents.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="GNOME Documents AppMenu displayed in the window" border="0" height="102" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5MTgJj-96Lk/USevFlwyPPI/AAAAAAAAOE0/N5VworbN9Z0/s320/gnome-documents.png" title="GNOME Documents AppMenu displayed in the window" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GNOME Documents with the AppMenu displayed in the application window</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And an extra note for Unity with Totem 3.6+ (installed by default in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail): you can get access to Totem's Shell AppMenu without using the tweak below, by launching Totem with "<i>UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 totem</i>" so you'll get the regular menu in the application window and the Shell AppMenu on the top Unity panel (actually, using the tweak below won't fix Totem and you'll still have to use that command).</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Disable the GNOME Shell AppMenu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Don't worry, if you don't like the way things work after disabling the Shell Appmenu, you can easily revert this change.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>GNOME Shell 3.4:</b> To disable the AppMenu but still get the AppMenu functionality in the application window, simply install the <a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/32/remove-panel-app-menu/">Remove Panel App Menu</a> GNOME Shell extension.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>GNOME Shell 3.6: </b>The Remove Panel App Menu extension doesn't yet support GNOME Shell 3.6, but you can still remove the AppMenu and get its functionality in the application window. To do this, firstly install the <a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/591/remove-app-menu/">Remove App Menu</a> GNOME Shell extension. Unlike the other extension, this one only only removes the AppMenu from the top GNOME Shell panel, but the AppMenu functionality isn't added to the application window. To get the AppMenu functionality in the main application window, you can simply use the command below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides '@a{sv} {"Gtk/ShellShowsAppMenu": <int32 0>}'</code></pre><br />You can also use the command above if you want the AppMenu functionality in the main application window, but you also want the AppMenu to be displayed on the top GNOME Shell panel.<br /><br /><b> If you want to revert this change use the command below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides '@a{sv} {}'</code></pre>and also, disable the  extension (either "Remove App Menu" or "Remove Panel App Menu", depending on which you've installed).<br /><br />You don't need to restart GNOME Shell or even the applications -  the changes will be applied instantly. <br /><br /><b>Since Unity users can't install GNOME Shell extensions, they can use the same command as above to get the AppMenu functionality in the "cog" menu for Nautilus 3.6+ and Epiphany 3.6+.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>some bits via GNOME Shell <a href="https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-shell-list/2013-February/thread.html">mailing list</a>.</i></div>

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A Quick Look At The New GNOME Classic Session (Now Available In The GNOME Testing PPA)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5Fcc3pVRNto/URlNih9O16I/AAAAAAAANj0/HDPImzV8T9A/s1600/gnome-classic_1.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="New GNOME Classic Shell session"><img alt="New GNOME Classic Shell session" border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5Fcc3pVRNto/URlNih9O16I/AAAAAAAANj0/HDPImzV8T9A/s320/gnome-classic_1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>As you probably know, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/fallback-mode-classic-session-to-be.html">the fallback mode will be dropped with GNOME 3.8</a> and instead, users will be able to use a set of GNOME Shell extensions that provide a GNOME2-like layout. Recently, these changes have landed in the GNOME Testing PPA for Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">After some recent updates to the GNOME Testing PPA, a new "GNOME Classic" session has showed up in the login screen:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-classic-gdm.png" rel="image_group" title="GNOME Classic Shell login screen"><img alt="GNOME Classic Shell login screen" src="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-classic-gdm_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>This isn't the old fallback session</b> (which used to be called 'Classic GNOME Session' in Ubuntu), <b>but a new session in which you're still using GNOME Shell</b>, but with some extensions enabled by default that try to provide a GNOME2-like layout.<br /><br />The first thing you'll notice when using the new GNOME Classic session is that it comes with a <b>light theme</b>, as opposed to the standard GNOME Shell session which uses a dark theme by default. <b>Using this session, you'll get:</b><br /><ul><li>a window list on a panel at the bottom of the screen, with a notification counter at the right;</li><li>an application menu and a places drop-down on the top panel;</li><li>minimize, maximize and close buttons by default (the standard GNOME Shell only uses a close button);</li><li>classic ALT + TAB;</li><li>the clock / calendar has been moved to the right.</li></ul></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The extensions used by the new GNOME Classic session</b> are: AlternateTab, Places Status Indicator, Applications Menu, Static workspaces, Window List, Default Minimize and Maximize and Launch New Instance.</div><br />Here are some screenshots:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-classic_2.png" rel="image_group" title="GNOME Classic session: menu"><img alt="GNOME Classic session: menu" src="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-classic_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-classic_3.png" rel="image_group" title="GNOME Classic session: Places"><img alt="GNOME Classic session: Places" src="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-classic_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-classic_4.png" rel="image_group" title="GNOME Classic session: user menu"><img alt="GNOME Classic session: user menu" src="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-classic_4_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-classic_5.png" rel="image_group" title="GNOME Classic session: Activities Overview (black background probably because I'm using it in VirtualBox)"><img alt="GNOME Classic session: Activities Overview (black background probably because I'm using it in VirtualBox)" src="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-classic_5_thumb.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(black background probably because I'm using it in VirtualBox)</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-classic-alt-tab.png" rel="image_group" title="Classic ALT + Tab"><img alt="Classic ALT + Tab" src="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-classic-alt-tab_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Since these are just extensions on top of GNOME Shell, <b>there are some advantages over the old fallback mode: you'll be able to use GNOME Shell's features </b>such as the <b>Activities Overview</b>, get <b>GNOME Shell notifications</b>, <b>use other extensions</b> and so on. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></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/gnome-classic-notifications.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="GNOME Classic: notifications"><img alt="GNOME Classic: notifications" src="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-classic-notifications_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notifications</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/gnome-classic-notifications_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="GNOME Classic: notifications and message tray"><img alt="GNOME Classic: notifications and message tray" src="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-classic-notifications_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notifications / message tray</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">But there are some <b>disadvantages </b>too: the extensions bundled with the new GNOME Classic session are very simple and with only some basic features so users coming from the old fallback session will probably miss some of its features. For instance, right clicking an item on the bottom panel doesn't do anything, you can't right click a panel to add new applets (and there are no applets), there are no tray icons on the top panel and so on. </div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Further more, while the notification count is displayed at the right of the bottom panel which is nice, the actual notifications are displayed at the bottom (center) just like in the standard GNOME Shell session, so they show up on top of the window list which is pretty annoying, as you can see in the screenshots above.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>GNOME Shell 3.8 is still under development, so the GNOME Classic session extensions will probably be polished further,</b> but even so, they still won't get all the features that were available in the old classic / fallback session so I wonder if this will be enough to please all those users who were using the old fallback session. What do you think?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to test these changes in Ubuntu 12.10* or 13.04, you'll have to add the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3">GNOME 3 PPA</a> as well as the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~ricotz/+archive/testing/+packages">GNOME Testing PPA</a> (but the GNOME Testing PPA is highly unstable so I advise you to only use it in a virtual machine), then run a "dist-upgrade". </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">* In my test, the new GNOME Classic session didn't show up in the login screen for Ubuntu 12.10 for some reason, but it was available for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>thanks to deusmetallum @ <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/184sgx/gnomeclassic_now_available_in_the_gnometesting/">Reddit</a></i></div>

A Quick Look At The New GNOME Classic Session (Now Available In The GNOME Testing PPA)

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