VirtualBox 4.2.0 Released With Support For Drag'n'drop From Host To Linux Guests, More

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfSPhFUJxkUtdfMSv4-rC2Di4NvHKW57VZYFnAkNNRvFt3ms1SZLO-Inp03CNHGxFiS8oeNVcFhL74KeowaJlQb-xm9B-ZihEI6PyUvD9kmIt3rXh4Evsj8srEFMOZckKBe82dFE8evyf/s1600/virtualbox-4.2.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="virtualbox 4.2.0" border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfSPhFUJxkUtdfMSv4-rC2Di4NvHKW57VZYFnAkNNRvFt3ms1SZLO-Inp03CNHGxFiS8oeNVcFhL74KeowaJlQb-xm9B-ZihEI6PyUvD9kmIt3rXh4Evsj8srEFMOZckKBe82dFE8evyf/s320/virtualbox-4.2.0.png" title="virtualbox 4.2.0" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>After a beta and four release candidates, <a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/">VirtualBox</a> 4.2.0 (stable) has been released today, bringing support to start VMs during system boot on Linux, experimental support for drag'n'drop from the host to Linux guests, improved Windows 8 support and more.</b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><b>Changes in VirtualBox 4.2.0:</b><br /><ul><li>Improved Windows 8 support, in particular many 3D-related fixes</li><li>GUI: VM groups</li><li>GUI: expert mode for wizards </li><li>GUI: allow to alter some settings during runtime</li><li>Support for up to 36 network cards, in combination with an ICH9 chipset configuration</li><li>Added support for limiting network IO bandwidth</li><li>Added possibility to start VMs during system boot on Linux, OS X and Solaris</li><li>Added experimental support for Drag'n'drop from the host to Linux guests. Support for more guests and for guest-to-host is also planned</li><li>Added support for parallel port passthrough on Windows hosts</li><li>Enhanced API for controlling the guest</li><li>Support for recent VIA CPUs and FlushByASID features of AMD CPUs</li><li>Allow taking screenshots of the current VM window content</li><li>Allow automatically sorting of the VM list </li><li>Allow starting of headless VMs from the GUI </li><li>Implemented burning of audio CDs in passthrough mode</li><li>Added support for QED images, QCOW (full support for v1 and readonly support for v2 images) and readonly support for VHDX images</li></ul>A complete VirtualBox 4.2.0 changelog can be found <a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The new host to Linux guests drag'n'drop support feature requires the installation of VirtualBox Guest Additions</b>. To get it working in Ubuntu, make sure you don't install the Guest Additions package available in the official Ubuntu repository ("virtualbox-guest-additions") and instead, install the Guest Additions from the VirtualBox menu (Devices > Install Guest Additions).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For some of the new features like starting VMs on system boot, see the VirtualBox <a href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0/UserManual.pdf">manual</a> for how to use them. </div><br /><br /><h2>Install VirtualBox 4.2 in Ubuntu via repository</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu users can install the latest VirtualBox 4.2 using its official repository. But before installing 4.2, make sure you don't have any older VirtualBox version installed (so if you've had VirtualBox 4.1 or older installed, remove it firstly) because the package name is different: "virtualbox-4.2" for the latest 4.2.0 release:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-4.1</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">Your existing machines will not be removed and they will continue to work with VirtualBox 4.2.0.<br /><br />To add the VirtualBox Ubuntu repository and install the latest VirtualBox 4.2, use the commands below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -sc) contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list<br />wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.2</code></pre><b>Linux Mint users:</b> replace "$(lsb_release -sc)" in the first command above with the Ubuntu version corresponding to your Linux Mint version (e.g. "precise" for Linux Mint Maya, etc.).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For some extra features like VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for Intel cards support as well as USB 2.0 devices support, you'll have to download and install the VirtualBox Extension Pack from <a href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.0-80737.vbox-extpack">HERE</a>. To install it, simply double click the extension and VirtualBox should open, prompting you to install it. If that doesn't work, you can also select <i>File > Preferences > Extensions</i> and browse for the downloaded VirtualBox extension.</div><a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads"><br /><b> Download VirtualBox 4.2.0</b></a><b> for Linux, Solaris, Windows or Mac OS X.</b><br /><br /><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/get-your-usb-drives-to-work-with.html">How To Get Your USB Drives To Work With VirtualBox (Ubuntu Host)</a></i>

VirtualBox 4.2.0 Released With Support For Drag'n'drop From Host To Linux Guests, More

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Cross-Platform Video Editor Avidemux Reaches Version 2.6, Install It In Ubuntu 12.04

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTp104neW3aZ1FjlhH-1PWTdiAulXIQDzd5Egra9GpzwMQ_XLhgiA0TizBcUgpSsfubzwbt3-_9kauUECKS-82SqnxEUAXTaQuizlniYC5Q094AcYpbRSSCtOF3enwi7j-fro1HgcXdQ4f/s1600/avidemux-2.6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="avidemux 2.6" border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTp104neW3aZ1FjlhH-1PWTdiAulXIQDzd5Egra9GpzwMQ_XLhgiA0TizBcUgpSsfubzwbt3-_9kauUECKS-82SqnxEUAXTaQuizlniYC5Q094AcYpbRSSCtOF3enwi7j-fro1HgcXdQ4f/s320/avidemux-2.6.png" title="avidemux 2.6" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://avidemux.berlios.de/">Avidemux</a> is a cross-platform video editor, especially useful for simple tasks like cutting a video, encoding tasks, etc. </b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">After years in which there were only minor Avidemux updates, there's finally a new major <a href="http://avidemux.berlios.de/news.html">release</a>: 2.6, which comes with a rewrite of all the Avidemux internals as well as some new features:</div><ul><li>Support for hardware accelerated framework: VDPAU only for the moment</li><li>OpenGl filters (only Qt4/mac & linux)</li><li>Support for more scripting languages: Spidermonkey, TinyPy and QtScript</li><li>Multiple audio tracks support (in / out)</li><li>Deal with time and not assume constant framerate. You can now edit your .ts and keep a/v sync</li></ul><br /><h2>Install Avidemux 2.6 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu 12.04 users can install the latest Avidemux 2.6 without overwriting Avidemux 2.5.x (if installed), by using the <a href="http://www.getdeb.net/">GetDeb</a> repository.<b> Firstly, you have to add the GetDeb repository by installing <a href="http://archive.getdeb.net/install_deb/getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb">THIS</a> deb file.</b> Once installed, run the following commands in a terminal:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install avidemux2.6</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows and Mac OS X, see the Avidemux <a href="http://avidemux.berlios.de/download.html">downloads page</a>.</b></div>

Cross-Platform Video Editor Avidemux Reaches Version 2.6, Install It In Ubuntu 12.04

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New Default Wallpaper Lands In Ubuntu 12.10

<div style="text-align: justify;">A new default wallpaper has landed in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal and even though it uses the same colors as the previous default wallpapers, this one isn't just a <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/04/ubuntu-1204-default-wallpaper-revealed.html">slightly modified</a> version of the previous backgrounds, like we were used to:</div><br /><a name="more"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAswA13gOeRORsIjBo9NZrczy05gS5OGvn2aY_eydW_92wmpX02zeOaulG_p0zKO0JrZdjrBEchnyS9nWdcmyCxlkjQfj1lLEr9kXodXUyx1qarleQwKX8gzBhAArfW0TgPsIgN0RRPcL/s2000/warty-final-ubuntu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 default wallpaper" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAswA13gOeRORsIjBo9NZrczy05gS5OGvn2aY_eydW_92wmpX02zeOaulG_p0zKO0JrZdjrBEchnyS9nWdcmyCxlkjQfj1lLEr9kXodXUyx1qarleQwKX8gzBhAArfW0TgPsIgN0RRPcL/s500/warty-final-ubuntu.jpg" title="ubuntu 12.10 default wallpaper" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're not using Ubuntu 12.10, you can download the full-size Ubuntu 12.10 default wallpaper from <a href="http://ubuntuone.com/2vhcLaJIstadZLnLl4I0dH">HERE</a> (save it as .jpg).</div><br />What do you think?<br /><br /><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/ubuntu-1210-quantal-quetzal-community.html">Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Community Wallpapers Revealed</a></i>

New Default Wallpaper Lands In Ubuntu 12.10

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Grub Customizer 3.0 Released

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGJOR_0ef7H1e8XvhhOXnBInOtgmfAOvxRCGhgoogLtd65xy6KpY07A0pSuZI9p_KTF8WksyrXrM1uobwgoWYuwdC9O63w0yDttVy2Z_QFJZuS9lZ3-ElrYPc_PArEZHku4UFZBckhT4j/s1600/grub-customizer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="grub customizer" border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGJOR_0ef7H1e8XvhhOXnBInOtgmfAOvxRCGhgoogLtd65xy6KpY07A0pSuZI9p_KTF8WksyrXrM1uobwgoWYuwdC9O63w0yDttVy2Z_QFJZuS9lZ3-ElrYPc_PArEZHku4UFZBckhT4j/s320/grub-customizer.png" title="grub customizer" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><a href="https://launchpad.net/grub-customizer">Grub Customizer</a> is a graphical settings manager for GRUB2 and BURG.</b><br /><br /><b>Among the Grub Customizer features are:</b><br /><a name="more"></a><ul><li>edit the menu entries (reorder, rename, add or remove entries)</li><li>change the default boot entry</li><li>change menu visibility and timeout</li><li>disable recovery entries</li><li>change GRUB resolution, menu colors or background image</li><li>GRUB repair & configuration using a Live CD</li><li>Advanced options like booting an ISO, changing kernel parameters and lots more</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A new Grub Customizer version has been released today: 3.0, which brings the following new features:</b></div><ul><li>entries can be moved free now</li><li>integrated settings dialog</li><li>new partition chooser</li><li>context menu</li><li>multi selection</li><li>trash instead of checkboxes</li><li>entry editor</li><li>graphical error handling</li><li>reset functionality</li><li>warning when trying to remove script - or system entries</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Grub Customizer is considered a stable application, but be very careful when using it and make sure you know what you're doing! Messing with GRUB2/BURG can cause the system not to boot!</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Grub Customizer in Ubuntu</h2><b><br /></b> <div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest Grub Customizer is available for Ubuntu</b> 12.10, 12.04, 11.10, 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04 users in a PPA and can be installed using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install grub-customizer</code></pre><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, see <a href="https://answers.launchpad.net/grub-customizer/+faq/1397">THIS</a> page.</b><br /><br /><br />If you find bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/grub-customizer">Launchpad</a>.

Grub Customizer 3.0 Released

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Cross-Platform RTS Game 0 A.D. Hits Alpha 11

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lYMujA5IzMN4qvY_bhPZ2yJ0UWbMLZEGhfXJt6TpPWcmRh3s-oCNlQkAWGSkX8QRDbMCY5Ys9WaQ9Ukc_db8xa0nAcrhkWeoQXNltgzQnMt44b5whuL3YyjRZT8Av4wCmJyNH9azgLFC/s1600/0ad-alpha-11-hellenic-buildings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="0 a.d. alpha 11" border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lYMujA5IzMN4qvY_bhPZ2yJ0UWbMLZEGhfXJt6TpPWcmRh3s-oCNlQkAWGSkX8QRDbMCY5Ys9WaQ9Ukc_db8xa0nAcrhkWeoQXNltgzQnMt44b5whuL3YyjRZT8Av4wCmJyNH9azgLFC/s320/0ad-alpha-11-hellenic-buildings.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The eleventh alpha version of <a href="http://www.wildfiregames.com/0ad/">0 A.D.</a> has been released by Wildfire Games yesterday.</b> 0 A.D. is an open source, real-time strategy game that works on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X and features excellent graphics and sound but, since it's in alpha, there are also some missing features like settings, multiplayer matchmaking service and others.</div><br /><a name="more"></a><b>0 A.D. alpha 11 "Kronos" brings a lot of in-game changes:</b><br /><ul><li>You can now create gates, which can be locked or unlocked</li><li>New sound system which supports Mac OS X. The new system also sets a solid framework for future sound features, such as having the sounds change depending on how much you are zooming in on the map, or on the severity of a battle occurring in-game.</li><li>New AI script: Aegis Bot</li><li>New Celtic Factions: Britons and Gauls will now replace the generic Celtic faction</li><li>You can see whatever parts of the map your allies have explored and vice versa</li><li>Graphic improvements: several post-processing effects and mapping enhancements have been implemented using OpenGL Shading Language, but they are experimental so they are disabled by default in 0 A.D. alpha 11, but can be turned on by changing the user <a href="http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/Manual_Settings">config file</a></li><li>New art assets</li><li>Seven new maps: Pyrenean Sierra, Oasis, Northern Lights, Lorraine Plain, Sahel Watering Holes, Gear and Unknown</li><li>You can now import an image file and Atlas will transform it into a 3d map</li><li>Three new music tracks. You can listen all the available tracks in 0 A.D. alpha 11, <a href="http://play0ad.bandcamp.com/album/0-a-d-soundtrack">here</a>.</li><li>Other changes: Game setup and score screen changes, queued rally points, more realistic ranged attack, team & private multiplayer chat and cheats. A cheats manual can be found <a href="http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/Manual_Cheats">here</a>.</li><li><a href="http://www.wildfiregames.com/0ad/page.php?p=14466#comments">more </a></li></ul><br /><b>Here is a video demoing the new gates feature implemented in the latest 0 A.D. alpha 11 Kronos:</b><br /><br /><center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/akJadF2JmSc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akJadF2JmSc">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><h2>Install 0 A.D in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest 0 A.D. is available for Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04, 11.10, 11.04 and 10.04 in a PPA. Add it and install 0 A.D. using the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wfg/0ad<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install 0ad</code></pre>There's also <a href="https://launchpad.net/%7Ewfg/+archive/0ad.dev">a PPA</a> that provides weekly 0 A.D. development snapshots.<br /><br /><b>0 A.D. is also available for <a href="http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/LatestReleaseWindows">Windows</a>, <a href="http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/LatestReleaseMac">Mac OS X</a> and other <a href="http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/LatestReleaseLinux">Linux</a> distributions.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The 0 A.D. developers are looking for contributors in <a href="http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/GettingStartedProgrammers">programming</a>, art, sound, documentation and more. If you can help, contact the developers @ #0ad-dev on QuakeNet and <a href="http://www.wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?act=Reg&coppa_pass=1">register</a> on the 0 A.D. forums.</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>info and screenshot via <a href="http://www.wildfiregames.com/0ad/">0 A.D.</a></i></div>

Cross-Platform RTS Game 0 A.D. Hits Alpha 11

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Google Drive Linux App `Insync` Beta 4 Adds GNOME Shell, Cinnamon And KDE Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/insync-google-drive-client-for-linux.html" title="Insync: Google Drive Client for Linux">Insync</a> is an unofficial Google Drive client that runs on Mac, Windows and Linux. Insync beta 4 for Linux has been released yesterday, bringing support for GNOME Shell, Cinnamon and KDE.</b></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCP5OwikGPh6t1VMyTkOECkBaES7zmmM96mAK_Fh0ENVyNsnyySeXt8AxIIJCwtoWGRuhMK5Nx0uFsNHLZBjtX8BUZbvXbzDUL2k6mcmZfP-54RYPT77EYk1l0yuqMtIO95mex8pAESCZ/s1600/insync-gnome-shell.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="insync gnome shell" border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCP5OwikGPh6t1VMyTkOECkBaES7zmmM96mAK_Fh0ENVyNsnyySeXt8AxIIJCwtoWGRuhMK5Nx0uFsNHLZBjtX8BUZbvXbzDUL2k6mcmZfP-54RYPT77EYk1l0yuqMtIO95mex8pAESCZ/s320/insync-gnome-shell.png" title="insync gnome shell" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insync GNOME Shell extension</td></tr></tbody></table><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Insync for GNOME Shell and Cinnamon comes with a native extension which has the same functionality as the Ubuntu appindicator, as you can see in the screenshot above.</div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbsqO8ty1MeWL7AOtcOFHFokNK_xc3suzoM5p-IRJMV359XT6pVxvPBjYDkFh7q0ONP_Slt98EPOi_a-gUccUfs5rg6gVRLNBtVdlaRo1NM9ZmrcY30bRFzPgb0YNGWYd-9F8JLm9jMNN/s1600/insync-kde.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="insync kde" border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbsqO8ty1MeWL7AOtcOFHFokNK_xc3suzoM5p-IRJMV359XT6pVxvPBjYDkFh7q0ONP_Slt98EPOi_a-gUccUfs5rg6gVRLNBtVdlaRo1NM9ZmrcY30bRFzPgb0YNGWYd-9F8JLm9jMNN/s320/insync-kde.png" title="insync kde" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insync under KDE</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">The new version also brings partial KDE support: there's context menu support for Dolphin and two optional Plasmoids that integrate Insinc and thus Google Drive into the desktop, however, the Ubuntu AppIndicator is still used in KDE at this time.</div><br /><br /><b>Other changes in Insync for Linux beta 4:</b><br /><ul><li>built with latest bbfreeze and FPM</li><li>fswatch.py now handles odd errors that inotify could produce, and other runtime errors.</li><li>more unicode bugs also fixed</li><li>improved use of multi-threading</li><li>various bug fixes (e.g. library.zip not a zip file error)</li><li>you can now sync hidden files (that start with a "." dot) by starting Insync with "--allow-dot-files"</li><li>inotify has been moved into a thread so Insync beta 4 should be faster than the previous beta</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Note:</b> To avoid conflicts, if you've had Insync installed, firstly remove it ("sudo apt-get remove insync*") and then install the package for your desktop environment: Ubuntu (using an AppIndicator), GNOME3 (they call the builds "GNOME 3" but they are for GNOME Shell), Cinnamon or KDE. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In GNOME Shell, you'll have to activate the Insync extension using GNOME Tweak Tool.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://forums.insynchq.com/discussion/1437/insync-for-linux-beta-4-0-9-19"><button class="thoughtbot">Download Insync for Linux beta 4</button></a></div>

Google Drive Linux App `Insync` Beta 4 Adds GNOME Shell, Cinnamon And KDE Support

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Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Beta 1 Released [Video, Screenshots]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDAevk2LSsSfuOdp_oDrp0MXfft0-OS1WL42HryBrpToHIFGKbUJMcsea4PCsrsznwU7dZGjZ-AhUp7DRqT5WqAqribXUFY2z3WcNGNNGCSNrU73W-QBtLhjPINxyvKOzh1sNF14BfuSF/s1600/ubuntu12.10-quantal-quetzal-beta1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 screenshot" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDAevk2LSsSfuOdp_oDrp0MXfft0-OS1WL42HryBrpToHIFGKbUJMcsea4PCsrsznwU7dZGjZ-AhUp7DRqT5WqAqribXUFY2z3WcNGNNGCSNrU73W-QBtLhjPINxyvKOzh1sNF14BfuSF/s320/ubuntu12.10-quantal-quetzal-beta1.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 1 has been <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/TechnicalOverview/Beta1">released</a> today, introducing many changes which include new Unity features, refreshed default theme, and much more. There were also some controversial changes like the removal of Unity 2D and the Nautilus downgrade to version 3.4.2. Read on to find out more!</div><br /><br /><a name="more"></a><h2>Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 1 video</h2><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fb6IH8GMndk" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb6IH8GMndk">Direct video link</a>; for more videos, subscribe to our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Unity changes in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 1</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The most important change in the latest Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 1 is the addition of a brand new feature called "Previews"</b>. The previews work like this: when you right click an application or file in Dash, you get a preview along with some extra information which depends on the file type you've right clicked:</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- applications</b>: you can see a screenshot, description and user rating. Also, if the application is installed, you can launch it or uninstall it and if it's not installed, you can install it directly from Dash, without having to use Ubuntu Software Center:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJdYasl5y49PYMP9LsPBpSpRJEbxDwcbv4JcDJaqtBYvESjV2y4ittND_mCylWWQ_iAWWFfoh9P0K3efuPlz0rThUJWCPdv6MsHBhKqJY74kPL3m_hyphenhyphenmyK2Guyh1YPUTnbGHpPKjmhXmQ8/s1600/ubuntu12.10-previews-chromium.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 previews screenshot" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJdYasl5y49PYMP9LsPBpSpRJEbxDwcbv4JcDJaqtBYvESjV2y4ittND_mCylWWQ_iAWWFfoh9P0K3efuPlz0rThUJWCPdv6MsHBhKqJY74kPL3m_hyphenhyphenmyK2Guyh1YPUTnbGHpPKjmhXmQ8/s320/ubuntu12.10-previews-chromium.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 previews screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- music</b>: right clicking an album displays its cover art along with the available tracks. Hovering the track number lets you play it directly into Dash, without having to open an external application. This works for both local music and music available for purchase. You can also open the music in Rhythmbox music player:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62EsLCM0Hwanz6RHF3iOjpK0K6qq2qmATEJshDe6UwwOkxKw_QKAuZIn26rCWnueQw35mtidt60QUYfdbnGcu42H4_7djep-OLwqOTYCAlhIwpl-7nEcNC2zxSjbn4glyuFSrhwC4uol2/s1600/music-play-dash.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 previews screenshot" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62EsLCM0Hwanz6RHF3iOjpK0K6qq2qmATEJshDe6UwwOkxKw_QKAuZIn26rCWnueQw35mtidt60QUYfdbnGcu42H4_7djep-OLwqOTYCAlhIwpl-7nEcNC2zxSjbn4glyuFSrhwC4uol2/s320/music-play-dash.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 previews screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJN4oT1sKIr_zkpm_4hqo_04HhxKVXt7X7ccqTlzVnF4Q7yD_iq55KT7mncI-WXIh7G1QrrexNvvJsz6m1iVlX_o5vgSCV5s6Uygj2FM6sdQnyR6nCLmFuxuX-BQTniIijlkT4GIi8YWD/s1600/music-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 previews screenshot" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJN4oT1sKIr_zkpm_4hqo_04HhxKVXt7X7ccqTlzVnF4Q7yD_iq55KT7mncI-WXIh7G1QrrexNvvJsz6m1iVlX_o5vgSCV5s6Uygj2FM6sdQnyR6nCLmFuxuX-BQTniIijlkT4GIi8YWD/s320/music-lens.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 previews screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>- images</b>: you get to see a large preview and some file info:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXW1Yuk1_oR4NrdonTZa6x6mxZVNGxDQJcvZpFs-e3zpKcO3WVJkEREeZyDErM6MwSfGq5AIKM_0yIpYUGhyphenhyphenK11JESYysY29_Y0LkN9s3LSKy2K20tKE2s717Efkg6_uxtu_kMX18eTs2/s1600/preview-image.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 previews screenshot" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXW1Yuk1_oR4NrdonTZa6x6mxZVNGxDQJcvZpFs-e3zpKcO3WVJkEREeZyDErM6MwSfGq5AIKM_0yIpYUGhyphenhyphenK11JESYysY29_Y0LkN9s3LSKy2K20tKE2s717Efkg6_uxtu_kMX18eTs2/s320/preview-image.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 previews screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><b><br /></b><b> </b> <b>- videos</b>: previews work with both local and online videos, but you won't see a playing video preview, just a static image:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZER9uiz2I9qviw3NjiKukOOkIUJq7ROs7tW2aWWFBOVgWw5LEpj-ZGrxrEoaWDmxcxLp4d0j4rlmfMutJSWsUmPaAwtqli9DmBXtQwmMwKs6K1kw32_PSfpsqyc_5c0fWlbKzhOhUgQB/s1600/ubuntu12.10-preview-video.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 previews screenshot" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZER9uiz2I9qviw3NjiKukOOkIUJq7ROs7tW2aWWFBOVgWw5LEpj-ZGrxrEoaWDmxcxLp4d0j4rlmfMutJSWsUmPaAwtqli9DmBXtQwmMwKs6K1kw32_PSfpsqyc_5c0fWlbKzhOhUgQB/s320/ubuntu12.10-preview-video.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 previews screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The previews don't yet support text files, pdfs, etc., or folders but hopefully this will be added in the future.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Some other, more or less minor Unity changes in Ubuntu 12.10 beta 1 include: </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- a <b>coverflow effect for online music</b> (<a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/unity-dash-to-get-cover-flow-support.html">this was available</a> for a few days in Ubuntu 12.04 too, for everything not just online music, but was later on removed) only for now:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBejEjTgssdq_7zy0q3L2TbtRmnPtCaatFc05-juLNcHpCAUSwpZKcljRDoLBCjFGWIs9JpWcbzGgI6k70GJaWgZ8x3RpdeJuhYjNiijG4FHDruy4__TtpBr2OvNeXUMQk_5qjXs4Tlv30/s1600/ubuntu12.10-coverflow.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 coverflow screenshot" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBejEjTgssdq_7zy0q3L2TbtRmnPtCaatFc05-juLNcHpCAUSwpZKcljRDoLBCjFGWIs9JpWcbzGgI6k70GJaWgZ8x3RpdeJuhYjNiijG4FHDruy4__TtpBr2OvNeXUMQk_5qjXs4Tlv30/s320/ubuntu12.10-coverflow.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 coverflow screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- a <b>Google Docs scope</b> which you can use to easily search / access your Google Documents from Dash. This new feature worked for me before beta 1 but it has now stopped working so there's no screenshot at this time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">-<b> 'backlight toggles' is on by default in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 1</b> which means that the Unity launcher icons for applications that aren't running don't have a background anymore. This can be changed using CCSM and other similar tools:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZCwDQTdf2IJzU0DQPoDDgLfI8wAJSAb3CXt9clk3Lt4hiG3fr8DUrlHjp-mRidhAgCcVy13pi-VMWDq0AcHu1av7tcWDg2y0wtRGBT7voFwCdmONWTnSbWaIRynppBULXXxYoI3hN2bs/s1600/launcher-backlight.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 backlight toggles screenshot" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZCwDQTdf2IJzU0DQPoDDgLfI8wAJSAb3CXt9clk3Lt4hiG3fr8DUrlHjp-mRidhAgCcVy13pi-VMWDq0AcHu1av7tcWDg2y0wtRGBT7voFwCdmONWTnSbWaIRynppBULXXxYoI3hN2bs/s320/launcher-backlight.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 backlight toggles screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- the <b>'Genie' effect (a Compiz plugin called "Magic Lamp") is now used by default when clicking a minimized application from the Unity launcher</b>; this effect, however, is not used when minimizing an application and it seems it has been added for testing only, so it might go away in the final release:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbeeeWbNXbBaRWX2_t62v_fei4R68t9ruiece8noyQIGgFHv-GqMtTnPC5XpvkkRdO5rwMKV_5ySWRK6jkL_T_WWKXgNpvqnNi_jN2xyKGtdd6JuQeEpMQ3qu3X70q-uGqBpU3JDaRHPjo/s1600/genie.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 genie effect screenshot" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbeeeWbNXbBaRWX2_t62v_fei4R68t9ruiece8noyQIGgFHv-GqMtTnPC5XpvkkRdO5rwMKV_5ySWRK6jkL_T_WWKXgNpvqnNi_jN2xyKGtdd6JuQeEpMQ3qu3X70q-uGqBpU3JDaRHPjo/s320/genie.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 genie effect screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, even though some code is already available in Unity, the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/install-new-ubuntu-webapps-technology.html" title="Install The New Ubuntu WebApps Technology In Ubuntu 12.04 Or 12.10">WebApps</a> feature hasn't landed in Ubuntu 12.10.</div><br /><br /><h2>Unity 2D Removed</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, Unity 2D will no longer be used as the fallback session for computers that can't run Unity 3D. In fact, it has been completely removed from the repositories so it can't be installed anymore and Unity 2D users are being transitioned to Unity 3D (with Compiz).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu users without graphical acceleration will be able to use Unity 3D thanks to <a href="http://www.mesa3d.org/llvmpipe.html">llvmpipe</a>, so there will be no fallback session anymore and Unity will look the same for all users.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Nautilus version reverted to 3.4.2</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQUnd001kwjavzxo1fln_M5i0OZ1_ceqWLO4txPWskxui9RDis9vomc93_wDcg1U_war1YqdIx3b_XPrenrokY0mku-gCN6yuUmop_BXFi79djq5xW1tSaZpZfk6mYCPfrh8V4j_hUubY/s1600/ubuntu12.10-nautilus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 nautilus screenshot" border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQUnd001kwjavzxo1fln_M5i0OZ1_ceqWLO4txPWskxui9RDis9vomc93_wDcg1U_war1YqdIx3b_XPrenrokY0mku-gCN6yuUmop_BXFi79djq5xW1tSaZpZfk6mYCPfrh8V4j_hUubY/s320/ubuntu12.10-nautilus.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 nautilus screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A while back, there was a <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/ubuntu-1210-might-ship-with-nautilus-34.html">discussion</a> on Launchpad and on the Nautilus mailing list about the Nautilus version that's going to be used for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. Because many features were removed from Nautilus 3.5.x (which will lead to 3.6.0 stable), such as the extra pane (F3) feature, sidebar tree view, the option to show the statusbar, the option to create a new file, the "Text beside icons" options for icon view and others, the Ubuntu developers have decided to use Nautilus 3.4.2 for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was even discussed forking Nautilus or using Marlin or Nemo as the default file manager, but for Ubuntu 12.10, it looks like Nautilus will simply stay at version 3.4.2 but probably, more drastic measures will be taken for Ubuntu 13.04.</div><br /><br /><h2>Other changes</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The default Ubuntu theme, Ambiance</b>, has been updated to work properly with the latest GTK 3.5.x and has also got <b>some changes to the tabs, buttons and more</b>:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnNnyBcslkypBzfHaQSHWcbVjzx8NR8tkgLYK__Z9p4KNv-yq8KTv0g0jdzBSbmviOYtRdu5lBsmry90YNZrRGhOvxnfUM8rUpmGK6rdCMYzfQAu5FfIf4K1CIExWnoIQivl7hID7eWRbc/s1600/ubuntu12.10-theme-ambiance.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 ambiance theme screenshot" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnNnyBcslkypBzfHaQSHWcbVjzx8NR8tkgLYK__Z9p4KNv-yq8KTv0g0jdzBSbmviOYtRdu5lBsmry90YNZrRGhOvxnfUM8rUpmGK6rdCMYzfQAu5FfIf4K1CIExWnoIQivl7hID7eWRbc/s320/ubuntu12.10-theme-ambiance.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 ambiance theme screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFD2v-d7C2oUhw4wxi3oDOD9zUQr7JR_R8bdBh4YmWCnsAmlOzjK1mstSppBuFpwc2Qxnm91_1-CATDOThNOsy-Bjpt8RrDqBXAaxkNS61fvH6ylRm9drkkaSmi1p1Kb-pXlNHl8PXtw2/s1600/ubuntu12.10-theme-ambiance_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 ambiance theme screenshot" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFD2v-d7C2oUhw4wxi3oDOD9zUQr7JR_R8bdBh4YmWCnsAmlOzjK1mstSppBuFpwc2Qxnm91_1-CATDOThNOsy-Bjpt8RrDqBXAaxkNS61fvH6ylRm9drkkaSmi1p1Kb-pXlNHl8PXtw2/s320/ubuntu12.10-theme-ambiance_2.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 ambiance theme screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Radiance theme has also been updated, though for now the window titlebar doesn't work properly and switching to Radiance, the Ambiance window titlebar is used:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4SlM4lUWGh5Mf7ewN4XbGCOrllVpuaib0R7HFhu-EIiiMsCJBDXnnIoTH9tGxjCBLMPREC4uftj0_ZDhufD-QSijQD7KFRxVHLrrihfPAJo0QccSJ5vq0j5nhyLvVsApcb5_Q2Ee2WW_/s1600/ubuntu12.10-theme-radiance.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 radiance theme screenshot" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4SlM4lUWGh5Mf7ewN4XbGCOrllVpuaib0R7HFhu-EIiiMsCJBDXnnIoTH9tGxjCBLMPREC4uftj0_ZDhufD-QSijQD7KFRxVHLrrihfPAJo0QccSJ5vq0j5nhyLvVsApcb5_Q2Ee2WW_/s320/ubuntu12.10-theme-radiance.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 radiance theme screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu has got its own "Online Accounts" module in System Settings</b>, separate from the default GNOME online accounts. The Ubuntu Online Accounts supports Facebook, Flickr, Google, Twitter, AIM, Windows Live, Salut and others and adding your account here makes various applications on the system be able to interact with those services: like for instance, adding a Google account allows Dash to display your Google documents and Gtalk integration for Empathy as well as Shotwell to upload images to your Picasa account and so on:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tewCtO1cL-dc8ks7pUkGApaKy1DL1bflDQf3d0V_j2CQEDBWOGAY34jaUI7sEgpaUUhjoraeBvgNcTypslnfG-Wq3pEUWtfKqAOn_pmE7_fYRjzfeRgEXgLwHh8ZDqWaxrdE62qjLKIb/s1600/ubuntu12.10-online-accounts.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 online accounts screenshot" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tewCtO1cL-dc8ks7pUkGApaKy1DL1bflDQf3d0V_j2CQEDBWOGAY34jaUI7sEgpaUUhjoraeBvgNcTypslnfG-Wq3pEUWtfKqAOn_pmE7_fYRjzfeRgEXgLwHh8ZDqWaxrdE62qjLKIb/s320/ubuntu12.10-online-accounts.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 online accounts screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Messaging Menu has also received some changes</b>: the application names now show up instead of generic names like "Email" or "Broadcast" and there are some new icons too:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF9oyw161GS99rXF_TN6HFhYUhZbFWYGH9Obl5bRXCyHaf6ka7pTuZ4a0q68TikjqAVK8XMkpPca1eGT_xmr9c890KBkhXI3CMVCDMti71wKDWBTmNW2OEOQu7dwhhMFgTWoIKlu27LJCm/s1600/ubuntu12.10-messaging-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 messaging menu screenshot" border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF9oyw161GS99rXF_TN6HFhYUhZbFWYGH9Obl5bRXCyHaf6ka7pTuZ4a0q68TikjqAVK8XMkpPca1eGT_xmr9c890KBkhXI3CMVCDMti71wKDWBTmNW2OEOQu7dwhhMFgTWoIKlu27LJCm/s320/ubuntu12.10-messaging-menu.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 messaging menu screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There's a <b>new category in Ubuntu Software Center</b>, under "Themes & Tweaks" called "<b>Dash Search Plugins</b>" where you'll find Dash lenses and scopes:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvfxvMq1yGEc8SKwAvC3Y2vYBNF3YzW43a1swkTyy6FTK1N1Oc9xRzIMAbl6HQ9iuaAJxtZebqr6WE-8sK66xFiROuvf0d-J76EM1Os5Pfkhj-yB7KdsMiQl1zb7ab9mQSQVbozh4Mrh-/s1600/ubuntu12.10-usc-dash-search-plugins.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 ubuntu software center screenshot" border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvfxvMq1yGEc8SKwAvC3Y2vYBNF3YzW43a1swkTyy6FTK1N1Oc9xRzIMAbl6HQ9iuaAJxtZebqr6WE-8sK66xFiROuvf0d-J76EM1Os5Pfkhj-yB7KdsMiQl1zb7ab9mQSQVbozh4Mrh-/s320/ubuntu12.10-usc-dash-search-plugins.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 ubuntu software center screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>LibreOffice has gained appmenu (global menu) support </b>by default, and thus HUD support, without having to use a third-party plugin. The implementation is, however, quite buggy right now and the menu doesn't always function properly:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidc7C1fXBVGEWGylznvpGo9OTeheyxqMFSImU4XOFZ163Cvf5Ndfksf1wM0hv6-UjRWTlzu6ZsHH7IyBMhCGVcai8bO7UHIW8lUEvr9PH5sXydJzgtGu9vc7rsCR4SL7-DMrf5ef8UGMMg/s1600/ubuntu12.10-libreoffice-appmenu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 libreoffice appmenu screenshot" border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidc7C1fXBVGEWGylznvpGo9OTeheyxqMFSImU4XOFZ163Cvf5Ndfksf1wM0hv6-UjRWTlzu6ZsHH7IyBMhCGVcai8bO7UHIW8lUEvr9PH5sXydJzgtGu9vc7rsCR4SL7-DMrf5ef8UGMMg/s320/ubuntu12.10-libreoffice-appmenu.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 libreoffice appmenu screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The login screen (LightDM) has also received a minor design update</b>, along with support for network manager:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN28qepsEwaejLER4rq21J2GJBr3XLFiAgNfLX1Jex1abuM2qWrjqSrpKfe_JOEOxai7GPW1wkdPuksHPJthx6swT0KjJz2rBsu28x38lrYcwumX_gulVDlRy_h3RrBa_PHYgk2wk7U856/s1600/ubuntu12.10-lightdm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 lightdm screenshot" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN28qepsEwaejLER4rq21J2GJBr3XLFiAgNfLX1Jex1abuM2qWrjqSrpKfe_JOEOxai7GPW1wkdPuksHPJthx6swT0KjJz2rBsu28x38lrYcwumX_gulVDlRy_h3RrBa_PHYgk2wk7U856/s320/ubuntu12.10-lightdm.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 lightdm screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFk633Amo6VpRHZ1jZuF4-hTVRPvv7reRR9PYuNgzWh-s3DSQdQch1OuNcGjP12aJUqi8wg75px6KAvgmO-w5oD6QyPkER6MQesk_jbKTvv3pkQn4tswAun18yPFVBXV02YjSPgkTt8kmT/s1600/ubuntu12.10-lightdm_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 lightdm screenshot" border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFk633Amo6VpRHZ1jZuF4-hTVRPvv7reRR9PYuNgzWh-s3DSQdQch1OuNcGjP12aJUqi8wg75px6KAvgmO-w5oD6QyPkER6MQesk_jbKTvv3pkQn4tswAun18yPFVBXV02YjSPgkTt8kmT/s320/ubuntu12.10-lightdm_2.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 lightdm screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubiquity has got support for full disk encryption and LVM (Logical Volume Management):</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgrjVHDfT_DexHzDTkb-_SwYb8e-4Ex8xac-ZtcdW9gVHNo_yKeu2dJCuwFgD63xrmVvIo8P5B8-UwNKKtjbL9cTwKrxmL_2vha4spqmWvnOeGLd9GsGYI5LglaX3-sOAENg_n_0rXtod/s1600/ubuntu12.10-ubiquity.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 ubiquity screenshot" border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgrjVHDfT_DexHzDTkb-_SwYb8e-4Ex8xac-ZtcdW9gVHNo_yKeu2dJCuwFgD63xrmVvIo8P5B8-UwNKKtjbL9cTwKrxmL_2vha4spqmWvnOeGLd9GsGYI5LglaX3-sOAENg_n_0rXtod/s320/ubuntu12.10-ubiquity.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal beta 1 ubiquity screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Even more</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There are a few things that aren't related to Ubuntu 12.10 - the main ISO, so I'll talk about them here.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngadxqKDry1M43rnWoatA0XK2tUOBlilxhAUFgE51WSmU_R1aYwxBFqaTSJPuCR3-3CTC_MC8W_UkCTD3IeaT4Vvx0jvcacOD2rc9RUE9vWkQmSvAaFCZZDOvi_hyphenhyphen7gvrA46C0q7CYu3w/s1600/ubuntu-alternate-cd.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu alternate cd" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngadxqKDry1M43rnWoatA0XK2tUOBlilxhAUFgE51WSmU_R1aYwxBFqaTSJPuCR3-3CTC_MC8W_UkCTD3IeaT4Vvx0jvcacOD2rc9RUE9vWkQmSvAaFCZZDOvi_hyphenhyphen7gvrA46C0q7CYu3w/s320/ubuntu-alternate-cd.png" title="ubuntu alternate cd" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The first thing worth mentioning is that the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/ubuntu-alternate-cds-could-be-dropped.html"><b>Ubuntu alternate CDs have been dropped</b></a> for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal as part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of images. Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal has got support for encryption and LVM, however there won't be any RAID support in Ubiquity for this Ubuntu release, but you'll be able to set up RAID post-install or by using the netboot or server CDs.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSf3Ftq8GD2Sp7pFsOIiQRPjyxHTL2q_7cFT0g3AJ16S0HV3RfOVXp8VTj0e_xV5xYFsuuD858mbKE3Vl1dFvP8IzEhtr_i9GmQHXWYpl-iPpMkACN5sOExpIIGbRnP9aHwnviwGooNQWu/s1600/ubuntu-gnome-shell-remix.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10" border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSf3Ftq8GD2Sp7pFsOIiQRPjyxHTL2q_7cFT0g3AJ16S0HV3RfOVXp8VTj0e_xV5xYFsuuD858mbKE3Vl1dFvP8IzEhtr_i9GmQHXWYpl-iPpMkACN5sOExpIIGbRnP9aHwnviwGooNQWu/s320/ubuntu-gnome-shell-remix.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And the second is <b>Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10</b>, which will be available in the same time as Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. This is a community project designed to bring a mostly pure GNOME desktop experience on top of Ubuntu.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Right now, Ubuntu GNOME Remix is in alpha and quite buggy, but it can already be downloaded from <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ReleaseNotes">HERE</a>.</div><br /><br /><h2>Default applications</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The default application selection in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 1 includes: Nautilus 3.4.2, Firefox 15, Thunderbird 15, Rhythmbox 2.97, Shotwell 0.12.90, LibreOffice 3.6.1, Ubuntu Software Center 5.3.10, Deja Dup Backup Tool 23.90, Gwibber 3.5.4, Empathy 3.5.90, GNOME Control Center 3.4.2, Gedit 3.5.1, Brasero 3.4.1 and Totem 3.4.3 on top of Unity 6.4.0 and GNOME 3.5.90.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 1 uses Linux Kernel 3.5.0-13.13 based on the v3.5.3 upstream kernel, Xorg server 1.13-rc5 (1.12.99.905) and mesa 9.0. The new Xserver comes with better smooth scrolling, improved multiseat support and bug fixes. Also, the proprietary Nvidia driver now supports the RANDR standard for monitor configuration.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">GNOME Shell users are probably wondering about the version available in the repositories. As you know, GNOME Shell isn't included by default in Ubuntu, but it is available in the repositories. For Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 1, the GNOME Shell version available in the repositories is  3.5.4. The reason there's not a newer version in the repositories is that GNOME Shell now depends on GDM 3.5+, and there's hope to get the latest GNOME Shell soon since GDM 3.5.90 was recently uploaded to the Quantal repositories.</div><br /><br /><h2>Download Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Beta 1</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 1 is pretty stable and if you've watched the video above, you've seen that I didn't encounter any issues while recording the video which was not the case with other Ubuntu releases. But, even so, this is a beta release and things can go wrong, so it's best not to use it on a production machine. If you want to give it a try, use VirtualBox, VMware or boot the latest Ubuntu Quantal beta 1 from an USB stick.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you've installed a previous Ubuntu 12.10 milestone (like alpha 3) or a daily build and you've updated the packages through the Update Manager (now called "Software Updater"), you already have beta 1 so there's no need to reinstall it.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/TechnicalOverview/Beta1"><button class="thoughtbot">Download Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Beta 1</button></a></div><br /><br /><b>Up next: </b><br /><ul><li>Beta 2 - September 27th</li><li>Final Ubuntu 12.10 release - October 18th</li></ul>

Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Beta 1 Released [Video, Screenshots]

Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 1 has been released today, introducing many changes which include new Unity features, refreshed default t...

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