Rhythmbox 2.98 Released, Install It In Ubuntu

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3IOM2v16u32Gt8l7naixE3rSINIBS6dPnb9ckBFb9aZDSHC_2U4qgf5-uBTGTN4Fw7tFhz7SyxzxSa6u5EUVwKH8qL4jx_oYIRjVl0FEk0sfWsZyWjFu_cTIov0dB96kkGI7Q4FdImjY/s1600/rhythmbox.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="rhythmbox" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3IOM2v16u32Gt8l7naixE3rSINIBS6dPnb9ckBFb9aZDSHC_2U4qgf5-uBTGTN4Fw7tFhz7SyxzxSa6u5EUVwKH8qL4jx_oYIRjVl0FEk0sfWsZyWjFu_cTIov0dB96kkGI7Q4FdImjY/s320/rhythmbox.png" title="rhythmbox" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Rhythmbox 2.98 has been released yesterday, bringing a new dialog for importing music into the library along with some other small, but interesting changes and many bug fixes.</b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><b>Improvements in Rhythmbox 2.98:</b><br /><ul><li>New dialog for importing music into the library</li><li>New audio CD metadata lookup library, replacing libmusicbrainz</li><li>Improved transitions between album art images</li><li>Nautilus cluebar buttons now result in the right source being selected</li><li>Update notification buttons when playback state changes</li><li>Grilo plugin ported to grilo 0.2 API</li><li>Search musicbrainz for album art by album and artist name</li><li>Love/ban buttons visible in last.fm/libre.fm sources</li></ul>The complete changelog, including the bugs fixed in Rhythmbox 2.98, can be found <a href="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/rhythmbox/2.98/rhythmbox-2.98.news">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><br />Here's the new dialog for importing music:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5s5X5u0q16TimLqeDKBu9OI_I7J7IjPXyonIw8Tz-eWbTosqzxQL8Nvx7lDQGYA9G0O3yGMupSlU38PYNgpK5hZPttLYaRvfmdB8R7Yp7pxCNm3xmkglCz8a96ZGW7ZnGS2FRMqcV9xBZ/s1600/rhythmbox-2.98.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="rhythmbox 2.98" border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5s5X5u0q16TimLqeDKBu9OI_I7J7IjPXyonIw8Tz-eWbTosqzxQL8Nvx7lDQGYA9G0O3yGMupSlU38PYNgpK5hZPttLYaRvfmdB8R7Yp7pxCNm3xmkglCz8a96ZGW7ZnGS2FRMqcV9xBZ/s320/rhythmbox-2.98.png" title="rhythmbox 2.98" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Rhythmbox 2.98 in Ubuntu</h2><br />The latest Rhythmbox 2.98 is available in our Rhythmbox PPA, for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. Add the PPA and install Rhythmbox using the commands below:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/rhythmbox<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install rhythmbox</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Update: I've had to downgrade Rhythmbox from the WebUpd8 Rhythmbox PPA to version 2.97 for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin because there's a bug which causes some Python plugins to crash Rhythmbox. This bug won't be fixed for Ubuntu 12.04 so this is the best solution right now. However, luckily, the bug doesn't occur in newer Ubuntu versions like Ubuntu 12.10.</div><br />And a note: the plugins available in the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/rhythmbox-third-party-plugins-ubuntu-ppa.html">third-party Rhythmbox plugins PPA</a>, should work just fine with the latest Rhythmbox 2.98.

Rhythmbox 2.98 Released, Install It In Ubuntu

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Popular Video Editor `OpenShot` 1.4.3 Released

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYm7qQQbv_dmM4keAm14erdTBFYtGyOzGU_MDaew_bIrHW7fkTQXxE3wK4tleShA4OJnvzw6zq9Bze4SAPrTf1_p-TW6KshOC9qDlvw09AW0azJIOfD4I4_VJyHuwlqxQHUL8L2DPtCTe/s1600/openshot.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYm7qQQbv_dmM4keAm14erdTBFYtGyOzGU_MDaew_bIrHW7fkTQXxE3wK4tleShA4OJnvzw6zq9Bze4SAPrTf1_p-TW6KshOC9qDlvw09AW0azJIOfD4I4_VJyHuwlqxQHUL8L2DPtCTe/s320/openshot.png" title="openshot video editor" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><a href="http://www.openshotvideo.com/">OpenShot</a>, a popular Linux video editor, has reached version 1.4.3 today, the new version bringing new effects, 3D animations, transitions, a new dark theme and more.</b><br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><b>New features in OpenShot 1.4.3:</b><br /><ul><li>New 3D animations: Realistic Earth, Exploding Text, Dissolving Text</li><li>New effects: Sharpness, Vignette, Lens Correction, more (10+)</li><li>New transitions: 6 bars, boxes</li><li>New dark theme</li><li>Improved Timeline Snapping for Transitions</li><li>Improved Drag & Drop features</li><li>Apply Effects to Tracks</li><li>Adjust Speed of Animated Titles </li><li>Lots of bug fixes</li></ul><br />Below you can watch a video created using OpenShot 1.4.3, by its developer:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/50513213" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://vimeo.com/50513213">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><h2>Install OpenShot 1.4.3 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest OpenShot 1.4.3 is available in its stable PPA, for Ubuntu Quantal, Precise, Oneiric, Natty and Lucid. Add the PPA and install it using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openshot.developers/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install openshot frei0r-plugins</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With OpenShot 1.4.3, you'll also need Blender 2.6.2 (or newer) for getting the animated 3D titles to work. In Ubuntu versions older than 12.04, you can use <a href="https://launchpad.net/~irie/+archive/blender">THIS</a> PPA, or follow the instructions available <a href="https://answers.launchpad.net/openshot/+faq/1299">HERE</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For other Linux distributions, see the OpenShot <a href="http://www.openshot.org/download/">downloads page</a>.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via </i><a href="http://www.openshotvideo.com/2012/10/version-143-released-download-it-now.html"><i>OpenShot</i><br /></a></div>

Popular Video Editor `OpenShot` 1.4.3 Released

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Unity WebApps Available In The Ubuntu 12.10 Official Repositories

<div style="text-align: justify;">The Unity WebApps feature has been available in Ubuntu 12.10 for some time, but besides the Amazon and Ubuntu One Music Store webapps which are installed by default, no other webapps were available for installation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Today, the <b>webapps that were available in 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">preview PPA</a> are available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories</b>, but as separate packages so you can install only the webapps you want and use.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJILw5wW0Wkr_55OYKacSh2z7PcyO2T48MOIo5mbHX_wVD-UJz1_pxIJot4kuigDY5NJQCjrUVJBvcyX5-62O7sj8GHTApS16qVqKu_HHXEiLGKWs5kHRWqVf4qCbFyz9OoRdcs-cmv9bb/s1600/webapps-messaging-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity webapps" border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJILw5wW0Wkr_55OYKacSh2z7PcyO2T48MOIo5mbHX_wVD-UJz1_pxIJot4kuigDY5NJQCjrUVJBvcyX5-62O7sj8GHTApS16qVqKu_HHXEiLGKWs5kHRWqVf4qCbFyz9OoRdcs-cmv9bb/s320/webapps-messaging-menu.png" title="unity webapps" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSmboiZQDWj4IWI5RhkVajy8rC-H6WD169Sn4oXlE3k9-N206LxlPzcXg0iT-YxpjNNEn1fLKHHwQTqQbk1IChyphenhyphenC8j2eaE1B1J-q67vA3Tr-WnoF5ncxFdRLu4UgKA-zC-nMVYdnZa8di/s1600/webapps-sound-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity webapps" border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSmboiZQDWj4IWI5RhkVajy8rC-H6WD169Sn4oXlE3k9-N206LxlPzcXg0iT-YxpjNNEn1fLKHHwQTqQbk1IChyphenhyphenC8j2eaE1B1J-q67vA3Tr-WnoF5ncxFdRLu4UgKA-zC-nMVYdnZa8di/s320/webapps-sound-menu.png" title="unity webapps" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Using these web applications, you get tight desktop integration for popular websites like Gmail, Google Plus, Last.fm radio, Facebook, Google Docs and many others</b>. By desktop integration, I mean not only <b>notifications</b> and an icon on the Unity launcher, but also <b>HUD, ALT+TAB</b>, <b>quicklists</b>, <b>Sound</b> or <b>Messaging Menu</b> support. So, for instance, using these webapps, you can:</div><ul><li>Control Last.fm radio or Grooveshark from the Ubuntu Sound Menu</li><li>See how many unread emails you have in your Gmail or Yahoo Mail inbox from the Ubuntu Messaging Menu</li><li>Get native desktop notifications for Facebook, Gmail, Google+</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Check out this quick video I've recorded, demoing the Unity WebApps desktop integration:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/L2YNR1KU1Xs" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2YNR1KU1Xs">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Right now, the following webapps are available in the Ubuntu 12.10 repositories: Amazon Cloud Reader, Angrybirds, BBC News (UK), Cut The Rope, Facebook Apps, Facebook Messenger, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Plus, Google Plus Games, Grooveshark, Hulu, Last.fm, Launchpad, Libre.fm, Linked.in, Live Mail, Mail.ru, Newsblur, Pandora, QQ Mail, Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter, vk.com, Wordpress.com, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News, Yandex Music, Yandex News and YouTube.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In my test, some webapps didn't work, like Yahoo News for instance. So don't expect everything to work as this feature is still work in progress.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Unity WebApps In Ubuntu 12.10</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: if you've added the Unity WebApps Preview PPA, you should purge it because it's most probably not compatible with the new webapps from the repositories (which are now separate packages instead of just one package):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ppa-purge<br />sudo ppa-purge ppa:webapps/preview</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install a webapp for a site, search for the site name in Ubuntu Software Center, or search for "webapps" in Synaptic</b> to see all the available webapps (searching for "webapps" in Ubuntu Software Center doesn't work for some reason).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Or, if you wish to install all the available webapps, use the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install unity-webapps-*</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">By default, the Unity webapps work with Firefox, but you can also get them to work with Chromium, by installing an extension available in the repositories:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install unity-chromium-extension</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For now, only Firefox and Chromium browsers are supported.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Please note that you need to use the Chromium version available in the Ubuntu 12.10 official repositories (version 20 at the time I'm writing this post; in my test, it didn't work with Chromium 23).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Once installed, log out and log back in.</b></div><br />For Ubuntu 12.04, see this post: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/install-new-ubuntu-webapps-technology.html">Install The New Ubuntu WebApps Technology In Ubuntu 12.04</a><br /><br /><br /><h2>Using Unity WebApps</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Open Firefox or Chromium and visit one of the supported websites. A popup should be displayed, asking if you want to integrate that website with Ubuntu:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBeWxHu3ncaH2bRyW3cbMFDSx1BDOGMXv5EJZVY4hRAybHEnRZU2JV8p1AFiGksSHyCp22W2zCObcRVf1jw0L_VjClOZULLcMJVfUnzExgprw102NJ5EmVQ1s4q0ufyKdUeJOxv1x6QpQ/s1600/webapp-allow.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity webapps" border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBeWxHu3ncaH2bRyW3cbMFDSx1BDOGMXv5EJZVY4hRAybHEnRZU2JV8p1AFiGksSHyCp22W2zCObcRVf1jw0L_VjClOZULLcMJVfUnzExgprw102NJ5EmVQ1s4q0ufyKdUeJOxv1x6QpQ/s320/webapp-allow.png" title="unity webapps" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvoTtZ8SZruKq3RM4N2Nv950heEguz0iSqb_TotOEiNUa17OmzcR9UHQ41WHOCHyvDzUyxOQEgV8a3p9_sOdRmQm-c6LH9lI9OlCuYVgjpFzch2vIneVwMqf2icXhEMOGUt2XnULekuKs/s1600/webapps-allow-chromium.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity webapps" border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvoTtZ8SZruKq3RM4N2Nv950heEguz0iSqb_TotOEiNUa17OmzcR9UHQ41WHOCHyvDzUyxOQEgV8a3p9_sOdRmQm-c6LH9lI9OlCuYVgjpFzch2vIneVwMqf2icXhEMOGUt2XnULekuKs/s320/webapps-allow-chromium.png" title="unity webapps" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Click "Yes" and you're ready to go. If you don't want a website to integrate with the desktop, simply don't click the Yes button or select to never ask again.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Firefox extension lets you disable the desktop integration prompt by going to <i>Edit > Preferences</i>, on the General tab, under "Desktop Integration":</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRLnIk_uSFS2mrAYv1O5prn__QmYPhFze9LJpF6dREBGhToty88-h-HaxpSzZF7z5YfLmlID7CflZpxrqE0q2Tcp0sedb7bac4OaHQ7HEBBBktwqOqoyoWHa2Y1w2SzcbtT3eKxRg0rBf/s1600/webapps-firefox-exceptions.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity webapps" border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRLnIk_uSFS2mrAYv1O5prn__QmYPhFze9LJpF6dREBGhToty88-h-HaxpSzZF7z5YfLmlID7CflZpxrqE0q2Tcp0sedb7bac4OaHQ7HEBBBktwqOqoyoWHa2Y1w2SzcbtT3eKxRg0rBf/s320/webapps-firefox-exceptions.png" title="unity webapps" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here, if you click "Exceptions", you can select some websites to ignore. A similar feature exists in Chromium too, under Advanced Settings.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can set allowed domains and domains for which the browser shouldn't prompt you through Dconf-editor ("dconf-tools" package), under: <i>com > canonical > unity > webapps</i>:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vb535YcOCw75Y7t1JFnrIM27aAzrXhvHAz7ZeZIC_G3yjs9gCv-GFrTmgo8aYxgpWmRmJf8GYW7Z4WMs7wdBQ5hocSL7BKMx8NoNuzst9olCLK8XXxhsqzI8w1iaWaePuvj_Ur8Mjh57/s1600/webapps-dconf.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity webapps" border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vb535YcOCw75Y7t1JFnrIM27aAzrXhvHAz7ZeZIC_G3yjs9gCv-GFrTmgo8aYxgpWmRmJf8GYW7Z4WMs7wdBQ5hocSL7BKMx8NoNuzst9olCLK8XXxhsqzI8w1iaWaePuvj_Ur8Mjh57/s320/webapps-dconf.png" title="unity webapps" width="320" /></a></div>

Unity WebApps Available In The Ubuntu 12.10 Official Repositories

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Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 Beta Released

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbUriEshxE67QAZySJKxJku-n0EKudrIEZWhanR7e3i21rqIuhF1r-dPIRK-Oqjc5P_M7OeLCs8j2lUomIwh-lqh2SURXcVo-5aewR2dDnyzkGe8NwL7Zom_8koG5ocP2rRKmAQgnQ4cF/s1600/ubuntu-gnome-remix.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbUriEshxE67QAZySJKxJku-n0EKudrIEZWhanR7e3i21rqIuhF1r-dPIRK-Oqjc5P_M7OeLCs8j2lUomIwh-lqh2SURXcVo-5aewR2dDnyzkGe8NwL7Zom_8koG5ocP2rRKmAQgnQ4cF/s320/ubuntu-gnome-remix.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Along with Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, etc. 12.10 beta 2, another Linux distribution which aims at becoming an official Ubuntu flavour has reached a new milestone yesterday: <b>Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 beta</b>.</div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">There haven't been many changes since <a alt="Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 Alpha 2 Available For Download" href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/ubuntu-gnome-remix-1210-alpha-2.html">alpha 2</a>, except for the obvious: most of the GNOME application stack has been updated to 3.6 RC and if you run an upgrade as soon as you install Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 beta, you should get the 3.6 stable packages for many of the GNOME applications. Also, GNOME Shell 3.6 and GDM 3.6 are already available with Ubuntu GNOME Remix beta. That means Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 beta looks pretty much like the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/gnome-36-released-see-whats-new.html">GNOME 3.6 video</a> we've posted a couple of days ago (except for Nautilus 3.6 which isn't available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories).</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Other changes in Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 beta include bug fixes, like the "Undefined video mode" error which was present in alpha 2, and also, Evolution has been added to the default application stack.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, there's still no Ubiquity slideshow and no Plymouth theme specific for Ubuntu GNOME Remix so if you can help, join the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gnome">Ubuntu GNOME</a> mailing list!<br /><br />The final Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 version is expected to be released on October  18, just like the official Ubuntu flavours.</div><br /><br /><b>For the official release notes and download links, see: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ReleaseNotes/12.10Beta">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ReleaseNotes/12.10Beta</a></b>

Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 Beta Released

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Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 2 Available For Download

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj714wjj8atpvT5o7rjyWDaSNT2nfzWqGKzY6nHI6cLNgfNYT0gwHCRqMuLLNtguYK0zKmOllSpXWLgCCIvqjMN3bm497C-m742Bih-d4oljolfcrTl0k8l-U9UboGHxeSLyMPgCPr7ElqS/s1600/ubuntu-12.10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj714wjj8atpvT5o7rjyWDaSNT2nfzWqGKzY6nHI6cLNgfNYT0gwHCRqMuLLNtguYK0zKmOllSpXWLgCCIvqjMN3bm497C-m742Bih-d4oljolfcrTl0k8l-U9UboGHxeSLyMPgCPr7ElqS/s400/ubuntu-12.10.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 2 has been made available for download today.</b><br /><b><br /></b> There are quite a few changes in Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2, including a new Unity version which brings some more polish and tweaks along with 3 new Unity lenses, Amazon and Ubuntu One Music store webapps installed by default, a new default wallpaper, but also some LightDM and Messaging Menu changes. Read on to find out more!</div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><h2>Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2 video</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As usual, we'll start with a video in which you can see some of the changes available in the latest Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 2:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6mfmHxjzF6g" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mfmHxjzF6g">direct video link</a>; for more videos, subscribe to our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a> or like us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/webupd8/app_57675755167?ref=ts">Facebook</a>)</center><br /><br />Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/ubuntu-1210-quantal-quetzal-beta-1.html">Ubuntu 12.10 beta 1<br /></a><br /><br /><h2>Changes in Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2 since beta 1</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A new Unity version is available in Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2, which brings new gradients, new ordering for the home lens, as well as some <b>new animations for Dash Previews and window minimize</b>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhp_VXYRG_xaMD4RxvX2XnARXTqO086rtbX5RGS0XTKp6ZGuZbv_ulXPyjt4p3bxRnLytnZWjit_HUfIitCs6uZh595c2BLA2tvTd7OeOSTtMvAqpFOpDHSrAyVCn_qvxo06a-ykUpPSr/s1600/dash-image-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 previews" border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhp_VXYRG_xaMD4RxvX2XnARXTqO086rtbX5RGS0XTKp6ZGuZbv_ulXPyjt4p3bxRnLytnZWjit_HUfIitCs6uZh595c2BLA2tvTd7OeOSTtMvAqpFOpDHSrAyVCn_qvxo06a-ykUpPSr/s320/dash-image-preview.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 previews" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You can see these new animations in the video above. It's worth mentioning that the minimize animation is slow at first, but gets faster as the user minimizes more windows.</div><br /><b>Other Unity changes include:</b><br /><ul><li>coverflow is no longer used for the music available for purchase in the Music Lens</li><li>new artwork for missing album covers in the Music Lens</li><li>"unity --reset" has been removed</li><li>the workspace switcher and removable devices icons can now be moved on the launcher</li><li>new gradient, tweaked highlight box and shadows</li><li>lots of bug fixes </li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Three new lenses are installed by default with Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 2: a "social" (Gwibber) lens, a photo lens and a shopping lens:</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- The <b>social lens</b> can display results from Twitter, Facebook and Identi.ca, nicely organized in various categories: Messages, Replies, Photos, Videos, Links and Private:</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/AVvXsEhJ81xia14qCJcnFKu_FmHu88z9RKq6YC0sVSwZE8KxdW8Pv_8eKRbbJaMxGSiVtupHJ4Nrp43D5SSL4JYiYxtfwce2L-Qm-qHucOl3lGok4bl7tp2psB7fdIYbliupl6zemOnVJInIa-c4/s1600/social-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 social lens" border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ81xia14qCJcnFKu_FmHu88z9RKq6YC0sVSwZE8KxdW8Pv_8eKRbbJaMxGSiVtupHJ4Nrp43D5SSL4JYiYxtfwce2L-Qm-qHucOl3lGok4bl7tp2psB7fdIYbliupl6zemOnVJInIa-c4/s320/social-lens.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 social lens" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Dash Previews feature works with the new social lens</b>, and it doesn't just allow the user to preview the tweets or Facebook posts, but you can also like a post or retweet without leaving Dash:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTz4bV3nD3BJuQg1WJm7LQ2Zb21U6R03qXIjkQ7_SpSKZ8H4HIw0wsItz7ocorYZfEtEwF1jVIbciyR6PQ3EI5MBUq8INDsKDGyxD0raXqIFd_0mYD-VAoAgbQe16mY4AUGV4d5mF7KTVN/s1600/social-lens-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTz4bV3nD3BJuQg1WJm7LQ2Zb21U6R03qXIjkQ7_SpSKZ8H4HIw0wsItz7ocorYZfEtEwF1jVIbciyR6PQ3EI5MBUq8INDsKDGyxD0raXqIFd_0mYD-VAoAgbQe16mY4AUGV4d5mF7KTVN/s320/social-lens-preview.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- The new <b>photo lens</b> displays images from various accounts you've enabled in Online Accounts, like Picasa, Facebook or Flickr as well as local photos. You can filter the results by date or source and that's about all the photo lens can do. And of course, the preview feature works with this lens too:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsJw-CaLgSfJdYvDaSC5BWQg02N18CkodoZsNCsYg3XZQn2wD4HxKz7_U_UAoXgGmEjCijWyuFMFUPDA5UN7Fv-nUX6cjHtL-PZZrpxT6CwrJur7gyeyLouyaXMzo1JHpwJTkVGY705c4/s1600/photo-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsJw-CaLgSfJdYvDaSC5BWQg02N18CkodoZsNCsYg3XZQn2wD4HxKz7_U_UAoXgGmEjCijWyuFMFUPDA5UN7Fv-nUX6cjHtL-PZZrpxT6CwrJur7gyeyLouyaXMzo1JHpwJTkVGY705c4/s320/photo-lens.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2 ships with a <b>shopping lens</b> which displays commercial content into Dash search results and is only visible when the user performs a global search from the Dash home screen and there are matching suggestions to show. The shopping suggestions differentiate from the rest of the items by using a badge which displays the price:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgilLWzwJHCb761-wv6hgCLxcGOQy3PyZi4cfUiHo7VcbvngMQixKNF88ZLgzhRFh6ZueWGpDWOS4UGs3aSNbc5Yg3TMzacGOYdYQqiinWWH5jZKjNJM7OWM7IDwBQyeezU1smZdkRJYA1S/s1600/shopping-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgilLWzwJHCb761-wv6hgCLxcGOQy3PyZi4cfUiHo7VcbvngMQixKNF88ZLgzhRFh6ZueWGpDWOS4UGs3aSNbc5Yg3TMzacGOYdYQqiinWWH5jZKjNJM7OWM7IDwBQyeezU1smZdkRJYA1S/s320/shopping-lens.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The shopping lens isn't the only way Canonical tries to make more money - there are also<b> two new webapps pinned to the Unity launcher in the latest Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2, for Ubuntu One Music Store and Amazon:</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTRnzFQSM8GhE8zMxRFd2cYJiXSPeQf5oNup4nolJGc5Ya13E7QgEPA8HDKEoA-3Ed2VQatCTLAGypNKv6Qhv-65nvGAuLxI51x4QAs5mVeTAGGpnZ8zQU6oGoxGSWWkje3vrg3C5rJnl/s1600/amazon-ubuntuone-icons.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTRnzFQSM8GhE8zMxRFd2cYJiXSPeQf5oNup4nolJGc5Ya13E7QgEPA8HDKEoA-3Ed2VQatCTLAGypNKv6Qhv-65nvGAuLxI51x4QAs5mVeTAGGpnZ8zQU6oGoxGSWWkje3vrg3C5rJnl/s320/amazon-ubuntuone-icons.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new social and photo lenses are very slow on my computer and it takes minutes to display some results and sometimes nothing loads at all. The weird thing is, the shopping lens results load instantly, even though it's also an online feature. Mmm. This, hopefully, will be fixed by the time the final Ubuntu 12.10 version will be released, but even so, is it worth having so many online features in Dash? There are many users with a limited Internet connection which I'm sure won't appreciate these new features, but luckily, an option turn off at least some of these online results should land soon.</div><br /><br />Another Unity change is the addition of a<b> close button as well as the window title in the window spread</b> (on hover):<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZt6zh71GioIHcjPrmNbYoKZT5QLTTNslamEKaW8W4vubOU8FDAcDK0hFX1mwHsOBHeYcvM1LaMektoPhx1wdgw5NhAJgCiPvtcOT2KZVmhAnpErsviaiaFug1C629AZaGzFqwcHvn8a5/s1600/spread-close-button.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZt6zh71GioIHcjPrmNbYoKZT5QLTTNslamEKaW8W4vubOU8FDAcDK0hFX1mwHsOBHeYcvM1LaMektoPhx1wdgw5NhAJgCiPvtcOT2KZVmhAnpErsviaiaFug1C629AZaGzFqwcHvn8a5/s320/spread-close-button.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This isn't "The Spread", as <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/new-unity-spread-design-for-ubuntu-1210.html">announced</a> a while back, but the regular spread, and it looks like the new implementation which is supposed to improve Unity task switching won't make it into Ubuntu 12.10.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As for the new <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" technology</a>, the feature is available by default, but there are no webapps preinstalled besides Amazon and Ubuntu One Music but hopefully they will be available soon, at least via Ubuntu Software Center.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Messaging Menu has received a minor, but useful change: <b>the status icons are now displayed as emblems</b> on the envelope icon:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8cWFfjcKZJBr3PvkXPeDAgyvU_MSMwZMaT7HPCtZb2akNEz7iF4-BDXP4oWqPfa2uEjK2nUklP9BLTGdTmaQEFmKj0CkHnEW4y_4n0uLHOjgeqA7pumqRuE-imKZeBs3-ZuGTOyzGNO2/s1600/messaging-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8cWFfjcKZJBr3PvkXPeDAgyvU_MSMwZMaT7HPCtZb2akNEz7iF4-BDXP4oWqPfa2uEjK2nUklP9BLTGdTmaQEFmKj0CkHnEW4y_4n0uLHOjgeqA7pumqRuE-imKZeBs3-ZuGTOyzGNO2/s320/messaging-menu.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2, there's a <b>new default wallpaper</b> which continues to use the same colors as the previous wallpapers - <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/new-default-wallpaper-lands-in-ubuntu.html">not a popular choice</a> among the Ubuntu users it seems:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35vNCLlIIlONJkWnymHYtnmt3_njc1mbogSfEJb_V4DhSU0KUuBxb0SWPXVB7ZnAw56zHvBlhzjRXr7t8hW0PbGkfwNJg0Fguly7W7JM9-uEfyTLLc6Ip34wsutvTzMLWEUufTabEfX4B/s1600/wallpaper.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35vNCLlIIlONJkWnymHYtnmt3_njc1mbogSfEJb_V4DhSU0KUuBxb0SWPXVB7ZnAw56zHvBlhzjRXr7t8hW0PbGkfwNJg0Fguly7W7JM9-uEfyTLLc6Ip34wsutvTzMLWEUufTabEfX4B/s320/wallpaper.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>LightDM has gained support for remote desktop logins by default</b>. This is currently done through the Ubuntu Single Sign On service:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOycL7GP8osE7hjvjkKidb9Iq-Ob-czQBqfgWmxskWY-uHVYR9UZwFyVOZlV_eL6OwiJVLhEn7-3GN0NhroCwBwyIL001fYJwJC7ngz2v0sOV4538isx5siwaB4wczR-dOKZRq9lTw9Ky/s1600/remote-login-lightdm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOycL7GP8osE7hjvjkKidb9Iq-Ob-czQBqfgWmxskWY-uHVYR9UZwFyVOZlV_eL6OwiJVLhEn7-3GN0NhroCwBwyIL001fYJwJC7ngz2v0sOV4538isx5siwaB4wczR-dOKZRq9lTw9Ky/s320/remote-login-lightdm.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12385yF9WGNUwg_GVoP34qQCJZND6oettUB_fTInrS27w3pfy6dfLkpEhXyeO1i0_jSzd3vQChNMxyb89u2l_Y5BN3_1vdazPE29iQ-zwsyK0F04rpU1WIsy9MHW3fomy3HnIjuw905oB/s1600/remote-login.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12385yF9WGNUwg_GVoP34qQCJZND6oettUB_fTInrS27w3pfy6dfLkpEhXyeO1i0_jSzd3vQChNMxyb89u2l_Y5BN3_1vdazPE29iQ-zwsyK0F04rpU1WIsy9MHW3fomy3HnIjuw905oB/s320/remote-login.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Default applications</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2 ships by default with Nautilus 3.4.2, Firefox 15.0.1, Thunderbird 15.0.1, LibreOffice 3.6.1 (now with built-in global menu support), Ubuntu Software Center 5.3.14.2, Transmission 2.61, Deja Dup 24.0, Shotwell 0.13.0, Rhythmbox 2.97, Gwibber 3.5.90, Gedit 3.5.3, Totem 3.4.3, Brasero 3.4.1, GNOME Control Center 3.4.2 and Empathy 3.5.92 on top of Unity 6.6.0 and GNOME 3.5.92 (some 3.6 components have landed already).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Quantal beta 2 uses the Ubuntu Linux Kernel 3.5.0-15.23 based on the v3.5.4 upstream Linux kernel, Xorg server 1.13.0 and mesa 9.0.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As for those who do not want to use Unity, GNOME Shell 3.6 is now available in the Ubuntu 12.10 official repositories.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>LiveCDs dropped</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With Ubuntu 12.10, there are no more CD-sized images available. The new ISO size is 800MB, so it won't fit on a CD anymore, so users will have to rely on DVDs and USB to install the latest Ubuntu version.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu 12.10 is pretty stable, but there are some known issues! For instance, on systems using ATI Radeon 9200 graphics, you'll get a black screen on boot (a work-around is to add "nomodeset" to the kernel command line). So make sure you check out the official <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/TechnicalOverview/Beta2">release notes</a> before installing / upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10.</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 beta 1) or a daily build and you've updated the packages through the Update Manager (now called "Software Updater"), you already have beta 2 so there's no need to reinstall it.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/TechnicalOverview/Beta2">Download Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2</a></div><br /><br /><b>Up next:</b><br /><ul><li>Final Ubuntu 12.10 release - October 18th</li></ul>

Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 2 Available For Download

Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 2 has been made available for download today. There are quite a few changes in Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2, inclu...

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Steam For Linux Beta Testing Starting In October

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpGZh-03PPspeQF6ZBeGFUUJBMYUdPCJUcH10dZUMyH2T5yhhbEvQ7VjrSB_SA_01Lz4lSe-N4rqAHpCWwcc-npamx_pl7GfJYF9SXHfZL29IuFa9ZuFU8eXsKkjqmR159qtkWiJwV25x/s1600/steam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpGZh-03PPspeQF6ZBeGFUUJBMYUdPCJUcH10dZUMyH2T5yhhbEvQ7VjrSB_SA_01Lz4lSe-N4rqAHpCWwcc-npamx_pl7GfJYF9SXHfZL29IuFa9ZuFU8eXsKkjqmR159qtkWiJwV25x/s320/steam.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Valve has <a href="http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/beta-late-than-never-3/">announced</a> they will be testing internally their new Valve for Linux starting next week and a private external beta will be available sometime in October.</b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The external beta will only be available for <b>1000 users</b> who will be provided with a sign up page that will be announced in a future post:</div><br /><blockquote>For existing Linux users, the external private beta is a good release for seeing where we are in running our games on Linux. We will be using a sign up page for the external beta. Information about the sign up will be announced in a future post.</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The external beta will only include <b>one game</b>, which will probably be Left 4 Dead 2, although the post doesn't mention the game name. No additional Valve games will be included in the external beta and there will be no Big Picture mode. They also mention that <b>only Ubuntu 12.04 and above will be supported</b>.</div><br /><b>Update: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/steam-for-linux-now-available-to-all.html">Steam For Linux Now Available To All Users</a></b>

Steam For Linux Beta Testing Starting In October

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GNOME 3.6 Released - See What's New

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JQVVVY3PQUunDnCoTCbmnqoqcW17qKJGM1XlIYMGZhs7W9cR8z3dvrn4pFPHJdXiIxzOuu-ehglI8Go5nGNz4Juk43vn5a2v7hU7zICtUKOuVwTfvjcKxKFh_qeXHyXNNSLA4ESb10hg/s1600/activities.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JQVVVY3PQUunDnCoTCbmnqoqcW17qKJGM1XlIYMGZhs7W9cR8z3dvrn4pFPHJdXiIxzOuu-ehglI8Go5nGNz4Juk43vn5a2v7hU7zICtUKOuVwTfvjcKxKFh_qeXHyXNNSLA4ESb10hg/s320/activities.png" title="gnome 3.6" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The GNOME Project has released GNOME 3.6 today, the new version bringing many enhancements and new features, including a redesigned Message Tray, smarter notifications, improved Activity Overview layout, new design for Files (Nautilus) and a new lock screen. Let's take a look at what's new!</b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><h2>GNOME 3.6 video</h2><br />Below you can watch a video with the latest GNOME 3.6 in action, running under Ubuntu 12.10:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uMfg7Jsnmg4" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMfg7Jsnmg4">direct video link</a>; for more videos, subscribe to our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a> or like us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/webupd8/app_57675755167?ref=ts">Facebook</a>)</center><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>For Nautilus (Files) 3.6 and a few other GNOME 3.6 bits which aren't in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories, I've used the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3">GNOME 3 PPA</a>. In the video, I'm using Web 3.5.4 instead of 3.6 because the latest version isn't even available in the GNOME 3 PPA.</i></div><br /><br />Now, let's take a look at the most important changes in GNOME 3.6.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Core / GNOME Shell changes</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggirPsZrkLhQjrjRtmKvpBM8rboC1yLXXWm9uy9DokErOLj_1iNQE9wE03_qsBslYapSaRCAtKaygohtZZ-gLTzABaLMuhCzDqjs65twLw2EHJzcDTSpU88BBiTvGyQ1btUhCwxOeQOa8/s1600/message-tray.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 message tray notifications" border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggirPsZrkLhQjrjRtmKvpBM8rboC1yLXXWm9uy9DokErOLj_1iNQE9wE03_qsBslYapSaRCAtKaygohtZZ-gLTzABaLMuhCzDqjs65twLw2EHJzcDTSpU88BBiTvGyQ1btUhCwxOeQOa8/s320/message-tray.png" title="gnome 3.6 message tray notifications" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With the latest GNOME 3.6, the <b>Message Tray and the notifications</b> have received some major changes:</div><ul><li>The Message Tray items are bigger, the hot corner has been replaced with the whole bottom screen edge; also, the Message Tray can now be accessed via a keyboard shortcut (Super + M)</li><li>The notifications are smarter, more noticeable and easier to dismiss thanks to a close button</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another change - not major, but it will definitely please some users, is that the <b>GNOME Shell User Menu now displays a Power Off item by default</b>:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzpmmthlJQn3KADWWkJP2foh-Jm9jovZoszOie71kGH9Wi-PGwfHCCl14DWiC_X5TQQ-UmsCJzRqbjxWPahCtBZdJeEg5RleHshz9OdQRW-ofEbnwUBX94Y6cPWFFpSRk9nOBUO2ZY0aU/s1600/user-menu-power-off.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 user menu" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzpmmthlJQn3KADWWkJP2foh-Jm9jovZoszOie71kGH9Wi-PGwfHCCl14DWiC_X5TQQ-UmsCJzRqbjxWPahCtBZdJeEg5RleHshz9OdQRW-ofEbnwUBX94Y6cPWFFpSRk9nOBUO2ZY0aU/s320/user-menu-power-off.png" title="gnome 3.6 user menu" width="290" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the latest GNOME Shell 3.6, the <b>Activities Overview</b> has received some important changes. Firstly, now when you click "Activities" on the top left, the windows are displayed by default and to access the applications, you must click a grid button displayed at the bottom of Dash:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6FgL2Z5zfIXybJ20hHsDvNYfuRyXpU7N2p5xiyT56s4ONu1yfVDFfXEUHBV6Yir0vG0gQ5JGmbn7-0Ff57xwFU23OrHrfzKM0oBvyGxGCQqah959lBwJZP8mvUbIceTgxqCCu9UwjUNc/s1600/activities.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 activities overview" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6FgL2Z5zfIXybJ20hHsDvNYfuRyXpU7N2p5xiyT56s4ONu1yfVDFfXEUHBV6Yir0vG0gQ5JGmbn7-0Ff57xwFU23OrHrfzKM0oBvyGxGCQqah959lBwJZP8mvUbIceTgxqCCu9UwjUNc/s320/activities.png" title="gnome 3.6 activities overview" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another major new feature in the latest GNOME 3.6 is a <b>new Lock Screen</b> (requires GDM so it might not show up for you if you're using Ubuntu 12.10 with LightDM instead of GDM) which displays the time and date along with notifications and the user has the ability to control media playback:</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/AVvXsEgpGM4jxQFuNSK1hDfw7UvmhNhCD7D7u1K8eguDLoKowes0PMsIqkSAoVzmxOZHTRa1CS38a4nysD1s64HvamtsOQZEd_g_mTV191A0zWNY0DgIJyhdWqpwP8QywzDNHDH52I1HpBTLrCxO/s1600/lock-screen.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 lock screen" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGM4jxQFuNSK1hDfw7UvmhNhCD7D7u1K8eguDLoKowes0PMsIqkSAoVzmxOZHTRa1CS38a4nysD1s64HvamtsOQZEd_g_mTV191A0zWNY0DgIJyhdWqpwP8QywzDNHDH52I1HpBTLrCxO/s320/lock-screen.png" title="gnome 3.6 lock screen" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>GNOME applications</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And now a bit about the GNOME applications. <b>Files (Nautilus)</b> is the application which has received probably the biggest attention in GNOME 3.6. Files comes with a new user interface which is now consistent with the other GNOME applications, but there are some removed features too, like the dual pane.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDP8cPJXQIASLI3UzPoSesyOrw8E6IBA9UpOeReEKqr7S10-joN37O2eZq2VqiDzrcCMyvCnfjad-hK0MdOq-AbQsAJgX9MhPEJ7GA5BLcIeduNYAz2VHDwGwQMaN1YG1Y9eYZfrri1Tj/s1600/nautilus-files.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 files nautilus" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDP8cPJXQIASLI3UzPoSesyOrw8E6IBA9UpOeReEKqr7S10-joN37O2eZq2VqiDzrcCMyvCnfjad-hK0MdOq-AbQsAJgX9MhPEJ7GA5BLcIeduNYAz2VHDwGwQMaN1YG1Y9eYZfrri1Tj/s320/nautilus-files.png" title="gnome 3.6 files nautilus" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>Among the changes in Files 3.6 are:</b><br /><ul><li>a new way of searching for files has replaced both the old search tool and the "search as you type" feature</li><li>new toolbar and pathbar, GNOME Shell appmenu, a new "cog" menu, symbolic icons for the sidebar, a new "Recent" section in the sidebar</li><li>list view changes: new date format display, better column order, new icon size: 32</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Clocks:</b> a new application introduced as a "preview", because, according to the GNOME developers, it's not ready for prime time just yet. But it's already functional and it can be used to display the time around the world, set up an alarm, stopwatch and a timer:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2njn9Fq0aDGKyAQe29lAEgIjs_9inRYOoBMjLxol2BpdPcqHX-yAMXhiAI_NStYphk23m1RwJaO_F7ks3nnrOgGgZU6-zJnN-UxRqpHqzALfL5LAvTpFh7EZhyXgi7Mq57KV_dF4ZUJ-/s1600/gnome-clocks.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 clocks" border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2njn9Fq0aDGKyAQe29lAEgIjs_9inRYOoBMjLxol2BpdPcqHX-yAMXhiAI_NStYphk23m1RwJaO_F7ks3nnrOgGgZU6-zJnN-UxRqpHqzALfL5LAvTpFh7EZhyXgi7Mq57KV_dF4ZUJ-/s320/gnome-clocks.png" title="gnome 3.6 clocks" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0Kbby6JSn6l7jzmSQAQIZjJrCICrNKB-RTosSLdR22PdVSFXJjWVftIkYNpW8KOQVlOmJ8v_DMGHcAJlkM2-w1Xm8s3gRL7kfjc4Wv9Fq8EIX1cInJXnBlZP7r-kxQKL26WOK38XlUF3/s1600/boxes.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 boxes" border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0Kbby6JSn6l7jzmSQAQIZjJrCICrNKB-RTosSLdR22PdVSFXJjWVftIkYNpW8KOQVlOmJ8v_DMGHcAJlkM2-w1Xm8s3gRL7kfjc4Wv9Fq8EIX1cInJXnBlZP7r-kxQKL26WOK38XlUF3/s320/boxes.png" title="gnome 3.6 boxes" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Introduced as a preview in GNOME 3.4, <b>Boxes</b> (an application to connect to remote machines and manage virtual machines) is now officially a GNOME application. Changes in the latest Boxes include a reworked selection mode, allow customizing a box memory and disk size before it's created and more.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Epiphany (Web)</b> has introduced "The Overview" with version 3.6. This is the beginning of a new design which should improve the user experience, about which we've talked about a <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/12/new-epiphany-browser-design-probably.html">while back</a>:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d_7WlXj80ts1YA4zMz6te8lJhevRpqRzK0zQIHVzoMPfA9Uf4x9aphjBXYszr2KLxevNhK6GEVBU54yIgHcG-_I8OdcI_I6n2ytWiY56WnFMSvZgEh8M2-9OjQuy7EvhJY6Ey7sN01vr/s1600/web.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 web epiphany" border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d_7WlXj80ts1YA4zMz6te8lJhevRpqRzK0zQIHVzoMPfA9Uf4x9aphjBXYszr2KLxevNhK6GEVBU54yIgHcG-_I8OdcI_I6n2ytWiY56WnFMSvZgEh8M2-9OjQuy7EvhJY6Ey7sN01vr/s320/web.png" title="gnome 3.6 web epiphany" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For now, "The Overview" doesn't have the functionality that was announced a while back, and it only presents a grid with the most visited pages. The new version also comes with an improved full screen mode and other changes.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Of course, there were many other improvements, including various changes for Disk Usage Analyzer, Disks, Font Viewer, support for Microsoft Exchange, Windows Live and Facebook for Online Accounts, updated modal dialogs which now expand from the middle instead of dropping from the top, Empathy now uses Zeitgeist, and many accessibility and internationalization enhancements.<br /><br />There's also a new feature which I'm sure those who like to customize their desktop will love: with GNOME 3.6, <b>the GNOME Shell extensions installed via <a href="http://extensions.gnome.org">extensions.gnome.org</a> are updated automatically</b>.<br /><br /><b>The next stable GNOME release, 3.8, is expected on March 27, 2013</b>.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Getting GNOME 3.6</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There are no official GNOME 3.6 ISO files available for download yet, but if you want to try it already, you can use the latest development builds of Ubuntu 12.10, Fedora 18 and so on in a virtual machine or boot the images from an USB stick.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">When available, the GNOME 3.6 live images will be downloadable from <a href="http://www.gnome.org/getting-gnome/">HERE</a>.</div><br /><br />Also see:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.gnome.org/news/2012/09/gnome-3-6-released/">http://www.gnome.org/news/2012/09/gnome-3-6-released/</a></li><li><a href="http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.6/index.html.en">http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.6/index.html.en </a></li></ul>

GNOME 3.6 Released - See What's New

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