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Ubuntu Tweak Development Stopped [Update: Development Will Continue]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Ubuntu Tweak developer has <a href="http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/2012/10/19/the-development-of-ubuntu-tweak-is-stopped.html">announced</a> today that Ubuntu Tweak will no longer be developed. </b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Tualatrix Chou hasn't explained what made him take this decision, except for: "<b>making free software is not free any more</b>". Check out the announcement <a href="http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/2012/10/19/the-development-of-ubuntu-tweak-is-stopped.html">here</a>.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeXcTdq1sO5s9BlKyacXo3Xy-RTBXfpBMancA4GOxY6AQaZUZ44Q1jVR8Bp_rm5VMKB0tdAFAQAIQ0mJbKA7kDjlKb4V1amojtrGDdRpTFvidFhUMuEBVjKutjPISyd411cQvk2bFxZjh-/s1600/ubuntu-tweak.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu tweak" border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeXcTdq1sO5s9BlKyacXo3Xy-RTBXfpBMancA4GOxY6AQaZUZ44Q1jVR8Bp_rm5VMKB0tdAFAQAIQ0mJbKA7kDjlKb4V1amojtrGDdRpTFvidFhUMuEBVjKutjPISyd411cQvk2bFxZjh-/s320/ubuntu-tweak.png" title="ubuntu tweak" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu Tweak is the most popular tool to tweak Ubuntu, with <b>over 3 million downloads from version 0.4.9</b>, via its Launchpad <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-tweak/+download">download page</a>, and that's not counting the PPA installations or other sources.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application continues to work, except for the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/ubuntu-tweak-080-gets-new-apps-feature.html">new Apps feature</a> (which I'm guessing has something to do with stopping the Ubuntu Tweak development) which uses an online database that was disabled. But there won't be any updates / bug fixes.<br /><br />Update: the Ubuntu Tweak developer has changed its mind, and the development will continue. More info on the <a href="http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/2012/10/22/thank-you-ubuntu-tweak-will-continue.html">Ubuntu Tweak blog</a>.</div>

Ubuntu Tweak Development Stopped [Update: Development Will Continue]

The Ubuntu Tweak developer has announced today that Ubuntu Tweak will no longer be developed. Tualatrix Chou hasn't explained what mad...

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Prefer GNOME Shell? Download Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKKoGCuOJhbaydfgeljM8TQ4zXM3HKkxAaP2NXfKa9LN_hwkUAH4KdvKpmnBz6yHiRisOXWRrbUiLxgQ2GicWqNepJx-TIvIe2hs6wDjJJj_Hm0-Thu_Rwp1ZbKkXaIfbY66Z9MtgW_aw/s1600/ubuntu12.10-gnome-installer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKKoGCuOJhbaydfgeljM8TQ4zXM3HKkxAaP2NXfKa9LN_hwkUAH4KdvKpmnBz6yHiRisOXWRrbUiLxgQ2GicWqNepJx-TIvIe2hs6wDjJJj_Hm0-Thu_Rwp1ZbKkXaIfbY66Z9MtgW_aw/s320/ubuntu12.10-gnome-installer.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ReleaseNotes/12.10">Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10</a> has been released! </b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu GNOME Remix, a Linux distribution which aims to become an official Ubuntu flavour, uses GNOME Shell as the default "shell" and tries to provide a "mostly pure GNOME desktop experience built from the Ubuntu repositories".</div><br />Update: you may also be interested in <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/how-to-get-complete-gnome-3-desktop-in.html">How To Get A Complete GNOME 3 Desktop In Ubuntu 12.10, Without Installing Ubuntu GNOME Remix</a><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Learn more about Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 by watching the video below:</b><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eXiHAKKGj_g" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXiHAKKGj_g">direct video link</a> | for more videos, subscribe to our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>GNOME Shell by default</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 uses GNOME Shell 3.6.1 by default</b>, along with most of the GNOME 3.6 application stack, so it basically has the features you've seen in our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/gnome-36-released-see-whats-new.html">GNOME 3.6 post</a>.</div><br />Here's the new GNOME Shell 3.6 message tray:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8M6W9OJeKATyhBafXel3D65F2qcZveH_Hm404OaXZBiGTUnwS1_jqMxWRGkYWjzEjEcAG6EbvNB0ZBxLkberxHhHEVZ8tWSBF5-v-OQItRL1QTNewAqFXNAyOUmF8Wz3vk68MdnOb6LS6/s1600/message-tray-rhythmbox.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8M6W9OJeKATyhBafXel3D65F2qcZveH_Hm404OaXZBiGTUnwS1_jqMxWRGkYWjzEjEcAG6EbvNB0ZBxLkberxHhHEVZ8tWSBF5-v-OQItRL1QTNewAqFXNAyOUmF8Wz3vk68MdnOb6LS6/s320/message-tray-rhythmbox.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gy7e7uBWvW-4LnsNpByGLvdxWjPmKkRBZfLnUOyBrN1KaHGPKF0IL_JsUboQwnEqSEXwpBWCSDqPYZJgf-gX0aGv9ZR4igvSIaa91HLJHZ3m9vaXIWgWZXMbUD5yOTIW8sRYKq0BcXhj/s1600/message-tray_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gy7e7uBWvW-4LnsNpByGLvdxWjPmKkRBZfLnUOyBrN1KaHGPKF0IL_JsUboQwnEqSEXwpBWCSDqPYZJgf-gX0aGv9ZR4igvSIaa91HLJHZ3m9vaXIWgWZXMbUD5yOTIW8sRYKq0BcXhj/s320/message-tray_2.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Since <b>GDM 3.6.1</b> is included as well, you'll also get the cool new <b>GNOME 3.6 lock screen: </b><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KVukjB4IacX91YwvuQt5IEPq84qm__lpsnhT3pO0HitprTKdMl8nfdZg63oXvzjEKeTWNTX3F9V975z1JgNP6BHrntUzoRAWXbjdNueBfquFWYE8RFbZAmFEjej4B13cT5hPmz1GixX6/s1600/ubuntu-gnome-12.10-lockscreen.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KVukjB4IacX91YwvuQt5IEPq84qm__lpsnhT3pO0HitprTKdMl8nfdZg63oXvzjEKeTWNTX3F9V975z1JgNP6BHrntUzoRAWXbjdNueBfquFWYE8RFbZAmFEjej4B13cT5hPmz1GixX6/s320/ubuntu-gnome-12.10-lockscreen.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GNOME 3.6 lock screen</td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEgcrNkZ4gGpPvR3v0OPl8oy1effWJjtn2-x9c1XvQ8IjlHKEww6g4aX49JQFwH1NqpT5BG6PsSqxNMKpkYTqLAaFlIlefOWuAd5Fk29baAVC2yoRWAhFLg8S60kTijAozMdYovEKAgWF0bx/s1600/ubuntu-gnome-gdm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrNkZ4gGpPvR3v0OPl8oy1effWJjtn2-x9c1XvQ8IjlHKEww6g4aX49JQFwH1NqpT5BG6PsSqxNMKpkYTqLAaFlIlefOWuAd5Fk29baAVC2yoRWAhFLg8S60kTijAozMdYovEKAgWF0bx/s320/ubuntu-gnome-gdm.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GDM 3.6.1</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br />Here are a few more GNOME Shell screenshots:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjmGgPE2gViwGXtrBk27gLDz-ptkGZVEEhyQnEDArGf4ArdvyXC8gxPxTrEiUXeel0wCcIp_yUsvGlO4-6JmzdICTxOlMa_7BXPoPdP0PR5RHAulw7Wm2yGSSugcYrrwexROJqgyf8tUT/s1600/activities.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjmGgPE2gViwGXtrBk27gLDz-ptkGZVEEhyQnEDArGf4ArdvyXC8gxPxTrEiUXeel0wCcIp_yUsvGlO4-6JmzdICTxOlMa_7BXPoPdP0PR5RHAulw7Wm2yGSSugcYrrwexROJqgyf8tUT/s320/activities.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh618gRnbq_h9LWGJg-FxH-VOWV27P9mAUFx7GMmdTXgPYlrRejUvIXxPpx_huVH5iTmGu3HuGNpvb-gWah3GvdWSKhjVGZMDfKaeiYP7QTzU_Q5dZhdwSGyQU5xF9b7W-quOunjV9WFYqy/s1600/apps.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh618gRnbq_h9LWGJg-FxH-VOWV27P9mAUFx7GMmdTXgPYlrRejUvIXxPpx_huVH5iTmGu3HuGNpvb-gWah3GvdWSKhjVGZMDfKaeiYP7QTzU_Q5dZhdwSGyQU5xF9b7W-quOunjV9WFYqy/s320/apps.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmb_waXxJLmvpFujRC80Sw4uPSJpMizCx3yj3cJIcajnIhY-UgvNuNfE1GVqRafUV2JWyBZLh9CxO2L51iFTx-bPGvQwsz4wXVbgzpgK8GRtoBeMEPTgYlF_oFEVMxjY7SsLThUuPAY1BS/s1600/ubuntugnome-12.10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmb_waXxJLmvpFujRC80Sw4uPSJpMizCx3yj3cJIcajnIhY-UgvNuNfE1GVqRafUV2JWyBZLh9CxO2L51iFTx-bPGvQwsz4wXVbgzpgK8GRtoBeMEPTgYlF_oFEVMxjY7SsLThUuPAY1BS/s320/ubuntugnome-12.10.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Default packages</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As you would expect, Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 tries to offer most of the GNOME 3.6 applications: Web (Epiphany) 3.6, Evolution 3.6, Gedit 3.6, etc.</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/AVvXsEjqDy7V7F-p4K6i9vpG7rw_g5jHjjzk4BGhKEXScCWSlYGL_fk6PLPv2sOyOOLONRPMBNXGS5S-Cqp0k3NsSE-a5XYbjnxkeIroTMEESYJMOksRF77BsknFCZdP1WLxT8RNLWuifs2XvtkD/s1600/evolution.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDy7V7F-p4K6i9vpG7rw_g5jHjjzk4BGhKEXScCWSlYGL_fk6PLPv2sOyOOLONRPMBNXGS5S-Cqp0k3NsSE-a5XYbjnxkeIroTMEESYJMOksRF77BsknFCZdP1WLxT8RNLWuifs2XvtkD/s320/evolution.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evolution 3.6</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGjRNFf6FUI5SKvNo3_X2LK3oKBfTcaFVKUwEck9sgJ_aRM2ITGB1VXmGC4h8lqLMuG4yKkJcIH2gAT5Qb-5CiFiSzF_mQsCpBSDlVkoEm9_-dfx0AyhbNTTWM7V2osfrFsdZI99ukJa8/s1600/web.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGjRNFf6FUI5SKvNo3_X2LK3oKBfTcaFVKUwEck9sgJ_aRM2ITGB1VXmGC4h8lqLMuG4yKkJcIH2gAT5Qb-5CiFiSzF_mQsCpBSDlVkoEm9_-dfx0AyhbNTTWM7V2osfrFsdZI99ukJa8/s320/web.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Web 3.6</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">But there are <b>some packages which aren't updated to version 3.6</b>: Aisleriot, Nautilus, System Settings, and Totem:</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/AVvXsEh7APzju9eW5JO1sRvvCXPUQFtZE22H2gUGDThDBZxOrik9hISZQ5ljlZYIDaEL4Zis-VycwvsLLskq03_Rq3sZcNhGKzg55mE5J3RkUjkoiW3bXWBtCqvcEoly4qRPXp9qI-vwqFmMH9iT/s1600/nautilus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7APzju9eW5JO1sRvvCXPUQFtZE22H2gUGDThDBZxOrik9hISZQ5ljlZYIDaEL4Zis-VycwvsLLskq03_Rq3sZcNhGKzg55mE5J3RkUjkoiW3bXWBtCqvcEoly4qRPXp9qI-vwqFmMH9iT/s320/nautilus.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nautilus 3.4.2</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>That's because Ubuntu itself uses older versions of these apps</b>, so Ubuntu GNOME Remix is stuck with them as well. But <b>you can update Nautilus or Totem to version 3.6 by using the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3">GNOME3 Team PPA</a></b>.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There are also some <b>GNOME applications which aren't included by default</b>, like Boxes or GNOME Documents. And you won't find any of the Ubuntu-specific applications as well: Ubuntu One or Ubuntu Software Center aren't included in Ubuntu GNOME Remix since they aren't official GNOME apps.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Instead of Ubuntu Software Center, it uses "Software" (gnome-packagekit), which includes its own update manager:</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmWqPYYoXdfHJkjs9XFXA35B7J-mUUAEypUfuvtvpW4xS6ureAm9sJ8kzQsB0OfnvD5fpvv7akGub3ChnbIj3J1lWqtMjIX28Hadp_aZEq3om5rXNi1dTVKOGVOZ7IJFR9ArIjdqW9Rhnr/s1600/software.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmWqPYYoXdfHJkjs9XFXA35B7J-mUUAEypUfuvtvpW4xS6ureAm9sJ8kzQsB0OfnvD5fpvv7akGub3ChnbIj3J1lWqtMjIX28Hadp_aZEq3om5rXNi1dTVKOGVOZ7IJFR9ArIjdqW9Rhnr/s320/software.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Applications included by default:</b> Web (Epiphany) 3.6.0, Nauilus 3.4.2, GNOME Tweak Tool, Abiword and Gnumeric, Evolution 3.6.0, Cheese, Gwibber, Rhythmbox 2.97, GNOME games, Shotwell, Simple Scan, Transmission, GNOME Packagekit.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The classic (fallback) session is included by default as well, but is only used if your hardware can't run GNOME Shell.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Artwork</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As you would expect, Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 uses the default GNOME 3 artwork: Adwaita for the GTK theme and the GNOME icon theme, along with the official GNOME 3.6 wallpaper.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But, at least compared to the beta, there is now a Plymouth theme as well as an Ubiquity installer slideshow:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wobOv95c_B2IRB9yAe2JpNvQqaCX6433u5q3gocpkaaDU1Q0PysLu7HsOCGGR1_5S1VSIR_4l31ROagxyrLAf5ouZsnQf-aSNjidhlUP-tgWCvBSUfdKxzkBC7ccZjMBl5LQM58nkmCj/s1600/ubuntu-gnome-installer_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wobOv95c_B2IRB9yAe2JpNvQqaCX6433u5q3gocpkaaDU1Q0PysLu7HsOCGGR1_5S1VSIR_4l31ROagxyrLAf5ouZsnQf-aSNjidhlUP-tgWCvBSUfdKxzkBC7ccZjMBl5LQM58nkmCj/s320/ubuntu-gnome-installer_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The slideshow uses images for all the slides except the last one, which is common with the other Ubuntu flavours (which tells the user where he can get support). That's probably because the work was done by a small team and there wasn't enough time to get everything ready, this being the first Ubuntu GNOME release.<br /><br /><br />GNOME Shell was the missing piece and now, with 12.10, Ubuntu has all the popular DEs covered: from Xfce, KDE and LXDE to GNOME Shell or Unity (although these last 2 are not DEs but "shells"), even though Ubuntu GNOME Remix is not official yet. But let's hope it will become an official Ubuntu flavour with 13.04 Raring Ringtail.</div><br /><br /><h2>Download Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10</h2><br /><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ReleaseNotes/12.10">Download Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10</a> - and remember to read the official release notes!<br /><br /><br />Update: you may also be interested in <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/how-to-get-complete-gnome-3-desktop-in.html">How To Get A Complete GNOME 3 Desktop In Ubuntu 12.10, Without Installing Ubuntu GNOME Remix</a>

Prefer GNOME Shell? Download Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10

Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 has been released! Ubuntu GNOME Remix, a Linux distribution which aims to become an official Ubuntu flavour, uses ...

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Xubuntu 12.10 Released With Xfce 4.10 [Screenshots, Video]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hlUi1UaMFMuJv3AZkcgD4_wLMJZPsGx93evM4GT-Kr_K90gOxFRMN6Fs4mBBHtNdhdrAUe1TrRlSbO74DBJTeVNUZnlvr4MzzaGH7dYf0bSYkZscOwgGTe2couQAa74hgUKM_ULYb7ya/s1600/xubuntu12.10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu 12.10" border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hlUi1UaMFMuJv3AZkcgD4_wLMJZPsGx93evM4GT-Kr_K90gOxFRMN6Fs4mBBHtNdhdrAUe1TrRlSbO74DBJTeVNUZnlvr4MzzaGH7dYf0bSYkZscOwgGTe2couQAa74hgUKM_ULYb7ya/s320/xubuntu12.10.png" title="xubuntu 12.10" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://xubuntu.org/">Xubuntu</a>, the <a href="http://xfce.org/">Xfce</a> Ubuntu flavor, has been released today along with the other Ubuntu flavours. It's a great alternative for those who do not want to use GNOME Shell or Unity and prefer a more traditional layout.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest<b> Xubuntu 12.10</b> brings updated artwork and default applications and the latest Xfce 4.10.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's a video I've recorded, presenting the changes in Xubuntu 12.10:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IzkJ-zaa1bc" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzkJ-zaa1bc">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><h2>Xfce 4.10 by default</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Xfce 4.10, which is used in Xubuntu 12.10, brings many improvements, including:</b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- re-written application finder which combines the functionality of the old appfinder and xfrun4:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUBApWTrZ-eCStCzXDtWhPHd7brUUAHnQPGSgZHgGiqcfM5oeslSHEbO5IrW3r5OyUXHX8_cxSLBhBylSkgPpNGrApNjtoFUmPOFVDXnGbB1Sl61076zLVcbqCS7rq-1zxuj3LtJLT3lY/s1600/xubuntu12.10-app-finder.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu 12.10" border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUBApWTrZ-eCStCzXDtWhPHd7brUUAHnQPGSgZHgGiqcfM5oeslSHEbO5IrW3r5OyUXHX8_cxSLBhBylSkgPpNGrApNjtoFUmPOFVDXnGbB1Sl61076zLVcbqCS7rq-1zxuj3LtJLT3lY/s320/xubuntu12.10-app-finder.png" title="xubuntu 12.10" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- a new vertical display mode for the panel, called "deskbar" which switches the applets orientation to horizontal, making the panel behave like a vertical 'dock':</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxL_zsX_9hGuy7SEGudvJxh0dcAooo8gIS9kM7SNRv03vgutKbR8k6-84dlpKEDpcfHGk7gM-KQakDwEgXLEfl4QqZPQW6K_sNKQtpmXeQhczFvfWTmsupQyHSU_vipNJw1GWlbNB9NwQD/s1600/xubuntu12.10-deskbar-panel-mode.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu 12.10" border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxL_zsX_9hGuy7SEGudvJxh0dcAooo8gIS9kM7SNRv03vgutKbR8k6-84dlpKEDpcfHGk7gM-KQakDwEgXLEfl4QqZPQW6K_sNKQtpmXeQhczFvfWTmsupQyHSU_vipNJw1GWlbNB9NwQD/s320/xubuntu12.10-deskbar-panel-mode.png" title="xubuntu 12.10" width="320" /></a></div><br />- multiple rows support for the panel:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxatoNqCrhkXcyaVVUo2F2pX6oPvrh-nO7bvGpbxON70HMd3lV1sn2FywljyJ_DP1ShfzNg2wz7QBVBJKz-AnLhhjbIYVqpUkSDW7xN2Iv-orCyxMxxaXzqwa8twVr0UF_RbUHt4jFgfZ/s1600/xubuntu-multiple-rows.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu 12.10" border="0" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxatoNqCrhkXcyaVVUo2F2pX6oPvrh-nO7bvGpbxON70HMd3lV1sn2FywljyJ_DP1ShfzNg2wz7QBVBJKz-AnLhhjbIYVqpUkSDW7xN2Iv-orCyxMxxaXzqwa8twVr0UF_RbUHt4jFgfZ/s320/xubuntu-multiple-rows.png" title="xubuntu 12.10" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />Other Xfce changes include: <br /><ul><li>the window manager supports tiling windows when dragging them to the screen edges</li><li>thumbnail rendering support for Xfdesktop</li><li>the mouse and touchpad dialog is capable of handling basic Synaptics and Wacom properties in the GUI</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Xubuntu 12.10 artwork</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The artwork has received special attention in Xubuntu 12.10. For instance, <b>Greybird, the default Xubuntu 12.10 theme, has got a complete makeover</b>, with re-written GTK3 support:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZj5co-L3Ut0paoMH1mUobaMU1ZZn5S6AsUdG1ZeJzd53VCq53Tsf1_JpGI6B225jblDLkjkdnp9znJ6GgXx-k2GjTpG0t7Iula7AKBHa0kDii7OkzQXlZAw5FUlc2w0_V1ozjMJ7J_bq6/s1600/xubuntu12.10-theme.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu 12.10" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZj5co-L3Ut0paoMH1mUobaMU1ZZn5S6AsUdG1ZeJzd53VCq53Tsf1_JpGI6B225jblDLkjkdnp9znJ6GgXx-k2GjTpG0t7Iula7AKBHa0kDii7OkzQXlZAw5FUlc2w0_V1ozjMJ7J_bq6/s320/xubuntu12.10-theme.png" title="xubuntu 12.10" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There's also a <b>new default wallpaper, updated login screen and Ubiquity slideshow</b>:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvqB7aUPcPJiKZWTPAUcoU_fjmozQ7gVc6QHh675b5FVKgSCK2HWbUVkj4nuGfazzTmXQI0soKTsz82Yz2e6yltGgbfI-_hvIHsPzRUq9cyYQcuHiQQE8e92JUQuSqTotkSfAETFYf6z6J/s1600/xubuntu-wallpaper.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu 12.10" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvqB7aUPcPJiKZWTPAUcoU_fjmozQ7gVc6QHh675b5FVKgSCK2HWbUVkj4nuGfazzTmXQI0soKTsz82Yz2e6yltGgbfI-_hvIHsPzRUq9cyYQcuHiQQE8e92JUQuSqTotkSfAETFYf6z6J/s320/xubuntu-wallpaper.png" title="xubuntu 12.10" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR12fCd5i1omYctkyHCUgOjgEqXOANg64CzWh7fsBwsltAoYVrmPXjzyIZEMV6HRSF55etq5epVN5XDKF8gCzX2E2BiEvL72DAoBoG5EJ5Mlik2gfa9khKRX1-mXhMb5ZESr8nCIMT_AaP/s1600/xubuntu12.10-login-screen.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu 12.10" border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR12fCd5i1omYctkyHCUgOjgEqXOANg64CzWh7fsBwsltAoYVrmPXjzyIZEMV6HRSF55etq5epVN5XDKF8gCzX2E2BiEvL72DAoBoG5EJ5Mlik2gfa9khKRX1-mXhMb5ZESr8nCIMT_AaP/s320/xubuntu12.10-login-screen.png" title="xubuntu 12.10" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJwgytYONSkO0ouWI2yUzd996Ibufbjz3LItgZrgK2nL2FoRHdBSdNrE59pWSq7_d3zpYChU3fUyKNbyUvmhEG44oI6sV64tDK1p2Ucnn5l5L0mnaTY9t9BRUf77U_mkLxw67C0mhgsXL/s1600/xubuntu-installer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJwgytYONSkO0ouWI2yUzd996Ibufbjz3LItgZrgK2nL2FoRHdBSdNrE59pWSq7_d3zpYChU3fUyKNbyUvmhEG44oI6sV64tDK1p2Ucnn5l5L0mnaTY9t9BRUf77U_mkLxw67C0mhgsXL/s320/xubuntu-installer.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Default applications</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_HF-55wP_YXoQjCM-TaEO2IYoetG77LFX7UBD5LlgRrmb1CKGTCq4_OPrqY5bCX_VMokBjPhbFnV12cFzo9hk25e9iKyc7pQdmbiRffcmbd8PMySQj_M4nQwh0sSZI3EIVke7oEOkl_eD/s1600/xubuntu12.10-apps.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu 12.10" border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_HF-55wP_YXoQjCM-TaEO2IYoetG77LFX7UBD5LlgRrmb1CKGTCq4_OPrqY5bCX_VMokBjPhbFnV12cFzo9hk25e9iKyc7pQdmbiRffcmbd8PMySQj_M4nQwh0sSZI3EIVke7oEOkl_eD/s320/xubuntu12.10-apps.png" title="xubuntu 12.10" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To make Xubuntu 12.10 fit on a CD (unlike Ubuntu), quite a few default applications were removed. In Xubuntu 12.10, <b>you'll no longer find Synaptic Package Manager, GIMP, Gnumeric or Startup Disk Creator installed by default</b>. There are also less games: only Mines and Sudoku are available on the CD.<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/AVvXsEh7p18Qys1wdSTOu3nkGYTxndcXM25Ujk6IM7EdpeFnjnYpGbgPlTWrHFt_8jkAEDvGQX3NQrFjcx1gvJNFZVM4OhgI7X58D0vJM3iiwhKiVWPdsqIvMDwY0SVV5ZYcaCiC6onGaRObs1XV/s1600/xubuntu-usc.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7p18Qys1wdSTOu3nkGYTxndcXM25Ujk6IM7EdpeFnjnYpGbgPlTWrHFt_8jkAEDvGQX3NQrFjcx1gvJNFZVM4OhgI7X58D0vJM3iiwhKiVWPdsqIvMDwY0SVV5ZYcaCiC6onGaRObs1XV/s320/xubuntu-usc.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ubuntu Software Center in Xubuntu 12.10</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The default application selection in Xubuntu 12.10 includes:</b> Firefox 16.0.1, Thunderbird 16.0.1, gMusicBrowser 1.1.9, Parole 0.3.0.3, Thunar 1.4.0, gThumb 3.0.2, Pidgin 2.10.6, Transmission 2.61, Abiword 2.9.2+svn, Catfish search tool 0.4.0.2, XChat 2.8.8 along with Ubuntu Software Center 5.3.14.2, on top of Xfce 4.10.</div><br /><br /><h2>Other changes</h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's also worth mentioning that the offline documentation has been completely rewritten for Xubuntu 12.10. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, the messaging indicator isn't available for Ubuntu 12.10. Also, just like for Ubuntu, there isn't an alternate ISO anymore.</div><br /><br /><h2>Download Xubuntu 12.10</h2><br /><b>Download Xubuntu 12.10 from <a href="http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/">http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/</a> </b>and check out the official <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseNotes/Xubuntu">release notes</a>!

Xubuntu 12.10 Released With Xfce 4.10 [Screenshots, Video]

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLb5hOLsYSck0I59O98TLMpKSF-vMwhVZJUjUR5iNIjcudXQ-39GIwOSpQ_EqXp-1wKISDskRK626tvf0w6TxMuhxXTxLKjYj4IaK4HOBabfQ95V4HqwNWrvF-QclpJ4XTTi0mjQkLMVF/s1600/ubuntu12.10-backlight-toggles.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLb5hOLsYSck0I59O98TLMpKSF-vMwhVZJUjUR5iNIjcudXQ-39GIwOSpQ_EqXp-1wKISDskRK626tvf0w6TxMuhxXTxLKjYj4IaK4HOBabfQ95V4HqwNWrvF-QclpJ4XTTi0mjQkLMVF/s320/ubuntu12.10-backlight-toggles.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>After 6 months of development, Ubuntu 12.10 has been <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">released</a>, bringing some exciting new features.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With Ubuntu 12.10, Unity has gained a "Previews" feature and there's also an innovative new "webapps" technology which integrates websites tightly with Ubuntu. Read on to find out what's new in the latest Ubuntu 12.10.</div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Ubuntu 12.10 video</h2><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_MHI7TSkJJ8" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MHI7TSkJJ8">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>There's an YouTube glitch if you watch the video in 1080p and Flash so either use HTML5 (<a href="http://youtube.com/html5">youtube.com/html5</a>) or don't set the maximum resolution.</i></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Unity changes: Dash previews, webapps support, more</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In Ubuntu 12.10, Dash has got a new feature called "<b>Previews</b>" which lets you preview various content that shows up in Dash, via right click. The previews support applications, pictures, videos, music (which can be played directly from Dash), as well as some other file types like PDFs. Not all files are supported and it doesn't work with folders for now:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pkq2_m7kio7-u3dfbWzQIAE6TUV-3SRkJCr3IG6nrZGXAh5_BOxVPDbWhkwOjW5yDNcEWKdHsV5BFIlaDq1SWu8Ic-jEa6r62YY5Hmjy66YpklaeKMsFjvw5NCMMqxaG2fzIc3-q0DEo/s1600/ubuntu-unity-preview-application.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pkq2_m7kio7-u3dfbWzQIAE6TUV-3SRkJCr3IG6nrZGXAh5_BOxVPDbWhkwOjW5yDNcEWKdHsV5BFIlaDq1SWu8Ic-jEa6r62YY5Hmjy66YpklaeKMsFjvw5NCMMqxaG2fzIc3-q0DEo/s320/ubuntu-unity-preview-application.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-inJqpmeaZAw/UH704rBx54I/AAAAAAAAK4s/lUxQeY0_mzo/s1600/ubuntu-unity-preview-music.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="204" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-inJqpmeaZAw/UH704rBx54I/AAAAAAAAK4s/lUxQeY0_mzo/s320/ubuntu-unity-preview-music.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh38x08Z2AG-mvFJ93WaAgaa0IUj2Lm7r_h9zIBcSoMHzPoIVHY9orVShMJfJq6E-ICBgpwV1_25uHSMLvpbeqIUTlfRuBFd4T_8tlLCBZxHfgqYFdjvbX_XxQMXyl4a4pGIuQQZNzj_gDr/s1600/ubuntu-unity-preview-photo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh38x08Z2AG-mvFJ93WaAgaa0IUj2Lm7r_h9zIBcSoMHzPoIVHY9orVShMJfJq6E-ICBgpwV1_25uHSMLvpbeqIUTlfRuBFd4T_8tlLCBZxHfgqYFdjvbX_XxQMXyl4a4pGIuQQZNzj_gDr/s320/ubuntu-unity-preview-photo.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Three new lenses have been added by default in Ubuntu 12.10: </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- A <b>social (Gwibber) lens</b> which can be used to check out the latest Twitter, Facebook, etc. posts and it can even be used to interact with these services, like for instance retweeting or liking a Facebook photo, without leaving Dash:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBCsowPjsU2OU-bbRGEa-pCv5dEce_yyM7vsL1CO9QaBXQB2kOV5hH1OkElQJ4XLZRCAzrj_A_LfNonFXfjSixIOwyjvm6fSGbDB9can_JmYvz_c1E6vY8JUh5sDpISHGu99fYM7_p2t5/s1600/ubuntu12.10-gwibber-social-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBCsowPjsU2OU-bbRGEa-pCv5dEce_yyM7vsL1CO9QaBXQB2kOV5hH1OkElQJ4XLZRCAzrj_A_LfNonFXfjSixIOwyjvm6fSGbDB9can_JmYvz_c1E6vY8JUh5sDpISHGu99fYM7_p2t5/s320/ubuntu12.10-gwibber-social-lens.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br />And of course, this new lens has previews support as well:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZlkMUNShTW60rehUouufkvRrvzILPW9EHEJm2yGorOpV-cJqF2m8o3Y17WU3GpLgT9cVf7b2dJYsdIxQqDGkzZvSPq6gUMOp1D3uE1emwJEN3_eLdmMx13VTnlDNVa3Sa9zTgNr3H_vz/s1600/ubuntu-unity-preview-social.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZlkMUNShTW60rehUouufkvRrvzILPW9EHEJm2yGorOpV-cJqF2m8o3Y17WU3GpLgT9cVf7b2dJYsdIxQqDGkzZvSPq6gUMOp1D3uE1emwJEN3_eLdmMx13VTnlDNVa3Sa9zTgNr3H_vz/s320/ubuntu-unity-preview-social.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- A <b>shopping lens</b> which is built into Dash as an integrated lens and is used to deliver commercial content when you perform a search, under "More Suggestions":</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajBCpwbD20cY0MOCrSsEKXqPLrfmucOIl2UY0Yj2KXS0SgDaVTetEE9u-qSNUvSxL7dJy7-oRU0yKtfeT-ixmgS0qqLfKernmT4FMaVU6RhyphenhyphenvEaMZhHrWC1r9snXkTfaUHIskj8XjVghv/s1600/ubuntu12.10-shopping-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajBCpwbD20cY0MOCrSsEKXqPLrfmucOIl2UY0Yj2KXS0SgDaVTetEE9u-qSNUvSxL7dJy7-oRU0yKtfeT-ixmgS0qqLfKernmT4FMaVU6RhyphenhyphenvEaMZhHrWC1r9snXkTfaUHIskj8XjVghv/s320/ubuntu12.10-shopping-lens.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This lens uses affiliate links so if you use it to purchase products, Canonical earns a percentage of the sale. Since this lens is installed by default, Dash presents a new legal notice which you can read by clicking its icon, available on each lens, on the bottom right:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_f3Je1RLkqhxRR8seDroSBzDwxaM-M6Ty96gBXg5cipxubPUG0XNF7GXi8rrz6DBgdoMIYouhu7Mf5BWk1EM8jyjepA-ecZ5FxSCk33ilKYWzQG-rmuYL6FIztTKgTZlNbxYJKPnYSyJ/s1600/ubuntu12.10-dash-legal-notice.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_f3Je1RLkqhxRR8seDroSBzDwxaM-M6Ty96gBXg5cipxubPUG0XNF7GXi8rrz6DBgdoMIYouhu7Mf5BWk1EM8jyjepA-ecZ5FxSCk33ilKYWzQG-rmuYL6FIztTKgTZlNbxYJKPnYSyJ/s320/ubuntu12.10-dash-legal-notice.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You can turn of this lens, along with all online features available in Dash via <i>System Settings > Privacy</i>:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTx8i9LHm4_dD0c1oTE4CTZ-TPm_pwIP-gEtDhXf0Wu4tnQfU3Y6KPfxuO8kM5tBdIh4vbZ7NoiSdrytSpw5VDQxfHxMD1ZkrbCG0u9btFhAnQFHeyVmamwcI6QPJYKgQLhGp9UsNUow2o/s1600/ubuntu12.10-dash-search-privacy.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTx8i9LHm4_dD0c1oTE4CTZ-TPm_pwIP-gEtDhXf0Wu4tnQfU3Y6KPfxuO8kM5tBdIh4vbZ7NoiSdrytSpw5VDQxfHxMD1ZkrbCG0u9btFhAnQFHeyVmamwcI6QPJYKgQLhGp9UsNUow2o/s320/ubuntu12.10-dash-search-privacy.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- And finally, the third new lens is a <b>photo lens</b> which displays both local and online (Facebook, Flikr, Picasa Web) photos:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJSZQ8d-KW6PumFWYSx2shSFLHBteGtuE4O2GCsHjk2uKkI_HTL7DaZJD0iKwvwLubA2ZLygCPr9DsTqSD8l0q1v8JxqKHT9GK3TLu1DRAh9SJdqOKcdmBNhuxWYRviiKxm0hHKyyrtUS/s1600/ubuntu12.10-photo-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJSZQ8d-KW6PumFWYSx2shSFLHBteGtuE4O2GCsHjk2uKkI_HTL7DaZJD0iKwvwLubA2ZLygCPr9DsTqSD8l0q1v8JxqKHT9GK3TLu1DRAh9SJdqOKcdmBNhuxWYRviiKxm0hHKyyrtUS/s320/ubuntu12.10-photo-lens.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another cool new Unity feature in Ubuntu 12.10 is the addition of a new "<b>webapps</b>" technology by default. With this, websites like Gmail, Grooveshark, Last.fm, Facebook and many others can integrate tightly with Unity: they will support HUD, you'll receive desktop notifications, quicklists, ALT-TAB support and they will integrate with the messaging menu:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIacvjCd587lSofTwq-s2cNOhfDTIQ2X1LC0ZEq-eAaNP9rt_rXZwz9-MehluYXyD-ezrtsVbo40HodD5opIvO45vo0yYjE-M9DreH3d5wUl_T4uWRkM6x1B8yuWRwZCPhlCtOdwS5MHw3/s1600/ubuntu12.10-webapp-last-fm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIacvjCd587lSofTwq-s2cNOhfDTIQ2X1LC0ZEq-eAaNP9rt_rXZwz9-MehluYXyD-ezrtsVbo40HodD5opIvO45vo0yYjE-M9DreH3d5wUl_T4uWRkM6x1B8yuWRwZCPhlCtOdwS5MHw3/s320/ubuntu12.10-webapp-last-fm.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="311" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLcpJ3CS-GXRnANh3Wu2Q2tY638gxss11L9kBWxGhTcgH4fkzGIl_tmjdg8b1_4Y9jxrapNPjVG9YPEGK2EP7V09Dd2uQkI6GWiwzgr4lr6meggsZTLCSLi_QVHAvKaCsKPrTpg6IPAgUr/s320/ubuntu12.10-webapps-messaging-launcher.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Only two webapps are installed by default: for Amazon and Ubuntu One music store (online version), but many others can be installed via Ubuntu Software Center.</div><br /><br /><b>Examples of what the new WebApps technology can do:</b><br /><ul><li>Control 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 Google+</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For better online integration, there's also a new <b>Online Accounts</b> dialog in System Settings (not to be confused with the GNOME Shell Online Accounts!), where you can add your Facebook, Google, Yahoo, etc.:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIlFakY0_njm-Rf61bHa67gcpFVYhm3S_wgv7cS8mWssq7rSkiDA24ddbtI_vpqNRg75AVDdj3BoNW3UE7_JPWPowTZHb6ze1e8blWWm9_7F__Fkpu5WmumzbyatUr3mfJIa3usEaPxWYb/s1600/ubuntu12.10-online-accounts.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIlFakY0_njm-Rf61bHa67gcpFVYhm3S_wgv7cS8mWssq7rSkiDA24ddbtI_vpqNRg75AVDdj3BoNW3UE7_JPWPowTZHb6ze1e8blWWm9_7F__Fkpu5WmumzbyatUr3mfJIa3usEaPxWYb/s320/ubuntu12.10-online-accounts.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"> These accounts are used by various Dash features along with applications such as Shotwell (upload photos to various websites), Empathy and others.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Other changes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>old user menu and system menu have been merged into one "session menu"</b> which includes user switching, along with the power options, system settings and so on:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0y_q4y3FGD4OG3YAbhyphenhyphen_kDsfFgqfxtZTa6jTR-MALQ5ZrhX7TUlEX7s_QF7m5fZfyu2tEzGkPjoGglUw9HZLZEN8rp36UwmBfzZ4Z2sj9OfFgmA5vjnyHMsEmfwzWvLgRPfk-uRaaAwcN/s320/ubuntu12.10-libreoffice-appmenu-support.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Jockey (used for handling third-party drivers), has been replaced with a new <b>"Additional Drivers" tab in Software Sources</b>:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjosi9kTYa6zsK706JxynXyaULPrIgNuBDrIhVQbcu1XsJb_hZ9Xz1ycnDv0cyNWd2V37wJ67GlLe_jaUtB5x3O42E46BGxnRVPVySKB1BHIjT_eBXG97SLIr6O2Cq3C0vq6BNtPFPI3aEY/s1600/ubuntu12.10-additional-drivers.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjosi9kTYa6zsK706JxynXyaULPrIgNuBDrIhVQbcu1XsJb_hZ9Xz1ycnDv0cyNWd2V37wJ67GlLe_jaUtB5x3O42E46BGxnRVPVySKB1BHIjT_eBXG97SLIr6O2Cq3C0vq6BNtPFPI3aEY/s320/ubuntu12.10-additional-drivers.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubiquity has got support for full disk encryption and LVM:</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBguRWLeLsYi6AQAbykBqPTa1GZ1FduOeRbpW1LxEwFRwcIOXZRFixlzF3fkvm1m247426Rid-RFMz9FJ8JL3VlGv3hPpFUn94whyphenhyphengfz-QncRNVfYrD7izX_W__3HNg8C0pEVZN6wqsa0k/s1600/ubuntu12.10-ubiquity.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBguRWLeLsYi6AQAbykBqPTa1GZ1FduOeRbpW1LxEwFRwcIOXZRFixlzF3fkvm1m247426Rid-RFMz9FJ8JL3VlGv3hPpFUn94whyphenhyphengfz-QncRNVfYrD7izX_W__3HNg8C0pEVZN6wqsa0k/s320/ubuntu12.10-ubiquity.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Even though initially the plan was to upgrade all the GNOME applications to version 3.6, Nautilus has been reverted and the final <b>Ubuntu 12.10 release ships with Nautilus 3.4.2</b>, the same version used in Ubuntu 12.04:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2xoyQ-WZ1nc-xKWUtMsuvrM95qF-HI5D-yHDK-fuTTKQdrytx__ARYGY9EwUOBYnYE3GzdujvI9gykTtyLMNhtePlwJwVUE7TaSYbdSPZPXCTAv90WoBUUYwlva7JtXGK7nEJB8chEeW/s1600/ubuntu12.10-nautilus-3.4.2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2xoyQ-WZ1nc-xKWUtMsuvrM95qF-HI5D-yHDK-fuTTKQdrytx__ARYGY9EwUOBYnYE3GzdujvI9gykTtyLMNhtePlwJwVUE7TaSYbdSPZPXCTAv90WoBUUYwlva7JtXGK7nEJB8chEeW/s320/ubuntu12.10-nautilus-3.4.2.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>LightDM has gained support for remote desktop logins</b> by default. 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/AVvXsEhvmmBRL-x2UjWgmFHz6MwZ_59CnODeSMEtc9KKipHtl3Lu0by27ZcNdgvAyZR05cQbx07TCEML0ZDOEBn6xdFGxKxbSEEj4YXQpzulbYLAqLNp7yabS1TWBe5n_fZIXyizbln-ScoyGtw-/s1600/remote-login-lightdm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmmBRL-x2UjWgmFHz6MwZ_59CnODeSMEtc9KKipHtl3Lu0by27ZcNdgvAyZR05cQbx07TCEML0ZDOEBn6xdFGxKxbSEEj4YXQpzulbYLAqLNp7yabS1TWBe5n_fZIXyizbln-ScoyGtw-/s320/remote-login-lightdm.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br />Another important change is that Compiz now works on GLES.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Unity 2D removed, no more CD-sized image, DVD or alternate images</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcfjYULoeR2q5FjHf7Bfd7Q4EGrOUjQkSI3mxw1I7oxuYcbcNpyndI3YLPQi-P2Wcjn8P_D2OrrWoFGysAXTAhVcjwKM0OygV_zD5hFjdcY3WJUgcKkfLACVtk9XX7PHVokt0qPu1LmY1/s1600/unity-2d.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcfjYULoeR2q5FjHf7Bfd7Q4EGrOUjQkSI3mxw1I7oxuYcbcNpyndI3YLPQi-P2Wcjn8P_D2OrrWoFGysAXTAhVcjwKM0OygV_zD5hFjdcY3WJUgcKkfLACVtk9XX7PHVokt0qPu1LmY1/s320/unity-2d.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Unity 2D</b> has been completely <b>removed</b>: it is no longer installed by default and is not even available to install from the repositories starting with Ubuntu 12.10. 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><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That's not all that was removed, the <b>alternate CD</b> (a text-mode installer that comes with various advanced options like RAID setup, LVM, install LTSP Server and so on) <b>was removed as well</b>. Some of its features have been added to Ubiquity, like full disk encryption or LVM support (see above).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, with Ubuntu 12.10, there are <b>no more CD-sized images available</b>. The new ISO size is 800MB, so it won't fit on a CD anymore. Users will have to rely on DVDs and USB to install the latest Ubuntu version.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Default applications</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The default application selection in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal includes:</b> Nautilus 3.4.2, Firefox 16.0.1, Thunderbird 16.0.1, LibreOffice 3.6.2, Rhythmbox 2.97, Shotwell 0.13, Ubuntu Software Center 5.4.1.2, Empathy 3.6.0.3, GNOME Control Center 3.4.2, Deja Dup 24.0, Totem 3.4.3, Gedit 3.6.0, Brasero 3.4.1 and Gwibber 3.6.0, all on top of GNOME 3.6 and Unity 6.8.0.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal uses Linux Kernel 3.5.0-17.28 based on the v3.5.5 upstream kernel, Xorg server 1.13 and mesa 9.0. For more technical info, see the official <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseNotes/CommonInfrastructure">release notes</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you don't want to use Unity, the latest<b> GNOME Shell 3.6.1 is available in the Ubuntu 12.10 repositories</b>, so you can easily install it via Ubuntu Software Center.<br /><br /><b>The fallback session is available in the repositories as well</b>, and it works, even with Compiz:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6l_VeQr468LUspvH3AHRCcfgXCQrHWXrcbGueXlF9Ue3s_TGVva2ahs76To1Odyp3-9kVMlBlvQxN_DGqPsehVV74-lheOIGLoklUrX-FpLhslMzVyVv_z0gUe7Fhbk7LznluvNHDwWZ/s1600/classic-session.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6l_VeQr468LUspvH3AHRCcfgXCQrHWXrcbGueXlF9Ue3s_TGVva2ahs76To1Odyp3-9kVMlBlvQxN_DGqPsehVV74-lheOIGLoklUrX-FpLhslMzVyVv_z0gUe7Fhbk7LznluvNHDwWZ/s320/classic-session.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><h2>Default Ubuntu 12.10 artwork</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The default Ubuntu 12.10 theme has been updated to support GTK 3.6, including the new toolbar style for the GNOME 3.6 application stack, along with many other changes:</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/AVvXsEiBYC3Ijv7uXxNx_VfQhA3Ee1d5gyuF0IKhnQhqg2IfNrh6wycz9RdzGLMiRHjJczNxun2IGiV-iCODJFdu-tcEs36xHAicn_AFUELRNnMd_TAmfiHyG6Q5IlHsXArQTJwBLz625cxSGCg0/s1600/ubuntu12.10-ambiance.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYC3Ijv7uXxNx_VfQhA3Ee1d5gyuF0IKhnQhqg2IfNrh6wycz9RdzGLMiRHjJczNxun2IGiV-iCODJFdu-tcEs36xHAicn_AFUELRNnMd_TAmfiHyG6Q5IlHsXArQTJwBLz625cxSGCg0/s320/ubuntu12.10-ambiance.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ambiance theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNsGOwIGeZ_m9IZIqDAtMQ70fJCrzy7vLK7cUEIJF8RW-gzk_J5HqBZp-EH22s3tzJLNO_P8LZAq6nBZiiOhc5AjogpIhq0cA_EfZHuVSNJruG8Somb4rGu37_upn-JSLgEliiSpJ7rgN/s1600/ubuntu12.10-radiance.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNsGOwIGeZ_m9IZIqDAtMQ70fJCrzy7vLK7cUEIJF8RW-gzk_J5HqBZp-EH22s3tzJLNO_P8LZAq6nBZiiOhc5AjogpIhq0cA_EfZHuVSNJruG8Somb4rGu37_upn-JSLgEliiSpJ7rgN/s320/ubuntu12.10-radiance.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Radiance theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There's also a new default wallpaper which follows the same colors scheme as the previous ones:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAswA13gOeRORsIjBo9NZrczy05gS5OGvn2aY_eydW_92wmpX02zeOaulG_p0zKO0JrZdjrBEchnyS9nWdcmyCxlkjQfj1lLEr9kXodXUyx1qarleQwKX8gzBhAArfW0TgPsIgN0RRPcL/s2000/warty-final-ubuntu.jpg"><img alt="Ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal wallpaper" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAswA13gOeRORsIjBo9NZrczy05gS5OGvn2aY_eydW_92wmpX02zeOaulG_p0zKO0JrZdjrBEchnyS9nWdcmyCxlkjQfj1lLEr9kXodXUyx1qarleQwKX8gzBhAArfW0TgPsIgN0RRPcL/s320/warty-final-ubuntu.jpg" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There are many many other refinements and minor new features in Ubuntu 12.10, too many to include in a single post, so download and install or upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10 and see all of them for yourself!</div><br /><br /><h2>Download Ubuntu 12.10</h2><br /><b>Download Ubuntu 12.10 from </b><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/"><b>http://www.ubuntu.com/</b></a> and, like the homepage says "Avoid the pain of Windows 8."<br /><br /><br />Also check out the official <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuDesktop">release notes</a>!

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