Xubuntu 12.10 Released With Xfce 4.10 [Screenshots, Video]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-F26Pbg1pDuc/UH-l-hoBvDI/AAAAAAAAK-c/NuK3Hhp0B4c/s1600/xubuntu12.10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu 12.10" border="0" height="194" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-F26Pbg1pDuc/UH-l-hoBvDI/AAAAAAAAK-c/NuK3Hhp0B4c/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="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8WQUc7NZ8_0/UH-mSTbpljI/AAAAAAAAK-k/1qRsJKPnMIM/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="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8WQUc7NZ8_0/UH-mSTbpljI/AAAAAAAAK-k/1qRsJKPnMIM/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--afgMOtE28k/UH-mX781wBI/AAAAAAAAK-s/l_pnlndU_HE/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--afgMOtE28k/UH-mX781wBI/AAAAAAAAK-s/l_pnlndU_HE/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="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hgsXrEbhLJ8/UH-mgHcytNI/AAAAAAAAK-0/ls1YuU07c6M/s1600/xubuntu-multiple-rows.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu 12.10" border="0" height="106" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hgsXrEbhLJ8/UH-mgHcytNI/AAAAAAAAK-0/ls1YuU07c6M/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="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xcnPeEeOFO0/UH-pR9DyrII/AAAAAAAAK_o/2P4-FC0Ku9E/s1600/xubuntu12.10-theme.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu 12.10" border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xcnPeEeOFO0/UH-pR9DyrII/AAAAAAAAK_o/2P4-FC0Ku9E/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="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L_d97xUuSdQ/UH-qCgQROvI/AAAAAAAAK_w/s1bOg2yp_Ss/s1600/xubuntu-wallpaper.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu 12.10" border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L_d97xUuSdQ/UH-qCgQROvI/AAAAAAAAK_w/s1bOg2yp_Ss/s320/xubuntu-wallpaper.png" title="xubuntu 12.10" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M9mrg-_oNl8/UH-qDsulHZI/AAAAAAAAK_4/xEge8znDB1w/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="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M9mrg-_oNl8/UH-qDsulHZI/AAAAAAAAK_4/xEge8znDB1w/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="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o26lROTWiyU/UH-sXZikuqI/AAAAAAAALAI/k0GddmRjjoE/s1600/xubuntu-installer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o26lROTWiyU/UH-sXZikuqI/AAAAAAAALAI/k0GddmRjjoE/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="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eRfS24bR4Ic/UH-qJm4W23I/AAAAAAAALAA/MMHmX688a3w/s1600/xubuntu12.10-apps.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu 12.10" border="0" height="194" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eRfS24bR4Ic/UH-qJm4W23I/AAAAAAAALAA/MMHmX688a3w/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="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_7fCHB0cOPY/UIBPhLju18I/AAAAAAAALEE/o_tS-lDEsN4/s1600/xubuntu-usc.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_7fCHB0cOPY/UIBPhLju18I/AAAAAAAALEE/o_tS-lDEsN4/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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Ubuntu 12.10 Released - See What`s New

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z6B9ylaVCaA/UH8K0xexUsI/AAAAAAAAK8A/OIym2YkTGyM/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z6B9ylaVCaA/UH8K0xexUsI/AAAAAAAAK8A/OIym2YkTGyM/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="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HZH5z8-X82s/UH703M91zxI/AAAAAAAAK4k/zmJq5h6p-W0/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="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HZH5z8-X82s/UH703M91zxI/AAAAAAAAK4k/zmJq5h6p-W0/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="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MTKRWWd7ews/UH706IR258I/AAAAAAAAK4w/ASkR7qreXBU/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="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MTKRWWd7ews/UH706IR258I/AAAAAAAAK4w/ASkR7qreXBU/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="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AudrAiwD8Fw/UH71F4C3XuI/AAAAAAAAK48/qzUibITpHsM/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="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AudrAiwD8Fw/UH71F4C3XuI/AAAAAAAAK48/qzUibITpHsM/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RaVGj2Au0FA/UH71ME7z_vI/AAAAAAAAK5E/Bo58k8CbvMA/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RaVGj2Au0FA/UH71ME7z_vI/AAAAAAAAK5E/Bo58k8CbvMA/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="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yp0wQMAA-P8/UH71RGmWNJI/AAAAAAAAK5M/UNRZ4VdengI/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="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yp0wQMAA-P8/UH71RGmWNJI/AAAAAAAAK5M/UNRZ4VdengI/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nJ2G_Eu_Td4/UH71ZTN2EnI/AAAAAAAAK5U/HkHRI5c-uAw/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nJ2G_Eu_Td4/UH71ZTN2EnI/AAAAAAAAK5U/HkHRI5c-uAw/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="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZQGYXhhlyLk/UH71fNYOPlI/AAAAAAAAK5c/dYdGg-4rgHE/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="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZQGYXhhlyLk/UH71fNYOPlI/AAAAAAAAK5c/dYdGg-4rgHE/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="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0MVg9CINpvg/UH71jvjuXjI/AAAAAAAAK5k/u_ylgap-X_4/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="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0MVg9CINpvg/UH71jvjuXjI/AAAAAAAAK5k/u_ylgap-X_4/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="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zwPzvP_eGC8/UH71qcqxY3I/AAAAAAAAK5s/Nar3HkBCr-M/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="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zwPzvP_eGC8/UH71qcqxY3I/AAAAAAAAK5s/Nar3HkBCr-M/s320/ubuntu12.10-webapp-last-fm.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="311" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WR8Q1EGnVLA/UH71sdixqaI/AAAAAAAAK50/zMAIHGzTgYw/s1600/ubuntu12.10-webapps-alt-tab.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WR8Q1EGnVLA/UH71sdixqaI/AAAAAAAAK50/zMAIHGzTgYw/s320/ubuntu12.10-webapps-alt-tab.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/-tcns44X0l3Y/UH71unTXX8I/AAAAAAAAK58/HQTwBsa1PSA/s1600/ubuntu12.10-webapps-messaging-launcher.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tcns44X0l3Y/UH71unTXX8I/AAAAAAAAK58/HQTwBsa1PSA/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ykifT6g3nBk/UH715PqTtjI/AAAAAAAAK6E/y4JOIOUXQAo/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ykifT6g3nBk/UH715PqTtjI/AAAAAAAAK6E/y4JOIOUXQAo/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; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-igoQRBFnfbQ/UH72DutunnI/AAAAAAAAK6M/2Rb5NLCtB-I/s1600/ubuntu12.10-session-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="252" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-igoQRBFnfbQ/UH72DutunnI/AAAAAAAAK6M/2Rb5NLCtB-I/s320/ubuntu12.10-session-menu.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu Software Center </b>has got improved performance, with faster loading and installation, 3D secure support, recommendation feedback, integration with the Unity Search Plugin Previews and also, the banners can now open URLS:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sN9ZhueKtEQ/UH-b_ra7UcI/AAAAAAAAK9o/YRZ86YyQ2uM/s1600/ubuntu-software-center.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="221" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sN9ZhueKtEQ/UH-b_ra7UcI/AAAAAAAAK9o/YRZ86YyQ2uM/s320/ubuntu-software-center.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>LibreOffice has finally got appmenu (global menu) and HUD support by default</b>, without having to use a third-party extension:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YpmMMLQ0Q6Q/UH72JOKVZqI/AAAAAAAAK6U/BzMuu7hukUI/s1600/ubuntu12.10-libreoffice-appmenu-support.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshots" border="0" height="187" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YpmMMLQ0Q6Q/UH72JOKVZqI/AAAAAAAAK6U/BzMuu7hukUI/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="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cpiSyk2UiXc/UH72MlAxs0I/AAAAAAAAK6c/RL3C_XQjleg/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="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cpiSyk2UiXc/UH72MlAxs0I/AAAAAAAAK6c/RL3C_XQjleg/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nvRHQJEBFFU/UH72SKIMsOI/AAAAAAAAK6k/myphXgYlHhw/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nvRHQJEBFFU/UH72SKIMsOI/AAAAAAAAK6k/myphXgYlHhw/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Aw4CgjelV4/UH72W_4XHZI/AAAAAAAAK6s/Q1oqZQCQKzo/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Aw4CgjelV4/UH72W_4XHZI/AAAAAAAAK6s/Q1oqZQCQKzo/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="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wn_Dhy5IoMk/UH72bMXgzJI/AAAAAAAAK60/H2Pe4K292Pk/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="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wn_Dhy5IoMk/UH72bMXgzJI/AAAAAAAAK60/H2Pe4K292Pk/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="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-33oT-y94mNY/UH72e_2Z0YI/AAAAAAAAK68/r2QF2prker8/s1600/unity-2d.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-33oT-y94mNY/UH72e_2Z0YI/AAAAAAAAK68/r2QF2prker8/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="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hg8ksbUq1J0/UH--AQrazxI/AAAAAAAALA8/9qbpBhauOws/s1600/classic-session.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hg8ksbUq1J0/UH--AQrazxI/AAAAAAAALA8/9qbpBhauOws/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-okNxwM8tgQ4/UH72ntMNcvI/AAAAAAAAK7E/sqbx_VzkXKg/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-okNxwM8tgQ4/UH72ntMNcvI/AAAAAAAAK7E/sqbx_VzkXKg/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qi75nVDnwSk/UH72pY0yz1I/AAAAAAAAK7M/4PrA_Yzh8Z0/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qi75nVDnwSk/UH72pY0yz1I/AAAAAAAAK7M/4PrA_Yzh8Z0/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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-96JKGB9xMe8/UE9a7mW5QWI/AAAAAAAAKEg/nncDIqdsrFU/s2000/warty-final-ubuntu.jpg"><img alt="Ubuntu 12.10 quantal quetzal wallpaper" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-96JKGB9xMe8/UE9a7mW5QWI/AAAAAAAAKEg/nncDIqdsrFU/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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Ubuntu 13.04 Codename Announced: Raring Ringtail

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mS7h8gs5rnw/UJFPffygZvI/AAAAAAAALfI/4CLUre4g5wU/s1600/raring-ringtail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="raring ringtail" border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mS7h8gs5rnw/UJFPffygZvI/AAAAAAAALfI/4CLUre4g5wU/s320/raring-ringtail.jpg" title="raring ringtail" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Mark Shuttleworth has <a href="http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1195">announced</a> the codename for the next Ubuntu release (13.04): <b>Raring Ringtail</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><blockquote>We’ll make something... wonderful, and call it the Raring Ringtail. See you there soon.</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So Ubuntu 13.04 will be codenamed "Raring Ringtail", but... <b>what's a "ringtail"?</b> According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringtail">wikipedia</a>, there are quite a few animals that fit the 'description', including a raccoon, a lemur, mongoose and there are even some birds and a fish that may be referred to as "ringtail". So it looks like the Ubuntu 13.04 mascot will remain a mystery for now.<br /><br /><b>Update:</b> Mark has cleared this up in a comment: it's the raccoon, also known as the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-tailed_Cat">ringtail cat</a>".</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the announcement, Mark also mentions that by the time of the next LTS (14.04), the Ubuntu phone, tablet and TV should all be lined up and until then, some things will need special attention, "<i>like battery life, number of running processes, memory footprint</i>".<br /><br />Up Next: Ubuntu 13.10 S S. Will it be codenamed Sensual Sasquatch? Or maybe Super Salamander? Sexy Swordfish? We'll find out in another 6 months! </div><br /><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/04/from-warty-warthog-to-quantal-quetzal.html">Ubuntu Mascots In Pictures: From Warty WARTHOG To Quantal QUETZAL</a></i>

Ubuntu 13.04 Codename Announced: Raring Ringtail

Mark Shuttleworth has announced the codename for the next Ubuntu release (13.04): Raring Ringtail . We’ll make something... wonderful, and ...

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How To Install Nautilus 3.6 Or Patched Nautilus 3.4 In Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

<div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, which will be released in 2 days, will use Nautilus 3.4 by default, the same version used in Ubuntu 12.04. If, however, you want to use Nautilus 3.6 or the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/install-solusos-patched-nautilus-in-ubuntu-1204.html">patched Nautilus</a> we've talked about a while back, in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, you'll find installation instructions below.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Install Nautilus 3.6 in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6d4BRxyzS7w/UH1eLnS73EI/AAAAAAAAK3w/6DLrYib15YU/s1600/nautilus-3.6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nautilu 3.6" border="0" height="245" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6d4BRxyzS7w/UH1eLnS73EI/AAAAAAAAK3w/6DLrYib15YU/s320/nautilus-3.6.png" title="nautilu 3.6" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Some features were removed from Nautilus 3.6, like the extra pane (F3) feature, but it also got some new features and an updated UI along with many bug fixes. So there might be Ubuntu 12.10 users who want to upgrade to Nautilus 3.6.</div><b><br /></b> <b>Nautilus 3.6 includes:</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 /><div style="text-align: justify;">Nautilus 3.6 is available in the official <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3?field.series_filter=quantal">GNOME 3 PPA</a> for Ubuntu 12.10, along with a few other packages missing from the Quantal repositories like the latest Brasero or Totem.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Add the GNOME 3 PPA in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal using the command below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then, launch Software Updater from Dash / menu and use it to upgrade your packages. Once the upgrade finishes, restart Nautilus and you should be using the latest Nautilus 3.6:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>killall nautilus</code></pre>("nautilus -q" didn't work in my test after upgrading from 3.4 to 3.6)<br /><br />If later on you want to go back to Nautilus 3.4, firstly <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/install-ppa-purge-with-multi-arch.html">install ppa-purge with multi-arch support</a>, then run the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo ppa-purge ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3</code></pre><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install SolusOS Patched Nautilus 3.4 In Ubuntu 12.10</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rDYGjIj4Mlc/UH1c8J9_AHI/AAAAAAAAK3o/XogJUUJGvwA/s1600/nautilus-solusos.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="solusos nautilus 3.4" border="0" height="154" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rDYGjIj4Mlc/UH1c8J9_AHI/AAAAAAAAK3o/XogJUUJGvwA/s320/nautilus-solusos.png" title="solusos nautilus 3.4" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to keep the features available in Nautilus 3.4, but get a toolbar that spreads across the whole window width, which looks a lot better than the default, along with a configurable toolbar from which you can add or hide: up, refresh, home, computer, search and toggle location/path bar icons, there's another alternative: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/install-solusos-patched-nautilus-in-ubuntu-1204.html">Nautilus 3.4 with the Solus OS 2 patches</a>, which I've just uploaded to our experiments PPA for Ubuntu 12.10 (also comes with the Ubuntu 12.10 patches).</div><br /><b>To add the PPA in Ubuntu 12.10, use the commands below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/experiments</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then, launch Software Updater from Dash / menu and use it to upgrade your packages. Once the upgrade finishes, restart Nautilus and you should be using the patched Nautilus 3.4 from Solus OS:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>nautilus -q</code></pre><br />If later on you want to go back to Nautilus 3.4, use the following commands:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ppa-purge<br />sudo ppa-purge ppa:webupd8team/experiments</code></pre>

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Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment `Razor Qt` Reaches Version 0.5.0

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.razor-qt.org/">Razor Qt</a> is a lightweight desktop environment - think of it as LXDE, but using Qt</b>. It doesn't come with its own window manager and its developers recommend using it with Openbox, but it should work with any window manager like Kwin, Metacity, etc.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Razor Qt 0.5.0</b> has been released yesterday, bringing lots of new features and performance improvements. For instance, there's a <b>new appearance GUI </b>for configuring themes:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aQ4XFkGhd1s/UHv2VHy7PqI/AAAAAAAAK2g/ZpphrkIPBHs/s1600/razor-qt-0.5.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="razor qt" border="0" height="198" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aQ4XFkGhd1s/UHv2VHy7PqI/AAAAAAAAK2g/ZpphrkIPBHs/s320/razor-qt-0.5.0.png" title="razor qt" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Another important change is the introduction of a <b>notification daemon</b> which comes with <b>its own configuration tool</b>, used to set the notifications position on the screen as well as some advanced settings uder which the user can set the expiration time, spacing or width:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--aKLZhy9jCE/UHv2ZysImUI/AAAAAAAAK2o/qMM0bJ3al1g/s1600/razor-qt-notifications.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="razor qt" border="0" height="161" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--aKLZhy9jCE/UHv2ZysImUI/AAAAAAAAK2o/qMM0bJ3al1g/s320/razor-qt-notifications.png" title="razor qt" width="320" /></a></div><br />Razor Qt 0.5.0 also comes with its own <b>LightDM login screen greeter</b>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Du943iYu8F0/UHv2ecPm0JI/AAAAAAAAK2w/OkQtD7ddAc8/s1600/razor-qt-lightdm-greeter.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="razor qt" border="0" height="198" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Du943iYu8F0/UHv2ecPm0JI/AAAAAAAAK2w/OkQtD7ddAc8/s320/razor-qt-lightdm-greeter.png" title="razor qt" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />The greeter is not set when you install Razor Qt. To use it, you need to edit "/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf" and set "greeter-session=lightdm-razor-greeter", then save the file and restart the computer.<br /><br /><br /><b>Other changes included with Razor Qt 0.5.0:</b><br /><ul><li>new panel applets: cpu monitor, lm sensor, volume control that supports alsa or pulseaudio, color picker, network monitor</li><li>new keyboard shortcut configuration tool</li><li>there's only one Razor Qt session now and the window manager can be configured through the Razor Qt config tool</li><li>split config session window, due new session autostart changes, featuring better system tray support</li><li>nicer razor-config app layout</li><li>better integration with window managers from fvwm family</li><li>new desktop widget: notepad</li><li>architecture changes to prevent RTTI related crashes and suppor for all Qt versions</li><li>huge performance optimizatons</li><li>more</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install Razor Qt in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu users 12.10, 12.04, 11.10, 11.04 or 10.04 can install the latest Razor Qt by using its official PPA:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:razor-qt<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install razorqt</code></pre><br />Once installed, log out and select "Razor Desktop" from the login screen.<br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, see the Razor Qt <a href="http://www.razor-qt.org/install/">installation page</a>.</b><br /><br /><i>For more info, see our initial <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/12/razor-qt-new-lightweight-desktop.html" title="Razor-Qt: A New Lightweight Desktop Environment Based On Qt">Razor Qt</a> post.</i>

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elementary OS Jupiter No Longer Available For Download, Makes Room for Luna

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FSBLBXylQIQ/UHiAyXSgtZI/AAAAAAAAKu4/a1xuOP2JiBk/s1600/elementary-os.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="elementary OS jupiter" border="0" height="199" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FSBLBXylQIQ/UHiAyXSgtZI/AAAAAAAAKu4/a1xuOP2JiBk/s320/elementary-os.png" title="elementary OS jupiter" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Jupiter, the first <a href="http://elementaryos.org/">elementary OS</a> release, is no longer available for download. </b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The elementary OS developers have said <a href="http://elementaryos.org/journal/farewell-jupiter">farewell</a> to Jupiter today, taking the download page and Answers system offline temporarily. The reason behind this decision is the fact that being based on Ubuntu 10.10, Jupiter no longer receives security updates and is running outdated software:</div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Today, we're announcing that we are officially bidding farewell to Jupiter to make room for Luna. Along with the download page, our current Answers system will be taken offline temporarily; it is designed to be a community-driven support system for the current release and will be brought back online for the release of Luna.</blockquote><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rIkGUDk9v-o/UAg_ex69MOI/AAAAAAAAJWI/67oXYldB3Ng/s1600/elementary-os-luna.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS luna" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rIkGUDk9v-o/UAg_ex69MOI/AAAAAAAAJWI/67oXYldB3Ng/s400/elementary-os-luna.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">elementary OS Luna</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">But there's some good news too! According to a comment posted by Sam Tate on <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/112546833633391090642/posts/EHN1YNJDd6h">G+</a>, <b>there are less than 15 bugs before a Luna beta release</b>. So we should see an elementary OS Luna beta 1 release very soon!</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Check out an older elementary OS Luna video <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/elementary-os-luna-video-15072012.html" title="20 Jul 2012 elementary OS Luna Video">HERE</a>; there are <a href="http://elementaryos.org/journal/meet-gala-window-manager">some videos</a> on the elementary OS blog as well. </i></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>first image via <a href="http://elementaryos.org/">elementaryos</a></i></div>

elementary OS Jupiter No Longer Available For Download, Makes Room for Luna

Jupiter, the first elementary OS release, is no longer available for download. The elementary OS developers have said farewell to Jupiter ...

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Decentralized Bittorrent Client `Tribler` Gets New User Interface

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mdmh-t5Sw9o/UHhKS8MGD7I/AAAAAAAAKuA/vkaQkdngF08/s1600/tribler_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="tribler bittorrent client" border="0" height="232" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mdmh-t5Sw9o/UHhKS8MGD7I/AAAAAAAAKuA/vkaQkdngF08/s320/tribler_2.png" title="tribler bittorrent client" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.tribler.org/">Tribler</a>, a cross-platform decentralized Bittorrent application, has reached version 6.0.0, getting a redesigned user interface.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribler">Wikipedia</a>, Tribler "uses an overlay network for content searching, which makes the program operate independent of external websites and renders it immune to governmental restraint". </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides the new user interface, the latest Tribler 6.0.0 includes performance improvements for users that recently join a channel and bug fixes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tribler comes with an integrated audio and video player so you can use it to almost immediately start watching videos or listening to songs you're downloading, before the download completes, feature which makes this application stand out from the other Linux Bittorrent applications:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_zYe0fTSdiM/UHhKWU0I9WI/AAAAAAAAKuI/Ch8Wyt7HRyo/s1600/tribler_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="tribler video" border="0" height="232" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_zYe0fTSdiM/UHhKWU0I9WI/AAAAAAAAKuI/Ch8Wyt7HRyo/s320/tribler_1.png" title="tribler video" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Install Tribler in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>WebUpd8 provides a PPA to easily install and stay up to date with the latest Tribler releases in Ubuntu. Add the PPA and install Tribler in Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04, 11.10 and 11.04 using the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/tribler<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install tribler</code></pre><br /><b>You can also download the deb from the <a href="http://www.tribler.org/trac/wiki/Download">Tribler download page</a>, along with Windows and Mac OSX binaries or the latest source code.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: there's a bug and adding a local torrent file through the "Add external .torrent" dialog doesn't work properly. An easy work-around for this is to simply drag and drop the .torrent file onto the Tribler window.</div>

Decentralized Bittorrent Client `Tribler` Gets New User Interface

Tribler , a cross-platform decentralized Bittorrent application, has reached version 6.0.0, getting a redesigned user interface. According t...

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