Install Audacious 3.3 In Ubuntu 12.04 Or 12.10 [PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="http://audacious-media-player.org/">Audacious</a> is an audio player that focuses on high audio quality and low resource usage which comes with a pretty large plugin list as well as two interfaces: a GTK interface and a Winamp 2.x like interface.</i><br /><br />With a bit of a delay, <b>Audacious 3.3 stable is now available in the main WebUpd8 PPA, for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin and 12.10 Quantal Quetzal</b>. The new version brings GTK interface improvements, partially re-written core output which now supports to vary the playback speed without restarting playback (there's a new plugin that takes advantage of this), a more intelligent search that lets you search by artist, album and song title in the same time and more.</div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><b>Changes in Audacious 3.3:</b><br /><ul><li>the playback toolbar has been styled as a "primary toolbar" to make it look better in GNOME 3 and indeed, Audacious 3.3 looks a lot better with Ambiance / Adwaita themes</li><li>a new genre column</li><li>Audacious now saves the current position within a song when you start playing a different playlist</li><li>more intelligent search - it now searches for the artist, album and song title simultaneously and more information is displayed</li><li>partially re-written core output which now supports to vary the playback speed without restarting playback</li><li>the LIRC plugin, which was up till now missing in the Audacious 3.x series, has been made to support GTK+ 3.x and is back</li><li>the GIO transport plugin is now enabled by default, supporting ftp://, sftp://, and smb:// URI protocols</li><li>the MPRIS2 plugin (used by GNOME Shell's Media Player indicator) now supports seeking and getting/setting the volume</li><li>changed/improved various parts of the preferences UI</li><li>the FLAC plugin now supports higher quality files (24-bit and surround)</li><li>over-amplified audio can be made to sound better by the use of a new “soft clipping” option</li><li><a href="http://audacious-media-player.org/news/16-audacious-3-3-released">more</a></li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNifBlnHtCqhogTx2n4OSfgvT2bLq0og7qEvj66ahPKmtnYrOAMvLIWSnmP3ESYaPqkYoPfr-gYr6onWpIBjN-dGUJ9B1JaN2hJL2H9H0lLrAUCWNNIsyVw9TD91KFSsIzth4YGut7dzBb/s1600/audacious-3-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="audacious media player 3.3" border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNifBlnHtCqhogTx2n4OSfgvT2bLq0og7qEvj66ahPKmtnYrOAMvLIWSnmP3ESYaPqkYoPfr-gYr6onWpIBjN-dGUJ9B1JaN2hJL2H9H0lLrAUCWNNIsyVw9TD91KFSsIzth4YGut7dzBb/s320/audacious-3-3.png" title="audacious media player 3.3" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Audacious 3.3 - GTK interface</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/AVvXsEge0A2zy9ASGg1ZZOH0DeIskVIbEzdlg3-5oDKdoiSt5z_TT9i95rRkWvZGAz75ZA9xLx9eJZOZxIpSVUt_LphvB3V44YjmKYmyVFWaUqIcLTfZsFusRqNrJ_jlFhHXcyOv04EgUWDHG7-l/s1600/audacious-3.3_winamp.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="audacious media player 3.3" border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0A2zy9ASGg1ZZOH0DeIskVIbEzdlg3-5oDKdoiSt5z_TT9i95rRkWvZGAz75ZA9xLx9eJZOZxIpSVUt_LphvB3V44YjmKYmyVFWaUqIcLTfZsFusRqNrJ_jlFhHXcyOv04EgUWDHG7-l/s320/audacious-3.3_winamp.png" title="audacious media player 3.3" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Audacious 3.3 Winamp interface</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><h2>Install Audacious 3.3 in Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10</h2><br /><b>To add the main WebUpd8 PPA and install Audacious 3.3 in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin or 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install audacious</code></pre><br />For other Linux distributions and Windows, get Audacious from its <a href="http://audacious-media-player.org/download">download page</a>.

Install Audacious 3.3 In Ubuntu 12.04 Or 12.10 [PPA]

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Lubuntu 12.10 Gets A New Icon Theme Called "Box"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFe6trpY0edifzCH6XjsZBZBRaNrKR5lRyiNYk06Lroi9XcqC74swYcVFI21-I-Ex20M2RdKhfBAowJmfv3acs9GV-8DWKNFpVHKB5vcDrHnzA45f0CsUNSx-3Ij0p7kqzKlB2VUgeD19/s1600/lubuntu-icon-theme-box.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="lubuntu icon theme box" border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFe6trpY0edifzCH6XjsZBZBRaNrKR5lRyiNYk06Lroi9XcqC74swYcVFI21-I-Ex20M2RdKhfBAowJmfv3acs9GV-8DWKNFpVHKB5vcDrHnzA45f0CsUNSx-3Ij0p7kqzKlB2VUgeD19/s320/lubuntu-icon-theme-box.png" title="lubuntu icon theme box" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>A new icon theme called Box has landed in <a href="http://lubuntu.net/">Lubuntu</a> 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. </b><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The theme is inspired by elementary icon theme, which it "inherits" (meaning that some elementary icons are used by Box) and the Faenza "box" style.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkFuY_BwxjrT-3Qa86OfDq0jPFpnZybnPsRDeU64ScuDJ_xaTbmCp509GsXxxiRy1b-arVRH3CJsQhzS3qQPLeIFFDXXQ0dBLjkzE9XgoLeTWlUmucotaNAZ477at_zsCgJBV56QuURW_/s1600/lubuntu12.10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="lubuntu icon theme box" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkFuY_BwxjrT-3Qa86OfDq0jPFpnZybnPsRDeU64ScuDJ_xaTbmCp509GsXxxiRy1b-arVRH3CJsQhzS3qQPLeIFFDXXQ0dBLjkzE9XgoLeTWlUmucotaNAZ477at_zsCgJBV56QuURW_/s320/lubuntu12.10.png" title="lubuntu icon theme box" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The theme is not 100% finished, but is already available for Lubuntu 12.10 users. Box icon theme can also be used on older Lubuntu releases, and not just Lubuntu, it should work with GNOME / Unity too, though it's not optimized for them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/lubuntu-icon-theme_0.30_all.deb">Download Box icon theme</a> (.deb) - also requires the elementary icon theme</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com/2012/08/box-icon-theme.html">Lubuntu blog</a></i></div>

Lubuntu 12.10 Gets A New Icon Theme Called "Box"

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elementary OS Luna Video: 15.07.2012 Unstable Build

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SFnag35l6BsDR6xqPeAkfC-X-Fz6ZFh_0o46OG_CMyqKukYfFQFNE1ywC50IqsINuEe0tVrPndD4TFR7UvlQE38mNbcm2HoaBGkybyh0Ltw7uNIY3kTM4mqa1ZVHGGRnEFEQUy6ArNXM/s1600/elementary-os-luna.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SFnag35l6BsDR6xqPeAkfC-X-Fz6ZFh_0o46OG_CMyqKukYfFQFNE1ywC50IqsINuEe0tVrPndD4TFR7UvlQE38mNbcm2HoaBGkybyh0Ltw7uNIY3kTM4mqa1ZVHGGRnEFEQUy6ArNXM/s320/elementary-os-luna.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We haven't posted about elementary OS Luna in a while, so I though I'd make a short video with the latest build, so you can see how the desktop looks like lately and the elementary apps progress.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the video, you'll see a quick preview of the default elementary OS Luna desktop and applications:</div><ul><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/geary-yorba-working-on-new-lightweight.html">Geary</a> - the default email client, is developed by Yorba (who's also behind Shotwell) in collaboration with the elementary team.</li><li>Pantheon Files - the default file manager, is a Marlin fork</li><li>Maya - the default calendar app</li><li>Pantheon Terminal</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/5-beautiful-plank-themes.html">Plank</a> - the default application switcher (dock)</li><li>Wingpanel - the top bar/panel</li><li>Switchboard - control center</li><li>Scratch - text editor</li><li>Noise - the default music player, a BeatBox fork</li><li>Slingshot - the application launcher</li><li>elementary OS GTK and icon theme</li><li>the elementary OS Luna default LightDM greeter</li></ul><br /><br />You can watch the video below:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lHY2ozxGPVE" width="420"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHY2ozxGPVE">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In case you were wondering when elementary OS Luna will be released, well, there's no date yet. See this elementary OS blog post for info: <a href="http://elementaryos.org/journal/when-its-ready">When it's Ready</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>For the video, I've used the latest elementary OS Luna unstable build from <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/elementaryos/files/unstable/">here</a> (20120715.iso).</i></div>

elementary OS Luna Video: 15.07.2012 Unstable Build

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Install The New Ubuntu WebApps Technology In Ubuntu 12.04 Or 12.10

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu WebApps is a new feature that will be integrated with Ubuntu by default, starting with Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal</b>. This new technology allows websites such as Gmail, Grooveshark, Last.fm, Facebook, Google Docs and many others to be <b>tightly integrated with the desktop (Unity): they will support HUD, you'll receive desktop notifications, quicklists, ALT-TAB support and they will integrate with the messaging menu:</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a>Examples of what the new WebApps technology can do:<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 Facebook, Gmail, Google+</li></ul><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4j4atymKcJa08bO5R-OZcXUt7TvMCw9V2TmTN_j7yGyo_VjZjOYuY3MPIvJZBXe2ZGgDAzfNGKX0PrxPs4E0xXhfoYj4A4PKUalSWhU8kZydM2ZsqO0nzymbqi6ER3t6a6KNpa2SXfWN/s1600/webapps-messaging-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu webapps" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4j4atymKcJa08bO5R-OZcXUt7TvMCw9V2TmTN_j7yGyo_VjZjOYuY3MPIvJZBXe2ZGgDAzfNGKX0PrxPs4E0xXhfoYj4A4PKUalSWhU8kZydM2ZsqO0nzymbqi6ER3t6a6KNpa2SXfWN/s320/webapps-messaging-menu.png" title="ubuntu webapps" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IrXBnQVQGmq-JOu42vhbYgAJqI0AjEtOgiuMEdFD2gDxmL9oR2rDqvEWhJuIbxBGL47Tr3CyEjjkcrCWVAvbMwXa7sgNbNVwaQx1BBWRTyCQgDP5cexMt7so_uY17l9lHM9oAd1cP22j/s1600/webapps-sound-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu webapps" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IrXBnQVQGmq-JOu42vhbYgAJqI0AjEtOgiuMEdFD2gDxmL9oR2rDqvEWhJuIbxBGL47Tr3CyEjjkcrCWVAvbMwXa7sgNbNVwaQx1BBWRTyCQgDP5cexMt7so_uY17l9lHM9oAd1cP22j/s320/webapps-sound-menu.png" title="ubuntu webapps" width="277" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Some services like Facebook, Google (including Docs, Gmail, Google+, Picasa and YouTube), Flickr, Twitter, Foursquare and Identi.ca will be directly integrated into Online Accounts, available in the Ubuntu Control Center (System Settings):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJ8uhSUf3ILRFefgmrr1Fi14IgHnAhuePOliiyNq_ZtPRjJGIjQtysDT9mQmPrw4U8t7kpPXRwqnrWctyzKR8vyQ9V7aevqT9lgvYLVdxxCfy7ZuLaflzvOzCfJJNMjQp7F_yHUrJky4C/s1600/online-accounts.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu webapps" border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJ8uhSUf3ILRFefgmrr1Fi14IgHnAhuePOliiyNq_ZtPRjJGIjQtysDT9mQmPrw4U8t7kpPXRwqnrWctyzKR8vyQ9V7aevqT9lgvYLVdxxCfy7ZuLaflzvOzCfJJNMjQp7F_yHUrJky4C/s320/online-accounts.png" title="ubuntu webapps" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>Here's a video demoing the new Web Apps integration in Ubuntu:</b><br /><br /><center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AUTNxi6b-hw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUTNxi6b-hw">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Supported websites and browsers</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Among the supported websites are Yahoo Mail, Google services like Gmail, Google Calendar, News, Google Plus, Reader, YouTube, Launchpad, Facebook, Twitter, Grooveshark, Last.fm and others. A complete list of supported websites can be found <a href="http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~webapps/webapps-applications/trunk/files/head:/src/">here</a>. The community will be able to add support for more websites - the API documentation can be found <a href="http://developer.ubuntu.com/api/ubuntu-12.04/javascript/index.html">HERE</a>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At the moment, only Firefox and Chromium browsers are supported. Google Chrome isn't supported because the PPA installs a custom Chromium build and Google Chrome can't be uploaded to a PPA due to its license.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Ubuntu WebApps Technology In Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This technology will be available in Ubuntu 12.10 by default, but a preview release is already available in a PPA for Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04, so you can already give it a try. But <b>since this is a preview release, you'll probably find bugs so make sure you know what you're doing</b>!</div><br /><b>Update: for Ubuntu 12.10, the WebApps are already available in the official repositories. See the following post for more info and installation instructions: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/unity-webapps-available-in-ubuntu-1210.html">Unity WebApps Available In The Ubuntu 12.10 Official Repositories</a></b><br /><br /><b>To add the PPA and install the WebApps feature, use the commands below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webapps/preview<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install unity-webapps-preview</code></pre><br /><b>Important: the WebApps feature won't work properly if you're using a PPA in Ubuntu 12.04 that installs a newer Unity version, such as the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/how-to-get-dodge-windows-and-minimize.html">Unity Revamped PPA</a>. To be able to make full use of the new WebApps Ubuntu feature, you need to purge that PPA firstly.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then log out, log back in and visit one of the supported websites using Firefox or Chromium and a popup should be displayed, asking if you want to integrate that website with Ubuntu:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH23B9DwYWEN05X0_b54OXlv45Wii98Ykutcw8zv_vXq1L98Ue8hzARBNlw_VxJ3p3R_B9kqfBoKjnsVFpglWELed8HihW-PSvNJh20JBKCJLusBntQudgM_brE0u9uw3FaFZA7w1unjqf/s1600/webapps-confirm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="webapps firefox" border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH23B9DwYWEN05X0_b54OXlv45Wii98Ykutcw8zv_vXq1L98Ue8hzARBNlw_VxJ3p3R_B9kqfBoKjnsVFpglWELed8HihW-PSvNJh20JBKCJLusBntQudgM_brE0u9uw3FaFZA7w1unjqf/s320/webapps-confirm.png" title="webapps firefox" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNLdMegWeU3cGd6wdRgbnzU65Ml7LnxNAtOdQ0BYNSTJqso3rJsAXRtcFCWtTKXiO7Hmh3C6ER1XO9MKAoPuY9Hn0L7d01yt96enNByR_Bv3Cb7I6OMovT6WajvAQZmT41P5lNhHHmviv/s1600/webapps-chromium.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="webapps chromium" border="0" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNLdMegWeU3cGd6wdRgbnzU65Ml7LnxNAtOdQ0BYNSTJqso3rJsAXRtcFCWtTKXiO7Hmh3C6ER1XO9MKAoPuY9Hn0L7d01yt96enNByR_Bv3Cb7I6OMovT6WajvAQZmT41P5lNhHHmviv/s320/webapps-chromium.png" title="webapps chromium" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">click "Integrate" for Firefox or "Yes" for Chromium and you're ready to go. If you don't want a website to integrate with the desktop, simply don't click the Integrate/Yes button for that website.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Firefox, the confirmation popup may disappear before you click "Integrate" (I've had some issues with this). If that happens, refresh the page and the popup should be displayed again.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Note: the PPA also installs some new lenses: Google Docs lens, Photo lens (with a Flickr scope).</b></div><br /><br /><h2>Removing Ubuntu WebApps feature</h2><br />If you want to remove the Ubuntu WebApps feature, use the commands below:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ppa-purge<br />sudo ppa-purge ppa:webapps/preview<br />sudo apt-get remove gnome-control-center-signon signond signon-keyring-extension signon-plugin-oauth2 signon-ui libunity-webapps-chromium unity-chromium-extension unity-lens-gdocs unity-lens-photo unity-scope-flickr xul-ext-webaccounts xul-ext-unity xul-ext-websites-integration</code></pre><br />Then log out and log back in.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/07/19/web-app-integration-in-ubuntu/">jonobacon.org</a></i></div>

Install The New Ubuntu WebApps Technology In Ubuntu 12.04 Or 12.10

Ubuntu WebApps is a new feature that will be integrated with Ubuntu by default, starting with Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal . This new techno...

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Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal: Nautilus Gets New Toolbar And Menu, Other Important Changes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrhp_A7-u-Rc3X_uUclZwDttzHf8dupGO8s8rTsY015A7uDag-BCOYrhhUVitVicpQhmM-zKlKaDfPVn4l_Lq4-AgQnLjUYYfm2V4mTYpdIvA00ATVJNM5zHubhz7noR188XvBrfAD2Y9A/s1600/nautilus-3.5.4-ubuntu12.10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrhp_A7-u-Rc3X_uUclZwDttzHf8dupGO8s8rTsY015A7uDag-BCOYrhhUVitVicpQhmM-zKlKaDfPVn4l_Lq4-AgQnLjUYYfm2V4mTYpdIvA00ATVJNM5zHubhz7noR188XvBrfAD2Y9A/s320/nautilus-3.5.4-ubuntu12.10.png" title="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nautilus 3.5.4 has been <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/nautilus/1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1">uploaded</a> to the Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal repositories today, bringing some very important changes like a new GNOME 3 style toolbar, new "gear" menu, symbolic monochrome icons for the sidebar and others.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>New toolbar / pathbar and "gear" menu:</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA077dzAwUZ8IWQkF6v68O171H7v37QRc8ABbTD1uDNv1Wv6HTkXSG8EtdrzBUCX8aUdNjp-80XjFOU1eJ9QcqpaV5nK4ZTI1DZn7Bg_7QzgmKUtVBgGAUEPvGz7v4oCYo9rkKrkFJ03oi/s1600/nautilus-3.5.4_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="57" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA077dzAwUZ8IWQkF6v68O171H7v37QRc8ABbTD1uDNv1Wv6HTkXSG8EtdrzBUCX8aUdNjp-80XjFOU1eJ9QcqpaV5nK4ZTI1DZn7Bg_7QzgmKUtVBgGAUEPvGz7v4oCYo9rkKrkFJ03oi/s320/nautilus-3.5.4_2.png" title="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi673JepEmKqh8Qs2FTCK2q8WRTKpfVfWRyHa1YcCDimNaIAq9ZXQtAxv8dUhvip4zjyfwt0_Vc8YC4HZonL4kOiGo_zkW_7zg5TZijAnvstY9JwxrJqZhXFgO0OntBMMDFlbSRklDPN2nc/s1600/nautilus-3.5.4-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi673JepEmKqh8Qs2FTCK2q8WRTKpfVfWRyHa1YcCDimNaIAq9ZXQtAxv8dUhvip4zjyfwt0_Vc8YC4HZonL4kOiGo_zkW_7zg5TZijAnvstY9JwxrJqZhXFgO0OntBMMDFlbSRklDPN2nc/s320/nautilus-3.5.4-menu.png" title="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="292" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Don't judge the looks yet, as Ambiance theme doesn't support the new Nautilus yet. Here's how it looks using Adwaita, the default GNOME 3 theme:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tGqhwhM8SgXOdAbmrLmLevU6WReed7ByJRAXwEbthqqvedb1kazLU37wCHszzk8nMNR0Xgp1kYJF3SNmY1UczxwWMi82-t2hefY1qqYdMcMR5w6dh-E_L-9I2s9TF92gqIJ6gvN1OqPc/s1600/nautilus-3.5.4-adwaita.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nautilus adwaita" border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tGqhwhM8SgXOdAbmrLmLevU6WReed7ByJRAXwEbthqqvedb1kazLU37wCHszzk8nMNR0Xgp1kYJF3SNmY1UczxwWMi82-t2hefY1qqYdMcMR5w6dh-E_L-9I2s9TF92gqIJ6gvN1OqPc/s320/nautilus-3.5.4-adwaita.png" title="nautilus adwaita" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><b>New "just type" search (which integrates typeahead):</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpMOT6jZzZSV69sRR0R81RnGdwaBrIfuPFiYNYK1TAfZ2PaUrW2b516roWlZIxpn9EiP5sb3jRjh8VTQeCsvCzKPGH8VdMpsMF7J8rTp4Pi0baB428ZUm1UTLuVCQUhIcadfndXgnUmRl2/s1600/nautilus-3.5.4-search-type.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpMOT6jZzZSV69sRR0R81RnGdwaBrIfuPFiYNYK1TAfZ2PaUrW2b516roWlZIxpn9EiP5sb3jRjh8VTQeCsvCzKPGH8VdMpsMF7J8rTp4Pi0baB428ZUm1UTLuVCQUhIcadfndXgnUmRl2/s320/nautilus-3.5.4-search-type.png" title="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>Symbolic icons for the sidebar (and pathbar):</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34STPbhXSQUtgx5lR9bVRvJLL6oNWXeRF7yJ45dK8ndNDN15-gztZNfOH3R_1KKv7xF_0OJ4WyaKNZ-Cq4_Wbi3VJImd4HgQrnmDvKz074E8_WxUbuT0mNFPMPZyIQmgkjS8ioYNjQMJc/s1600/nautilus-3-5-4-sidebar.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34STPbhXSQUtgx5lR9bVRvJLL6oNWXeRF7yJ45dK8ndNDN15-gztZNfOH3R_1KKv7xF_0OJ4WyaKNZ-Cq4_Wbi3VJImd4HgQrnmDvKz074E8_WxUbuT0mNFPMPZyIQmgkjS8ioYNjQMJc/s320/nautilus-3-5-4-sidebar.png" title="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="165" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>List view changes:</b> new date format display, better column order, new icon size: 32 and more:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PyFYCO8kUOdLJqV07055xhcK2JnFjFkWqiNFlg9c87gjZPGWENSIgXrXbtXZPVIWY4_29toFxINc68K6ajpnW6duA2_5Ngeoai6KcCKaRvYs7LwYOo4Hz2L8FM3Z5rJf2XO7mhTVNxK8/s1600/nautilus-3.5.4_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PyFYCO8kUOdLJqV07055xhcK2JnFjFkWqiNFlg9c87gjZPGWENSIgXrXbtXZPVIWY4_29toFxINc68K6ajpnW6duA2_5Ngeoai6KcCKaRvYs7LwYOo4Hz2L8FM3Z5rJf2XO7mhTVNxK8/s320/nautilus-3.5.4_1.png" title="nautilus 3.5.4 ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There were also some features that were removed from Nautilus, like the "Text beside icons" option for the icon view. There's also no more "Extra pane" feature, sidebar tree view, option to show the statusbar or the option to create a new file - these were removed a while back.</div><br />The full Nautilus 3.5.4 changelog can be found <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/nautilus/1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><br /><b>What do you think?</b>

Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal: Nautilus Gets New Toolbar And Menu, Other Important Changes

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A New Interface For Handling Third-Party Drivers Has Landed In Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPTcxgkzvpW5Zh_kDSOLu5kGQFyoOsH1Pt9RpYffHSDBF1hmfNhF4lie4OstsPMgOvvbrtkMK2t-R-Ow1JP67J6Wl9y63CPnJnfpah5joqqROzB-C4EHdcNprCHGEsgg9xEqODILk2Yfc/s1600/software-properties-gtk.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="software properties gtk ubuntu 12.10" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPTcxgkzvpW5Zh_kDSOLu5kGQFyoOsH1Pt9RpYffHSDBF1hmfNhF4lie4OstsPMgOvvbrtkMK2t-R-Ow1JP67J6Wl9y63CPnJnfpah5joqqROzB-C4EHdcNprCHGEsgg9xEqODILk2Yfc/s320/software-properties-gtk.png" title="software properties gtk ubuntu 12.10" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.89">recent update</a> in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal has replaced Jockey (used for handling third-party drivers), with a new "Additional Drivers" tab in software-properties and "ubuntu-drivers-common", which is "<i>simpler and more robust than Jockey</i>".</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>"software-properties-gtk" is known as "Software Sources" - you can run it from Ubuntu Software Center > Edit > Software Sources.</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2012-July/035553.html">announcement</a>, there are still parts that haven't been implemented yet, like notifications or Control Center integration (an update for this should be available later today). For instance, an alert box will be used to suggest that you can install proprietary drivers instead of a notification area icon / appindicator:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxqRwCKh_zYe3nezjBwRINe5vwf-1xPt0aP5QEKJEJU_Agd5jhJ-BxKso1hyphenhyphenC6Z-Mmsu3BE_He9gD_Vx9lZkj5LdFrI6JwZusdjM096zavKHGe1B-FYWDOMl7YIxYWnR5pb0RBJEz1vyj/s1600/drivers-prompt.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxqRwCKh_zYe3nezjBwRINe5vwf-1xPt0aP5QEKJEJU_Agd5jhJ-BxKso1hyphenhyphenC6Z-Mmsu3BE_He9gD_Vx9lZkj5LdFrI6JwZusdjM096zavKHGe1B-FYWDOMl7YIxYWnR5pb0RBJEz1vyj/s320/drivers-prompt.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Full specifications for the new UI can be found on the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareAndUpdatesSettings#drivers">Ubuntu wiki</a>. <br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're using Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal and the drivers are not correctly detected, report a bug against "ubuntu-drivers-common" or if the GUI doesn't work properly, report the bug for "software-properties". In my test, the latest "software-properties" didn't start (I've had to tweak it to get the screenshot above) - bug reported <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1026066">here</a>.</div>

A New Interface For Handling Third-Party Drivers Has Landed In Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

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Linux Deepin 12.06 Released

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfYgCSexvCIX4Wj4wtESElM15ianuLYCouuaCFFbPinAYZQcnkyakcQ_eQOApH1r4JkdvvGlZjr_4M8BJ1Kwo05JniPDu-jp4jZ5y-8Px20j77_sb0kSh_jYr76Xg6D914NNLKqFM3Ap4/s1600/deepin-desktop.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="linux deepin 12.06" border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfYgCSexvCIX4Wj4wtESElM15ianuLYCouuaCFFbPinAYZQcnkyakcQ_eQOApH1r4JkdvvGlZjr_4M8BJ1Kwo05JniPDu-jp4jZ5y-8Px20j77_sb0kSh_jYr76Xg6D914NNLKqFM3Ap4/s320/deepin-desktop.png" title="linux deepin 12.06" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/linux-deepin-ubuntu-based-linux.html">Linux Deepin</a> is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that comes with a highly customized GNOME Shell as the default desktop environment and with some applications that aren't available in other Linux distributions.</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.linuxdeepin.com/">Linux Deepin 12.06</a> has been released, the new version being based on Ubuntu 12.04, and it includes some new default applications created especially for it, along with an updated GNOME Shell look and many other changes</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Linux Deepin 12.06 video</h2><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RwjiIgeKNTg" width="420"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwjiIgeKNTg">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>GNOME Shell setup</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Like the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/linux-deepin-ubuntu-based-linux.html">previous release</a>, Linux Deepin 12.06 uses a panel on top with a taskbar that comes with window previews and an activities button on the left that opens the Activities Overview, where the workspaces are displayed on the left (and no Dash):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPv-n6x-CylYpTtFmvETv6w_h5Ro3CQmMAst6DzmP7p2WJjOwjjx9ukJmiDeW25Vp5i_auRhxM0nucoPIeXxopvzgXx6Hybs_q_ikj7mBToWRYv8qe9J8EDB02wSFNVaIFlodSHik3n-2V/s1600/deepin-activities.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="linux deepin 12.06" border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPv-n6x-CylYpTtFmvETv6w_h5Ro3CQmMAst6DzmP7p2WJjOwjjx9ukJmiDeW25Vp5i_auRhxM0nucoPIeXxopvzgXx6Hybs_q_ikj7mBToWRYv8qe9J8EDB02wSFNVaIFlodSHik3n-2V/s320/deepin-activities.png" title="linux deepin 12.06" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the latest Linux Deepin 12.06, there are <b>3 new GNOME Shell extensions</b> installed by default: Hide Message Tray, Kimpanel extension (lets you search Gnome Shell for applications, files or contacts) and Panel Settings Extension. The last one lets you move the panel on the bottom and/or set it to autohide.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Further more, Linux Deepin 12.06 doesn't uses the default GNOME Shell notifications but Ubuntu's NotifyOSD:</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMTDpznRDVrsl8xRV66AeH6s4quPPspXwch8O0G1itGpLKip1apauewGbqQQ3B9fjdAOCdiy61enLd3tCZkHTNm63sRpkXfdbkSG-RU5ATV_RRHMXu154bzJ-eSQ5TbDCojQUg4oQW8EO/s1600/deepin-notifications.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="linux deepin 12.06" border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMTDpznRDVrsl8xRV66AeH6s4quPPspXwch8O0G1itGpLKip1apauewGbqQQ3B9fjdAOCdiy61enLd3tCZkHTNm63sRpkXfdbkSG-RU5ATV_RRHMXu154bzJ-eSQ5TbDCojQUg4oQW8EO/s320/deepin-notifications.png" title="linux deepin 12.06" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>New default applications</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Deepin Music Player is a new, default music player especially created for Linux Deepin</b>. It uses the same UI as Deepin Software Center, supports skins and comes with two display modes that can be toggled from the titlebar:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjte-oQrOop1gZwVUZYWLrhlj8CXZ6qnndGxW67an8n4UJVaN3CtdthWxXoaa98LuGsKQDcd82E0Su7k6oFIw35DEdqQr8dtteTXqpnsKyn03R0PYky1cirdBowfVf-mFplW2FUvSfbhEgt/s1600/deepin-music-player.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="linux deepin music player" border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjte-oQrOop1gZwVUZYWLrhlj8CXZ6qnndGxW67an8n4UJVaN3CtdthWxXoaa98LuGsKQDcd82E0Su7k6oFIw35DEdqQr8dtteTXqpnsKyn03R0PYky1cirdBowfVf-mFplW2FUvSfbhEgt/s320/deepin-music-player.png" title="linux deepin music player" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1zBTPut2srEKj9tmYPgWPzYb04gzziTd57GAgF_rBPKznhU-9v0CV8LuaxSRtcqr_IJy4H9CERr-pMlh3i-xVFDSHHJjdTQ2pAhGjkbtOQ5R8J42vhB5FyURK3jP27OdU7RfQ0-rbg7r/s1600/deepin-music-player_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="linux deepin music player" border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1zBTPut2srEKj9tmYPgWPzYb04gzziTd57GAgF_rBPKznhU-9v0CV8LuaxSRtcqr_IJy4H9CERr-pMlh3i-xVFDSHHJjdTQ2pAhGjkbtOQ5R8J42vhB5FyURK3jP27OdU7RfQ0-rbg7r/s320/deepin-music-player_2.png" title="linux deepin music player" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Among its features are: playlists support, equalizer, automatic album cover download, multi-engine lyrics search, global hotkeys, tray icon and more.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Deepin Music Player isn't the only new default application. There's also Deepin Media Player</b>, a Mplayer2 front-end which uses the same look as the music player and Deepin Software Center: </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj77SNyIGAKufzIoga9zIaOG6OPZ2niuM00U0724UFYPaqcmLMpIVkSI92X6WBZHPNiO_meKRQrEuSUnxP5VjwoODDYFLD_TycQYsn84CGIGE4ggXvzCm2YCqx7ViNJvPAsXj7-zeDsIl4/s1600/deepin-media-player.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="deepin media player" border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj77SNyIGAKufzIoga9zIaOG6OPZ2niuM00U0724UFYPaqcmLMpIVkSI92X6WBZHPNiO_meKRQrEuSUnxP5VjwoODDYFLD_TycQYsn84CGIGE4ggXvzCm2YCqx7ViNJvPAsXj7-zeDsIl4/s320/deepin-media-player.png" title="deepin media player" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new default media player supports displaying previews when placing cursor on progress bar (like Audience), automatic subtitle download, taking screenshots, online playback and can play most audio and video formats. The application was a bit buggy in my tests: when playing a video, I was unable to access the menu because it was displayed behind the video.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Deepin Software Center </b>(which supports installing, removing and upgrading software from the same user interface, unlike Ubuntu Software Center for instance)<b> </b>hasn't changed in Linux Deepin 12.06, but a new version will be available with the release of Linux Deepin 12.06.1.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tBJA-MkZ5R6R7mUwG0OUV4K1-CS02joTOFcEOlC0TYbhT8ekNo55VD-bPMCINJSiQ2W6Y-v4JY5yPGmRkcghk3lbkycs2gJIx0B1_K6p2RyKOVHe0EBCMe0jNMVtprLra5_QmdPO1hbl/s1600/deepin-software-center.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="linux deepin software center" border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tBJA-MkZ5R6R7mUwG0OUV4K1-CS02joTOFcEOlC0TYbhT8ekNo55VD-bPMCINJSiQ2W6Y-v4JY5yPGmRkcghk3lbkycs2gJIx0B1_K6p2RyKOVHe0EBCMe0jNMVtprLra5_QmdPO1hbl/s320/deepin-software-center.png" title="linux deepin software center" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4Y9MzqYQUKWiC1qcuRqdoj_WWbErkVsDhW83NWCsLkPfuohyphenhyphenVJ_rOHXP_HS-5dPbmMMzi8YoogI3URgF9iPi-RSAuHK8iLgVcAHTF79eMLW-93lWSKOKYkupoGec2yQACLfDi9aF0k0q/s1600/deepin-software-center_00.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="linux deepin software center" border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4Y9MzqYQUKWiC1qcuRqdoj_WWbErkVsDhW83NWCsLkPfuohyphenhyphenVJ_rOHXP_HS-5dPbmMMzi8YoogI3URgF9iPi-RSAuHK8iLgVcAHTF79eMLW-93lWSKOKYkupoGec2yQACLfDi9aF0k0q/s320/deepin-software-center_00.png" title="linux deepin software center" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Other default applications include: Shotwell, Firefox, Empathy, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Brasero, GNOME Tweak Tool as well as Deepin Software Center, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/use-linux-deepin-screenshot-tool-deepin.html">Deepin Scrot (screenshot tool)</a> and more.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There are many other minor changes and improvements under the hood, like built-in VirtualBox guest support, read/write exFAT support, more integrated hardware drivers, a WUBI version that lets you install Linux Deepin in Windows, a new default GTK theme and more.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.linuxdeepin.com/download"><button class="thoughtbot">Download Linux Deepin 12.06</button></a></div>

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