12:30 AM
Cinnamon 1.3 has been released today, bringing even more customization options for its users.
Cinnamon Settings has a new look and it now includes all the GNOME Tweak Tool features and more: change GTK theme, cursor and icons, desktop icons, font settings, window settings (including window button order), change the menu text and icon and so on:
Also, starting with Cinnamon 1.3, all the panel components are applets so you can easily remove a feature or replace it with a 3rd party applet if you don't like it:
Another applets change brings drag and drop support, meaning you can
place the applets anywhere you want on the panel. In my test, the workspace switcher, window list and the launcher weren't draggable though, but I could reorder the other applets just fine.
Other changes:- Menu delay option, better menu icon sizes
- improved default theme
- workspace navigation is now possible in scale mode
To install Cinnamon in your Linux distribution, check out THIS page.Ubuntu users can install Cinnamon using a PPA. However, at the time I'm writing this, the PPA hasn't been updated with the latest Cinnamon 1.3 - if you can't wait, you can manually download the .debs: Muffin (required dependency) and Cinnamon. For more themes, applets and extensions, visit the
Cinnamon website.
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12:28 AM
Razor Qt, a new lightweight desktop environment that uses Qt, has reached version 0.4.1. The new version brings 3 new components: razor-policykit, razor-power (power management tool) and razor-autosuspend (a tool to suspend/wake-up laptops on Lid events or power status events) as well as some panel improvements:
- the panel can be moved
- configurable panel width and height
- the clock now uses a new simple calendar
Other changes:- XDG autostart and Razor-qt autostart feature improved
- Session: limit auto-repeat attempts when application crashes frequently
- many minor updates and improvements
To install Razor Qt in Ubuntu, use the commands below:sudo add-apt-repository ppa:razor-qt/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install razorqt
Then log out and then select Razor Desktop (with the desired WM) from the login screen.
For some reason, the Razor Qt configuration tool is not installed when installing Razor Qt, but you can install it manually using the following command:
sudo apt-get install razorqt-config
For other Linux distributions, see the Razor Qt installation page.Also see our initial post:
Razor-Qt - A New Lightweight Desktop Environment Based On Qt
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2:32 AM
KDE 4.8 has been released today and includes many changes, such as: multiple improvements for Dolphin, Kate, Kmail and Gwenview, adaptive power management, multiple layouts available for the ALT + TAB window switcher, Kwin optimizations and more.
KDE 4.8 also incorporates the cool
Icon Tasks Plasmoid (we wrote about it
a while back) in the. Using this plasmoid, you get an icons-only taskbar with support for the Unity API (quicklists, progress bars and badges), Dockmanager support and so on:
Install KDE 4.8 in Kubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot
If you've installed Icon Tasks via PPA, remove it before upgrading (sudo apt-get remove plasma-widget-icon-tasks) or else you'll get an error.The Kubuntu developers have done a great job as usual, and the latest KDE 4.8 is already available in the official
Kubuntu Backports PPA, for Kubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot. Add the PPA and upgrade to KDE 4.8 using the commands below:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Oxygen GTK3 Engine has not been packaged yet unfortunately, but you can use
THIS PPA (not tested) to install it. But please note that using it, you'll also get some other unstable packages.
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