GNOME Shell Extensions Updater

With GNOME Shell Extensions Updater, you can update all the extensions installed from extensions.gnome.org with a single click. This extension checks for updated extensions every 5 days and displays a notification in the GNOME Shell Message Tray with all the available updates:

To install the updates, simply click "Update all" and all the extensions should be automatically updated:

GNOME Shell Extension Updater is not available on the GNOME Shell Extensions website, but you can easily install it using the commands below. Firstly, install GIT - in Ubuntu, use the following command:

sudo apt-get install git-core

Then, to install the extension on any distro running GNOME Shell 3.4 or 3.2, copy/paste the following commands in a terminal:

cd
git clone git://github.com/eonpatapon/gnome-shell-extension-updater.git
cd gnome-shell-extension-updater
./install.sh

Once installed, restart GNOME Shell and activate the extension using GNOME Tweak Tool.


There aren't any settings to change the update check interval, but if you really need to change it, you can edit the ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/updater@patapon.info/extension.js file and modify the "UPDATE_INTERVAL" value to whatever you want.

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Autohide Top Bar For GNOME Shell 3.4, More [Ubuntu PPA]

"Autohide Top Bar", a GNOME Shell extension that lets you toggle the GNOME Shell Top Bar autohide on/off by double clicking it, is now available for GNOME Shell 3.4 and Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin.

If you're not familiar with Autohide Top Bar for GNOME Shell, here's an old video in which you can see it in action:

To install GNOME Shell Autohide Top Bar in Ubuntu 12.04 (for GNOME Shell 3.4), use the commands below:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-autohidetopbar

Once installed, reload GNOME Shell and activate the extension using GNOME Tweak Tool.

If toggling autohide on/off doesn't work properly or you just want to change the value, open "extension.js":

gksu gedit /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/autohidetopbar2@werewolves.us/extension.js

And change the "const TIME_DELTA" value to something that works better for you, then restart GNOME Shell.

If you're not using Ubuntu, you can download the extension from HERE.

Besides Autohide Top Bar, two other extensions from the WebUpd8 GNOME 3 PPA were updated this week to support GNOME Shell 3.4: Noa11y (an extension to remove the Accessibility icon) and GNOME Shell Window Overlay Icons extension (an extension that displays an icon for each window in the activities overview, which makes it easier to distinguish the applications). 

To install them in Ubuntu, make sure you've added the WebUpd8 GNOME 3 PPA, then use the following command:

• to install Noa11y:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-noa11y

• to install GNOME Shell Window Overlay Icons:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-windowoverlay-icons

Also see:

• GNOME Shell Classic Systray, Message Notifier And Notesearch, Updated For GNOME Shell 3.4 (Ubuntu 12.04)
• Official GNOME Shell Extensions, Weather, System Monitor, MediaPlayer And GPaste Available For GNOME Shell 3.4 [PPA - Ubuntu 12.04]

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Ubuntu GNOME Shell Remix 12.04 Available For Download

Ubuntu GNOME Shell Remix is unofficial Ubuntu remaster in which Unity has been replace with GNOME Shell. Besides this, Ubuntu GNOME Shell Remix also comes with some applications that are a part of GNOME and aren't installed by default on Ubuntu, such as Evolution, GNOME Sushi, Contacts or Cheese.

Ubuntu GNOME Shell Remix is intended for those who don't want/need Unity and want a clean GNOME Shell from the start, without having to remove Unity and other packages that depend on it. 

One note though: using Ubuntu GNOME Shell Remix 12.04 doesn't mean you can't use some Ubuntu-specific applications - for instance, Ubuntu one and Ubuntu Software Center are installed by default so there's only a different shell, but the features you like about Ubuntu are still available.

Because of some changes made in the latest Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu GNOME Shell remix doesn't come with GDM and uses LightDM by default (but it doesn't use the Unity Greeter and instead, it comes with the LightDM GTK greeter by default), so it's not a pure GNOME 3.4 experience, but it's the closest you can get while using Ubuntu.

Download Ubuntu GNOME Shell Remix 12.04

Thanks to Jan Hoffmann for the tip!

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Zukitwo, Zukini, Holo Theme Packs Updated For GNOME 3.4 [Ubuntu PPA]

Zukitwo, Zukini and Holo (unofficial) GTK2/3/GNOME Shell themes have been updated to work with GNOME 3.4 (so they work in Ubuntu 12.04) and are now available in the WebUpd8 themes PPA.

To be able to install the themes below using the WebUpd8 themes PPA, firstly add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/themes
sudo apt-get update

Zukitwo is a GTK2/3/GNOME Shell/Xfwm4 theme pack that comes with two GTK theme variants: light and dark. Zukitwo for GNOME Shell uses a transparent top bar and a beautiful message tray, giving GNOME Shell a glassy look. Both Zukitwo and Zukitwo-Dark GTK themes work with Unity, though the top panel font is a bit blurry with Zukitwo (this doesn't occur with Zukitwo-Dark).

Here are some Zukitwo screenshots:

Zukitwo Dark

Zukitwo GNOME Shell theme

Zukitwo GTK & Zukitwo GNOME Shell

To install Zukitwo from the WebUpd8 Themes PPA in Ubuntu, use the command below:

sudo apt-get install zukitwo-gtk-theme zukitwo-dark-gtk-theme

For other Linux distributions, download Zukitwo from DeviantArt.

Zukitwo Colors is a theme pack based on Zukitwo that comes with GTK2, GTK3 and GNOME Shell themes in 7 colors from Shiki-Colors (Brave, Dust, Human, Illustrious, Noble, Wine and Wise), as well as a color-neutral GNOME Shell theme (Zukitwo-Colors) and Metacity/Mutter themes for Dust (Zukitwo-Dust):

One of the Zukitwo Colors theme

To install Zukitwo Colors in Ubuntu, use the command below:

sudo apt-get install zukitwo-colors-theme

For other Linux distributions, download Zukitwo Colors from GNOME Look.

Holo is GNOME 3 theme pack created by Tiheum (the Faenza icon theme designer) that tries to mimic the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich theme. The theme doesn't support GNOME 3.4 officially, so Régis Montoya has ported it to the latest GNOME version:

Note: Holo is especially designed for GNOME Shell and doesn't work properly in Unity!

To install Holo theme pack in Ubuntu, use the command below:

sudo apt-get install holo-theme

For other Linux distributions, download Holo unofficial port to GTK3.4 via GitHub. The original Holo GTK/GNOME Shell theme can be downloaded via DeviantArt.

Zukini is yet another GTK2/3/GNOME Shell theme pack created by lassekongo83 (the Zukitwo theme designer):

Zukini GNOME Shell theme

Zukini GTK theme

To install Zukini in Ubuntu, use the command below:

sudo apt-get install zukini-theme

For other Linux distributions, download Zukini from DeviantArt.

To use any of the GTK themes above in Ubuntu, you can use Unsettings, Ubuntu Tweak, etc.

For GNOME Shell themes, you'll need the User Themes GNOME Shell extension which is a part of the "gnome-shell-extensions" package available in the WebUpd8 GNOME 3 PPA - for how to install it in Ubuntu, see our previous post: Official GNOME Shell Extensions, Weather, System Monitor, MediaPlayer And GPaste Available For GNOME Shell 3.4 [PPA - Ubuntu 12.04]

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GNOME Shell Classic Systray, Message Notifier And Notesearch, Updated For GNOME Shell 3.4 (Ubuntu 12.04)

A few more GNOME Shell extensions have been updated for GNOME Shell 3.4/3.4.1 and are now available for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin in the WebUpd8 GNOME 3 PPA: Classic Systray, Message Notifier and Notesearch.

To use any of the extensions below, firstly add the WebUpd8 GNOME 3 PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update

GNOME Shell Classic Systray extension (previously known as GNOME Shell GNOME 2 notifications) moves the icons from the GNOME Shell message tray to the top bar. It doesn't move the notifications, but only application icons (tray applets / icons) like for instance Dropbox, Jupiter Applet and so on.

To install GNOME Shell Classic Systray in Ubuntu 12.04 or 11.10, use the following command:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-classic-systray

GNOME Shell Message Notifier shows how many conversations with unread messages you have on the top GNOME Shell bar. It works with Empathy, email clients like Mailnag and basically any application that displays notifications with the number of unread messages. Note that the number displayed by the extension is the number of conversations with new messages and not the total number of messages.

The extension was updated recently and besides support for GNOME Shell 3.4, the extension now shows where the notifications come from when you press the icon on the GNOME Shell top bar.

To install GNOME Shell Message Notifier in Ubuntu 12.04 or 11.10, use the following command:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-message-notifier

After activating the extension using GNOME Tweak Tool, the extension may show up as disabled but it actually still works.

GNOME Shell Notesearch is an extension that can be used to search for Gnote or Tomboy notes in GNOME Shell Overview. Install it using the following command:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extension-notesearch

By default, the extension searches for Gnote notes. To set it to use Tomboy instead, use the following command:

gsettings set com.github.charkins.notesearch app Tomboy

And to switch back to Gnote, use:

gsettings set com.github.charkins.notesearch app Gnote

I've also updated the official GNOME Shell extensions to support the latest GNOME Shell 3.4.1 (they were broken after a recent update; sorry for the delay!) which is available in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. See our previous post about extensions updated for GNOME Shell 3.4 and Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin: Official GNOME Shell Extensions, Weather, System Monitor, MediaPlayer And GPaste Available For GNOME Shell 3.4 [PPA - Ubuntu 12.04]

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Linux Mint Debian Update Pack 4 Goes Stable (Cinnamon, GNOME Shell And Mate Included)

Cinnamon

Linux Mint Debian Update Pack 4 is finally considered stable and is now available for all LMDE users. The update replaces GNOME 2 with GNOME Shell (although it's possible to "freeze" LMDE to GNOME 2) and it also brings Cinnamon and Mate desktop, so LMDE users can choose from three GNOME-based "shells".

With this update, the Kernel is also updated to version 3.2, Firefox and Thunerbird to the latest stable version (11) and more.

MATE Desktop

An updated Linux Mint Debian ISO should be available in the coming days and it will use MATE 1.2 (with working Compiz) as the default desktop, while Cinnamon will be available as a secondary desktop.

Until then, you can download the existing LMDE iso and upgrade to the latest LMDE Update Pack 4 following the instructions on the Linux Mint blog. Once you're running the latest updates, you can install Cinnamon or Mate using the following commands:

- for Cinnamon:

sudo apt-get install cinnamon

- for Mate:

sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment

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GNOME 3.4 ISO Images Available For Download

If you want to try the latest GNOME 3.4 with all its applications, including Boxes, Documents, Web (Epiphany), Contacts and so on, there is now a GNOME 3.4 live CD available for download.

The ISO image is based on Fedora and comes with basically no modifications from the original GNOME 3.4. You can test the ISO either in a visualization software such as VirtualBox (I've just tried it in the latest VirtualBox 4.1.12 and GNOME Shell works without having to install the guest additions) or by writing in to an USB drive.

Download GNOME 3.4 ISO image

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Official GNOME Shell Extensions, Weather, System Monitor, MediaPlayer And GPaste Available For GNOME Shell 3.4 [PPA - Ubuntu 12.04]

A quick update for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin users running GNOME Shell: I've updated some of the extensions available in the WebUpd8 GNOME 3 PPA to the latest version which works with GNOME Shell 3.4.

The updated extensions that work with GNOME Shell 3.4 available in the WebUpd8 GNOME 3 PPA are: the official GNOME Shell extensions (now it's a single package), GNOME Shell Weather, GPaste (clipboard tool), System Monitor and MediaPlayer. More will follow.

Initially, I wasn't planning on updating them since they are available on extensions.gnome.org, but I've got quite a few requests for this. One thing that's not available for extensions installed through GNOME's extensions website is update support so the PPA should be useful for those who want to use the latest version of the above mentioned extensions.

Installation

To be able to install the extensions, you'll have to firstly add the WebUpd8 GNOME 3 PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update

Then, install the official GNOME Shell extensions (includes the following extensions: Dock, User Theme, Alternative Status Menu, Alternate Tab, Drive Menu, SystemMonitor, Gajim, Workspace Indicator, Apps Menu, Auto Move Windows, Native Window Placement, Places Menu, windowsNavigator ):

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions

To install the GNOME Shell Weather Extension:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-weather

For installing GNOME Shell System Monitor (this is a different extension than the official GNOME Shell System Monitor), use:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-system-monitor

To install GPaste clipboard tool, use:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste

And to install GNOME Shell Mediaplayer extension:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-mediaplayer

To enable the extensions, you'll need GNOME Tweak Tool so install it if you haven't already:

sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

Then, restart GNOME Shell by pressing ALT + F2 and entering "r" (or log out and log back in), open GNOME Tweak Tool and enable the extensions you want to use.

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GNOME 3.4 Has Been Released

GNOME 3.4 has been released today, bringing many important changes such as video calling for Empathy, smarter pop-ups and message tray, a much improved Epiphany browser, a new menu for some GNOME applications, new scrollbars and more.

GNOME applications

GNOME Documents, Web (Epiphany) and Contacts have a new look in GNOME 3.4 and have gained some new features:

- Epiphany has been renamed to "Web" and is comes with a beautiful new interface which is consistent with the rest of GNOME 3.4 applications. The application also got a redesigned toolbar, a new progress bar and a new "super menu":

- Documents: besides an improved interface, the latest GNOME Documents gained an option to create collections of documents and printing support

- Contacts got an improved layout, inline linking suggestions and a new avatar selector:

- Empathy got a new audio and video calling interface which is fully integrated into GNOME Shell as well as Windows Live Messaging and Facebook chat support:

Also, Empathy now integrates better with Contacts app - for instance, it displays linking suggestions.

- There's also a new GNOME application called "Boxes" which is used to easily connect to remote machines or use virtual machines:

Application menus

Some GNOME applications which include Documents, Contacts and Web now use a new menu which is displayed on the top GNOME Shell bar and which contains items that affect the whole application. In the future, more applications will make use of this new menu.

Also, as you can see in the screenshot above, some GNOME applications no longer use a titlebar when maximized, increasing the screen real estate.

More!

Other smaller, but still significant changes include:

- Smaller scrollbars:

- The Activities Overview now supports searching for documents:

- GNOME 3.4 uses an animated background which becomes lighter / darker, depending on the time of day:

Other changes:

• Refreshed Adwaita theme
• Better, smoother videos for the built-in GNOME screen recorder (to use it, press CTRL + ALT + Shift + r)
• The notification popups are smater and also, the message tray is displayed if you haven't interacted with your computer for a while
• Smooth scrolling
• Undo functionality for Nautilus
• GTK 3.4 got basic support for touch events
• Better Wayland support
• Improved system settings: prettier power settings, the network panel allows you to forget the configuration of individual networks, enhanced Wacom graphics tablet support, easier navigation

At the time I'm writing this post, the GNOME 3.4 live images are not ready yet, but if you want to give the latest GNOME 3.4 a try, check out http://www.gnome.org/getting-gnome/ later on to download a live GNOME 3.4 ISO.

Update: GNOME 3.4 is now available in the Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin repositories (well, most of it; for instance Boxes is not available).

via Gnome 3.4 release notes

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Linux Mint Debian Update Pack 4 On The Way; To Bring Cinnamon, GNOME Shell And MATE

Linux Mint Debian (LMDE) is a rolling release distribution based on Debian Testing. 

LMDE Update Pack 4, which will include Linux Kernel 3.2, Mate Desktop 1.2 (a renamed GNOME 2 desktop), Cinnamon 1.4 (GNOME Shell fork), GNOME Shell 3.2.2, KDE 4.7.4 and Xfce 4.8, "is being prepared and tested at the moment" and should be available soon.

In a comment, Clement Lefebvre, the Linux Mint Project Leader, has specified that a new respin of LMDE ISOs will be available too when Update Pack 4 will be released. He also stated that it hasn't been decided yet if MATE or Cinnamon will be made default and if they will both be on the ISO, but "both will be fully supported".

If you don't like any of the desktop environments available with LMDE Update Pack 4, you'll be able to avoid the update, keeping GNOME 2, by changing the software sources as explained on the Linux Mint blog.

Install Linux Mint Debian Update Pack 4 (testing only!)

LMDE Update Pack 4 can already be tested: download LMDE from HERE, then install Update Pack 3 using the Update Manager and then, to install Update Pack 4, you'll need to add the Linux Mint Debian testing repositories - to do this, run the following command in a terminal:

gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

And replace the contents of this file with the following repositories:

deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/incoming testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/incoming/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/incoming/multimedia testing main non-free

Then open the Linux Mint Update Manager, click "Refresh" so the software sources are updated and LMDE Update Pack 4 should be available for installation.

After the upgrade, only the GNOME Shell and GNOME Fallback sessions will be available:

LMDE - GNOME Shell

To install Cinnamon, use the following command:

sudo apt-get install cinnamon

Cinnamon

To install MATE, use:

sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment

MATE

Then log out and select MATE / Cinnamon from the GDM login screen.

via Linux Mint blog

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GNOME Shell 3.4 Might Make It In The Ubuntu 12.04 Repositories [Updated]

A while back, it was announced that Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin will continue to have GNOME Shell 3.2 available in the official repositories and not 3.4 (not yet released).

However, thanks to Jeremy Bicha and Rico Tzschichholz, it looks like GNOME Shell 3.4 will be available in the Ubuntu Precise repositories after all: the bug that requests the GNOME Shell 3.4 inclusion in the Precise repositories (and the Clutter/cogl update to version 1.9 bug which had blocked GS 3.4) has been conditionally approved:

If you have tested all reverse depends build with the new cogl or have a fix for those that need it, and you commit to seeing the transition through (including working with other developers for those packages which you do not have upload rights for) then I think this is something we should do to get the new gnome-shell in. Conditionally approved.

Update: a new issue, which has been discovered a few minutes ago, is blocking the GNOME Shell 3.4 inclusion in the Precise repositories again:

The new cogl fails to build on ARM so until we figure out how to fix that, I've stopped the transition.

- Jeremy Bicha

Hopefully this bug can/will be fixed and GNOME Shell 3.3.90 (soon to be 3.4) is now available in the official repositories.

Update 2: the bug has been fixed!

Thanks to Daniel Miranda for the tip!

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Cinnamon 1.4 Released With New Hot Corner Behaviour, More

Cinnamon is a GNOME Shell fork which tries to offer a layout similar to GNOME 2: it comes with a panel at the bottom by default (optionally, you can use 2 panels or a panel at the top) that supports autohide, panel applets, a classic system tray, GNOME2-like notifications and so on, but using GNOME 3.

Hot corner: workspace selection

Hot corner: window selection

Cinnamon 1.4 has been released today and the major change in this release is a new hot corner behavior which can now use either workspace selection (like Compiz "Expo") or window selection (like Compiz "Scale"). In expo mode, you can add or remove workspaces and when you hover a workspace, the windows are arranged like in the overview so you can see all available windows (which you can drag onto another workspace, etc.). Also, the hot corner position can now be changed.

Cinnamon Settings applet

Other changes in Cinnamon 1.4:

• Panel edit mode
• A new Cinnamon Settings panel applet which lets you restart Cinnamon, start Looking Glass, restore all settings to default, quickly access panel settings, and so on (see screenshot above)
• Option to only use workspaces on primary monitor
• Cinnamon menu editor (forked from alacarte)
• Improved support for RTL languages
• Added 'Visible on all workspaces' and "Move to workspace" to the window list
• Favourites improvements (you can add an application to the favourites by drag and drop, etc.)
• Many bug fixes

Here's a video I've recorded, demoing the latest Cinnamon 1.4:


(video link)

I've recorded the video on an old laptop so it's kind of choppy, sorry about that.

Install Cinnamon

Cinnamon 1.4 is already available in the Linux Mint 12 repositories.

For Ubuntu 12.04 or 11.10, Cinnamon is available in a new PPA - add it and install Cinnamon 1.4 using the commands below:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon

For other Linux distributions, see the Cinnamon download page.

Thanks to Graham Davies for the tip!

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Linux Deepin: Ubuntu-Based Linux Distribution With A Beautiful GNOME Shell Setup

Linux Deepin is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that uses a highly customized GNOME Shell as the default desktop environment. It was initially created for Chinese users only, but there are now different ISO images for both Chinese and English languages.

The latest Linux Deepin 11.12.1 comes with GNOME Shell 3.2.1 and is based on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot.

Linux Deepin video

Beautiful GNOME Shell setup

Linux Deepin comes with a cool, glassy GNOME Shell theme and many extensions, though only some are enabled by default, like the taskbar extension with window previews that you can see in the screenshot below:

Even though it uses a taskbar, the GNOME Shell overview is still available, but the workspaces and application categories are displayed on the left while Dash has been disabled:

If you want Dash, you can get it back by disabling the "Hide Dash" extension, but it will be displayed on the right.

Among the extensions installed by default are: Enhanced Dock, User Themes, Record Desktop Icon extension, Hide Dash, Hide Accessibility Button, Hide Username, No Click Navigation, Removable Drive Menu, Enhanced Search, System Monitor, Deepin Ehnanced Tab 3D Switcher, Window Overlay Icons, Window Navigator, Advanced Calculator and Classic Systray (so you get icons on the top GNOME Shell bar).

All the custom Linux Deepin GNOME Shell extensions are available on GitHub so you can use them in other Linux distribution if you want.

Linux Deepin uses Zukitwo with shades of green for the default GTK theme, a customized green Faenza icon theme and for the desktop font it uses Cantrell (the default GNOME Shell font) instead of going with the Ubuntu font.

Default applications

Linux Deepin comes with its own software center and while it doesn't integrate with the desktop, I must say that overall, the application comes with some very useful features.

Deepin Software Center not only lets you install applications from the Ubuntu repositories, but it comes with a build-in update manager, supports parallel downloading, downloads resuming, it lets you sort applications by ratings or number of downloads and more.

Besides the software center, Linux Deepin comes with applications such as LibreOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, GNOME Mplayer, Deadbeef as the default music player, Iptux (LAN messenger), uGet download manager, GNOME Tweak Tool, Empathy and the basic applications that you'll find in almost any GNOME-based Linux distribution like Gedit, etc. And, like most Ubuntu derivates, Linux Deepin comes with preinstalled codecs and Adobe Flash.

There aren't many applications installed by default in Linux Deepin, making the ISO fit on a CD but since it's based on Ubuntu, you can use the Ubuntu repositories and PPAs to install more applications.

Overall, all the GNOME Shell tweaks and extensions available in Linux Deepin give the desktop a fresh, stylish look without looking bloated. And since most modifications (you can't move the workspaces on the right though) are done through extensions, you can tweak if further by enabling / disabling or installing new GNOME Shell extensions.

Download Linux Deepin

Thanks to Hessel for the post suggestion!

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Cinnamon 1.3 Released With More Customization Options

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.

via Cinnamon

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Holo: Android Ice Cream Sandwich Like Theme Pack For GNOME 3 (GTK/Shell)

Holo is a cool new GNOME 3 theme pack created by Tiheum (the Faenza icon theme designer) that tries to mimic the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich theme.

Holo was initially called "Ice Cream Sandwich" and only included a GNOME Shell theme, but a recent update brought matching GTK3 and GTK2 themes too.

The GTK3 theme uses a nice gradient for the menubar, accompanied by an elegant  Metacity theme, which unfortunately doesn't work in Unity for now. The GTK2 theme doesn't look so good as the GTK3, but luckily, most applications have already been ported to GTK3.

Install Holo theme pack

Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04 (only tested in 11.10) users can install Holo from the WebUpd8 Themes PPA, using the commands below:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install holo-theme

For other Linux distributions or manual Ubuntu installation: to install Holo, download it from DeviantArt, extract it and copy the folder to the ~/.themes/ folder (".themes" is a hidden folder in your home directory so press CTRL + H to see it; if it doesn't exist, create it).

Then, to apply the new theme, use GNOME Tweak Tool or Ubuntu Tweak 0.6+. After changing the Metacity theme, press ALT + F2 and enter "r" to reload GNOME Shell (or log out and log back in).

Remember, the Metacity (window) theme doesn't work in Unity for now so only install it if you're using GNOME Shell (the GTK theme does work in Unity obviously, but with both the titlebar and menu missing in Unity, the theme won't look like its supposed to anymore). This will hopefully be fixed in a future release.

Note: Holo requires Unico GTK3 as well as Murrine and Pixbuf GTK2 engines, so make sure they are installed before using the GTK theme.

via +Fabio Lo Brutto

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