tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42092244320630869292023-11-15T23:59:47.917-08:00Ubuntu Next 8.10All about new features in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid IbexExsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-54682595296494909092008-11-05T14:01:00.000-08:002008-11-05T14:03:06.961-08:00Interesting Improvements in GNOME 2.24 and Ubuntu 8.10<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I have finished writing my review of GNOME 2.24 and Ubuntu 8.10. Direct link:</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><a href="http://bizarrelinux.blogspot.com/2008/11/improvements-in-gnome-224-and-ubuntu_05.html">http://bizarrelinux.blogspot.com/2008/11/improvements-in-gnome-224-and-ubuntu_05.html</a></span></span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-61206398248645717832008-11-04T06:47:00.000-08:002008-11-04T06:49:44.257-08:00Warning<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">This blog is dead and it's been several weeks since any of these posts have been updated. I will post a review of Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex on my other blog--I have written it already, just need to upload the images.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://bizarrelinux.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">http://bizarrelinux.blogspot.com/</span></a><br /><br /></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-8322076016546967482008-10-19T06:56:00.000-07:002008-10-19T08:40:01.642-07:00News for 8.10 and News From Me<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are some news I'd like to share with you today.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/009002.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">http://ubuntunextnews.blogspot.com/</span></a></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> gone. It wa</span>s gay. I'll post news here.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">With the 23th rapidly approaching, the all of Ubuntu repos are now officially frozen. Messages can be found </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-October/000499.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> and </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-October/000502.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> (follow-up of the first). All packages must go through special acceptance test by the release team and must be critical bug-fixes. Well that </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/267376"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ends it</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> for OpenOffice.org 3.0. :)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I don't think I will have the time to create and maintain this same type of a blog for 9.04 Jaunty. I am sorry. That was the summer, when everyone had nothing to do. Not anymore.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">To satisfy my Linux interests, I have created yet another blog. Here is the link: <a href="http://bizarrelinux.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">http://bizarrelinux.blogspot.com/</span></a> You can tell by the name. It's not a feature compilation blog. It's, well, just another Linux blog. Bigger readable fonts, and more interesting stories I'm about to add.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I was asked why I haven't updated my blog with "Last successful boot" (which by the way is disabled in the latest Ubuntu because it was causing problems and didn't work at all) or about Catalyst, and most importantly, X.Org 7.4. I do not include these because they are too complicated for the average end user to understand. You might say, well they are important and significantly enhance the user experience. But I focus on what changes in the UI and the look and feel of 8.10 Intrepid Ibex.<br /><br />Yes.<br /><br /></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-5306727998968209622008-10-17T09:23:00.001-07:002008-10-19T06:54:00.186-07:00Blog Submitted onto Digg<span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">I am sorry my fellow friends. I have failed in trying to get this Dugg, and the majority of Ubuntu fans will be left out in the dark and will miss this ultimate site.</span><br /><br />Well I don't normally do this, because I don't want to be embarrassed if I submit a Digg and it doesn't make it.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />digg_url = 'http://digg.com/linux_unix/New_Features_in_Ubuntu_8_10_2';<br /></script><br /><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><br />But with all the useless articles about Intrepid getting in, I thought, why not my comprehensive articles?</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><a href="http://digg.com/linux_unix/New_Features_in_Ubuntu_8_10_2"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >http://digg.com/linux_unix/New_Features_in_Ubuntu_8_10_2</span></a><br /><br /></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-43137740724743998392008-09-30T06:03:00.000-07:002008-10-24T08:28:07.600-07:00Hardware Drivers<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Jockey is the default drivers manager for Ubuntu. (Some computer hardware cannot work properly without drivers; drivers take advantage of the hardware and optimize performance.) In 7.10 Gutsy, Ubuntu used an old program called "restricted-drivers-manager" but with 8.04, it has suddenly moved to "jockey." One can assume by the interface that it was based off of Restricted Drivers Manager, but intended to be better. Well it sucked. The one stuck with 8.04 just sucks. I had trouble for a few days trying to enable my Broadcom wireless card and I had to constantly refresh the first page of the Ubuntu Forums -> Networking & Wireless to see if anybody responded to my help request. But with 8.10, a whole new era has begun.<br /></span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKiaDOq3G6L8X2GtBV4c5LzeP-FjA9svGMt78AKSSXSg7XJqV3I91xCgqDmn533fO1jmqpnbds3Wo2ii62KG5XwX64qNx2G5NtCo7lsaZu1ZgnddlpEqaEn95VAEVbUJlSWqA84Ce_J4/s1600-h/Hardware+Drivers+2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKiaDOq3G6L8X2GtBV4c5LzeP-FjA9svGMt78AKSSXSg7XJqV3I91xCgqDmn533fO1jmqpnbds3Wo2ii62KG5XwX64qNx2G5NtCo7lsaZu1ZgnddlpEqaEn95VAEVbUJlSWqA84Ce_J4/s320/Hardware+Drivers+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254502534458341570" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">The devs have really done something, the new Jockey looks twice as better than the one in Hardy! There's a more profound "Activate" button, a description of each hardware, and the source for the driver! And of course, the support for automatic driver download for printers, when necessary (though I don't have a printer and can't demonstrate that now.) There's also a "Tested by the Ubuntu developers" for reliability and a "License" for all those curious. Nonetheless, it's still bad at offline managing. <span style="font-weight: bold;">(Not saying that manual DEB installs won't work. But from my experiences, after I installed the package <span style="font-family:courier new;">b43-fwcutter</span> (a driver for my Broadcom wireless card), <span style="font-family:courier new;"></span>Jockey tried over and over to download it from the Internet, but wouldn't let me manually extract the <span style="font-family:courier new;">wl_apasta.o</span> file locally.)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">For those who would like to try out the new Jockey in 8.04, run these commands in the Terminal:</span><br /></span><ul style="font-family:courier new;"><li><span style="font-size:85%;">sudo aptitude remove jockey-gtk jockey-qt<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/x/x-kit/python-xkit_0.3.6_all.deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/j/jockey/jockey-common_0.5~beta3-0ubuntu4_all.deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/j/jockey/jockey-gtk_0.5~beta3-0ubuntu4_all.deb<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">sudo dpkg -i python-xkit_0.3.6_all.deb jockey-common_05~beta3-0ubuntu4_all.deb jockey-gtk_05~beta3-0ubuntu4_all.deb</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">If you run KDE (after running above instructions): </span>wget </span><span style="font-size:85%;">http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/j/jockey/jockey-kde_0.5~beta3-0ubuntu4_all.deb && sudo dpkg -i jockey-kde_0.5~beta3-0ubuntu4_all.deb<br /></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Now go to System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers and check it out!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Changelog</span><br /></span></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">10/03/08: Added new version of Jockey to the install instructions for Hardy; it has lots and lots of <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/007871.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">changes</span></a>.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">10/06/08: Another <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008007.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">update</span></a> for Jockey. And also fixed the error in the DEB install step. <span>Updated screenshot with correct default theme and the new version that comes with new icons</span>. But seriously, the new icons suck. They should have just stuck to drawing the theme from the default system icon theme. It looks so unintegrated now.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">10/13/08: <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008554.html">Another</a></span> and <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008575.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">another</span></span></a> release. Updated install instructions for 8.04.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">10/14/08: Wow, one <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008675.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">more</span></a>. I keep messing up the install instructions. Fixed now.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">10/16/08: Will it ever stop? <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008856.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beta 3</span></a> got in.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">10/17/08: I'm literally on the verge of tearing my hair out. After weeks of indevelopment, Jockey is suddenly sprinting up and releasing new versions every two days. <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008881.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beta 3 Ubuntu 2</span></a>.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">10/18/08: No comment. <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008956.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beta 3 Ubuntu 3</span></a>.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">10/24/08: Progress slowing. <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/009251.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beta 3 Ubuntu 4</span></a>.<br /></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-74408787257659692942008-09-27T02:43:00.000-07:002008-10-14T11:41:38.045-07:00New Wallpapers<span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007675.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 1</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007483.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 2</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008641.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 3</span></a><br /><br />With the latest update of the package ubuntu-wallpapers, the developers have finally moved on from the Hardy Heron wallpaper. Although not as innovative and elegant, it still means something, particularly the Ubuntu circles going in circles, signifying the Ibex's horns.<br /><br />Here it is!: (At first it just looks like a brown square. Click on it to enlarge, and you will see!)</span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhviwTM0d6IrB-JJD1hZyryTVa9CFxaxz5U8seceRL2sEYp_ohco_7xczYgRc0ryMuvgowfbSlPG3xw5xnLuLZ9_ULdfw1bjG_wv6r5G2PEZmV8PCrnPjmrvJRMlZ5r_6XGvUNbBX4oiiU/s1600-h/warty-final-ubuntu.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhviwTM0d6IrB-JJD1hZyryTVa9CFxaxz5U8seceRL2sEYp_ohco_7xczYgRc0ryMuvgowfbSlPG3xw5xnLuLZ9_ULdfw1bjG_wv6r5G2PEZmV8PCrnPjmrvJRMlZ5r_6XGvUNbBX4oiiU/s320/warty-final-ubuntu.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250635241127224450" border="0" /></a><br />With GNOME 2.24 also, the wallpapers have also gotten a refresh. To keep the ISO image below 700 MB image, Ubuntu doesn't include this package by default.<br /><br />Just run "sudo aptitude install gnome-backgrounds" in the Terminal, then to view the images, run "nautilus /usr/share/backgrounds" or right-click on the Desktop and click <span style="font-style: italic;">Change Desktop Background</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskWDYHPQf1ksyP33VfkLxCOn38gqAljtFTcWkdnVJnE3GshV_-UUJ6QSaVRvoH30tP6qW4U-NMyO0R2fMxDv8i_Y_NzGW0W79ptFBFrLtXRV0QxC-tihrrFIeEHSc3aFQ0I2BqUXeW-w/s1600-h/New+Wallpapers.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskWDYHPQf1ksyP33VfkLxCOn38gqAljtFTcWkdnVJnE3GshV_-UUJ6QSaVRvoH30tP6qW4U-NMyO0R2fMxDv8i_Y_NzGW0W79ptFBFrLtXRV0QxC-tihrrFIeEHSc3aFQ0I2BqUXeW-w/s320/New+Wallpapers.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250658431999039650" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE:</span> The Intrepid wallpaper has been updated to something more hot. Not the best, but better. This is getting good: (Got from Launchpad PPA testing for Intrepid artwork, not official yet)<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fjxj12MRsoud5C_9IjcK3BU2CEt36G54tHjEH1bWcuWnb__Q5XE4X2CWaPcLszdV3JB4Uw7Gm74RBmnhVrxFhf6PS8nx1gDFWiN8dbm7BHurvVKbtmQ6IMh6nsTsOIBM2nXMk_KIpu0/s1600-h/warty-final-ubuntu.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fjxj12MRsoud5C_9IjcK3BU2CEt36G54tHjEH1bWcuWnb__Q5XE4X2CWaPcLszdV3JB4Uw7Gm74RBmnhVrxFhf6PS8nx1gDFWiN8dbm7BHurvVKbtmQ6IMh6nsTsOIBM2nXMk_KIpu0/s320/warty-final-ubuntu.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255578795496051394" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >UPDATE 2:</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> Wow, right after I update my other post regarding the theme redesign, version 0.28.1 of the <span style="font-family:courier new;">ubuntu-wallpapers</span> package <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008641.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">gets in</span></a>. Yes, the above wallpaper is confirmed as default. But the image is changed into JPEG format. <s>I will re-upload the image when the package is available.</s> It's available. I don't notice any changes, but I'll post the official one here: (the above one is from a testing Launchpad PPA of Intrepid artwork)<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoJWREMqQCnM4QGYhP3ejGL_G8cwCGmjZte7dGnvZKls7SnsTU-cGf7vVDV33MFP8MMU03cJBKdWKbQPDYH1W7HvSzlpAGeEsTY4i2X2jk6Hb9bytRPYZe30dIdmI-TYo6A-C5qnEhfU/s1600-h/New+Wallpaper+3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoJWREMqQCnM4QGYhP3ejGL_G8cwCGmjZte7dGnvZKls7SnsTU-cGf7vVDV33MFP8MMU03cJBKdWKbQPDYH1W7HvSzlpAGeEsTY4i2X2jk6Hb9bytRPYZe30dIdmI-TYo6A-C5qnEhfU/s320/New+Wallpaper+3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257080866321295618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-27121193039830478152008-09-25T09:25:00.001-07:002008-09-27T02:40:51.914-07:00Archive Managing<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Archive Manager (or File Roller, the real name) has gotten a huge lift with GNOME 2.24. Though, for some reason, the GNOME 2.24 release notes mentions nothing of it, it should be mentioned here.</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >File Roller supports four new file types! Guess what they are? They're </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >ALZ, RZIP, CAB, and TAR.7Z! How did it achieve this? By getting the help of <a href="http://p7zip.sourceforge.net/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">p7zip</span></a>, of course! Finally, no more "sudo aptitude install unalz && cd /home/exsecrabilus/Desktop && unalz file.alz"!!!<br /><br />But there is another thing that has been reworked, that no one would have noticed if it hadn't been for the <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-10-Alpha-6-Screenshot-Tour-93771.shtml"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alpha 6 screenshot tour</span></a>.<br /><br />First of all, Nautilus has a new part of it that can manage archives by itself. I don't know why this happened, and the developers of File Roller must be pissed at Nautilus for taking its job and now becoming an ultimate bloated application that also, <a href="http://ubuntunext810.blogspot.com/2008/09/file-browsing.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">has tabs</span></a>. But basically, this is how it works: You locate to the archive, right click on it, and press "Open with "Archive Mounter""; Nautilus file browser will pop up, pretending the archive is a folder. From there, you can just copy and paste the contents, like you've extracted it. This is particularly useful when you have a 1000 GB archive and want to extract one image from it.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7d2XplTorUUF7MD98JSUNfMDJpObep1Y7dIzqz4XiEiYW5U-5OhW3vbbSEtg4Alyn4ibFS_soZrG9cdQmWllLxMKILZHEsnFSgzomBZFT2iugJSqBMcjW6R1U6RpFXOxI54Kl6FdGlIM/s1600-h/Archive+Managing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7d2XplTorUUF7MD98JSUNfMDJpObep1Y7dIzqz4XiEiYW5U-5OhW3vbbSEtg4Alyn4ibFS_soZrG9cdQmWllLxMKILZHEsnFSgzomBZFT2iugJSqBMcjW6R1U6RpFXOxI54Kl6FdGlIM/s320/Archive+Managing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249998935390397570" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><br />Secondly, File Roller has now fully become a true archive manager. You can slap on a password, and if you don't feel secure even with that, you can encrypt it right there on that spot. Don't know what the option "Split in volumes of....." is, but I think it's neat. :) After reading a comment, I found out that this is for splitting the archive into separate pieces.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_vg8tIYNj3Kmew_3AuZO4E1aL1da1Ra71a3tAnKBtRonX9fvo2xw49eroY-2uWKiuCCaxKWwn0-ph9fF_zAJJvYURlp-fkInMP4BtUerjswa0q2mAIlZoenilzIRx4dbWj9j5X8gyuRY/s1600-h/Archive+Managing+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_vg8tIYNj3Kmew_3AuZO4E1aL1da1Ra71a3tAnKBtRonX9fvo2xw49eroY-2uWKiuCCaxKWwn0-ph9fF_zAJJvYURlp-fkInMP4BtUerjswa0q2mAIlZoenilzIRx4dbWj9j5X8gyuRY/s320/Archive+Managing+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249998946285244658" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >Finally. After you have chosen to extract an archive, you can choose to open the archived folder directly; this saves about two seconds of your precious life. This is lovely.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio89rxAAu2MP3u9jKPaETJL-pJc_e8JNLmWkJZ3Fpon-R6TSBMakcilnn1e7SbJLcvp9vQfy_RpiYMH2CW0j4GfUV_RWf4qit_q1AXUN39vtkXAE4-altsb7TP7i29SlVWXAZExpXYJtA/s1600-h/Archive+Managing+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio89rxAAu2MP3u9jKPaETJL-pJc_e8JNLmWkJZ3Fpon-R6TSBMakcilnn1e7SbJLcvp9vQfy_RpiYMH2CW0j4GfUV_RWf4qit_q1AXUN39vtkXAE4-altsb7TP7i29SlVWXAZExpXYJtA/s320/Archive+Managing+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249998954330883250" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /></span></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-76595426793266466842008-09-25T09:19:00.000-07:002008-10-17T08:45:23.720-07:00File Browsing<span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.24/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">GNOME 2.24 Release Notes</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">With Nautilus 2.24, file browsing for GNOME has been taken a step further. Now comes, file browsing, eject buttons in the Places sidebar, and a new Compact view! *Wait to take it all in*</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">New Compact view screenshot: (followed by a window of List view, and that followed by Icon view)</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWy_9ZO_6ZvWdKZ0l-4NxLmw0BCC8JPdtQFRnl7i-_nYFeEMnb9VHUjbZKVpwS1VEY2m02UdYapQQhDIxS7qq6wFdeefdIVteWM6_Rl1pwnEaekO3LaGRfLWHK4UYLnx0gBn-UnznGdM/s1600-h/File+Browsing+2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWy_9ZO_6ZvWdKZ0l-4NxLmw0BCC8JPdtQFRnl7i-_nYFeEMnb9VHUjbZKVpwS1VEY2m02UdYapQQhDIxS7qq6wFdeefdIVteWM6_Rl1pwnEaekO3LaGRfLWHK4UYLnx0gBn-UnznGdM/s320/File+Browsing+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249995245231664610" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Tab browsing in effect, along with the new Eject button for ejectable items in the sidebar:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwigwuHZ3_DJhyphenhyphen9_8okH0xZo7QLmnm6AtPEL9gejZ3ZPEbPDGv7lOjjXnA0gDhGJO4pgI7g2bq5xrldlT-HF2NjW0iWZHnSMq6_gbpHGL1Er9VTJJKgkw7eyoXwG6e2mwpkdwJAXzM_c/s1600-h/File+Browsing.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwigwuHZ3_DJhyphenhyphen9_8okH0xZo7QLmnm6AtPEL9gejZ3ZPEbPDGv7lOjjXnA0gDhGJO4pgI7g2bq5xrldlT-HF2NjW0iWZHnSMq6_gbpHGL1Er9VTJJKgkw7eyoXwG6e2mwpkdwJAXzM_c/s320/File+Browsing.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249995248404229522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">But not very impressive. KDE 4 with Dolphin already achieved this, but I never noticed it for some reason, even when I installed KDE 4.1. The KDE team needs to emphasize more on new features with cool screenshots instead of just saying it with one sentence in the changelog and have nobody notice it. But everyone uses Nautilus, so this is good.</span><br /><br /></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-59141003328823970372008-09-20T07:19:00.000-07:002008-09-20T07:20:32.466-07:00Late Again: Alpha 6<span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://ubuntunextnews.blogspot.com/2008/09/late-again-alpha-6.html"><span style="font-family: lucida grande; font-weight: bold;">http://ubuntunextnews.blogspot.com/2008/09/late-again-alpha-6.html</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;">Thank you.</span></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-79662396254455256452008-09-07T06:21:00.000-07:002008-10-16T07:15:25.642-07:00LiveUSB Creator<span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/USBInstallationImages"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ubuntu Blueprint</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> | </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/006362.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> | </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/006599.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> intrepid-changes Announcement 2</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> | </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/006668.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 3</span></a><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;" > | </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007050.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 4</span></a><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;" > | </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007402.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 5</span></a><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;" > | </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007591.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 6</span></a><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;" > | </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007620.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 7</span></a><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> | </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008828.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 8</span></a><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhku0c9It1VNOVbiPeWMj_f-EsJZ__DRXBIR6NoLgdHAmGNWjWsLGYtYjWH7H5ZYpkgzr3XHqUkTYoaptregD9xW_QlEP3_cCQQKHpG8rJ9UXtPbQAqWklfZMwXtVqqnyjN78v47Cwi4bw/s1600-h/LiveUSB+Creator.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhku0c9It1VNOVbiPeWMj_f-EsJZ__DRXBIR6NoLgdHAmGNWjWsLGYtYjWH7H5ZYpkgzr3XHqUkTYoaptregD9xW_QlEP3_cCQQKHpG8rJ9UXtPbQAqWklfZMwXtVqqnyjN78v47Cwi4bw/s320/LiveUSB+Creator.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257422117883048338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Ubuntu, deciding that 8.10 would run on all types of computers, which includes subnotebooks without CD/DVD drives, has taken on a project to convert CD ISO images into USB-compatible images that will provide a full Live CD desktop right from the USB.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Strangely, nobody has heard anything of this project since the blueprint got accepted, and everybody assumed it was dead, probably proposed by a developer who dreams of possibilities, but is too lazy to work for that dream.<br /><br />But a few days ago, intrepid-changes made an announcement with a package named usb-creator, version 0.1, commented "initial release." Weird it appears so suddenly a week after Intrepid's feature freeze.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">However, a member of Ubuntu Forums </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5737452#post5737452"><span style="font-weight: bold;">noticed</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> that there was another similar project, and was curious if that project was the one in Intrepid. Nobody knew the answer, until another member posted an IRC chat he had had with an Ubuntu developer.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">The explanation is </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5738908#post5738908"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">. No, the poster says, they are not the same projects, and with good reason too. The Ubuntu team is aware of that application already, but they have found it more conveniant, more easy, and more quick to just start from scratch rather than modify the already-built code to meet Ubuntu's requirements.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Then, some might say, why doesn't Ubuntu just use Fedora's already-built and more mature program that does the same thing? The answer again lies in the above link. Fedora's LiveUSB application is written in PyQT, and Ubuntu wants a pure breed, not mixed front-ends and back-ends that are different.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">The initial release, version 0.1, was made public to testers of Intrepid roughly three days ago, but we have yet to hear of how fully it does its job.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE:</span> Apparently this project is fully alive and is receiving a great amount of attention from developers. You could see that, by noticing at the top of this post, I have added more links from announcements by intrepid-changes. Refer to those if you're wanting to get technical and want to see all changes.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE 2:</span> Added two more intrepid-changes links. (The last two.)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE 3:</span> Screenshot.<br /></span></span><br /></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-44989649541635306292008-09-02T06:14:00.000-07:002008-10-15T09:17:18.202-07:00System Cleaner<span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CleanupCruft"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ubuntu Blueprint</span></a><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;" > | </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007027.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 1</span></a><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;" > | </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008049.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 2</span></a><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008759.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 3</span></a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Hear this: If you don't update with Update Manager, 100% of packages, configuration files, and well, cruft, are left behind after you upgrade whatever packages you upgrade. Update Manager removes 50 to 75 percent of that leftover kernel, that library file, and everything else, while apt, or Synaptic just don't. So whenever you hear somebody say "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade" etc. don't listen to them. Just run "sudo apt-get update" and upgrade the packages you want using Update Manager.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">But back to this blog. A blueprint has been proposed for Intrepid to help "cleanup cruft" that will remove 99% (or so said) leftover files after updating. It sounds really exciting, but I don't mind it. I have a lot of disk space, and I like manually finding out useless files and deleting them. One thing I am concerned about this is the bloat this will cause. Why create a separate application? Why not just implement this into Update Manager that will run silently in the background while Update Manager does its usual job? We'll have to wait and see.<br /><br />However, if you checked <a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=system-cleaner"><span style="font-weight: bold;">its entry</span></a> on <a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/">http://packages.ubuntu.com/</a> , you will notice that it is in the Universe repository, not in the Main repository. It also has a GTK front-end, meaning it's a command-line program otherwise. Obviously Ubuntu's waiting for this to become necessary, bug-less, fully-functional and mature.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE:</span> Last paragraph updated, and intrepid-changes link added.<br /></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-69525489189432921902008-09-01T05:21:00.000-07:002008-09-29T11:33:33.887-07:00Guest Session<span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Specs/Intrepid/GuestAccount"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ubuntu Blueprint</span></a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4epf3rFOSXt23F1Qn8TdJbSl52DcgJnDMCc2llCHhhqOoPH74HjMvgd9zDorQ12PniaorfoEdUhchjPX3S59u5qfa3tzj8omPn388D8X-ostaM-ZF-7NhLbFR2CyIZoFSKtfyNkkNHE/s1600-h/Guest+Session.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4epf3rFOSXt23F1Qn8TdJbSl52DcgJnDMCc2llCHhhqOoPH74HjMvgd9zDorQ12PniaorfoEdUhchjPX3S59u5qfa3tzj8omPn388D8X-ostaM-ZF-7NhLbFR2CyIZoFSKtfyNkkNHE/s320/Guest+Session.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242909583458946434" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><br />This part from the release notes pretty much summarizes what this feature is:<br /><br /></span><blockquote style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The User Switcher panel applet (package fast-user-switch-applet) now provides an extra entry for starting a Guest session. This creates a temporary password-less user account with restricted privileges: the account cannot access any users' home directories, nor permanently store data. This is sufficiently safe to lend your laptop to someone else for a quick email check, or to use it as a surf station for guests in your house.</span></blockquote><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><br />It is a nice implementation, and a nice security idea to not show it at login, but they are thinking about it, if the Ubuntu dvelopers can contact the GDM developers.<br /><br />Use cases? Well, one user on <a href="http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/1474/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brainstorm</span></a> explained his opinion on this issue clearly and directly:<br /><br /></span><blockquote style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Its good because sometimes my sis or mom nag on me to use the computer.<br /><br />And <span style="font-weight: bold;">I don't want them to </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">find my porno</span>, or accidentally delete my files.<br /><br />And having the guest account get purged on logout, make me so I don't have to have their crap on my system when they logout. </span> </blockquote><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><br />Looking forward to everything in 8.10. :D<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE:</span> There is another way to make a guest account. This is better, in my opinion, in case you want the guest account for your family and you want them to be able to save their work, and you want to place some icons on the desktop for easy navigation. (Thanks to Nathan, in the comments!)<br /><br />Go Applications → Accessories → Terminal, and type in:<br /></span><ul style="font-family:courier new;"><li><span style="font-size:85%;">sudo adduser NAMEOFUSER<name_of_account></name_of_account></span></li></ul><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >And type in any password. Confirm. Ignore when it asks you to fill in personal information. Now to remove the password:<br /></span><ul style="font-family:lucida grande;"><li><span style="font-size:85%;">sudo passwd -d <name_of_account></name_of_account></span></li></ul><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >And to let GDM allow password-less logins:<br /></span><ul style="font-family:lucida grande;"><li><span style="font-size:85%;">sudo gedit /etc/pam.d/gdm</span></li></ul><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >Right above @include common-auth, write:<br /></span><ul style="font-family:lucida grande;"><li><span style="font-size:85%;">auth sufficient pam_listfile.so sense=allow file=/etc/passwordless item=user</span></li></ul><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >Second part of letting GDM allow passwordlesses:<br /></span><ul style="font-family:lucida grande;"><li><span style="font-size:85%;">sudo gedit /etc/passwordless</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">And add the exact username of the guest.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE 2:</span> I have finally found a screenshot of the guest option in the User Switcher applet. </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://polishlinux.org/linux/ubuntu/whats-new-in-ubuntu-810/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thank you, "Admin"</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">!</span><br /><br /></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-69159533679344289022008-08-30T03:38:00.000-07:002008-09-08T10:32:58.729-07:00PackageKit<span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Specs/PackageKitIntrepid"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ubuntu Blueprint 1</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> | </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Specs/PackageKit"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ubuntu Blueprint 2</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> | </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.packagekit.org/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Website</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> | </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.packagekit.org/pk-screenshots.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screenshots</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">PackageKit is available in Intrepid's Universe repository.<br /><br />I see that as a disappointment, because I thought it was going to be pre-installed and help make better updating, as one of Intrepid's blueprints <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Specs/PackageKitIntrepid"><span style="font-weight: bold;">said</span></a>. Just providing it in Universe will not do anything, I assume, because users won't know what to do with PackageKit or what it is. (In fact, the specs say work hasn't even started on it. #$?@*!.....)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">I hope Ubuntu will pre-install it, and then maybe I can rejoice and update this post to include more details.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE:</span> Work has started! Please help test in Hardy and Intrepid by seeing <a href="http://www.glatzor.de/blog/blog-details/select_category/1/article/packagekit-call-for-testing/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=4&cHash=394ae6b1d7"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a>.<br /></span><br /></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-27585527836372574162008-08-30T03:29:00.001-07:002008-10-15T09:34:53.749-07:00Ubiquity Refresh<span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbiquityVisualRefresh">Ubuntu Blueprint</a> | </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><strong><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-August/004974.html">intrepid-changes Announcement 1</a></strong> | </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><strong><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-August/005228.html">intrepid-changes Announcement 2</a></strong> | </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><strong><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-August/005696.html">intrepid-changes Announcement 3</a></strong> |</span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" > <strong><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/006278.html">intrepid-changes Announcement 4</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/006556.html">intrepid-changes Announcement 5</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/006932.html">intrepid-changes Announcement 6</a></strong> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007060.html"><strong>intrepid-changes Announcement 7</strong></a> | <strong><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007093.html">intrepid-changes Announcement 8</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007111.html">intrepid-changes Announcement 9</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007120.html">intrepid-changes Announcement 10</a></strong> | <strong><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007142.html">intrepid-changes Announcement 11</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> | </span><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007507.html">intrepid-changes Announcement 12</a></strong> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007696.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 13</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007741.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 14</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/007815.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 15</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008764.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 16</span></a><br /><br />Mostly everyone who's interested in the <a href="http://ubuntucentral810.blogspot.com/2008/08/theme-overhaul.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">theme overhaul</span></a> would also be int</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">erested in the Ubiquity theme overhaul. (Ubiquity is the Ubuntu Installer; it's what installs an Ubuntu system from the Live CD.)</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >This has been accepted for Intrepid, but so far, all I've seen is an "<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/images/extra/LINUX/large/ubuntu810alpha4-large_011.jpg"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><s>Automatically sign in</s></span></a>" checkbox option added at the fifth step "Who are you?" </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><strong>By checking intrepid-changes, I have learned that it is now "Sign in automatically" for better integration with the rest of the system.</strong> </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >I wouldn't call that a "refresh," and afte</span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >r reading the blueprint page, I'm still expecting:</span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><ul style="font-family:lucida grande;"><li><span style="font-size:85%;">A slideshow that presents what Ubuntu is while Ubiquity installs Ubuntu.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">A meter that shows you how strong your password is while you type it in.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">A new world map for better usability at the step where you set the time and date.</span></li></ul><p><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi015vwnu8keC-r9WJe4ohWe4mXT_3TIVEv2IoHo8cw-V_1V1b_ordKg1CkILOvzFVJjC3eBN8opuDw0JCVYFPriY7I4KHrUwblkbys1hTjMNksIqY_Lkqvr33KYjEC8Ru-4kKYZp71ufs/s320/Ubiquity+Refresh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240673821637367106" border="0" /></p><p><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Ubiquity reform has begun. The partitioning step has been redesigned, so said on the blueprint. Also said, was that, Banshee's equalizer graphics will be used in Ubiquity. So it was true.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></p><p><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNUEXLZymGEyVLevMcmSzzY19J4zJw3QLz13QESMIg13rzPIe7fLytlNihKHKI83dGJ_MiUKqd-hGneFvBoZMLPMGHMZBrYnm2aZSJXeSik_p_vRxDSqClebvSlkZ5CQVtGJZze57Pxv-/s320/Ubiquity+Refresh+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248107530340247282" border="0" /></p><p><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6o3B9qO2ySI_zKf0jxL6Td85LBUP8Rk-FK3nef5ibG73fVZIG13aGk5Tie4nyo3scncYOEY0SixJg1aZIQwucpHe4i4UkhA78VdZ0DHDrq_EQ5-s-3acW5T4QyAdRq29ip8y5rBW9abqE/s320/Ubiquity+Refresh+3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248107532601104210" border="0" /></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:85%;">UPDATE:</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> intrepid-changes links, and the new Alpha 6 refresh also.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /></span></p>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-47672193908511515452008-08-30T03:21:00.000-07:002008-10-24T08:37:59.209-07:00Theme Overhaul<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Yes, it is the thing everybody has expected in 8.10 ever since Ubuntu announced "We're pushing back the theme redesign to Intrepid. We have too much things on our hands for 8.04 Hardy right now." and everyone groaned "NOOOOO! We're stuck with that lame Human theme again! @$&*#!!!!!"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">However, Ubuntu is not going to disappoint its fans again, because this time, it did change the theme: to NewHuman, a dark variant of Human. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Apparently this was again met with flames from everyone who's tested Alpha 1 to 3 to everyone who's seen screenshots </span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">of it, calling it names and throwing sticks at it. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br />Here is a screenshot of the plain Live CD desktop <span style="font-weight: bold;">Alpha 1-3</span>, provided by <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-10-Alpha-3-Screenshot-Tour-90732.shtml"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Softpedia</span></a>:<br /></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw61zskeAnyI9zyt9wUBQYm6D8KA-nNSRKWddPUkjtpgfDS1A1vTrEQeZlxSZxw4YvqjOnMek8iYd4naM5VrTHneIT5KW8xnSkGSB3SFRBcapXb4lRjyY1I9HQWUzTLtXTEaKcI4V1-kU/s1600-h/Ubuntu+8.10+Alpha+3+Desktop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw61zskeAnyI9zyt9wUBQYm6D8KA-nNSRKWddPUkjtpgfDS1A1vTrEQeZlxSZxw4YvqjOnMek8iYd4naM5VrTHneIT5KW8xnSkGSB3SFRBcapXb4lRjyY1I9HQWUzTLtXTEaKcI4V1-kU/s320/Ubuntu+8.10+Alpha+3+Desktop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240674366871301730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />I disagree. If one has ever actually tried the NewHuman, he/she would find that its colors are smooth and easy on the eyes. If he/she has ever themed, (or heard the tale of somebody theme,) he/she'll know that it's very hard to come up with a pleasing, dark theme that's easy on the eyes. It really is.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">I'm not sure if Ubuntu heard the public outcry that came with Alphas 1 to 3, or if it was just a bug that forced users to do so, but if you got your hands on Alpha 4 and tried booting from it, you got a horribly messed up theme and a notification popped up saying "The Human theme is not installed." But if you checked System → Preferences → Appearance, you would see that NewHuman, Human, Human-Clearlooks, Human-Murrine, etc. were all there. It's just that if you tried selecting Human, it wouldn't work, but all other themes would. Either this was a mistake and developers switched back to Human, or it was switched back to Human-Murrine and something went wrong.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Here is another Live CD desktop screenshot </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Alpha 4-Alpha 6</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">, again provided by</span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-10-Alpha-4-Screenshot-Tour-91907.shtml"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Softpedia</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkIHI65zt3WkukF3sA09gZGkRqH4D13yQEKtHFIoQ6gSk7KwhFvwNlKhzLdH_vK62NCM9SKPLsmRbacVkD69vN7SwCM5t1mZ3lc0VTIcYeocgfRcjpEOs3uQRKGow363Z69bpJS6iWbs/s1600-h/Ubuntu+8.10+Alpha+4+Desktop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkIHI65zt3WkukF3sA09gZGkRqH4D13yQEKtHFIoQ6gSk7KwhFvwNlKhzLdH_vK62NCM9SKPLsmRbacVkD69vN7SwCM5t1mZ3lc0VTIcYeocgfRcjpEOs3uQRKGow363Z69bpJS6iWbs/s320/Ubuntu+8.10+Alpha+4+Desktop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240674371499954338" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><br />Alpha 6 has passed, and the Beta has come and gone. But no theme redesign. I am curious as to what's going on in the Ministry of Ubuntu Artwork (miniubuart in Newspeak) that this is happening. Normally, if Ubuntu can't do something it promises, it lets its fans know beforehand. But no news whatsoever with the artwork has come out. What I'm thinking is Mr.Shuttleworth is planning a theme redesign so grand that not even the developers know of it. That's why the crappy wallpaper got in. The day before the release, Mr.Shuttleworth will bring to the devs a whole new theme, and the devs will be pissed that they had tried to make a new theme when there already had been one, made by professional designers that Mr.Shuttleworth hired. Then people will praise Ubuntu and so again until 9.04. But so are my hopes.<br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><br />Finally, the 8.10 <span style="font-weight: bold;">Beta</span> Live CD desktop, again provided by<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-10-Beta-Screenshot-Tour-94796.shtml"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Softpedia</span></a>:</span><br /><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zuzZhZYtjzy5U41cvZKz1q5h59zq-l-JOHcon4dq_IHePp95qgVL8K4Ati9kFtGDiAEQ1tnmBFFE9-38q1uSNMx2CyFpUWDI0VY5HmXOW1gj89S1eWUosDmt8EV3dnR0lD4N7zVbbgU/s1600-h/Ubuntu+8.10+Beta+Desktop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zuzZhZYtjzy5U41cvZKz1q5h59zq-l-JOHcon4dq_IHePp95qgVL8K4Ati9kFtGDiAEQ1tnmBFFE9-38q1uSNMx2CyFpUWDI0VY5HmXOW1gj89S1eWUosDmt8EV3dnR0lD4N7zVbbgU/s320/Ubuntu+8.10+Beta+Desktop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257009719457622834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">After Beta, there is still more news. First, a </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://ubuntunext810.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-wallpaper.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">new wallpaper</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">. Next, Human theme gone. Human-Murrine renamed to Human. Goodbye Human! Then, </span><span style="font-family:courier new;">gtk2-engines-ubuntulooks</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> no longer supported. NewHuman theme (see first screenshot in this post) </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008627.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">renamed</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> to DarkRoom. Gay. Then, a new panel picture </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008627.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">custom-made</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> by a developer. That's it for now.<br /><br />The above-mentioned custom-made panel image makes its appearance in the release candidate of Ubuntu 8.10. An empty LiveCD desktop is below, courtesy of <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-10-Release-Candidate-Screenshot-Tour-96353.shtml"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Softpedia</span></a>:<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLMO81U_5UjqYPGEyzVVHx45_Ffle8J1Nq7dl0LVDrSR74hxDhL69CI_aFIRNARZDlEzkZVHHrwN6T_bZO9uaKizmpXNUR33XQaVXIW5ZlgOJoVfIl8F9HaL35EWIKMpztWdHNbR1Er8/s1600-h/Ubuntu+8.10+RC+Desktop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLMO81U_5UjqYPGEyzVVHx45_Ffle8J1Nq7dl0LVDrSR74hxDhL69CI_aFIRNARZDlEzkZVHHrwN6T_bZO9uaKizmpXNUR33XQaVXIW5ZlgOJoVfIl8F9HaL35EWIKMpztWdHNbR1Er8/s320/Ubuntu+8.10+RC+Desktop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260744831160073746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />The new panel images are kind of weird. Not 3D, yet not flat. The background is nice though, now that it's finally wide and not square-ish.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Changelog<br /></span>Unknown: Well, we are <a href="http://ubuntunextnews.blogspot.com/2008/09/alpha-5-released.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">into Alpha 5</span></a> and theme is still unchanged. I had my doubts.<br />Unknown: Didn't update this for a long time. See last few paragraphs.<br />10/24/08: New panel transparency, RC screenshot.<br /></span><br /></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-90637299902827436022008-08-30T01:53:00.000-07:002008-09-20T11:39:10.578-07:00Quit Menu Redesign<span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Specs/ExitStrategy"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ubuntu Blueprint</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /></span></span><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Sx-ZgB2G-pOKI81nPOWc2oB0phWAVvb41ungiwITWZBno0WUQZudUDiPNI5pbPJK6Us2JV8Sx-X-TOakUp7FjTOGdvvDrnU3I2b4VHfHGUElgr1Pmh6KRq_QJgZlwRq7quWuc65UgQo/s1600-h/Quit+Menu+Redesign+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Sx-ZgB2G-pOKI81nPOWc2oB0phWAVvb41ungiwITWZBno0WUQZudUDiPNI5pbPJK6Us2JV8Sx-X-TOakUp7FjTOGdvvDrnU3I2b4VHfHGUElgr1Pmh6KRq_QJgZlwRq7quWuc65UgQo/s320/Quit+Menu+Redesign+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248173835145433314" border="0" /></a></p><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />GNOME has finally redesigned their <span style="font-family:courier new;">Quit...</span> menu. You can see from the screenshot that now, it looks very similar to Mac OS Leopard's. Nevertheless, copying Leopard is better than copying XP. One step away from Windows is one further step away from sudden failures.<br /><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />But back on topic. I have got to say, this looks beautiful. The <span style="font-family:courier new;">Quit...</span> menu now looks like a plain window that functions like everything other application and better integrates with.....well, everything. Perhaps maybe soon, they'd switch that <span style="font-family:courier new;">gksudo</span> that dims your whole screen and you can't do anything else but type in your password or press "Cancel" with the new PolicyKit's "Unlock." button.<br /><br />There is a bug though, if you click Shut Down, you get taken to your login menu, and you have to shutdown from there. "Investigation of this issue is ongoing" and it's on the list of bugs to be fixed for Alpha 5.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Another neat thing I've been informed of is when you try to shut down, log off, etc. with (an) application(s) open, a notification will pop up stating you must close all applications first. I have no opinion over this. And no screenshot.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE:</span> A very nice user, Swatinem, has given me a picture of the comparisons between Hardy and Intrepid of the "quit menu redesign." Here it is: (Thanks, Swatinem!)<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5r70lzD5WhsOAmt_TQeJPV9Q1pIVtqs9jyTc-Cy90tKvjrb7w6DeJXM2sdAAvmlpqHAuWqoByqUlZSpQkd7CTe8lcIkY7HwTwkt66SUkJ89IZIX9RZnJv0NHAPzhw0uPy_QFOeWQEfL0/s1600-h/Quit+Menu+Redesign.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5r70lzD5WhsOAmt_TQeJPV9Q1pIVtqs9jyTc-Cy90tKvjrb7w6DeJXM2sdAAvmlpqHAuWqoByqUlZSpQkd7CTe8lcIkY7HwTwkt66SUkJ89IZIX9RZnJv0NHAPzhw0uPy_QFOeWQEfL0/s320/Quit+Menu+Redesign.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241024476784952626" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><strong>UPDATE 2:</strong> It seems with the latest version of GNOME, this was updated again. Users complained that, in the previous menu, hover-over will bring up a help sentence of each option, but in the new menu, no help was available for any of the options. Not to worry. It has been re-layouted, better mimicking an actual window and having a Help button at the bottom-left of it just like every other application!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-10-Alpha-6-Screenshot-Tour-93771.shtml"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></a></span></span></p>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-17853598952695013562008-08-30T00:51:00.000-07:002008-10-17T09:15:43.365-07:00Adobe Flash 10<span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FlashExperienceIntrepid"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ubuntu Blueprint</span></a> | <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/releasenotes.html">Release Notes</a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-May/000579.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 1</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-July/002906.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> intrepid-changes Announcement 2</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008770.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 3</span></a><br /><br />Ubuntu has upgraded its </span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >flashplugin-nonfree</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> package in its Multiverse repository to Adobe Flash 10.</span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUJCg_4Cta-eo_-RskXCnQMxPkpMWl-fHUxVQ57Oq0uLuwIoa3-iI2D_3J9RKEr0xDop31u1n5di-NJk5TtPfPjlCnQjXzjTgcJG-mkT9BLntkkASbM7_zHjFD9svCGpBhD8HjisJzaU/s1600-h/Adobe+Flash+10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUJCg_4Cta-eo_-RskXCnQMxPkpMWl-fHUxVQ57Oq0uLuwIoa3-iI2D_3J9RKEr0xDop31u1n5di-NJk5TtPfPjlCnQjXzjTgcJG-mkT9BLntkkASbM7_zHjFD9svCGpBhD8HjisJzaU/s320/Adobe+Flash+10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240676630957716466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Flash 10 is a significant release for the Linux community, which suffers heavily from not being able to view Flash files to having to deal with tremendously annoying bugs. The Ubuntu team thought they would do something about that, and upgrade to the (even though beta) 10th release of Adobe Flash.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><s>However, with Intrepid's feature freeze taken into being yesterday, it is a bit saddening; because there is a giant bug in Flash 10 beta 2 (which is in Intrepid's repo) that makes Firefox crash when playing Flash files. Flash 10 RC addresses this issue, but there are no signs of updating for Ubuntu. You can try filing a bug [needs-packaging] but you must provide a really good reason for the developers to upgrade that package. Apparently, there is a good reason, and somebody should report that on Launchpad. (Not me, I'm too lazy.) :P</s><br /><br />Wow. A great time has passed, and a significant move in Linux Flash support has come and gone. Flash 10 is out, and I can't believe I have heard nothing about it--that is, until I received a note from intrepid-changes that, Flash 10 final got into Intrepid! I quickly went over to the <a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&promoid=DJDZP"><span style="font-weight: bold;">download page</span></a> of Adobe, and sure enough, they have replaced Flash 9, and has its own official DEBs for Ubuntu! Well this fixes the above mentioned bug, and, wow, just wow, this is so great!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Changelog</span><br /></span></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">10/16/08: Added all the intrepid-changes links. And updated whole post.</span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /></span></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-12998964165020028652008-08-29T06:52:00.000-07:002008-10-14T06:51:12.029-07:00Compiz (Fusion) 0.7.8<span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-June/002036.html">intrepid-changes Announcement 1</a> | </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-June/002793.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 2</span></a> | </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-July/003567.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 3</span></a> | </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-August/004949.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 4</span></a> | </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-August/004990.html"><span>intrepid-changes Announcement 5</span></a> | </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-August/005358.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 6</span></a> | </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-August/005423.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 7</span></a> | </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-August/006110.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 8</span></a> | </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/006412.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 9</span></a> | </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/006890.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 10</span></a> | </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007063.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 11</span></a> | </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007068.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 12</span></a></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> | </span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007101.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 13</span></a> | <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2008-September/003196.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">0.7.8 Release Announcement</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007645.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 14</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007743.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 15</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008053.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 16</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008276.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 17</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008471.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 18</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008607.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 19</span></a><br /><br />With Hardy for some reason, Ubuntu shipped Compiz (Fusion) 0.7.4, even though that was soon overcome by 0.7.6. This time, though, they aren't going to be treading behind, they've chosen 0.8.0 for 8.10! (Though I doubt 0.8.0 will be released in time, but that's what the Ubuntu wiki said. Eh. Seems to me like 0.7.8 will make it, however.)<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">The breath-taking-away cube-deformation, the cylinder (not shown here) and the sphere (shown here):</span><br /></span><br /><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs0yEFuDnzJgOlDkaQAHef5TtwhxBWFVoC4V-1hOz_lyErE5nFL2eXHwEr7ptbucNsEyn_uvH4W4lhmWqGkyiXGH_3TwHj8tQaWQiUkW5wXJnZmJay1h5qvdvvuw01zx-Ehp4xssAELtg/s1600-h/Compiz+%28Fusion%29+0.7.7+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs0yEFuDnzJgOlDkaQAHef5TtwhxBWFVoC4V-1hOz_lyErE5nFL2eXHwEr7ptbucNsEyn_uvH4W4lhmWqGkyiXGH_3TwHj8tQaWQiUkW5wXJnZmJay1h5qvdvvuw01zx-Ehp4xssAELtg/s320/Compiz+%28Fusion%29+0.7.7+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248119092253531490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Well, um.....that's all.....um, well, that's all that I noticed, ahem, about *cough* Compiz 0.7.7.....does anyone have, you know, a link or know anything more about, ahem, Compiz (Fusion) 0.7.7?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE:</span> Added thousands of links from intrepid-changes. :)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >UPDATE 2:</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> I can't believe I forgot the new Cube Deformation.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE 3:</span> Compiz 0.7.8 stable finally got in. Added announcement link, removed Stackswitch (as it's not part of default Compiz) and added the latest intrepid-changes links. Seems like there's a new plugin called "Mousepolls."<br /></span><br /></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-30758784617651405762008-08-29T06:44:00.000-07:002008-09-23T08:32:45.888-07:00Failsafe BulletProofX<span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-July/025723.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ubuntu Proposal</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> | </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjU3Mw">Article</a></span><br /><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><br />BulletProofX, the failsafe login session mode which you should use when you, for some reason, can't log in normally, is causing problems more than it's rescuing computers. It was implemented in Ubuntu 7.10 as a back-up for when your graphic card and X.Org got screwed up and nothing would work; but now, without proper support for Xrandr, Ubuntu's thinking of dropping it. As "Bryce" says (from the proposal link):<br /><br /></span><blockquote style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Pending that, I'm wondering if we should just switch off bulletproof-x mode for now? The 'xfix' option (which essentially just does a "dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg") will cover the case of an invalid xorg.conf; Jockey and Envy-NG are covering the proprietary module installation/configuration better; other BPX use cases are largely obsolete with current "config-less" X.org.</span></blockquote><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><br />I'm pretty much convinced they should drop BulletProofX. Besides, it frees more space on the ISO for other thing we need right? Like "Bryce" said, Jockey and EnvyNG </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >are</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> actually getting better at managing drivers.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE:</span> Looks like it's going to live after all. I can't get technical, since I don't know fully about BulletProofX, but be certain to check <a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_bulletproofx_2&num=1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a>., then <a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjczNA"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a>. (The second link is a follow-up of the first link by the same author.)<br /></span><br /></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-14372704842042109552008-08-28T06:37:00.001-07:002008-09-04T08:43:58.731-07:00Encrypted ~/Private Directory<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EncryptedPrivateDirectory"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ubuntu Blueprint</span></a></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />A cool feature gets introduced in Intrepid, and it's called "Encrypted Private Directory." As of now, you need to install it manually and run some commands, but it will get sorted out by the final release.<br /><br />What this does is it makes a secret folder in your Home Folder (/home/your_username) and if you try to view the contents without knowing the passphrase, whatever you try to view becomes random blocks and letters. Pretty neat, huh?<br /><br />Here is how you can test this and also, use it, if you want (of course, you have to have 8.10 running.) Open up GNOME Terminal (Terminal) by going <span style="font-family:courier new;">Applications → Accessories → Terminal</span>. (Type in one line, and press Enter, then another, and Enter, etc.):<br /></span></span><ul><li style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">sudo aptitude install ecryptfs-utils</span></li><li style="font-family:courier new;"><tt><s>sudo auth-client-config -p ecryptfs_standard -t pam-auth,pam-session,pam-password</s></tt></li><li face="courier new"><span style="font-size:85%;">ecryptfs-setup-private</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">That's it, just follow the on-screen instructions. I didn't test this myself, so I may be leaving some things out. Tell me in a comment!<br /><br />P.S. By the way, <span style="font-family:courier new;">~</span> stands for <span style="font-family:courier new;">/home/your_username</span>. (Ex. <span style="font-family:courier new;">~/Private</span> would be a folder whose location is <span style="font-family:courier new;">/home/your_username/Private</span>.)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE:</span> No need to mention <span style="font-family:courier new;">auto-client-config</span>. Edited it.<br /><br /></span></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-35665744922257997742008-08-28T06:27:00.000-07:002008-08-31T06:59:25.835-07:00Network Manager 0.7<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/networkmanager-07-feature-list/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Feature List</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> | </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/3GNetworkingIntrepid"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ubuntu Blueprint</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> | </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-August/000467.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ubuntu Announcement</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> | <a href="http://www.darrenalbers.net/blog/?p=9"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screenshots</span></a><br /><br />A few days ago, Ubuntu snatched an SVN copy of Network Manager 0.7, which has finally, after thousands of years of development, reached maturity.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHkjG0iGVbxw9zlMIpbyVz6oYDMB-41JKdZMuVy51PJUueuZE65cxV7e93EBwrLmf4x3om1IvE-DSIYT0vzPFZmz6GCGZsJvAQfmL9rWoOh7fm-7-6aYn1JNM-RE8D-q5obGEePNrEwE/s1600-h/Network+Manager+0.7.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHkjG0iGVbxw9zlMIpbyVz6oYDMB-41JKdZMuVy51PJUueuZE65cxV7e93EBwrLmf4x3om1IvE-DSIYT0vzPFZmz6GCGZsJvAQfmL9rWoOh7fm-7-6aYn1JNM-RE8D-q5obGEePNrEwE/s320/Network+Manager+0.7.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240680239917594370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />Ubuntu intends to use this as a base to edit the app slightly to better implement "built-in 3G networking support."<br /><br />Taken from the 8.10 release notes, (which I edited some myself):<br /><br /><blockquote>Intrepid Ibex ships Network Manager 0.7, which comes with long-expected features, some of which are:<br /><ul><li> Ability to manage system wide settings (Ex. No need to log in in order to get a connection.)</li><li> Ability to manage 3G connections (GSM/CDMA.)</li><li> Ability to manage multiple active devices at once.</li><li> Ability to manage PPP and PPPOE connections.</li><li> Ability to manage devices with static IP configurations.</li><li> Ability to manage routes for devices.</li></ul>More information can be found on the <a href="http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager">Network Manager wiki</a>.</blockquote><br />So, as you can see Network Manager 0.7 is a huge leap from 0.6.6, which 8.04 currently has. This was part of what I meant as to how Ubuntu's default applications' major version releases fit <a href="http://ubuntucentral810.blogspot.com/2008/08/minor-application-updates.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">nicely into Intrepid's release schedule</span></a>.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnqvVVcvukUVsOanghrbEJgUHpFctYHGyHI48mAbWAw4CnARO_nLdiP5JldNB0ezE-y0VVmqzt0m5MFaBMplfGKgbz55hlgkEJCC-sESfn9Bh3L-L0RxpX1-Om7e6ukETYWUhVuHBmS3Q/s1600-h/Network+Manager+0.7+2.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnqvVVcvukUVsOanghrbEJgUHpFctYHGyHI48mAbWAw4CnARO_nLdiP5JldNB0ezE-y0VVmqzt0m5MFaBMplfGKgbz55hlgkEJCC-sESfn9Bh3L-L0RxpX1-Om7e6ukETYWUhVuHBmS3Q/s320/Network+Manager+0.7+2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240680242099661906" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /></span></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-87656801162115280462008-08-28T06:14:00.000-07:002008-10-15T09:33:03.946-07:00Reference Links<span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >Here are good links about Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex.<br /><br />Release notes:<br /></span><ul style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;" ><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/beta"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beta</span></a>.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/alpha6"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alpha 6</span></a>.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/alpha5"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alpha 5</span></a>.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/alpha4"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alpha 4</span></a>.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/alpha3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alpha 3</span></a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/alpha2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alpha 2</span></a>.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/alpha1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alpha 1</span></a>.<br /></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >Screenshot tours:<br /></span><ul style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;" ><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-10-Beta-Screenshot-Tour-94796.shtml"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beta</span></a>.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-10-Alpha-6-Screenshot-Tour-93771.shtml"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alpha 6</span></a>.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-10-Alpha-5-Screenshot-Tour-93089.shtml"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alpha 5</span></a>.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-10-Alpha-4-Screenshot-Tour-91907.shtml"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alpha 4</span></a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-10-Alpha-3-Screenshot-Tour-90732.shtml"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alpha 3</span></a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-10-Alpha-2-Screenshot-Tour-89806.shtml"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alpha 2</span></a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-10-Alpha-1-Screenshot-Tour-89049.shtml"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alpha 1</span></a>.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >Reviews:</span><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><ul style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;" ><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.headshotgamer.com/review.aspx?id=71">Alpha 4</a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.headshotgamer.com/review.aspx?id=62"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alpha 2</span></a>.<br /></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >Other links:<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" > <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://fabrizioballiano.net/2008/07/19/10-2-things-youll-get-with-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex/">10 + 2 Things You'll Get With</a>.</span><br /></li></ul>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-27062338637165841922008-08-28T05:40:00.000-07:002008-09-25T09:42:11.501-07:00GNOME 2.24<span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointTwentythree#head-8697718dd1eaef988e41b7202357569efebf09a0"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Schedule</span></a></span><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" > | </span><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.24/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Release Notes</span></a></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><br />With 8.10 comes GNOME 2.24, which just got released a few days ago. (If you're confused, this is how GNOME works: Every even number release is final. Every odd number release is testing. Ex. GNOME 2.23 is testing for GNOME 2.24. It's another way of calling GNOME 2.24 alpha x, beta x, RC x.)<br /><br />GNOME 2.24 is a big improvement over GNOME 2.22. (Duh.)<br /><br /><s>One thing everyone's hyped over about is Nautilus tab support. Yes, you heard me right: Nautilus has tabs! Even though PCManFM is lightweight and has tabs, there's not a lot of people who move to it because of its lightweightness. People move to it because it has tab support. Well I'm thinking Nautilus 2.24 is going to bring them back soon with Ubuntu 8.10.</s> See my new article specifically on this <a href="http://ubuntunext810.blogspot.com/2008/09/file-browsing.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a>.<br /><br />Another exciting thing is that many of GNOME (and Ubuntu's) default applications are making their move to GIO/GVFS for back-ends, which will improve performance and fix technical issues. Eye of GNOME (Image Viewer) is moving, so is </span><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" > File Roller (Archive Manager,)</span><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >Gedit (Text Editor,)</span><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" > and GNOME Control Center (Control Center.)</span><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" > Wait, there's more, three more!: </span><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >GNOME Media, </span><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >Baobab (Disk Usage Analyzer,) and </span><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >Totem (Movie Player!)<br /><br /><s>Now, down to the details. File Roller Archive Manager supports four new file types! Guess what they are? They're </s></span><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><s>ALZ, RZIP, CAB, and TAR.7Z! How did it achieve this? By getting the help of </s><s><a href="http://p7zip.sourceforge.net/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">p7zip</span></a>, of course! Finally, no more "sudo aptitude install unalz && cd /home/exsecrabilus/Desktop && unalz file.alz".</s> Yay! I wrote a <a href="http://ubuntunext810.blogspot.com/2008/09/archive-managing.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">whole new article</span></a> just for this subject!<br /><br />See also my article <a href="http://ubuntucentral810.blogspot.com/2008/08/exit-strategy.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Exit Strategy</span></a>, which is another project for GNOME 2.24 that will enhance logging off/shutting down from your computer.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br /></span></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-33220208751260433692008-08-27T13:06:00.000-07:002008-10-24T08:39:56.856-07:00Minor Application Updates<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Default applications got updated, really nice because major releases of Ubuntu's default applications fit right into Intrepid's timeframe. You will see a lot of new features in 8.10 due to this.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span></span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><a href="http://www.gnome.org/projects/brasero/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brasero</span></a> CD/DVD Burning <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007041.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">0.8.2</span></a>.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><a href="http://f-spot.org/News"><span style="font-weight: bold;">F-Spot</span></a> Photo Manager <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008833.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">0.5.0.2</span></a>.<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><a href="http://gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.6.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">GIMP</span></a> Image Editor <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008457.html">2.6.1</a>.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://launchpad.net/language-selector">Language Selector</a> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Language Support <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/009273.html">0.3.16</a>.<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><a href="http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pidgin</span></a> Internet Messenger <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/009261.html">2.5.2</a>.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><a href="http://www.gnome.org/projects/rhythmbox/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rhythmbox</span></a> Music Player <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008700.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">0.11.6</span></a>.<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://news.softpedia.com/images/extra/LINUX/large/ubuntu810alpha1-large_019.jpg">Synaptic</a> Package Manager <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007309.html">0.62</a>.<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><a href="http://www.transmissionbt.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Transmission</span></a> BitTorrent Client <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/008517.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1.34</span></a>.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><a href="https://launchpad.net/update-manager"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Update Manager</span></a> Update Manager <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/009268.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">0.93.30</span></a>.<br /></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Keep watching this, it will be updated without notices.<br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><blockquote></blockquote></span>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-87782736981042967282008-08-27T12:40:00.000-07:002008-10-05T11:55:53.045-07:00Linux Kernel 2.6.27-5.8<span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc8">Changelog</a></span><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >(change on URL "rc8" to "rc7," etc. for the older changelogs) </span><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;" >| <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-August/026142.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ubuntu Proposal</span></a> | <a href="http://blog.phunnypharm.org/2008/08/intrepid-ibex-810-moves-to-2627.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ubuntu Announcement</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-August/005721.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 1</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-August/005724.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 2</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/006776.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 3</span></a>| <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007263.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 4</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007475.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid</span></a></span><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-size:85%;" ><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-September/007475.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">-changes Announcement 5</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/007851.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 6</span></a> | <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-October/007852.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">intrepid-changes Announcement 7</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;" >Linux kernel 2.6.27, in development at RC8, has been prepared for Intrepid. This is from 2.6.26-5.15, Ubuntu's modified version of Linux kernel 2.6.26.</span><br /><br />This is a good move, since by Intrepid's <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelFreeze">KernelFreeze</a> on October 16th, this version will have matured. Also, the Ubuntu developers noticed, that this version focused unusually on bug-fixes and also introduced dependencies necessary for 8.10 pre-configured (such as ALSA 1.0.17 needed for PulseAudio 0.9.11, which fixes a lot of regressions that many Ubuntu-ers are facing.)<br /><br />At Hardy's release, it shipped a one late version of the Linux kernel, due to Ubuntu's motto "Always stick to an old version, no matter what." Just kidding; it's just that Ubuntu always does this to its default applications (*cough-Transmission-cough*) due to its early feature freezes. It's very possible that 2.6.27 will reach final release by 8.10 final, but even if it doesn't, it will be stable, no doubt.<br /><br />Other than that, this, like with all kernel updates, supports new hardware and improves compatibility with existing hardware. Nice.<br /><br />So after much discussion, decisions were made to move to 2.6.27, which will hopefully provide "a more robust experience" for users.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE:</span> I've learned from <a href="http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/08/29/ubuntu-810-feature-freeze-and-kernel-update/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">this Tombuntu article</span></a> some information about kernels:<br /></span></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Odd number releases are less stable than even number releases because they introduce more features, but nevertheless still stable.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">The last time Ubuntu updated a kernel 3 versions was from Edgy to Feisty, which is unusual, as it usually updates two versions.<br /></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">I find this rather ironic and funny, as in that blog post, he linked to my <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=886980"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ubuntu Forums topic</span></a>, and here, I linked to that post that linked to my topic. He links me, I link him. Lol.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE 2:</span> Added last three intrepid-changes links.<br /></span></span><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2008-August/005724.html"></a>Exsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.com0