Fri, 17/02/2012 - 18:30 | 
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Cinnamon 1.3 has been released today, bringing even more customization options for its users.
Cinnamon Settings has a new look and it now includes all the GNOME Tweak Tool features and more: change GTK theme, cursor and icons, desktop icons, font settings, window settings (including window button order), change the menu text and icon and so on:
Tags: Tue, 14/02/2012 - 18:28 | webupd8.org
Razor Qt, a new lightweight desktop environment that uses Qt, has reached version 0.4.1.
The new version brings 3 new components: razor-policykit, razor-power (power management tool) and razor-autosuspend (a tool to suspend/wake-up laptops on Lid events or power status events) as well as some panel improvements:
- the panel can be moved
- configurable panel width and height
- the clock now uses a new simple calendar
Other changes:
- XDG autostart and Razor-qt autostart feature improved
- Session: limit auto-repeat attempts when application crashes frequently
- many minor updates and improvements
To install Razor Qt in Ubuntu, use the commands below:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:razor-qt/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install razorqtThen log out and then select Razor Desktop (with the desired WM) from the login screen.
Wed, 25/01/2012 - 20:32 | webupd8.org
KDE 4.8 has been released today and includes many changes, such as: multiple improvements for Dolphin, Kate, Kmail and Gwenview, adaptive power management, multiple layouts available for the ALT + TAB window switcher, Kwin optimizations and more.
KDE 4.8 also incorporates the cool Icon Tasks Plasmoid (we wrote about it a while back) in the. Using this plasmoid, you get an icons-only taskbar with support for the Unity API (quicklists, progress bars and badges), Dockmanager support and so on:
