Improved version: Ubuntu Tweak 0.3.5 released!

July 29th, 2008 | by TualatriX |

If you like Ubuntu Tweak 0.3.4, You’ll more like this one: 0.3.5 is coming!

Ubuntu Tweak 0.3.5 improved the Latest two features: Add/Remove and Third Party Sources.

—–

After the 0.3.4’s release, Ubuntu Tweak got the most responses and downloads ever. This means that more and more people like Ubuntu Tweak and the new features is what they want.

But there’s some lack of this version, in order to make the new features more stable and useable. I spent some time to enhance them. So Ubuntu Tweak 0.3.5 comes.

Here’s the Changlog:

  • Many interface improves
  • Third Party feature now support GPG Key automatic import.
  • Added more third party sources and applications.
  • Added the support of Linux Mint.
  • Power Manager added an option to go back normal.

Some details:

I plan to make an redesign of the interface. So I start to do a little work by every release. You’ll see Ubuntu Tweak’s  change gradually.

And some guys told me that they can’t use the new features under the Ubuntu based distributions(especially Linux Mint), now I open it to the Linux Mint.

OK, now I’ll show you the latest “Add/Remove” and “Third Party Sources”, here’s the screenshots.

You can see the interface has been redesigned. And thanks Steven Rose, I’ve added some new sources he provided, I think many people will like it. They’re Opera, Skype, PlayOnLinux and so on.

By default, Ubuntu has no source for Opera and Skype. Now You can easily install them through Ubuntu Tweak, and always follow the latest version. Just enable the sources, and install them through Ubuntu Tweak’s Add/Remove.

They’re the official sources, so it’s reliable to use.

Downloads

Source Code

ubuntu-tweak_0.3.5.orig.tar.gz

Deb package for all

ubuntu-tweak_0.3.5-1~ppa1_all.deb

Enjoy!

Tags:

  1. 38 Responses to “Improved version: Ubuntu Tweak 0.3.5 released!”

  2. By John Stowers on Jul 29, 2008 | Reply

    Any chance of removing the massive ‘ubuntu tweak’ banner from the main window? How does it aid usability?

  3. By Azrael Nightwalker on Jul 30, 2008 | Reply

    That’s a known bug:
    https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu-tweak/+bug/162640

  4. By Megafan on Jul 30, 2008 | Reply

    Your program is the reason I started to use Ubuntu. You are doing a great job making it easier and painless to install the most commonly used software on Ubuntu. One request I do have is that include the opyions to install flash support, add the codecs and decoders to play DVDs out of the box, and add support for wma and microsoft fonts. Then your program would to be truly ass-kicking.

  5. By Jitto on Jul 30, 2008 | Reply

    i am eager to try it. let me try and surely post the comments. anyway congrats for your work.
    jittos….

  6. By Exsecrabilus on Jul 30, 2008 | Reply

    I would really like a way to view the repository link for the third-party applications. The only way I can do it currently is to enable it in Ubuntu Tweak, then open up Software Sources. It takes a lot of time, as you know, and I would like for Ubuntu Tweak to somehow show the direct link to the PPA. Another related feature is a link to the third-party project website so I can find out more about the program, instead of just Googling it. Other than that, great release and keep up the great work!

  7. By Rick on Jul 30, 2008 | Reply

    I used the Startup->Session Control->Automatically save changes for session and I had Thunderbird and Nautilius open when I first shut down.

    Now I Untick and still, Evolution and Nautilius open. Cant get rid of this option and back to a normal Start-up. Also, on ocassions no Desktop Icons are shown and Gnome-Desktop does not work.

  8. By Lee Jarratt on Jul 30, 2008 | Reply

    Help spread the word of Ubuntu Tweak, digg the article below!

    http://digg.com/software/Ubuntu_Tweak_0_3_5_Released

    Great to work with you TualatriX on 0.3.5 again :)

    Lee

  9. By Lee Jarratt on Jul 30, 2008 | Reply

    @ Megafan

    To get most of what you want, just install “Ubuntu Restricted Extras” from Ubuntu’s Add/Remove or via Synaptic Manager.

    Lee

  10. By rico on Jul 31, 2008 | Reply

    Execrabilus said:
    “Another related feature is a link to the third-party project website so I can find out more about the program, instead of just Googling it.”

    i agree with that.

    i commented about the rollup option not working, it is actually working with clicks but not on mouse wheel, so the porblem is probably not ubuntu-tweak related… but if anybody has an idea.. i’ll be glad to hear it..

    great app anyway, saves a lot of time now on installing apps, don’t need to fill again all the repositories for 3rd party apps.

  11. By jimmy on Jul 31, 2008 | Reply

    can you add some feature to this program -the option to change the default ubuntu logo on menu panel to any logo what we want ?

    hmmm… sorry for my english.
    i love u program.

  12. By felipe yensen on Aug 1, 2008 | Reply

    i cant launch ubuntu tweak, previous versions start inmediatly, but this dont start…
    in command line i get this…

    /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/__init__.py:18: FutureWarning: apt API not stable yet
    warnings.warn(“apt API not stable yet”, FutureWarning)
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File “./ubuntu-tweak.py”, line 68, in
    launcher = TweakLauncher()
    File “./ubuntu-tweak.py”, line 34, in __init__
    from PackageWorker import update_apt_cache
    File “/usr/share/ubuntu-tweak/PackageWorker.py”, line 32, in
    from Widgets import MessageDialog, Colleague
    File “/usr/share/ubuntu-tweak/Widgets.py”, line 65, in
    class CairoDraw(gtk.DrawingArea):
    File “/usr/share/ubuntu-tweak/Widgets.py”, line 69, in CairoDraw
    font_size = int(font_info[-2:])
    ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ‘.5′

    sorry for my english….XD!

    greetings from Chile

  13. By felipe yensen on Aug 1, 2008 | Reply

    im trying to fix this with # in the ubuntu-tweak.py
    but not solve the problem…
    the program shows a splash image for 1 second and no more…

  14. By Mariano Pelizzari on Aug 1, 2008 | Reply

    Very nice work, and very useful, this ubuntu-tweak.
    I thought it’d be nice to have a feature to export the installed programs to a file, so in case of a re-installation or installation on another machine we could easily install/re-install them.
    Thks

  15. By SerP on Aug 2, 2008 | Reply

    Hi there!

    It’s really very usefull program, and respect for it’s author, but…

    Tweaker get distro name from /etc/issue, but i edit that file, and can’t use applications add\remove feature.

    Waiting for fix… ;)

  16. By Exsecrabilus on Aug 3, 2008 | Reply

    Jimmy said:
    can you add some feature to this program -the option to change the default ubuntu logo on menu panel to any logo what we want ?

    hmmm… sorry for my english.
    i love u program.

    Holy shit dude, that’s such a good idea. Why didn’t anybody think of that before?

  17. By TualatriX on Aug 3, 2008 | Reply

    @Exsecrabilus, your idea is cool. I can have a try!

    @An jimmy, another good idea. Thanks.

    @felipe yensen, it’s a bug of Ubuntu Tweak, maybe your system font size is smaller than 10pt, isn’t it? You can edit the /usr/share/ubuntu-tweak/Widgets.py, and delete the CairoDraw class. It will solve the problem.

    @Mariano Pelizzari, hmm. It seems helpful when to re-install system.

    @SerP, if you’re using Ubuntu 8.04, you can edit /usr/share/ubuntu-tweak/MainWindow.py, modify the line to DISABLE_HARDY = False

  18. By felipe yensen on Aug 4, 2008 | Reply

    thanks, i change my fonts to 10pt
    and solve the problem.
    i use 8,5pt normally in system font size..jeeje

    thank you!!!

  19. By Mike Liepshutz on Aug 7, 2008 | Reply

    for some reason, on this version, I cannto unlock 3rd party software section, even if I start UT from sudo, in a terminal.. just sayin….

  20. By the8thstar on Aug 14, 2008 | Reply

    A truly great program which keeps on improving with each version! I wish the Ubuntu developers would include it by default in the System > Preferences menu, because it deserves to be there!!!

  21. By rico on Aug 17, 2008 | Reply

    roll up option with mousewheel doesn’t work when i disable compiz?… isn’t it supposed to be part of metacity? (i have metacity compositing enabled gives me less trouble than compizfusion)

  22. By mkx on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    How about adding XBMC ppa?
    It have frequent performance updates, I think it will be useful. Thanks

    https://edge.launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive

  23. By mkx on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    also how about codeblocks? It’s not available from the official repositories. And it’s a bit not straight forward as it requires two “sets” of packages.

    Thanks

  24. By TualatriX on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

    @rico
    Yeah. I think it’s a Compiz supported feature. So you need to enable Compiz to use roll up.

    @mkx
    Thanks. XBMC is good! Add it next release.
    codeblocks is available in my repositoriy. Its version is 8.02.
    Have you tried other sources?

  25. By millajovavich on Sep 1, 2008 | Reply

    hi thanks for ur great job for ubuntu
    its a nice bundle of twaeks
    thankxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    worl for ubunti gg 7.10

  26. By crjackson on Sep 4, 2008 | Reply

    Recently I’ve been having problems with the latest version on 4 different computers. When I go to the third party applications and try to unlock. I enter the password and it freezes up there. I can proceed no further and must force close U-T. When I first installed the program, it worked fine. Now adding 3rd party repos is broke. Advice please…

  27. By lx on Sep 8, 2008 | Reply

    you may find the 3rd party depository in your sourse.list btw some of the softwares are not so good as in default depository.There’s substitution e.g the chm reader

  28. By Ketil on Sep 8, 2008 | Reply

    I think you should decide what you want this app to do. Right now, it seems to be headed for major bloat.

    If you link up [enabling who-knows-what-PPAs] with [what Gtweakui does and some related stuff], you might as well support all config options in all applications in Ubuntu repos.

    I think you should stick to tweaking user settings, not adding repos. That is Synaptic’s job.
    PPAs are not safe, they are just hosted on Launchpad. Period.

    I’m sorry to say, I can not encourage people I know to take advantage of this application anymore. It is just getting out of hand.

  29. By Khaled Hussein on Sep 11, 2008 | Reply

    I partially have to agree with Ketil. The focus of the application was tweaking user settings, which I think is pretty useful for Ubuntu beginners or those that would rather use GUI. Therefore, I think that it would be more beneficial if you focus on that.

    However, I’d definitely still recommend this application for Ubuntu beginners that I know (not a whole lot though). I still think that it is a pretty cool app.

    Good job.
    http://www.khussein.com

  30. By Slacker on Sep 18, 2008 | Reply

    Just a note, the latest version doesn’t work in xubuntu (8.04), I tried removing the CairoDraw class from Widgets.py and now it fails with the following error:
    slack@raggamuffin:~$ ubuntu-tweak
    /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/__init__.py:18: FutureWarning: apt API not stable yet
    warnings.warn(“apt API not stable yet”, FutureWarning)
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File “./ubuntu-tweak.py”, line 68, in
    launcher = TweakLauncher()
    File “./ubuntu-tweak.py”, line 38, in __init__
    from MainWindow import MainWindow
    File “/usr/share/ubuntu-tweak/MainWindow.py”, line 34, in
    from SystemInfo import GnomeVersion
    File “/usr/share/ubuntu-tweak/SystemInfo.py”, line 26, in
    class GnomeVersion:
    File “/usr/share/ubuntu-tweak/SystemInfo.py”, line 27, in GnomeVersion
    xmldoc = minidom.parse(“/usr/share/gnome-about/gnome-version.xml”)
    File “/usr/lib/python2.5/xml/dom/minidom.py”, line 1915, in parse
    return expatbuilder.parse(file)
    File “/usr/lib/python2.5/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py”, line 922, in parse
    fp = open(file, ‘rb’)
    IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘/usr/share/gnome-about/gnome-version.xml’

  31. By kdrobins on Sep 19, 2008 | Reply

    –John Stowers wrote on Jul 29, 2008

    Any chance of removing the massive ‘ubuntu tweak’ banner from the main window? How does it aid usability?

    —————-

    I like the banner – don’t remove it. However you may want to make it just a little bit smaller. Otherwise good job- keep up the great work.

  32. By Bojan Devic on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply

    It’s great I love this app

  1. 7 Trackback(s)

  2. Jul 30, 2008: Peng’s links for Wednesday, 30 July « I’m Just an Avatar
  3. Jul 30, 2008: Ubuntu Tweak 0.3.5 » Settings, Tweak, Ubuntu, GNOME, Linux, Home, ShowHide, Advanced » TheXBlog
  4. Aug 1, 2008: Linux para Seres Humanos » Ubuntu Tweak 0.3.5
  5. Aug 5, 2008: Ubuntu Tweak 0.3.5 para Linux Ubuntu
  6. Aug 25, 2008: [Linux Desktop] Ubuntu Tweak: ottimizzare e personalizzare Ubuntu è alla portata di tutti. | stefanolaguardia.eu
  7. Sep 20, 2008: » Ubuntu Linux para Seres Humanos » Ubuntu Tweak 0.3.5
  8. May 18, 2009: Ubuntu Tweak 0.3.5 Novedades y ultimas tecnologias Estas viendo el articulo Ubuntu Tweak 0.3.5

Post a Comment