Ubuntu Tweak 0.3.4 released!

July 3rd, 2008 | by TualatriX |

After a month that Ubuntu Tweak 0.3.2’s release, I’m proud to announce that the new version of Ubuntu Tweak: 0.3.4 relesed!

This isn’t a milestone release, but it has been introduced the PolicyKit mechanism. So in the upcoming 0.3.x series, Ubuntu Tweak will have more “Tweak” features.

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Now let’s see what does Ubuntu Tweak 0.3.4 look like.

Faster launch

I’ve optimized the code of Ubuntu Tweak, now it has a faster launch speed than before.

As a reflection of it, You’ll see a “wait” screen when you select one item at the first time. But the time is short, you’ll ignore it.

Simple Add/Remove

Ubuntu Tweak has now a simple interface to add/remove applications. It is like Ubuntu’s Add/Remove, but it is fewer applications, only the widely used applications displayed. The category is resorted, it will  faster to find what application you are looking for.

Third Party Software Sources

With this feature, you’ll never to modify the sources.list.

Add a sources for an application, you’ll always follow the latest version of an application.

Of source, when you want to follow Ubuntu Tweak’s release, just check it like the screenshot.

Downloads

Source Code:

ubuntu-tweak_0.3.4.orig.tar.gz

Deb package for all:

ubuntu-tweak_0.3.4-1~ppa1_all.deb

Enjoy with Ubuntu Tweak 0.3.4!

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  1. 43 Responses to “Ubuntu Tweak 0.3.4 released!”

  2. By Lee Jarratt on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply

    Best.Release.Ever.

    Lee J

  3. By simpson-fan on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply

    Yes, I can confirm this. It’s a lot faster and there are nice new features.

  4. By Sloshy on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply

    That’s it; this IS gonna get included by default in Intrepid or SO HELP ME! This is a pure masterpiece! =D

  5. By aldne on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply

    thank you very much for this fine new release!
    I love hacking Ubuntu!

  6. By Bruno on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply

    AMAZING, THE BEST PROGRAM ON UBUNTU EVER !
    Keep it simple, keep it great !

    :D

  7. By Jitto on Jul 3, 2008 | Reply

    hey Great man great…
    you are making the easier distribution to the easiest ever….

  8. By Tervel on Jul 5, 2008 | Reply

    Amazing application! Keep up the good work! Donation is on the way.

  9. By Shashwat on Jul 5, 2008 | Reply

    Thanks a lot. But the .deb has some fault , the program keeps on crashing http://www.imgx.org/files/19124_5g1nq/Screenshot.png

    Regards

  10. By OwnLinux on Jul 5, 2008 | Reply

    Good Boy!!!

  11. By Shashwat on Jul 5, 2008 | Reply

    Yes the problem is with .deb . .Installed from source and worked fine :)

  12. By Vadim P. on Jul 5, 2008 | Reply

    Er, where does ubuntu tweak install the programs from?

    Can’t be any repositories I’m using, because it claims that several programs aren’t installed while they really are.

  13. By Vadim P. on Jul 5, 2008 | Reply

    Thinking about it, this is a bad, bad idea. It’ll bring the same thing Automatix did - unhappy users when the software doesn’t work, unhappy developers when users report bugs for broken packages that were *not* made by Ubuntu but some third-party source, and developers unable to fix them. Unhappy users that the said developers can’t fix the problems.

  14. By Lee Jarratt on Jul 5, 2008 | Reply

    @ Vadim P.

    Hmmm, most of the Ubuntu Userbase like the new features in 0.3.4 and you are the only person I’ve seen that has provided negative feedback on Ubuntu Tweak. I guess, if you don’t like some features, then don’t use them ^_^

    If packages are broke etc, I’m sure TualatriX will fix the problems in the next release.

    Good day Sir,
    Lee

  15. By TualatriX on Jul 6, 2008 | Reply

    @ Vadim P.

    Hmm. I think The Automatix had ever brought some bad experiences to you.

    Ubuntu Tweak won’t do the same thing.
    Because the Add/Remove interface is just an another wrapper of Ubuntu’s Add/Remove. They invoke the same API: the Synatic.

    About the “Third Party Sources”, the sources in Ubuntu Tweak are all coming from Launchpad PPA.
    Launchpad is the develop center of Ubuntu, The packages in Launchpad is compatible to Ubuntu.
    It is the safest third party sources.
    And I can say, PPA Sources isn’t the “Third Party Sources”. Because all the Ubuntu packages will first be uploaded from PPA sources.

    So it’s safe to use Ubuntu Tweak’s new feature.

  16. By Vadim P. on Jul 6, 2008 | Reply

    Which PPA is it?

    Anyone who wants can make a PPA, and they can make an open-source virus if they wanted to and release it under the GPL. It would still break the computer!

  17. By Lee Jarratt on Jul 6, 2008 | Reply

    I have submitted this on Digg here:
    http://digg.com/linux_unix/Ubuntu_Tweak_0_3_4_Released

    Please Digg this story and help spread the word of Ubuntu Tweak!

    Lee

  18. By excid3 on Jul 6, 2008 | Reply

    probably one of the first things i always install on a fresh copy of Ubuntu :D

  19. By Greg on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply

    I’ve noticed a bug/incompatibility with the software installation features: i run Linux Mint Elyssa, which is based on Hardy Heron. Yet when i choose either of the options under “software”, i am told that this feature is only enabled in Ubuntu 8.04. True, i may not be running 8.04, but Linux Mint 5 is essentially the same thing!

  20. By Will on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply

    When you enable wine source you get:

    W: GPG error: http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 58403026387EE263

    Ouch, no way round this? I just ignored it of course. ;)

    Also when enabling sources Unbuntu Tweak grays out for a good 30 seconds, I thought it locked up.. Perhaps a loading screen or something showing user progress after enabling the sources?

    And what about http://packages.medibuntu.org/ as a third party source?

    Crap, I choose to hide desktop icons and then turned them back on but desktop is still blank.. oh no.. :(

  21. By war59312 on Jul 7, 2008 | Reply

    Sweet, desktop icons came back on their own after opening trash. hehe Strange bug..

  22. By Jim on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply

    It doesn’t run for me on Kubuntu Hardy. I get:

    ./ubuntu-tweak.py:44: GtkWarning: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: “industrial”,
    win = gtk.Window(gtk.WINDOW_POPUP)
    /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 35, 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’

    So, I take it I have to have Gnome installed?

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

    @ Jim,

    Yes, you will need GNOME installed in order to be able to run Ubuntu Tweak. Even if you somehow managed to get Ubuntu Tweak to install, the tweaks would be useless as they are GNOME Specific tweaks etc.

    Lee

  24. By D on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply

    File “setup.py”, line 122, in
    install()
    File “setup.py”, line 73, in install
    shutil.copy(file, dest)
    File “/usr/lib/python2.5/shutil.py”, line 80, in copy
    copyfile(src, dst)
    File “/usr/lib/python2.5/shutil.py”, line 47, in copyfile
    fdst = open(dst, ‘wb’)
    IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES’

  25. By D on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply

    after build, then install error message

  26. By Vadim P. on Jul 9, 2008 | Reply

    Which PPA is it? How can I know it’s safe? What if they make a broken version of the x server, and after updates, I’m screwed?

  27. By Star on Jul 9, 2008 | Reply

    I get an “Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: phyton-gconf” :-(

  28. By Lee Jarratt on Jul 10, 2008 | Reply

    @ Star,

    Try searching for Python-gconf in the Synaptic Package Manager and installing it, then try installing Ubuntu Tweak again.

    Hope this helps,

    Lee Jarratt

  29. By Respawner on Jul 11, 2008 | Reply

    Very nice tool.
    Thanks for your work :-)

  30. By venik212 on Jul 15, 2008 | Reply

    When I click on it after installation, nothing happens….

  31. By brucebot on Jul 16, 2008 | Reply

    Nice release.

  32. By Ketil on Jul 18, 2008 | Reply

    @Tualatrix:
    Like Vadim is saying, a PPA is not in any way a guarantee that the packages will be safe.
    By all means, let users modify their soruces.list, but do not pretend that non-official repos are safe.
    If you want this included in official Ubuntu, you’ll not be able to put this in by default.

  33. By davood on Sep 1, 2008 | Reply

    see me . i gaved a software in ground play music that files read mp3

  34. By Ricardo on Sep 14, 2008 | Reply

    Instalei e no meio 8.04 funciona bem.

  35. By Hololo on Apr 27, 2009 | Reply

    So this is not safe?

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