Ubuntu Tweak 0.4.0 released!
October 9th, 2008 | by TualatriX |After two months of development, another milestone version of Ubuntu Tweak is released: that’s Ubuntu Tweak 0.4.0!
The development of this version was taken a long time, because I was busy in my holiday and the new term of college. But I never stop developing with Ubuntu Tweak.
Now it must be the most ever powerful version. Let’s see what Ubuntu Tweak 0.4.0 like:
As you’ve known from One year old of Ubuntu Tweak, Ubuntu Tweak had been redesigned with a new GUI, now it’s more usable in some low screen resolution computer(EEE Pc etc.)
Besides, another new feature has been introduced to Ubuntu Tweak after I finished the GUI design. That’s the “Package Cleaner”.
After a long time of using Ubuntu, after many times of installing and updating, I think there’s a lot of packages that are useless in your Ubuntu, it is called the “Garbage Package”. So is the package cache.
Now you can clean up them easily through Ubuntu Tweak!
If you’re a skilled user of Ubuntu, you must know the opertions can be done by run “sudo apt-get autoremove” or “sudo apt-get clean” in termianl. But Ubuntu Tweak can do it better, you can remove the packages(or cache) in your mind.
For example, you want to remove most of the unneeded packages, but want to remain the old kernels. So you can just select what you want to remove, and click “clear”. If you do with “apt-get autoremove”, all the packages will be removed by once.
Following pictures show how you can clean up packages and cache by Ubuntu Tweak.
Ubuntu Tweak will automately list the unneeded packages(or cache), you can clean up of them by selecting what you want, or just select all.
The pictures show the old kernel can be removed.
The same to clean cache, it will free your disk space.
I hope this feature will help you to manage your Ubuntu with a better solution.
Ubuntu Tweak 0.4.0 has also many other updates, see other pictures:
More powerful Thid Party source:
I’ve made this feature more powerful, now you can get the source details. The homepage, the url, and the long description, You’ll know all thing about the sources.
By clicking the url, you can browser the packages through your web brower, so that you can determine whether this source is what you want.
Change the GNOME Panel Logo
Now you can change the logo of GNOME Panel easily!
Just prepare a png file with size 24×24, and Ubuntu Tweak can help you put it on.
Do you see that I’m using Compiz Fusion as my Panel’s Logo?
Templates and Scripts support directory now
Now you can manage them by creating folders!
If you have many templates or scripts, I think the improvement is useful to you!
New User Folder Settings
I’ve made many changes of User Folder Settings, Now with a new GUI, and you can restore the dictory to the default settings.
Oh, I forgot to tell you, Ubuntu Tweak 0.4.0 has got fully support of Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid!
If you’ve upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10, you’ll continue enjoying with Ubuntu Tweak!
Upgrade and Downloads
It’s hot and you should upgrade it immediately!
If you are use Ubuntu Tweak through its repository and you’ve upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10, please changed the sources to Intrepid:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu intrepid main
If you still using Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy, the old source is still be used.
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu hardy main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu hardy main
Or you want to go and download it from here: downloads
Well, tell me how do you like this version!
Tags: ubuntu-tweak
42 Responses to “Ubuntu Tweak 0.4.0 released!”
By alde on Oct 9, 2008 | Reply
great!
thanks!
By BostonPeng on Oct 9, 2008 | Reply
I tried to launch UT as updated from the PPA but it crashed on me before I could even see the splash screen. I posted a bug on it so we could try to get it fixed. Once I have the update working I’ll be more than happy to blog the update so more people can see that it’s come out.
By Alexis on Oct 9, 2008 | Reply
Really great & usefull.
thanks for your work!
By Dave K on Oct 9, 2008 | Reply
Great! Thanks for the nice work.
I like the ability to change the icon in the menu. Ironically I like the Ubuntu logo too much to change it now!
What I reallllly want is the ability to change the “Applications | Places | System” menu so that it is 3 icons with no text. That would really save space on netbooks and screens with small displays, as well as making horizontal sidebars more usable.
By Lee Jarratt on Oct 9, 2008 | Reply
I personally love the new interface, great
Lee
By Christobal on Oct 9, 2008 | Reply
great work … thank you!
By velinx on Oct 9, 2008 | Reply
Gracias!!
sigue así!
By chanklor on Oct 9, 2008 | Reply
excellent, thanks a lot!
muchas gracias!
By xMoDx on Oct 9, 2008 | Reply
ubuntu tweak still never failed to impress me =) im using ubuntu tweak myself and i recommend to my friends =)
By archie on Oct 9, 2008 | Reply
I cannot find the CPU power saving settings previously under Power Management.
Another thing I noticed is that the word “Directory” is misspelled under Personal/User Folder
By kuidao on Oct 10, 2008 | Reply
Ubuntu-Tweak don’t runs if the aplication system font size is not integer.
pepe@adelfa:~$ ubuntu-tweak
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “ubuntu-tweak.py”, line 73, in
launcher = TweakLauncher()
File “ubuntu-tweak.py”, line 43, in __init__
from MainWindow import MainWindow
File “/usr/share/ubuntu-tweak/MainWindow.py”, line 31, in
from common.Canvas import RenderCell
File “/usr/share/ubuntu-tweak/common/Canvas.py”, line 13, in
class RenderCell:
File “/usr/share/ubuntu-tweak/common/Canvas.py”, line 15, in RenderCell
font_size = int(font_name.split()[-1])
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ‘10.25
By BostonPeng on Oct 10, 2008 | Reply
@kuidao:
That’s actually the bug that I filed yesterday morning. TualatriX has the issue ID’d but as of this morning I’m not seeing that the package has been updated. I’m looking forward to it, though, so I can play with the new goodies myself.
TualatriX says the int in line 15 just needs to be changed to float but I have no clue how to do that so I have to wait for the new package.
By Zac on Oct 10, 2008 | Reply
Very impressed. Getting more useful with each release. Well done.
By gceng04 on Oct 10, 2008 | Reply
Ubuntu tweak is GREAT! You are GREAT
By kuidao on Oct 10, 2008 | Reply
@BostonPeng
Thank you for your observation. You can change it very easy. Edit file Canvas.py
sudo gedit /usr/share/ubuntu-tweak/common/Canvas.py
Line 15 says:
font_size = int(font_name.split()[-1])
You may change text “int” to “float”, like this:
font_size = float(font_name.split()[-1])
And UT works fine!!
By Dlima on Oct 10, 2008 | Reply
Hi, just edit the file “/usr/share/ubuntu-tweak/common/Canvas.py” and change the int on line 15, put float instead. That’s it.
Cheers
By crjackson on Oct 10, 2008 | Reply
I’m not able to use the 3rd party application section. After entering the password I press Authenticate button. Then Ubuntu-Tweak locks up and I have to make it force quite.
It did this to me on the previous version as well. I have the same results on 4 different systems. Ubuntu Hardy 8.04.1 - all updates installed.
By GMaq on Oct 10, 2008 | Reply
Hello,
Great App! However version 0.4.0 will NOT install in Gutsy because it can’t resolve the dependency for Gnome policykit.
Can you please continue packaging for Gutsy? It is still a very viable OS, and Ubuntu Tweak is a great way to keep an up to date system in Gutsy.
Thanks Again for your hard work!
By BostonPeng on Oct 11, 2008 | Reply
Thanks kuidao and Dlima. I wasn’t sure what the exact change I needed to make was and I was afraid of borking things by making the wrong edit. I’ve done that before and I really didn’t want to have to go through it again.
@Tualatrix:
Is the package in the PPA getting updated to fix the bug? When I try to get the update again with Synaptic I end up with the same bug. Or is there a way to purge the original update and replace it with the fixed one?
By BostonPeng on Oct 11, 2008 | Reply
I just purged my old install of UT but when I installed it again I still got the version with the bug. I’m holding off on blogging the update until I can get it installed without issue from the PPA. I know I can tell my readers how to fix it, but I’d rather not have to do that for any newbies that read my blog and aren’t comfortable editing files like this requires.
By BostonPeng on Oct 11, 2008 | Reply
We have a winner! Tualatrix posted an updated version on the PPA and I’m able to run the newest version of UT! Thanks for all the help from everyone. I’m blogging it now.
By jimmy on Oct 11, 2008 | Reply
i love u :*
By TualatriX on Oct 12, 2008 | Reply
Hello all!
Sorry about the bug caused by non-integer font-size, I’ve fixed it and please update from the repository.
And BostonPeng, thanks of you bug report, and your article about UT 0.4. I’ve seen it.
@crjackson
Hmm, this problem is exists for a long time at somebody’s Ubuntu, but I’ve never meet it so it’s hard to debug.
This time I’ll do more with this problem, hope I’ll fix it.
@GMap
OK! Next release(0.4.1, it will come soon), I’ll make a Gutsy package for you and the Gutsy people.
By olican101 on Oct 12, 2008 | Reply
how do i install it i have downloaded the file and extracted it to my desktop… then what? i tried the readme but it makes no sence
By blackat on Oct 13, 2008 | Reply
Why was removed the possibility to regolate the cpu usage? Thanks for the future answer.
By lionroar on Oct 18, 2008 | Reply
By the way, just tried your tweak application, it is awesome. Thanks, I wonder if I good memory and a good graphics’s card is the reason why it works for some of us. Anyways I like the compiz ease of use, You have just exactly what I need working for me. I like the pick window feature on the lower left side. excellent. Took me hours to get that working on conpiz config manager. Thanks
By bornagainpenguin on Nov 1, 2008 | Reply
I’ll be sticking with the earlier version due to lack of CPU throttling support in this release…
By Danesh on Nov 13, 2008 | Reply
Thanks dude. Sweet app..