Get extra apps for Lubuntu

You like Lubuntu, you waited for it, you downloaded and installed it. Now you have a beautiful and fast environment running on your computer. You possibly read the Tips'n'Tricks articles on this blog and customized the installed system to your needs and taste. But youve got a new repository with a few non-official apps:

• compton, a very fresh git version of this composite manager
• lubuntu-tweaks, a simple tool to tweak some aspects of your desktop
• menulibre, and graphical editor for the application menu entries
• viewnior, a revamped image viewer with extra abilities (crop, resize, etc)
• xombrero, a very minimalistic and ultra-fast web browser

And more to come. If you want to get these apps, just execute this on LXTerminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lubuntu-dev/non-official-apps
sudo apt-get update

...and then execute "sudo apt-get install " followed by a space and the app name you want.

Lubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail

It has landed! We have new release, the Raring Ringtail. There're lots of changes:

• New version of pcmanfm / libfm (1.1.0) including a built-in search utility.
• Artwork improvements, including new wallpapers, community wallpapers, new icons...
• Removing catfish, since pcmanfm has its own search utility
• Fix a very old bug causing gnome-mplayer to crash with some CPU (P4)
• Several fixes for the image viewer gpicview

You can download it while it's hot, either 32bit or AMD64 versions (these are Torrent files, look here for more downloads). Enjoy!

Box theme reaches 0.38!

Due to popular demand, and celebrating we're at version 0.38, here's the Box icon theme for any Linux system. So if you want to install just download and decompress into ~/.icons and enjoy.

A lot of office and coding support was added, as well as new and improved app icons. And it grows and grows. All Lubuntu users will get their update. This post is for those who can't wait.

Download Box 0.38 here.

Lubuntu 13.04 Beta

Steve Langasek, the release wizard, has announced the availability of the last beta for all flavours of the Raring Ringtail, including Ubuntu, Edubuntu, Kubuntu, UbuntuStudio, Xubuntu, UbuntuGnome (NEW) and Kylin (NEW also):

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of Ubuntu 13.04 Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products. Together with Ubuntu 13.04, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu and Ubuntu Studio also reached final beta status today. We also welcome two new flavors, Ubuntu GNOME and UbuntuKylin, which are participating in the Ubuntu release process for the first time this cycle...

You can grab your copy of Lubuntu here.

Falles 2013

As we celebrated the Samhein or the New Year with a Lubuntized wallpaper, now it's time to make another one dedicated to my beloved fiesta, at the city of València in Spain, called Falles.

For those who don't know what's this about, just tell  them it's an ancient cult to the fire itself, as a life renewal symbol and the joy of passing through seasons (from autumn into spring). And they do this burning paper-made monuments (ephemeral art) that represent bad things of the year.

I hope you enjoy this wallie and everybody is invited to come to València and see by themselves the festival on every street. Bones Falles!

Community wallpaper contest results

Alexander Andjelkovic, from the Lubuntu Artwork Team, announced the results of the Community Wallpaper Contest for the 13.04 release of Lubuntu. The results for our wallpapers contest are in, and can be viewed in detail at Picomp.

The winners are:

1. 'nature' by wakarii (80 Votes)
2. 'Frost Glas' by Tylana (74 Votes)
3. 'Simple. Fast. Lubuntu.' by Julian Fernandes (72 Votes)
4. 'Squares' by Ray O Sullivan (71 Votes)
5. 'Fish 2' by AmmarkoV (66 Votes)

If you want to download any of these finalists or whatever in this contest you'll need to go to the Flickr pool.

A new wallpaper

Simply that, the first two wallpapers for Lubuntu Raring Ringtail, with two versions, "normal" and "particle beam". Usually Lubuntu uses a single soft wave, so if you're asking about the inspiration for the new design, I'll explain:

The double wave resembles a DNA helix. Particle beam radiation is used to create mutations on some genes. So the expectation is just a useful, improved and creative mutation of previous environments (yeah, too geek, I know).

You can download it at the Raring Artwork wiki page. I hope you like it.

Note: a reminder for everybody, the Flickr pool is still open. What are you waiting? Send your hand-made wallpapers, yours may become a Lubuntu's official background!