1 00:00:00,538 --> 00:00:04,024 (OMG! Ubuntu! omgubntu.co.uk) 2 00:00:04,024 --> 00:00:10,780 (Ubuntu 12.10 Introduces Many New Features) [Off voice] The release of Ubuntu 10.12 brings a range of new features to the Ubuntu desktop. 3 00:00:10,780 --> 00:00:13,096 But what are some of the best you'll be looking out for? 4 00:00:13,096 --> 00:00:16,617 We're here with a quick Top 10 rundown. 5 00:00:16,617 --> 00:00:19,490 (#10 - Web Apps - Blurring Web and Desktop) Who said that the Web and the desktop have to be separate? 6 00:00:19,490 --> 00:00:23,096 Ubuntu’s new Web App feature integrates over 30 popular websites 7 00:00:23,096 --> 00:00:26,635 with the various features of the unity desktop, 8 00:00:26,635 --> 00:00:28,636 from social networks in the messaging menu, 9 00:00:28,636 --> 00:00:30,743 mailing user lots on the launcher 10 00:00:30,743 --> 00:00:35,360 to control music websites directly from the sound menu. 11 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:40,410 (#9 - Unity Previews - Slick Animated App & File Previews) Applications, files and more can now be previewed directly in the Dash with a right click. 12 00:00:40,410 --> 00:00:43,064 Depending on the type of app and file you're previewing, 13 00:00:43,064 --> 00:00:46,663 you'll see different options or preview styles. 14 00:00:46,663 --> 00:00:53,858 For example, previewing music gives you a nifty in-Dash previewing music player. 15 00:00:53,858 --> 00:00:59,552 (#8 Preview App Installs: Bypass the Ubuntu Software Center) As a gift to the lazy amongst us, previews also allow us to install free applications 16 00:00:59,552 --> 00:01:03,556 without using the Ubuntu software center. 17 00:01:03,556 --> 00:01:07,205 (#7 Online Accounts - Centralises Your Social Connections) Ubunto 12.10 Online Accounts feature 18 00:01:07,205 --> 00:01:10,465 takes the hassle out of setting out IM clients, e-mail clients and so on. 19 00:01:10,465 --> 00:01:13,398 You just add your account once, and then you're done. 20 00:01:13,398 --> 00:01:16,819 (#7 Online Accounts - Works with Many Desktop Apps) Up in a seconds you're hooking (?) to your online accounts. 21 00:01:16,819 --> 00:01:20,022 Data include the new photo lens that lets you preview and filter photos from your social networks, 22 00:01:20,022 --> 00:01:23,604 chat app Empathy, social client Tweeter and the photo manager shows out 23 00:01:23,604 --> 00:01:32,674 which lets you publish photos on Facebook, Picasa and more. 24 00:01:32,674 --> 00:01:34,646 (#6 Encryption - Secure Your Ubuntu Install) We all appreciate security 25 00:01:34,646 --> 00:01:38,142 and those who are particularly security-conscious will appreciate the new encryption features 26 00:01:38,142 --> 00:01:42,164 built into Ubuntu's installer. 27 00:01:42,164 --> 00:01:44,679 (#Remote Login - Connect to Remote Desktop Sessions) Another power-user feature making an appearance 28 00:01:44,679 --> 00:01:48,163 is the ability to login to remote desktops directly from the login screen. 29 00:01:48,163 --> 00:01:53,519 This is why, by adding the remote desktop data to your open one Single Sign On account, 30 00:01:53,519 --> 00:02:00,849 which you then login with, using the login screen, to gain access to your remote desktop connections. 31 00:02:00,849 --> 00:02:03,985 (#4 Window Management - Exit Apps Using the Spread) As a boon for those who use lots of apps, 32 00:02:03,985 --> 00:02:07,629 windows can now be closed directly from the Applications Spread. 33 00:02:07,629 --> 00:02:11,266 (#3 Ubuntu One Updates - New Sync Menu) Ubuntu One users will appreciate the new dedicated sync menu, 34 00:02:11,266 --> 00:02:17,998 along with the file searching and sharing features present in the desktop app. 35 00:02:17,998 --> 00:02:22,925 (#Shopping Lens: Amazon Product Suggestion) To help fund Ubuntu, 36 00:02:22,925 --> 00:02:24,996 Amazon shopping suggestions appear as users open the dash. 37 00:02:24,996 --> 00:02:27,794 For each item you buy from this, a small percentage will go to Ubuntu. 38 00:02:27,794 --> 00:02:29,431 (#2 Shopping Lens - Can Be switched Off) Don't like it? Don't worry. 39 00:02:29,431 --> 00:02:31,583 Just flip the off switch in the Privacy settings. 40 00:02:31,583 --> 00:02:35,470 for a product free dash searching. 41 00:02:35,470 --> 00:02:38,132 (#2 - Shopping Lens - Privacy Policy Link) For more information on the feature, 42 00:02:38,132 --> 00:02:41,061 just click the Legal link on the dash to read Canonical's privacy policy. 43 00:02:41,061 --> 00:02:43,831 Finally, let's not overlook (#1 The Tweeks - Making Ubuntu Prettier) 44 00:02:43,831 --> 00:02:46,843 the small changes made to Ubuntu's default theme. 45 00:02:46,843 --> 00:02:49,415 These include new switches, hover/behavior states (?), buttons, widgets styles/switch installs (?) 46 00:02:49,415 --> 00:02:51,579 and animations for minimizing applications, 47 00:02:51,579 --> 00:02:57,108 and a dozen or so new wall papers to choose from. 48 00:02:57,108 --> 00:03:01,532 (Music - 'Cipher' Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0")