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Baobab is Ubuntu's default graphical utility that analyzes the disk usage featuring in-depth graphical measurements of disk space occupied by numerous applications, system tools, partitions, etc.

Baobab/Disk Usage Analyzer has been updated to version 3.5.3, introducing a refreshed look with:

There are, sometimes, application that through their development cycles shift from one version to another superior version by removing prior functionalities, changes that are perceived by users as either innovations (in the sense of making the app cleaner, more focused on the provided functionalities, aligning to brand standards, etc) or just increasing the version number for the sake of a conceptual rather than an actual freshness, as in the case of Nautilus 3.5.2 that removed powerful features (

Nautilus/Files has been updated to version 3.5.2 featuring a double-sided approach, introducing new features and removing built-in functionalities.

What is new in Nautilus 3.5.2?

Ubuntu's default file manager, Nautilus, features plenty of actions when dealing with file and folders, like drag&drop files from the desktop into a Nautilus window, drag&drop files and folders from one Nautilus window to another, the regular copy&paste via the mouse cursor, etc, so, basically, users have both usual and quick ways of copying/moving items with Nautilus.

Nevertheless, where there are numerous users, there are numerous tastes and preferences, approach targeted by developers who are constantly refining Nautilus' functionalities (tags, undo support, etc).

GUI-Ufw/Gufw is a handy, easy-to-use interface that allows users to manage a powerful Ubuntu firewall, acting as a GUI for Ubuntu's ufw.

Via Gufw, users can allow/block services, P2P, individual ports, etc, actions enabled/disabled through a minimalistic interface with ON/OFF switches (enable/disable the firewall), skip preconfigured traffic-demanding apps (Transmission, Deluge, Skype, etc) and both easy and advanced panels (for further adjustments).

Ubuntu 12.10 has just reached ALPHA 1, version that prepares new directions, objectives and goals that are to be explored and implemented in the Quantal development cycle.

What is new in Ubuntu 12.10 ALPHA 1?

GNOME Boxes is a desktop client that allows user to create, view and use virtual machines, remote physical machines and remote virtual machines via a simplistic, easy-to-use interface.

GNOME Boxes 3.4.2 introduces important configuration options, like the ability to adjust (increase and decrease) the used RAM and storage, from where users can optimize their performance on the about-to-be-installed virtual OS under Boxes-->System

Ubuntu 12.04 is an LTS that, although features new additions since Oneiric Ocelot, has been designed, created for stability and precision.

Ubuntu 12.10. the at the moment development Ubuntu version, is to probably feature "abrupt" changes for various apps, directions, user interactions, etc like the already announced indicators' revamping.

Update Manager has been renamed in Quantal Quetzal to Software Updater, introducing, along with the mentioned name, a refreshed look:

Ubuntu 12.04 is an LTS release, meaning the developers are targeting stability as the primary objective in the development cycle, approach that triggered various up-to-date GNOME apps not to be included by default in Precise.

Nevertheless, Quantal development cycle has started weeks ago, receiving updated GNOME packages, some of them via a "brutal" approach (like for instance from version 3.2 to 3.5, etc), as in the case of GNOME Disk Utility.

Months ago, Mozilla started a serious "tour-de-force" on enhancing, strengthening and refining Firefox on both under-the-hood but also in its user interface (such as the attached download dialog, integrated configuration options, new Australis default theme, etc), approach that is slowly being integrated in the default Firefox version.