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GNOME 3.14 video

Changes in GNOME 3.14

• icons from the icon theme can be called directly from CSS
• SVG assets can be used to style spinners, arrows, checkmarks, radiomarks and expanders;
• SVG icons and assets can be styled and transformed with CSS;
• symbolic icons can be recolored and can have shadows and animations applied.

• improved support for Wi-Fi hotspots - when connecting to a Wi-Fi portal that requires authentication, GNOME will now automatically show the login page as a part of the connection process;
• enhanced geolocation framwork with the use of Mozilla's Location Service for 3G and network-based positioning;
• network-based sharing (WebDAV, DLNA and VNC will now remember which network you want them to be active on);
• various Wayland improvements, including keyboard configuration, touch screen support, drag and drop support, functional context menus, tooltips and comboboxes, HiDPI support aswell as window move/resize.

GNOME applications

• a new design, now uses a header bar
• when launched without a document being specified, Evince shows an overview of your recent documents
• HiDPI support
• enhanced accessibility - links, images and form fields are available from assistive technologies
• support for removing annotations (finally!).

• the homepage features an improved layout with more content and star ratings;
• automatically suggest new application picks based on a heuristic;
• application addons can be installed directly from GNOME Software;
• support for the new PackageKit 1.0.0 'Offline' interface to do offline updates;
• implemented search-as-you-type in the overview.

• Photos got support for new online sources, with the addition of Google and media server support: Picasa, Google+, Android devices as well as home media servers via DNLA;
• Boxes received support for snapshots, automatic image downloading, supports running multiple boxes in separate windows, express installation for Debian as well as various user interface improvements;
• Contacts: improved design and setup assistant as well as inline contact creation;
• GNOME Help has a new look;
• Sudoku and Mines were redesigned and a new game was introduced: Hitori.

Getting GNOME 3.14

Paper under Ubuntu GNOME 14.10

Unfortunately, Ubuntu 14.10 (screenshot above) ships with GNOME 3.12 by default, mixed with some 3.10 bits and because of that,  some applications like Gedit or Calculator don't use header bars, so here's another screenshot, via Paper's website:

The theme looks pretty nice with traditional titlebar/menubar/toolbar applications, but it doesn't compare with the experience it offers for header bars apps. Here's a Paper GTK theme screenshot taken under Ubuntu 14.10 with Unity:

GTK3

GTK2

Download Paper GTK theme

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:snwh/pulp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install paper-gtk-theme

Lubuntu 14.04

• PcManFM was updated with many new features, like:
• dual pane view (can be toggled from the menu or by using F3);
• menu editing;
• desktop accessibility;
• tooltips for desktop items;
• separated desktop configuration for each monitor;
• implemented saving of columns;
• new tab with Search Results now opened in Detailed List View mode with columns: Name, Description, Location, Size, Modified. Since Search Results is a special folder, its layout should be other than default;
• added support for per-folder configurations: sort mode, show_hidden, and view mode;
• the toolbar is now configurable (can also be completely hidden);
• added API to create third-party plugins that may append own text to the statusbar text for selected files;
• complete changelog;
• new lxsession-default-apps with a new user interface;
• updated artwork (GTK and icon theme, wallpaper);
• Firefox has replaced Chromium as the default web browser;
• Light Locker and Light Locker Settings are installed by default (but Light Locker is not activated by default - open Light Locker Settings and enable it from there).

Updated icon theme

Light Locker Settings

Light Locker

New lxsession-default-apps interface

New lxsession-default-apps interface

Pcmanfm now supports dual panes

Kubuntu 14.04

• KDE Applications and Platform 4.13 which features improved KDE Semantic Search technology. For more information, see THIS article.
• Firefox is now the default web browser;
• a new Driver Manager was added by default, replacing the Additional Drivers application;
• plugins in Gwenview can now be installed on-demand from inside the application;
• a new touchpad configuration tool is included by default;
• KDE Telepathy now has a meta contact support for grouping the same contact across different IM networks;
• the Plasma Network Manager comes with a redesigned user interface
• Kubuntu's system notifications now notify you when there are better drivers you can install and when additional software can be installed to improve language support;
• the KDE Software Development Kit is available in the official repositories (to install it, use "sudo apt-get install kde-developer-sdk");
• KDE Connect 0.5, a tool that integrates your Android device with the KDE desktop is available in the repositories.

New Driver Manager

The Kubuntu 14.04 installer

Muon Discover 2.2 is included by default

Refreshed interface for the Plasma Network Manager

Kubuntu 14.04 System Settings

New touchpad configuration tool

Ubuntu GNOME 14.04

• Most GNOME 3.10 is included: GNOME Shell, GTK, Nautilus, Gedit, etc. GNOME 3.10 includes new features such as:
• the old system status menus have been replaced with a new System Menu which includes brightness and sound sliders, quick access to wireless networks, battery status as well as settings, lock screen and shutdown buttons;
• improved login and lock screens: better layout, nicer transitions, prettier lock screen notifications, etc.;
• pagination in the Activities application picker;
• "header bars" or "client side decorations" are now used in some applications such as Files (Nautilus);
• new zoom mode for the scrollbars which allow for fine scrolling - to use it, hold SHIFT while clicking on the scrollbar thumb;
• Tweak Tool was redesigned for GNOME 3.10 and includes new options such as startup, application management, etc.
• it's important to note that the GNOME 3.10 System Settings changes are not available in Ubuntu GNOME 3.10 because it uses GNOME Control Center 3.6.3 and GNOME Settings Daemon 3.8.6, and not the 3.10 release.
• While not installed by default, GNOME Weather, Maps, Photos and Music are all available in the official repositories.
• A community wallpapers package is included by default;
• the GNOME Classic session is included by default - to use it, select it from the Sessions option on the login screen.

GNOME Shell 3.10 uses pagination in the Activities application picker

GNOME Music and Weather are available in the repositories, along with other GNOME 3.10 apps

This is Files (Nautilus) which now uses "header bars"

The new System Menu introduced with GNOEM 3.10

System Settings

GNOME Tweak Tool

The classic session is included by default (to use it, select the session from the login screen)

"The packages here have been deemed not ready for general use, they have known bugs and/or regressions, sometimes of a critical nature. Mostly things should run smoothly but be prepared to use ppa-purge, when you encounter issues"

Install GNOME 3.12 in Ubuntu GNOME 14.04

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo apt-get install bijiben polari gnome-clocks gnome-weather gnome-maps gnome-music gnome-photos gnome-documents gnome-contacts epiphany-browser gnome-sushi gnome-boxes gnome-shell-extensions gnome-tweak-tool

How to revert the changes and go back to GNOME 3.10

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging
sudo ppa-purge ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3

GNOME 3.14

• support for system-wide multitouch gestures (for touchscreen devices only);
• new interactive inspector for GTK+ (can be invoked using Ctrl+Shift+I);
• improved support for Wi-Fi hotspots - when connecting to a Wi-Fi portal that requires authentication, GNOME will now automatically show the login page as a part of the connection process;
• network-based sharing (WebDAV, DLNA and VNC will now remember which network you want them to be active on);
• enhanced geolocation framwork with the use of Mozilla's Location Service for 3G and network-based positioning;
• new design for Evince, Videos (Totem) and Gedit, which are now in line with the other GNOME apps (they now use header bars, redesigned tabs, etc.);
• Adwaita, the default GNOME (and Fedora) theme, was overhauled and it now includes improved message dialogs, a new more compact appearance for the progress bars, redesigned spinners and a new look for the menus and switches. Also, many controls now have animated transitions. 
• GNOME Weather has a new layout and the app makes use of GNOME's new geolocation framework to automatically show the weather for your current location. 
• Maps was updated with a route planning feature which allows you to plan journeys by foot, bicycle or car.
• proper HiDPI support;
• various Wayland improvements.

• GNOME 3.14
• GNOME 3.12

When searching the Activities Overview, GNOME Shell now displays applications available to install, along with installed apps;

Evince

Gedit

GNOME Software

GTK+ Inspector

GNOME Weather now automatically detect the current location (there's also a new location indicator in the status menu)

Other changes

Fedora 21 ships with a "GNOME on Wayland" session

• the kernel package is now a meta package that pulls in kernel-core and kernel-modules. Thanks to this, you can optionally uninstall kernel-modules, which reduces the cloud image size. Note that the kernel-modules package should be included when Fedora is installed on real hardware;
• the Anaconda installer now supports swap on zRAM during the installation. This feature is automatically enabled if Anaconda detects 2 GB or less memory, and disabled on systems with more memory;
• basic support for the OpenCL standard, which provides sufficient environment for the development of the OpenCL enabled software;
• RPM has been updated to version 4.12, bringing support for packaging files larger than 4 GB, support for weak dependencies and more;
• OpenJDK8 is now the default Java Runtime in Fedora 21, replacing OpenJDK7;
• experimental Wayland support - you can select "GNOME on Wayland" from the login screen to test it (note that this session didn't work under VirtualBox in my test).

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