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Ubuntu Tweak 0.7.0 has been released today, bringing some important new features, especially for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin which will be released tomorrow.

As you probably know, starting with version 0.6, Ubuntu Tweak had lost some of its main features. Well, with the latest 0.7.0, some of these features are back: App Center, Source Center (which is a PPA database that you can easily enable/disable from Ubuntu Tweak), Templates and Scripts. The Source Center comes with integrated PPA Purge feature and App Center with "Installed Apps" view:

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App Center

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Source Center


The latest Ubuntu Tweak 0.7.0 also features a new Unity quicklist editor:

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Other new features included in the latest Ubuntu Tweak 0.7:
  • Improved Janitor with cleaning apps cache
  • Login screen (LightDM) settings for Ubuntu 12.04, including an option to disable the login screen grid
  • Global fuzzy search so you can easily find various settings in Ubuntu Tweak
  • More Unity settings and new Workspace settings

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Ubuntu Tweak 0.7 - Unity tweaks

There's also a new feature that lets you install new third-party themes (currently, it only works for icon themes though):

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Install Ubuntu Tweak


The latest Ubuntu Tweak 0.7.0 is available for download @ Launchpad, for Ubuntu 12.04 and 11.10.

To receive the latest Ubuntu Tweak updates through the Ubuntu Update Manager, you can use the Ubuntu Tweak PPA instead of manually downloading and installing it:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak