Today we bring you bad news. According to Ding Zhou, the developer of Tweak Tool, they have decided put an end to the development of this tool that allowed us to customize our Ubuntu in infinite ways.
The truth is that it is not known very well to what extent this decision will be final, since it is not the first time that such news has come to light. Well, in 2012, the death of this tool was already announced. But after a few days, due to user complaints, development picked up where it left off.
Ubuntu Tweak was a tool written in Python that allowed us to customize our Ubuntu in a huge range of possibilities. With it we could customize from the appearance and behavior of the Unity Dash, to the GTK + theme of the windows, or even the size of the system font. Moreover, as we could see on its website, which already seems to have disappeared, these were (are) some of its most notable characteristics:
- Basic system information (distribution, kernel, CPU, memory)
- GNOMESessionControl.
- Automatic start of applications.
- Customize the splash screen.
- You adjust the Compiz effects.
- Set Nautilus preferences.
- Manage system power.
- Show and hide desktop items: icons, volumes, trash, network icon.
- Establish system security.
- Install third-party applications.
- Modify GNOME Panel preferences.
- Clean up the system: unnecessary packages and cache.
- Set keyboard shortcuts.
Still, despite its development being terminated, it still we can continue installing Ubuntu Tweak Tool on our PCs. How well do we know, Ubuntu Tweak is Free Software, which allows us to use the program whenever we want. Therefore, we can always go to your repository on GitHub, download the repository (or use git clone if we have knowledge of Git) and compile it manually on our PCs.
It is a pity that such useful tools as Tweak Tool put an end to its development. We know that there are countless ways to customize our Ubuntu, but the truth is that Ubuntu Tweak made it very easy for us. Anyway, the only thing left for us is to pray a Linux Our to say goodbye to Ubuntu Tweak, and wish the developer luck who surely has countless projects in mind. Until next time 🙂
Era is without H.
Pity for such a useful tool.
Thank you very much for the warning! What a lapse ... I suppose that when I wrote «was» and «tool» so close together, I unconsciously mixed the two words ... If not, I can't explain such an error xD
And yes, a shame the truth. But hey, it's not the end of the world either, since there are still many other tools and ways to customize our Ubuntu.
Greetings and thanks for the correction!
This marvelous little program broke my system (16.04) by hitting the restore default options button. Unity bars disappeared and there was no way to get them back. By the way! ... Was there spelled with H? It's a joke!!! greetings to all.