Le novità in Ubuntu 14.04 “Trusty Tahr”: il GNOME Control Center è stato forkato ed è diventato Unity Control Center.

Gnome Control Center è un’utilità per configurare il desktop GNOME.

Questo pacchetto contiene le applet di configurazione per il desktop GNOME, che permettono di impostare le configurazioni per l'accessibilità, i caratteri del desktop, le proprietà della tastiera e del mouse, la configurazione dei suoni, i temi del desktop e lo sfondo, le proprietà dell'interfaccia utente, la risoluzione dello schermo e altri parametri di GNOME.

Questo fork avrà vita relativamente breve visto che rappresenta solo una fase di transizione verso un altro tool sviluppato interamente dal team di Canonical.

Fino ad oggi il team di Ubuntu ha utilizzato una versione vecchia e pesantemente patchata di GNOME Control Center, dunque gli sviluppatori hanno deciso di tagliare la testa al toro dando il via al fork dell’ultima versione del tool di GNOME per adattarlo a Unity. L’obiettivo del team degli sviluppatori è la transizione verso il futuro Ubuntu System Settings.

ll team dei developer di Ubuntu si ritrova spesso costretto a dover patchare decine di pacchetti per assicurare ai suoi utenti una user experience di Unity ottimale senza dover rompere l’intero ambiente grafico. Questi problemi però dovrebbero risolversi con l’arrivo di Unity 8.

I pacchetti di Gnome Control Center per tutte le versioni di Ubuntu:

Package gnome-control-center.

lucid (10.04LTS) (gnome): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:2.30.0-0ubuntu4: amd64 i386
lucid-updates (gnome): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:2.30.1-0ubuntu2: amd64 i386
precise (12.04LTS) (gnome): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1: amd64 i386
precise-updates (gnome): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.4.2-0ubuntu0.13.1: amd64 i386
quantal (12.10) (gnome): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.4.2-0ubuntu19: amd64 i386
quantal-updates (gnome): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.4.2-0ubuntu19.1: amd64 i386
raring (13.04) (gnome): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu24: amd64 i386
raring-updates (gnome): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu24.1: amd64 i386
saucy (13.10) (gnome): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu44: amd64 i386
saucy-updates (gnome): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu45.2: amd64 i386
trusty (gnome): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu50: amd64 i386

Other hits.

Package gnome-control-center-data

precise (12.04LTS) (gnome): configuration applets for GNOME - data files
1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1: all
precise-updates (gnome): configuration applets for GNOME - data files
1:3.4.2-0ubuntu0.13.1: all
quantal (12.10) (gnome): configuration applets for GNOME - data files
1:3.4.2-0ubuntu19: all
quantal-updates (gnome): configuration applets for GNOME - data files
1:3.4.2-0ubuntu19.1: all
raring (13.04) (gnome): configuration applets for GNOME - data files
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu24: all
raring-updates (gnome): configuration applets for GNOME - data files
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu24.1: all
saucy (13.10) (gnome): configuration applets for GNOME - data files
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu44: all
saucy-updates (gnome): configuration applets for GNOME - data files
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu45.2: all
trusty (gnome): configuration applets for GNOME - data files
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu50: all

Package gnome-control-center-datetime.

saucy (13.10) (misc): Clock settings in the GNOME Control Center
13.10.0+13.10.20131016.2-0ubuntu1: amd64 i386
saucy-updates (misc): Clock settings in the GNOME Control Center
13.10.0+13.10.20131023.2-0ubuntu1: amd64 i386

Package gnome-control-center-dev.

lucid (10.04LTS) (devel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:2.30.0-0ubuntu4: all
lucid-updates (devel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:2.30.1-0ubuntu2: all
precise (12.04LTS) (devel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1: all
precise-updates (devel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.4.2-0ubuntu0.13.1: all
quantal (12.10) (devel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.4.2-0ubuntu19: all
quantal-updates (devel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.4.2-0ubuntu19.1: all
raring (13.04) (devel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu24: all
raring-updates (devel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu24.1: all
saucy (13.10) (devel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu44: all
saucy-updates (devel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu45.2: all
trusty (devel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu50: all

Package gnome-control-center-signon.

quantal (12.10) (gnome): GNOME Control Center extension for single signon
0.0.18-0ubuntu1: amd64 i386
raring (13.04) (gnome): GNOME Control Center extension for single signon
0.1.6bzr13.04.05-0ubuntu1: amd64 i386
raring-updates (gnome): GNOME Control Center extension for single signon
0.1.6bzr13.04.05-0ubuntu1.1: amd64 i386
saucy (13.10) (gnome): GNOME Control Center extension for single signon
0.1.7~+13.10.20130724.1-0ubuntu1: amd64 i386

Package gnome-control-center-signon-autopilot.

saucy (13.10) (gnome): Test package for Ubuntu Online Accounts - Desktop [universe]
0.1.7~+13.10.20130724.1-0ubuntu1: all

Package gnome-control-center-unity.

raring (13.04) (gnome): change the settings of the Unity desktop
1.2daily13.04.09-0ubuntu1: amd64 i386
raring-updates (gnome): change the settings of the Unity desktop
1.3daily13.06.19~13.04-0ubuntu1: amd64 i386
saucy (13.10) (gnome): change the settings of the Unity desktop
1.3+13.10.20131004-0ubuntu1: amd64 i386

Package libgnome-control-center-dev.

precise (12.04LTS) (libdevel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1: amd64 i386
precise-updates (libdevel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.4.2-0ubuntu0.13.1: amd64 i386
quantal (12.10) (libdevel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.4.2-0ubuntu19: amd64 i386
quantal-updates (libdevel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.4.2-0ubuntu19.1: amd64 i386
raring (13.04) (libdevel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu24: amd64 i386
raring-updates (libdevel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu24.1: amd64 i386
saucy (13.10) (libdevel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu44: amd64 i386
saucy-updates (libdevel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu45.2: amd64 i386
trusty (libdevel): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu50: amd64 i386

Package libgnome-control-center1

precise (12.04LTS) (libs): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1: amd64 i386
precise-updates (libs): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.4.2-0ubuntu0.13.1: amd64 i386
quantal (12.10) (libs): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.4.2-0ubuntu19: amd64 i386
quantal-updates (libs): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.4.2-0ubuntu19.1: amd64 i386
raring (13.04) (libs): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu24: amd64 i386
raring-updates (libs): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu24.1: amd64 i386
saucy (13.10) (libs): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu44: amd64 i386
saucy-updates (libs): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu45.2: amd64 i386
trusty (libs): utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
1:3.6.3-0ubuntu50: amd64 i386