Cinnamon 1.4 has been released and has received cool new features this time.’Expo’ & ‘Scale’ features add eyecandy to your desktop experience, and there are lot of other improvements in usability as well. Cinnamon 1.4 is already there in Mint 12 repositories. Ubuntu users can use the PPA below.
You can use the PPA to install Cinnamon 1.4 on Ubuntu -
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon
MyUnity is a Unity Tweak tool for Ubuntu that is used to adjust, tweak and customize Unity desktop. MyUnity is also available for the Ubuntu 12.04 in the repositories so it can be installed right from Ubuntu Software Center. It is very simple, lightweight, and user friendly.
Cairo-Dock is a unified dock-like interface for your desktop. Besides a cool dock, it provides a taskbar, and many applets that can be placed either inside the dock or on your desktop, at your convenience ! It is highly customizable and comes with a lot of ready-to-use themes. 
This PPA will install cairo dock in your Ubuntu desktops (yes ! 11.10 also).
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cairo-dock-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install cairo-dock
GnoMenu is a consolidated menu for gnome that brings eye candy to the world of the Gnome menu’s in Ubuntu. Fully functional menu , supports themes , for a composited or non composited Ubuntu desktop. It can emulate the look and feel of the most beautiful menus of most modern desktops, and it can also use custom menus, due to its powerful theme XML engine making it a essential requirement for Ubuntu lovers.
Ubuntu 10.10 – Maverick Meerkat Beta has been released for testing and here we are with a review of the all new Ubuntu 10.10 coming your way. Sorry for being a bit late cause we have been extensively busy in some other work.This beta release of Ubuntu 10.10 has come up with a lots of updates and new features like the new Ambiance and Radiance themes, new wallpapers, improved Ubiquity installer, Gnome 2.32 beta1 and much more. The kernel packages were updated to version , based on the final release of Linux kernel 2.6.35.3. Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop Edition and Netbook Edition continue the trend of ever-faster boot speeds, with improved startup times and a smoother, streamlined boot experience. Ubuntu 10.10 Server Edition provides even better integration of the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, with its install time cloud setup.
