as i am always looking forward to new versions and always want to be first to try i tried to get the binary linux 32bit version of 1.7.0 running.
Before the description on the download page worked just fine:
http://ugene.unipro.ru/download.htmljust do
rm -rf ~/.config/Unipro/
and
ugene.sh -ui
afterwards - and all worked fine.
Now you seemed to have renamed those files - and as i am just a starting expert i couldnīt figure out what to do to get it running.
No need to hurry - just wanted to let you know. Guess itīs always better and easier just to wait for the launchpad package.
Keep up the great work and donīt forget to take some rest from time to time.