Unity WebApps Available In The Ubuntu 12.10 Official Repositories

<div style="text-align: justify;">The Unity WebApps feature has been available in Ubuntu 12.10 for some time, but besides the Amazon and Ubuntu One Music Store webapps which are installed by default, no other webapps were available for installation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Today, the <b>webapps that were available in the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/install-new-ubuntu-webapps-technology.html" title="Install The New Ubuntu WebApps Technology In Ubuntu 12.04 Or 12.10">preview PPA</a> are available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories</b>, but as separate packages so you can install only the webapps you want and use.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJILw5wW0Wkr_55OYKacSh2z7PcyO2T48MOIo5mbHX_wVD-UJz1_pxIJot4kuigDY5NJQCjrUVJBvcyX5-62O7sj8GHTApS16qVqKu_HHXEiLGKWs5kHRWqVf4qCbFyz9OoRdcs-cmv9bb/s1600/webapps-messaging-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity webapps" border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJILw5wW0Wkr_55OYKacSh2z7PcyO2T48MOIo5mbHX_wVD-UJz1_pxIJot4kuigDY5NJQCjrUVJBvcyX5-62O7sj8GHTApS16qVqKu_HHXEiLGKWs5kHRWqVf4qCbFyz9OoRdcs-cmv9bb/s320/webapps-messaging-menu.png" title="unity webapps" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSmboiZQDWj4IWI5RhkVajy8rC-H6WD169Sn4oXlE3k9-N206LxlPzcXg0iT-YxpjNNEn1fLKHHwQTqQbk1IChyphenhyphenC8j2eaE1B1J-q67vA3Tr-WnoF5ncxFdRLu4UgKA-zC-nMVYdnZa8di/s1600/webapps-sound-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity webapps" border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheSmboiZQDWj4IWI5RhkVajy8rC-H6WD169Sn4oXlE3k9-N206LxlPzcXg0iT-YxpjNNEn1fLKHHwQTqQbk1IChyphenhyphenC8j2eaE1B1J-q67vA3Tr-WnoF5ncxFdRLu4UgKA-zC-nMVYdnZa8di/s320/webapps-sound-menu.png" title="unity webapps" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Using these web applications, you get tight desktop integration for popular websites like Gmail, Google Plus, Last.fm radio, Facebook, Google Docs and many others</b>. By desktop integration, I mean not only <b>notifications</b> and an icon on the Unity launcher, but also <b>HUD, ALT+TAB</b>, <b>quicklists</b>, <b>Sound</b> or <b>Messaging Menu</b> support. So, for instance, using these webapps, you can:</div><ul><li>Control Last.fm radio or Grooveshark from the Ubuntu Sound Menu</li><li>See how many unread emails you have in your Gmail or Yahoo Mail inbox from the Ubuntu Messaging Menu</li><li>Get native desktop notifications for Facebook, Gmail, Google+</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Check out this quick video I've recorded, demoing the Unity WebApps desktop integration:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/L2YNR1KU1Xs" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2YNR1KU1Xs">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Right now, the following webapps are available in the Ubuntu 12.10 repositories: Amazon Cloud Reader, Angrybirds, BBC News (UK), Cut The Rope, Facebook Apps, Facebook Messenger, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Plus, Google Plus Games, Grooveshark, Hulu, Last.fm, Launchpad, Libre.fm, Linked.in, Live Mail, Mail.ru, Newsblur, Pandora, QQ Mail, Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter, vk.com, Wordpress.com, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News, Yandex Music, Yandex News and YouTube.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In my test, some webapps didn't work, like Yahoo News for instance. So don't expect everything to work as this feature is still work in progress.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Unity WebApps In Ubuntu 12.10</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: if you've added the Unity WebApps Preview PPA, you should purge it because it's most probably not compatible with the new webapps from the repositories (which are now separate packages instead of just one package):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ppa-purge<br />sudo ppa-purge ppa:webapps/preview</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install a webapp for a site, search for the site name in Ubuntu Software Center, or search for "webapps" in Synaptic</b> to see all the available webapps (searching for "webapps" in Ubuntu Software Center doesn't work for some reason).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Or, if you wish to install all the available webapps, use the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install unity-webapps-*</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">By default, the Unity webapps work with Firefox, but you can also get them to work with Chromium, by installing an extension available in the repositories:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install unity-chromium-extension</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For now, only Firefox and Chromium browsers are supported.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Please note that you need to use the Chromium version available in the Ubuntu 12.10 official repositories (version 20 at the time I'm writing this post; in my test, it didn't work with Chromium 23).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Once installed, log out and log back in.</b></div><br />For Ubuntu 12.04, see this post: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/install-new-ubuntu-webapps-technology.html">Install The New Ubuntu WebApps Technology In Ubuntu 12.04</a><br /><br /><br /><h2>Using Unity WebApps</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Open Firefox or Chromium and visit one of the supported websites. A popup should be displayed, asking if you want to integrate that website with Ubuntu:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBeWxHu3ncaH2bRyW3cbMFDSx1BDOGMXv5EJZVY4hRAybHEnRZU2JV8p1AFiGksSHyCp22W2zCObcRVf1jw0L_VjClOZULLcMJVfUnzExgprw102NJ5EmVQ1s4q0ufyKdUeJOxv1x6QpQ/s1600/webapp-allow.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity webapps" border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBeWxHu3ncaH2bRyW3cbMFDSx1BDOGMXv5EJZVY4hRAybHEnRZU2JV8p1AFiGksSHyCp22W2zCObcRVf1jw0L_VjClOZULLcMJVfUnzExgprw102NJ5EmVQ1s4q0ufyKdUeJOxv1x6QpQ/s320/webapp-allow.png" title="unity webapps" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvoTtZ8SZruKq3RM4N2Nv950heEguz0iSqb_TotOEiNUa17OmzcR9UHQ41WHOCHyvDzUyxOQEgV8a3p9_sOdRmQm-c6LH9lI9OlCuYVgjpFzch2vIneVwMqf2icXhEMOGUt2XnULekuKs/s1600/webapps-allow-chromium.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity webapps" border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvoTtZ8SZruKq3RM4N2Nv950heEguz0iSqb_TotOEiNUa17OmzcR9UHQ41WHOCHyvDzUyxOQEgV8a3p9_sOdRmQm-c6LH9lI9OlCuYVgjpFzch2vIneVwMqf2icXhEMOGUt2XnULekuKs/s320/webapps-allow-chromium.png" title="unity webapps" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Click "Yes" and you're ready to go. If you don't want a website to integrate with the desktop, simply don't click the Yes button or select to never ask again.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Firefox extension lets you disable the desktop integration prompt by going to <i>Edit > Preferences</i>, on the General tab, under "Desktop Integration":</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRLnIk_uSFS2mrAYv1O5prn__QmYPhFze9LJpF6dREBGhToty88-h-HaxpSzZF7z5YfLmlID7CflZpxrqE0q2Tcp0sedb7bac4OaHQ7HEBBBktwqOqoyoWHa2Y1w2SzcbtT3eKxRg0rBf/s1600/webapps-firefox-exceptions.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity webapps" border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRLnIk_uSFS2mrAYv1O5prn__QmYPhFze9LJpF6dREBGhToty88-h-HaxpSzZF7z5YfLmlID7CflZpxrqE0q2Tcp0sedb7bac4OaHQ7HEBBBktwqOqoyoWHa2Y1w2SzcbtT3eKxRg0rBf/s320/webapps-firefox-exceptions.png" title="unity webapps" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here, if you click "Exceptions", you can select some websites to ignore. A similar feature exists in Chromium too, under Advanced Settings.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can set allowed domains and domains for which the browser shouldn't prompt you through Dconf-editor ("dconf-tools" package), under: <i>com > canonical > unity > webapps</i>:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vb535YcOCw75Y7t1JFnrIM27aAzrXhvHAz7ZeZIC_G3yjs9gCv-GFrTmgo8aYxgpWmRmJf8GYW7Z4WMs7wdBQ5hocSL7BKMx8NoNuzst9olCLK8XXxhsqzI8w1iaWaePuvj_Ur8Mjh57/s1600/webapps-dconf.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity webapps" border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vb535YcOCw75Y7t1JFnrIM27aAzrXhvHAz7ZeZIC_G3yjs9gCv-GFrTmgo8aYxgpWmRmJf8GYW7Z4WMs7wdBQ5hocSL7BKMx8NoNuzst9olCLK8XXxhsqzI8w1iaWaePuvj_Ur8Mjh57/s320/webapps-dconf.png" title="unity webapps" width="320" /></a></div>

Unity WebApps Available In The Ubuntu 12.10 Official Repositories

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Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 Beta Released

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbUriEshxE67QAZySJKxJku-n0EKudrIEZWhanR7e3i21rqIuhF1r-dPIRK-Oqjc5P_M7OeLCs8j2lUomIwh-lqh2SURXcVo-5aewR2dDnyzkGe8NwL7Zom_8koG5ocP2rRKmAQgnQ4cF/s1600/ubuntu-gnome-remix.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbUriEshxE67QAZySJKxJku-n0EKudrIEZWhanR7e3i21rqIuhF1r-dPIRK-Oqjc5P_M7OeLCs8j2lUomIwh-lqh2SURXcVo-5aewR2dDnyzkGe8NwL7Zom_8koG5ocP2rRKmAQgnQ4cF/s320/ubuntu-gnome-remix.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Along with Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, etc. 12.10 beta 2, another Linux distribution which aims at becoming an official Ubuntu flavour has reached a new milestone yesterday: <b>Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 beta</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">There haven't been many changes since <a alt="Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 Alpha 2 Available For Download" href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/ubuntu-gnome-remix-1210-alpha-2.html">alpha 2</a>, except for the obvious: most of the GNOME application stack has been updated to 3.6 RC and if you run an upgrade as soon as you install Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 beta, you should get the 3.6 stable packages for many of the GNOME applications. Also, GNOME Shell 3.6 and GDM 3.6 are already available with Ubuntu GNOME Remix beta. That means Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 beta looks pretty much like the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/gnome-36-released-see-whats-new.html">GNOME 3.6 video</a> we've posted a couple of days ago (except for Nautilus 3.6 which isn't available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories).</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Other changes in Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 beta include bug fixes, like the "Undefined video mode" error which was present in alpha 2, and also, Evolution has been added to the default application stack.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, there's still no Ubiquity slideshow and no Plymouth theme specific for Ubuntu GNOME Remix so if you can help, join the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gnome">Ubuntu GNOME</a> mailing list!<br /><br />The final Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 version is expected to be released on October  18, just like the official Ubuntu flavours.</div><br /><br /><b>For the official release notes and download links, see: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ReleaseNotes/12.10Beta">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ReleaseNotes/12.10Beta</a></b>

Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 Beta Released

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Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 2 Available For Download

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj714wjj8atpvT5o7rjyWDaSNT2nfzWqGKzY6nHI6cLNgfNYT0gwHCRqMuLLNtguYK0zKmOllSpXWLgCCIvqjMN3bm497C-m742Bih-d4oljolfcrTl0k8l-U9UboGHxeSLyMPgCPr7ElqS/s1600/ubuntu-12.10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj714wjj8atpvT5o7rjyWDaSNT2nfzWqGKzY6nHI6cLNgfNYT0gwHCRqMuLLNtguYK0zKmOllSpXWLgCCIvqjMN3bm497C-m742Bih-d4oljolfcrTl0k8l-U9UboGHxeSLyMPgCPr7ElqS/s400/ubuntu-12.10.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 2 has been made available for download today.</b><br /><b><br /></b> There are quite a few changes in Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2, including a new Unity version which brings some more polish and tweaks along with 3 new Unity lenses, Amazon and Ubuntu One Music store webapps installed by default, a new default wallpaper, but also some LightDM and Messaging Menu changes. Read on to find out more!</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2 video</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As usual, we'll start with a video in which you can see some of the changes available in the latest Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 2:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6mfmHxjzF6g" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mfmHxjzF6g">direct video link</a>; for more videos, subscribe to our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a> or like us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/webupd8/app_57675755167?ref=ts">Facebook</a>)</center><br /><br />Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/ubuntu-1210-quantal-quetzal-beta-1.html">Ubuntu 12.10 beta 1<br /></a><br /><br /><h2>Changes in Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2 since beta 1</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A new Unity version is available in Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2, which brings new gradients, new ordering for the home lens, as well as some <b>new animations for Dash Previews and window minimize</b>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhp_VXYRG_xaMD4RxvX2XnARXTqO086rtbX5RGS0XTKp6ZGuZbv_ulXPyjt4p3bxRnLytnZWjit_HUfIitCs6uZh595c2BLA2tvTd7OeOSTtMvAqpFOpDHSrAyVCn_qvxo06a-ykUpPSr/s1600/dash-image-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 previews" border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhp_VXYRG_xaMD4RxvX2XnARXTqO086rtbX5RGS0XTKp6ZGuZbv_ulXPyjt4p3bxRnLytnZWjit_HUfIitCs6uZh595c2BLA2tvTd7OeOSTtMvAqpFOpDHSrAyVCn_qvxo06a-ykUpPSr/s320/dash-image-preview.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 previews" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You can see these new animations in the video above. It's worth mentioning that the minimize animation is slow at first, but gets faster as the user minimizes more windows.</div><br /><b>Other Unity changes include:</b><br /><ul><li>coverflow is no longer used for the music available for purchase in the Music Lens</li><li>new artwork for missing album covers in the Music Lens</li><li>"unity --reset" has been removed</li><li>the workspace switcher and removable devices icons can now be moved on the launcher</li><li>new gradient, tweaked highlight box and shadows</li><li>lots of bug fixes </li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Three new lenses are installed by default with Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 2: a "social" (Gwibber) lens, a photo lens and a shopping lens:</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- The <b>social lens</b> can display results from Twitter, Facebook and Identi.ca, nicely organized in various categories: Messages, Replies, Photos, Videos, Links and Private:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ81xia14qCJcnFKu_FmHu88z9RKq6YC0sVSwZE8KxdW8Pv_8eKRbbJaMxGSiVtupHJ4Nrp43D5SSL4JYiYxtfwce2L-Qm-qHucOl3lGok4bl7tp2psB7fdIYbliupl6zemOnVJInIa-c4/s1600/social-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 social lens" border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ81xia14qCJcnFKu_FmHu88z9RKq6YC0sVSwZE8KxdW8Pv_8eKRbbJaMxGSiVtupHJ4Nrp43D5SSL4JYiYxtfwce2L-Qm-qHucOl3lGok4bl7tp2psB7fdIYbliupl6zemOnVJInIa-c4/s320/social-lens.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 social lens" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Dash Previews feature works with the new social lens</b>, and it doesn't just allow the user to preview the tweets or Facebook posts, but you can also like a post or retweet without leaving Dash:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTz4bV3nD3BJuQg1WJm7LQ2Zb21U6R03qXIjkQ7_SpSKZ8H4HIw0wsItz7ocorYZfEtEwF1jVIbciyR6PQ3EI5MBUq8INDsKDGyxD0raXqIFd_0mYD-VAoAgbQe16mY4AUGV4d5mF7KTVN/s1600/social-lens-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTz4bV3nD3BJuQg1WJm7LQ2Zb21U6R03qXIjkQ7_SpSKZ8H4HIw0wsItz7ocorYZfEtEwF1jVIbciyR6PQ3EI5MBUq8INDsKDGyxD0raXqIFd_0mYD-VAoAgbQe16mY4AUGV4d5mF7KTVN/s320/social-lens-preview.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- The new <b>photo lens</b> displays images from various accounts you've enabled in Online Accounts, like Picasa, Facebook or Flickr as well as local photos. You can filter the results by date or source and that's about all the photo lens can do. And of course, the preview feature works with this lens too:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsJw-CaLgSfJdYvDaSC5BWQg02N18CkodoZsNCsYg3XZQn2wD4HxKz7_U_UAoXgGmEjCijWyuFMFUPDA5UN7Fv-nUX6cjHtL-PZZrpxT6CwrJur7gyeyLouyaXMzo1JHpwJTkVGY705c4/s1600/photo-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsJw-CaLgSfJdYvDaSC5BWQg02N18CkodoZsNCsYg3XZQn2wD4HxKz7_U_UAoXgGmEjCijWyuFMFUPDA5UN7Fv-nUX6cjHtL-PZZrpxT6CwrJur7gyeyLouyaXMzo1JHpwJTkVGY705c4/s320/photo-lens.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2 ships with a <b>shopping lens</b> which displays commercial content into Dash search results and is only visible when the user performs a global search from the Dash home screen and there are matching suggestions to show. The shopping suggestions differentiate from the rest of the items by using a badge which displays the price:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgilLWzwJHCb761-wv6hgCLxcGOQy3PyZi4cfUiHo7VcbvngMQixKNF88ZLgzhRFh6ZueWGpDWOS4UGs3aSNbc5Yg3TMzacGOYdYQqiinWWH5jZKjNJM7OWM7IDwBQyeezU1smZdkRJYA1S/s1600/shopping-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgilLWzwJHCb761-wv6hgCLxcGOQy3PyZi4cfUiHo7VcbvngMQixKNF88ZLgzhRFh6ZueWGpDWOS4UGs3aSNbc5Yg3TMzacGOYdYQqiinWWH5jZKjNJM7OWM7IDwBQyeezU1smZdkRJYA1S/s320/shopping-lens.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The shopping lens isn't the only way Canonical tries to make more money - there are also<b> two new webapps pinned to the Unity launcher in the latest Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2, for Ubuntu One Music Store and Amazon:</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTRnzFQSM8GhE8zMxRFd2cYJiXSPeQf5oNup4nolJGc5Ya13E7QgEPA8HDKEoA-3Ed2VQatCTLAGypNKv6Qhv-65nvGAuLxI51x4QAs5mVeTAGGpnZ8zQU6oGoxGSWWkje3vrg3C5rJnl/s1600/amazon-ubuntuone-icons.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTRnzFQSM8GhE8zMxRFd2cYJiXSPeQf5oNup4nolJGc5Ya13E7QgEPA8HDKEoA-3Ed2VQatCTLAGypNKv6Qhv-65nvGAuLxI51x4QAs5mVeTAGGpnZ8zQU6oGoxGSWWkje3vrg3C5rJnl/s320/amazon-ubuntuone-icons.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new social and photo lenses are very slow on my computer and it takes minutes to display some results and sometimes nothing loads at all. The weird thing is, the shopping lens results load instantly, even though it's also an online feature. Mmm. This, hopefully, will be fixed by the time the final Ubuntu 12.10 version will be released, but even so, is it worth having so many online features in Dash? There are many users with a limited Internet connection which I'm sure won't appreciate these new features, but luckily, an option turn off at least some of these online results should land soon.</div><br /><br />Another Unity change is the addition of a<b> close button as well as the window title in the window spread</b> (on hover):<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZt6zh71GioIHcjPrmNbYoKZT5QLTTNslamEKaW8W4vubOU8FDAcDK0hFX1mwHsOBHeYcvM1LaMektoPhx1wdgw5NhAJgCiPvtcOT2KZVmhAnpErsviaiaFug1C629AZaGzFqwcHvn8a5/s1600/spread-close-button.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZt6zh71GioIHcjPrmNbYoKZT5QLTTNslamEKaW8W4vubOU8FDAcDK0hFX1mwHsOBHeYcvM1LaMektoPhx1wdgw5NhAJgCiPvtcOT2KZVmhAnpErsviaiaFug1C629AZaGzFqwcHvn8a5/s320/spread-close-button.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This isn't "The Spread", as <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/new-unity-spread-design-for-ubuntu-1210.html">announced</a> a while back, but the regular spread, and it looks like the new implementation which is supposed to improve Unity task switching won't make it into Ubuntu 12.10.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As for the new <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/install-new-ubuntu-webapps-technology.html" title="Install The New Ubuntu WebApps Technology In Ubuntu 12.04 Or 12.10">"WebApps" technology</a>, the feature is available by default, but there are no webapps preinstalled besides Amazon and Ubuntu One Music but hopefully they will be available soon, at least via Ubuntu Software Center.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Messaging Menu has received a minor, but useful change: <b>the status icons are now displayed as emblems</b> on the envelope icon:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8cWFfjcKZJBr3PvkXPeDAgyvU_MSMwZMaT7HPCtZb2akNEz7iF4-BDXP4oWqPfa2uEjK2nUklP9BLTGdTmaQEFmKj0CkHnEW4y_4n0uLHOjgeqA7pumqRuE-imKZeBs3-ZuGTOyzGNO2/s1600/messaging-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8cWFfjcKZJBr3PvkXPeDAgyvU_MSMwZMaT7HPCtZb2akNEz7iF4-BDXP4oWqPfa2uEjK2nUklP9BLTGdTmaQEFmKj0CkHnEW4y_4n0uLHOjgeqA7pumqRuE-imKZeBs3-ZuGTOyzGNO2/s320/messaging-menu.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2, there's a <b>new default wallpaper</b> which continues to use the same colors as the previous wallpapers - <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/new-default-wallpaper-lands-in-ubuntu.html">not a popular choice</a> among the Ubuntu users it seems:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35vNCLlIIlONJkWnymHYtnmt3_njc1mbogSfEJb_V4DhSU0KUuBxb0SWPXVB7ZnAw56zHvBlhzjRXr7t8hW0PbGkfwNJg0Fguly7W7JM9-uEfyTLLc6Ip34wsutvTzMLWEUufTabEfX4B/s1600/wallpaper.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35vNCLlIIlONJkWnymHYtnmt3_njc1mbogSfEJb_V4DhSU0KUuBxb0SWPXVB7ZnAw56zHvBlhzjRXr7t8hW0PbGkfwNJg0Fguly7W7JM9-uEfyTLLc6Ip34wsutvTzMLWEUufTabEfX4B/s320/wallpaper.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>LightDM has gained support for remote desktop logins by default</b>. This is currently done through the Ubuntu Single Sign On service:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOycL7GP8osE7hjvjkKidb9Iq-Ob-czQBqfgWmxskWY-uHVYR9UZwFyVOZlV_eL6OwiJVLhEn7-3GN0NhroCwBwyIL001fYJwJC7ngz2v0sOV4538isx5siwaB4wczR-dOKZRq9lTw9Ky/s1600/remote-login-lightdm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOycL7GP8osE7hjvjkKidb9Iq-Ob-czQBqfgWmxskWY-uHVYR9UZwFyVOZlV_eL6OwiJVLhEn7-3GN0NhroCwBwyIL001fYJwJC7ngz2v0sOV4538isx5siwaB4wczR-dOKZRq9lTw9Ky/s320/remote-login-lightdm.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12385yF9WGNUwg_GVoP34qQCJZND6oettUB_fTInrS27w3pfy6dfLkpEhXyeO1i0_jSzd3vQChNMxyb89u2l_Y5BN3_1vdazPE29iQ-zwsyK0F04rpU1WIsy9MHW3fomy3HnIjuw905oB/s1600/remote-login.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12385yF9WGNUwg_GVoP34qQCJZND6oettUB_fTInrS27w3pfy6dfLkpEhXyeO1i0_jSzd3vQChNMxyb89u2l_Y5BN3_1vdazPE29iQ-zwsyK0F04rpU1WIsy9MHW3fomy3HnIjuw905oB/s320/remote-login.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Default applications</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2 ships by default with Nautilus 3.4.2, Firefox 15.0.1, Thunderbird 15.0.1, LibreOffice 3.6.1 (now with built-in global menu support), Ubuntu Software Center 5.3.14.2, Transmission 2.61, Deja Dup 24.0, Shotwell 0.13.0, Rhythmbox 2.97, Gwibber 3.5.90, Gedit 3.5.3, Totem 3.4.3, Brasero 3.4.1, GNOME Control Center 3.4.2 and Empathy 3.5.92 on top of Unity 6.6.0 and GNOME 3.5.92 (some 3.6 components have landed already).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Quantal beta 2 uses the Ubuntu Linux Kernel 3.5.0-15.23 based on the v3.5.4 upstream Linux kernel, Xorg server 1.13.0 and mesa 9.0.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As for those who do not want to use Unity, GNOME Shell 3.6 is now available in the Ubuntu 12.10 official repositories.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>LiveCDs dropped</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With Ubuntu 12.10, there are no more CD-sized images available. The new ISO size is 800MB, so it won't fit on a CD anymore, so users will have to rely on DVDs and USB to install the latest Ubuntu version.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu 12.10 is pretty stable, but there are some known issues! For instance, on systems using ATI Radeon 9200 graphics, you'll get a black screen on boot (a work-around is to add "nomodeset" to the kernel command line). So make sure you check out the official <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/TechnicalOverview/Beta2">release notes</a> before installing / upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you've installed a previous Ubuntu 12.10 milestone (like alpha 3 or beta 1) or a daily build and you've updated the packages through the Update Manager (now called "Software Updater"), you already have beta 2 so there's no need to reinstall it.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/TechnicalOverview/Beta2">Download Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2</a></div><br /><br /><b>Up next:</b><br /><ul><li>Final Ubuntu 12.10 release - October 18th</li></ul>

Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 2 Available For Download

Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 2 has been made available for download today. There are quite a few changes in Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2, inclu...

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Steam For Linux Beta Testing Starting In October

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpGZh-03PPspeQF6ZBeGFUUJBMYUdPCJUcH10dZUMyH2T5yhhbEvQ7VjrSB_SA_01Lz4lSe-N4rqAHpCWwcc-npamx_pl7GfJYF9SXHfZL29IuFa9ZuFU8eXsKkjqmR159qtkWiJwV25x/s1600/steam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpGZh-03PPspeQF6ZBeGFUUJBMYUdPCJUcH10dZUMyH2T5yhhbEvQ7VjrSB_SA_01Lz4lSe-N4rqAHpCWwcc-npamx_pl7GfJYF9SXHfZL29IuFa9ZuFU8eXsKkjqmR159qtkWiJwV25x/s320/steam.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Valve has <a href="http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/beta-late-than-never-3/">announced</a> they will be testing internally their new Valve for Linux starting next week and a private external beta will be available sometime in October.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The external beta will only be available for <b>1000 users</b> who will be provided with a sign up page that will be announced in a future post:</div><br /><blockquote>For existing Linux users, the external private beta is a good release for seeing where we are in running our games on Linux. We will be using a sign up page for the external beta. Information about the sign up will be announced in a future post.</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The external beta will only include <b>one game</b>, which will probably be Left 4 Dead 2, although the post doesn't mention the game name. No additional Valve games will be included in the external beta and there will be no Big Picture mode. They also mention that <b>only Ubuntu 12.04 and above will be supported</b>.</div><br /><b>Update: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/steam-for-linux-now-available-to-all.html">Steam For Linux Now Available To All Users</a></b>

Steam For Linux Beta Testing Starting In October

Valve has announced they will be testing internally their new Valve for Linux starting next week and a private external beta will be availa...

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GNOME 3.6 Released - See What's New

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JQVVVY3PQUunDnCoTCbmnqoqcW17qKJGM1XlIYMGZhs7W9cR8z3dvrn4pFPHJdXiIxzOuu-ehglI8Go5nGNz4Juk43vn5a2v7hU7zICtUKOuVwTfvjcKxKFh_qeXHyXNNSLA4ESb10hg/s1600/activities.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JQVVVY3PQUunDnCoTCbmnqoqcW17qKJGM1XlIYMGZhs7W9cR8z3dvrn4pFPHJdXiIxzOuu-ehglI8Go5nGNz4Juk43vn5a2v7hU7zICtUKOuVwTfvjcKxKFh_qeXHyXNNSLA4ESb10hg/s320/activities.png" title="gnome 3.6" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The GNOME Project has released GNOME 3.6 today, the new version bringing many enhancements and new features, including a redesigned Message Tray, smarter notifications, improved Activity Overview layout, new design for Files (Nautilus) and a new lock screen. Let's take a look at what's new!</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>GNOME 3.6 video</h2><br />Below you can watch a video with the latest GNOME 3.6 in action, running under Ubuntu 12.10:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uMfg7Jsnmg4" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMfg7Jsnmg4">direct video link</a>; for more videos, subscribe to our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a> or like us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/webupd8/app_57675755167?ref=ts">Facebook</a>)</center><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>For Nautilus (Files) 3.6 and a few other GNOME 3.6 bits which aren't in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories, I've used the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3">GNOME 3 PPA</a>. In the video, I'm using Web 3.5.4 instead of 3.6 because the latest version isn't even available in the GNOME 3 PPA.</i></div><br /><br />Now, let's take a look at the most important changes in GNOME 3.6.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Core / GNOME Shell changes</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggirPsZrkLhQjrjRtmKvpBM8rboC1yLXXWm9uy9DokErOLj_1iNQE9wE03_qsBslYapSaRCAtKaygohtZZ-gLTzABaLMuhCzDqjs65twLw2EHJzcDTSpU88BBiTvGyQ1btUhCwxOeQOa8/s1600/message-tray.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 message tray notifications" border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggirPsZrkLhQjrjRtmKvpBM8rboC1yLXXWm9uy9DokErOLj_1iNQE9wE03_qsBslYapSaRCAtKaygohtZZ-gLTzABaLMuhCzDqjs65twLw2EHJzcDTSpU88BBiTvGyQ1btUhCwxOeQOa8/s320/message-tray.png" title="gnome 3.6 message tray notifications" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With the latest GNOME 3.6, the <b>Message Tray and the notifications</b> have received some major changes:</div><ul><li>The Message Tray items are bigger, the hot corner has been replaced with the whole bottom screen edge; also, the Message Tray can now be accessed via a keyboard shortcut (Super + M)</li><li>The notifications are smarter, more noticeable and easier to dismiss thanks to a close button</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another change - not major, but it will definitely please some users, is that the <b>GNOME Shell User Menu now displays a Power Off item by default</b>:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzpmmthlJQn3KADWWkJP2foh-Jm9jovZoszOie71kGH9Wi-PGwfHCCl14DWiC_X5TQQ-UmsCJzRqbjxWPahCtBZdJeEg5RleHshz9OdQRW-ofEbnwUBX94Y6cPWFFpSRk9nOBUO2ZY0aU/s1600/user-menu-power-off.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 user menu" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzpmmthlJQn3KADWWkJP2foh-Jm9jovZoszOie71kGH9Wi-PGwfHCCl14DWiC_X5TQQ-UmsCJzRqbjxWPahCtBZdJeEg5RleHshz9OdQRW-ofEbnwUBX94Y6cPWFFpSRk9nOBUO2ZY0aU/s320/user-menu-power-off.png" title="gnome 3.6 user menu" width="290" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the latest GNOME Shell 3.6, the <b>Activities Overview</b> has received some important changes. Firstly, now when you click "Activities" on the top left, the windows are displayed by default and to access the applications, you must click a grid button displayed at the bottom of Dash:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6FgL2Z5zfIXybJ20hHsDvNYfuRyXpU7N2p5xiyT56s4ONu1yfVDFfXEUHBV6Yir0vG0gQ5JGmbn7-0Ff57xwFU23OrHrfzKM0oBvyGxGCQqah959lBwJZP8mvUbIceTgxqCCu9UwjUNc/s1600/activities.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 activities overview" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6FgL2Z5zfIXybJ20hHsDvNYfuRyXpU7N2p5xiyT56s4ONu1yfVDFfXEUHBV6Yir0vG0gQ5JGmbn7-0Ff57xwFU23OrHrfzKM0oBvyGxGCQqah959lBwJZP8mvUbIceTgxqCCu9UwjUNc/s320/activities.png" title="gnome 3.6 activities overview" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another major new feature in the latest GNOME 3.6 is a <b>new Lock Screen</b> (requires GDM so it might not show up for you if you're using Ubuntu 12.10 with LightDM instead of GDM) which displays the time and date along with notifications and the user has the ability to control media playback:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGM4jxQFuNSK1hDfw7UvmhNhCD7D7u1K8eguDLoKowes0PMsIqkSAoVzmxOZHTRa1CS38a4nysD1s64HvamtsOQZEd_g_mTV191A0zWNY0DgIJyhdWqpwP8QywzDNHDH52I1HpBTLrCxO/s1600/lock-screen.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 lock screen" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGM4jxQFuNSK1hDfw7UvmhNhCD7D7u1K8eguDLoKowes0PMsIqkSAoVzmxOZHTRa1CS38a4nysD1s64HvamtsOQZEd_g_mTV191A0zWNY0DgIJyhdWqpwP8QywzDNHDH52I1HpBTLrCxO/s320/lock-screen.png" title="gnome 3.6 lock screen" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>GNOME applications</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And now a bit about the GNOME applications. <b>Files (Nautilus)</b> is the application which has received probably the biggest attention in GNOME 3.6. Files comes with a new user interface which is now consistent with the other GNOME applications, but there are some removed features too, like the dual pane.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDP8cPJXQIASLI3UzPoSesyOrw8E6IBA9UpOeReEKqr7S10-joN37O2eZq2VqiDzrcCMyvCnfjad-hK0MdOq-AbQsAJgX9MhPEJ7GA5BLcIeduNYAz2VHDwGwQMaN1YG1Y9eYZfrri1Tj/s1600/nautilus-files.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 files nautilus" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDP8cPJXQIASLI3UzPoSesyOrw8E6IBA9UpOeReEKqr7S10-joN37O2eZq2VqiDzrcCMyvCnfjad-hK0MdOq-AbQsAJgX9MhPEJ7GA5BLcIeduNYAz2VHDwGwQMaN1YG1Y9eYZfrri1Tj/s320/nautilus-files.png" title="gnome 3.6 files nautilus" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>Among the changes in Files 3.6 are:</b><br /><ul><li>a new way of searching for files has replaced both the old search tool and the "search as you type" feature</li><li>new toolbar and pathbar, GNOME Shell appmenu, a new "cog" menu, symbolic icons for the sidebar, a new "Recent" section in the sidebar</li><li>list view changes: new date format display, better column order, new icon size: 32</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Clocks:</b> a new application introduced as a "preview", because, according to the GNOME developers, it's not ready for prime time just yet. But it's already functional and it can be used to display the time around the world, set up an alarm, stopwatch and a timer:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2njn9Fq0aDGKyAQe29lAEgIjs_9inRYOoBMjLxol2BpdPcqHX-yAMXhiAI_NStYphk23m1RwJaO_F7ks3nnrOgGgZU6-zJnN-UxRqpHqzALfL5LAvTpFh7EZhyXgi7Mq57KV_dF4ZUJ-/s1600/gnome-clocks.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 clocks" border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2njn9Fq0aDGKyAQe29lAEgIjs_9inRYOoBMjLxol2BpdPcqHX-yAMXhiAI_NStYphk23m1RwJaO_F7ks3nnrOgGgZU6-zJnN-UxRqpHqzALfL5LAvTpFh7EZhyXgi7Mq57KV_dF4ZUJ-/s320/gnome-clocks.png" title="gnome 3.6 clocks" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0Kbby6JSn6l7jzmSQAQIZjJrCICrNKB-RTosSLdR22PdVSFXJjWVftIkYNpW8KOQVlOmJ8v_DMGHcAJlkM2-w1Xm8s3gRL7kfjc4Wv9Fq8EIX1cInJXnBlZP7r-kxQKL26WOK38XlUF3/s1600/boxes.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 boxes" border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0Kbby6JSn6l7jzmSQAQIZjJrCICrNKB-RTosSLdR22PdVSFXJjWVftIkYNpW8KOQVlOmJ8v_DMGHcAJlkM2-w1Xm8s3gRL7kfjc4Wv9Fq8EIX1cInJXnBlZP7r-kxQKL26WOK38XlUF3/s320/boxes.png" title="gnome 3.6 boxes" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Introduced as a preview in GNOME 3.4, <b>Boxes</b> (an application to connect to remote machines and manage virtual machines) is now officially a GNOME application. Changes in the latest Boxes include a reworked selection mode, allow customizing a box memory and disk size before it's created and more.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Epiphany (Web)</b> has introduced "The Overview" with version 3.6. This is the beginning of a new design which should improve the user experience, about which we've talked about a <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/12/new-epiphany-browser-design-probably.html">while back</a>:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d_7WlXj80ts1YA4zMz6te8lJhevRpqRzK0zQIHVzoMPfA9Uf4x9aphjBXYszr2KLxevNhK6GEVBU54yIgHcG-_I8OdcI_I6n2ytWiY56WnFMSvZgEh8M2-9OjQuy7EvhJY6Ey7sN01vr/s1600/web.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 web epiphany" border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d_7WlXj80ts1YA4zMz6te8lJhevRpqRzK0zQIHVzoMPfA9Uf4x9aphjBXYszr2KLxevNhK6GEVBU54yIgHcG-_I8OdcI_I6n2ytWiY56WnFMSvZgEh8M2-9OjQuy7EvhJY6Ey7sN01vr/s320/web.png" title="gnome 3.6 web epiphany" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For now, "The Overview" doesn't have the functionality that was announced a while back, and it only presents a grid with the most visited pages. The new version also comes with an improved full screen mode and other changes.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Of course, there were many other improvements, including various changes for Disk Usage Analyzer, Disks, Font Viewer, support for Microsoft Exchange, Windows Live and Facebook for Online Accounts, updated modal dialogs which now expand from the middle instead of dropping from the top, Empathy now uses Zeitgeist, and many accessibility and internationalization enhancements.<br /><br />There's also a new feature which I'm sure those who like to customize their desktop will love: with GNOME 3.6, <b>the GNOME Shell extensions installed via <a href="http://extensions.gnome.org">extensions.gnome.org</a> are updated automatically</b>.<br /><br /><b>The next stable GNOME release, 3.8, is expected on March 27, 2013</b>.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Getting GNOME 3.6</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There are no official GNOME 3.6 ISO files available for download yet, but if you want to try it already, you can use the latest development builds of Ubuntu 12.10, Fedora 18 and so on in a virtual machine or boot the images from an USB stick.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">When available, the GNOME 3.6 live images will be downloadable from <a href="http://www.gnome.org/getting-gnome/">HERE</a>.</div><br /><br />Also see:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.gnome.org/news/2012/09/gnome-3-6-released/">http://www.gnome.org/news/2012/09/gnome-3-6-released/</a></li><li><a href="http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.6/index.html.en">http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.6/index.html.en </a></li></ul>

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<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Adwaita for Firefox is a theme designed to integrate Firefox with Adwaita, the default GNOME 3 theme.</b> The theme features GNOME 3 like tabs, a toolbar like the one used in the latest GNOME 3.6 and many other tweaks.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu782Cb95N-b5IH_7Q6s_YwlKsWsIqDUHCyrVGX6KwKv-A_BcW-e8DgJgexlu2UyMwvVKLgMG6ZimCs5yeu6bYjxxMwKSjoUtuzS8NC-T1vzD3zEHchyphenhyphenKyjHLZVh-jyEyr8ZNerrL4jTGA/s1600/firefox-adwaita.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="firefox adwaita theme" border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu782Cb95N-b5IH_7Q6s_YwlKsWsIqDUHCyrVGX6KwKv-A_BcW-e8DgJgexlu2UyMwvVKLgMG6ZimCs5yeu6bYjxxMwKSjoUtuzS8NC-T1vzD3zEHchyphenhyphenKyjHLZVh-jyEyr8ZNerrL4jTGA/s320/firefox-adwaita.png" title="firefox adwaita theme" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Adwaita theme for Firefox 15 has been released recently and was submitted to <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adwaita/">addons.mozilla.org</a> but it hasn't been approved yet so for now, you can get it from <a href="https://github.com/adwaita-firefox-team/adwaita-firefox/downloads">GitHub</a>. To install it, download the .xpi file, then drag and drop it from Nautilus onto the Firefox window.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For a full GNOME 3.6 experience, you may also want to install <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/htitle/">HTile</a>, an extension which hides the Firefox titlebar when the window is maximized, just like the new behaviour for the default GNOME 3 applications.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="https://plus.google.com/110020735578104565833/posts/fznMENssKWy">+Garrett LeSage</a></i></div>

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Exaile Music Player Lives On, Version 3.3.0 Released With Many Improvements [Ubuntu PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;">With no major release in more than 2 years, many thought <a href="http://www.exaile.org/">Exaile</a>, once a pretty popular music player (it was even the default Xubuntu music player), was dead. But it turns out that's not the case and a new version - 3.3.0 codenamed "jump" -, has been released a few days ago.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Exaile, an application designed with Amarok 1.4 in mind, but for GTK, comes with many of KDE's Amarok 1.4 features, along with some extras. Since our last post on Exaile dates back to 2010, here's a quick features overview:</div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>can handle large music libraries</li><li>tabbed playlists</li><li>plugins support which includes a huge list of plugins</li><li>cover fetching</li><li>CD playback, iPod and USB mass storage support</li><li>advanced tag editor</li><li>ReplayGain support</li><li>equalizer with presets</li><li>Moodbar integration</li><li>multimedia keys</li><li>lyrics fetching</li><li>dynamic playist</li><li>Last.fm support</li><li>many many other features</li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSq97whb143wnypVZtuzPZoX4hjtFi2Xz54clmpS1NmG4nt3h4Y2lVw3589dqfLZ4ffa2iZ0bsst5SIfAQIZDt0L8aAVIDK1hF2xWQal4qNje505MS1r3HV9S51rwVvREPkylCTrCuV8O/s1600/exaile-3.3.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="exaile 3.3.0" border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSq97whb143wnypVZtuzPZoX4hjtFi2Xz54clmpS1NmG4nt3h4Y2lVw3589dqfLZ4ffa2iZ0bsst5SIfAQIZDt0L8aAVIDK1hF2xWQal4qNje505MS1r3HV9S51rwVvREPkylCTrCuV8O/s320/exaile-3.3.0.png" title="exaile 3.3.0" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exaile 3.3.0</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides dropping the leading "0" from the version number (going from 0.3.x to 3.3.x), the latest Exaile 3.3.0 "brings hundreds of fixes as well as a lot of new features", says the release announcement. <b>Here's a list of the most important changes in the latest Exaile:</b></div><ul><li>New / updated plugins: A-B Repeat, BPM Counter: manually set BPM per track, Group Tagger, History: keep history of played tracks and export them to a playlist, Inhibit Suspend, Last.fm Loved Tracks, Main Menu Button: moves the main menu into a single Chrome-like button, MusicBrainz Covers, OSD: completely rewritten with new options, Preview Device: allows playing audio over a secondary device, useful for DJs</li><li>Lots of threading issues which resulted in hangs during playback and upon startup have been fixed</li><li>Asynchronous cover fetching</li><li>Improved import of media from drag drops</li><li>New playlist column: scheduled playback time of tracks</li><li>Tracks and playlist import from and export to arbitrary locations (like network locations)</li><li>Revamped cover chooser and cover manager</li><li>Completely new, provider-based menu system</li><li>Completely rewritten playlist API (cleaner, more flexible and extensible, move and copy tracks arbitrarily between playlists)</li><li>Support relative paths in playlist import/export</li><li>Tag handling: support albumartist for MP3/MP4</li><li>Many UI tweaks and fixes</li><li>Lots of improvements made to Exaile for Windows, including an installer</li></ul>For a complete list of changes, see the Exaile <a href="http://www.exaile.org/">homepage</a>.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIR72c2UB554EedofTTYNbwNC-YPdA9a6REb61DxFrPK6Gazs_JjqAMAsLeZGUd_NLVPwgyzY8nsm3AVTzXIsaJqbKBLFiLnEhgJCjcbYhEroRaGXMmLAMpPrAs5aO21EOzV8BlkRSQk2/s1600/exaile-plugins.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIR72c2UB554EedofTTYNbwNC-YPdA9a6REb61DxFrPK6Gazs_JjqAMAsLeZGUd_NLVPwgyzY8nsm3AVTzXIsaJqbKBLFiLnEhgJCjcbYhEroRaGXMmLAMpPrAs5aO21EOzV8BlkRSQk2/s320/exaile-plugins.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the left: some of the plugins available in Exaile; on the right: the Exaile cover manager</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new version isn't bug-free and since there wasn't a new release in a long time, expect to find quite a few bugs. Some of the bugs you'll encounter in Exaile 3.3.0 include: non-working Shoutcast plugin, a buggy Lyrics plugin and most importantly, a bug in the Collection Manager dialog under Ubuntu 12.10 (doesn't occur with older Ubuntu versions): when adding a music folder, Exaile always adds your home folder instead of the folder you select.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's a work-around for this Collection Manager bug in Ubuntu 12.10: in the "Add directory" dialog, click the "Type a filename" icon (the pen icon), then enter the exact path to your music collection, like for instance "<i>/home/YOUR_USERNAME/Music</i>" and click "Add", like in the screenshot below:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQQU96y2vOrFqpE5zyTeIr8bUHrL3pQ7EYtl_EZWyAXcKDjiRZJoidA_wZQWvedLfa5MGSz0nBNUKgYnvI16Zux81an3qM9z0ycNudBkEZ3M72P0hT2gz1jJaghKzqT-_-Usle0rMhcwy/s1600/exaile-bug.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="67" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQQU96y2vOrFqpE5zyTeIr8bUHrL3pQ7EYtl_EZWyAXcKDjiRZJoidA_wZQWvedLfa5MGSz0nBNUKgYnvI16Zux81an3qM9z0ycNudBkEZ3M72P0hT2gz1jJaghKzqT-_-Usle0rMhcwy/s320/exaile-bug.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Install Exaile 3.3.0 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest Exaile 3.3.0 is available in the main WebUpd8 PPA, for Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 and 11.10 - add the PPA and install it using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install exaile exaile-plugin-contextinfo exaile-plugin-ipod exaile-plugin-moodbar exfalso</code></pre>(the last command above installs Exaile along with some Exaile plugins which are not installed by default)<br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions and Windows, download Exaile from <a href="https://launchpad.net/exaile/+download">Launchpad</a>.</b><br /><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/exaile/+bugs">Launchpad</a>!

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gThumb Gets WebP Support In The Latest 3.1.1 Release

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>gThumb, an image viewer and organizer, has reached version 3.1.1, adding</b> <b>support for WebP</b>, the image format that employs lossy and lossless compression, developed by Google as a WebM sister project.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The new version also comes with a new <b>application menu on the top GNOME Shell bar</b> when used with GNOME Shell.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7Qx1XjT6BDSTIDdwMVvGFFzxfOHVEoutN9QsBPwsU71yPtfbdBc2aEFqpqHcq_WP4fAsz-nWF0kNnVtj5d6ZPJVFEughfh7XxqkiaW1uIV9p0w29KVLRSd9Z43S_y6-GmeoIdh988qTf/s1600/gthumb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gthumb" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7Qx1XjT6BDSTIDdwMVvGFFzxfOHVEoutN9QsBPwsU71yPtfbdBc2aEFqpqHcq_WP4fAsz-nWF0kNnVtj5d6ZPJVFEughfh7XxqkiaW1uIV9p0w29KVLRSd9Z43S_y6-GmeoIdh988qTf/s320/gthumb.png" title="gthumb" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>Other changes in gThumb 3.1.1 :</b><br /><ul><li>Allow to specify the format options when saving a file (can be disabled)</li><li>Save and restore the window maximized state, the filterbar status, the visited locations history and the viewer sidebar status</li><li>Image viewer: use the dark background by default, and use a more neutral color instead of black</li><li>Video viewer: save and restore the volume level</li><li>Rotation tool: allow to rotate an image from -180 to 180 degrees</li><li>Selections: allow to cut the files</li><li>Added a menu item to hide/show the file properties</li><li>Enhance colors: use a faster algorithm and rename to "Adjust Contrast"</li><li>Equalize histogram: use a faster algorithm</li><li>Desaturate tool: added ability to choose the method to use, renamed to "Grayscale"</li><li>Removed the format chooser from the file dialog</li><li>Added an high resolution application icon</li><li>More</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, with this version, gThumb depends on GTK3.4 so for instance, it can't be compiled on Ubuntu 11.10 (and obviously older versions) anymore. </div><br /><br /><h2>Install gThumb 3.1.1 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest gThumb 3.1.1 is available in the WebUpd8 gThumb PPA for Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 - add the PPA and install it using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/gthumb<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install gthumb</code></pre><br />For other Linux distributions, get the latest gThumb from <a href="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gthumb/3.1/">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><i>Other packages from our PPAs updated today: <a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/32256413648/audacious-3-3-2">Audacious 3.3.2</a>, <a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/32258183535/umplayer-youtube-update">UMPlayer</a>, <a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/32257799992/subtitle-editor-0-40-0-available-in-our-main-ppa">Subtitle Editor 0.40.0</a>.</i>

gThumb Gets WebP Support In The Latest 3.1.1 Release

gThumb, an image viewer and organizer, has reached version 3.1.1, adding support for WebP , the image format that employs lossy and lossles...

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Evernote Ubuntu Client `Everpad` Gets Unity Previews Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad">Everpad</a>, an application that integrates the popular note taking service `<a href="http://evernote.com/">Evernote</a>` with Unity through an AppIndicator and Unity lens, was updated recently, the new version bringing a cool new feature for Ubuntu 12.10 users: <b>support for Unity Previews</b>, being one of the first unofficial lenses which takes advantage of this new feature.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUzQitfSzxNt_5VTlsUkduzSaP6nbxuFJHzHKNtGZC9FZsj01oSmo7fNZ_EQW0LQPWGEQM-sy-A1EuIX4LUul9pzBdgU8KKm36F5QKx68MnLKLge2OgU-6fY1KaAtkErb-pVp-vmoiU64X/s1600/everpad-unity-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="everpad unity dash preview" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUzQitfSzxNt_5VTlsUkduzSaP6nbxuFJHzHKNtGZC9FZsj01oSmo7fNZ_EQW0LQPWGEQM-sy-A1EuIX4LUul9pzBdgU8KKm36F5QKx68MnLKLge2OgU-6fY1KaAtkErb-pVp-vmoiU64X/s320/everpad-unity-preview.png" title="everpad unity dash preview" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The Unity Previews feature for Everpad isn't limited to text - if you've attached an image to your note, the Everpad lens displays an image preview too. There's also an "Edit" button which opens the Everpad note editor, but hopefully, Unity will support basic editing inside the lens in the future, so applications such as Everpad can work entirely inside the lens, without the need of external UIs.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install Everpad in Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 or 11.10 (but obviously, the Previews feature won't work in Ubuntu 12.04 or 11.10), use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvbn-rm/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install everpad</code></pre><br />More info about Everpad in our initial post: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/everpad-integrates-evernote-with-ubuntu.html">Everpad Integrates Evernote With Ubuntu Unity (AppIndicator, Lens)</a>

Evernote Ubuntu Client `Everpad` Gets Unity Previews Support

Everpad , an application that integrates the popular note taking service ` Evernote ` with Unity through an AppIndicator and Unity lens, was...

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Unity 6.6.0 Released, Gets New Animations And 2 New Lenses

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Unity 6.6.0 has just been uploaded to the Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal proposed repositories, bringing some polish for various aspects like the Dash <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o598B31IQMs"></a>Previews, animations, 2 new default lenses and more.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Unity 6.6.0 introduces a<b> new animation for Dash previews</b> as well as a <b>new minimize animation</b>. You can see them both in action in the video below:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BpIcGWNsFLA" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpIcGWNsFLA">direct video link</a>)</center><br />The <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/1017510">minimize animation</a> is supposed to help new users by being very slow at first, but it gets faster as the user minimizes more windows.<br /><br /><b>Other changes in Unity 6.6.0:</b><br /><ul><li>various gradient tweaks</li><li>the panel shadow has been restored</li><li>new ordering of categories for home lens</li><li>the workspace switcher and removable devices icons can now be moved on the launcher</li><li>"unity --reset" has been removed</li><li>new artwork for missing album covers in the Music Lens</li><li>show the alt-tab on the monitor with the mouse</li><li>coverflow is no longer used for the music available for purchase in the Music Lens</li><li>the bug that didn't allow changing the window titlebar theme using GNOME Tweak Tool and other such apps has been fixed</li><li>many other minor tweaks and fixes</li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGDt1e4adH2hyDPDyHrTOSe62UucqK6EcGeKBEO2Lvkm0SAglqDHiKFVJO3Mbi-Lk23y_jCplXu9MWA7UonIdsHIvRmUYBxag_uTpVV1L0-0uKmhJ3ehN66-pusQDc2IOe_6TshHmgu5d/s1600/gwibber-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="gwibber-lens" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGDt1e4adH2hyDPDyHrTOSe62UucqK6EcGeKBEO2Lvkm0SAglqDHiKFVJO3Mbi-Lk23y_jCplXu9MWA7UonIdsHIvRmUYBxag_uTpVV1L0-0uKmhJ3ehN66-pusQDc2IOe_6TshHmgu5d/s320/gwibber-lens.png" title="gwibber-lens" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Social" (Gwibber) lens</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Another change is that the <b>Gwibber lens ("social" lens) is now installed by default</b>. With this change, there's also a new feature for the Gwibber lens: "Social previews":</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8VnVq5zIddx_PTa7z4hsw6uGAdPhKdFpf1ngt13fsJhrJaGAVhHXe9i1ANWzPQnEtz0QAiQOWz84IHn3MULHqIEvh8tW4kd-G3fgbK7u1bpxtVxZw3g1oBDnS5zpFZVdhU6y_6oCbxjL/s1600/gwibber-lens-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gwibber lens" border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8VnVq5zIddx_PTa7z4hsw6uGAdPhKdFpf1ngt13fsJhrJaGAVhHXe9i1ANWzPQnEtz0QAiQOWz84IHn3MULHqIEvh8tW4kd-G3fgbK7u1bpxtVxZw3g1oBDnS5zpFZVdhU6y_6oCbxjL/s320/gwibber-lens-2.png" title="gwibber lens" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm88uzxkUwDoE9eXPKDX_Yrn8EFANX2w_VEe8GUcJcflCP-lXyg0h1rhppAaqXgD6kFoMPJ724XqUiWW40byZNRL7bRNK3QbQyQRoixSQoUvqZRFwzHdC-N77B-rx00WZLBFA8y__A9Okf/s1600/unity-6.6.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="unity 6.6.0" border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm88uzxkUwDoE9eXPKDX_Yrn8EFANX2w_VEe8GUcJcflCP-lXyg0h1rhppAaqXgD6kFoMPJ724XqUiWW40byZNRL7bRNK3QbQyQRoixSQoUvqZRFwzHdC-N77B-rx00WZLBFA8y__A9Okf/s320/unity-6.6.0.png" title="unity 6.6.0" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Home lens with shopping suggestions</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">The Unity 6.6.0 also comes with a new <b>"shopping" lens</b> which is supposed to deliver commercial content into the Dash and is only visible when "the user performs a global search from the Dash home screen and there are matching suggestions to show" (screenshot above). The shopping suggestions differentiate from the rest of the items by using a badge which displays the price. The lens is a "recommended" package and not a direct dependency, meaning it's an optional feature and it can be removed.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, the changelog mentions that <b>Amazon and Ubuntu One Music Store webapp items are now added by default on the Unity launcher</b>, however, they didn't show up on my computer after upgrading to the latest Unity 6.6.0, even after running "unity --reset-icons" so it seems there's a bug here. They probably need the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/install-new-ubuntu-webapps-technology.html">Unity WebApps feature</a> to be fully integrated with Ubuntu 12.10 to work and WebApps support hasn't landed yet. With these and the shopping lens, Ubuntu tries to get more revenue but it also makes it easy for its users to easily remove them.</div><br />The complete Unity 6.6.0 changelog can be found <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/unity/6.6.0-0ubuntu1">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The proposed repository is not enabled by default - it can be enabled via Software Sources. Unity 6.6.0 should be promoted from the proposed to the main repository soon.</i></div>

Unity 6.6.0 Released, Gets New Animations And 2 New Lenses

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Wunderlist Installation Script Updated For Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnNl5kz-Qqc5iN7TLTicuk4YscT5HmHZiIXYm0YxpFGZiU6ldbZ6w46LCejEKFTYKkb-VKv8LQ4_NJBsQyNmexhq3LQmli3I55WyG8lHsXyDWa_PCvJQTGln5iwHE1Z9RZMTg341p5A2w/s1600/wunderlist-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="wunderlist ubuntu" border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnNl5kz-Qqc5iN7TLTicuk4YscT5HmHZiIXYm0YxpFGZiU6ldbZ6w46LCejEKFTYKkb-VKv8LQ4_NJBsQyNmexhq3LQmli3I55WyG8lHsXyDWa_PCvJQTGln5iwHE1Z9RZMTg341p5A2w/s320/wunderlist-ubuntu.png" title="wunderlist ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.6wunderkinder.com/wunderlist/">Wunderlist</a> is a cool task management application available for Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS and Android.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Wunderlist 2 was <a href="http://www.6wunderkinder.com/blog/the-future-of-6wunderkinder-hello-wunderlist-2">announced</a> a few days ago, but it's not yet available for download and as you know, to use Wunderlist in Ubuntu, you need some tweaks or else the application doesn't start. So, until the new version is ready, you can use our script to get Wunderlist to work in Ubuntu.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Today I'm releasing a new version of <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/how-to-install-wunderlist-in-ubuntu.html" title="How To Install Wunderlist In Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04">the script</a> that gets Wunderlist to work with Ubuntu. <b>The changes in the new version include: support for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal and appmenu support for Ubuntu 12.04, which was broken until now.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Wunderlist desktop application is not a must, as you can use Wunderlist in your browser, but using the application and our script, you'll get a desktop file so you can launch Wunderlist from the menu / Dash and create or edit notes offline.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To download the script and use Wunderlist in Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 or 11.10, see our initial post (now updated with the new script version): <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/how-to-install-wunderlist-in-ubuntu.html">How To Install Wunderlist In Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 or 11.10</a></b>.</div>

Wunderlist Installation Script Updated For Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

Wunderlist is a cool task management application available for Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS and Android. Wunderlist 2 was announced a few days...

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New Cinnamon 1.6 Release Adds 2D Session, New Applets And More Customization Options

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEpbZPBHubLR4F14ei8I8vf6hA7tIc22vYbi0vjNpmlJhX0bCMnI3ABCXBo9Z9su2_MHJYOND8AZmjxfhEEg6zVYNJVYPlGppNf1uyGD72fqYz4AI47zCGtMq0JInzvGCTEO3PUoY6JUN/s1600/workspaces.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cinnamon 1.6" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEpbZPBHubLR4F14ei8I8vf6hA7tIc22vYbi0vjNpmlJhX0bCMnI3ABCXBo9Z9su2_MHJYOND8AZmjxfhEEg6zVYNJVYPlGppNf1uyGD72fqYz4AI47zCGtMq0JInzvGCTEO3PUoY6JUN/s320/workspaces.png" title="cinnamon 1.6" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Workspaces can be named in Cinnamon 1.6</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/">Cinnamon</a>, the GNOME Shell fork used by default in Linux Mint 13 (Cinnamon Edition), has reached version 1.6, getting many new features: a new 2D session, workspace OSD, new applets and lots more!</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Major changes in Cinnamon 1.6:</b><br /><ul><li>Cinnamon 2D session (uses software rendering)</li><li>Workspace OSD: you can now name the workspaces (which are persistent in Cinnamon)</li><li>ALT + Tab improvements: you can now use thumbnails or previews</li><li>Improved sound applet: larger album cover, mute buttons for speakers and microphone and more</li><li>Grid View in Expo</li><li>The panel is fully customizable: options to configure auto-hide delay and the panel height have been added to Cinnamon Settings.</li><li>many other improvements and bug fixes </li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcyEr-UmiM_Vyb7AnAyXGrNJV4mbj1K5QqWFHeTyJXoDmpB1B-NO9UFC7ZhjS21a3JNCPYRo1WWmy_6mtP_-xmyd6Aq257IvdbR3spgmVI15oS-CjmGXh9n7bQQdxIJ6rZfkxd9rzVhwD/s1600/alt-tab.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cinnamon 1.6" border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcyEr-UmiM_Vyb7AnAyXGrNJV4mbj1K5QqWFHeTyJXoDmpB1B-NO9UFC7ZhjS21a3JNCPYRo1WWmy_6mtP_-xmyd6Aq257IvdbR3spgmVI15oS-CjmGXh9n7bQQdxIJ6rZfkxd9rzVhwD/s320/alt-tab.png" title="cinnamon 1.6" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ALT + Tab with window thumbnails</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In my test, the Cinnamon 2D session was very slow, even though my computer is pretty fast, so it seems this feature isn't ready yet. And in fact, in the Cinnamon 1.6 <a href="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=207">release notes</a> it's mentioned that Cinnamon 2D is used to "<i>troubleshoot compatibility problems with Cinnamon</i>", so it doesn't look like it's intended for everyday use just yet.</div><br /><br /><b>There are also some new applets in the latest Cinnamon 1.6:</b><br /><ul><li>window quick-list: lists all open windows across workspaces</li><li>brightness applet</li><li>notifications applet: like the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/recent-notifications-indicator-keeps.html">"Recent Notifications" appindicator</a>, this Cinnamon applet keeps a history of desktop notifications so you never miss important notifications again. </li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDX7IrKrQGj1d0zRJmLiqigZ6KAomxu9sOEkZOvzLhC0eAhruPMObHmVBK0I9aSKWDIXXvJiRrdf6LclEje9gb0MUthmtdE_RoOXPxIXQuOKk1fvn-GhdYRIYyacQ0SKszss195wpg3KTq/s1600/notification-applet.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cinnamon 1.6" border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDX7IrKrQGj1d0zRJmLiqigZ6KAomxu9sOEkZOvzLhC0eAhruPMObHmVBK0I9aSKWDIXXvJiRrdf6LclEje9gb0MUthmtdE_RoOXPxIXQuOKk1fvn-GhdYRIYyacQ0SKszss195wpg3KTq/s320/notification-applet.png" title="cinnamon 1.6" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new notifications applet</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlmnQQWseJVOlLM-LoomKvXVz4KJnuUg0Oh6UCspLfQGBxxdjxKrKZPoS-h8uTqeGadRKB5Yi8iP9XcbQEhfIPgFvLeEKw5LMG3Rl2n3MHIQyL0J7h9pUSkE8cIP7X8A8uvFZtgBQqC6M/s1600/sound-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cinnamon desktop 1.6" border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlmnQQWseJVOlLM-LoomKvXVz4KJnuUg0Oh6UCspLfQGBxxdjxKrKZPoS-h8uTqeGadRKB5Yi8iP9XcbQEhfIPgFvLeEKw5LMG3Rl2n3MHIQyL0J7h9pUSkE8cIP7X8A8uvFZtgBQqC6M/s320/sound-menu.png" title="cinnamon desktop 1.6" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Improved sound applet</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Qos35oe8uP_uXfzyABfGVTB7StXbMae0V4djUVsf6KiGRilaL-zGALC2QvGHMrFzP9Ly5sAxvLOKk6y5SIUHncjaz44TRsHD1mR1XZySq_yiU3bQ7QxKMsVjzW5bqXcPSsFxQlSG6UjA/s1600/nemo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cinnamon desktop 1.6" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Qos35oe8uP_uXfzyABfGVTB7StXbMae0V4djUVsf6KiGRilaL-zGALC2QvGHMrFzP9Ly5sAxvLOKk6y5SIUHncjaz44TRsHD1mR1XZySq_yiU3bQ7QxKMsVjzW5bqXcPSsFxQlSG6UjA/s320/nemo.png" title="cinnamon desktop 1.6" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nemo file manager</td></tr></tbody></table>Also, <b><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/nemo-linux-mint-team-forks-nautilus.html">Nemo</a>, the Nautilus 3.4.2 fork has been integrated with Cinnamon</b>, replacing Nautilus. This of course doesn't mean you can't use Nautilus or other file managers if you want to, but by default, Cinnamon will use Nemo (e.g. for drawing the desktop, etc.).</div><br /><br /><b>Want to see the latest Cinnamon 1.6 in action? Check out the video below:</b><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PxSA9Rg4L_8" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxSA9Rg4L_8">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Get Cinnamon</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install Cinnnamon 1.6 in Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04, you can use the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/alternative-cinnamon-ppa-for-ubuntu.html">Cinnamon stable PPA</a> which has just been updated with the latest Cinnamon:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install cinnamon</code></pre>Once installed, log out and select Cinnamon in the GDM / LightDM / MDM login screen.<br /><br />For other Linux distributions, see the Cinnamon <a href="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?page_id=61">download page</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=207">Cinnamon</a></i></div>

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Cloud Music Player `Nuvola` Sees New Stable Release

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigtnYxjeqypYHTWu8isyZAERga1eUDJ3MHhsOJrUra9jgedvoO3_B1jl9HUAueMNuXdWhz2KLdUlo9cQwr2eYovIe-cp7XAURrSCrlbB1GDGXFFJXPxwQ4j7pWzFwiqR46s_eSsgXmtwd/s1600/nuvolaplayer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nuvolaplayer" border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigtnYxjeqypYHTWu8isyZAERga1eUDJ3MHhsOJrUra9jgedvoO3_B1jl9HUAueMNuXdWhz2KLdUlo9cQwr2eYovIe-cp7XAURrSCrlbB1GDGXFFJXPxwQ4j7pWzFwiqR46s_eSsgXmtwd/s320/nuvolaplayer.png" title="nuvolaplayer" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://nuvolaplayer.fenryxo.cz/home.html">Nuvola Player</a> is an application that integrates cloud music services like Google Music, Grooveshark, Hype Machine, 8tracks, Pandora, Rdio and Amazon Cloud Player with your desktop. </b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Using it, you'll get desktop notifications, multimedia keys support, Mpris v2 </b>(integration with Ubuntu Sound Menu or GNOME Shell Media Player extension)<b> integration, Unity quicklists and more.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Two Nuvola Player stable versions have been released today: 1.1.0 and 2.0. The difference between the two versions is that 2.0 comes with GTK3 (only works with GTK3.4+, for instance Ubuntu 12.04 or newer), but the new features are the same in both versions. The GTK3 port fixes an old <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/nuvola-player/+bug/958154">issue</a> with a bug in WebKitGTK 1.8 which caused some services to only be partially rendered.</div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaaa8MRICv7oytbcEg0U2-h7ih8BAqTcT86CIC-09asST5YHth14oM0DZ1de0SLvCrCkVnXYJbmVzPxEydkDm7gKeYbBf4T1uiYA7EBja9bJTwzAk3UBP6xPuUNbZ1EhxiYK_8ziN07Hdd/s1600/nuvola_2.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="nuvolaplayer" border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaaa8MRICv7oytbcEg0U2-h7ih8BAqTcT86CIC-09asST5YHth14oM0DZ1de0SLvCrCkVnXYJbmVzPxEydkDm7gKeYbBf4T1uiYA7EBja9bJTwzAk3UBP6xPuUNbZ1EhxiYK_8ziN07Hdd/s320/nuvola_2.0.png" title="nuvolaplayer" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New service selector screen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>Changes in the latest Nuvola Player:</b><br /><ul><li>new service: Amazon Cloud Player</li><li>a new service selector screen</li><li>built-in Last.fm scrobbling (you no longer have to use a third-party user script for this)</li><li>a new lyrics extension</li><li>you can now control Nuvola Player from the command line (via "nuvolaplayer-client" command)</li><li>service specific settings</li><li>extensions support -> some features available in the previous releases are now available as extensions, and can be enabled/disabled. This includes: Dock Manager support, Last.fm, Lyrics, Media keys, Mpris, Notifications, Tray icon, Unity quicklists.</li><li>The "only toolbar" mode is now used by default, following the elementary menu style</li><li>an auto play option has been added in the preferences</li><li>Google Play, 8tracks and Amazon Cloud Player use HTML5 audio support for playback instead of Flash plugin</li><li>JavaScript API 2.0</li><li>WebKit WebView Inspector</li><li>Removed support for user scripts</li></ul><br />A full changelog can be found <a href="http://nuvolaplayer.fenryxo.cz/releases/2.0.html">HERE</a>.<br /><br />Note: some of these new features have been available in Nuvola Player for a while, but in the unstable/beta PPA, not as a stable release.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Nuvola Player</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu users can install the latest stable Nuvola Player (2.0 for Ubuntu 12.04 and 1.1.0 for the others) using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nuvola-player-builders/stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install nuvolaplayer</code></pre><br />You can also use the Nuvola Unstable PPA to get the latest features and bug fixes (but remember, this PPA is considered unstable):<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nuvola-player-builders/unstable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install nuvolaplayer</code></pre><br /><br /><b>There are also packages available for:</b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://ppa.fenryxo.cz/nuvola-player/README.html">Debian</a></li><li>Arch Linux: <a href="http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=58166">stable</a> | <a href="http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=54163">bzr</a> </li></ul><br />Or, download the source via <a href="https://launchpad.net/nuvola-player/+download">Launchpad</a>. <br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="https://plus.google.com/110794636546911932554/posts/h5jqds2Hyqa">+Nuvola Player</a></i></div>

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WebUpd8 PPAs: Packages Uploaded For Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/ubuntu-1210-quantal-quetzal-beta-1.html">Ubuntu 12.10 beta 1</a> was released almost two weeks ago and many Ubuntu users have already upgraded, so it's time to make the packages from the WebUpd8 PPAs available for the latest Ubuntu 12.10.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZmmz6SvmttPE_og1KaCK868sQj4D2PgIeonI8AcJW3zRh0fczMAYBm6rNif8LaVlWbwvu1vhiInJdMZfHUk45T2gTBLxb9j4AsgQXya93BcHcC9e1jBECg96erC3DtGdYI8dQJEmBsPH/s1600/ppa.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZmmz6SvmttPE_og1KaCK868sQj4D2PgIeonI8AcJW3zRh0fczMAYBm6rNif8LaVlWbwvu1vhiInJdMZfHUk45T2gTBLxb9j4AsgQXya93BcHcC9e1jBECg96erC3DtGdYI8dQJEmBsPH/s320/ppa.png" title="ubuntu 12.10" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>This is a quick post to let you know that today I've uploaded Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal builds for the following packages available in our PPAs:</b></div><ul><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/install-audacious-33-in-ubuntu-1204.html">Audacious 3.3.1</a> (Audacious version available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories: 3.2.3)</li><li><a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/15942433669/grsync-1-2-1-rsync-gui">Grsync 1.2.1</a> (Grsync version available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories: 1.2.0)</li><li><a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/27062173493/xournal-0-4-7">Xournal 0.4.7</a> (Xournal version available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories: 0.4.6~pre20110721)</li><li><a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/26136750530/minitube-1-8-0-released-with-quicklists-support">Minitube 1.8.0</a> (Minitube version available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories: 1.7)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/install-mint-display-manager-mdm-in.html">MDM</a> (the display manager from Linux Mint 13)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/06/umplayer-ppa.html">Umplayer</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/closable-movable-notifyosd.html">NotifyOSDConfig</a> (however, the patched NotifyOSD required for this to work isn't yet ready)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/syncwall-wallpaper-changer-with-multi.html">SyncWall</a> (wallpaper changer)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/update-manager-indicator-displays.html">Indicator UpdateManager</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/09/dockbarx-047-released-with-themeable.html">DockBarX</a> (dock / application launcher)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/nautilus-dropbox-share-script-now.html">Dropbox Share</a> (Nautilus script to quickly share files through Dropbox)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/add-pdf-audio-and-exif-metadata-to.html">Nautilus Columns</a> (displays PDF and audio (mp3, WAV and FLAC) tags as well as EXIF metadata in the Nautilus List View)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/system-wide-pulseaudio-equalizer.html">System-Wide PulseAudio Equalizer </a></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">And a note: The gstreamer bug that prevents Minitube (and other apps) from working properly still exists in Ubuntu 12.10. See a fix <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/fix-mp4-playback-in-ubuntu-1204.html" title="Fix MP4 Playback In Ubuntu 12.04 [Gstreamer Bug Affecting Totem, Minitube, Etc.]">HERE</a>.</div><br /><br />Were already available for Ubuntu 12.10 for quite some time:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html">Oracle Java 7</a> and <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/install-oracle-java-8-in-ubuntu-via-ppa.html">Java 8</a> installers</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/sublime-text-2-ubuntu-ppa.html">Sublime Text 2</a> (a TextMate-like text editor)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/jupiter-applet-officially-switches-to.html">Jupiter</a> (power and hardware control applet designed to improve battery life)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/y-ppa-manager-0090-released-with-new.html">Y PPA Manager (and YAD)</a> (a tool to easily search for packages in Launchpad PPAs and perform various PPA actions: add, remove, purge, backup PPAs and more)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/install-tribler-in-ubuntu-via-ppa.html">Tribler</a> (cross-platform, decentralized Bittorrent application)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/audio-tag-editor-puddletag-100-stable.html">Puddletag </a>(Mp3tag-like audio tag editor for Linux; run it like this: "LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 puddletag" until the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/everpad-integrates-evernote-with-ubuntu.html">overlay scrollbars bug</a> I was telling you about a few days ago is fixed, or else it will crash Ubuntu)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/haguichi-hamachi-gui-107-gets.html">Haguichi</a> (Hamachi2 GUI for GNOME)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/videolan-movie-creator-vlmc-daily-ppa.html">VLMC</a> (VideoLan Movie Creator)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/movgrab-command-line-video-downloader.html">movgrab</a> (command line video downloader)</li><li>others</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Obviously, I haven't updated the packages which are already available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories (the latest version).<br /><br />The GNOME 3 WebUpd8 PPA will probably be discontinued, since it was created back when various GNOME3 applications were missing from the Ubuntu repositories and when it wasn't easy to install GNOME Shell extensions (now you can use extensions.gnome.org). Also, the themes available in our Themes PPA haven't been uploaded for Quantal yet because they haven't been updated by their developers to work with the latest GTK 3.6 beta.</div><ul></ul>

WebUpd8 PPAs: Packages Uploaded For Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

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CoverArt Browser Rhythmbox Plugin Ported To GTK3

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser">CoverArt Browser</a> is a Rhythmbox plugin that lets you browse and play your music via an album art view similar to the one available in Banshee.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jYAlrS3q1Hc/UFcv7i2DMrI/AAAAAAAAKJ0/v7aENsAHMjk/s1600/rhythmbox-coverart.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="rhythmbox cover art browser plugin" border="0" height="206" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jYAlrS3q1Hc/UFcv7i2DMrI/AAAAAAAAKJ0/v7aENsAHMjk/s320/rhythmbox-coverart.png" title="rhythmbox cover art browser plugin" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The plugin ads a new "CoverArt" entry under the "Library" section on the left. Once the albums are loaded, right click an album cover and you'll be able to play the album, queue it or search for covers. You can also easily search for albums by using the built-in album search feature.<br /><br />Right clicking the "CoverArt" entry on the left, you can select to download all missing  album covers, a very useful feature, especially for large music collections without covers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">CoverArt Browser was recently ported to GTK3 by <a href="https://github.com/asermax">Agustín Carrasco</a> and AskUbuntu moderator fossfreedom, who's also behind a cool <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/rhythmbox-third-party-plugins-ubuntu-ppa.html">third-party Rhythmbox plugins PPA</a>, so it should now work with recent Rhythmbox versions (tested with 2.96 and 2.97). This plugin isn't yet available in his PPA, but it should be uploaded to the PPA sometime soon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><br /><h2>Install CoverArt Browser Rhythbmbox plugin</h2><b><br /></b> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update:</b> initially, the plugin only worked on 64bit but it now works on 32bit too!<br /><br />To install it, in Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04, use the commands below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox-plugins<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-coverart-browser</code></pre><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser plugin via <a href="http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=63246">AUR</a>.<br /><b><br />For other Linux distributions, install git, and then install the plugin using the following commandS:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>git clone https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser.git<br />cd coverart-browser<br />./install.sh</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then start Rhythmbox and enable the plugin via <i>Edit > Plugins > Cover Art Browser</i>.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to fossfreedom for the tip!</i></div>

CoverArt Browser Rhythmbox Plugin Ported To GTK3

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Everpad Integrates Evernote With Ubuntu Unity (AppIndicator, Lens)

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://evernote.com/">Evernote</a> is a note taking service in which the notes can be text, images, voice memos, handwritten notes or file attachments. There are Evernote clients available for Windows, Mac OSX, Android, iOS and WebOS, but there's no official Linux client.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Linux, you can use <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/evernote-for-linux-nevernote.html" title="Evernote for Linux: NixNote (previously Nevernote)">NixNote (previously Nevernote)</a>, an unofficial Evernote client written in Java but if you want something lightweight, you should try <a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad">Everpad</a>, a new Evernote client that integrates nicely with Unity.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wvrsmyrj_RO5G-a3sMds27a0KdqmFudTnAVZHJol5aZQwyP3cnSDxmzJMHs6jjgYd7N3Qqehd9-ZMv16Y0nhl-fdYz59clRbHAKWn7b5j1ogZxRQODARdS39t01Ai-xP3GxqzAbVaxr5/s1600/everpad-indicator.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="everpad indicator" border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wvrsmyrj_RO5G-a3sMds27a0KdqmFudTnAVZHJol5aZQwyP3cnSDxmzJMHs6jjgYd7N3Qqehd9-ZMv16Y0nhl-fdYz59clRbHAKWn7b5j1ogZxRQODARdS39t01Ai-xP3GxqzAbVaxr5/s320/everpad-indicator.png" title="everpad indicator" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Everpad is an Ubuntu AppIndicator that you can use to take notes and synchronize them with Evernote's servers as well as display your current Evernote notes.</b> Currently, it supports notes, tags, notebooks, file attachments (remember there's a 60 MB monthly limit) and places.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And even if you don't plan on using the Everpad Ubuntu AppIndicator, if you're an Evernote user you should install Everpad since it comes with a nice<b> Unity lens</b> which you can use to quickly search & display notes:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNWA3aDieZJpOIOaCTMqcgK5ylxIj1mtUvrIzX-NGOmd51On_QPZu1GH8CUMG-yyZbMoeW-zBfEEPnHJmlv0uVk6_yicjnDfq3_K4YmlCL36wx2xGQ5soc8lTdShaSyWv2rGjmLarTNDS/s1600/everpad-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="everpad evernote lens" border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNWA3aDieZJpOIOaCTMqcgK5ylxIj1mtUvrIzX-NGOmd51On_QPZu1GH8CUMG-yyZbMoeW-zBfEEPnHJmlv0uVk6_yicjnDfq3_K4YmlCL36wx2xGQ5soc8lTdShaSyWv2rGjmLarTNDS/s320/everpad-lens.png" title="everpad evernote lens" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Everpad lens supports filtering by notebooks, tags and places and it should become even more useful with Ubuntu 12.10's new "previews" feature.<br /><br /><b>Update:</b> the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/evernote-ubuntu-client-everpad-gets.html">Everpad lens has got previews support for Ubuntu 12.10</a>!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The lens is automatically installed when you install Everpad, but if you don't want to use it and only want the AppIndicator, you can disable it using <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/lens-toggle-quickly-enable-disable.html" title="Lens Toggle: Quickly Enable / Disable Unity Lenses Without Removing Them">Lens Toggle</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5_YVUeh-6Yi40lmChmbuacCzgfy5VpQOTlT5l2fqsFai_AHK30pUzUejX5yiEWh0uMekr62pjKftAj7hfOkgARWhjc9UWJOJj-kj0YKC7PcUQzb7qEVLdjcBSYWDXok7igiA9vR9mwtb/s1600/everpad-new-note.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="everpad evernote create new note" border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5_YVUeh-6Yi40lmChmbuacCzgfy5VpQOTlT5l2fqsFai_AHK30pUzUejX5yiEWh0uMekr62pjKftAj7hfOkgARWhjc9UWJOJj-kj0YKC7PcUQzb7qEVLdjcBSYWDXok7igiA9vR9mwtb/s320/everpad-new-note.png" title="everpad evernote create new note" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everpad: settings dialog and the new note dialog</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Everpad in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Everpad Ubuntu PPA supports Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 and 11.10. Add the PPA and install Everpad using the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvbn-rm/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install everpad</code></pre><br />Once installed, launch the AppIndicator from Dash, click it and select "Settings and Management" and on the Settings tab, click "Authorize". This will open a new tab in your default web browser, where you'll have to authorize Everpad with your Evernote account.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That's it. Now clicking the "Last sync..." indicator menu entry will force Everpad to synchronize your note with Evernote.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For the Everpad lens to show up, log out and log back in.<br /><br /><b>If you encounter issues, report them @ <a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad/issues?state=open">GitHub</a>.</b></div>

Everpad Integrates Evernote With Ubuntu Unity (AppIndicator, Lens)

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