Ubuntu GNOME Remix 13.04 Replaces GNOME Packagekit With Ubuntu Software Center

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/prefer-gnome-shell-download-ubuntu.html">Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10</a> uses GNOME Packagekit ("Software") as the default package management application, but this will change in Raring Ringtail.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A recent <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/raring/+source/ubuntu-gnome-meta/0.5">update</a> in Ubuntu GNOME 13.04 Raring Ringtail (currently under development) has removed GNOME Packagekit from the default applications, replacing it with Ubuntu Software Center and Ubuntu's Update Manager.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/gs-usc.png"><img alt="Ubuntu GNOME Remix Software Center" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/gs-usc_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to a <a href="https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/msg00145.html">post</a> on a mailing list by Jeremy Bicha, the main Ubuntu GNOME developer, GNOME Packagekit is currently "<i>pretty disappointing</i>", while Ubuntu Software Center is "<i>one of Ubuntu's best features with ratings and reviews, screenshots, app icons, access to commercial software, and decent search</i>", so even though this change will slightly affect the pure GNOME3 desktop experience that Ubuntu GNOME Remix is trying to achieve, it will definitely provide a better overall default experience.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Further more, this won't be the first GNOME distribution that ships with its own software management application: Mageia and openSUSE do this too.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, as you probably know, Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 includes the classic session by default (along with GNOME Shell, which is the default session, obviously). Well, the same 13.04 update brought another pretty major change: even though Ubuntu 13.04 is likely to <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/ubuntu-1304-only-some-gnome-components.html">ship with GNOME 3.6 for the most part</a>, and not 3.8 (which will remove the fallback session), <b>the classic (fallback) session packages were removed from the default Ubuntu GNOME Remix 13.04 Raring Ringtail installation</b>.</div>

Ubuntu GNOME Remix 13.04 Replaces GNOME Packagekit With Ubuntu Software Center

Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 uses GNOME Packagekit ("Software") as the default package management application, but this will change i...

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Install PPA-Purge With Multi-Arch Support In Ubuntu

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The ppa-purge package available in the official Ubuntu repositories is not multi-arch aware</b>, so purging PPAs like <a href="https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa">xorg-edgers</a> or <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3">gnome3</a> doesn't work correctly on 64bit systems.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A few hours ago, thanks to Tim Lunn's work, <b>a branch that adds multiarch support has been merged into the main ppa-purge branch, fixing this <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ppa-purge/+bug/892886">bug</a></b>. The fix should be available in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail soon, but I don't know if it will be backported for older Ubuntu versions so to make this fix available for Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 users, <b>I've uploaded the latest ppa-purge</b> from BZR <b>to the main WebUpd8 PPA</b>.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For those not familiar with PPA Purge, this is a <b>command line tool that downgrades all the packages installed from a PPA to the versions available in the official Ubuntu repositories</b>. </div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">As an example, if you've added the GNOME 3 PPA, using "sudo ppa-purge ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3" in Ubuntu 12.10 will downgrade GNOME Control Center from version 3.6.3 (which is currently available in the PPA) to the 3.4.2 version (which is available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories); PPA Purge will do this for all the packages available in that PPA like Nautilus, Totem and so on, which are installed on your system. Further more, after running PPA Purge, the PPA is disabled, but not removed. </div><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/how-to-use-launchpad-ppa-add-remove.html">How To Use A Launchpad PPA (Add, Remove, Purge, Disable) In Ubuntu</a>.</i><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I've tested the latest PPA Purge with multi-arch support on Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal (64bit) with the xorg-edgers PPA and I can confirm that it now works as expected:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/ppa-purge.png"><img alt="ppa-purge multiarch" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/ppa-purge_thumb.png" title="ppa-purge multiarch" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install PPA Purge with multi-arch support in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the main WebUpd8 PPA and install PPA Purge with multi-arch support in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, 12.10 Quantal Quetzal or 12.04 Precise Pangolin, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install ppa-purge</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">If you don't want to add our PPA, you can download the PPA Purge deb file from <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/webupd8/+files/ppa-purge_0.2.8%2Bbzr57%2B1%7Eprecise_all.deb">HERE</a>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Using PPA Purge is pretty straight forward. Simply run the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo ppa-purge ppa:someppa/ppa</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">replacing "ppa:someppa/ppa" with the PPA you want to purge, e.g.: "ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3".</div>

Install PPA-Purge With Multi-Arch Support In Ubuntu

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Hamachi GUI For Linux `Haguichi` 1.0.18 Released

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.haguichi.net/">Haguichi</a> is a GUI for the Hamachi Linux client which features fully customizable commands, network list, notifications and an optional Ubuntu AppIndicator.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For those not familiar with Hamachi, this is a VPN tool that's useful for establishing direct links between computers that are behind firewalls. Basically, Hamachi creates a connection over the Internet that emulates a local area network. It can be used for online gaming, remote desktop access, file sharing, etc.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/haguichi.png"><img alt="Haguichi" src="http:///netupd8.com/w8img2/haguichi_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Haguichi 1.0.18, which has been released a couple of days ago, introduces the following changes:</div><ul><li>Implemented a workaround for addresses being cut off in "hamachi list" command since LogMeIn started using the 25/8 address space. This workaround only works for online members.</li><li>The IPv6 address of a member is now ignored when an alias is set, because in that case the IPv6 address doesn't work.</li><li>The network list now immediately reflects network ownership once determined.</li><li>Improved retrieval of long nicknames.</li><li>Now using a slightly faster method to check the internet connection.</li><li>Other minor fixes, improvements and optimizations.</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install Haguichi in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>Firstly, <a href="https://secure.logmein.com/labs/">download</a> and install Hamachi for Linux. Then, add the Haguichi PPA and install it under Ubuntu using the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/haguichi<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install haguichi haguichi-appindicator</code></pre><br />The PPA is available for Ubuntu Quantal, Precise, Oneiric, Natty, Maverick and Lucid and, starting today, for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail.<br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, see the Haguichi <a href="http://www.haguichi.net/download/">downloads page</a>.</b>

Hamachi GUI For Linux `Haguichi` 1.0.18 Released

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Variety Wallpaper Changer Sees New Release

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://peterlevi.com/variety/">Variety</a>, a cool <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/keep-yout-desktop-fresh-with-variety.html">wallpaper changer</a> that works with most desktop environments (KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Unity, GNOME Shell, Cinnamon or Pantheon), has reached version 0.4.12.</b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/variety-wallpaper-changer.png"><img alt="Variety wallpaper changer" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/variety-wallpaper-changer_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>Changes in Variety 0.4.12:</b><br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b>quotes support</b> - Variety can fetch quotes from QuotesDaddy and display them on top of the desktop. The quotes are highly customizable: you can change the text color, backdrop color, font, transparency, shadow, placement, and you can also filter quotes by tags or authors or set the interval between quotes</li><li><b>customizable appindicator icon</b>: you can now select between dark and light appindicator icons but not only that. In the latest Variety, you can also use the current wallpaper to be used as an indicator icon (so the icon changes with the wallpaper). The icon can also be hidden in which case you can control Variety via keyboard shortcuts or using the Unity quicklists</li><li>the option to display a digital clock on top of the wallpaper has been enhanced: <b>both the clock and the date font can be customized</b> (the typeface as well as the font size)</li><li>Preferences take effect immediately</li><li>Support for XMP/EXIF image ratings</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/variety-quotes.png"><img alt="Variety wallpaper changer - quotes" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/variety-quotes_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br />For those not familiar with Variety, here's a quick feature list:<br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>should work under KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Unity, GNOME Shell, Cinnamon or Pantheon (elementary OS)</li><li>can automatically download wallpaper from Flickr, Wallbase.cc, Wallpapers.net as well as NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day.</li><li>Ubuntu appindicator support; you can scroll over the indicator icon to change the wallpaper</li><li>can apply fancy filters to the images: grayscale, heavy blur, oil painting, charcoal painting, pointilism, pixellate</li><li>option to display the time on the desktop, using a nice digital clock</li><li>clipboard support: can monitor the clipboard for image URLs and fetch them</li><li>more</li></ul><br />Below you can see the latest Variety 0.4.12 in action:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="280" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/54322138?badge=0" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/54322138">Direct video link</a></center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Variety wallpaper changer</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Variety is available in the Ubuntu Software Center (for Ubuntu 12.04 / 12.10), but the version is quite old so to install the latest version, you can use its official Ubuntu PPA:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:peterlevi/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install variety</code></pre><br />Arch Linux users can get Variety wallpaper changer via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=63454">AUR</a>.<br /><br />For other Linux distributions, the Variety source code can be downloaded via <a href="https://launchpad.net/variety/+download">Launchpad</a>.

Variety Wallpaper Changer Sees New Release

Variety , a cool wallpaper changer that works with most desktop environments (KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Unity, GNOME Shell, Cinnamon or Pantheon), h...

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Google Calendar Indicator Adds Options To Create, Edit And Delete Events, More

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/calendar-indicator.png" rel="image_group" title="Calendar Indicator"><img alt="Google Calendar Indicator" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/calendar-indicator_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Calendar Indicator, an Ubuntu AppIndicator for Google Calendar, has been updated to version 0.1.0.0. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The new version brings <b>options to add, edit and delete Google Calendar events as well as to create new calendars</b>. Until now, Calendar Indicator would only display Google Calendar events in the indicator menu and through notifications. There's also a new option to select the calendar to be used from all your Google calendars (or you can select all of them).</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/calendar-indicator-new-event.png" rel="image_group" title="Calendar Indicator - create new event"><img alt="Calendar Indicator new event" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/calendar-indicator-new-event_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To edit or remove an existing event, simply click on it in the indicator menu, then click the edit or delete icons. You can also do this by selecting Show Calendar, then double clicking on an event. Creating new events is just as easy: select "Add new event" from the indicator menu.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another change in the latest Google Calendar Indicator is an <b>option to set the automatic synchronization time</b> - 12 hours by default (there's also an option in the indicator menu to sync with Google Calendar on demand). This change is important because the Google Calendar API used to reach the limit often which was causing Calendar Indicator to stop working. Hopefully, with this change, the API limit will be harder to reach and thus, there will be less API errors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Google Calendar displays the next 10 events but if you want to see the events for a longer period or for given date, you can select <b>"Show Calendar"</b> from the indicator menu. The calendar has been updated in the latest Calendar Indicator version, and it now looks a lot like the Google Calendar web design:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/show-calendar.png" rel="image_group" title="Calendar"><img alt="Calendar indicator" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/show-calendar_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, the last new feature in this version is the addition of an <b>option in the Calendar Indicator preferences to set the calendar colour</b>, which affects the events colour in the Calendar dialog.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Google Calendar Indicator in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest Calendar Indicator is available in the main Atareao PPA, along with some other great Ubuntu AppIndicators such as <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/my-weather-indicator-gets-new-forecast.html">My Weather Indicator</a>, created by Lorenzo from <a href="http://www.atareao.es/">atareao.es</a>. <b>To add the PPA and install Calendar Indicator in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, 12.10 Quantal Quetzal or 12.04 Precise Pangolin, use the following commands:</b></div><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install calendar-indicator</code></pre><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/calendar-indicator">Launchpad</a>.

Google Calendar Indicator Adds Options To Create, Edit And Delete Events, More

Calendar Indicator, an Ubuntu AppIndicator for Google Calendar, has been updated to version 0.1.0.0. The new version brings options to add, ...

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GNOME Control Center 3.6 Available In The GNOME 3 PPA [Ubuntu 12.10]

<div style="text-align: justify;">GNOME Control Center 3.6 (along with GNOME Settings Daemon 3.6) has finally made it into the GNOME 3 PPA for Ubuntu 12.10. This was the last piece that was missing for Ubuntu 12.10 users to get a truly complete GNOME 3.6 experience.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's what's new in GNOME Control Center 3.6 (version in the PPA is 3.6.3) compared to the previous version available for Ubuntu 12.10 users (3.4.2):</div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>Background: new design (the old one is till used in Unity, see below)</li><li>Mouse & Touchpad: new design</li><li>Mouse & Touchpad: new testing area</li><li>Mouse & Touchpad: natural scrolling option added ("Content sticks to fingers") for touchpad</li><li>Sound: Remove hardware page, and offer different connectors directly from the input and output pages</li><li>Keyboard: Add common keyboard layout related options to the shortcuts tab</li><li>Network: Improve the Wi-Fi page layout</li><li>Network: Split the wireless panel</li><li>Network: Add network strength to the details panel</li><li>Wacom: add support for "switch monitor" shortcut</li><li>Printers: redesigned "new printer" dialog</li><li>New option to <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/gnome-shell-how-to-enable-notifications.html">show notifications in the GNOME Shell lock screen</a></li><li>The old Appearance panel (this includes the old background pane, Unity settings etc.) is now displayed only under Unity and comes as a separate package</li><li>Many other changes</li></ul><br />Here are a few screenshots:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/gnome-control-center-3.6.png" rel="image_group" title="GNOME Control Center 3.6"><img alt="GNOME Control Center 3.6" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/gnome-control-center-3.6_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/gnome-control-center-background.png" rel="image_group" title="Background panel"><img alt="GNOME Control Center 3.6" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/gnome-control-center-background_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/gnome-control-center-background_2.png" rel="image_group" title="Background panel"><img alt="GNOME Control Center 3.6" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/gnome-control-center-background_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/gcc-mouse.png" rel="image_group" title="Mouse panel"><img alt="GNOME Control Center 3.6" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/gcc-mouse_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/gcc-mouse_2.png" rel="image_group" title="Mouse panel"><img alt="GNOME Control Center 3.6" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/gcc-mouse_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/gcc-3.6-sound.png" rel="image_group" title="Sound panel"><img alt="GNOME Control Center 3.6 sound" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/gcc-3.6-sound_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To upgrade to the latest stable GNOME Control Center 3.6.3 in Ubuntu 12.10, use the following command to add the GNOME 3 PPA (the PPA will also upgrade Nautilus, Totem, etc. to the latest 3.6.x version):</div><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, launch Software Updater use it to upgrade your packages.</div>

GNOME Control Center 3.6 Available In The GNOME 3 PPA [Ubuntu 12.10]

GNOME Control Center 3.6 (along with GNOME Settings Daemon 3.6) has finally made it into the GNOME 3 PPA for Ubuntu 12.10. This was the last...

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How To Install Ubuntu 12.10 On Non-PAE CPU

<div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 use the PAE Linux Kernel by default for 32bit ISOs and while you could use the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/how-to-install-ubuntu-1204-on-non-pae.html">mini ISO to install Ubuntu 12.04 on computers that don't support PAE</a>, that's not possible in Ubuntu 12.10.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Further more, with 12.10, Xubuntu and Lubuntu no longer come with a non-PAE Linux Kernel, so by default, you can't install any Ubuntu 12.10 flavour on computers using CPUs that lack PAE support (such as Intel Pentium M).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2SbZ38kbLhM/UK-pWsOxVaI/AAAAAAAAMFo/tFrloEqd4qs/s1600/ubuntu12.10-non-pae-kernel.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 non-pae" border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2SbZ38kbLhM/UK-pWsOxVaI/AAAAAAAAMFo/tFrloEqd4qs/s320/ubuntu12.10-non-pae-kernel.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 non-pae" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><b>Below you'll find instructions on how to install Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal on computers that don't support PAE</b>.<b> The instructions have been tested on the default Ubuntu 12.10 ISO (with Unity), but they should work with any Ubuntu flavour like Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and so on and probably Linux Mint 14 as well</b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Using the resulting bootable Ubuntu 12.10 USB stick, it should also be possible to upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10, but I've only tested it on a clean installation.</div></div><br /><a name='more'></a><i>Physical Address Extension (PAE) is a feature to allow (32-bit) x86 processors to access a physical address space (including random access memory and memory mapped devices) larger than 4 gigabytes.</i><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal on computers that don't support PAE</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> Download the required files (includes non-PAE Linux Kernel 3.5.0 deb files).</div><br />You can grab all the required files as once, using BZR:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install bzr<br />cd<br />bzr branch lp:~webtom/+junk/linux-image-i386-non-pae</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Or, you can download each file manually from <a href="http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~webtom/+junk/linux-image-i386-non-pae/files">HERE</a> (click the green download image on the right). </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> Create a <a title="4 Ways to Create Bootable Live USB Drives (For Windows, Linux and Mac OS X)" href="http://www.webupd8.org/2009/04/4-ways-to-create-bootable-live-usb.html">bootable USB stick</a> with the Ubuntu 12.10 32bit ISO and once the stick is ready, open it in your file manager (.e.g. Nautilus) and replace the following files from the USB stick with the files downloaded under step 1:</div><ul><li>rename the downloaded "vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-wt-non-pae_3.5.0-17.28_i386" file to "vmlinuz" and copy it to the USB stick, under the "casper" folder, replacing the already existing "vmlinuz" file.</li><li>rename the downloaded "initrd-3.5.0-17-wt-non-pae_3.5.0-17.28_i386.lz" file to "initrd.lz" and copy it to the USB stick, under the "casper" folder, replacing the already existing "initrd.lz" file</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3. </b>Copy the following downloaded files to the USB stick (don't place them in any sub directory):</div><ul><li>linux-headers-3.5.0-17-wt-non-pae_3.5.0-17.28_i386.deb</li><li>linux-image-3.5.0-17-wt-non-pae_3.5.0-17.28_i386.deb</li></ul><br />Note that these are the <b>3.5.0-17</b> Linux headers and image, not 3.5.0-18!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4.</b> Now you can use the USB stick to install Ubuntu 12.10 on the non-PAE capable computer. Once the installation completes, DO NOT REBOOT the computer, press CTRL + ALT + F1 and in the tty, type the following commands to install the non-PAE kernel you've copied to the USB stick under step 3:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd /cdrom<br />sudo dpkg --root=/target -i *.deb</code></pre><br />Some warnings will be displayed when running the above command:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AmXiMJs0Ous/UK-p3uYZRMI/AAAAAAAAMFw/H6R1Lk7VBpk/s1600/install-nonpae.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 non-pae" border="0" height="176" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AmXiMJs0Ous/UK-p3uYZRMI/AAAAAAAAMFw/H6R1Lk7VBpk/s320/install-nonpae.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 non-pae" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">ignore these warnings and once the installation completes, reboot the system (you can press CTRL + ALT + F7 to switch back to the installation and reboot from there or type "sudo reboot").</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>5.</b> Your computer should now boot the newly installed Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal flavour. From the files downloaded under step 1 (or, if you don't have access to them any more, redownload just the ones below), copy the following files to some folder that doesn't have any other deb files, e.g. your home directory:</div><ul><li>linux-image-3.5.0-18-wt-non-pae_3.5.0-18.29_i386.deb</li><li>linux-headers-3.5.0-18-wt-non-pae_3.5.0-18.29_i386.deb</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>This is the latest Linux Kernel version available in the Ubuntu 12.10 repositories (3.5.0-18 and not 3.5.0-17 which we've used under steps 3-4). </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, install these deb files:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd #if you've placed the files in your home directory<br />sudo dpkg -i *.deb<br />sudo apt-get install -f</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">That's it! </div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, there's no PPA (that I know of) to use for non-PAE Linux Kernel updates, so when a Linux Kernel update is available in Ubuntu, don't install it and instead, check if a newer Kernel has been added to the <a href="http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Ewebtom/+junk/linux-image-i386-non-pae/files">BZR repository</a> used in this post and install it using "sudo dpkg -i *.deb". Or, compile your own kernel.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Instructions adapted from <a href="http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~webtom/+junk/linux-image-i386-non-pae/view/head:/README">HERE</a>. Thanks to Thomas Reith for the instructions and non-PAE Linux Kernel deb files.</i></div>

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GNOME Shell 3.8 To Get A `Classic` Mode

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ztYSUkDgpuU/Tfj9BnfXxjI/AAAAAAAAE6c/j3XTWvT0MJw/s1700/shell_4.png"><img alt="Classic GNOME Shell" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ztYSUkDgpuU/Tfj9BnfXxjI/AAAAAAAAE6c/j3XTWvT0MJw/s320/shell_4.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Two weeks ago, we were telling you that the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/fallback-mode-classic-session-to-be.html">fallback mode will be dropped from GNOME 3.8</a> and that some extensions which provide a GNOME 2 like layout might be maintained by the GNOME developers for those who are used to the classic interface.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Well, it's now<b> official</b>: a few <b>GNOME Shell extensions which bring back some "classic" features will be supported by GNOME</b>. Among the extensions included are: <b>classic alt tab, task bar, min/max buttons and a main menu</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Sure, there are a lot of extensions that can already mimic the classic/fallback session on <a href="http://extensions.gnome.org/">extensions.gnome.org</a>, but for each GNOME Shell release, the users have to wait for the developers to update them, and sometimes this takes a long time, so it's not a real solution for those who want to always use a GNOME2-like UI. </div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">But because these extensions are supported by the GNOME developers, it means they will work with each new GNOME Shell version, as soon as its released.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A final decision on how the users will be able to use these extensions hasn't been made yet, but <b>one of the ideas so far is to add a "classic mode" switch in GNOME Tweak Tool</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Note: the screenshot in this post does not represent any of the new extensions, it's an old GNOME 3.0 image with some extensions.</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via GNOME <a href="https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2012-November/msg00093.html">desktop-devel</a> mailing list</i></div>

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New Icons For Ubuntu Software Center, Nautilus, Software Updater And Unity Launcher Revealed [Ubuntu 13.04]

<div style="text-align: justify;">A <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/1081702">bug</a> called "Update the default wallpaper in 13.04" has been reported on Launchpad today, revealing the new Ubuntu 13.04 wallpaper which, like we're used to, is just a slightly modified version of the previous default wallpaper:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/ubuntu_default_13_04.jpg"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 default wallpaper" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/ubuntu_default_13_04_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">But the bug report I was talking about revealed something a lot more interesting than this: it links to <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/1081691">bug</a> <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/1081697">reports</a> about some <b>new icons which will be used for Ubuntu Software Center, Nautilus, Software Updater and some launcher icons like the BFB icon</b> (the Launcher icon that's used to open Dash), <b>or the workspace switcher</b> (the new icon should change depending on which workspace is currently being utilised, but this hasn't been implemented in Unity yet) which you can see below:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/preview-new-launcher-icons.png"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 new icons" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/preview-new-launcher-icons_thumb.png" /></a></div><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Since the icons don't exactly express what they do, let me explain: the icon in the middle of the ALT+TAB dialog in the screenshot above is the new Ubuntu Software Center icon, the one on the right of the USC icon is the Software Update icon (the green icon). And the icon on the left of USC, as you've probably figured out, is the Nautilus icon.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new wallpaper / icons have not landed in Ubuntu 13.04 yet and are subject to change.</div><br /><b>What do you think? Do you like the new icons?</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>wallpaper bug via <a href="http://www.iloveubuntu.net/default-wallpaper-ubuntu-1304-officially-published">iloveubuntu.net</a></i></div>

New Icons For Ubuntu Software Center, Nautilus, Software Updater And Unity Launcher Revealed [Ubuntu 13.04]

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Install MPlayer With VA-API (Hardware Acceleration For Intel / AMD GPUs) Support In Ubuntu

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>VA-API is an open source library/API which enables hardware accelerated video processing. It uses the GPU to accelerate video processing in order to offload the CPU.</b><br /><br />Supported hardware includes <b>Intel HD Graphics and G45 chipsets and newer</b> as well as <b>AMD Radeon GPUs</b> (there's also a Nvidia VDPAU backend for VA-API). <b>You can find a list of supported hardware, drivers and video codecs <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Acceleration_API#Supported_hardware_and_drivers" rel="nofollow">HERE</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's an example: on my laptop (Ubuntu), the CPU usage is around 40-50% when watching an 1080p H.264 video using MPlayer without VA-API and around 2-5% when watching the same 1080p video using MPlayer with VA-API. You can see some screenshots below:</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: center;"><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="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/mplayer-novaapi.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="CPU usage: MPlayer without VA-API"><img alt="mplayer without vaapi" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/mplayer-novaapi_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CPU usage: MPlayer without VA-API</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/mplayer-vaapi.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="CPU usage: MPlayer with VA-API (on an Intel GPU)"><img alt="mplayer vaapi" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/mplayer-vaapi_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CPU usage: MPlayer with VA-API</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><h2>Install Intel / AMD VA-API drivers in Ubuntu</h2><br />Before installing MPlayer with VA-API support, <b>install the VA-API drivers:</b><br /><br /><b>- for Intel GPUs (for Intel HD Graphics as well as G45 and later):</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install i965-va-driver</code></pre><br /><b>- for AMD Radeon GPUs (you also need the proprietary drivers!):</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install xvba-va-driver</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Intel VA-API driver is available in the official Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin (and newer) repositories. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Nvidia users: MPlayer supports VDPAU by default so everything you need for hardware accelerated video decoding is already in the repositories. See <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/use-mplayer-with-vaapi-support-hardware.html">THIS</a> old post for more info (unless something has changed, but I can't test it since I have Nvidia Optimus and Bumblebee doesn't support VDPAU). You can also use the "vdpau-va-driver" driver which is a VDPAU-based backend for VA-API and follow use the instructions below to install Mplayer with VA-API.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><h2>Install MPlayer with VA-API support in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">By default, the MPlayer version available in the official Ubuntu repositories doesn't support VA-API, but you can use a PPA which provides custom MPlayer builds with VA-API support.</div><br /><b>To install MPlayer with VA-API support in Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, 12.10, 12.04 or 11.10, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sander-vangrieken/vaapi<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install mplayer-vaapi</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, open SMPlayer (or whatever MPlayer GUI you're using: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/install-gnome-mplayer-107-in-ubuntu-1210.html">Gnome Mplayer</a>, KMPlayer, etc.) and in its Preferences, on the Video tab (in SMPlayer: <i>General Video > Output driver</i>) <b>set the video output driver to "vaapi"</b>:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/smplayer-vaapi.png" rel="image_group" title="SMPlayer VA API video output settings"><img alt="SMPlayer vaapi" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/smplayer-vaapi_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />That's it!<br /><br /><br /><b>Other Linux distributions:</b><br /><ul><li>Arch Linux users can install MPlayer with VA-API support from the <a href="https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/mplayer-vaapi/">community repository</a>.</li><li>The mplayer-vaapi source can be downloaded via <a href="http://gitorious.org/vaapi/mplayer">gitorious.org</a></li></ul><br /><b>Note: I've tested this on an Intel GPU only!</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://help.ubuntu.ru/wiki/%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%BA%D0%B0_hd_%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE">Ubuntu.ru wiki</a></i></div>

Install MPlayer With VA-API (Hardware Acceleration For Intel / AMD GPUs) Support In Ubuntu

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Primus: Better Performance And Less Power Consumption For Bumblebee [Optimus Hybrid Graphics Chipsets]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Nvidia Optimus is a technology used to increases battery life by switching between two graphics adapters (a low-performance integrated Intel graphics adapter and a high-performance one by Nvidia) within a computer system. Optimus GPU switching is officially only supported on Windows, but it's also unofficially available on Linux thanks to the Bumblebee project.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://github.com/amonakov/primus">Primus</a> brings better performance and less power consumption when using <a href="http://www.bumblebee-project.org/">Bumblebee</a></b>, by replacing VirtualGL. According to the Bumblebee <a href="http://www.bumblebee-project.org/g+">G+</a> page, this has the following <b>advantages over the optirun (VirtualGL) solution</b> used by default in Bumblebee:</div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>Less overhead (better framerates) and cleaner solution (no networking or compression involved at all)</li><li>Fixes the "bug" that causes Bumblebee to shut down the GPU too early sometimes (no more need for the "optirun bash" workaround)</li><li>Less buggy/glitchy, easier to debug</li><li>Only uses/starts secondary GPU for OpenGL parts of applications - everything else remains on your main GPU (power savings)</li></ul><br />The Bumblebee developers explain what Primus does and the difference between Primus / optirun in simple terms in a comment on their G+ page:<br /><br /><blockquote>Bumblebee uses VirtualGL to copy the image generated by the second (faster) GPU to your display. VirtualGL was intended for use over a network though, so it takes a great many steps to enable this (compression, sending the image over a network link, decompression, etc).<br /><br />Primus doesn't perform all these "extra" steps, instead taking a more direct route (copying the rendered image in memory to the other GPU, then displaying there). In theory this should get you better performance as well as better compatibility. Running applications will "see" the OpenGL implementation of your real hardware, nothing virtual is presented to them.</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For comparison, here are the framerates I get on my laptop when using the integrated Intel graphics, when using the Nvidia graphics card using optirun and using primusrun (this is just for FPS and not an indicator for the whole performance!): </div><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="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/glxspheres-regular.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Using integrated (Intel) graphics"><img alt="glxspheres intel gpu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/glxspheres-regular_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Integrated (Intel) graphics</td></tr></tbody></table><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="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/glxspheres-optirun.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Using optirun (default in Bumblebee) with Nvidia GPU"><img alt="glxspheres optirun bumblebee" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/glxspheres-optirun_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">optirun (default in Bumblebee) using the Nvidia GPU</td></tr></tbody></table><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="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/glxspheres-primus.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Using Primus with Nvidia GPU - best performance of the 3"><img alt="glxspheres primusrun bumblebee" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/glxspheres-primus_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Primus using the Nvidia GPU</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As you can see, the FPS using  Primus is a lot better than using the integrated graphics or using optirun with the Nvidia GPU.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: I've used "vblank_mode=0 primusrun" instead of simply running "primusrun" because that was recommended by the Primus GitHub page for benchmarking. Without it, I get just 60 FPS because of vblank synchronisation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Update: Primus has been integrated into Bumblebee and is now available in the Bumblebee Ubuntu PPA.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to install Primus for Bumblebee in Ubuntu</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/bumblebee-31-released-with-primus.html">Primus is now available in the Bumblebee Stable PPA</a>. To add the Bumblebee PPA and install Primus and Bumblebee, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia primus</code></pre><b>64bit: </b>you also need to install the "primus-libs-ia32:i386" package:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install primus-libs-ia32:i386</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, see the <a href="http://bumblebee-project.org/install.html">Bumblebee Wiki</a> for installation instructions.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Once installed, use "primusrun APP", to launch an application or game</b> - this works just like the "optirun" command available in Bumblebee ("APP" is the application or game executable which you want to run using the Nvidia GPU). You can also use "<b>bumblebee -b primus APP</b>".</div>

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Team Fortress 2 Available On Linux For Non-Beta Steam Accounts

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Team Fortress 2, a free to play first-person shooter (FPS) multiplayer game, is now available for everyone using the Linux Steam client</b>, and not just those who have received a beta invitation, so non-beta users shouldn't see the "server is too busy" error when trying to download the game any more.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/tf2_ubuntu.png" rel="image_group" title="Team Fortress 2 running on Steam for Linux under Ubuntu"><img alt="Team Fortress 2 Ubuntu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/tf2_ubuntu_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/team-fortress-2-ubuntu_1.png" rel="image_group" title="Team Fortress 2 running on Steam for Linux under Ubuntu"><img alt="team fortress 2 Ubuntu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/team-fortress-2-ubuntu_1_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It seems this is a mistake from Valve, which fixed a bug that prevented Ubuntu Developer Summit participants from playing Team Fortress 2 and in the process, somehow the game ended up as being available for everyone. This might mean that Team Fortress 2 won't be available after Valve fixes the glitch, but considering they haven't fixed the bug that allows non-beta accounts to use Steam for Linux, they might allow this as well.<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/steam-team-fortress-2.png" rel="image_group" title="Downloading Team Fortress 2 on Steam for Linux"><img alt="Team Fortress 2 game Ubuntu Steam" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/steam-team-fortress-2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To play Team Fortress 2 in Linux without a Steam for Linux beta account, firstly <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-use-steam-for-linux-right-now.html" title="How To Use Steam For Linux Right Now, Without A Beta Account">install Steam for Linux</a>, then launch Steam, search for Team Fortress 2, click the "Play game" button and then wait for the download to complete - it will take a while since <b>12 GB</b> of data needs to be downloaded.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Tip for those who have TF2 installed on Windows: you can copy the .gcf files from the Windows installation to <i>~/Steam/SteamApps/</i> and rename each word to start with a capital letter (e.g.: "Team Fortress 2 Client Content.gcf") to speed things up - only a few MB of data will need to be downloaded once you do this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Note: in my test, the Team Fortress 2 download seemed stuck at 99%, but I was able to launch the game anyway and although it took a while to launch it for the first time, it worked just fine. After that, the Steam for Linux client displays the game as being installed successfully.<br /><br />Oh, and remember that Steam is currently in beta, so things might break, you might get bad performance or the game might not work at all for you.</div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://linuxgamecast.com/2012/11/steam-on-linux-team-fortress-2-open-beta-has-launched/">linuxgamecast.com</a>, <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/882966056462819091/">http://steamcommunity.com/app/221410</a> and <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/linux">reddit</a></i></div>

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How To Use Multiple Monitors In Xubuntu / Xfce (Extended Display Instead Of Mirror)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xubuntu-multimonitor-setup.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu dual screen" border="0" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xubuntu-multimonitor-setup_thumb.png" title="xubuntu dual screen" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>In multi monitors setups, Xubuntu / Xfce clones (mirrors) instead of expanding the display to the external monitor. So here are two ways of getting proper multi monitor support in Xfce / Xubuntu.</b></div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>I. Xubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04 only: use the Xfce 4.12 PPA to get proper multi-monitor support</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Xfce 4.11 (Xubuntu 13.04 and 12.10 use Xfce 4.10 by default) has implemented support for extended desktop mode, so <b>using the Xfce 4.12 PPA in Xubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04</b> (this is a development PPA which provides some development packages), <b>you'll get proper multi-monitor support by default.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Using this PPA, in the Xfce Settings Manager, under "Display", you can select the position of each monitor (left of, right of, below, above or the same), and if you want to mirror the displays or not:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xubuntu-xfce-multi-monitor.png"><img alt="Xubuntu multi monitor display settings" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xubuntu-xfce-multi-monitor_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the PPA and upgrade these packages in Xubuntu 12.10 or 12.04, use the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.12<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get dist-upgrade</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once the packages have been successfully upgraded, open the Settins Manager, and under "Display", <b>uncheck the "Mirror displays" option to extend your display to the external monitor(s)</b>, then select the displays position, etc.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />There's also a minimal display dialog (thanks to Simon Steinbeiss for the tip!) you can use once you've added the above PPA, in case you need to quickly change monitor settings, which you can run using the following command (you can create a shortcut for it if you often change your monitor layout, .e.g. when using a laptop with external monitors):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>xfce4-display-settings -m</code></pre><br />Here's what you'll get:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xfce-mini-displays.png"><img alt="Xfce mini display settings" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xfce-mini-displays_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>II. Any Xubuntu / Xfce version: Use Arandr to extend the display instead of cloning (mirror) it</h2><br /><b>1.</b> Install Arandr, a simple GUI for XRandR:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install arandr</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> Then, open Arandr and move the monitors to the desired position using drag and drop:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/arandr.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="143" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/arandr_thumb.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><i>By default, the monitors might be displayed one above the other, so drag the first one to be able to see both of them.</i><br /><br />When you're done, select <i>Layout > Apply</i>. <br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3.</b> The changes are not saved and will be lost once you logout / restart the computer so to make them permanent, from the Arandr menu select <i>Layout > Save As</i>, enter a name for this layout and save it.</div><br />This creates a script under <i>~/.screenlayout</i> using the name you've used above (unless you've selected a different path).<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4.</b> Add this script to your startup items: <i>Session and Startup > Applications Autostart</i> - click "Add", under "Name" enter whatever you want and under "Command", enter the exact path to the script created under step 3 and you're done:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xubuntu-multiscreen.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xubuntu-multiscreen_thumb.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Your Xubuntu computer's display should now be extended to the external monitor(s), instead of using the default clone (mirror) option, each time you log in.</div>

How To Use Multiple Monitors In Xubuntu / Xfce (Extended Display Instead Of Mirror)

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How To Use Netflix In Ubuntu Through Wine (PPA Available)

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Netflix is finally working on Linux! No, there's no native Linux Netflix application, but with a patched Wine build, you can now use Netflix under Linux.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a title="Netflix on Ubuntu" href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/netflix-ubuntu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" rel="image_group"><img alt="netflix ubuntu" border="0" height="180" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/netflix-ubuntu_thumb.jpg" title="netflix ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to a campaign by <a href="http://www.iheartubuntu.com/">IHeartUbuntu</a> to get Netflix running on Ubuntu and the work of Erich Hoover, Ubuntu users can now use Netflix through Wine (with some patches) and Microsoft Silverlight, all installable from a PPA.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>For those who are not familiar with <a href="https://netflix.com/" rel="nofollow">Netflix</a>, this is an on-demand TV shows & movies streaming service available in USA, Canada, South America, UK, Ireland, Sweden, Danmark, Norway and Finland.</i></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Netflix Desktop application (with patched Wine) in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a title="Netflix on Ubuntu" rel="image_group" href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/netflix-ubuntu-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="netflix ubuntu" border="0" height="200" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/netflix-ubuntu-1_thumb.png" title="netflix ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I like to test everything I post, but <b>since Netflix is not available where I live, I was unable to test this</b>. Hopefully it will work for you using the instructions below.</div><br /><b>To add the PPA and install the patched WINE and everything required to use Netflix in Ubuntu Raring, Quantal, Precise or Oneiric, use the commands below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ehoover/compholio<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install netflix-desktop</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The commands above will install a patched WINE which doesn't overwrite your current Wine installation, along with a Netflix web app that automatically downloads and installs Firefox for Windows and Microsoft Silverlight. The Netflix app is available for both 32bit and 64bit while the patched Wine package is only available for 32bit, but it should work on 64bit thanks to Ubuntu's multi-arch support.</div><br /><b>If you get the following error on 64bit: </b><br /><pre class="source-code"><code>netflix-desktop : Depends: wine-compholio (> 1.5.16) but it is not installable</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">make sure the universe, multiverse and restricted repositories are enabled via Software Sources (on the first tab). To open Software Sources in Ubuntu 12.10, go to <i>System Settings > Software Sources</i> or, in Ubuntu 12.04 or older, you can access it via Ubuntu <i>Software Center > Edit menu > Software Sources</i>. Then run an "sudo apt-get update" and try to install netflix-desktop again and it <a href="http://i.imgur.com/63LAA.png" rel="nofollow">should work</a>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Once installed, you can launch the Netflix Desktop web app through Dash / the menu</b>. By default, the application runs in full screen but you can exit full screen mode by pressing F11.</div><br /><br /><h2>Using Netflix Desktop app & patched Wine in other Linux distributions</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions</b>: to get Netflix to work, see the instructions available @ <a href="http://www.iheartubuntu.com/2012/11/netflix-on-ubuntu-is-here.html">iheartubuntu.com</a> and <a href="http://www.compholio.com/wine-compholio/">compholio.com</a> (use the patches from compholio!).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fuduntu users: the patched Wine is <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/113644080780903084842/posts/UzD5cXDgirn">already available</a> in the Fuduntu repositories, so all you have to do is install Firefox for Windows and Microsoft Silverlight to be able to use Netflix.<br /><br />For <b>Arch Linux</b>, Netflix Desktop can be installed via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/netflix-desktop/">AUR</a>.</div><br /><br /><h2>Using the custom Netflix Wine build for other websites that require Silverlight</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a title="Silverlight in Firefox under Wine" rel="image_group" href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/firefox-wine-silverlight-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="firefox ubuntu silverlight" border="0" height="168" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/firefox-wine-silverlight-ubuntu_thumb.png" title="firefox ubuntu silverlight" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Tip: since the Netflix Desktop web app comes with just a window titlebar (no menu, tabs, address bar, etc.), if you want to use this custom Wine build with other websites that require the Microsoft Silverlight plugin, launch Firefox for Windows (Wine) from the newly created desktop shortcut. Or, to launch it from Unity's Dash, search for "Mozilla Firefox" (the native Firefox application for Linux should show up as "Mozilla Firefox Browser" so the names are not identical).<br /><br />Alternatively, in the Netflix Desktop web app, you can use F11 (to exit full screen), then press ALT + V and from the <i>View > Toolbar</i> menu, enable the Menu Bar and Navigation Toolbar.</div><br /><b>Update:</b> the Netflix Desktop app for Ubuntu has a Launchpad page now, so if you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="http://bugs.launchpad.net/netflix-desktop">http://bugs.launchpad.net/netflix-desktop</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>thanks to <a href="http://www.iheartubuntu.com/2012/11/ppa-for-netflix-desktop-app.html">iheartubuntu.com</a> for the info and screenshots</i></div>

How To Use Netflix In Ubuntu Through Wine (PPA Available)

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XBMC Media Center 12.0 Beta 1 Released With Raspberry PI And Android Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://xbmc.org/">XBMC</a> Media Center, a free, open source digital media hub and HTPC (Home theatre PC) software has <a href="http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2012/11/15/xbmc-12-0-frodo-beta-1/">reached</a> version 12.0 beta 1. <b> </b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Besides new features and improvements, the latest XBMC 12.0 beta 1 codenamed "Frodo" is now available on some new platforms like Raspberry PI or Android.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12.png"><img alt="Xbmc 12 Ubuntu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Here's what's new in the latest XBMC 12.0 beta 1:</b><br /><ul><li>HD audio support, including DTS-MA and Dolby True-HD, via the new XBMC AudioEngine</li><li>Live TV and <a href="http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=PVR/Backend">PVR</a> (personal video recorder) support. This allows users with a TV tuner to watch live TV, listen to radio, view an EPG, schedule recordings, and more</li><li>h.264 10bit (aka Hi10P) video software decoding for anime</li><li>64bit support in OSX to match the 64bit support in Linux</li><li>Improved image support, allowing the database to accommodate numerous additional image types</li><li>Improved Airplay support across all platforms</li><li>Advanced Filtering in the library</li><li>Advanced UPnP sharing</li><li>Raspberry PI is now fully supported</li><li>Initial support for Android</li><li>More </li></ul><br /><br />Below you can see a few XBMC 12.0 beta 1 (running in Ubuntu) screenshots:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-video.png"><img alt="XBMC 12.0 Ubuntu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-video_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-video-addons.png"><img alt="XBMC 12.0 Ubuntu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-video-addons_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-music.png"><img alt="XBMC 12.0 Ubuntu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-music_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-pvr.png"><img alt="XBMC 12.0 live video pvr" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-pvr_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install XBMC 12.0 beta 1 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>The latest XBMC 12.0 beta 1 can be installed in Ubuntu (12.10, 12.04 or 11.10) using the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/unstable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install xbmc</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Even though XBMC 12.0 beta 1 comes with initial Android support, <b>there are no Android builds available on XBMC download page</b> and the XBMC Android <a href="http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=XBMC_for_Android_specific_FAQ">FAQ</a> advices the users to compile it. But if you want to download pre-built Android binaries, <b>you can download XBMC 12.0 for Android from <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29737205">xda-developers</a></b>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are a few <b>screenshots with XBMC 12.0 running</b> on my <b>Android</b> phone:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android.png"><img alt="Xbmc android" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android_2.png"><img alt="XBMC android" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android_3.png"><img alt="XBMC Android" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows, Mac OSX, iOS and AppleTV2, see the XBMC <a href="http://xbmc.org/download/">downloads page</a>.</b>

XBMC Media Center 12.0 Beta 1 Released With Raspberry PI And Android Support

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How To Install Avant Window Navigator In Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Avant Window Navigator, a very popular dock a while back, has been deleted from the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories, so to make it easier to install, I've uploaded it to the main WebUpd8 PPA.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/avant-window-navigator.png"><img alt="Avant Window Navigator" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/avant-window-navigator_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a>Please note though, that since AWN hasn't been updated in a long time, some applets won't work!</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Although the application isn't used as much as a few years ago, it's can still be useful on various desktop environments / shells like GNOME Shell, Xfce, GNOME fallback session and so on. So here's how to install it in Ubuntu 12.10.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Avant Window Navigator In Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal</h2><br /><b>To add the main WebUpd8 PPA and install Avant Window Navigator in Ubuntu 12.10, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator</code></pre><br />For older Ubuntu versions, you don't need to add our PPA since AWN is available in the official repositories so you can install it via Ubuntu Software Center.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In other AWN-related news: today I've pushed a <b>patch from BZR to the DockBarX PPA which fixes the DockBarX Avant Window Navigator applet</b>:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/avant-window-navigator-dockbarx.png"><img alt="Avant Window Navigator DockBarX" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/avant-window-navigator-dockbarx_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />To install it, see our previous DockBarX article: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/dockbarx-sees-new-release-now-available.html">DockBarX Sees New Release, Now Available For MATE Desktop Too</a><br /><br /><br /><i>You may also want to see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/video-how-to-customize-avant-window.html">Video: How To Customize Avant Window Navigator - Lucido Style</a></i>

How To Install Avant Window Navigator In Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

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How To Use Hybrid Suspend In Ubuntu

<b>Firstly, here's what hybrid suspend does:</b><br /><ul><li>initially, the computer is suspended to RAM, which is quick to suspend / resume but it also uses some power</li><li>if the computer doesn't wake up after a configurable amount of time, suspend to disk is used so the computer stops using any power (it's the same as if it was powered off) - this is also known as hibernation</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Basically, <b>using the hybrid suspend method from this article, the system initially enters suspend which is quick to resume and after the time you set, the system hibernates so it no longer uses any battery power</b>. This is useful if for example you close the lid when you move from one room to another (between meetings, classrooms, etc.) and you need the system to resume quickly, but you also want to preserve battery power if you don't use it.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">There is another "true" hybrid suspend method (available in Linux kernel 3.6 - Ubuntu 12.10 uses Linux kernel 3.5, so it's not in Ubuntu by default yet) in which the system suspends to both the RAM and hard disk in the same time, which is useful to get both a quick resume / suspend and be able to resume the computer in case of power loss or if the system runs out of battery, but the "true" hybrid suspend uses battery power so I prefer the hybrid suspend method in this post.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Set up hybrid suspend in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--kOMO3jqPOs/UKUaDRtM19I/AAAAAAAAMAs/9te9w-thwLo/s1600/ubuntu-hybrid-suspend.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="suspend ubuntu" border="0" height="174" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--kOMO3jqPOs/UKUaDRtM19I/AAAAAAAAMAs/9te9w-thwLo/s320/ubuntu-hybrid-suspend.png" title="suspend ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Before proceeding, please note that I've tested this in Ubuntu 12.10 and it's known to work in Ubuntu 12.04 as well, but I don't know if it works in older Ubuntu versions.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Firstly, check if your system supports hybrid suspend by running the following command in a terminal:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo pm-is-supported --suspend-hybrid && echo "hybrid suspend is supported" || echo "your system doesn't support hybrid suspend"</code></pre><br /><br />To enable hybrid suspend in Ubuntu, create a file called "<i>/etc/pm/config.d/00-use-suspend-hybrid</i>" - you can do it using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudoedit /etc/pm/config.d/00-use-suspend-hybrid</code></pre><br /><i>The above command uses the default (usually "nano") command line editor, but you can use a graphical text editor like Gedit if you want (e.g.: "gksu gedit /etc/pm/config.d/00-use-suspend-hybrid").</i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And paste the following in the newly opened file (use "Ctrl + Shift + V" to paste in a terminal):</div><pre class="source-code"><code># Always use suspend_hybrid instead of suspend<br />if [ "$METHOD" = "suspend" ]; then<br />METHOD=suspend_hybrid<br />fi<br />PM_HIBERNATE_DELAY=900 # time in seconds until hibernate (suspend to disk) occurs; 900 means 15 minutes</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, adjust the "PM_HIBERNATE_DELAY" value to whatever you want (this is the time in seconds until hibernate - suspend to disk - occurs), save the file (to save the file in Nano command line text editor and then exit, use: Ctrl + O, Enter, Ctrl + X) and your system should now use hybrid suspend instead of the regular suspend method.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update: There's also a second method - "true" hybrid suspend</b>, which writes the image to both disk and RAM from the beginning, having the benefits that resuming will always be fast and that the machine will not wake up for a short time to hibernate for real. To use it, instead of he code above, paste the following in the <i>/etc/pm/config.d/00-use-suspend-hybrid</i> file:</div><br /><pre class="source-code"><code># WORKAROUND: always set the default hibernate mode first (normal mode)<br /># (not required if you have the patch mentioned by Rohan below (http://askubuntu.com/a/344879/169))<br />HIBERNATE_MODE=platform<br /><br /># Always use hibernate instead of suspend, but with "suspend to both"<br />if [ "$METHOD" = "suspend" ]; then<br /> METHOD=hibernate<br /> HIBERNATE_MODE=suspend<br />fi<br /><br /># Make sure to use the kernel's method, in case uswsusp is installed etc.<br />SLEEP_MODULE=kernel</code></pre><br />Then save the file (to save the file in Nano command line text editor and then exit, use: Ctrl + O, Enter, Ctrl + X) and that's it, your computer should now use "true" hybrid suspend.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>info via <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/145443/how-do-i-use-pm-suspend-hybrid-by-default-instead-of-pm-suspend">AskUbuntu</a> and <a href="http://daniel.hahler.de/use-hybrid-suspend-method-by-default">daniel.hahler.de</a></i></div>

How To Use Hybrid Suspend In Ubuntu

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Skype 4.1 For Linux Released, Adds Option To Chat With Windows Live Messenger Users

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Skype 4.1 for Linux</b> has been released yesterday. Unfortunately, there's no official changelog, but one new feature is obvious: an option to <b>sign in with a Microsoft account and chat with your Windows Live Messenger friends from Skype</b>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/skype-4.1-linux.png"><img alt="Skype 4.1 ubuntu" src="http:///netupd8.com/w8img2/skype-4.1-linux_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">When you start Skype 4.1 for Linux, you'll have two login options: one using your regular Skype account and another option to log in using your Microsoft (Windows Live Messenger) account. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you choose the WLM option, you will be asked to merge your Skype and Live accounts if you haven't done this already. This is only done once and don't worry, you can still sign in using your regular Skype account if you want: simply sign out and you'll get both login options again.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once you've logged in using your Microsoft account, you'll be able to talk to both your Windows Live Messenger and Skype friends from a single interface.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux/">Download Skype 4.1 for Linux</a></div><br /><br /><h2>Skype 4.1 Ubuntu fixes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you get an <b>error when installing Skype 4.1 or you can't install it at all due to dependency issues</b>, firstly remove any previous Skype version you may have installed:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove skype skype-bin</code></pre>And then try to install the downloaded Skype .deb file.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you're using Ubuntu 64bit and the tray / indicator icon no longer shows up</b>, make sure sni-qt is installed for 32bit architecture:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install sni-qt:i386</code></pre><br />For other issues, including green, scrambled or black video image, see the Skype 4.1 <a href="http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=rKXfyfC6">known issues</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to bhaismachine for the tip!</i></div>

Skype 4.1 For Linux Released, Adds Option To Chat With Windows Live Messenger Users

Skype 4.1 for Linux has been released yesterday. Unfortunately, there's no official changelog, but one new feature is obvious: an optio...

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elementary OS Luna Beta 1 Available For Testing

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>After more than a year and a half since 'Jupiter', elementary OS 0.2 Luna beta 1 has been released today.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Build on top of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and using its own shell called "Pantheon", elementary OS Luna introduces a huge number of changes, including new default applications created especially for eOS or a new window manager called "Gala".</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementaryos-luna-beta1.png"><img alt="elementary OS luna beta 1" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementaryos-luna-beta1_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Let's take a quick look at what's new in elementary OS Luna beta 1:</b><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0-_hZ542qsM" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-_hZ542qsM">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Pantheon shell</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Pantheon</b>, the "shell" used by default in elementary OS Luna beta 1 uses a brand new <b>window manager called Gala, based on libmutter,</b> which features smooth animations and very interesting workspace switcher and expose features which you've seen in video we've posted above.</div><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="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-super-s.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary os luna beta 1" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-super-s_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Workspace switcher<u><br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><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="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-super-w.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary os beta 1" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-super-w_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Expose</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For system settings, elementary OS 0.2 Luna uses Switchboard</b>, which comes with its own "plugs" - below you can see the desktop settings Switchboard plug:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-system-settings-desktop.png"><img alt="elementary os luna system settings" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-system-settings-desktop_thumb.png" /></a></div><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="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-syste-settings-switchboard.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary os switchboard" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-syste-settings-switchboard_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Switchboard</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The top panel is called Wingpanel</b>, and even though it doesn't follow the same "wing" design like in the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/install-wingpanel-from-ubuntu-ppa.html">first versions</a>, it's nevertheless a nice addition to Luna, especially thanks to the beautiful design used by the indicators:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-wingpanel.png"><img alt="Wingpanel" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-wingpanel_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For the menu / application launcher, Pantheon uses Slingshot</b>, which follows the same design as the indicators and comes with two modes: one that displays large, uncategorised icons which will remind you of Unity and another one which displays the applications in categories:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-slingshot.png"><img alt="Slingshot" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-slingshot_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">At the bottom of the screen you'll notice a dock - it's called <b>Plank</b> and follows the "stupidly simple" elementary OS philosophy so there just a few configuration options (available in Switchboard). Plank supports some of Unity's features like badges, progress indicators or quicklists:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-plank-dock.png"><img alt="Pantheon Plank" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-plank-dock_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, <b>for the login screen, elementary OS Luna uses LightDM</b>, with its own greeter (theme) and a really cool effect which again, you can see in our video above. Here's the login screen:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-login-screen.png"><img alt="elementary os luna login screen" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-login-screen_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Default applications</h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">elementary OS Luna beta 1 continues to use Midori as the default web browser, Shotwell for managing photos, Empathy IM client, Totem for playing videos as well as Ubuntu Software Center.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For the default file manager, elementary OS 0.2 Luna beta 1 uses Pantheon Files</b>, a <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/elementary-file-browser-marlin-is-now.html">Marlin</a> fork which not only looks great, but it already has most features you'll need in a file manager. There are even plugins for Ubuntu One or Dropbox available, though they aren't installed by default:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-pantheon-files.png"><img alt="Pantheon files" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-pantheon-files_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Geary, a new email client written in Vala</b>, developed by Yorba (the team behind Shotwell) and the elementary team, <b>has been added by default in eOS Luna</b>, replacing Postler. The application integrates with the desktop: you'll get new mail notifications, attachment handling and so on, but its feature list is not that great yet. Hopefully, the application will receive enough attention until the final release, because is has the potential of becoming one of the best Linux email clients.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-geary.png"><img alt="Geary" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-geary_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>Noise</b>, a Beatbox fork (the two players might merge though), <b>is the default music player </b>and offers multiple views, equalizer, iPod sync, Internet radio support, Last.fm integration and other features you'll need in a music player:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-noise.png"><img alt="Noise music player" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-noise_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Other new default applications include: Scratch (text editor) and Pantheon Terminal, Maya (calendar):</b></div><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="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-maya.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary os luna maya" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-maya_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maya - calendar app<u><br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><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="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-pantheon-terminal.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Pantheon terminal" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-pantheon-terminal_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pantheon Terminal</td></tr></tbody></table><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="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-scratch-text-editor.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Scratch text editor" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/elementary-luna-scratch-text-editor_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scratch - text editor</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This is obvious, but it deserves to be mentioned anyway: <b>elementary GTK and elementary icon theme, designed by Daniel Fore, are of course used by default</b>. Also, there's no way to change these in Switchboard, but you can use the same tools that are available for Ubuntu if you want to do this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since it's based on top of Ubuntu 12.04, Luna uses the Linux kernel 3.2.0-32, Xorg 1.11.4 and GTK 3.4.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Conclusions</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">elementary OS 0.2 Luna beta 1 is not only beautiful, but it's also fast, lightweight and uses a consistent look throughout most of its default applications. And this is just the first beta, so Luna should improve further until the final release, for which, by the way, the date is not yet known.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The decision to drop Compiz and use Gala (which uses libmutter) by default seems very inspired because Gala offers a nice touch to the desktop with its beautiful animations: not too intrusive but also not something that goes unnoticed, along with cool workspace switcher and expose features. And on top of that, it seems quite stable too.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The default applications are extremely fast and lightweight, especially those developed by the elementary OS team - maybe too lightweight for some users (read: lack of options), but hey, you can't have it all. </div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download elementary OS 0.2 Luna beta 1</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>elementary OS 0.2 Luna is in beta, so you will find bugs! Don't use it on a production machine!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To read the official release notes, see how you can contribute or download elementary OS Luna beta 1, see announcement @ <a href="http://elementaryos.org/journal/luna-beta-1-released">elementaryos.org</a></div>

elementary OS Luna Beta 1 Available For Testing

After more than a year and a half since 'Jupiter', elementary OS 0.2 Luna beta 1 has been released today. Build on top of Ubuntu 12....

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