Try The New LibreOffice Flat Icon Set

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCXhGDBPF3rcdJT0hSCN8ELlIStnQNAnDC-fzYqDvKBQc1UJA33kPuDQ0fQk3y7VsDhshFOzKiRGvBt0xIVmQJQrQ15Elsn8TNGGP_-kxNtuPUZ4Sx8MNPzDulIAXIE_SZtv2ddwTlS2o/s1600/libreoffice-flat-icons-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCXhGDBPF3rcdJT0hSCN8ELlIStnQNAnDC-fzYqDvKBQc1UJA33kPuDQ0fQk3y7VsDhshFOzKiRGvBt0xIVmQJQrQ15Elsn8TNGGP_-kxNtuPUZ4Sx8MNPzDulIAXIE_SZtv2ddwTlS2o/s550/libreoffice-flat-icons-ubuntu.png" width="550" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>It looks like LibreOffice will get a new set of <a href="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Whiteboards/Flat_icon_set">flat icons</a>, based on Gnome's symbolic icons</b>. The icon set isn't completed yet, but you can try it already - below you'll find instructions on how to easily try the new icons.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Goran Rakić has <a href="http://blog.goranrakic.com/archives/2013/05/try_the_new_flat_icon_set_for_libreoffice.html">posted</a> (thanks!) instructions on how to test the new Libreoffice flat icon set, however, the instructions are not that easy to follow for regular users and the zip in that article is a bit old, so below you'll find easy instructions for how to try the latest flat icons.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Note: the icon theme is work in progress and there are missing icons</b>. For this reason, <b>some of the icons</b> in this set <b>are actually already existing</b> default LibreOffice <b>icons, converted to grayscale</b>, so they integrate better with the new flat icons. The icon theme has been generated from the svg as of 2013-06-13.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Try the new flat icon set for LibreOffice in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCiNPCL_g5SSKvAqnGbrqzWKvLVah6IySiL6aBqAJe-eARIivbH-UeAlJ6biuYV84r3GGJlr5p6yhUiigGDdmmUFRuyTpdkrXlPITks03gVRfSmlMsFFMw-kLKnxDlAi1VlHpNQjQBTc/s1600/si_large.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCiNPCL_g5SSKvAqnGbrqzWKvLVah6IySiL6aBqAJe-eARIivbH-UeAlJ6biuYV84r3GGJlr5p6yhUiigGDdmmUFRuyTpdkrXlPITks03gVRfSmlMsFFMw-kLKnxDlAi1VlHpNQjQBTc/s560/si_large.png" width="560" /></a></div><br /><b>1. Install LibreOffice flat icon set</b><br /><br /><b>If you're using LibreOffice from the official Ubuntu repositories or PPA:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install libreoffice-style-crystal<br />cd /tmp && wget https://github.com/hotice/myfiles/raw/master/images_flat.zip<br />sudo cp images_flat.zip /usr/share/libreoffice/share/config/images_crystal.zip</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">The first command above install the LibreOffice Crystal icon set which we'll replace with the new flat icons, the second command downloads the flat icons and the last command replaces the Crystal icons with the new flat icon set.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you're using the LibreOffice 4.0.x (for older LibreOffice versions you may have to adjust the path for the second command below) build downloaded from its website</b>, use the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd /tmp && wget https://github.com/hotice/myfiles/raw/master/images_flat.zip<br />sudo cp images_flat.zip /opt/libreoffice4.0/share/config/images_crystal.zip</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2. Set LibreOffice to use the new flat icons</b><br /><br />From the LibreOffice menu select <i>Tools > Options</i>, then under <i>LibreOffice > View > Icon size and style</i>, set the icon theme to "Crystal":<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGAcTHex1T9rFMLmmhgkl6yOTqZL5SgnMZV7ija9hG-v53-9ttKqwvls9YvvX3vUxg4PGAcG1Xdi8R5U9K_ZOj7pS1JB62mWhUm5QDRjmrnKX55uYnxpL8xNfVWNj7GUgm6bOSRCkmgw/s1600/libreoffice-set-icon-style.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="LibreOffice set icon style" border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGAcTHex1T9rFMLmmhgkl6yOTqZL5SgnMZV7ija9hG-v53-9ttKqwvls9YvvX3vUxg4PGAcG1Xdi8R5U9K_ZOj7pS1JB62mWhUm5QDRjmrnKX55uYnxpL8xNfVWNj7GUgm6bOSRCkmgw/s320/libreoffice-set-icon-style.png" title="LibreOffice set icon style" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Later on if you want to go back to the original LibreOffice icons, from the same dialog, select "Human" or "Tango" for the icon style.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Other Linux distributions:</b> since I'm not sure about the path used in other Linux distributions, you'll have to manually copy <a href="https://github.com/hotice/myfiles/raw/master/images_flat.zip">the icons</a> to <i>share/config/</i> (inside the LibreOffice shared directory) and replace one of the existing icon themes, then set the LibreOffice icon theme to the one you've replaced, from the LibreOffice options dialog (<i>Tools > Options</i>, then under <i>LibreOffice > View > Icon size and style</i>).<br /><br />If you want to install the icons manually, without using the commands above,<b> you can download the icon set (generated on 2013-06-13) from <a href="https://github.com/hotice/myfiles/raw/master/images_flat.zip">HERE</a>. </b><br /><br /><b>For how to generate the flat icon set yourself, see Goran's <a href="http://blog.goranrakic.com/archives/2013/05/try_the_new_flat_icon_set_for_libreoffice.html">article</a>.</b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/110309413233124076312/posts">Cláudio Novais</a> @ <a href="http://ubuntued.info/flat-icons-instale-os-proximos-icones-da-interface-do-libre-office">Ubuntued</a> for the tip!</i></div>

Try The New LibreOffice Flat Icon Set

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Xfce Theme Manager: A Single GUI To Change Any Xfce Theme (With Previews)

<div style="text-align: justify;">Xfce uses multiple settings GUIs for setting the window border, controls, icons, mouse cursor theme and so on and it doesn't include any thumbnails. However,<b> if you customize your Xfce desktop frequently, you can use a tool called Xfce Theme Manager which allows you to change the themes from a single GUI and it also includes thumbnails</b> so you can see how the theme looks like before applying it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vubCNhcIGVE/UbCUJIFtEUI/AAAAAAAAPbg/eN57YCnG49M/s1600/xfce-theme-manager.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vubCNhcIGVE/UbCUJIFtEUI/AAAAAAAAPbg/eN57YCnG49M/s320/xfce-theme-manager.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>Xfce Theme Manager allows settings the following:</b><br /><ul><li>complete Xfce theme (window border, controls)</li><li>window borders only</li><li>controls only</li><li>icon theme</li><li>cursor theme</li><li>change the wallpaper</li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eqEKYHnv8QM/UbCUP5uCJMI/AAAAAAAAPbo/syCl-NjMIZ0/s1600/xfce-theme-manager-advanced.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eqEKYHnv8QM/UbCUP5uCJMI/AAAAAAAAPbo/syCl-NjMIZ0/s320/xfce-theme-manager-advanced.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, under "Advanced" (screenshot above), you can adjust various settings like backdrop brightness and saturation, window button layout, window title position, change the fonts and the cursor size.</div><br />Other features included in Xfce Theme Manager:<br /><ul><li>customizable theme preview size: you can choose between huge, large, medium and small previews;</li><li>save the current theme (in case you use the window border from one theme and the controls from another theme for instance) which includes the wallpaper, font and so on;</li><li>install themes using drag'n'drop (the themes must be tar.gz archives);</li><li>reset the theme.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I did find one annoyance with Xfce Theme Manager though: when installing new themes, you must click the "Rebuild DB" (rebuild the themes database) under "Advanced" or else the newly installed themes won't show up or at least not immediately.</div><br />Here are a few more Xfce Theme Manager screenshots:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GJrWaO_0Eh4/UbCUUmGN9JI/AAAAAAAAPb4/xZ6qLIQOHSM/s1600/xfce-theme-manager_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GJrWaO_0Eh4/UbCUUmGN9JI/AAAAAAAAPb4/xZ6qLIQOHSM/s320/xfce-theme-manager_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bBM_dORLgoY/UbCUUn7ucRI/AAAAAAAAPbw/QCQdfihSffA/s1600/xfce-theme-manager_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bBM_dORLgoY/UbCUUn7ucRI/AAAAAAAAPbw/QCQdfihSffA/s320/xfce-theme-manager_3.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XQsM43eJvMQ/UbCUUh9IYmI/AAAAAAAAPb0/WwxxqJ6WMe4/s1600/xfce-theme-manager_4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XQsM43eJvMQ/UbCUUh9IYmI/AAAAAAAAPb0/WwxxqJ6WMe4/s320/xfce-theme-manager_4.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Xfce Theme Manager in Xubuntu</h2><br />Xubuntu users can install Xfce Theme Manager from a PPA. <b>The packages in the PPA below require Xfce 4.10, which is available by default in Xubuntu 12.10 and 13.04, but it's not available in Xubuntu 12.04 so for it, you'll also need to add the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/install-xfce-410-in-xubuntu-1204.html">Xfce 4.10 Xubuntu 12.04 PPA</a>!</b> Alternatively, you can also build it from source (download link at the bottom of the post).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">That said, let's <b>add the PPA and install Xfce Theme Manager in Xubuntu:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rebuntu16/other-stuff <br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install xfce-theme-manager</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, the application should show up in the Xfce Settings Manager.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're not using Xubuntu, you can <b>download Xfce Theme Manager from <a href="http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php?content=149647">xfce-look.org</a></b>.</div>

Xfce Theme Manager: A Single GUI To Change Any Xfce Theme (With Previews)

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Highly Configurable GNOME Shell Theme `Elegance Colors` Sees New Release

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Elegance Colors, a highly customizable, chameleonic GNOME Shell theme, has reached version 2.2.0, bringing some major configuration UI changes, new theme customization options, performance improvements and more.</b> Since our last article, the theme has also got support for GNOME Shell 3.8 (it now supports both 3.6 and 3.8).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0L4fD5AjzbU/Ua3kmGUTHUI/AAAAAAAAPZg/CVNAH_vFML4/s1600/elegance-colors-2.20_1.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Elegance Colors GNOME Shell theme" border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0L4fD5AjzbU/Ua3kmGUTHUI/AAAAAAAAPZg/CVNAH_vFML4/s320/elegance-colors-2.20_1.png" title="Elegance Colors GNOME Shell theme" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Elegance Colors is a GNOME Shell theme that <b>can automatically change its colors based on the current GTK theme or wallpaper.</b> But that's not all: <b>the theme comes with a configuration GUI that lets you change most of the GNOME Shell theme elements</b>, so <b>you can basically make brand new themes using it</b>.<br /><br />The configuration GUI lets you change the panel text color, border color and width, change the gradients for the background, search entry and more, change the buttons colors, set the theme roundness, enable or disable drop shadows, set the transition duration and many other settings. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Furthermore, the theme comes with some <b>default presets</b> (which change the theme look completely): Google, Numix, Pantheon, Gaia, Dark Shine, Clear, Matte, Tron Legacy and Ubuntu Phone. You can also export or import presets from the Elegance Colors Preferences. </div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Changes in Elegance Colors 2.2.0 since our previous article:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>supports GNOME Shell 3.6 and 3.8;</li><li>major UI changes with better organized options in the GNOME Tweak Tool style;</li><li>undo/redo abilities;</li><li>many new options to customize the theme;</li><li>the text color of highlighted elements is now automatically adjusted</li><li>5 new presets (there are 10 presets now);</li><li>you can now use symbolic colors and add custom CSS and images in the configuration file/preset (this isn't available via GUI);</li><li>performance improvements.</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Note:</b> <i>don't confuse this with the GTK theme: only the GNOME Shell theme, meaning the top panel, the Activities Overview, some dialogs like the shutdown dialog and Dash are part of a GNOME Shell theme so the GTK theme won't change its colors!</i></div><br />Here are a few more Elegance Colors screenshots:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/elegance-colors-2.2.0_2.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Elegance Colors GNOME Shell theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elegance-colors-2.2.0_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/elegance-colors-2.2.0_3.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Elegance Colors GNOME Shell theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elegance-colors-2.2.0_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/elegance-colors-2.2.0_4.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Elegance Colors GNOME Shell theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elegance-colors-2.2.0_4_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Install Elegance Colors in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Before installing the theme, <b>make sure you've installed the GNOME Shell User Theme extension</b>. This is a part of the official GNOME Shell extensions pack which you can install it in Ubuntu using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then, install Elegance Colors GNOME Shell theme in Ubuntu (for GNOME Shell 3.6 and 3.8, so Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 only) using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:satyajit-happy/themes<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-theme-elegance-colors</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, start the Elegance Colors process, required only once (it will then start automatically when you log in):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>elegance-colors</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, use GNOME Tweak Tool to change the current GNOME Shell theme to "Elegance Colors". This can also be done via command line:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.user-theme name 'elegance-colors'</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions downloads or more info, see Elegance Colors @ <a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Gnome-Shell-Elegance-Colors-305966388">DeviantArt</a> or <a href="https://github.com/satya164/elegance-colors">GitHub</a> (includes Fedora / openSUSE and Arch Linux packages).</b></div>

Highly Configurable GNOME Shell Theme `Elegance Colors` Sees New Release

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How To Install MDM 1.2.5 From Linux Mint 15 In Ubuntu

<div style="text-align: justify;">MDM is the default Linux Mint display manager, forked from GDM 2.20, which means it supports the old GDM themes. <b>Linux Mint 15 will ship with MDM 1.2.5 </b>which has received <b>support for HTML greeters</b> (supports HTML5, CSS, Javascript and WebGL) and <b>if you want to install it in Ubuntu, you can use a PPA to install both MDM 1.2.5 as well as the default MDM themes</b>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Since the previous stable release, MDM has also received many under-the-hood improvements and bug fixes. For a complete feature list and more info on MDM, see its <a href="https://github.com/linuxmint/mdm">GitHub page</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="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9TNZ02oHwlA/UaXl8W3rLxI/AAAAAAAAPXE/CHwyZXHd__A/s1600/mdm_htmltheme_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="194" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9TNZ02oHwlA/UaXl8W3rLxI/AAAAAAAAPXE/CHwyZXHd__A/s320/mdm_htmltheme_1.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A MDM HTML theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Because the default MDM themes are Linux Mint branded, I've tweaked some of them to integrate better with Ubuntu, and renamed the package to "ubuntu-mdm-themes". But I'm no graphics designer so you may want to tweak them further - this can easily be done since the themes are mostly HTML / CSS, so look under <i>/usr/share/mdm/themes/</i> for GDM themes and in <i>/usr/share/mdm/html-themes/</i> for the new HTML themes and change them to suit your needs or create your own theme.</div><br />Here are some of the themes available by default in Linux Mint and in our PPA:<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="http://img.netupd8.com/mdm-htmltheme_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="MDM themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mdm-htmltheme_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MDM HTML theme</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://img.netupd8.com/mdm-htmltheme_3.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="MDM themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mdm-htmltheme_3_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MDM HTML theme</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://img.netupd8.com/mdm-gdmtheme_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="MDM themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mdm-gdmtheme_1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MDM GDM theme</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://img.netupd8.com/mdm-gdmtheme_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="MDM themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mdm-gdmtheme_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MDM GDM theme</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://img.netupd8.com/mdm-gdmtheme_3.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="MDM themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mdm-gdmtheme_3_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MDM GDM theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The default themes include an animated WebGL theme called "Clouds (WebGL)" which looks great, but in my test, the animation was slow both in VirtualBox and on my laptop (running Nvidia Optimus) and I've read that it doesn't work at all for some users, so be careful if you select this theme. There are some other non-WebGL animated HTML themes included by default, which you'll discover for yourself once you install the latest MDM from Linux Mint 15, by using the instructions below.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install MDM in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Important:</b></span> installing MDM will remove GDM (and GNOME Shell, since it depends on GDM - but this is only for Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04). That's because there are some conflicts between MDM and GDM. So if you're using GNOME Shell in Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04, do not install MDM.</div><br /><b>1. To install the latest MDM from Linux Mint 15 in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04, 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 mdm ubuntu-mdm-themes</code></pre>During the installation, you'll be prompted to select the default display manager:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mdm-configuration-term.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="mdm configuration" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mdm-configuration-term_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />Select MDM here. Later on, if you want to switch to LightDM, GDM or some other display manager, see this article: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/how-to-switch-between-gdm-lightdm-or.html">How To Switch Between GDM, LightDM, MDM Or KDM In Ubuntu</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> Once MDM has been installed, restart you computer. Until you restart the computer, MDM Setup (shows up as "Login Window" in Dash / the menu) won't show up. After restarting the computer, the default (kind of ugly, I know) MDM theme will be loaded - <b>very important</b>: the first time MDM starts, no session is selected so make sure you select one from the drop-down indicated in the screenshot below:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mdm-session-list.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="MDM session list" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mdm-session-list_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3.</b> Then you can log in, launch MDM Setup (look for "Login Window" in Dash / the menu) and select the theme you want. From the "Style" drop-down you can select what kind of themes you want to use: GDM themes, HTML themes or GTK (there is only one GTK greeter available by default):</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mdmsetup.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Mint MDM setup" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mdmsetup_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />Select some theme and then log out to see it in action.

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How To Install Emerald In Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 Or 12.04 [PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;">Emerald Window Decorator development may have stopped and the package is no longer available in the Ubuntu repositories for a few releases, but there are users who want to continue using it, so to make it easier to install, I <b>uploaded Emerald to the main WebUpd8 PPA, for Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 and 12.04</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Emerald is a window decorator for Compiz that allows full composite window decorations</b>. There are many themes out there that come with frames, titlebars, buttons and so on that you won't see in other window decorators, this being the main reason why Emerald was so popular a while back. Emerald is also highly customizable.<br /><br />Because it requires Compiz, Emerald doesn't work in GNOME Shell, but it should work with Unity (3D), GNOME Classic with Compiz or <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-set-up-compiz-in-xubuntu-1210-or.html">Xfce with Compiz</a> for instance.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are a few of the many Emerald themes available on Gnome-Look, DeviantArt and so on:</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://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zgcIBry-wc4/UZ9qR5bDOrI/AAAAAAAAPVk/UtZBHSQBseE/s1600/emerald-halftime.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zgcIBry-wc4/UZ9qR5bDOrI/AAAAAAAAPVk/UtZBHSQBseE/s400/emerald-halftime.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=120806">HalfTime</a> Emerald theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a name='more'></a><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://img.netupd8.com/emerald-a-new-hope.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Emerald themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-a-new-hope_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://jurialmunkey.deviantart.com/art/Divergence-IV-quot-A-New-Hope-quot-183377193">Divergence IV "A New Hope"</a> Emerald theme</td></tr></tbody></table><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="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-radial.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Emerald themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-radial_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=71352">Radial</a> Emerald theme</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://img.netupd8.com/emerald-littleglass.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Emerald themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-littleglass_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lassekongo83.deviantart.com/art/LittleGlass-163891709">LittleGlass</a> Emerald theme</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://img.netupd8.com/emerald-dark-glass-ambiance.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Emerald Themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-dark-glass-ambiance_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=148429">Dark glass with Ambiance buttons</a> Emerald theme</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://img.netupd8.com/emerald-ordinary.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Emerald themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-ordinary_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=127625">Ordinary</a> Emerald theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The themes can be tweaked using Emerald Theme Manager</b>, which allows you to<b> change the borders size, shadows, titlebar font and alignment and so on</b>. For instance, the LittleGlass theme above has some pretty large shadows so I've used the Emerald Theme Manager to change them - under <i>Edit Themes > Frame/Shadows</i> tab. You can also <b>move the window buttons</b> from/to left/right, as long as the theme aspect allows it - more about this, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/emerald-move-minimize-maximize-and.html" title="Emerald: Move Minimize, Maximize And Close Buttons To The Left">HERE</a>.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Emerald Window Decorator in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Emerald is available in the main WebUpd8 PPA, which is a general PPA with some other packages as well. If you don't like that, you can <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/287056/how-to-compile-install-emerald-window-manager-in-ubuntu-13-04-64bit">compile Emerald</a> from source or add the PPA, install Emerald, then remove the PPA.<br /><br />Also, please keep in mind that Emerald Window Decorator is no longer developed / supported and while I've tested it for about two days in Ubuntu 13.04 (as well as some brief testing under Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 in VirtualBox) and I didn't encounter any issues, there might be bugs or it may not work at all. <br /><br />That said, let's proceed with the Emerald installation:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. To add the main WebUpd8 PPA and install Emerald Window Decorator in Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 or 13.04, 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 emerald</code></pre><b><br /></b> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> Once installed, <b>get some Emerald themes</b> via <a href="http://gnome-look.org/index.php?xsortmode=high&logpage=0&xcontentmode=103&page=1">Gnome Look</a>, <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/linuxutil/winmanagers/emerald">DeviantArt</a> and so on <b>and install them using Emerald Theme Manager:</b> either select "Import" and browse for the .emerald file or simply double click an .emerald theme file and Emerald Theme Manager should install the theme. <b>There are no Emerald themes installed by default so make sure you've installed at least one</b> before proceeding with the next step.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3.</b> Start Emerald (this will replace your current window decorations) by pressing ALT + F2 and entering: "<i>emerald --replace</i>" (without the quotes).</div><b><br /></b> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4.</b> To continue using Emerald after a logout / restart, install CompizConfig Settings Manager:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then open CompizConfig Settings Manager (CCSM), click the "Window Decoration" plugin and under "Command", enter: "<i>emerald</i>" (without the quotes):</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ccsm-emerald.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="CCSM Emerald" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ccsm-emerald_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />That's it!<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Reverting the changes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to go back to the default window decorator, open CompizConfig Settings Manager, click the "Window Decoration" plugin again and next to "Command", click the reset button on the right:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ccsm-reset-window-decoration.png"><img alt="CCSM Emerald reset window decoration" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ccsm-reset-window-decoration_thumb.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then log out and log back in. You can also remove Emerald if you want, but make sure you don't remove it before you reset the CCSM Window Decoration command as explained above:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove emerald</code></pre>

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<div style="text-align: justify;">There are two Conky configurations I've been wanting to write about for a while, but I didn't have the time to do it, until today, so here it is: the first one has been created by <a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/">Satya</a>, it's called Conky Google Now and is very easy to set up while the second one, created by Pressian, is more advanced and requires some experience with Conky to set it up.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="http://conky.sourceforge.net/">Conky</a> is a lightweight, highly configurable system monitor tool which can display the information on your desktop, in different shapes and forms.</i></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Before proceeding, make sure you've firstly installed Conky. In Ubuntu, <b>install it using the following command:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install conky-all</code></pre><br /><br /><h2>Conky Google Now</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qx8B8Yg962A/UZDYYC92O3I/AAAAAAAAPPo/fGP79Xk10p4/s1600/conky-google-now_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qx8B8Yg962A/UZDYYC92O3I/AAAAAAAAPPo/fGP79Xk10p4/s400/conky-google-now_2.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><b><a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Conky-Google-Now-366545753">Download Conky Google Now</a></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Conky Google Now is a Conky configuration created by Satya which tries to imitate Google Now. This should be very easy to use as there isn't much to configure: you only need to get the Yahoo Weather ID for your city and enter it in the Conky configuration file.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This Conky config displays the current weather, a forecast for the next two days, wind speed as well as the network up / down speed and total sent / received data.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To use Conky Google Now, download the configuration files from <a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Conky-Google-Now-366545753">Deviant Art</a> (link above) - there's a download link on the right.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, install the Open Sans (Light) font which is used by Conky Google Now. Download the font from <a href="http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/open-sans">HERE</a>, extract the archive and place the font(s) under ~/.fonts (if the folder doesn't exist, create it), then update the font cache using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo fc-cache -fv</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The next step is to extract the downloaded archive, then press CTRL + H inside the extracted folder to be able to see all the files (all are hidden except the README) and copy the ".conky-google-now" and ".conkyrc" in your home folder. If you want to use the dark Conky Google Now, copy ".conkyrc-dark" in your home folder instead and rename it to ".conkyrc".</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://img.netupd8.com/conky-google-now-dark.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Conky Google Now Dark" src="http://img.netupd8.com/conky-google-now-dark_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Conky Google Now dark</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Now go to <a href="http://weather.yahoo.com/">weather.yahoo.com</a>, search for your city (under "Enter city or zip code"), and once you reach your city weather page, note down the numbers (this is the WOEID) from the end of the URL, e.g., in my case, the URL is: <i>"http://weather.yahoo.com/romania/bucuresti/bucharest-868274/</i>" so the WOEID is "868274". Now open the <i>~/.conkyrc</i> file, search for "2294941" (without the quotes) and replace it with your WOEID, then save the file.<br /><br />Now, to run conky, simply open a terminal or type ALT + F2 and enter: "conky".<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Conky by Pressian</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/conky-pressian.png"><img alt="Conky y Pressian" src="http://img.netupd8.com/conky-pressian_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><b><a href="http://webupd8.googlecode.com/files/conky%20by%20Pressian-0.1.tar.gz">Download Conky by Pressian</a></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The second Conky configuration has been created by WebUpd8 reader Pressian and take a bit more to set up than Conky Google Now, but it also displays more information. The configuration is especially created for laptops that come with Nvidia Optimus technology and 4 CPU cores so if you don't have this system configuration, you'll need to tweak this Conky setup which may need some experience with Conky. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Please note that this Conky configuration uses transparency, so it won't work properly in Unity (if you know a way to get it to display properly, without shadows, etc., let us know in the comments, but I've already tried basically everything and at least in Ubuntu 13.04, I can't get it to display properly in Unity, but it works great in GNOME Shell for instance).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Information displayed by this Conky configuration includes: system info (uptime, system load, battery status, processor and video card), top 5 processes, CPU stats (frequency, usage, temperature), optimized for 4 cores so if you have less or more, you'll need to tweak the configuration file, memory stats (RAM used and free, HDD used as well as the HDD temperature, network stats (up/down speed, local and public IP and Wifi bitrate and signal strength if available, as well as the GPU stats for laptops using the Optimus technology (Nvidia driver, Nvidia GPU state as well as the temperature and frequency but only when the Nvidia GPU is in use).</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To use it, download the archive from <a href="http://webupd8.googlecode.com/files/conky%20by%20Pressian-0.1.tar.gz">HERE</a>, extract it and then press CTRL + H to see the Conky configuration files (they are hidden by default). Then, copy the ".conky" and ".fonts" folders as well as the ".conkyrc" file into your home folder.</div><br />Then, you need to update the font cache:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo fc-cache -fv</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Since this Conky configuration displays a lot of information, there are also some dependencies you need to install:<i> lm-sensors, hddtemp, curl </i>and <i>bumblebee</i>. In Ubuntu, install the first three using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install lm-sensors hddtemp curl</code></pre><br />Then, set up lm-sensors using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo sensors-detect</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And answer "yes" to everything, then run the following command to load the sensors modules:</div><br />- Ubuntu 13.04 and newer:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo service kmod start</code></pre>- Ubuntu versions older than 13.04:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo service module-init-tools start</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For <i>hddtemp</i>, also run this command (might be required for some Linux distributions / Ubuntu versions):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo chmod u+s /usr/sbin/hddtemp</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For how to install Bumblebee (specific for those with Optimus laptops, see <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/bumblebee-321-released-with-ubuntu-1304.html" title="Bumblebee 3.2.1 Released With Ubuntu 13.04 Fixes, New Options">THIS</a> article.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, to run Conky, simply press ALT + F2 and enter: "conky".</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Adding Conky to startup</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want Conky to start automatically when you log in, you must add it to the startup applications and for this we'll need to use a script (we need to start it with a delay so it doesn't show up on top) so create a file somewhere, e.g.: in a folder called "scripts" in your home directory - let's call the file "start_conky". And in this file, paste this:</div><pre class="source-code"><code>#! /bin/bash<br />sleep 20<br />conky</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">Then save the file and make it executable. If you've followed our exact instructions and the file is called "start_conky" and is located in the "scripts" folder in your home directory, you can make it executable using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>chmod +x ~/scripts/start_conky</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now open the Startup Applications dialog, click "Add", under "Name" enter "Conky" and under "Command", select "Browse" and here, select the "start_conky" file, then click "Add" and you're done. </div><br /><b>For more Conky configurations, browse our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/search/label/conky?max-results=10">Conky tag</a>.</b>

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<div style="text-align: justify;">A few days ago we had an article about a <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/new-unity-revamped-ppa-for-ubuntu-1204.html">new Unity Revamped PPA</a> that adds some tweaks to Ubuntu 12.04, among which there were some nice Ubuntu Touch-style assets for the Unity Launcher. If you're using Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04 and want to use these Ubuntu Touch Launcher assets, you'll find instructions on how to do it below.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-touch-unity-launcher-icons.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KLE_RJeL-K8/UWv6k0mgsSI/AAAAAAAAO-c/A7G_AxGPMKQ/s320/ubuntu-touch-unity-launcher-icons.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Using the Ubuntu Touch-style Launcher icons in Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. To use the Ubuntu Touch Launcher icons / assets on the desktop (Unity), download the icons from <a href="http://aerilius.deviantart.com/art/Ubuntu-Touch-Launcher-icons-358618366">DeviantArt</a> and extract the downloaded archive in your home folder.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> Then, to replace the Unity icons with the Ubuntu Touch-style icons, use the following command:</div><br /><b>- for Ubuntu 12.10:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd && sudo cp -r unity/6 /usr/share/unity/</code></pre><b>-for Ubuntu 13.04:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd && sudo cp -r unity/6/* /usr/share/unity/icons/</code></pre><br />Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshot after the changes:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-touch-launcher-icons-unity-6.png" rel="image_group" title="Ubuntu Touch style icons in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail"><img alt="Ubuntu Touch icons 13.04 Unity Launcher" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-touch-launcher-icons-unity-6_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br />Ubuntu 12.10 screenshot after the changes:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-touch-launcher-icons-unity-5.png" rel="image_group" title="Ubuntu Touch style icons in Ubuntu 12.10"><img alt="Ubuntu Touch icons 13.04 Unity Launcher" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-touch-launcher-icons-unity-5_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3.</b> And finally, restart Unity by pressing ALT + F2 and entering "unity" (without the quotes), or log out and log back in.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Reverting the changes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you  revert the changes, simply reinstall unity-common using the following command:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install --reinstall unity-common</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And then restart Unity (press ALT + F2 and enter: "unity" or log out and log back in).</div>

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Lubuntu Icon Theme `Box` Sees New Release, Download It Now

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5qLerCIdco4/UWaZ_0gCOyI/AAAAAAAAO7g/3w0sxgXm_ls/s1600/lubuntu-box.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lubuntu Icon Theme Box" border="0" height="302" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5qLerCIdco4/UWaZ_0gCOyI/AAAAAAAAO7g/3w0sxgXm_ls/s320/lubuntu-box.png" title="Lubuntu Icon Theme Box" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Lubuntu icon theme called "Box", that was introduced with <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/lubuntu-w-lxde-1210-overview.html">Lubuntu 12.10</a>, has reached version 0.38, getting many new and improved icons.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To celebrate the 0.38 release, an <a href="http://lubuntublog.blogspot.ro/2013/04/box-theme-reaches-038.html">article</a> on the Lubuntu blog links to the latest Box Icon Theme 0.38 so you can download and use it on any Linux system.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The icon theme doesn't fit Unity too well due to some missing indicator icons and also, there's only a variant for light panels (dark indicator icons), but if you have a bit of time you can fix that. However, the icon theme looks great in GNOME Shell for instance:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/lubuntu-box-icon-theme.png"><img alt="Lubuntu Box icon theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/lubuntu-box-icon-theme_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/133108/box038.tar.gz">Download Lubuntu Box icon theme</a> (<a href="http://launchpadlibrarian.net/136963997/box038.tar.gz">alternate download link</a>)</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To use it, extract the downloaded archive and copy it to <i>~/.icons</i> (".icons" is a hidden folder in your home directory so press CTRL + H to be able to see hidden folders; if this folder doesn't exist, create it). To change the icon theme to Box under Unity / GNOME Shell, use a tool such as GNOME Tweak Tool, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/unity-tweak-tool-available-in-ubuntu.html">Unity Tweak Tool</a>, Ubuntu Tweak, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/unsettings-tool-to-disable-global-menu.html">Unsettings</a> and so on to change the icon theme.</div>

Lubuntu Icon Theme `Box` Sees New Release, Download It Now

The Lubuntu icon theme called "Box", that was introduced with Lubuntu 12.10 , has reached version 0.38, getting many new and impro...

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New Unity Revamped PPA For Ubuntu 12.04 With Extra Tweaks

<div style="text-align: justify;">The popular Unity Revamped PPA has stopped working once again a while back, but there's a new PPA that adds the same features to Unity along with some extra ones such as the Unity Touch Launcher icons.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/new-unity-revamped.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="194" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c_ijTZkfmEM/UWR5J-4jAoI/AAAAAAAAO6o/iWURMsKLO1I/s320/new-unity-revamped.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new Unity Revamped PPA, maintained by <a href="http://garhuy.blogspot.com/">Garhuy</a>, is only <b>available for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and adds the following features to Unity (with Compiz):</b></div><ul><li>re-added Dodge Windows behavior;</li><li>minimize on click for Launcher items;</li><li>option to enable/disable the Workspace Switcher icon on the Launcher</li><li>Ubuntu Raring launcher assets (the new BFB icon - the button used to open Dash, workspace switcher, etc);</li><li>Ubuntu Touch Launcher icons.</li></ul><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://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-launcher.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Unity Revamped touch icons" src="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-launcher_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unity Launcher in Ubuntu 12.04 with Raring assets and Ubuntu Touch icons</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The PPA also adds Ubuntu Touch Launcher icons and the Ubuntu Raring Launcher assets for Unity 2D:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-2d.png"><img alt="Unity 2D revamped" src="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-2d_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, the PPA description mentions that you should also get an option to allow the menus to be permanently visible, however, in my test I couldn't find this option in CCSM so I think the patch for this has been removed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Below you can watch an old video demoing the Dodge Windows and minimize on click features:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q2rj18H0M38" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2rj18H0M38">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Upgrade Unity to the patched version available in the Unity Revamped PPA in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS</h2><br /><b>To add this Unity Revamped PPA and upgrade Unity to get the features mentioned above in Ubuntu 12.04  LTS, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:garhuy/unity<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get upgrade</code></pre><br />Note: I've only tested the PPA in VirtualBox!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once the upgrade is complete, log out and log back in. To enable/disable Dodge Windows, install CompizConfig Settings Manager:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then under the Unity plugin > Behaviour, set "Hide Launcher" to "Dodge Windows" or "Dodge Active Window":</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-dodge-windows.png"><img alt="Unity Revamped" src="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-dodge-windows_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To enable/disable the Workspace Switcher icon, switch to the "Experimental" tab under the same Unity plugin options in CCSM and scroll down to "Show Expo icon in the launcher":</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-expo-icon.png"><img alt="Unity Revamped" src="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-expo-icon_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Reverting the changes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If something doesn't work properly or you simply don't want to use this PPA anymore, you can go back to the original Unity packages from the Ubuntu repositories by purging the PPA:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ppa-purge<br />sudo ppa-purge ppa:garhuy/unity</code></pre>

New Unity Revamped PPA For Ubuntu 12.04 With Extra Tweaks

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Download The Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Community Wallpapers

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail community wallpapers have been revealed today. They haven't landed in Ubuntu 13.04 by default yet but if you can't wait to use them, you can download them already.</b></div><br />The pack comes with 13 gorgeous wallpapers, most of which are beautiful nature pictures and of course, there's also a cool ringtail wallpaper:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zP-CE-TCnZQ/UUh4kurT75I/AAAAAAAAOn8/a4vq0PeE-_0/s1600/Cacomixtle+Ubunten-o+by+Carlos+and+Paula+Morales.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zP-CE-TCnZQ/UUh4kurT75I/AAAAAAAAOn8/a4vq0PeE-_0/s320/Cacomixtle+Ubunten-o+by+Carlos+and+Paula+Morales.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LmKWjJvfj7U/UUh4kAZGyfI/AAAAAAAAOnw/wLx2Bfu5OSs/s1600/Blue+frost+by+ppaabblloo77.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="198" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LmKWjJvfj7U/UUh4kAZGyfI/AAAAAAAAOnw/wLx2Bfu5OSs/s320/Blue+frost+by+ppaabblloo77.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6BMbEIrd0nE/UUh4kHLqkdI/AAAAAAAAOn0/C5PvsNZhPtE/s1600/Begonia+by+fatpoint21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6BMbEIrd0nE/UUh4kHLqkdI/AAAAAAAAOn0/C5PvsNZhPtE/s320/Begonia+by+fatpoint21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-auMf3ZouOK8/UUh4kHyGAOI/AAAAAAAAOn4/wivkEc6wksY/s1600/Brother+typewriter+by+awdean1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-auMf3ZouOK8/UUh4kHyGAOI/AAAAAAAAOn4/wivkEc6wksY/s320/Brother+typewriter+by+awdean1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NIoo92LxzIs/UUh4lKZwhaI/AAAAAAAAOoA/NQCXQNHHwOI/s1600/Fleurs+de+Prunus+2-4+by+Je-ro-me+Boivin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NIoo92LxzIs/UUh4lKZwhaI/AAAAAAAAOoA/NQCXQNHHwOI/s320/Fleurs+de+Prunus+2-4+by+Je-ro-me+Boivin.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2ZCTGFy3Rs0/UUh4lnco95I/AAAAAAAAOoM/PXl6NlYy888/s1600/Landing+by+Nic+Dahlquist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2ZCTGFy3Rs0/UUh4lnco95I/AAAAAAAAOoM/PXl6NlYy888/s320/Landing+by+Nic+Dahlquist.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C0ScghF34Lc/UUh4lfQwxlI/AAAAAAAAOoQ/MvpFDA2ffVc/s1600/La+Gomera+by+Alfonso+Aguirre+Arbex.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C0ScghF34Lc/UUh4lfQwxlI/AAAAAAAAOoQ/MvpFDA2ffVc/s320/La+Gomera+by+Alfonso+Aguirre+Arbex.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O9-CZvYQJcw/UUh4l-6QFhI/AAAAAAAAOoY/ZWoK14eP9RQ/s1600/Last+breath+by+Francisco+Javier+Epinoza+Pe-rez.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O9-CZvYQJcw/UUh4l-6QFhI/AAAAAAAAOoY/ZWoK14eP9RQ/s320/Last+breath+by+Francisco+Javier+Epinoza+Pe-rez.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kLgVbJOHqF0/UUh4nNWsMxI/AAAAAAAAOok/Oo-oFBMEo7s/s1600/Stop+the+light+by+Mato+Rachela.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kLgVbJOHqF0/UUh4nNWsMxI/AAAAAAAAOok/Oo-oFBMEo7s/s320/Stop+the+light+by+Mato+Rachela.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Dr2q9-mpUtc/UUh4mgDGuBI/AAAAAAAAOow/_3P_PDJckKQ/s1600/Morning+Sun+on+Frost-Covered+Leaves+by+Gary+A+Stafford.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Dr2q9-mpUtc/UUh4mgDGuBI/AAAAAAAAOow/_3P_PDJckKQ/s320/Morning+Sun+on+Frost-Covered+Leaves+by+Gary+A+Stafford.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yB-fyD1rEQI/UUh4nopfonI/AAAAAAAAOo0/AaBq_wXHKK8/s1600/Trazo+solitario+by+Julio+Diliegros.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yB-fyD1rEQI/UUh4nopfonI/AAAAAAAAOo0/AaBq_wXHKK8/s320/Trazo+solitario+by+Julio+Diliegros.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xSUAcYeb9gw/UUh4maCd9vI/AAAAAAAAOo4/xdw1S_L-vJI/s1600/Leftover+by+Sagar+Jain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="160" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xSUAcYeb9gw/UUh4maCd9vI/AAAAAAAAOo4/xdw1S_L-vJI/s320/Leftover+by+Sagar+Jain.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zdkxOgiHNxQ/UUh4oXWDT-I/AAAAAAAAOpA/PSZOzh0rcF4/s1600/Winter+Fog+by+Daniel+Vesterskov.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zdkxOgiHNxQ/UUh4oXWDT-I/AAAAAAAAOpA/PSZOzh0rcF4/s320/Winter+Fog+by+Daniel+Vesterskov.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The images above are small and for presentation purposes only. These wallpapers should land in Ubuntu 13.04 soon but if you don't want to wait, you can<b> download the full-size Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail community wallpapers from here:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-wallpapers/+bug/1157151/+attachment/3583148/+files/1304%20wallpapers%20V2%20-%20update.zip">Download Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail community wallpapers </a></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In case the link stops working, you should be able to get a working download link via <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-wallpapers/+bug/1157151">THIS</a> bug report.</div><br /><br /><b>Update: these wallpapers are now available by default in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://hungfu.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/13-04-wallpapers-submitted/">hungfu</a></i></div>

Download The Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Community Wallpapers

The Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail community wallpapers have been revealed today. They haven't landed in Ubuntu 13.04 by default yet but i...

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