New PPA For Numix GTK And Icon Themes, More

<div style="text-align: justify;">Quick update for Numix fans: <b>a new Numix PPA</b> has been created and it hosts daily builds for Numix GTK theme, two Numix icon themes, a Plank theme and even a Numix wallpaper. More Numix related artwork will be added to this PPA in the future.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Furthermore, <b>Numix GTK theme is now compatible with GTK 3.4 and Pantheon</b> (it already supported GTK 3.6 and 3.8), meaning it should work properly in Ubuntu 12.04 and <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/08/quick-elementary-os-02-luna-stable.html">elementary OS 0.2 Luna</a>.</div><br />Here are a few screenshots:<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://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/numix-gtk-theme_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Numix themes" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjensy3PY_ckUmvwnUjiIvYNInY5S0Lc4UQz3JYwCgsSP-oHHxzzNu-bO2wYO_iHyWt5f6_4o22EDdB4UcK6hbWOHoV0QNZIbhFlEagf-uNg8h_eZN4o_eqDknvuzghjFyKnQI0hjHE-08/s320/numix-gtk-theme_1.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Numix GTK, icon themes and wallpaper (Unity)</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://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/numix-gtk-theme-gs_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Numix themes" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/numix-gtk-theme-gs_1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Numix GTK, uTouch icon themes and wallpaper (GNOME Shell)</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://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/numix-gtk-theme-pantheon_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Numix themes" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/numix-gtk-theme-pantheon_1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Numix GTK theme (elementary OS Luna / Pantheon)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And speaking of Numix, if you'd like to use a dark or light variant and want to <b>support the designers</b>, you can purchase these theme variations from DeviantArt: <a href="http://fav.me/d6hds18">Numix with Dark variant</a> | <a href="http://fav.me/d5ygul6">Numix Light</a> or get the official wallpapers:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://me4oslav.deviantart.com/art/Numix-Glimpse-of-the-Future-Wallpaper-387544470">Glimpse of the Future</a> </li><li><a href="http://me4oslav.deviantart.com/art/Numix-Blooming-Spring-Wallpaper-389882686">Blooming Spring</a></li><li><a href="http://me4oslav.deviantart.com/art/Numix-Sumer-Holiday-Wallpaper-394592420">Summer Holiday</a> </li><li><a href="http://me4oslav.deviantart.com/art/Numix-Wallpaper-Glimpse-of-The-Future-Slideshow-393164006">Glimpse of the Future Slideshow</a></li></ul></div><br /><br /><h2>Install Numix GTK and icon themes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the new Numix PPA, available for Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, 12.10 and 12.04, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:numix/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br />Then, <b>install Numix GTK theme</b> (supports GTK 3.8, 3.6 and 3.4) using the command below:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install numix-gtk-theme</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There are two Numix icon themes in this PPA but please note that they are still in their infancy and the regular icon theme doesn't support Unity for now but it should work with GNOME Shell (the uTouch icon theme should work under both Unity and GNOME Shell). <b>Install both icon themes using the command below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove numix-utouch-icon-theme #to avoid conflicts because the package name has changed<br />sudo apt-get install numix-icon-theme numix-icon-theme-utouch</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're using elementary OS 0.2 Luna and want to use a matching <b>Plank theme</b>, install it using the command below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install numix-plank-theme</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, to install the <b>Numix Name of the Doctor wallpaper</b> (which you can see in the first two screenshots), copy/paste the following command in a terminal: </div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install numix-wallpaper-notd</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To use the Numix GTK or icon themes, install a tool such as <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/unity-tweak-tool-available-in-ubuntu.html">Unity Tweak Tool</a>, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/tweak-unity-with-unsettings-008-now.html">Unsettings</a>, GNOME Tweak Tool and so on and use it to change the theme.</div><br /><b>If you don't want to use the PPA or don't use Ubuntu (and derivatives), here are direct download links:</b><br /><ul><li>Numix GTK theme: <a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Numix-GTK3-theme-360223962">DeviantArt</a> | <a href="https://github.com/shimmerproject/Numix">Github</a></li><li><a href="https://launchpad.net/~numix/+archive/ppa/+packages?field.name_filter=icon&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=">Numix icon themes </a></li></ul><br /><b>Arch Linux AUR links:</b><br /><ul><li><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtk-theme-numix/">Numix GTK</a> | <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtk-theme-numix-git/">Numix GTK (Git)</a></li><li><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/numix-icon-theme-git/">Numix icon theme (Git)</a></li><li><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/numix-utouch-icon-theme/">Numix uTouch icon theme</a> | <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/numix-utouch-icon-theme-bzr/">Numix uTouch icon theme (Bzr)<br /></a></li></ul>

New PPA For Numix GTK And Icon Themes, More

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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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Get The Ubuntu Touch Feeling On The Unity Desktop With These Launcher Icons

<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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JousaNyKplbZ2eVtB3m2VLUVHKxb5rCvGhCSWCgNJXuQhqXE3z-6HqQKONExiTvBdCopEVfWejpl39L54d7ikqRZS4RGGic1rQ4KYhLryjYw5Htlu8RM6fuACZmQZN9iK6XNRtihG3_d/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>

Get The Ubuntu Touch Feeling On The Unity Desktop With These Launcher Icons

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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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYdagvs-cN_-z6fMwfAgyue9kIELP_6OA1k4M37UY38ukbSUHBaXPY4MxX9_SGEnF9umq5fJuEhk6xgkBq1ejTjcWNvuTQ-4paKXSsV-STS1uSIrr663au8JCubs7JT9bnTMrnRldG91G/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>

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Unity To Get New Shutdown Dialogs, Scroll To Switch Between Windows Feature [Video]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail: it looks like two interesting changes will land in Unity soon: support for switching between windows of the same application by scrolling on the application icon in the Unity Launcher and a new Unity style for shutdown dialog boxes.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's are a few screenshots with the new Unity shutdown / restart / lock screen / suspend dialog boxes:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5Yo9KCVEgQBl8NVqAYnCD_kYJM6krssYaobVsIrXxBJ1oaDhnRF8W5bCGtQDS4QRN2De8ac1H3iff6L5zNx0XT25A6m4e3UE9Ag9LaAmGOZuFy7MaC7YF_Mq_OIEjKlOa809oQIcF34b/s1600/ubuntu-new-shutdown-dialog_1.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Unity style shutdown dialogs Ubuntu" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5Yo9KCVEgQBl8NVqAYnCD_kYJM6krssYaobVsIrXxBJ1oaDhnRF8W5bCGtQDS4QRN2De8ac1H3iff6L5zNx0XT25A6m4e3UE9Ag9LaAmGOZuFy7MaC7YF_Mq_OIEjKlOa809oQIcF34b/s500/ubuntu-new-shutdown-dialog_1.png" title="Unity style shutdown dialogs" width="500" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyr8RL3jn7ZfBt3O7gbMElYK0fIUGO0fKJ5LD3JH3HUNODMk6A8ZWVeZiZjkbdCpuuyDn1Pcyw-REIpoLfhIUYBLkr9ax4RUAObtwEvsXBO5F2-wYbIcstTy-getQlcmfVQrFYFq-_hyphenhyphenA1/s1600/ubuntu-new-shutdown-dialog_3.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Unity style shutdown dialogs Ubuntu" border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyr8RL3jn7ZfBt3O7gbMElYK0fIUGO0fKJ5LD3JH3HUNODMk6A8ZWVeZiZjkbdCpuuyDn1Pcyw-REIpoLfhIUYBLkr9ax4RUAObtwEvsXBO5F2-wYbIcstTy-getQlcmfVQrFYFq-_hyphenhyphenA1/s320/ubuntu-new-shutdown-dialog_3.png" title="Unity style shutdown dialogs" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrb-PfUe55wQcK6ik-LbAyX6Oo9sCn2LtRtG-4NKNleXUxYOLfIlag_2JKBx9xCeN6n46dSgDTZpGvx0owjbD4lcxK3GMqmBQMyIZBpGqRSyMW5GuPIKE0AXgl_DLAMp4rsZthbk5qnAuD/s1600/ubuntu-new-shutdown-dialog_2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Unity style shutdown dialogs Ubuntu" border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrb-PfUe55wQcK6ik-LbAyX6Oo9sCn2LtRtG-4NKNleXUxYOLfIlag_2JKBx9xCeN6n46dSgDTZpGvx0owjbD4lcxK3GMqmBQMyIZBpGqRSyMW5GuPIKE0AXgl_DLAMp4rsZthbk5qnAuD/s320/ubuntu-new-shutdown-dialog_2.png" title="Unity style shutdown dialogs" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This change has been implemented by Marco Trevisan and it's not a new idea - the new Unity-like dialog boxes were mentioned in an old "GNOME 3 System Settings changes" <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/document/d/1ILTJDiDCd25Npt2AmgzF8aOnZZECxTfM0hvsbWT2BxA/edit?hl=en_GB">spec</a>. from 2011.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With the new design, the Restart entry has been removed from the Session Indicator since when selecting "Shut down...", there are options to either shut down or restart the computer. However, I'm not sure if that's a good idea since users will probably look for the restart option in the Session Indicator menu.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, one thing that I've found annoying in my test is that you <s>can't close the dialogs using the Esc key which, given its design (similar for instance with the lightbox image viewer used on many websites, including on WebUpd8), I would have expected to work</s>. Update: the code has been updated and the shutdown dialogs can now be closed using the Esc key. <br /><br />Remember: <b> Raring is still in development so this might change.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As for the new option that allows you to <b>switch between windows by scrolling on the application icon in the Unity Launcher</b>, the feature has been implemented by Andrea Azzarone and is basically a continuation of the work to bring a more effective window switching experience for applications with multiple windows using the Unity Launcher, which has begun with the quicklists window switching feature which we've mentioned <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/unity-gets-new-quicklists-window.html">a while back</a>.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Video</h2><br />You can watch these two new features in action in the video below:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gaXYq28jcoM" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaXYq28jcoM">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The code for these changes has been proposed for merging last night</b> and the new feature that allows you to switch between windows by scrolling on the app icon has already been merged so it should land in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail (probably) with the next Unity daily upload, while the new dialogs feature is still pending approval. <b>Update:</b> the new Unity-style shutdown dialogs code has been merged so it should land in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail soon.<br /><br /><b>Update: these changes are now available by default in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail.</b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In other Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail related news, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/new-icons-for-ubuntu-software-center.html">the new Nautilus and Software Updater icons</a> have finally landed, but for now only the Software Updater icon shows up for now because of a symbolic link that points to the old icon in the Ubuntu Mono icon theme, which should be fixed soon. Here are a couple of screenshots with the new icons:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKVOkJX9ox34rTDhWmHRGBJNAHl4uGpgpku0uI0BIcOYCnnoLoaNK5v4BlAmwiUO6WXh1vKoE87EF6Qd05Nnagna-QlXeobeCLIdVxDEVhc4h0WxY87R0_jc_ujfn0ak3L0PY66oPWU_A/s1600/nautilus-software-updater-icons.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu Raring new icons" border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKVOkJX9ox34rTDhWmHRGBJNAHl4uGpgpku0uI0BIcOYCnnoLoaNK5v4BlAmwiUO6WXh1vKoE87EF6Qd05Nnagna-QlXeobeCLIdVxDEVhc4h0WxY87R0_jc_ujfn0ak3L0PY66oPWU_A/s320/nautilus-software-updater-icons.png" title="Ubuntu Raring new icons" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEr-W88PWurQtRpNdnQkrA2FVldkOxsbbBD0SMMQb_eO2KfgXcWw8BKd1a3AjTmIdmjqbQ2141Oz6L_192Rn81eGf2QfQI1jW4Xcqug3LwPdYkGYyUBcFWzOsjdSf0nobDRz1vkiPr3jV/s1600/new-nautilus-software-updater-icons.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu Raring new icons" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEr-W88PWurQtRpNdnQkrA2FVldkOxsbbBD0SMMQb_eO2KfgXcWw8BKd1a3AjTmIdmjqbQ2141Oz6L_192Rn81eGf2QfQI1jW4Xcqug3LwPdYkGYyUBcFWzOsjdSf0nobDRz1vkiPr3jV/s1600/new-nautilus-software-updater-icons.png" title="Ubuntu Raring new icons" /></a></div><br />By the way, you can use an icon theme that uses the new Nautilus icon as folder icons (that's now how it has been implemented in Ubuntu 13.04 by the way, the old folder icons are still used in Raring) as well as the new Software Updater icon - see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/use-ubuntu-1304-software-center.html">Use Ubuntu 13.04 Software Center, Software Updater And Nautilus Icons With My-humanity Icon Theme</a>

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Use Monochrome Icons For The Steam Ubuntu AppIndicator [Quick Tip]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8x0q1h1f5KVYbmb1iDSAQ8x2gqvoeLHQg36a8rDbA-0SpOzq__Sd4vAORR6tuS9wNuIzXLwRCY7B7mLVdmBG7aME31BW4utzulNP8t4tHgKbaKb4PoCvd8RqgwGljZQWwtO6_0LQWl0X/s1600/steam-ubuntu-appindicator-mono.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8x0q1h1f5KVYbmb1iDSAQ8x2gqvoeLHQg36a8rDbA-0SpOzq__Sd4vAORR6tuS9wNuIzXLwRCY7B7mLVdmBG7aME31BW4utzulNP8t4tHgKbaKb4PoCvd8RqgwGljZQWwtO6_0LQWl0X/s320/steam-ubuntu-appindicator-mono.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A quick tip for those of you who are using Steam for Linux in Ubuntu: <b>you've probably noticed that Steam for Linux has recently got an AppIndicator, but its icon doesn't integrate with the default Ubuntu icons, so here's how to use Ubuntu Mono dark / light icons for the Steam AppIndicator.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a>Below you can see how the original Steam for Linux appindicator icon looks like:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGt0IjfmEaQUdurkyilT2lZGDhH7PhkcErU9d86dDVJaA4NxNI16ulv5aHOw8pW7Qb5woKUQTyvlGZF_-CKD87NbH2SbSrJLTXdWsJaXh81-XgF7NEmzTuVwJDVkCgHmpF4OEBKcwfrb9/s1600/steam-appindicator-default.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGt0IjfmEaQUdurkyilT2lZGDhH7PhkcErU9d86dDVJaA4NxNI16ulv5aHOw8pW7Qb5woKUQTyvlGZF_-CKD87NbH2SbSrJLTXdWsJaXh81-XgF7NEmzTuVwJDVkCgHmpF4OEBKcwfrb9/s1600/steam-appindicator-default.png" /></a></div><br /><br />And this is how it will look after the changes below with the Ubuntu-mono-dark icon theme:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJb_YfSBkXpuKHaTMwSt4KmgBTq-R8oUKpgfUviNulznpseNSNx3vdBjWTD-cx3653SG2ieo6ZxmAqWL0oxdwAsz0BVFfLsNe0FdJhNrWVSXtI-XBb7-UcTVSdtaPp4CcUsUkkSI3CPJy2/s1600/steam-appindicator-ubuntu-mono-dark.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJb_YfSBkXpuKHaTMwSt4KmgBTq-R8oUKpgfUviNulznpseNSNx3vdBjWTD-cx3653SG2ieo6ZxmAqWL0oxdwAsz0BVFfLsNe0FdJhNrWVSXtI-XBb7-UcTVSdtaPp4CcUsUkkSI3CPJy2/s1600/steam-appindicator-ubuntu-mono-dark.png" /></a></div><br /><br />And with the Ubuntu-mono-light icon theme:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_H2zQrxEy-4pNOrwrmmRkFucy8NVsVeIiDSr5fWFMAKYeHCjwMC_wR7vG5fKI8Fgi0wvTM4f2jU6055KOCM1cu-1JZvZoDvycY6Yonr7jGlWuosJzJjbbeOdwm5_tAZh5942DbArQJcLY/s1600/steam-appindicator-ubuntu-mono-light.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_H2zQrxEy-4pNOrwrmmRkFucy8NVsVeIiDSr5fWFMAKYeHCjwMC_wR7vG5fKI8Fgi0wvTM4f2jU6055KOCM1cu-1JZvZoDvycY6Yonr7jGlWuosJzJjbbeOdwm5_tAZh5942DbArQJcLY/s1600/steam-appindicator-ubuntu-mono-light.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To get monochrome icons for Steam when using the default Ubuntu Mono Dark / Light icon themes, use the following commands:</div><br /><b>For Ubuntu Mono Dark (dark panels, light icons):</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd && wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/vzve0qrugp2mf5c/steam48.png<br />sudo mv ./steam48.png /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/apps/48/steam_tray.png<br />sudo gtk-update-icon-cache --ignore-theme-index -f /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark</code></pre><br /><b>For Ubuntu Mono Light (light panels, dark icons):</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd && wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/zygq15nfa11epdu/steam48.png<br />sudo mv ./steam48.png /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-light/apps/48/steam_tray.png<br />sudo gtk-update-icon-cache --ignore-theme-index -f /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-light</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It make take a few seconds for the Steam appindicator icon to change to the new one. If it doesn't, you can try to change the icon theme to something else, then change back to Ubuntu-mono-dark or Ubuntu-mono-light (use a tool such as <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/tweak-unity-with-unsettings-008-now.html">Unsettings</a>, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/ubuntu-tweak-gets-full-ubuntu-1210.html">Ubuntu Tweak</a> or GNOME Tweak tool to change the icon theme).</div><br /><b>Update:</b> <a href="https://plus.google.com/117415521410663758843/posts">+Martin Kozub</a> has updated Steam Skin Manager to automatically install these monochrome icons when using Ambiance / Radiance skins. See: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/download-steam-for-linux-skin-manager.html">Download Steam For Linux Skin Manager (Includes Ambiance And Radiance Skins)</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Icons via <a href="http://blog.ants.im/post/2013/02/04/Change-the-Steam-application-indicator-to-a-mono-icon-in-Ubuntu">blog.ants.im</a> (created by WantsANexus7 and Oweoqi), but I've used different instructions which don't force an icon to be used no matter what icon theme is in use.</i></div>

Use Monochrome Icons For The Steam Ubuntu AppIndicator [Quick Tip]

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Use Ubuntu 13.04 Software Center, Software Updater And Nautilus Icons With My-humanity Icon Theme

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/my-humanity-icons.png"><img alt="My Humanity Ubuntu 13.04 icons" src="http://img.netupd8.com/my-humanity-icons_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you want to try the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/new-icons-for-ubuntu-software-center.html">new Nautilus, Ubuntu Software Center and Software Updater icons</a> </b><b><b>(not released yet)</b>, which will be available in Ubuntu 13.04, you can use them right now on any Ubuntu version thanks to a new icon theme available on gnome-look.org called 'My-humanity'.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">My-humanity icon theme uses the new Nautilus icon for the folder icons as you can see in the screenshot below:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/my-humanity-icons_2.png"><img alt="My Humanity Ubuntu 13.04 icons" src="http://img.netupd8.com/my-humanity-icons_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>These aren't the official folder icons that will be available in Ubuntu 13.04 - they are custom icons built on top of the Nautilus icons we've seen a few days ago</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides the new folder Ubuntu Software Center and Software Updater icons, My-humanity comes with some other custom icons, so it's not identical to the Humanity icon theme available by default in Ubuntu. And it's pretty interesting!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=155513">Download My-humanity icon theme</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To use My-humanity, extract the downloaded archive, copy the "my-humanity" folder in the ~/.icons folder (".icons" is a hidden folder in your home directory - if it doesn't exist, create it) and then use a tool like GNOME Tweak Tool, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/ubuntu-tweak-gets-full-ubuntu-1210.html">Ubuntu Tweak</a> or <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/tweak-unity-with-unsettings-008-now.html">Unsettings</a> to change the icon theme to My-humanity.</div>

Use Ubuntu 13.04 Software Center, Software Updater And Nautilus Icons With My-humanity Icon Theme

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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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