Sync And Collaboration Tool `SparkleShare` 1.2 Released [Ubuntu PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">SparkleShare</a> is an open source cloud collaboration/synchronization tool that uses Git under the hood and can be used with your own Git repository or with services such as BitBucket, GitHub, Gitorious and Plan.io.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwBTDJ0QTi_gCBIE_WWCm1WHrW_8K6XD4A1s896Fj7mroIqBZmw3U3C0Lqn_WpmWNgkvgMsKeFXgbsMxztPsCfC-EbIkAfsuvEXoC5mzlKPQH_0Bq-_mZ4DUcN-Zb1VPqhek-Xfb8MBA/s1600/sparkleshare.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="sparkleshare" border="0" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwBTDJ0QTi_gCBIE_WWCm1WHrW_8K6XD4A1s896Fj7mroIqBZmw3U3C0Lqn_WpmWNgkvgMsKeFXgbsMxztPsCfC-EbIkAfsuvEXoC5mzlKPQH_0Bq-_mZ4DUcN-Zb1VPqhek-Xfb8MBA/s320/sparkleshare.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The application features file synchronization, version control, client side encryption and more and is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. According to its homepage, SparkleShare and is great for frequently changing project files like text, office documents and so on, but not for large music/photo collections, large binary files hat change often and so on (because it uses Git which doesn't handle binaries very well).</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A <b>new SparkleShare version</b> has been released recently: <b>1.2.0</b>, which includes mostly bug fixes, such as:</div><ul><li>Fixes to the invite feature, now works when SparkleShare isn't running yet;</li><li>Fix some interface logic in Add dialog;</li><li>Fix some inaccurate sync state messages in the status icon;</li><li>Fix conflict when running when TortoiseGit is installed;</li><li>Fix crash when user cancels initial project download;</li><li>Fix Continue button not enabling when entering encryption password;</li><li>Fix Planio plugin name showing up as Gitorious on Linux;</li><li>Show download speed on initial project add.</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install SparkleShare in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">SparkleShare is available in the official Ubuntu repositories, but it hasn't been updated in a while (for instance, the current version in Ubuntu Saucy is 0.9) so to install the latest version, you can use an unofficial PPA. You'll also have to add the Git-core PPA, on which the SparkleShare PPA depend on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the required PPAs and install the latest SparkleShare in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa<br />sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rebuntu16/sparkleshare+unofficial<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install sparkleshare</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">After SparkleShare has been installed successfully, start it and from the tray/appindicator select <i>SparkleShare > Add hosted project</i> and then select if you want to use your own server or BitBucket, GitHub, Gitorious or Planio:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJzu36VdxI25ngp3yQM1qCPQRMUTM0rA70hQqFOZPdZfoaJZ_AsldllRzYkPzzJ7vN5r_w8yZJusWoXH8mrtgYXN7k-qwawxpWKgBSf8i2Rzr-rnGXkF4GSadGez21G1O2lt481aJlwA/s1600/sparkleshare_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="sparkleshare" border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJzu36VdxI25ngp3yQM1qCPQRMUTM0rA70hQqFOZPdZfoaJZ_AsldllRzYkPzzJ7vN5r_w8yZJusWoXH8mrtgYXN7k-qwawxpWKgBSf8i2Rzr-rnGXkF4GSadGez21G1O2lt481aJlwA/s320/sparkleshare_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows or Mac OS X, download SparkleShare from its <a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">website</a>.</b></div>

Sync And Collaboration Tool `SparkleShare` 1.2 Released [Ubuntu PPA]

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Free Turn-Based Strategy Game `Freeciv` 2.4.0 Released

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page">Freeciv</a> is a free and open source turn-based strategy game inspired by Sid Meier's Civilization. The game supports both single-player and multiplayer game modes and is available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X<sup style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: top;">*</sup>, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.org.zielinscy.freeciv">Android</a> and there's even a <a href="http://play.freeciv.org/">HTML5 version</a> you can play using only a web browser.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/freeciv-2.4.0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Freeciv 2.4.0" border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZRpsbDnrriOAe9ZHMrMk9wvu0iA-cgFa5IL29gEprVcoKgkvMbfcyeoI4ddohlbMuKMRTVSUnD7x01wjZnuTW12Dbq6YvgHBkJG4EmXu0hyhEF2DMZq8IaWXOs_wmgx9cwghGl2tjfA/s320/freeciv-2.4.0.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The game supports up to 126 players, AI players, Internet and LAN mltiplayer and features 50 playable units, over 300 nations, modpack support as well as a nice in-game help system. Also, Freeciv is highly configurable and can be played in multiple modes: Freeciv, Civilization, Civilization II or a custom mode.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>After more than 2 years of development, Freeciv 2.4.0 has been released recently, introducing a huge list of improvements and bug fixes, such as:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>the maximum theoretical map size has increased from 128,000 to 2,048,000 tiles; the maximum linear map dimension has increased from 512 to 32,768;</li><li>the number of playable nations has increased from 387 to 541;</li><li>the server now supports a "delegation" feature similar to that in Longturn, where one user can nominate another to temporarily take over control of the game;</li><li>there is a new "map image" feature to save an overview map as an image</li><li>new server settings: "revealmap" allows the map to be shown to all players at game start or dead players and "first_timeout" allows the first turn to have a different timeout from subsequent turns;</li><li>revamped player authentication;</li><li>player colors are now assigned centrally, and can be changed with the "/playercolor" server command;</li><li>the 'autosaves' setting gives finer control over when savegames are generated;</li><li>the freeciv-modpack utility supports more modpack types, more options (see --help), and uses the Curl library for network access;</li><li>the AI code has been heavily refactored, with a view to making it easier for people to start their own projects to write better Freeciv AI;</li><li>the unit selection dialog has been revamped to allow browsing and selecting units by combinations of location and activity, anywhere in the world;</li><li>the orientation of units is now tracked, so tilesets can provide different graphics for different unit orientations;</li><li>Many gameplay, AI and other changes.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This release also introduces a GTK3 client which, even though is fully playable, is currently considered experimental. The GTK3 client should become default in the next major release. Also, work has started for a new Qt client but for now it's not usable.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For a complete list of changes, see <a href="http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/NEWS-2.4.0">THIS</a> page.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: 2.4 clients cannot interoperate with servers older than version 2.4 and vice versa.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Freeciv 2.4 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04 and 12.04</b> users can install the latest Freeciv 2.4 by using the <a href="http://www.playdeb.net/updates/Ubuntu/13.04#how_to_install">PlayDeb repository</a>. Because PlayDeb seems down at the time I'm writing this article, I suggest <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/05/getdeb-playdeb-repositories-down-what.html" title="GetDeb, PlayDeb Repositories Down - What To Do? Use This Mirror!">using a mirror</a> which you can add by using the commands below:</div><br /><b>- Ubuntu 13.04, Linux Mint 15, etc.:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu raring-getdeb games" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playdeb.list<br />echo "deb-src http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu raring-getdeb games" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playdeb.list</code></pre><br /><b>- Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint 13, elementary OS Luna:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu precise-getdeb games" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playdeb.list<br />echo "deb-src http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu precise-getdeb games" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playdeb.list</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, add the repository key, update the software sources and<b> install the Freeciv 2.4 GTK client</b> using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 46D7E7CF<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install freeciv-client-gtk</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The PlayDeb repository provides the stable GTK2 client and not the new experimental GTK3 client.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Download">Download Freeciv</a></b> (Windows binaries, source code)</div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">^* Mac OS X packages are no longer being created for new releases. The latest Mac version available is 2.3.0.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.le-libriste.fr/2013/09/ubuntu-12-04-13-04-freeciv-2-4-0-toujours-plus-grand/">Le-Libriste.fr</a></i></div>

Free Turn-Based Strategy Game `Freeciv` 2.4.0 Released

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Cross-Platform Android x86 Emulator `Genymotion` Sees New Release

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.genymotion.com/">Genymotion</a>, a fast, cross-platform Android emulator that comes with pre-configured Android (x86 with OpenGL hardware acceleration) images, has been updated recently, getting new features such as multi-touch gestures as well as many bug fixes.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/genymotion-1.2-ui.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Linux" border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzjizVISC_g5HrVnHysy1afa8n05VPMkB2j-h5n02i-8NTGhdRXR1P8o6i1MUOTHN-yWz1t3jtEZ3FerTRVsJAt-2H8AoUmbXFYfglrzXwQkXx-FOMw4ISlJlj2sLDzdLhQUJFsQBhZ8/s320/genymotion-1.2-ui.png" title="Genymotion Linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Pre-configured virtual devices available with Genymotion: Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.1.1 and 4.2.2, Nexus 7 with Android 4.1.1 and 4.2.2, Galaxy S4 / HTC One / Xperia Z with Android 4.2.2, Nexus One and Nexus S with Android 4.2.2 or 4.1.1 as well as some generic images for WXGA 10.1'' tablets and WSVGA 7.0'' tablets with both Android 4.1.1 and 4.2.2.</div><br />Also, since our previous <a title="Genymotion: Fast, Easy To Use Android (x86) Emulator With OpenGL Hardware Acceleration Support" href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/07/genymotion-fast-easy-to-use-android-x86.html">article</a>, a <b>preview WXGA 10.1'' image with Android 4.3 has been added</b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Changes in the latest Genymotion 1.2.1:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">multi-touch gestures (you can now use zoom gestures using mouse events):</li><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Right click + Move left: Zoom in;</li><li>Right click + Move right: Zoom out;</li><li>Right click + Move up: Tilt forth;</li><li>Right click + Move down: Tilt back;</li><li>Shift + Right click + Move left: Rotate Left;</li><li>Shift + Right click + Move right: Rotate Right.</li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Genymotion can now detect if a new version is available. When new versions are released, a notification is displayed;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">you can now activate the virtual keyboard in the virtual device settings;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">if it cannot use CPU virtualization option to launch a multi-CPU virtual device, then Genymotion will force number of CPUs to 1 to make it work anyway;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">fixed paid app installation not working on Android 4.2 due to internal storage;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">latest version of Google Maps does not crash any more with Genymotion;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">improved precision on GPS widget fields to use 10 digits, especially when working with latitudes greater than 100°;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">proxy settings are now applied globally and features such as GPS widget will run through an HTTP proxy.</li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/genymotion-1.2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Linux" border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZwazWeRvhzG9yjLL7octKq0kHtlywYmoJVV_nAo7VlInAJMJRC_YX0Unslvug7Sb0Q0MaS9D2oPtY0BvBfP1EfwVQgN11jQHTi46H8NlsQvc3KkCxpIsF83Ay3rx942vZ67r8YnFt7Q/s320/genymotion-1.2.png" title="Genymotion Linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: If you're upgrading from Genymotion 1.1.0, you must delete the old virtual devices and create new ones to be able to take advantage of the newly added features and bug fixes. Old virtual devices will continue to work, but without these new features / fixes.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://cloud.genymotion.com/">Download Genymotion</a> for Linux, Windows or Mac (you need to sign up for a free account to be able to download it)</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For more info as well as Linux installation instructions, see our <a title="Genymotion: Fast, Easy To Use Android (x86) Emulator With OpenGL Hardware Acceleration Support" href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/07/genymotion-fast-easy-to-use-android-x86.html">previous article about Genymotion</a>.</b></div>

Cross-Platform Android x86 Emulator `Genymotion` Sees New Release

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Free RTS Game 0 A.D. Sees New Alpha Release

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://play0ad.com/">0 A.D.</a>, one of the best free, open source real-time strategy games, has <a href="http://play0ad.com/indiegogo-crowdfunding-campaign-new-release-alpha-14-naukratis/">reached</a> alpha 14, codenamed "Naukratis".</b> The new release features a brand new building type (with models for all factions), exponential armor and realistic health along with other gameplay changes as well as many graphics, sound and user interface improvements.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/0ad-alpha14.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="0 a.d. alpha 14" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIbThyF6bk61ZcWMM366pRhqKCB432ryS7QrES_FwqoKk5F788PCQHqPMXpjosuqDAwL5pKj9BWInSbr4u2JK4SaRN504eDPn8VLvQ06prFpzCFBHplZWJQ1Z77GX44vK2ZeK2WsgAiH0/s320/0ad-alpha14.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">0 A.D. is an open source, historical war and economy RTS game developed by Wildfire Games which features several ancient civilizations at their prime, from Greece and Rome to Carthage and Persia. The game is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While it features great sound and graphics and has both single-player and multi-player functionality, the game still lacks some features, such as no matchmaking service (multi-player uses peer-to-peer networking, without a central server).</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Gameplay changes in the latest 0 A.D. alpha 14 "Naukratis":</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>A brand new building type, complete with models for all factions has been added: Blacksmiths;</li><li>Infinite farms: A farm will now keep yielding food until the end of the match, without need to rebuild it, but with diminishing returns;</li><li>Exponential armor and realistic health: Technologies now have the same effect on all units. Also, changes to the way units’ health is calculated in the game allowed us to correct some unrealistic phenomena, like archer damage to buildings;</li><li>Allies can now garrison in each other’s buildings;</li><li>Shared trade gain with allies: When you trade with an ally, there is a +25% bonus over trading with yourself, that is now split between you and your ally;</li><li>Ranged units can hit farther from high places;</li><li>Ranged units had to be within a minimum range from their targets to fire at them. This requirement has been removed.</li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/0a.d.alpha-14-blacksmiths.jpg" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="0 A.D. alpha 14" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/0a.d.alpha-14-blacksmiths_thumb.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New building type: Blacksmiths</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Graphics, sound, user interface improvements, etc. in 0 A.D. alpha 14::</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>A persistent Hero button will appear in the top left when you train your hero;</li><li>In single-player games, you can now change the game’s speed whenever you want to;</li><li>You can now mark camera positions and jump back to them later with hotkeys;</li><li>GUI dropdowns support typing for quick selection;</li><li>The game now plays a list of multiple songs per match, instead of playing just one song in a loop. Also, the user interface now responds to the user with sounds;</li><li>Terrain anchoring: Units now move more realistically on hills;</li><li>Saved games can now be given descriptions and deleted or overwritten in-game;</li><li>Several maps were updated;</li><li>Pike elevation tool has been added to the Atlas Scenario Editor. This lets you create mountains and cliffs more easily;</li><li>Saving maps in Atlas will no longer make it crash;</li><li>Fixed some common out-of-sync and out-of-memory errors;</li><li>Alert sounds no longer heard by all players, off-screen sounds only heard when appropriate;</li><li>Fixed crash with Nvidia Optimus graphics and some netbooks</li><li>Walls can be placed along shores;</li><li>Improved hotkey support for non-QWERTY keyboards;</li><li>Performance improvements.</li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yYys08yljnrqKHUk-OdyLxITZIwc23AEHdRlkW__NYHSIt7_186QwJH2OnyPMRYeV7NRDufeiDpL6d5X0DCAvttzncoLYYg5W39X2YjlkEZ3QCxBxKP-FTWGSQtkGR9amyqHVxZkO34/s1600/0a.d.alpha14.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yYys08yljnrqKHUk-OdyLxITZIwc23AEHdRlkW__NYHSIt7_186QwJH2OnyPMRYeV7NRDufeiDpL6d5X0DCAvttzncoLYYg5W39X2YjlkEZ3QCxBxKP-FTWGSQtkGR9amyqHVxZkO34/s320/0a.d.alpha14.jpg" title="0 a.d. alpha 14" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And speaking of 0 A.D., Wildfire Games is trying to <b>raise $160,000 to support the development of 0 A.D.</b> If you want to contribute, see <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/support-0-a-d-an-open-source-strategy-game/">THIS</a> page on Indiegogo. Perks include soundtrack CDs, posters and you can even get your face on a game unit. <b>More information <a href="http://play0ad.com/indiegogo-crowdfunding-campaign-new-release-alpha-14-naukratis/">HERE</a>.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to Aviv Sharon, a contributor to 0 A.D. who has emailed me today, some or all of the sums donated towards this fundraiser may be tax-deductible for many US taxpayers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, if you can contribute to 0 A.D. (programming, art, sound, documentation and more), see the programmers <a href="http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/GettingStartedProgrammers">getting started</a> page and join #0ad-dev on QuakeNet on IRC.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install 0 A.D. in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/0a.d_2.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="0 A.D. alpha 14" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/0a.d_2_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest 0 A.D. alpha 14 is available in a PPA for Ubuntu users. Add the PPA and install 0 A.D. using the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wfg/0ad<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install 0ad</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows or Mac OS X, see the 0 A.D. <a href="http://play0ad.com/download/">downloads page</a>.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://play0ad.com/indiegogo-crowdfunding-campaign-new-release-alpha-14-naukratis">play0ad.com</a>, some screenshots via 0 A.D. @ <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/105243244628275530704/posts">Google+</a></i></div>

Free RTS Game 0 A.D. Sees New Alpha Release

0 A.D. , one of the best free, open source real-time strategy games, has reached alpha 14, codenamed "Naukratis". The new releas...

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Avidemux Video Editor Reaches Version 2.6.5

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/">Avidemux</a>, a cross-platform video editor especially useful for simple tasks like cutting a video, encoding and so on, has recently reached version 2.6.5.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application can be used to apply various filters, transcode videos into many formats, insert ("muxing") or extract ("demuxing") audio streams from video files and more.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Another interesting feature is its scripting support, for both the GUI and command line, which can be used to perform various repetitive actions automatically.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/avidemux.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="avidemux" border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccWkMjQpbRZnW7K9I5qZUB2uGl-hIGzjxXjLRVvWfr_gpLSHe34ryFn6iaq7FB2nO7yFw4fR79kRFboryo5i2UHNti5C-1qAXx3B3T-SjrKBVyRGv1Xl3Zxsyz1w4ripaT2rz7sUdnKs/s320/avidemux.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>Changes in the latest Avidemux 2.6.5 include:</b><br /><ul><li>libva hardware decoding;</li><li>experimental xvba hardware decoding, ported from xbmc;</li><li>added back save/load video filter set;</li><li>Dv encoding;</li><li>fast, superfast and ultrafast x264 presets;</li><li>much improved speed for downmixing;</li><li>support for 10bits h264 decoding;</li><li>only lock job database when adding a job;</li><li>fixed the doubled fps bug on mpeg ts;</li><li>fixed positive and negative audio shift having the same effect.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Avidemux 2.6 has intoruced VDPAU support, OpenGL filters, multiple audio tracks support and other interesting changes. Unfortunately Ubuntu (even Saucy) still has Avidemux 2.5.x available in its repositories, but you can install the latest 2.6.x by using GetDeb.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Avidemux 2.6.x in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu 13.04 and 12.04 can install the latest Avidemux 2.6.5 by using the GetDeb repository. <b>To add the GetDeb repository, download and install <a href="http://archive.getdeb.net/install_deb/getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb">THIS</a> deb.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Important: the GTK version doesn't seem to work - in my test, it failed to start under both Ubuntu 13.04 and 12.04, so I recommend installing the Qt version which doesn't have this bug.</div><br /><b>To install Avidemux 2.6.5 (Qt), use the command below</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install avidemux2.6-qt</code></pre><br />Then, launch Avidemux 2.6 from the menu / Dash.<br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows or Mac OS X, see the Avidemux <a href="http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/download.html">downloads</a> page.</b><br /><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://avidemux.berlios.de/doc/">Avidemux documentation</a>.</i>

Avidemux Video Editor Reaches Version 2.6.5

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E-book Management App `Calibre` 1.0 Released

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://calibre-ebook.com/">Calibre</a> is an open source tool to manage e-books, which features e-book syncing with popular e-book readers, library management and e-book conversion between various formats. The application is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest Calibre 1.0, released recently, features a new cover grid view of the books available in the Calibre library, a faster database backend and more. </b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/calibre-1.0_0.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Calibre 1.0" border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qQxmKyj3C7cW-KXTPjZ-dEzs7ufOwagRCj8b320U7ab6oYTHpEoCVagQ-T_SssToTgQ54cZLhCBYpAbHJzXNBAbXpxdGXyzyDCjtlEzJc5CDEyzep0X-hL7R7q9tBW-MspiBDzvGHdM/s320/calibre-1.0_0.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With Calibre 1.0, an optional <b>grid view</b> which <b>displays books by cover</b> has been added. To switch to it, click the grid icon in the bottom right corner:</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://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/calibre-1.0_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Calibre 1.0" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/calibre-1.0_1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new Calibre grid view</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The grid view is customizable via <i>Preferences > Look & Feel > Cover Grid</i>. Here, you can change the cover height and width, enable displaying the book title below the cover, set the cover cache size and so on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another interesting feature that was added to Calibre 1.0 is called "<b>Virtual Library</b>". Using virtual libraries, Calibre can split big libraries into smaller virtual libraries. The virtual libraries are created based on a search expression and when using such a library, Calibre behaves like it only contains the matched books so the application only displays the tags/authors/series etc. that belong to the virtual library. To create a virtual library, click "Virtual Library" on the left of the search bar, then select "Create Virtual Library":</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://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/calibre-virtual-library.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Calibre 1.0" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/calibre-virtual-library_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Calibre Virtual Libraries</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This can be useful to easily create a library with your favorite authors, unread books and so on.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, with version 1.0, Calibre can <b>scan your computer for all TTF and OTF fonts used in documnts and automatically embed them</b>. Further more, Calibre can "subset" fonts, meaning it can reduce their size by using only the glyphs present in the document. This option can be turned on via the <i>Look & Feel</i> section of the conversion dialog ("Embed referenced fonts").</div><br /><br /><b>Other changes in the latest Calibre 1.0 (compared to 0.9.0)</b><br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The database backend has been re-written from scratch and should be 2-3 times faster than the old one;</li><li>A new Microsoft word (docx generated by Word 2007 or newer) converter has been added to Calibre;</li><li>New metadata sources have been added, including Google Image search, Edelweiss and Big Book Search;</li><li>Re-written PDF output engine which should now support proper pagination, inserting headers and footers with templates, auto generation of a printable Table of Contents and more;</li><li>A new "Polish books" tool lets you perform various cleanup actions on ebooks such as embedding fonts, smarten punctuation, update the metadata and more. To use this tool, go to <i>Preferences > Toolbar</i> and add the Polish books tool to the main toolbar. This tool only works with EPUB and AZW3 formats;</li><li>A new ToC edit tool lets you re-arrange entries in the Table of Contents. To use it, go to <i>Preferences > Toolbar</i> and add the Edit ToC button to the main toolbar.</li></ul><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/calibre-metadata-sources.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Calibre 1.0" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/calibre-metadata-sources_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Calibre metadata sources</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/calibre-polish-book-dialog.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Calibre 1.0" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/calibre-polish-book-dialog_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new "Polish books" tool</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Calibre in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander: </b>Calibre 1.0 has just been uploaded to the Saucy repositories so it should be available via Ubuntu Software Center in a few minutes.</div><br /><b>For older Ubuntu versions, you have two options:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A. Using a PPA for Ubuntu 13.04 or 12.04 - the PPAs currently have Calibre 0.9.41</b> but hopefully they will be updated to the latest Calibre 1.0 soon.<br /><br />Using the current version in the PPAs, you won't get the new grid view but other features such as the new Virtual Library, Polish Books, Edit ToC or the new metadata sources should already be available.</div><br /><b>To install Calibre in Ubuntu 13.04, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/calibre<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install calibre</code></pre><br /><b>Or, if you're using Ubuntu 12.04, use the commands below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/calibre2<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install calibre</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>B. Using the official binary Calibre 1.0 binary</b> that includes private versions of all its dependencies. This should work with any Ubuntu version as well as other Linux distributions as long as you have <i>glibc</i> 2.10 or higher and <i>xdg-utils</i> and <i>python</i> ≥ 2.6 installed. But <b>there is a downside: there is no uninstaller </b>so if you want to remove Calibre, you must remove the folder it creates under <i>/opt</i> as well as all the files it installs under <i>/usr/local/share/applications</i> and so on.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Before using the official installer, it's recommended you remove any Calibre versions you may have installed from PPA or official repositories:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove calibre calibre-bin</code></pre><br /><b>To install Calibre using this method, use the following command:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo python -c "import sys; py3 = sys.version_info[0] > 2; u = __import__('urllib.request' if py3 else 'urllib', fromlist=1); exec(u.urlopen('http://status.calibre-ebook.com/linux_installer').read()); main()"</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://calibre-ebook.com/download">Download Calibre</a> (for Linux, Windows or Mac OS X)</b></div>

E-book Management App `Calibre` 1.0 Released

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Tribler BitTorrent Client Sees New Release [Ubuntu PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.tribler.org/">Tribler</a> is an open source, decentralized peer-to-peer client based on the BitTorrent protocol, available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.</b><br /><br />Like other BitTorrent clients, Tribler features a search box you can use to find content however, the search results come directly from other peers, without using a central server and this makes it immune to government anti-piracy attacks (the application will continue to work if the torrent trackers are pulled offline), claims an article from <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2098759/Tribler-New-file-sharing-technology-IMMUNE-government-attacks.html">dailymail.co.uk</a>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqFbEngX3j1YGd5S4VnoRqYjZcPhydYfgZjET9fon_BvRagagM-z0_6gkHNOUQKH2krORJ_ADEQ4_iwj1qsYb4Ehi6hSEwCF9k7HSyuezQYwPx2gchN-IczQk04jISkFbd8dS1x9bshgw/s1600/tribler-6.2.0.png"><img alt="Tribler bittorrent client" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqFbEngX3j1YGd5S4VnoRqYjZcPhydYfgZjET9fon_BvRagagM-z0_6gkHNOUQKH2krORJ_ADEQ4_iwj1qsYb4Ehi6hSEwCF9k7HSyuezQYwPx2gchN-IczQk04jISkFbd8dS1x9bshgw/s320/tribler-6.2.0.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The application includes features such as wiki-style channels, video-on-demand (<b>watch videos while you download them</b>) and more.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Tribler 6.2.0 was released recently and is now available in the Tribler WebUpd8 PPA</b>. Changes include: </div><ul><li>video streaming is back and it now supports seeking;</li><li>Less disk and CPU consumption;</li><li>improved UI responsiveness;</li><li>various performance improvements;</li><li><a href="https://github.com/Tribler/tribler/issues?labels=&milestone=2&page=1&state=closed">bug fixes</a>.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANKoWT4KX95WCiRcGCCkdEd7HYCk90leFqHp2OI6-vghsY51m6iHl3U_2NOGssGXfQydYdM6anY3aP6f1MtGpqbVZNFqfg5jGoGBIMq88ndZL8UOItxHhlUQoOBYXELdxGSY-FtGnXjs/s1600/tribler-video.png"><img alt="Tribler video streaming" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjANKoWT4KX95WCiRcGCCkdEd7HYCk90leFqHp2OI6-vghsY51m6iHl3U_2NOGssGXfQydYdM6anY3aP6f1MtGpqbVZNFqfg5jGoGBIMq88ndZL8UOItxHhlUQoOBYXELdxGSY-FtGnXjs/s320/tribler-video.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The previous version, 6.1.0, failed to start when built in a PPA and for this reason I didn't upload it to the WebUpd8 Tribler PPA. Tribler 6.1.0 changelog:</div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>faster downloads: Tribler has switched from the old python based bittorrent core to Rasterbar's libtorrent, so expect less resource usage too;</li><li>less disk and CPU consumption used for community synchronization;</li><li>UI improvements (download speed graphs, some new icons, general UI cleanup...);</li><li>throttling (Bandwidth limitation) is working again;</li><li>the "Save as" dialog has been modified to improve usability when downloading from magnet links;</li><li>thumbnails for downloaded media: Now when a new video file gets downloaded, Tribler will automatically create a thumbnail;</li><li>and make it available to the rest of peers to be shown on the search results for all the media you download from your favourite open channels;</li><li>fixed freezing at startup on some machines;</li><li>fixed race conditions and lockups in synchronizations;</li><li>various bug fixes and minor improvements.</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install Tribler in Ubuntu via PPA</h2><br /><b>Ubuntu users can install the latest Tribler by using the WebUpd8 Tribler PPA:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/tribler<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install tribler</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Tribler debs along with Windows or Mac OS X binaries and source files can be downloaded from its <b><a href="http://www.tribler.org/trac/wiki/Download">downloads page</a></b>.</div>

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AeroFS Makes Cloudless, Secure File Sync Easy

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://www.aerofs.com/">AeroFS</a> is a tool </b><b><b>somewhat similar to <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/07/bittorrent-sync-beta-adds-file.html">BitTorrent Sync</a>,</b> that allows you to securely synchronize files between computers. The data is synchronized directly between clients, without using a central cloud server. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The tool is free for personal use (1-3 teammates), with unlimited syncing and 1 collaboration folder or, if you want unlimited collaborators, you must pay a fee of $10 per teammate/month. <b>AeroFS is available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and Android.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6gjoVmNo9gwhLZrzXI9gNjMGS7GU5sBVh_JlARZ452EIBb7lRhCWbaScMOwAzzvFEOcPfCafITljT-sW74bt0LXYAvhbu2DQTWlv3Ttv41FjXFMJ8EJxM4HMtSzIQkmr2Wlg-01MLsw/s1600/aerofs-ubuntu.png"><img alt="AeroFS Ubuntu" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6gjoVmNo9gwhLZrzXI9gNjMGS7GU5sBVh_JlARZ452EIBb7lRhCWbaScMOwAzzvFEOcPfCafITljT-sW74bt0LXYAvhbu2DQTWlv3Ttv41FjXFMJ8EJxM4HMtSzIQkmr2Wlg-01MLsw/s320/aerofs-ubuntu.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Like other file sync tools such as Dropbox or Ubuntu one, AeroFS synchronizes the contents of a folder across all your devices but, unlike these services, it <b>doesn't use a central server * </b>- instead, <b>the files are synced directly between devices</b>. This means that your data is safe, the sync speed doesn't depend on a central server and there are no storage space limitations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>* Optionally, you can install a tool called <a href="https://support.aerofs.com/entries/24141798-What-is-Team-Server-">AeroFS Team Server</a></b>, available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X, which acts as a central repository for all your team's files. Using it, the entire team's files can be backed up either locally or at Amazon S3.</div><br /><b>AeroFS features:</b><br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li style="text-align: justify;">Private: your data never resides on the AeroFS servers. Everything you sync using AeroFS is private, and will only be shared with people you explicitly invite;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Unlimited: with AeroFS, you and your team can sync as much data as you need, for free. No caps, no file size limits;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">AeroFS uses AES-256 with 2048-bit RSA to encrypt the data. Because the encryption is end-to-end, even AeroFS can't see your data;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Versioning: files are automatically versioned, allowing team members to retrieve old versions that were accidentally changed or deleted;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Collaboration;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Selective sync;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Remotely wipe stolen or lost devices;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Optional command line interface so you can run it on a server;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and Android; </li><li style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu AppIndicator support.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih38d9TyhOZpAQ1coRjouITD1uJL19WQDghJDIm1i_EdVC2zDTVKJGfD2jPgUK95Yw0rSRZifMdU0D_EGlDHt7aYJyp2lth19AZq9E3iEvnnAmdhhBz6Na4yagysx_4OY4kSTWISPEn88/s1600/aerofs-downloads.png"><img alt="AeroFS Ubuntu" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih38d9TyhOZpAQ1coRjouITD1uJL19WQDghJDIm1i_EdVC2zDTVKJGfD2jPgUK95Yw0rSRZifMdU0D_EGlDHt7aYJyp2lth19AZq9E3iEvnnAmdhhBz6Na4yagysx_4OY4kSTWISPEn88/s320/aerofs-downloads.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">AeroFS is great, but not perfect and there are a<b> a few missing features</b> that are worth mentioning: you can't sync folders outside the AeroFS directory (symbolic links don't work either) and you can't get a share link for a file like you can do with Dropbox or Ubuntu One.<br /><br />Also, from what I've <a href="https://support.aerofs.com/entries/23756722-Use-true-P2P-technology-for-faster-synchronization">read</a>, AeroFS doesn't use a "true" peer-to-peer (P2P) technology like <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/07/bittorrent-sync-beta-adds-file.html">BitTorrent Sync</a>: the files are downloaded from a single computer and not simultaneously from multiple computers. On the other hand,  AeroFS is easier to use compared to BitTorrent Sync, at least under Linux.</div><br /><br /><h2>Download AeroFS</h2><br /><b><a href="https://www.aerofs.com/download">Download AeroFS for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X or Android</a></b> (Ubuntu .deb available) - you need to register (free for personal) before downloading.<br /><br />Once installed, simply launch AeroFS from the menu / Dash.<br /><br />If you want to use the command line client, run the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>aerofs-cli</code></pre>You can control AeroFS by using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>aerofs-sh</code></pre>After entering the command above in a terminal, type "help" (without the quotes) to see all the available options.

AeroFS Makes Cloudless, Secure File Sync Easy

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Wine 1.6 Released With ~10,000 Changes

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>After 16 months of development, a new stable <a href="http://www.winehq.org/about/">Wine</a> version has been released: 1.6, bringing around 10,000 changes</b>, including full support for window transparency, a new Mono package for .NET application support well as a new Mac driver.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobM4zBr6BAR58dBPgbCE93XMtF_tKRiCMHYmiEQUJ0Z16hg9ENfjH0IWaGidwqVOK5YZHURdNjPcGK6zR9QZkDr21_NtGl5u_O4q3wIe_vyB2GVZCJ0AaJmwzRNhJ9RnO-ErbDab1IA0/s1600/wine-1.6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Wine 1.6" border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobM4zBr6BAR58dBPgbCE93XMtF_tKRiCMHYmiEQUJ0Z16hg9ENfjH0IWaGidwqVOK5YZHURdNjPcGK6zR9QZkDr21_NtGl5u_O4q3wIe_vyB2GVZCJ0AaJmwzRNhJ9RnO-ErbDab1IA0/s320/wine-1.6.png" title="Wine 1.6" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Among the changes in the latest Wine 1.6 are:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Window transparency support, including both color keying and alpha blending transparency;</li><li>All window rendering is now done on the client-side using the DIB engine (except for OpenGL rendering). This means that rendering to windows or bitmaps gives identical results;</li><li>X11 server-side font rendering is no longer supported. All fonts are rendered client-side using FreeType;</li><li>There are significant performance improvements in the DIB engine, particularly for text rendering, bitmap stretching, alpha blending, and gradients;</li><li>Sub-pixel font anti-aliasing is now supported in the DIB engine, using the system anti-aliasing configuration from FontConfig;</li><li>Raw input support for keyboard and mouse;</li><li>There is a joystick applet in the control panel, to allow configuring joysticks and testing their behavior;</li><li>Support for Randr 1.2 and 1.3; </li><li>DOSBox is tried first when running a DOS application. The Wine DOS support is only used as a fallback when DOSBox cannot be found, and will be removed in a future release;</li><li>Wine can now be configured to report the Windows version as 'Windows 8';</li><li>The Mono runtime is packaged as an MSI file, and its installation can be managed from the "Add/Remove Programs" control panel. It is automatically installed on Wine prefix updates;</li><li>The Microsoft .NET 4.0 runtime can be installed for cases where Mono is not good enough yet;</li><li>HTTPS connections use GnuTLS (or Secure Transport on Mac OS X). OpenSSL is no longer used;</li><li>The Direct3D 9Ex implementation is more complete;</li><li>Improvements to various parts of the D3DX9 and Direct3D 10 implementations;</li><li>Audio device enumeration has been improved, and multi-channel devices are better supported;</li><li>VMR-9 video rendering has been implemented;</li><li>On Linux, dynamic device management supports the UDisks2 service;</li><li>Building Wine for the ARM64 platform is now supported;</li><li>Preliminary support for building Wine for Android using the Android NDK;</li><li>A native Mac OS X driver has been implemented, for better integration with the Mac desktop environment. The full range of driver features are supported, including OpenGL, window management, clipboard, drag & drop, system tray, etc.</li></ul><b>For a complete changelog, see <a href="http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.6">THIS</a> page.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The official Wine 1.6 release announcement also mentions "<i>support for many new applications and games</i>" however, I couldn't find a list for this.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Wine 1.6 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You can install the latest stable Wine 1.6 in Ubuntu and derivatives (Linux Mint, etc.) by using its official PPA. Add the PPA and install Wine using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install wine1.6</code></pre><br /><b><a href="http://www.winehq.org/download/">Download Wine</a></b>

Wine 1.6 Released With ~10,000 Changes

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BitTorrent Sync Beta Adds File Versioning, Android App [PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html">BitTorrent Sync</a>, a secure peer-to-peer file synchronization tool available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and NAS devices, has entered beta status. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC44QK8_luRiylWNmnr23SMM599YB-20Z-6y4eUE-XanOmKfoC8ii_hSzfSRD63f8LysiiMS4IoLD4DjtpOGdsKJGggxr9FJljYGnUGVwnl8E7JZQOgsD_pbVbGVTixrnvUSwLKiQShik/s1600/btsync_1.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BitTorrent Sync WebUI" border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC44QK8_luRiylWNmnr23SMM599YB-20Z-6y4eUE-XanOmKfoC8ii_hSzfSRD63f8LysiiMS4IoLD4DjtpOGdsKJGggxr9FJljYGnUGVwnl8E7JZQOgsD_pbVbGVTixrnvUSwLKiQShik/s320/btsync_1.png" title="BitTorrent Sync WebUI" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The beta release includes various enhancements, including a new file versioning feature called SyncArchive as well as a new Android app. An iOS application is expected to be released soon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The BitTorrent Sync Android app supports syncing files (either on demand or automatic sync), backup a folder from your Android device to your desktop or send and receive files from one mobile device to another:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUOs3jleYsLYrgmNCM579aQFO_0DBBv2cgOASs83WKx2q0g02IzIMNO3Gh8SwELjHnXpWWuteDPyz139KAQMQ-VDCCYTXEJjAjk6TCW_3Sw5zBkDjVwl-Oncau6sai7_ZUToE5otPrMQ/s1600/btsync-android.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BitTorrent Sync Android" border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUOs3jleYsLYrgmNCM579aQFO_0DBBv2cgOASs83WKx2q0g02IzIMNO3Gh8SwELjHnXpWWuteDPyz139KAQMQ-VDCCYTXEJjAjk6TCW_3Sw5zBkDjVwl-Oncau6sai7_ZUToE5otPrMQ/s320/btsync-android.png" title="BitTorrent Sync Android" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QFomI3nLHqi2jcpmJe7uh80dgLMwikQMqJ8ypr2eM_KgK_ASldczgGrtf6tYYI4kkapRQ1XT3KVitOdTf3W53xqYpWoLGxDw_HTEdE8Gg_xK5_aj_5yIEKxIG9hrK2VO_UIGvbByzNA/s1600/btsync-android_1.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BitTorrent Sync Android" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QFomI3nLHqi2jcpmJe7uh80dgLMwikQMqJ8ypr2eM_KgK_ASldczgGrtf6tYYI4kkapRQ1XT3KVitOdTf3W53xqYpWoLGxDw_HTEdE8Gg_xK5_aj_5yIEKxIG9hrK2VO_UIGvbByzNA/s320/btsync-android_1.png" title="BitTorrent Sync Android" width="192" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new SyncArchive feature allows BitTorrent Sync to keep old versions of your files stored in a folder in case you need to access previous versions of your files. For now, BtSync only keeps one past version for each document but this is likely to change soon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, there's still no GUI for Linux but you can access BitTorrent Sync by using its WebUI.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Since we <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/bittorrent-sync-secure-file-sync.html">last wrote</a> about BitTorrent Sync, the tool has received various improvements, including:</b></div><ul><li>One-way synchronization;</li><li>One-time Secrets;</li><li>Option to exclude specific files/directories;</li><li>Advanced preferences configuration;</li><li>Support for additional types of NAS devices;</li><li>Improved Linux WebUI;</li><li>Many bug fixes and other improvements.</li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfY7wYHLOftv5JJhNRYLYZWabDcbvj0ak_9Be1o83ayJMdpf4G5mLfnZUSt_X-mqbkVioDdCkMg7RANBeXkm49P8YxmZ5_cbqm2z-VhFqI_IPIN50vrbtDQBocc3LovkVuS5KnQAjAUg/s1600/btsync_3.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BitTorrent Sync WebUI" border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfY7wYHLOftv5JJhNRYLYZWabDcbvj0ak_9Be1o83ayJMdpf4G5mLfnZUSt_X-mqbkVioDdCkMg7RANBeXkm49P8YxmZ5_cbqm2z-VhFqI_IPIN50vrbtDQBocc3LovkVuS5KnQAjAUg/s320/btsync_3.png" title="BitTorrent Sync WebUI" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">BitTorrent Sync synchronizes your files using a peer-to-peer (P2P) protocol so the files are transferred directly between the users instead of using a cloud server like services such as Dropbox, Google Drive or Ubuntu One. The traffic between devices is encrypted using an AES cipher and a 256-bit key, created on the base of your Secret, a random 20 byte or more string. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application is free to use but not open source, although the developers have recently <a href="http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/21048-defensive-open-source/#entry55710">commented</a> that they "<i>still consider this option</i>".</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install BitTorrent Sync in Ubuntu or Debian</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu and Debian users can install the latest BitTorrent Sync by using an unofficial PPA / repository. To add it, use the following commands:</b></div><br /><b>- Ubuntu:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tuxpoldo/btsync<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><b>- Debian:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 6BF18B15<br />gpg --armor --export 6BF18B15 | sudo apt-key add -<br />echo "deb http://debian.yeasoft.net/btsync $(lsb_release -cs) main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/btsync.list<br />echo "deb-src http://debian.yeasoft.net/btsync $(lsb_release -cs) main contrib non-free" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/btsync.list<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, for both Ubuntu and Debian, install the server package using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install btsync</code></pre>Or, to install the desktop package, use the command below:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install btsync-user</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Next, log out and log back in and finally, launch BitTorrent Sync from the menu / Dash.</div><br />By default, BtSync can be accessed using the following URLs:<br /><ul><li>desktop package: <i>http://localhost:9999</i></li><li>server package: <i>http://SERVER_IP:8888</i></li><i> </i></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>More information about the Ubuntu / Debian packages can be found here: <a href="http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/19560-debian-and-ubuntu-desktop-packages-for-bittorrent-sync/">desktop</a> | <a href="http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/18974-debian-and-ubuntu-server-packages-for-bittorrent-sync/">server</a>.</b></div><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install BitTorrent Sync via <b><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bittorrent-sync/">AUR</a></b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For other Linux distributions, Windows, Mac OS X and Android or if you don't want to use the packages above, you can download the BitTorrent Sync packages available on its website:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html">Download BitTorrent Sync</a></b></div><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://btsync.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/BitTorrentSyncUserGuide.pdf">BitTorrent Sync User Guide (PDF)</a></i>

BitTorrent Sync Beta Adds File Versioning, Android App [PPA]

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Genymotion: Fast, Easy To Use Android (x86) Emulator With OpenGL Hardware Acceleration Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://genymotion.com/">Genymotion</a> is a fast Android emulator</b> which comes with pre-configured Android <b>(x86 with </b><b>OpenGL hardware acceleration)</b> images, <b>great for application testing</b>. The project has evolved from the old AndroidVM and compared to it, Genymotion comes with a new player design, installer and more.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ceHHYRYTirqCrRKkOFfdISyoQSRepMxpTBib54SNMQWq2NhnotnxrarPe8_5tQyfU6kaloPdbw32T9xC9qxYJfPT9aP-Ehbtu12ngR-saB8Dc9_q2Ij5VL-V_SdSRBUEYCZknh7unZc/s1600/genymotion.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ceHHYRYTirqCrRKkOFfdISyoQSRepMxpTBib54SNMQWq2NhnotnxrarPe8_5tQyfU6kaloPdbw32T9xC9qxYJfPT9aP-Ehbtu12ngR-saB8Dc9_q2Ij5VL-V_SdSRBUEYCZknh7unZc/s320/genymotion.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to its developers, "<i>the product is aimed at replacing the Android Emulator from Google not only for Android developers but also for people making Android apps demonstrations</i>".</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Genymotion (currently in <b>beta</b>) is <b>available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X and requires VirtualBox</b>. The virtual images code is open source (available <a href="https://github.com/androvm">HERE</a>) however, the software that runs on the host (the "player") is not, but it is free to use. In the future, Genymotion will continue to have a free to use version with many advanced features but there will also be paid versions, "<i>mainly for large companies needing collaboration on Genymotion</i>".</div><br /><b>Genymotion features:</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Easily download and run pre-configured virtual images: <b>Android 4.1.1 and 4.2.2 (with x86 support)</b>: Nexus 7, Nexus S, Nexus One Jelly Bean, 10.1'', WXGA Tablet, 7.0'' and WSVGA Tablet, all with or without Google Apps (Play Store, etc.);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Networking: Ethernet (emulates WiFi connection);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">GPS (with configurable coordinates) and battery (with configurable battery levels) emulation widgets;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Display: OpenGL hardware acceleration, multiscreen, full screen display;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Genymotion shell which allows you to interact with your VM using a command line;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">ADB support;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Eclipse and Android Studio plugins;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Supports Linux, Windows and Mac.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">More sensors are expected in future releases: gyroscope, light, temperature, rotation vector and so on.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Please note that since this is beta software, you might find bugs or incomplete features. In my test, things have worked pretty well: the Internet connection has worked out of the box and I was able to play games like Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja without any lag (but this obviously depends on your hardware):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3W8FDUn1LJs2sEYSvW1W3XhVDOKZFTpk4peMHpWM8c4B5D-CECU5b1GRZkCmufmbVaTr9U3nhmYjqcgLsNoM8w3WRDFSbfq9gOoUuQEqnqEerl83j4_lQcfKxdpPw9Kt3PjDjxNsagzs/s1600/genymotion_vm_5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3W8FDUn1LJs2sEYSvW1W3XhVDOKZFTpk4peMHpWM8c4B5D-CECU5b1GRZkCmufmbVaTr9U3nhmYjqcgLsNoM8w3WRDFSbfq9gOoUuQEqnqEerl83j4_lQcfKxdpPw9Kt3PjDjxNsagzs/s320/genymotion_vm_5.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Here are a few more screenshots:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAZlUmrh4PrtnuVwmB3mSioSdON_mGbTcygjRPZaHvL6pNPokDdSkpBqSMnmRdMa7_34-0rcSVpaJbm9wdtcgYnPnyVpWivtYJF9z3svSruSJfLwZhYOCOqqb_WhmCBO1wKVfxRh_yy8/s1600/genymotion.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAZlUmrh4PrtnuVwmB3mSioSdON_mGbTcygjRPZaHvL6pNPokDdSkpBqSMnmRdMa7_34-0rcSVpaJbm9wdtcgYnPnyVpWivtYJF9z3svSruSJfLwZhYOCOqqb_WhmCBO1wKVfxRh_yy8/s320/genymotion.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxxg7fM8uh7YvjwGj02VBksn7MIwOTooMOZbEdRhKi3BoBv9j0FDiQ4bijzYFlwmwKvHKfzFzOBJbRav6auX_K0Xyb3LRko77LM2-UNxmwOlmXPy4nj_tdhaLUHZx-HKXG0G4CmN-L28/s1600/genymotion_vm_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxxg7fM8uh7YvjwGj02VBksn7MIwOTooMOZbEdRhKi3BoBv9j0FDiQ4bijzYFlwmwKvHKfzFzOBJbRav6auX_K0Xyb3LRko77LM2-UNxmwOlmXPy4nj_tdhaLUHZx-HKXG0G4CmN-L28/s320/genymotion_vm_2.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oLAq3ELlUs6P35YCAzzsO8c8tIBkom9tV1A628h5SBNpoxmsS0gIEF6QgPbqDNJ9Jfl1kZvQXc9Djot-Tc5aJYAwwfD5Hgo94yM46fuqaT0DFC2xSlN6jQt-45eDbYdrKqQyWYa40WM/s1600/genymotion_vm_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oLAq3ELlUs6P35YCAzzsO8c8tIBkom9tV1A628h5SBNpoxmsS0gIEF6QgPbqDNJ9Jfl1kZvQXc9Djot-Tc5aJYAwwfD5Hgo94yM46fuqaT0DFC2xSlN6jQt-45eDbYdrKqQyWYa40WM/s320/genymotion_vm_3.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2-DpU4Ranl7YFLh32y5G2CrV_jU_oKnsRxNvKSQXEStc57yeDRKu3XczmzOCOZsfUtzNA3tAhpFrvz5vyXfD5SQGNXJn44xrcAulNoZ95toF34FeEI4QiMgS2QAatnSmZqb68xCaixE/s1600/genymotion_vm_4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2-DpU4Ranl7YFLh32y5G2CrV_jU_oKnsRxNvKSQXEStc57yeDRKu3XczmzOCOZsfUtzNA3tAhpFrvz5vyXfD5SQGNXJn44xrcAulNoZ95toF34FeEI4QiMgS2QAatnSmZqb68xCaixE/s320/genymotion_vm_4.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Genymotion download / usage</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Before proceeding, please note that your computer must support <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/how-to-find-out-if-your-cpu-supports.html">hardware virtualization</a> (VTx / AMD-v) to be able to run Genymotion images. <b>Update:</b> this may no longer be required with the latest Genymotion 1.2.1, but I can't test it since my computer supports hardware virtualization.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> To use Genymotion, you need to install Oracle VirtualBox (<a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/virtualbox-420-released-with-support.html">Ubuntu installation instructions</a>) - I've tested it with Oracle VirtualBox 4.2.16 and apparently, there are some issues with older versions so you should upgrade to the latest stable release.</div><br /><b>2. </b>The next step is to download Genymotion. To be able to download it, you need to sign up for an account (free) @ <a href="https://cloud.genymotion.com/">https://cloud.genymotion.com</a> . After you create an account, download Genymotion in your home directory.<br /><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Genymotion via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/genymotion/">AUR</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3.</b> Now let's install Genymotion. For this, we'll need to mark the downloaded bin file as executable and run it (the commands below assume you've downloaded Genymotion in your home folder):</div><br /><b>32bit:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd<br />chmod +x genymotion-1.2.1_x86.bin<br />./genymotion-1.2.1_x86.bin</code></pre><b>64bit:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd<br />chmod +x genymotion-1.2.1_x64.bin<br />./genymotion-1.2.1_x64.bin</code></pre><br />The installer will then ask you if you want to proceed - enter "y" (without the quotes), press ENTER and that's it, Genymotion should now be installed on your system.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4.</b> If you've followed our instructions above, Genymotion should be installed under <i>~/genymotion</i> so to run it, use the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>~/genymotion/genymotion</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Genymotion should now start. To add a new virtual device, click "Add", log in with your Genymotion username and password (created under step 2) and you should see a list of available devices:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuO4MYGQM9_xwlY-yvufvO0AYev498wqYQS8glPnGXeXvvigf3L-pISJ076uwMcg162u4cPLaimyt4XNfPKHxma59a77Qdw8Je081SNcVaeQdldGSDiv1yJi0ARGALYo_wH82DhndRx8/s1600/genymotion_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuO4MYGQM9_xwlY-yvufvO0AYev498wqYQS8glPnGXeXvvigf3L-pISJ076uwMcg162u4cPLaimyt4XNfPKHxma59a77Qdw8Je081SNcVaeQdldGSDiv1yJi0ARGALYo_wH82DhndRx8/s320/genymotion_1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Select the virtual device you want to download from the list and click "Add" (to be able to install applications via Google Play Store, make sure the machine name mentions "Google Apps"):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocqe0BFTq76jxWLgkMTaZs6jpKf5xEkZoEOxjLQ3eOPoqzCsDoYWW8nBdGzkFciIN7-G7AJSRUrJEYG8FyxKdqETaJpri4cU7GlZVxlN5xiFCagsFdGiD5NfH7dlzJQuUd4_340Xxx8g/s1600/genymotion_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocqe0BFTq76jxWLgkMTaZs6jpKf5xEkZoEOxjLQ3eOPoqzCsDoYWW8nBdGzkFciIN7-G7AJSRUrJEYG8FyxKdqETaJpri4cU7GlZVxlN5xiFCagsFdGiD5NfH7dlzJQuUd4_340Xxx8g/s320/genymotion_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once you click "Next", the download should begin. Click "Next" when the download completes, enter a name for your new virtual device and click the "Create" button, then "Finish". The device should then show up in the main Genymotion window. Using the buttons on the right (or right clicking the device), you can change the screen size or delete the device:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMCY7XcluMmfQGQvlcQXt3htbNd2Ygnc-d55oz_-Bdyg7Pbf0rPKIDcSGNj3jKi_vLgALmbGrLyroRSiVEYzpEUaO3mkknSbprf08YqXBEHcorcdum38npAHwa3mX8N34RLGcvJli3bI/s1600/genymotion_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMCY7XcluMmfQGQvlcQXt3htbNd2Ygnc-d55oz_-Bdyg7Pbf0rPKIDcSGNj3jKi_vLgALmbGrLyroRSiVEYzpEUaO3mkknSbprf08YqXBEHcorcdum38npAHwa3mX8N34RLGcvJli3bI/s320/genymotion_3.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To start a device, select it and click the "Play" button. In the same way, you can create and run more devices.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">From the Genymotion menu you can set the ADB path or enter a proxy to use with Genymotion. In my test, Genymotion displayed an "Unable to find ADB in this path" message even though my ADB path was correct - hopefully this bug will be fixed soon. Once you start a virtual machine, you can connect via ADB by using the default VM IP: <i>192.168.56.101</i> (this can be configured from the virtual machine, via Genymotion Configuration, available in the Android VM apps list).</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2013/07/genymotion-avviare-ed-utilizzare.html">lffl.org</a></i></div>

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File Sync App `SparkleShare` 1.1.0 Released, Install It In Ubuntu

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">SparkleShare</a>, an open source file synchronization and collaboration tool similar to Dropbox, has been updated to version 1.1.0 recently, receiving many bug fixes and tweaks.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0AUyqqn3EM0/Ua3TacVGwiI/AAAAAAAAPZA/6hVM5Xn5t7I/s1600/sparkleshare1.1.0-setup.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="SparkleShare" border="0" height="208" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0AUyqqn3EM0/Ua3TacVGwiI/AAAAAAAAPZA/6hVM5Xn5t7I/s320/sparkleshare1.1.0-setup.png" title="SparkleShare" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">SparkleShare is <b>available for Linux, Windows and Mac OSX</b> and it uses GIT version control under the hood so setting up a host is pretty easy. Besides using it on your own server, Sparkleshare supports some code hosting services out of the box, such as GitHub, Bitbucket or Gitorious. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application comes with a recent changes window which displays what changed along with options to restore files to their previous versions or restore deleted files, it supports client-side encryption, conflict handling, notifications and it comes with an Ubuntu AppIndicator.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>SparkleShare 1.1.0, released recently, includes the following bug fixes and tweaks:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>new plugin for plan.io, a project management platform;</li><li>SparkleShare now works with host keys other than just RSA;</li><li>stricter permissions on the SparkleShare folder on Unix systems;</li><li>use large message tray icon on GNOME 3 (though due to packaging probably, the PPA builds don't have this yet);</li><li>don't show notifications for changes that you made yourself;</li><li>"%20" and "_" in project names become spaces in folder names;</li><li>open folders in the event log by clicking project names;</li><li>allow spaces in passwords;</li><li>change invite scheme to sparkleshare://addProject/$URL;</li><li>fixed retina Mac support;</li><li>don't sync files with names that are problematic on Windows;</li><li>show Client ID (link code) in the status icon menu;</li><li>many other bug fixes and tweaks;</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install SparkleShare in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LkRfEQp1QyM/Ua3XIwKGmOI/AAAAAAAAPZQ/xww0aCI7nC8/s1600/sparkleshare1.1.0-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="SparkleShare Ubuntu" border="0" height="136" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LkRfEQp1QyM/Ua3XIwKGmOI/AAAAAAAAPZQ/xww0aCI7nC8/s320/sparkleshare1.1.0-ubuntu.png" title="SparkleShare Ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>Ubuntu users can install the latest SparkleShare by using a (unofficial) PPA</b>. To install Sparkleshare in Ubuntu, firstly you must add the GIT PPA (the SparkleShare PPA depends on it):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa</code></pre>Then you can proceed to installing SparkleShare:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rebuntu16/sparkleshare+unofficial<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install sparkleshare libmono-posix4.0-cil</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, you can add a hosted project by selecting "Add hosted project" from the tray / appindicator menu, then select the service: Bitbucket, Github, Gitorious or Plan.io (plan.io is the last one in the list and shows up as Gitorious for some reason).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For how to use SparkleShare with your own server and more, see the application <a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">homepage</a>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">Download SparkleShare</a> for Linux (source), Windows and Mac OS X.</b></div>

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Sikuli (Atomation Tool Using Images) 1.0.0 Released

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.sikuli.org/index.html">Sikuli</a> is a tool available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X which automates tasks using images</b>: <b>you take a screenshot of what you want to click, right click, hover, drag and drop and so on and Sikuli performs those actions automatically</b>, when you need it, either by using the GUI or running it via command line.<br /><br />It can be useful for running repetitive tasks automatically, running some actions remotely via the command line and so on.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IVBb6X5xBPI/UZyo4V6dooI/AAAAAAAAPU0/4qDmg81b2OY/s1600/sikuli-1.0.0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="sikuli 1.0.0 Ubuntu" border="0" height="210" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IVBb6X5xBPI/UZyo4V6dooI/AAAAAAAAPU0/4qDmg81b2OY/s320/sikuli-1.0.0.jpg" title="sikuli 1.0.0 Ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>Sikuli supports the following actions:</b><br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>find: find, findAll, wait, waitVanish, exists;</li><li>mouse actions: click, doucle click, right click, hover, drag and drop;</li><li>keyboard actions: type text, click on component to gain focus and type text, paste, click on component to gain focus and then paste;</li><li>event observation: on appear, on vanish, on change and observe.</li></ul><b>See the <a href="http://doc.sikuli.org/">documentation</a></b> for how to create automated tasks using Sikuli. <br /><br /><br /><h2>Sikuli 1.0.0</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">After more than a year,<b> Sikuli 1.0.0</b> has been released - here are the most important changes:</div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>revised the main window;</li><li>new options: no command bar, vertical split (left code, right messages), no HTML creation, do not delete unused images, image path for IDE to store images;</li><li>improved Preview (displayed when clicking on a screenshot);</li><li>improved dirty-handling (when the script is edited but not saved): Sikuli is now aware of changes in Preview, there's an option to autosave before run, etc.;</li><li>the auto update feature is now be aware of beta versions;</li><li>better error handling;</li><li>totally revised the debug interface;</li><li>revised the command line usage to allow running Sikuli scripts;</li><li>command line: totally revised the ImagePath feature and the usage of ImageLocator;</li><li>other changes and many bug fixes.</li></ul><br /><b>Below you can watch a quick video I've recorded, demoing the latest Sikuli 1.0.0 in Ubuntu 13.04:</b><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/w_ioyQPuV_8" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ioyQPuV_8">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />In Unity, when using Sikuli to take a screenshot, the launcher and panel show up twice, that's a known issue and there's no fix for it yet. Also, since Sikuli may sometimes have issues when trying to take delayed screenshots which you might need for things like opening Dash or the GNOME Shell Activities and so on, <b>I suggest taking screenshots using an external tool such as <a href="https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/shutter/">Shutter</a></b> and then simply insert them into Sikuli ("Insert image" button on the toolbar).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There's another <b>known issue for version 1.0.0</b> which has just been discovered: for new, "untitled" projects, the images are not saved to disk so you must firstly save the project and then insert/take screenshots. This will probably be fixed soon though.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How run Sikuli in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><b>1.</b> To use Sikuli on Linux, you need to install the following <b>dependencies: </b><i>libopencv-core 2.4, libopencv-highgui 2.4, libopencv-imgproc 2.4, libpng15 (though libpng12 seems to work too), tesseract 3</i> and <i>liblept</i>. <b>You can install these in Ubuntu 13.04 or 13.10 using the following command:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install libopencv-highgui2.4 libopencv-imgproc2.4 libopencv-core2.4 libpng12-0 libtesseract3 liblept3</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><b>Ubuntu 12.10 and possibly 12.04 too, 32bit only: </b>The Sikuli dependencies (OpenCV 2.4, etc.) aren't available for older Ubuntu versions but for Ubuntu 12.10 32bit<b> </b>(according to the Sikuli wiki, they are built for Ubuntu 12.10 but may work on older Ubuntu versions), you can download the required .so files from <a href="https://github.com/RaiMan/SikuliX-API/wiki/Special-information-for-Linux">HERE</a> (look for the download link at the bottom), extract and copy them into /usr/local/lib/ <b><br /></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2. You'll also need Java</b>: install either OpenJDK7 using Ubuntu Software Center or see our installation guides for <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html">Oracle Java 7</a> or <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/oracle-sun-java-6-installer-available.html">Java 6</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3. </b>Once you've completed the steps above, <b><a href="https://launchpad.net/sikuli/+download">download Sikuli</a></b> from Launchpad - you'll need to download Sikuli-IDE:</div><ul><li>"Sikuli-IDE-1.0.0-Lnx64.zip" for 64bit</li><li>"Sikuli-IDE-1.0.0-Lnx32.zip" for 32bit</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4. </b>Then, extract it and make the two scrips inside the extracted folder executable: sikuli-ide (the user interface) and sikuli-script (which can be used to run Sikuli scripts via command line). You can make these scripts executable via the file manager - for instance, in Nautilus, right click them, select "Propreties" and on the "Permissions" tab, check the "Allow executing file as program" box -, or via the command line (assuming you've extracted Sikuli in your home folder):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>chmod +x ~/Sikuli-IDE*/{sikuli-ide,sikuli-script}</code></pre><b><br /></b><b> </b> <b>5.</b> And finally, run Sikuli by double clicking the "sikuli-ide" file and selecting "Run", or from a terminal (once again, assuming you've extracted Sikuli in your home directory):<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>~/Sikuli-IDE*/sikuli-ide</code></pre><br />If you want to run a Sikuli project from the command line, use:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>~/Sikuli-IDE*/sikuli-script -r <b>/path/to/project.sikuli</b></code></pre><br /><br /><b><a href="https://launchpad.net/sikuli/+download">Download Sikuli</a> for Linux, Windows or Mac OS X. </b><br /><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/sikuli/+filebug">Launchpad</a>.

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Video Transcoder `HandBrake` 0.9.9 Released With Blu-ray Subtitle Support, More

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://handbrake.fr/">Handbrake</a>, a free, open source video transcoder for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X, has been updated to version 0.9.9 recently, getting Blu-ray (PGS) subtitle support, better audio remix support, updated built-in presets, additional video framerates and more.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QIIGDU-fjW0/UZnjlC52BuI/AAAAAAAAPT0/ZdPojEUAibg/s1600/handbrake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="handbrake" border="0" height="223" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QIIGDU-fjW0/UZnjlC52BuI/AAAAAAAAPT0/ZdPojEUAibg/s320/handbrake.jpg" title="handbrake" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The application comes with built-in presets and, besides common multimedia formats, it <b>support DVDs or Bluray-like sources that aren't copy-protected</b>, chapter makers, subtitles and more.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Changes in the latest HandBrake <a href="https://trac.handbrake.fr/milestone/HandBrake%200.9.9">0.9.9</a>:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Blu-ray (PGS) subtitle support that works with Foreign Audio Search, can be Burned-In and can be passed through to MKV (but not MP4);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">additional video framerates: 30, 50, 59.94, 60 fps;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">use some system libraries rather than bundling: fontconfig, freetype, libxml2, libass, libogg, libvorbis, libtheora and libsamplerate; </li><li style="text-align: justify;">double framerate ("bob") mode for the deinterlace and decomb filters;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">better audio remix support;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">allow the selection of higher audio bitrates where appropriate;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">allow the selection of lower audio samplerates where appropriate: 8, 11.025, 12, 16 kHz;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">audio dithering (TPDF) when converting to 16-bit FLAC;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">support for x264's preset, tune and profile options;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">updated built-in presets;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">improved Retina-resolution icons within the application.</li></ul><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install HandBrake in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To install the latest HandBrake in Ubuntu, you can use its official PPA. To add the PPA and install HandBrake, use the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk</code></pre><br />If you want to install the command line interface, use the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install handbrake-cli</code></pre><br />For source files, Windows or Mac OS X binaries, see the HandBrake <a href="http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php">downloads</a> page.

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Free DJ Software `Mixxx` Sees New Release

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>After more than a year of work, <a href="http://www.mixxx.org/">Mixxx</a> 1.11.0 has been released recently, featuring a new beat detector, colored 3-band waveforms and many other new features </b>as well as various bug fixes and performance improvements.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_vxTotiwljk/UZN6IVGLrTI/AAAAAAAAPRk/TRoTfqUR2eE/s1600/mixxx-1.11.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Mixxx DJ Software" border="0" height="191" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_vxTotiwljk/UZN6IVGLrTI/AAAAAAAAPRk/TRoTfqUR2eE/s320/mixxx-1.11.0.png" title="Mixxx DJ Software" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.mixxx.org/">Mixxx</a> is an advanced free / open source DJ software for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X</b>. Among its main features are: parallel or split scratchable waveform displays, spinning vinyl widgets, MP3, OGG, WAVE, M4A / AAC, and FLAC playback with support for extra formats through plugins, Shoutcast and Icecast broadcasting, microphone support, automatic crossfading with Auto DJ, crates and playlists, reads iTunes, Traktor, and Rhythmbox libraries, pitch-independent time stretch, vinyl emulation, BPM detection and estimation and much more.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite having many advanced features, Mixxx isn't that hard to use, although its interface may seem a bit confusing at first. Also, Mixxx comes with various skins, each optimized for multiple screen resolutions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>New features in the latest Mixxx 1.11.0:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>colored, 3-band Waveforms;</li><li>brand New Beat Detector;</li><li>HID and Bulk Controller Support, with HID presets for: EKS Otus, Traktor Kontrol F1, Hercules DJ Console Mk1, Mk2 and MP3 e2, Nintendo Wiimote, Pioneer CDJ 850/900/2000 and Sony SixxAxis;</li><li>session history;</li><li>new effect, "Beatloop Rolls", that works just like a beatloop except when you release the button the deck jumps to where it would have been if you hadn't started the loop;</li><li>Preview Deck: preview tracks in your headphones without having to load them into a main deck;</li><li>advanced search, e.g.: find all tracks between 100 and 120 BMP with a rating greater than 4 using "bpm:100-120 rating:>4". More about this in the <a href="http://mixxx.org/manual/1.11/chapters/djing_with_mixxx.html#using-search-operators">Mixxx manual</a>;</li><li>improved AutoDJ;</li><li>point-and-click MIDI mapping;</li><li>new Sample Grid skin;</li><li>time widgets;</li><li>Sample Deck Improvements;</li><li>improved user manual;</li><li>new controller support: Mixxx certified: Allen & Heath Xone K2, EKS Otus, Keith McMillen Instruments QuNeo and Vestax VCI-400 but there's also community support for Akai LPD8, American Audio VMS2, Hercules DJ Console Mk1, Hercules DJ Control AIR, Nintendo Wiimote, Traktor Kontrol F1 and mano thers;</li><li>more.</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">For a complete list of changes and new features in Mixxx 1.11.0, see its official <a href="http://www.mixxx.org/whats-new-in-mixxx-1-11/">changelog</a>.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Mixxx in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>Ubuntu users can install the latest Mixxx DJ software by using its official PPA. Add the PPA and install it using the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mixxx/mixxx<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install mixxx libportaudio2</code></pre>If you don't want to use a PPA or don't need the latest version, you can try the older version available in the official Ubuntu repositories / Ubuntu Software Center:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="apt://mixxx"><img alt="Available in Ubuntu Software Center" src="https://apps.ubuntu.com/assets/images/scbutton-free-200px.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.mixxx.org/download/">Download Mixxx</a> (available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X)</b>

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BitTorrent Sync: Secure File Sync Between Computers Using P2P Technology [Public Alpha]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html">BitTorrent Sync</a>, a free to use (but not open source) tool that can be used to automatically synchronize files between computers using the BitTorrent protocol, is now available for all as public alpha. The application runs on Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and NAS.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/btsync.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BitTorrent Sync Web Interface Linux" border="0" height="215" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dbMnQEiXvQU/UXbxCzz7hQI/AAAAAAAAPC4/SCnDdroxqQI/s320/btsync.png" title="BitTorrent Sync Web Interface Linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The tool, which has been in closed alpha for the past four months, is advertised as "<i>a simple tool that applies p2p protocol for direct live folder sync with maximum security, network speed and storage capacity</i>".<br /><br />And indeed, BitTorrent Sync is a great way of syncing and sharing files between computers, even files that you usually wouldn't trust with cloud sync tools such as Dropbox: besides the files being transferred directly between the users (so your files don't end up on some cloud server), the connection is encrypted with a AES cypher and a 256-bit key created on the base of your Secret, a random 20 byte or more string. For increased security, there's also an option to generate a Secret that expires after a day. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Basically, this peer-to-peer (p2p) sync tool can be compared with cloud sync services such as Dropbox or Ubuntu One, but no server is involved which also means that the sync can be faster than such services and there are no space restrictions (except your HDD). This also means the computers need to be online for the sync to work, obviously.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to use BitTorrent Sync on Linux</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update: BitTorrent Sync beta is out and there's now an Ubuntu PPA you can use to easily install it. See: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/07/bittorrent-sync-beta-adds-file.html">BitTorrent Sync Beta Adds File Versioning, Android App [PPA]</a></b><br /><br /><b><i>Arch Linux </i></b><i>users can install BitTorrent Sync via</i><b><i> <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bittorrent-sync">AUR</a>. </i></b><br /><br /><b>To use BitTorrent Sync (or "BtSync") on Linux, <a href="http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html">download</a></b> and extract the binary for your architecture (Ubuntu users: use the "Linux i386" or "Linux x64" links on the left; don't download the "glib 2.3" binaries), extract it and to run it, simply type the following in a terminal (assuming you've extracted the "btsync" binary in your home folder):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd<br />./btsync</code></pre><br />To see a list of available options, type:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>./btsync --help</code></pre><br />And if you want to stop BitTorrent Sync, use:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>killall btsync</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>BitTorrent Sync doesn't come with a GUI for Linux, but it can be configured through a web interface</b> so once you've started BtSync like we've explained above, open a web browser and enter the following URL: <b>http://localhost:8888/gui/</b></div><br /><b>Now let's add a folder to sync</b>. To do this, click "Add folder", then browse for a folder you want to sync and also click "Generate" to generate a Secret for this folder. Then click "Add" to add the folder:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/btsync-add-folder.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="BitTorrent Sync Web Interface Linux" border="0" height="209" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PNkYu4qaACE/UXbxMLNlxpI/AAAAAAAAPDA/TmsCV6a-25w/s320/btsync-add-folder.png" title="BitTorrent Sync Web Interface Linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you want to connect to other devices / synchronize a folder from a remote computer on your machine,</b> follow the same steps as above, but instead of clicking "Generate" for the Secret, paste the Secret generated for the folder from the remote computer.</div><br />On Linux, most of the settings aren't available in the web interface. Instead, you can run:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>./btsync --dump-sample-config > sync.conf</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Which will create a new "sync.conf" file with a sample configuration file. Modify the settings in this file to suit your needs and then run BtSync using the following command (which will make BtSync use the newly created configuration file):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>./btsync --config sync.conf</code></pre><br /><b>For more on how to use BitTorrent Sync on Linux but also on Windows and Mac OS X, see the <a href="http://btsync.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/BitTorrentSyncUserGuide.pdf">User Guide PDF</a> file.</b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html">Download BitTorrent Sync</a> for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and NAS.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrents-secure-dropbox-alternative-goes-public-130423">TorrentFreak</a></i></div>

BitTorrent Sync: Secure File Sync Between Computers Using P2P Technology [Public Alpha]

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Cloud Sync Tool `Seafile` 1.6.0 Gets Improved Collaboration Features

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://seafile.com/">Seafile</a>, an open source cloud synchronization and collaboration tool</b>, somewhat similar to Dropbox, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/owncloud-5-released-with-new-design.html">ownCloud</a> or <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/install-sparkleshare-10-in-ubuntu.html">SparkleShare</a>, that you can install on your own server, <b>has been updated to version 1.6.0 recently, getting some interesting new features such as a Wiki module</b> and more.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-1.6.0.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Seafile cloud sync and collaboration tool"><img alt="Seafile cloud sync tool" border="0" height="234" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a2Gi7lqCxF0/UXE_jOqoB8I/AAAAAAAAPBI/APo9IXgmAng/s320/seafile-1.6.0.png" title="Seafile cloud sync tool" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b><i>For more about Seafile (features, etc.), see our initial <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/seafile-robust-file-synchronization-and.html" title="Seafile: Robust File Synchronization And Collaboration Tool That You Can Run On Your Linux Server">article</a>.</i></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the Seafile developers, the synchronization feature is quite stable so they've focused on improving the collaboration features for <b>version 1.6.0</b>, which comes with changes such as:</div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b>new personal and group Wiki module</b> - the wiki uses the Markdown syntax and it's integrated with the file synchronization and version control. Also, you can easily add pictures and attachements to the wiki pages. Furthermore, a group / wiki can be made public so you can have the wiki available for everybody, and not just your Seafile users;</li><li><b>redesigned group discussion module</b>: the module has been moved to a separate tab, it has a new UI and it's better integrated with the online file viewing;</li><li><b>online rich document editor and improved markdown editor</b>.</li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-1.6.0-wiki_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Seafile wiki"><img alt="Seafile wiki" src="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-1.6.0-wiki_1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seafile wiki</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/seafile-1.6.0-wiki_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Seafile wiki - markdown editor"><img alt="Seafile wiki markdown editor" src="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-1.6.0-wiki_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seafile wiki - markdown editor</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/seafile-1.6.0-editor_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Seafile online rich document editor"><img alt="Seafile online rich document editor" src="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-1.6.0-editor_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seafile online rich document editor</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The <b>Seafile desktop client</b> has received various bug fixes as well as support for symbolic links. There were also changes made to the <b>Android client</b> (called "Seafile+", is open source but costs $1) which has received an improved UI as well as support for editing and uploading files. And finally, the <b>iOS client</b> has received some bug fixes.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Seafile developers have also launched a new AWS-based public cloud service: <a href="http://seacloud.cc/">http://seacloud.cc</a> which comes with 1GB of free storage space with 3 groups, or you can get:</div><ul><li>20GB of storage space, 8 groups and up to 16 members for $10/month</li><li>100GB of storage space with no group or member limit for $50/month.</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Download Seafile</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Seafile (server) runs on Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Centos and Raspberry Pi), Windows and Mac OS X while the Seafile client is available for Linux, Windows, Mac OSX, Android and iOS.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a href="http://seafile.com/en/download/">Download Seafile</a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><i>See the Seafile wiki page for how to <a href="https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/wiki/Download-and-setup-seafile-server">install Seafile Server</a> | <a href="https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/wiki/Upgrading-Seafile-Server">upgrade Seafile Server</a>.</i><br /><br /><br />

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Firefox 20 Lands In Ubuntu, Brings Per-Window Private Browsing, New Download Manager

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/">Firefox</a> 20, released a couple of days ago, has just landed in all supported Ubuntu versions. The new Firefox version brings a few long-awaited features such as per-window private browsing and a new download manager.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Firefox 20 introduces <b>per-window private browsing</b>: accessing <i><b>File > New Private Window</b></i>, you'll get a window for private browsing that doesn't affect the other Firefox windows. In previous Firefox versions you couldn't have both a regular Firefox window and a private window open in the same time.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/firefox-20-private-browsing.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Firefox 20 private browsing Ubuntu" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FlsaT5T0Yeo/UV2hOxV6WtI/AAAAAAAAO24/zRUutbT3nO4/s320/firefox-20-private-browsing.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Private browsing lets you browse the web without saving information about the sites you visit, meaning the pages won't show up in the Firefox history, the passwords won't be saved, no downloads will be listed in the new Downloads Manager and also, no cookies of cached web content are saved. However, the website can still track you so you're not completely anonymous when using this feature.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/firefox-20-downloads.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Firefox 20 new download manager Ubuntu" src="http://img.netupd8.com/firefox-20-downloads_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With Firefox 20, there's also a <b>new download manager</b>. The downloads are no longer displayed in a separate window and instead, Firefox now uses a download button on the toolbar, which displays the remaining download time and when clicked, it lists the most recent downloads and lets you open the files.</div><br /><br /><b>Other changes in Firefox 20:</b><br /><ul><li>ability to close hanging plugins, without the browser hanging;</li><li>continued performance improvements for page loads, downloads, shutdown, etc.;</li><li>new JavaScript Profiler tool;</li><li><canvas> now supports blend modes;</li><li>various <audio> and <video> improvements;</li><li><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/20.0/releasenotes/">more</a>.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest Firefox 20 has been uploaded to the official Ubuntu repositories today so if you're using Ubuntu, you should get an update in a few minutes / hours.</div><br /><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/">Download Firefox</a>

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