Ubuntu Multi-Monitor Tweaks (Full Screen Flash Fixes, Span Wallpaper Across Monitors, More)

<b>If you are using a multi-monitor setup in Ubuntu, here are a few tips which should help you fix some annoyances, like:</b><br /><ul><li>get full screen flash videos to be displayed on any monitor</li><li>get flash videos to remain full screen while working in the other desktop</li><li>a tweak to move windows to a different display using keyboard shortcuts</li><li>how to extend the wallpaper across monitors or use a different wallpaper for each monitor</li></ul><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Move window to a specific display using a keyboard shortcut</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu (with Compiz/Unity) lets you move a window to a specific virtual desktop using keyboard shortcuts, but by default, this doesn't work if you want to move a window to a specific monitor.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is, however, an easy way of easily <b>moving windows to a specific display using keyboard shortcuts</b> so here's what you must do.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Firstly, install CCSM and Compiz Plugins if they are not already installed:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then open CompizConfig Settings Manager, search for the "Put" plugin (it's under Window Management) and enable it. Then, click the plugin so we can change some of its settings.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5LHmz912r94/UHco0UAWBpI/AAAAAAAAKrQ/CoLtqKFWrN0/s1600/ccsm-put.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ccsm put plugin" border="0" height="183" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5LHmz912r94/UHco0UAWBpI/AAAAAAAAKrQ/CoLtqKFWrN0/s320/ccsm-put.png" title="ccsm put plugin" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">On the "Bindings" tab, click on "Disabled" next to the "<b>Put to Next Output</b>" keyboard shortcut, check the "Enabled" box and then assign it a key combination that's not already in use. I've used Ctrl + Tab (click on "Grab key combination" to set a keyboard shortcut). Then click 'ok' and you're done.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, focus a window and press the keyboard combination you've used above: the window should move to the other workspace. If you only have two monitors, this should be enough, as it moves any window from one monitor to the other. If you have more than 2 monitors, you can assign keyboard shortcuts for "Viewport Left" and "Viewport Right" and so on, under "Put to adjacent viewport".<br /><br /><b>Tip: </b>you can also use the default "Put pointer" keyboard shortcut: "Super + z", which moves the window to the exact pointer position on either of the screens.</div><br /><br /><br /><h3>Get full screen flash videos to work on any monitor</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In some cases (or maybe always?), <b>full screen Flash videos show up on the primary monitor, even if you've clicked the full screen button while using some other monitor.</b> <b>The above solution works with these full screen Adobe Flash videos too</b>: click a video, then press the key combination you've set up and the video should move to the other display.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So there you have it, now you can move the full screen flash videos on any monitor you want.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Get Flash videos to remain full screen when working (clicking) in the other desktop</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The above solution fixes full screen Flash video showing up on the wrong display, but there's another annoying issue with Flash: <b>if you're watching a full screen video on one monitor and want to work on another monitor, the flash video exists full screen</b>. Basically, unless the full-screen flash video is focused, it exists full-screen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>There are some fixes and workarounds for this full screen Flash exiting when it's unfocused too: </b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> The first one is using an extension which resizes Flash videos to fill the whole browser window and you can then set the browser to full screen by pressing <b>F11</b> or selecting <i>View > Full screen</i>:</div><ul><li>for <b>Google Chrome / Chromium</b>: <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/maximizeflash/lljjmflmcnaigbhnheldbdbplkbhngnl">MaximizeFlash</a></li><li>for<b> Firefox</b>: <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flash-game-maximizer">Flash Game Maximizer</a> (the button to resize video to fit the whole browser window is on the addon bar so to show it, select <i>View > Toolbars > Addon Bar</i>). This extension doesn't work properly with YouTube though but you can set YouTube to use HTML5 by going to <a href="http://youtube.com/html5">http://youtube.com/html5</a></li></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AHHg1q4lL3A/UHcv-G0iGdI/AAAAAAAAKs8/ScKKOAiMsm8/s1600/firefox-addon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="firefox flash full window" border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AHHg1q4lL3A/UHcv-G0iGdI/AAAAAAAAKs8/ScKKOAiMsm8/s320/firefox-addon.png" title="firefox flash full window" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After getting the video to fill the whole browser window, hit F11 or select View > Full screen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> Below is another solution for this issue, that fixes Adobe Flash for any browser, except Google Chrome.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The reason flash videos exit full screen when clicking anywhere on the other monitor is because that's the behaviour wanted by Adobe. Adobe Flash is not open source, but we can still modify its code using a tools such as GHex. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install GHex in Ubuntu, use the following command:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ghex</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Now, find out where your Flash plugin is installed using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo updatedb<br />locate libflashplayer.so</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The "locate" command above should return the full path to libflashplayer.so. Copy it because you'll need it for the next command:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gksu ghex <b>/path/to/</b>libflashplayer.so</code></pre><br />Where "/path/to/" is the path to libflashplayer.so you've copied above (usually it should be <i>/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so</i> or <i> /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so</i>)<br /><br /><br />Now, <b>editing a binary with GHex is tricky, so read everything carefully. </b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once GHex opens the libflashplayer.so file using the command above, select <i>Edit > Find</i>, and in the right square, type (don't paste!) "<b>_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW</b>" without the quotes, then click find:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UVjHW_0TQpU/UHcpmQyW8gI/AAAAAAAAKrY/op-clPnmDSE/s1600/ghex-search.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ghex" border="0" height="217" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UVjHW_0TQpU/UHcpmQyW8gI/AAAAAAAAKrY/op-clPnmDSE/s320/ghex-search.png" title="ghex" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">On the right GHex pane, click one letter from "_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW", let's say the first "N" and enter some other letter, let's say "A". Do not press the backspace key or anything, to replace a letter, simply click it, then press the letter you want to replace it with! Do not modify anything else! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R8ix71jMWT0/UHcpzYIBCRI/AAAAAAAAKrg/CROVLKMBhHI/s1600/ghex-replace.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ghex" border="0" height="208" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R8ix71jMWT0/UHcpzYIBCRI/AAAAAAAAKrg/CROVLKMBhHI/s320/ghex-replace.png" title="ghex" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once you've made this change, from the GHex menu select <i>File > Save</i> and <b>restart your browser</b>. <b>You will have to follow these steps again if you update Adobe Flash Player!</b></div><br /><br />If later on you want to revert this change, reinstall Flash Player plugin:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install --reinstall flashplugin-installer</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: Google Chrome (does not apply to Chromium) uses its own Adobe Flash Player plugin which doesn't have "_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW", so if you want this fix to work with Google Chrome, enter "chrome://plugins/" in the url bar, then click "Details" on the right, scroll to the Adobe Flash Player plugin and 2 versions should be listed:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YG01DDIsPtM/UHcqAy8xRLI/AAAAAAAAKro/HxfJcIAKOdY/s1600/google-chrome-disable-pepper-flash.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="google chrome disable pepper flash" border="0" height="224" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YG01DDIsPtM/UHcqAy8xRLI/AAAAAAAAKro/HxfJcIAKOdY/s320/google-chrome-disable-pepper-flash.png" title="google chrome disable pepper flash" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here, disable the one that has "/opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so" as its path. Doing this, Google Chrome will use the system Adobe Flash Player and not the built-in Google Chrome Adobe Flash Player.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Extend wallpaper across monitors or use a different wallpaper for each monitor</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The default Ubuntu Appearance settings doesn't let you span a single large wallpaper across both monitors or use a different wallpaper for each monitor, but there are two applications that you can use to do this.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> The first one is <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/syncwall-wallpaper-changer-with-multi.html">SyncWall</a>. Install it in Ubuntu using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install syncwall</code></pre><br />To set SyncWall to span a wallpaper across all your monitors, select <i>Preferences > Display Parameters</i> and under Multi Monitor Display, select "Extend image (one file for all monitors)":<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AdyQY7NtuzM/UHcrAtvjsOI/AAAAAAAAKrw/DrCLmOT6NJo/s1600/syncwall.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="syncwall" border="0" height="224" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AdyQY7NtuzM/UHcrAtvjsOI/AAAAAAAAKrw/DrCLmOT6NJo/s320/syncwall.png" title="syncwall" width="320" /></a></div><br />Here's how my desktops looks like after using SyncWall:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JxJ6kUyYejI/UHcrGM1x4VI/AAAAAAAAKr4/tVQ62expLpA/s1600/wallpaper-fill-both-monitors.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JxJ6kUyYejI/UHcrGM1x4VI/AAAAAAAAKr4/tVQ62expLpA/s400/wallpaper-fill-both-monitors.png" /></a></div><br />SyncWall can also rotate wallpapers, apply effects and more.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> Another such tool is <b>Nitrogen</b>, which <b>besides being able to set the same wallpaper to extend across displays, it can also be used to set a different wallpaper to each monitor.</b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nitrogen is available in the official Ubuntu repositories so to install it, search for it in Ubuntu Software Center or use the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install nitrogen</code></pre>Nitrogen doesn't have a desktop file, so run it from the command line:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>nitrogen</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In it's Preferences, add your wallpaper folder, then at the bottom, select "Full Screen" to stretch the same wallpaper across monitors or select Screen 1, 2, etc., to set a different wallpaper for each monitor:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dpRQbCxE5ws/UHcrLyiE0tI/AAAAAAAAKsA/9eSnqJ-ySHE/s1600/nitrogen.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nitrogen wallpaper changer" border="0" height="229" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dpRQbCxE5ws/UHcrLyiE0tI/AAAAAAAAKsA/9eSnqJ-ySHE/s320/nitrogen.png" title="nitrogen wallpaper changer" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To be able to set a different wallpaper for each monitor, you must disable the file manager from handling the desktop. This means you'll no longer have folders on the desktop. </div><br />In GNOME / Unity, install GNOME Tweak Tool:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then open GNOME Tweak Tool and on the "Desktop" section, set "Have file manager handle the desktop" to OFF.<br /><br />And finally, to have the wallpapers restored each time you log in, add "nitrogen --restore" to your startup applications.</div><br />Here's how my desktop looks like with different wallpapers for each monitor:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NpQ9lPkA98E/UHcr87gXQ4I/AAAAAAAAKsM/_DLgc2OGQwo/s1600/nitrogen-wallpaper-different.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="different wallpaper each display ubuntu" border="0" height="90" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NpQ9lPkA98E/UHcr87gXQ4I/AAAAAAAAKsM/_DLgc2OGQwo/s320/nitrogen-wallpaper-different.png" title="different wallpaper each display ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><i>Also see: </i><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/get-ubuntu-notifyosd-notifications-to.html"><i>Get Ubuntu NotifyOSD Notifications To Show Up On Active Monitor In Multi-Screen Environments</i><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Some info via <a href="http://askubuntu.com/">AskUbuntu</a> and <a href="http://www.ubunturoot.com/2011/07/fullscreen-flash-video-with-dual.html">ubunturoot</a></i></div>

Ubuntu Multi-Monitor Tweaks (Full Screen Flash Fixes, Span Wallpaper Across Monitors, More)

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Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.2 Released With New Features

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-URhUzstkOws/UHWtTt2qzrI/AAAAAAAAKo8/PT_CjWldgSk/s1600/y-ppa-manager.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="y-ppa-manager" border="0" height="225" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-URhUzstkOws/UHWtTt2qzrI/AAAAAAAAKo8/PT_CjWldgSk/s320/y-ppa-manager.png" title="y-ppa-manager" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Y PPA Manager, like the name says, is a tool to manage PPAs: add, remove, purge PPAs, search for packages in Launchpad PPAs, list packages in a PPA and lots more, all from a single user interface. For a complete feature list, see the Y PPA Manager <a href="https://launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager">Launchpad page</a>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Today I'm releasing Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.2, which comes with new features and many under the hood changes:</b></div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>Transient notifications for GNOME Shell</li><li>Initial support for Launchpad PPAs (only Launchpad!) added to /etc/apt/sources.list instead of /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ (experimental). Note: the duplicate PPAs removal, "Re-enable working PPAs after Ubuntu upgrade" and "Update release name in working PPAs" features don't yet support this.</li><li>Some features like Remove PPA, Purge PPA or List Packages in PPAs have been merged into a single "Manage PPAs" dialog. Also, in this dialog, the PPA name is now displayed (e.g.: ppa:webupd8team/gthumb) instead of the PPA .list file name</li><li>Manage PPAs: new option to view/edit the .list source file</li><li>Manage PPAs: new option to update a single PPA. This was already implemented in Y PPA Manager and was used when adding a PPA, but there wasn't a GUI implementation to manually update single PPAs.</li><li>Many "update-ppa" improvements (this is the command line tool used to update single PPAs; use "update-ppa --help for more info), including a fix for Linux Mint or support for more repository formats, e.g. "update-ppa http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main".</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, Policykit (pkexec) is now used instead of gksu / kdesu for Ubuntu versions newer than 11.04. This brings consistency between desktop environments and for example, you get a native password dialog in GNOME Shell. With this change, you only have to enter the root password when you start Y PPA Manager and you won't be prompted each time you want to perform an action.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A complete list of changes can be found at <a href="https://launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager/+announcement/10715">Launchpad</a>.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O5EBYp-VTOE/UHWta1NviQI/AAAAAAAAKpE/y9FnOKaRIg0/s1600/y-ppa-manager2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="y ppa manager" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O5EBYp-VTOE/UHWta1NviQI/AAAAAAAAKpE/y9FnOKaRIg0/s450/y-ppa-manager2.png" title="y ppa manager" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I have to thank <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/114564489020097923600/posts">Satya</a> for his help with this release: he's the one who has implemented "update-ppa" to update single PPAs and he's also implemented most of the gksu to pkexec transition, along with bug fixes, testing and more.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Y PPA Manager</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu / Linux Mint users can install Y PPA Manager using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Because of the many changes in this release, you may find more bugs than usual - remember to report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager">Launchpad</a>!</div>

Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.2 Released With New Features

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Ubuntu Tweak 0.8.0 Gets New `Apps` Feature

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G7eeHWYN80s/UHLWpF37t-I/AAAAAAAAKio/_dPJUPQfSQI/s1600/ubuntu-tweak-0.8.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu tweak apps" border="0" height="218" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G7eeHWYN80s/UHLWpF37t-I/AAAAAAAAKio/_dPJUPQfSQI/s320/ubuntu-tweak-0.8.0.png" title="ubuntu tweak apps" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu Tweak, the most popular tool to tweak various Ubuntu settings as well as add third-party sources (PPAs), has <a href="http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/2012/10/08/ubuntu-tweak-0-8-0-the-apps-generation.html">reached</a> version 0.8.0, introducing a new feature called "Apps", a combination between the already existing App Center and Source Center features.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The new Apps feature displays applications which are either not available in the Ubuntu Software Center, or the version in USC is too old, which you can install or update with a click. You could already do this using the Source and App Center, but it's was a long and complicated process: you had to enable the PPA, update the cache and then install the application, and now, this process can be done with just one click.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dJmSfAcPvoA/UHLWxLRQ2MI/AAAAAAAAKiw/qcAhRUdBgec/s1600/ubuntu-tweak-app.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu tweak apps" border="0" height="220" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dJmSfAcPvoA/UHLWxLRQ2MI/AAAAAAAAKiw/qcAhRUdBgec/s320/ubuntu-tweak-app.png" title="ubuntu tweak apps" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">When clicking an application on the new Ubuntu Tweak "Apps" tab, you can see the available sources (PPAs) - for instance, in the screenshot above you'll notice that you can enable either the Pinta daily builds or the stable builds PPA -, along with an install / update button.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The App and Source Center will continue to exist in Ubuntu Tweak untill all their features are implemented into the new "Apps" feature.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides this feature, the latest Ubuntu Tweak 0.8.0 also comes with bug fixes, such as a bug that caused Ubuntu Tweak to crash when Janitor was preparing to remove kernel results.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Ubuntu Tweak</h2><br />To install the latest Ubuntu Tweak, use the following commands:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For now, Ubuntu Tweak 0.8.0 is only available for Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04. Alternatively, you can download the deb from its <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-tweak/+download">Launchpad page</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Ubuntu Tweak 0.8.0 doesn't fully support Ubuntu 12.10. You can install it, but various features may not work!</i></div>

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Ubuntu Tweak 0.7.3 Adds Support For Linux Mint 13 And Ubuntu 12.10

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nwgHs-yV0SA/UCeaXK4UhaI/AAAAAAAAJpY/ohszEC3jT1Q/s1600/ubuntu-tweak-0.7.3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nwgHs-yV0SA/UCeaXK4UhaI/AAAAAAAAJpY/ohszEC3jT1Q/s320/ubuntu-tweak-0.7.3.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu Tweak is a tool that lets you configure various aspects of the Ubuntu / Linux Mint desktop: change the GTK / icon theme, Unity settings, LightDM settings, clean up application cache, it comes with an Unity quicklist editor, a PPA source center and more.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu Tweak 0.7.3 has been released today, adding <b>support for Linux Mint 13</b>. The new version also comes with support for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, but since Quantal is still in alpha, the application can't be considered stable.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-egkDCY3Ez48/UCealSMGljI/AAAAAAAAJpg/bEuenW3KGl4/s1600/ubuntu-tweak-guest.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-egkDCY3Ez48/UCealSMGljI/AAAAAAAAJpg/bEuenW3KGl4/s320/ubuntu-tweak-guest.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides Linux Mint 13 and Ubuntu 12.10 support, the latest Ubuntu Tweak 0.7.3 also adds a new feature: the ability to <b>turn Guest account on/off</b>. And of course, there are many bug fixes to the Quicklist Editor, Screen Edge actions and more.</div><br />A complete list of changes / bug fixes can be found <a href="http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/2012/08/12/ubuntu-tweak-0-7-3-released.html">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Ubuntu Tweak</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the Ubuntu Tweak PPA and install the latest stable Ubuntu Tweak 0.7.3 in Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 and 11.10 or Linux Mint 12 or 13, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak</code></pre><br /><b>Alternatively, you can download the Ubuntu Tweak deb from <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-tweak/+download">Launchpad</a>.</b><br /><br />If you encounter bugs, report them <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-tweak">HERE</a>.

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Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.0 Released With New Package Installation Feature, More

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qk_0fneoEz0/UCKhMYr_m7I/AAAAAAAAJf0/Vc15kTjt2SU/s1600/y-ppa-manager-0.0.9.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="y ppa manager 0.0.9.0" border="0" height="256" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qk_0fneoEz0/UCKhMYr_m7I/AAAAAAAAJf0/Vc15kTjt2SU/s320/y-ppa-manager-0.0.9.0.png" title="y ppa manager 0.0.9.0" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager">Y PPA Manager</a>, a tool to easily search for packages in Launchpad PPAs and perform various PPA actions: add, remove, purge, backup PPAs and more, has been updated to version 0.0.9.0 today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.0 brings an option to install a package from the PPA search results dialog (which adds the PPA too if it's not added already), an improved duplicate source removal feature and more.</b></div><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Changes in Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.0:</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">new "Install packages" item in the main UI that lets you quickly install packages (if you already know the package names). Separate multiple packages with a space.<b> This python script was contributed by Lorenzo from <a href="http://atareao.es/">atareao.es</a> (thank you!)</b></li><li style="text-align: justify;">when you search for packages in Launchpad PPAs, you can select to install some packages directly from the search results dialog (from the search results dialog, select a PPA and click "List packages", then select some package(s) and click "Install") - if the PPA isn't already added on your system, it will be added and then the selected package(s) will be installed using the new "Install packages" python script mentioned above, that comes with a GUI, so the user can see if any errors occur. This makes it easier and a lot faster to find the package you're looking for, add the PPA and install the package (for an even faster experience, the PPA source is updated using "update-ppa", a feature added in <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/y-ppa-manager-0087-released.html">Y PPA Manager 0.0.8.7</a>)</li><li style="text-align: justify;">a new "PPA status" column in the basic search and advanced search results dialog that lets you know if the PPA is already added on your system or not. Feature inspired by <a href="https://launchpad.net/ppasc">PPASC</a></li><li style="text-align: justify;">Search results dialog: when searching for a package (in deep search only), Y PPA Manager displays its version if it's installed, or it lets you know that the package is not installed.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">"Remove duplicate PPA sources": display which PPA sources are duplicates and also, display which PPA sources are about to be removed</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Other minor changes and fixes, like for instance setting a proper name for the indicator when using HUD</li></ul><br /><b>Here's a short video demoing the changes / new features in Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.0:</b><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xtgJMkzTn38" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtgJMkzTn38">direct video link</a>)</center><br />To add a PPA and install a package available in that PPA, search for the package:<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://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Neh1yrmM3_c/UCKgFpQr7-I/AAAAAAAAJfU/SsvLCAcQleg/s1600/y-ppa-manager-ppastatus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="190" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Neh1yrmM3_c/UCKgFpQr7-I/AAAAAAAAJfU/SsvLCAcQleg/s320/y-ppa-manager-ppastatus.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "PPA Status" column tells if you the PPA is already added on your system or not; If the package is installed, its version is displayed on top of the "deep" search window</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then click "List packages", select the package (or multiple packages - hold down the CTRL key to select multiple packages) you want to install and click the "Install" button:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fulj4QtPrJY/UCKgLrmKCHI/AAAAAAAAJfc/Q4dAyoBaGv0/s1600/y-ppa-manager-install.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fulj4QtPrJY/UCKgLrmKCHI/AAAAAAAAJfc/Q4dAyoBaGv0/s320/y-ppa-manager-install.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Y PPA Manager will then ask for your confirmation - if the PPA isn't already added on your system, it will be added and the installation will begin:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TjzH4pjdezk/UCKgSmw9ASI/AAAAAAAAJfk/yrjyKtcBuuM/s1600/y-ppa-manager-install_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TjzH4pjdezk/UCKgSmw9ASI/AAAAAAAAJfk/yrjyKtcBuuM/s320/y-ppa-manager-install_3.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gNHO7XWtsnM/UCKgTZMn0jI/AAAAAAAAJfo/5Vk_aqcwWGk/s1600/y-ppa-manager-install_4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gNHO7XWtsnM/UCKgTZMn0jI/AAAAAAAAJfo/5Vk_aqcwWGk/s320/y-ppa-manager-install_4.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Install Y PPA Manager in Ubuntu / Linux Mint</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Y PPA Manager supports Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04, 11.10, 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04 as well as Linux Mint. To add the PPA and install it, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager</code></pre><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager">Launchpad</a>.

Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.0 Released With New Package Installation Feature, More

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Y PPA Manager 0.0.8.7 Released

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-htHJqEIjWDc/T_RvJ3pHeII/AAAAAAAAJPI/s7G8sVfGdg0/s1600/y-ppa-manager.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-htHJqEIjWDc/T_RvJ3pHeII/AAAAAAAAJPI/s7G8sVfGdg0/s320/y-ppa-manager.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager">Y PPA Manager</a> is a tool for easily searching for packages in Ubuntu PPAs as well as perform various PPA actions: add, remove, purge, backup PPAs and more. The application integrates with Unity by using quicklists and an optional appindicator.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Today I'm releasing Y PPA Manager 0.0.8.7 which brings some bug fixes as well as a new feature: update-ppa, which can be used to update a single PPA source and not all software sources, useful for those with limited internet connectivity. It's like running "apt-get update", but for a single PPA, not all. </div><br />Here's an example - using update-ppa to update the main WebUpd8 PPA:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo update-ppa ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8</code></pre>This feature was added by WebUpd8 reader Satya (thank you!).<br /><br />Complete <b>changelog for the latest Y PPA Manager 0.0.8.7:</b><br /><ul><li>added "update-ppa" which can update a single PPA source and not all software sources, useful for those with limited internet connectivity. Usage example: sudo update-ppa ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager (thanks Satya)</li><li>when adding a PPA, the new "update-ppa" is used automatically so only that PPA source is updated, not all software sources</li><li>added man pages (thanks Satya)</li><li>automatically support newer Ubuntu versions (so this means the new version works on Ubuntu Quantal now)</li><li>fixed a bug that was occuring on Linux Mint 13, causing the default version to be set as blank</li><li>Scan for duplicate sources files now displays the number of duplicates found</li><li>the PPA backup feature now backs up / restores repositories keys too (launchpad-getkeys was and is still used to automatically fetch missing keys)</li><li>other minor fixes</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install Y PPA Manager in Ubuntu (supported versions: from Lucid to Quantal) or Linux Mint, use the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager</code></pre><br />If you find bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager">Launchpad</a>.

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Disable Global Menu Autohide Behaviour In Ubuntu 12.04

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K9pPCL-IgYQ/T_G3rAW_FEI/AAAAAAAAJOI/zBkw75mnU1A/s1600/unity-menu-always-visible_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity global menu always visible" border="0" height="208" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K9pPCL-IgYQ/T_G3rAW_FEI/AAAAAAAAJOI/zBkw75mnU1A/s320/unity-menu-always-visible_2.png" title="unity global menu always visible" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Unity Revamped PPA created by <a href="https://launchpad.net/~ikarosdev">Isaac Joseph</a>, which provides Unity with two patches: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/how-to-get-dodge-windows-and-minimize.html">Dodge Windows and minimize/unmaximize on click for the Unity launcher</a>, has been <b>updated yesterday with some <a href="https://launchpadlibrarian.net/109094917/unity_5.12.0-0ubuntu3%2Bikarosdev3_source.changes">fixes</a> which aren't yet available for the Unity package from the official Ubuntu 12.04 repositories</b> as well as a <b>new patch that brings a much requested feature: an option to disable the application menu (global menu) autohide behaviour</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The option that lets you disable menu autohide in Unity was supposed to be included by default in System Settings for Ubuntu 12.04, but it didn't make it for some reason. Hopefully, this option will make it into Ubuntu 12.10 by default, but until then, you can use the PPA below to get an option to disable the application menu autohide behaviour.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Unity with patches for dodge windows behaviour, minimize on click and option to disable menu autohide</h2><br /><b>To upgrade to the latest patched Unity from the Unity Revamped PPA in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ikarosdev/unity-revamped<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get upgrade</code></pre><br />Once the packages have been successfully upgraded, log out and log back in.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To get the menu to always be visible, you'll need to install CompizConfig Settings Manager:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager</code></pre><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fp1Kh4bptco/T_G30I0GP6I/AAAAAAAAJOQ/T05ZldxhvFc/s1600/unity-menu-always-visible.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity global menu always visible ccsm" border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fp1Kh4bptco/T_G30I0GP6I/AAAAAAAAJOQ/T05ZldxhvFc/s320/unity-menu-always-visible.png" title="unity global menu always visible ccsm" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then open CompizConfig Settings Manager (CCSM), select "Ubuntu Unity Plugin" and on the "Experimental" tab, check the box next to "<b>Menu Always Visible</b>" (it's not checked by default).</div><br /><br /><h2>Revert the changes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If for some reason you want to completely remove the patched Unity and go back to Unity from the official Ubuntu 12.04 repositories without dodge windows, minimize on click and the option to disable appmenu autohide, use the commands below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ppa-purge<br />sudo ppa-purge ppa:ikarosdev/unity-revamped</code></pre>

Disable Global Menu Autohide Behaviour In Ubuntu 12.04

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How To Change Notifications Position In Cinnamon

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p3xIU3o1SqY/T-25ahyMOMI/AAAAAAAAJNY/TqtkeZFRoPI/s1600/cinnamon-bottom-notification-full.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cinnamon bottom notifications" border="0" height="180" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p3xIU3o1SqY/T-25ahyMOMI/AAAAAAAAJNY/TqtkeZFRoPI/s320/cinnamon-bottom-notification-full.png" title="cinnamon bottom notifications" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cinnamon doesn't have an option to change the notification position on the screen yet, but you can do this by editing the theme CSS code </b>(cinnamon.css theme file)<b>.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a>Let's change the notifications position. <b>If you're using the default Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon edition theme (Nightlife Graphite)</b>, you have to edit the "<i>/usr/share/themes/Nightlife - Graphite/cinnamon/cinnamon.css</i>" file so open a terminal and run the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>gksu gedit "/usr/share/themes/Nightlife - Graphite/cinnamon/cinnamon.css"</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you're using the default Cinnamon theme</b> (used by default in LMDE), use the following command instead:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gksu gedit /usr/share/cinnamon/theme/cinnamon.css</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>For other Cinnamon themes:</b>  </i><i>the <i>cinnamon.css</i> file path depends on the theme you're using (it's in the "cinnamon" folder inside the theme directory). To find out the cinnamon.css file path, open Nautilus and navigate to /usr/share/themes/ - here you'll find all the available themes -, double click the directory for the theme you're using you'll find a "cinnamon" folder where there's a "cinnamon.css" file which is the file you have to edit to change the notifications position.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rHZIMGVczGo/T-26ceInCcI/AAAAAAAAJNo/0LjvcWKFr8o/s1600/cinnamon-css-file.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cinnamon.css" border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rHZIMGVczGo/T-26ceInCcI/AAAAAAAAJNo/0LjvcWKFr8o/s320/cinnamon-css-file.png" title="cinnamon.css" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>Then search for the following code:</b><br /><pre class="source-code"><code>margin-from-top-edge-of-screen: 30px;</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9xHOMfaIXyI/T-25lG3KZEI/AAAAAAAAJNg/9H8foCVoRAA/s1600/cinnamon-bottom-notifications.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cinnamon notifications bottom" border="0" height="152" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9xHOMfaIXyI/T-25lG3KZEI/AAAAAAAAJNg/9H8foCVoRAA/s320/cinnamon-bottom-notifications.png" title="cinnamon notifications bottom" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>This is the margin from the top edge of the screen so this value changes the notifications position vertically</b> - change its value to whatever you want. If, for instance, you want the notifications to be displayed at the bottom right, you can enter the value of your screen vertical width minus 100 pixels (example: if you have a 1920x1080 screen resolution, your screen width is 1080px, so you would use 980 (1080-100) as the value).</div><br /><b>If you want to change the horizontal notifications position, search for:</b><br /><pre class="source-code"><code>margin-from-right-edge-of-screen: 20px;</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Just like its name says, this is the margin from the right edge of the screen. Once again, depending on your screen resolution, change its value to whatever you like.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Once you change the values, save the file, then open Cinnamon Settings and under Themes, select a different theme, then switch back to the theme you were using. This basically applies the changes so you can see the tweaked notifications in action.</b><b><br /></b></div><br /><b>Now, to send a test notification, firstly install libnotify-bin:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install libnotify-bin</code></pre><b>And send a test notification using the following command:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>notify-send --icon=gtk-add "Test notification" "This is the message body"</code></pre><br /><i>For tweaking the default notifications in Ubuntu, see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/closable-movable-notifyosd.html">Closable / Movable NotifyOSD Notifications Available For Ubuntu 12.04</a></i><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://blog.desdelinux.net/cambiar-la-posicion-de-las-notificaciones-en-cinnamon/">DesdeLinux.net</a></i></div>

How To Change Notifications Position In Cinnamon

Cinnamon doesn't have an option to change the notification position on the screen yet, but you can do this by editing the theme CSS code...

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