How To Disable Amazon / Shopping Suggestions And Other Unity Scopes In Ubuntu 13.10

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How To Disable Amazon / Shopping Suggestions And Other Unity Scopes In Ubuntu 13.10

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How To Disable Amazon / Shopping Suggestions And Other Unity Scopes In Ubuntu 13.10

<div style="text-align: justify;">In Ubuntu 13.04, if you want to get online search results in Dash without shopping suggestions, you can simply remove the Unity Shopping lens. In Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) you can't remove the Shopping lens but there is another way to achieve the same thing and it seems this isn't obvious because I've seen quite a few users complaining about it. So here's how to disable the shopping scopes or any scope for that matter, in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, without disabling all the online search results.</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="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/ubuntu13.10-shopping-suggestions.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Unity Dash sopping suggestions" border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_ZN1dFan1SxeHi1TrujFUIm7jyXcguTvjJ6PfsOTiKiWdOx_Dz8UfEfI3e3nDXfyzS-lPqpUv4GFWV2p7XgPOCW8oLfCGCayoy9fYvnbbPSlzpqr1aopP9lxPsoeRWG47C1G0pEbGC0/s320/ubuntu13.10-shopping-suggestions.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unity Dash with shopping suggestion</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">First of all, don't try to remove the Unity Shopping Lens in Ubuntu 13.10 because it won't work. Here's what you'll get if you try that:</div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">$ sudo apt-get remove unity-lens-shopping<br />Reading package lists... Done<br />Building dependency tree <br />Reading state information... Done<br />Note, selecting 'unity-scope-home' instead of 'unity-lens-shopping'<br />0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you remove <i>unity-scope-home</i>, which was selected instead of <i>unity-lens-shopping</i>, you won't get any results in Dash, not even for installed applications.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can't remove the Unity Shopping Lens in Ubuntu 13.10 because there's no Shopping lens. Ubuntu 13.10 comes with a feature called <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/unity-smart-scopes-feature-lands-in.html">Unity Smart Scopes</a> (or "100 scopes") which uses a huge list of scopes to display results in Dash and among these, there are some used for shopping. So if you don't want shopping suggestions in Dash, you must disable these shopping scopes (see below).</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="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/ubuntu13.10-no-shopping.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Unity Dash no sopping suggestions" src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/ubuntu13.10-no-shopping_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unity Dash without shopping suggestions</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><h2>How to disable Unity Dash plugins (scopes) in Ubuntu 13.10</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To disable a Dash plugin (scope) in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, open <i>Dash</i>, go to the <i>Applications</i> lens (either do it manually using your mouse or use the Super + A keyboard shortcut), click "Filter results" on the right and under "Type", select "Search plugins". All the Dash search plugins (scopes) should be listed, like in the screenshot below:</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="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/ubuntu13.10-dash-plugins.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Unity Dash plugins" src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/ubuntu13.10-dash-plugins_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dash plugins (scopes)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />To disable a plugin, click on it and then click the "Disable" button:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/ubuntu13.10-dash-disable-amazon.png"><img alt="Unity Dash Amazon scope" src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/ubuntu13.10-dash-disable-amazon_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />Later on you can enable them back in the same way.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Disable the Amazon / shopping suggestions Unity Dash scopes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you don't want shopping suggestions in Dash, disable the following scopes (by using the instructions above): Amazon, Ebay, Music Store, Popular Tracks Online, Skimlinks, Ubuntu One Music Search and Ubuntu Shop.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To disable all these shopping Dash plugins/scopes from the command line</b>, use the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Lenses disabled-scopes "['more_suggestions-amazon.scope', 'more_suggestions-u1ms.scope', 'more_suggestions-populartracks.scope', 'music-musicstore.scope', 'more_suggestions-ebay.scope', 'more_suggestions-ubuntushop.scope', 'more_suggestions-skimlinks.scope']"</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>inspired by <a href="http://marcosbox.blogspot.com/2013/10/ubuntu-1310-la-ricerca-su-amazon-non-si.html">MarcosBox</a></i></div>

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New PPA For Numix GTK And Icon Themes, More

<div style="text-align: justify;">Quick update for Numix fans: <b>a new Numix PPA</b> has been created and it hosts daily builds for Numix GTK theme, two Numix icon themes, a Plank theme and even a Numix wallpaper. More Numix related artwork will be added to this PPA in the future.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Furthermore, <b>Numix GTK theme is now compatible with GTK 3.4 and Pantheon</b> (it already supported GTK 3.6 and 3.8), meaning it should work properly in Ubuntu 12.04 and <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/08/quick-elementary-os-02-luna-stable.html">elementary OS 0.2 Luna</a>.</div><br />Here are a few screenshots:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/numix-gtk-theme_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Numix themes" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjensy3PY_ckUmvwnUjiIvYNInY5S0Lc4UQz3JYwCgsSP-oHHxzzNu-bO2wYO_iHyWt5f6_4o22EDdB4UcK6hbWOHoV0QNZIbhFlEagf-uNg8h_eZN4o_eqDknvuzghjFyKnQI0hjHE-08/s320/numix-gtk-theme_1.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Numix GTK, icon themes and wallpaper (Unity)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a name='more'></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/numix-gtk-theme-gs_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Numix themes" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/numix-gtk-theme-gs_1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Numix GTK, uTouch icon themes and wallpaper (GNOME Shell)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/numix-gtk-theme-pantheon_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Numix themes" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/numix-gtk-theme-pantheon_1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Numix GTK theme (elementary OS Luna / Pantheon)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And speaking of Numix, if you'd like to use a dark or light variant and want to <b>support the designers</b>, you can purchase these theme variations from DeviantArt: <a href="http://fav.me/d6hds18">Numix with Dark variant</a> | <a href="http://fav.me/d5ygul6">Numix Light</a> or get the official wallpapers:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://me4oslav.deviantart.com/art/Numix-Glimpse-of-the-Future-Wallpaper-387544470">Glimpse of the Future</a> </li><li><a href="http://me4oslav.deviantart.com/art/Numix-Blooming-Spring-Wallpaper-389882686">Blooming Spring</a></li><li><a href="http://me4oslav.deviantart.com/art/Numix-Sumer-Holiday-Wallpaper-394592420">Summer Holiday</a> </li><li><a href="http://me4oslav.deviantart.com/art/Numix-Wallpaper-Glimpse-of-The-Future-Slideshow-393164006">Glimpse of the Future Slideshow</a></li></ul></div><br /><br /><h2>Install Numix GTK and icon themes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the new Numix PPA, available for Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, 12.10 and 12.04, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:numix/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br />Then, <b>install Numix GTK theme</b> (supports GTK 3.8, 3.6 and 3.4) using the command below:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install numix-gtk-theme</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There are two Numix icon themes in this PPA but please note that they are still in their infancy and the regular icon theme doesn't support Unity for now but it should work with GNOME Shell (the uTouch icon theme should work under both Unity and GNOME Shell). <b>Install both icon themes using the command below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove numix-utouch-icon-theme #to avoid conflicts because the package name has changed<br />sudo apt-get install numix-icon-theme numix-icon-theme-utouch</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're using elementary OS 0.2 Luna and want to use a matching <b>Plank theme</b>, install it using the command below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install numix-plank-theme</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, to install the <b>Numix Name of the Doctor wallpaper</b> (which you can see in the first two screenshots), copy/paste the following command in a terminal: </div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install numix-wallpaper-notd</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To use the Numix GTK or icon themes, install a tool such as <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/unity-tweak-tool-available-in-ubuntu.html">Unity Tweak Tool</a>, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/tweak-unity-with-unsettings-008-now.html">Unsettings</a>, GNOME Tweak Tool and so on and use it to change the theme.</div><br /><b>If you don't want to use the PPA or don't use Ubuntu (and derivatives), here are direct download links:</b><br /><ul><li>Numix GTK theme: <a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Numix-GTK3-theme-360223962">DeviantArt</a> | <a href="https://github.com/shimmerproject/Numix">Github</a></li><li><a href="https://launchpad.net/~numix/+archive/ppa/+packages?field.name_filter=icon&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=">Numix icon themes </a></li></ul><br /><b>Arch Linux AUR links:</b><br /><ul><li><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtk-theme-numix/">Numix GTK</a> | <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtk-theme-numix-git/">Numix GTK (Git)</a></li><li><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/numix-icon-theme-git/">Numix icon theme (Git)</a></li><li><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/numix-utouch-icon-theme/">Numix uTouch icon theme</a> | <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/numix-utouch-icon-theme-bzr/">Numix uTouch icon theme (Bzr)<br /></a></li></ul>

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Unity 8 Available In The Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander Repositories

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Unity 8, the Ubuntu Phone Qml Shell, has <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity8/+publishinghistory">landed</a> in the Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander repositories.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For now, Unity 8 is in its early alpha stages and not ready for use, and in fact, there's a message on the wallpaper used by it that says just that:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3fK6JYO_gGXag_Wt6XpH37XiT1jYTFNI0A9zBapmMe9Zje03JkHbXOZFiQ4GyuizTGBUjOB31JvOl4O4hRW14HEgLsy0QDxKIjKiBXLBoBu380tnLRuu6nfEwcmxfLS8Qj0tlTnTvPQ/s1600/unity8.png" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Unity 8 shell" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3fK6JYO_gGXag_Wt6XpH37XiT1jYTFNI0A9zBapmMe9Zje03JkHbXOZFiQ4GyuizTGBUjOB31JvOl4O4hRW14HEgLsy0QDxKIjKiBXLBoBu380tnLRuu6nfEwcmxfLS8Qj0tlTnTvPQ/s320/unity8.png" title="Unity 8 shell" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">And indeed, while I was able to run it on my Saucy computer, most stuff didn't work: I wasn't able to access the launcher on the left using the mouse, the indicators didn't work and so on. Also, the phone applications that show up in Unity 8 are dummy apps so they don't actually work (and furthermore, clicking any of them freezes Unity 8 for now).<br /><br />Unity 8 currently runs as an app and you can switch from the phone to the tablet mode by resizing its window:</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/AVvXsEgxUNTsWUXUv0f6Bp6hv_y3v_KNPa_iq0abKI6QDQoHasM2YPTW29aV9Gk-5LqpGz2AdXCeWoKTm4wrG3r5jk_ibLdgCwV7eTrUSKbua2dV0Sa53hsrTgzsZmNYMCc5cnr7xOTZf7DZMPY/s1600/unity8_2.png" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Unity 8 shell" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUNTsWUXUv0f6Bp6hv_y3v_KNPa_iq0abKI6QDQoHasM2YPTW29aV9Gk-5LqpGz2AdXCeWoKTm4wrG3r5jk_ibLdgCwV7eTrUSKbua2dV0Sa53hsrTgzsZmNYMCc5cnr7xOTZf7DZMPY/s320/unity8_2.png" title="Unity 8 shell" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaawAwqR99RGCvw_1jPH09Y05IW7njK6ASg9smVYuK7VLn7C1EZ1O2lVvZVTfX-vOC53WAr7msZDwRMopeGXCx09QS86vTTHDuC6UDgH3T_V4N7y6_qxkr-lino7b3FLquGavC5D0JzeA/s1600/unity8_3.png" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Unity 8 shell" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaawAwqR99RGCvw_1jPH09Y05IW7njK6ASg9smVYuK7VLn7C1EZ1O2lVvZVTfX-vOC53WAr7msZDwRMopeGXCx09QS86vTTHDuC6UDgH3T_V4N7y6_qxkr-lino7b3FLquGavC5D0JzeA/s320/unity8_3.png" title="Unity 8 shell" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>According to the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity8Desktop">Unity8Desktop</a> Ubuntu wiki entry, the following Unity 8 features should work for the final Ubuntu 13.10 release:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Keyboard input, including hotkeys similar to those in Unity7;</li><li>Mouse, touchscreen, scroll wheels, touchpads, and other existing input devices;</li><li>The HUD should be available;</li><li>Indicators should be available. Should include at a minimum the Networking indicator;</li><li>The Unity 8 Shell and its components adjusts to local screen size.</li><li>Content discovery should be working. At a minimum, the local content scopes should be available;</li><li>Minimal Window management, such as focus control and maybe window move and resize; </li><li>The following core applications should be installable and runnable from the Unity 8 Shell on the desktop: Browser App, Gallery App, Music Player App and the Video Player App.</li><li>Multi-monitor will not be supported.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The plan is to have a preview Unity 8 on Mir session (so users can select to log in to Unity 8 from the LightDM login screen) available for Ubuntu 13.10 for evaluation and testing - at least that's what the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity8Desktop">Unity8Desktop</a> wiki entry mentions. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the other hand, Olli Ries, Head of Engineering for Canonical's Product Strategy team, says in a <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity8Desktop">blog post</a> that "<i>[...] the integration of Unity 8 into Ubuntu Desktop is not scheduled to happen for 13.10 but will only be fully integrated for 14.10. The QML based Unity 8 is currently fully integrated on the Ubuntu Touch images only</i>".</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Unity 8 in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to test Unity 8 in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, use the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install unity8</code></pre>Then, type "<b>unity8</b>" in a terminal to launch it.

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Google Drive Client `Insync` For Linux Out Of Beta, Gets Selective Sync Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="https://www.insynchq.com/">Insync</a> is an unofficial Google Drive client that "extends Drive's web functionality to your desktop by integrating tightly with Windows, Mac and Linux so you can get work done".</i></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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRKt5ql7FVhIQz7oUscxU02J4c2xLSkWDsFtqwfA93PeiGNzbMAU767-vZrxosecClTUYLoK00YQtNTlt3l8CEZFx1A36Pv8RJuIcXjB4DO-EtxZag6Kui60r_ES8bEUeq41jkXTQl8I/s1600/insync-linux-stable.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRKt5ql7FVhIQz7oUscxU02J4c2xLSkWDsFtqwfA93PeiGNzbMAU767-vZrxosecClTUYLoK00YQtNTlt3l8CEZFx1A36Pv8RJuIcXjB4DO-EtxZag6Kui60r_ES8bEUeq41jkXTQl8I/s320/insync-linux-stable.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insync for Linux: Nautilus integration / Ubuntu appindicator</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Insync for Linux is out of beta</b> and it now offers the same features available for the Windows and Mac clients: </div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>multiple account support</li><li>selective sync (all files and folders)</li><li>offline access to Google Docs</li><li>symlink support</li><li>built-in sharing (without using a web browser)</li><li>file manager integration</li><li>recent changes </li><li>more</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Linux version also comes with a feature that allows you to add any folder on your system to Insync via the file manager context menu (using a symbolic link).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Insync was free to use while in beta only so to use the latest stable release you must pay a<b> one-time fee of $9.99 per Google account</b> (which includes unlimited installs across all desktops). <b>You can try the stable release for free for 15 days</b>. The trial period can be extended by 15 days if you <a href="https://www.insynchq.com/referrals">refer a friend</a> (both you and your friend get an extra 15 days).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The tool supports Ubuntu, Debian, Linu Mint, PCLinuxOS, MEPIS and Fedora with the following desktop environments: Unity, Cinnamon, GNOME Shell, KDE, LXDE, Xfce, MATE and Openbox + fbpanel and 5 file managers: Nautilus, Nemo, Caja, Dolphin and Thunar.</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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1g84mfR-eHEo5jG9W3lDU53FyRzTQ-xtUcLKN7o9Fbb_pv_P2Up7oT8wak1wvpD8ReCdpMcYXOk0FvuRiNGbQB-dIc_ml7RCM2OYwbdTNNmgQKUOjvAqDCFBeYjMR6rv84v7w5EDE-cw/s1600/insync-linux-stable_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1g84mfR-eHEo5jG9W3lDU53FyRzTQ-xtUcLKN7o9Fbb_pv_P2Up7oT8wak1wvpD8ReCdpMcYXOk0FvuRiNGbQB-dIc_ml7RCM2OYwbdTNNmgQKUOjvAqDCFBeYjMR6rv84v7w5EDE-cw/s320/insync-linux-stable_2.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insync for Linux: account settings</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.insynchq.com/">Download Insync</a></b> *</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">* The installer will try to detect your desktop environment and install the package required for file manager integration. If you change the desktop environment or use a different file manager, you'll have to install the file manager integration package from the repositories (the Insync repository is added automatically): simply search for Insync in Ubuntu Software Center, Synaptic, etc. and install the package for your file manager, like insync-thunar, insync-nemo, insync-nautilus and so on.</div>

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Slick GTK3 Theme `Numix` Updated With Dark Theme Assets

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Numix-GTK3-theme-360223962">Numix</a>, a modern, flat GTK3 theme, has recently been updated with dark theme assets, along with other tweaks and fixes. The theme is compatible with GTK 3.6 and 3.8.</b></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2c7wnv0EAXSOhORd3K7vjVyXBDmnjPb02ixeQHU72VcsQ0WT_dX8puj5XdUEBWh9Z16v9JJcu7N2Ar1kriMka6Uqz1fHeRLJjwn7UfEZxWTjrFbJ7P4E3XmM6vOm0twkI2fcrVICPlk/s1600/numix-gtk-theme-1.7-unity.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Numix GTK3 theme" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2c7wnv0EAXSOhORd3K7vjVyXBDmnjPb02ixeQHU72VcsQ0WT_dX8puj5XdUEBWh9Z16v9JJcu7N2Ar1kriMka6Uqz1fHeRLJjwn7UfEZxWTjrFbJ7P4E3XmM6vOm0twkI2fcrVICPlk/s320/numix-gtk-theme-1.7-unity.jpg" title="Numix GTK3 theme" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Numix GTK3 theme under Unity</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Numix GTK3 is available for GNOME, Unity, Pantheon, Xfce and OpenBox and comes with a matching GTK 2 theme. Besides dark theme assets, the latest version comes with various tweaks to the Metacity and Mutter themes, changed scrollbar style in GNOME Terminal to match the dark theme, redesigned infobars and many other tweaks and fixes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The dark theme is used by default when using applications such as Eye of GNOME image viewer or Totem. In GNOME Shell (does not work with Unity) you can force all applications to use the dark theme by using GNOME Tweak Tool: <i>Theme > Enable dark theme for all applications</i>:</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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkSdvzsDW1bE2EIM7ssVpLUxQ71W4c66YJ43k-OZPeN6mWwkXW9EYjRp0-jX1vfx4nBaawzpkHweW2r_YMbPjN9YzzfJ3PSSrP8yeil2XOi3RVWAWLWlsti5D9X0x5fGtON8CNonPPYk/s1600/numix-gtk-theme-1.7_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Numix GTK3 theme" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkSdvzsDW1bE2EIM7ssVpLUxQ71W4c66YJ43k-OZPeN6mWwkXW9EYjRp0-jX1vfx4nBaawzpkHweW2r_YMbPjN9YzzfJ3PSSrP8yeil2XOi3RVWAWLWlsti5D9X0x5fGtON8CNonPPYk/s320/numix-gtk-theme-1.7_2.jpg" title="Numix GTK3 theme" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Numix GTK3 - dark theme under GNOME Shell</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Here are a few more Numix screenshots:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgIlkGy8Swl9dBS2mLYsJNKmri7HvIApOZhc933zRHS6Z-STf_vN6Bd_aa2pHx5fckNGcsCJMVnbJqlDMD9kZT8JyscQaHy_O5HAGfyReBZNdX3gMw96Cb_seP7N8ckV4uKwEAAP79r4/s488/numix-infobars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgIlkGy8Swl9dBS2mLYsJNKmri7HvIApOZhc933zRHS6Z-STf_vN6Bd_aa2pHx5fckNGcsCJMVnbJqlDMD9kZT8JyscQaHy_O5HAGfyReBZNdX3gMw96Cb_seP7N8ckV4uKwEAAP79r4/s320/numix-infobars.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New infobars</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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-jpGfsDUm5o0nNZsaouh2wJERT3cqYDyD2skfPTYkdvdwCCEpMODVrit1htVK29Y0eAxLd7SzKiZc9CU-nLIyxZD0Ap6v7Hu8hJJwrdfjjoP6bR7XkKBp1-eAyAPAzw-sdInOBpBtMVk/s1600/numix-gtk-theme-1.7.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Numix GTK3 theme" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-jpGfsDUm5o0nNZsaouh2wJERT3cqYDyD2skfPTYkdvdwCCEpMODVrit1htVK29Y0eAxLd7SzKiZc9CU-nLIyxZD0Ap6v7Hu8hJJwrdfjjoP6bR7XkKBp1-eAyAPAzw-sdInOBpBtMVk/s320/numix-gtk-theme-1.7.jpg" title="Numix GTK3 theme" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Numix GTK3 theme under GNOME Shell</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBFJYMRsdNAYXYsQFI6r-yh5_0rSzIuGD6m5lHrAAkMCia0T2aVXBUzvRGE1sAkkPYeyEVWCbHiZ_0RYt5prM_-Zik0oF3HnLqHdOS-Ff9DQyrX23PCeUJD2TE6Hp0L2pWrxVqCeN0Yo/s1600/numix-gtk-theme-widget-factory-1.7.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Numix GTK3 theme" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBFJYMRsdNAYXYsQFI6r-yh5_0rSzIuGD6m5lHrAAkMCia0T2aVXBUzvRGE1sAkkPYeyEVWCbHiZ_0RYt5prM_-Zik0oF3HnLqHdOS-Ff9DQyrX23PCeUJD2TE6Hp0L2pWrxVqCeN0Yo/s320/numix-gtk-theme-widget-factory-1.7.jpg" title="Numix GTK3 theme" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Numix GTK3 Widget Factory</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/numix-xfce.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Numix GTK3 theme" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHi0hOvy0ZJDTbXCW6Q-sgNBm_PqrpdRYsZFXo8_KvtDDgLrsA-_8zYFNmyhMGUYrgekJYI1n9ewSK23ADKzSCevO1ch3GuT3axS1zbG6XiX90ewfsDWeIT277hK_74HVJQ9RnYLqqBaY/s320/numix-xfce.jpg" title="Numix GTK3 theme" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Numix GTK3 theme under Xfce</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Numix GTK3 theme in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>Numix is available in a PPA for Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04 and 12.10. To add the PPA and install it, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:satyajit-happy/themes<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install numix-gtk-theme</code></pre><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install the latest Numix theme via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtk-theme-numix/">AUR</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions</b>, download the theme from <b><a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Numix-GTK3-theme-360223962">DeviantArt</a></b>, extract it and copy the theme to <i>/usr/share/themes/</i> .</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Once installed, you can use tools like GNOME Tweak Tool, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/unsettings-tool-to-disable-global-menu.html">Unsettings</a>, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/unity-tweak-tool-available-in-ubuntu.html">Unity Tweak Tool</a> and so on to apply the theme.</b></div><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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5I2mUVqZ0s1lvckCfsmmzG4U6getaiWf08EMMGg60LoamUxB4VSR4V3Nls08kUJITwJArN0evDa3nNUe11bvdOp40Gt0zzfSAmJ4OVI9yh3yvAhUN1IxaaJRagOZV8CAp_es6qfvYt4Q/s1600/numix-utouch.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Numix uTouch" border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5I2mUVqZ0s1lvckCfsmmzG4U6getaiWf08EMMGg60LoamUxB4VSR4V3Nls08kUJITwJArN0evDa3nNUe11bvdOp40Gt0zzfSAmJ4OVI9yh3yvAhUN1IxaaJRagOZV8CAp_es6qfvYt4Q/s320/numix-utouch.png" title="Numix uTouch" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Numix uTouch icons; image via <a href="http://mechoslav.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/numix-utouch-is-now-desktop-ready-icon-theme/">mechoslav</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">For GNOME Shell, there's a nice <a href="http://mechoslav.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/numix-utouch-is-now-desktop-ready-icon-theme/">Numix-uTouch</a> icon theme you can use. To install it in Ubuntu, copy / paste the following commands in a terminal:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:numix-icon-theme-dev/utouch<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install numix-utouch-icon-theme</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, for a matching GNOME Shell theme, you can use <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/highly-configurable-elegance-colors.html">Elegance Colors</a> with the Numix preset.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to change the red used by the theme to something else, you can easily do this by using <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/customize-gtk3-gtk2-theme-colors-using.html">GTK Theme Preferences</a>, a tool developed by +<a href="https://plus.google.com/114564489020097923600/posts">Satya</a>, who's also the main Numix GTK3 theme developer.</div>

Slick GTK3 Theme `Numix` Updated With Dark Theme Assets

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Variety Wallpaper Changer 0.4.15 Released With Cinnamon 1.8 And MATE 1.6 Support

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKO3elYvY3vGpuxxy5h3gOht_1UxWoVJgJcPK7T1mPVYrZEaL6OUl02ptnHigTHXH7YfSKrwRX8987hLPpv7N6EeaMUnmVFS2mf-B4OizVqbD4gC29MAjXEI5qoIJS3HW4jpiklEiZ8Y/s1600/variety-wallpaper-changer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Variety Wallpaper Changer" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKO3elYvY3vGpuxxy5h3gOht_1UxWoVJgJcPK7T1mPVYrZEaL6OUl02ptnHigTHXH7YfSKrwRX8987hLPpv7N6EeaMUnmVFS2mf-B4OizVqbD4gC29MAjXEI5qoIJS3HW4jpiklEiZ8Y/s320/variety-wallpaper-changer.png" title="Variety Wallpaper Changer" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://peterlevi.com/variety/">Variety</a> is a <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/keep-yout-desktop-fresh-with-variety.html">wallpaper changer</a> that automatically downloads wallpapers </b>from sources such as <b>Wallbase, Flickr, Wallpapers.net, Desktoppr, NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day</b> as well as World Sunlight Map: <b>a live Earth wallpaper</b> which changes throughout the day. Using it, you can get a new, beautiful wallpaper automatically at the interval you set in the application preferences.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application supports most desktop environments: Unity, GNOME Shell, KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Cinnamon, MATE and Pantheon.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Variety 0.4.15</b> has been released yesterday, bringing <b>support for the latest <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/cinnamon-18-gets-its-own-control-center.html" title="Install Cinnamon 1.8 in Ubuntu">Cinnamon 1.8</a> and <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/mate-16-released-install-it-in-ubuntu.html" title="Install MATE 1.6 in Ubuntu">MATE 1.6</a></b>, which are used in the two main <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/linux-mint-15-olivia-available-for.html">Linux Mint 15</a> editions. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></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/AVvXsEh3T3s7bakuKsdXyo_SEF9qAIianSAl4RJgX7wcA3s6eMf-sZA54DsrvptYTJqZlZndHAMVy0KVthKURSYGQfDdJWp4OX2GapirUV2i-5_xlugkyotiqIdp_ssL7QIkJiQKvLOKuhSsojo/s1600/variety-lightdm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3T3s7bakuKsdXyo_SEF9qAIianSAl4RJgX7wcA3s6eMf-sZA54DsrvptYTJqZlZndHAMVy0KVthKURSYGQfDdJWp4OX2GapirUV2i-5_xlugkyotiqIdp_ssL7QIkJiQKvLOKuhSsojo/s320/variety-lightdm.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The new version also brings better support for LightDM</b>: in the Variety Preferences, on the "Customize" tab, check the box under "Login Screen Support" - this will make sure the wallpaper set by Variety will be used by LightDM login screen. LightDM automatically displays the wallpaper you set for your desktop, however, for this to work, some wallpaper permissions need to be changed; using this option, Variety does this automatically for you so the wallpaper it sets can be used by LightDM.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest Variety 0.4.15 also brings many bug fixes, including a fix for the problems with the folder choosers.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Variety Wallpaper Changer in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the Variety PPA and install the application in Ubuntu, use the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:peterlevi/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install variety</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Variety Wallpaper Changer from <b><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=63454">AUR</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions</b>, the Variety source code can be downloaded via <b><a href="https://launchpad.net/variety/+download">Launchpad</a></b>.</div>

Variety Wallpaper Changer 0.4.15 Released With Cinnamon 1.8 And MATE 1.6 Support

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Ezame: A New Menu Editor For Unity

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ezame is a new menu editor especially created for Unity, though it should work with other desktop environments as well.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoulIunFeocwqJO8ZrY0ANJzEOWLkocj7_EqpPxpETqXmec3BeA2X8SlH3kABcvI9tpCo4s9SNwI_4U8e2l_oLRhlGhkYxdlZOwTQaw72-BWJ-bjf4qCH9Kc80JJdgyZCgkHYyhTgzL3w/s1600/ezame.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ezame menu editor" border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoulIunFeocwqJO8ZrY0ANJzEOWLkocj7_EqpPxpETqXmec3BeA2X8SlH3kABcvI9tpCo4s9SNwI_4U8e2l_oLRhlGhkYxdlZOwTQaw72-BWJ-bjf4qCH9Kc80JJdgyZCgkHYyhTgzL3w/s320/ezame.png" title="Ezame menu editor" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The application lets you edit or create new menu items (application launchers), with all the options available in a .desktop file: set the icon, category and so on, as well as some advanced options like setting the setting the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/11/make-applications-autostart-only-in.html">"OnlyShowIn" or "NotShowIn"</a> options, which can be used to control if certain application should or shouldn't show up in some desktop environments.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6cI1rtpuVqvkzxv-CTsIrKOrezRcCuP7PvNeqlzgt4kMwXyOUvf-HbUDU5o4x41LHyURo3hHbMhQmJsLiEfTPo1-kuAMGmb776xASqLo_GewC6GnUKiXxp_-efDUOTk9enlyvmGKeOA/s1600/ezame_2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ezame menu editor" border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6cI1rtpuVqvkzxv-CTsIrKOrezRcCuP7PvNeqlzgt4kMwXyOUvf-HbUDU5o4x41LHyURo3hHbMhQmJsLiEfTPo1-kuAMGmb776xASqLo_GewC6GnUKiXxp_-efDUOTk9enlyvmGKeOA/s320/ezame_2.png" title="Ezame menu editor" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're not using Unity, from the Ezame menu select <i>Edit > Preferences</i> and then set the desktop to "Classic" instead of "Ubuntu" - using this, the application should display a freedesktop menu instead. The latest Ezame version also comes with initial Cinnamon support.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyNxBO-ykzo6CGGcd3RZoDZTBTlxM0kXgEknh3dbkPw_Wl6OpwuAeaFnu7M1fCBl4kJUBd2G0HdWDj9FMki7-QrhnJsMb0r3g9bbJbND_iA-QHvlsr7hhRy-Gak9meOjK3Bh-dPpH70o/s1600/ezame-classic.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ezame menu editor" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyNxBO-ykzo6CGGcd3RZoDZTBTlxM0kXgEknh3dbkPw_Wl6OpwuAeaFnu7M1fCBl4kJUBd2G0HdWDj9FMki7-QrhnJsMb0r3g9bbJbND_iA-QHvlsr7hhRy-Gak9meOjK3Bh-dPpH70o/s320/ezame-classic.png" title="Ezame menu editor" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ezame doesn't allow you to create or edit categories yet, but this feature is on the todo list.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I've tested Ezame in Unity and when editing an existing application launcher, the changes were visible almost immediately, however, new launchers may take a while to show up in Dash or you may even need to restart the system to get Dash to display the new application launchers you've created. This is a Unity <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1188706">limitation</a> so it can't be fixed in Ezame.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Ezame menu editor in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>To add its official PPA and install Ezame in Ubuntu, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:caldas-lopes/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install ezame</code></pre><br />The source code is available on <a href="https://github.com/linux-man/ezame">GitHub</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to João Lopes for the tip!</i></div>

Ezame: A New Menu Editor For Unity

Ezame is a new menu editor especially created for Unity, though it should work with other desktop environments as well. The application lets...

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Unity Smart Scopes Feature Lands In Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander [Video]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/how-to-install-unity-smart-scopes-in.html">Unity Smart Scopes</a> (also known as "100 scopes") feature has landed in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander today</b>. <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SmartScopes1304Spec">This feature</a> tries to provide a smarter Dash search experience by returning results relevant to the search query.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYyiZutC0yyPGuaWB7lFGNkCrHQ7PuAS9KS3sr-JvbGjmtTkuKxz8NL3yi2nQfckY2o9HjaSfFBvtq9MwyxvyqmM3_Xx77IoZhtCIGLklxoCsUc3OFmD7G3AESjjvgvtlXv1wW2DzSUQk5/s1600/unity-smart-scopes-amsterdam.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYyiZutC0yyPGuaWB7lFGNkCrHQ7PuAS9KS3sr-JvbGjmtTkuKxz8NL3yi2nQfckY2o9HjaSfFBvtq9MwyxvyqmM3_Xx77IoZhtCIGLklxoCsUc3OFmD7G3AESjjvgvtlXv1wW2DzSUQk5/s320/unity-smart-scopes-amsterdam.png" title="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The project is also known as "100 Scopes" and it was initially supposed to land in Ubuntu 13.04 but it wasn't completely ready so it was postponed for 13.10. There aren't 100 scopes yet, but there are already quite a few useful scopes, such as:</div><ul><li>Amazon</li><li>Audacious</li><li>Banshee</li><li>Calculator</li><li>Chromium bookmarks</li><li>Clementine</li><li>Colour Lovers</li><li>Commands</li><li>DevHelp</li><li>DeviantArt</li><li>Dictionary</li><li>DuckDuckGo Related</li><li>Facebook</li><li>Firefox bookmarks</li><li>Flickr</li><li>Gallica</li><li>GitHub</li><li>gMusicBrowser</li><li>Google Drive</li><li>Google News</li><li>Gourmet</li><li>Guayadeque</li><li>Manpages</li><li>Ubuntu One Music Store</li><li>Ubuntu One Music Search</li><li>Musique</li><li>OpenClipArt</li><li>OpenWeatherMap</li><li>Picasa</li><li>Remote Videos</li><li>Rhythmbox</li><li>Shotwell</li><li>Skimlinks</li><li>SoundCloud</li><li>TexDoc</li><li>Tomboy</li><li>VirtualBox</li><li>Yahoo Finance</li><li>Yelp</li><li>Zotero</li><li>Wikipedia</li></ul><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>"The Dash now gets and contributes information from a central server on which scopes are best able to answer Dash queries, in order to make the Dash home scope maximally useful through community-contributed scopes and usage data. As before, the Dash can be restricted from including any online content or contribution in the Privacy system settings." </i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">via <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SmartScopes1304Spec">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SmartScopes1304Spec</a></div></blockquote><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Here's how the Unity Smart Scopes feature works</b>: when searching for something on the home lens, Dash tries to guess which search categories should be selected by using the information it has about it in its central server. For instance, if you search for "Pantera", Dash selects "Music", "References" and some other categories. The categories selected automatically by Dash can be changed so you can manually select or unselect some categories:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCbuhDAbci6c9OJE57-4WnR2T8ssI5lw6ChO8N_c3z3cabbLbsqSwpmx4efraJaKU9HXOE6QPhTSqFU-6_5ijLA_l_oStCjFZpULhm2qBRXsnAJS5Fxcd8wudvXpq25mwq-BRFeD2__jU1/s1600/unity-smart-scopes-pantera.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCbuhDAbci6c9OJE57-4WnR2T8ssI5lw6ChO8N_c3z3cabbLbsqSwpmx4efraJaKU9HXOE6QPhTSqFU-6_5ijLA_l_oStCjFZpULhm2qBRXsnAJS5Fxcd8wudvXpq25mwq-BRFeD2__jU1/s320/unity-smart-scopes-pantera.png" title="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Each category has multiple sources (scopes) and for example, selecting the "Reference" category will select the "Wikipedia", "Dictionary" and "Zotero" sources. Just like the categories, the sources can also be selected / deselected manually.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Furthermore, <b>most of the scopes come with Dash Previews</b>, allowing you to take a quick look at a Wikipedia article for instance, see the detailed weather forecast for a city and so on:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojdv5qIzE9dxEXs6ILemDbozoq07emlDKVAgrcLOr0_-mciUxymgrtYX1wNrvUHSfQgD_ZpR37DBurxV-hlozRV0iyNKuxIhsH3Wy5jmGnLlIix-NZMDPxKjDzRd0706vl3kkWo5tSnoZ/s1600/saucy-weather-preview.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojdv5qIzE9dxEXs6ILemDbozoq07emlDKVAgrcLOr0_-mciUxymgrtYX1wNrvUHSfQgD_ZpR37DBurxV-hlozRV0iyNKuxIhsH3Wy5jmGnLlIix-NZMDPxKjDzRd0706vl3kkWo5tSnoZ/s320/saucy-weather-preview.png" title="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGj87CKTDPFaLqhzXzfYcuAA40cxvuL5oOeo-igtYVFlr_771FUEzu0avf6tTBdOa8YBY-fB2zSz84bpF37ldeylpdeeVuQdwFvKeRTZLnUcLPMy1HknosEEVzKv3qAMLrxQNKvIi3khLW/s1600/unity-smart-scopes-wiki.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGj87CKTDPFaLqhzXzfYcuAA40cxvuL5oOeo-igtYVFlr_771FUEzu0avf6tTBdOa8YBY-fB2zSz84bpF37ldeylpdeeVuQdwFvKeRTZLnUcLPMy1HknosEEVzKv3qAMLrxQNKvIi3khLW/s320/unity-smart-scopes-wiki.png" title="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Dash Previews for the new scopes still need some polish - as you can see above, the Wikipedia icon doesn't look too good in the preview -, but they work pretty great already.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The scopes can be individually enabled or disabled from the Applications Lens</b>, by selecting "Search plugins" and then opening the preview for the plugin/scope you want to enable or disable:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPpVSJP2PsWeZ_2s-wOdi1DqRiWMgtR6lFqWVx-_gMEIWnMdABYg4ry6sPuxTaUZ-FoUiwGnYCautDvo1kKP_afIslAACio6gqBdZGVFvyvOUK9no0rLyNiUqGHyYV-I50VHm6QRK1EhL/s1600/ubuntu13.10-unity-smart-scopes-enable-previews.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPpVSJP2PsWeZ_2s-wOdi1DqRiWMgtR6lFqWVx-_gMEIWnMdABYg4ry6sPuxTaUZ-FoUiwGnYCautDvo1kKP_afIslAACio6gqBdZGVFvyvOUK9no0rLyNiUqGHyYV-I50VHm6QRK1EhL/s320/ubuntu13.10-unity-smart-scopes-enable-previews.png" title="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98SZJjLAgfBEP5nGXJp2NRXgFMZINji2juPjQTviiv7IQJTuiBC7vGkMve7xoSTJTbjp2-UFwq14hKWMoeODaPCCUh6Qsw318oMd6ro46Jy_TInPJH0-h3Som8QL3jpBXKS0ajIVnmOMW/s1600/ubuntu13.10-unity-smart-scopes-enable.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98SZJjLAgfBEP5nGXJp2NRXgFMZINji2juPjQTviiv7IQJTuiBC7vGkMve7xoSTJTbjp2-UFwq14hKWMoeODaPCCUh6Qsw318oMd6ro46Jy_TInPJH0-h3Som8QL3jpBXKS0ajIVnmOMW/s320/ubuntu13.10-unity-smart-scopes-enable.png" title="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Video: Unity Smart Scopes in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander</h2><br />Below you can watch a quick Unity Smart Scopes demo video which I've recorded in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander today:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zzXvZt0TUCg" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzXvZt0TUCg">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides this feature, there have been many changes in the Unity package uploaded today in the Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander repositories, like support for payment previews that will allow users to buy music from within the Dash and many fixes, including a fix for <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/fix-shadow-displayed-on-top-of-full.html">the bug</a> we wrote about a while back that caused the panel shadow to show up on top of full-screen windows. You can see the complete changelog for today's Unity update in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/saucy/+source/unity/7.0.0daily13.06.07-0ubuntu1">HERE</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, in my test today, left clicking an application in Dash opens its Dash Preview instead of launching it, but I'm guessing this is a bug.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To get the Unity Smart Scopes feature you need to either use Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, currently under development (I don't recommend installing it yet, it's pre-alpha) or use the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/how-to-install-unity-smart-scopes-in.html">Unity Smart Scopes PPA in Ubuntu 13.04</a>. </b></div>

Unity Smart Scopes Feature Lands In Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander [Video]

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

<div style="text-align: justify;">Emerald Window Decorator development may have stopped and the package is no longer available in the Ubuntu repositories for a few releases, but there are users who want to continue using it, so to make it easier to install, I <b>uploaded Emerald to the main WebUpd8 PPA, for Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 and 12.04</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Emerald is a window decorator for Compiz that allows full composite window decorations</b>. There are many themes out there that come with frames, titlebars, buttons and so on that you won't see in other window decorators, this being the main reason why Emerald was so popular a while back. Emerald is also highly customizable.<br /><br />Because it requires Compiz, Emerald doesn't work in GNOME Shell, but it should work with Unity (3D), GNOME Classic with Compiz or <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-set-up-compiz-in-xubuntu-1210-or.html">Xfce with Compiz</a> for instance.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are a few of the many Emerald themes available on Gnome-Look, DeviantArt and so on:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KpIGKjg2-wjFpj4Xbb9O9QnV_17uroVa1ui2rKssNXTHatQp7S6XPcljhWAKLN-5ivJyZqi5elYeeKYIuuMUQ3V9UF2rFUeEHBBxkUaS2JJ2_qE6DqGU3zCOwlQiJCg5l4pQHgg9eN2P/s1600/emerald-halftime.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KpIGKjg2-wjFpj4Xbb9O9QnV_17uroVa1ui2rKssNXTHatQp7S6XPcljhWAKLN-5ivJyZqi5elYeeKYIuuMUQ3V9UF2rFUeEHBBxkUaS2JJ2_qE6DqGU3zCOwlQiJCg5l4pQHgg9eN2P/s400/emerald-halftime.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=120806">HalfTime</a> Emerald theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a name='more'></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-a-new-hope.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Emerald themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-a-new-hope_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://jurialmunkey.deviantart.com/art/Divergence-IV-quot-A-New-Hope-quot-183377193">Divergence IV "A New Hope"</a> Emerald theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-radial.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Emerald themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-radial_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=71352">Radial</a> Emerald theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-littleglass.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Emerald themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-littleglass_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lassekongo83.deviantart.com/art/LittleGlass-163891709">LittleGlass</a> Emerald theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-dark-glass-ambiance.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Emerald Themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-dark-glass-ambiance_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=148429">Dark glass with Ambiance buttons</a> Emerald theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-ordinary.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Emerald themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-ordinary_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=127625">Ordinary</a> Emerald theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The themes can be tweaked using Emerald Theme Manager</b>, which allows you to<b> change the borders size, shadows, titlebar font and alignment and so on</b>. For instance, the LittleGlass theme above has some pretty large shadows so I've used the Emerald Theme Manager to change them - under <i>Edit Themes > Frame/Shadows</i> tab. You can also <b>move the window buttons</b> from/to left/right, as long as the theme aspect allows it - more about this, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/emerald-move-minimize-maximize-and.html" title="Emerald: Move Minimize, Maximize And Close Buttons To The Left">HERE</a>.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Emerald Window Decorator in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Emerald is available in the main WebUpd8 PPA, which is a general PPA with some other packages as well. If you don't like that, you can <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/287056/how-to-compile-install-emerald-window-manager-in-ubuntu-13-04-64bit">compile Emerald</a> from source or add the PPA, install Emerald, then remove the PPA.<br /><br />Also, please keep in mind that Emerald Window Decorator is no longer developed / supported and while I've tested it for about two days in Ubuntu 13.04 (as well as some brief testing under Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 in VirtualBox) and I didn't encounter any issues, there might be bugs or it may not work at all. <br /><br />That said, let's proceed with the Emerald installation:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. To add the main WebUpd8 PPA and install Emerald Window Decorator in Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 or 13.04, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install emerald</code></pre><b><br /></b> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> Once installed, <b>get some Emerald themes</b> via <a href="http://gnome-look.org/index.php?xsortmode=high&logpage=0&xcontentmode=103&page=1">Gnome Look</a>, <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/linuxutil/winmanagers/emerald">DeviantArt</a> and so on <b>and install them using Emerald Theme Manager:</b> either select "Import" and browse for the .emerald file or simply double click an .emerald theme file and Emerald Theme Manager should install the theme. <b>There are no Emerald themes installed by default so make sure you've installed at least one</b> before proceeding with the next step.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3.</b> Start Emerald (this will replace your current window decorations) by pressing ALT + F2 and entering: "<i>emerald --replace</i>" (without the quotes).</div><b><br /></b> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4.</b> To continue using Emerald after a logout / restart, install CompizConfig Settings Manager:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then open CompizConfig Settings Manager (CCSM), click the "Window Decoration" plugin and under "Command", enter: "<i>emerald</i>" (without the quotes):</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ccsm-emerald.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="CCSM Emerald" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ccsm-emerald_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />That's it!<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Reverting the changes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to go back to the default window decorator, open CompizConfig Settings Manager, click the "Window Decoration" plugin again and next to "Command", click the reset button on the right:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ccsm-reset-window-decoration.png"><img alt="CCSM Emerald reset window decoration" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ccsm-reset-window-decoration_thumb.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then log out and log back in. You can also remove Emerald if you want, but make sure you don't remove it before you reset the CCSM Window Decoration command as explained above:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove emerald</code></pre>

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

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Unity Tomboy Lens Available For Ubuntu 13.04, Supports Dash Previews

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Unity Tomboy Lens has been updated to work with the latest Unity available in Ubuntu 13.04</b>. Also, the lens now <b>supports Dash previews</b> so you can quickly take a look at your note contents by right clicking the note in Dash.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJTYg13n4eZo3DZxb_qN6m2qOHAmmm6P3gwC5ZdSdJxayayU5iT4bvjhb8WNgAax2ei0gMUtxtfG22HjrFHjCzAE1qq2HweY4VVibKY_RYZdSW79elis9zYkmUhP4E3NrlmXk0-1lBwqJ/s1600/unity-tomboy-lens.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Unity Tomboy Lens" border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJTYg13n4eZo3DZxb_qN6m2qOHAmmm6P3gwC5ZdSdJxayayU5iT4bvjhb8WNgAax2ei0gMUtxtfG22HjrFHjCzAE1qq2HweY4VVibKY_RYZdSW79elis9zYkmUhP4E3NrlmXk0-1lBwqJ/s320/unity-tomboy-lens.jpg" title="Unity Tomboy Lens" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The lens allows you to search and open notes via Unity Dash and the notes show up both in the Tomboy lens as well as in the home lens.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite its name, <b>Unity Tomboy Lens also supports Gnote</b>. Important note about this though: <b>if both Gnote and Tomboy are installed, only Gnote notes will show up in Dash</b> so if you want to use it with Tomboy, make sure Gnote is not installed (if Gnote was installed, log out and log back in after removing it - a simple Unity restart wasn't enough in my test).</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-tomboy-lens-dash-preview.jpg" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Unity Tomboy Lens Dash Preview" src="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-tomboy-lens-dash-preview_thumb.jpg" title="Unity Tomboy Lens Dash Preview" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unity Tomboy Lens - Dash preview</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For those not familiar with Tomboy and Gnote, these are note-taking applications that allow linking between notes, support note synchronization, are extensible through plugins and more.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Unity Tomboy Lens in Ubuntu 13.04 or 13.10</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install Unity Tomboy Lens in Ubuntu 13.04 or 13.10 Saucy Salamander by using its official PPA, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:remi.rerolle/unity-lens-tomboy<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install unity-lens-tomboy</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, log out and log back in and the new lens should show up in Dash. When opening Dash, the Tomboy indicator will be launched if it's not already running - that's because the lens needs Tomboy to be running.</div><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://github.com/rrerolle/unity-lens-tomboy/issues?page=1&state=open">GitHub</a>.

Unity Tomboy Lens Available For Ubuntu 13.04, Supports Dash Previews

Unity Tomboy Lens has been updated to work with the latest Unity available in Ubuntu 13.04 . Also, the lens now supports Dash previews so y...

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Desktop Search Tool `Recoll` Updated With Significant Improvements

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLiPCq4J9AWHdYFxTSFFyi8pgbQ5TgzZzYM7qywFYsXU8VE-bC_M1I5Glol9Uh2aWINOmVRVVxuhgmEuNhDQ1KvrVJSTl4kfWRr0h0qc-pJN0BVuVtlw7kIKJ644JFN2h1CU4zGUFaW0a/s1600/recoll-ui.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Recoll" border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLiPCq4J9AWHdYFxTSFFyi8pgbQ5TgzZzYM7qywFYsXU8VE-bC_M1I5Glol9Uh2aWINOmVRVVxuhgmEuNhDQ1KvrVJSTl4kfWRr0h0qc-pJN0BVuVtlw7kIKJ644JFN2h1CU4zGUFaW0a/s320/recoll-ui.jpg" title="Recoll" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.recoll.org/">Recoll</a> is a full text search tool for Linux that comes with a Qt GUI, an Ubuntu Unity Lens and it can also be used via command line. The application can find keywords inside documents as well as file names.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">This featureful desktop search tool can index a huge number of file types. Besides text, html, maildir and mailbox (Thunderbird, Evolution), Gaim and Purple log files, Scribus files, man pages and Dia diagrams which it supports natively, Recoll can also index by using external helpers: Abiword, Microsoft Offic XML, LibreOffice, SVG and Gnumeric files, Okular annotation files, PDFs, MSWord, PowerPoint and Excel files, CHM, EPUB, archives like tar, zip and rar, ics, postscript, RTF, TeX, dvi, djvu, audio and image file tags and more. For more info, see the Recoll <a href="http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/features.html">features page</a>.</div><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 rel="image_group" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ12MsbGFStFns1IXttBHaCnjybXXLGvoBVRMTG0D2x_Kj7_OqwWLJDzfsMKgmMBmgLzYXbVH8llwWK78uml8opn-SZsCPeeUP7Rn96YmragIYc_Liso86HkwUzfCkihjFt01SMQZRkm8M/s1600/recoll-adv-search-user-prefs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Recoll search tool" border="0" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ12MsbGFStFns1IXttBHaCnjybXXLGvoBVRMTG0D2x_Kj7_OqwWLJDzfsMKgmMBmgLzYXbVH8llwWK78uml8opn-SZsCPeeUP7Rn96YmragIYc_Liso86HkwUzfCkihjFt01SMQZRkm8M/s320/recoll-adv-search-user-prefs.jpg" title="Recoll search tool" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recoll 1.19 advanced search filters and user interface preferences</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Recoll supports wildcards (*, ?, []) as well as advanced searches such as: <br /><ul><li>"OR", "AND" operators</li><li>search for autor, e.g.: <i>author:"george orwell"</i></li><li>search by size, date, mime or format</li><li>search inside a folder, e.g.: <i>dir:/home/andrei/Dropbox</i></li><li>more</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To use these advanced searches in the Recoll UI, select "Query language" next to the search term. For the Unity Lens, simply type the query in the lens search field. You can use the Advanced Search dialog (<i>Tools > Advanced Search</i>) to use such filters without having to manually enter them in the search field.<br /><br />For more info, see the Recoll <a href="http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/usermanual/usermanual.html#RCL.SEARCH.LANG">user manual</a> (chapter "3.5. The query language").<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Recoll 1.19</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Recoll 1.19 has been <a href="http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/release-1.19.html">released</a> a few days ago</b> (and now updated to 1.19.2 due to some bugs found in the initial 1.19.0 release), <b>with many new features and improvements, such as:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">indexing can now use multiple threads which should bring a major performance boost for multiprocessor machines with big indexes;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">it's now possible to use "OR" with "dir:" and wildcards have been enabled</li><li style="text-align: justify;">the advanced search panel now has a history feature. Use the up/down arrows to walk the search history list;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">new results popup menu to display sub-documents for a given document, useful to display email attachments;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">new GUI configuration options to enable "search as you type" and to disable Qt auto-completition in the simple search string which was confusing at times;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">better video files support;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">new web browser <a href="https://github.com/koniu/recoll-webui/">interface</a> that uses the Bottle Python Web framework for the server side and the Recoll Python module and it can be self-contained so you don't have to run apache or another web server to use it. Please note that for me, the new web interface didn't work in Ubuntu 13.04 (bug reported);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">new filter to index and retrieve Lotues Notes messages;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">the first indexing ran after a new Recoll installation will now firstly index data that is more likely to be searched, so you can start searching before the indexing is completed;</li><li>implemented cache for last file uncompressed. This will much improve usage, e.g. for people fetching successive messages from a compressed mail folder;</li><li>there is a new recursive explicit reindex option available for the command line indexer;</li><li>improved handling of filters during indexing resulting in less subprocesses;</li><li>extended file attributes are now indexed by default. As a side effect, Recoll now uses st_ctime, not st_mtime to detect file changes; </li><li style="text-align: justify;">more!</li></ul><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Recoll in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>Ubuntu users can install the latest Recoll by using its official PPA:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:recoll-backports/recoll-1.15-on<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install recoll</code></pre><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_7rmzkZM3qrUpcvLRurUOqmZNSkwhcW0lbBOHiz_EuzDLKYLB6ZujiFiIwbJg3pQxFN4PeGzz9Rfwz88BcGdLU0r4-49Dk4fr8cIq6vPTLFCllTu85qo_2fYZAQMMbpfduZ0ZFERSzb-/s1600/recoll-lens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Recoll Unity Lens" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_7rmzkZM3qrUpcvLRurUOqmZNSkwhcW0lbBOHiz_EuzDLKYLB6ZujiFiIwbJg3pQxFN4PeGzz9Rfwz88BcGdLU0r4-49Dk4fr8cIq6vPTLFCllTu85qo_2fYZAQMMbpfduZ0ZFERSzb-/s320/recoll-lens.jpg" title="Recoll Unity Lens" width="320" /></a></div><br />To also install the <b>Recoll Unity Lens</b>, use the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install recoll-lens</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>After installing Recoll Lens, log out and log back in or restart Unity</b> by pressing ALT + F2 and entering "unity".<br /><br />The Recoll Lens doesn't support Dash Previews yet and in Ubuntu 13.04 on which I've tested the latest version on, the icons that show up in the lens have an ugly black background - hopefully this will be fixed soon.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Next, you need to start the Recoll GUI</b> - the first time you run it, it will automatically <b>start indexing the files</b> in your home folder. If you want to configure the partitions / folders Recoll should index, from the Recoll menu select <i>Preferences > Indexing configuration</i>. Also check out the Indexing schedule in the same Preferences menu for configuring how often Recoll should index the new or changed files.</div><br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, see the Recoll <a href="http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/download.html">downloads page</a>. </b></div>

Desktop Search Tool `Recoll` Updated With Significant Improvements

Recoll is a full text search tool for Linux that comes with a Qt GUI, an Ubuntu Unity Lens and it can also be used via command line. The ap...

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Fix: Shadow Displayed On Top Of Full-Screen Videos / Windows In Ubuntu 13.04

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>In Ubuntu 13.04, the top Unity panel shadow is displayed on top of full-screen videos / windows</b>.<b> The <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1170958">bug</a> has been fixed a while back but it hasn't landed in Ubuntu 13.04 yet so here are two fixes / workarounds you can use until then.</b><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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZAHwDMFbopmpfaq3a7cbdwlaoWO6Q5ZFs7iyMgaCe9m6ttWrYoOUajOH8wAQ-30uq20s0zJMwVmiyuWrcvef9hL0PwzmTjMQ-1sqU8OD7QZSyWEEDvfi-zrnBkQbjOazUdvddbg4esocC/s1600/unity-video-shadow-bug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZAHwDMFbopmpfaq3a7cbdwlaoWO6Q5ZFs7iyMgaCe9m6ttWrYoOUajOH8wAQ-30uq20s0zJMwVmiyuWrcvef9hL0PwzmTjMQ-1sqU8OD7QZSyWEEDvfi-zrnBkQbjOazUdvddbg4esocC/s320/unity-video-shadow-bug.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shadow displayed on top of full-screen video</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>first workaround is very simple but it's only useful for videos</b> (the window is unfocused so if you need to type something inside the full-screen app, it won't work, thus it's not very useful for Firefox, text editors, etc.): when playing a video in full-screen, <b>press the Super</b> (Windows logo) <b>key</b> <b>or the Alt key</b> and the shadow displayed at the top of the video should disappear. That's all you have to do, however, remember that you must do this each time you play a full-screen video until this is fixed in Unity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The second workaround removes the panel shadow </b>(even when there are no full-screen windows)<b> and it works with any full-screen window</b>. To apply this work-around, use the following command in a terminal:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo dpkg-divert --local --rename --divert /usr/share/unity/6/panel-shadow.png_disabled --add /usr/share/unity/6/panel-shadow.png</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then, you need to restart Unity</b> so either press ALT + F2 and enter: "unity" or log out and log back in.</div><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Workaround thanks to <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1170958">bwat47</a>.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If later on you want to revert this change and get the Unity panel shadow back, use the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo dpkg-divert --local --rename --remove /usr/share/unity/6/panel-shadow.png</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">And once again, restart Unity by pressing ALT + F2 and entering "unity" or log out.</div>

Fix: Shadow Displayed On Top Of Full-Screen Videos / Windows In Ubuntu 13.04

In Ubuntu 13.04, the top Unity panel shadow is displayed on top of full-screen videos / windows . The bug has been fixed a while back but ...

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Possible Changes In Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander [UDS]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4PSmkudGoGDMuQPczdkbC1RV25skeWPwnmcbrM7BDSZdR779LILLHNjasoxKhKqm0I_nwrb0MDHTNPFbKeOcxjGw55WONg5dCUOF1X-IotmWHmgT60bK2ADmUvB4bFgef9IqLqquluR24/s1600/salamander-picture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4PSmkudGoGDMuQPczdkbC1RV25skeWPwnmcbrM7BDSZdR779LILLHNjasoxKhKqm0I_nwrb0MDHTNPFbKeOcxjGw55WONg5dCUOF1X-IotmWHmgT60bK2ADmUvB4bFgef9IqLqquluR24/s250/salamander-picture.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Ubuntu Developer Summit is a meeting where software developers gather to discuss the next Ubuntu version changes and features.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="http://uds.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu Developer Summit</a> (uds-1305) will start tomorrow, will last for 3 days and some major possible changes will be discussed, like "<a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/ubuntu-might-get-new-simplified.html">click packages</a>", Chromium replacing Firefox as the default web browser, Unity 8 with Mir being available for testing on the desktop and more.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So here are the <b>possible changes in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander (remember, possible, they may or may not happen) desktop as well as Lubuntu and Xubuntu 13.10. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The discussions start tomorrow and you can watch all the UDS sessions live (Google+ Hangouts) or recorded. See <a href="http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-1305/">http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-1305/</a> for a complete UDS-1305 schedule.</i></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Ubuntu / Unity changes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzag5OLbUyCKQTwe_pYUB87z6tgCS0KPGBwkGzHjSGtd-8p8ZObjli6CyWVwrVFtioU-SiDwXiyUs-U_2Qx-iPBT-LFfwZTihHl5gNbpwIForGU-yYEQlxXwBpVNgRb3NK5AJF5TAyqiu3/s1600/ubuntu13.04-raring-ringtail.png"><img alt="Ubuntu" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzag5OLbUyCKQTwe_pYUB87z6tgCS0KPGBwkGzHjSGtd-8p8ZObjli6CyWVwrVFtioU-SiDwXiyUs-U_2Qx-iPBT-LFfwZTihHl5gNbpwIForGU-yYEQlxXwBpVNgRb3NK5AJF5TAyqiu3/s450/ubuntu13.04-raring-ringtail.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>In Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, Unity 7 should  get the 100 scopes / <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/how-to-install-unity-smart-scopes-in.html">smart scopes</a> feature </b>that was supposed to land in Ubuntu 13.04, but was postponed<b>, </b>along with an <b>in-dash payment system</b>. Furthermore, <b>Compiz will probably be updated to version 0.9.10 (trunk) with the performance improvement branches merged</b>, so users should see an even faster Unity / desktop in the upcoming Ubuntu release.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Unity 8 which will be running on top of Mir might be available as an alternative session on the desktop in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, for testing purposes</b>. If this will happen, Unity 8 will be able to run in parallel with Unity 7 (the main shell used by default in Ubuntu 13.10). The <b>expected minimal capabilities include</b> accessing local content, working networking, using some phone core apps on the desktop and a good experience navigating the shell with a non-touch device such as a touchpad or mouse. There will be no desktop features added so this will only be a reflection of what already exists for the phone.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCk6XLGDpa1gABGGzcQ1VuW_wjrlIGGB_GAbxLaR2vlJDWv-NCQjJs_hkOIgO72iD-wJTDrP29yQ9cgGfIPK9Zztx3ITi_Dsz27JRstiDtw1NztmjNkALShtyk9W0Egisal2h7UpI5UiRA/s1600/chromium-browser.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCk6XLGDpa1gABGGzcQ1VuW_wjrlIGGB_GAbxLaR2vlJDWv-NCQjJs_hkOIgO72iD-wJTDrP29yQ9cgGfIPK9Zztx3ITi_Dsz27JRstiDtw1NztmjNkALShtyk9W0Egisal2h7UpI5UiRA/s400/chromium-browser.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As for the default applications, it looks like there's only one change proposal, but a pretty major one: <b>Chromium might be used as the default web browser in Ubuntu 13.10, replacing Firefox</b>. According to the <a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-1305-chromium-default-browser">blueprint</a>, "<i>Chromium has matured to being as good or better than Firefox. It will be the foundation of a lot of Ubuntu Touch code and webapps code</i>", this probably leading to considering it as the default browser on the desktop too.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A new feature that might be added to Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander is "<b>click packages</b>", a simplified package format and installer - we've already covered that so take a look at our initial article for details: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/ubuntu-might-get-new-simplified.html">Ubuntu Might Get A New Simplified Packaging Format And App Installer</a>.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update:</b> <b><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/new-locally-integrated-menubar-might.html">locally integrated menus</a></b> was initially in the Desktop Unity Polish for 13.10 <a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/client-s-unity7-polish">blueprint</a>, but was later removed, so it seems this feature won't make it in Ubuntu 13.10 either (it was firstly supposed to land in Ubuntu 12.04).</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Other changes that might make it into Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander include:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">support by default the latest Nvidia drivers that come with <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/nvidia-releases-linux-graphics-drivers.html">initial Optimus support</a> (the patches are already available, there's little work required);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">there might be some new indicators (e.g.: for Keyboard);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Saucy will probably ship with xserver 1.14 or even 1.15, mesa 9.2.x and Linux Kernel 3.10 or 3.11;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">prime support, Radeon UVD support, proper radeonsi support as well as proper touch screen support for X.Org.</li></ul><br /><br /><br /><h2>Possible Lubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander changes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Some interesting changes are expected to happen in Lubuntu too, the LXDE Ubuntu flavor. While Ubuntu might switch from Firefox to Chromium, <b>Lubuntu considers the opposite: it might ship with Firefox by default instead of Chromium</b> as the default web browser because Chromium uses too much memory for Lubuntu, which is supposed to be a lightweight Linux distribution.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Other possible changes in Lubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander include:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">remove lxkeymap in favor of the keyboard applet of lxpanel;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Lubuntu Software Center might be replaced with something else;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Xscreensaver might be removed and replaced with the LightDM locking system;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">some new games might be added by default;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">artwork changes.</li></ul><br /><br /><br /><h2>Xubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">No Xubuntu session shows up in the UDS session list, but there are some sessions registered on Launchpad, though they don't give too much info about Xubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander. So far, it looks like <b>Xubuntu 13.10 might get apt-offline by default</b> and also, there's going to be a<b> study to see if it's feasible to integrate HUD into Xubuntu</b>. Xubuntu Saucy might also get a new <b>keyboard shortcuts overlay</b>, kind of like the one available in Ubuntu and some other minor tweaks, at least according to the <a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/sprints/uds-1305/+specs?searchtext=xubuntu">current blueprints</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, since Xfce 4.12 was <a href="http://wiki.xfce.org/releng/4.12/roadmap">supposed</a> to be released in March, but wasn't, it's still unsure if Xubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander will ship with Xfce 4.12 or continue with 4.10 like in Xubuntu Quantal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>There's little or no information for now about Kubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME or the other Ubuntu flavors, that's why I didn't add any info about them.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>info via <a href="http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-1305/">summit.ubuntu.com/uds-1305/</a></i></div>

Possible Changes In Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander [UDS]

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How To Get The Systray Whitelist Back In Ubuntu 13.04

<div style="text-align: justify;">As you probably know, the Unity notification area (systray) whitelist is <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/unity-notification-area-systray.html">no longer available</a> in Ubuntu 13.04 so you can't whitelist applications to be able to use the systray. <b>If you can't live without an application that still uses the old notification area, here's how to get the Unity systray whitelist back in Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail).</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrxx7pyn_4MbWquSvj2aIuCLx_QjdsbDcVW1gFApvoLgqhZp9VCCy2wAfJCETCGEJRo3JVv0F6KhziOQJ0uv2HdYdTIH8s5nRRXY4coASJG7JHWtRA4jH-5KzK1OTZ6yAIhZLiFrUQ2C0/s1600/systray-whitelist-ubuntu-raring.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="systray whitelist ubuntu 13.04" border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrxx7pyn_4MbWquSvj2aIuCLx_QjdsbDcVW1gFApvoLgqhZp9VCCy2wAfJCETCGEJRo3JVv0F6KhziOQJ0uv2HdYdTIH8s5nRRXY4coASJG7JHWtRA4jH-5KzK1OTZ6yAIhZLiFrUQ2C0/s320/systray-whitelist-ubuntu-raring.png" title="systray whitelist ubuntu 13.04" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Java and Wine applications have been hard-coded and continue to show up in the notification area but there are still some applications that don't have an AppIndicator and thus, can't use the systray. Some of the popular apps that can't use the systray anymore in Ubuntu 13.04 <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-ubuntu/+bug/1119420">include</a>: Truecrypt, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/06/create-manage-encfs-folders-with.html">Cryptkeeper</a>, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/blueproximity-use-bluetooth-device-to.html">Blueproximity</a>, Pidgin (if you don't want to use the Messaging Menu) and KeePassX (although KeePassX from the Ubuntu 13.04 repositories has the systray disabled in its settings and it can be enabled so for it you'll have to either use a PPA or build it from source).</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to re-enable the systray whitelist in Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you use such an application and want the systray whitelist back in Ubuntu 13.04, you can use a PPA that comes with Unity patched to re-enable the systray whitelist. To do this, open a terminal and run the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:timekiller/unity-systrayfix<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get upgrade</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then, restart Unity</b> by pressing ALT + F2 and entering "unity" or by logging out. Then open Dconf Editor, navigate to <i>com > canonical > unity > panel</i> and the "systray-whitelist" should be displayed there so you can enable some apps to be able to use the systray. </div><br />If you don't already know how to whitelist applications to use the systray, see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/how-to-re-enable-notification-area.html">How To Re-Enable The Ubuntu Notification Area (Systray)</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>After adding an application to the systray whitelist, remember to restart Unity or else it won't work.</i></div>

How To Get The Systray Whitelist Back In Ubuntu 13.04

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Ubuntu 13.04 Available For Download [Screenshot Tour, Video]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04 has been <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/download">released</a> today with many enhancements and fixes to Unity as well as some important performance improvements. Read on to find out more!</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzag5OLbUyCKQTwe_pYUB87z6tgCS0KPGBwkGzHjSGtd-8p8ZObjli6CyWVwrVFtioU-SiDwXiyUs-U_2Qx-iPBT-LFfwZTihHl5gNbpwIForGU-yYEQlxXwBpVNgRb3NK5AJF5TAyqiu3/s1600/ubuntu13.04-raring-ringtail.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzag5OLbUyCKQTwe_pYUB87z6tgCS0KPGBwkGzHjSGtd-8p8ZObjli6CyWVwrVFtioU-SiDwXiyUs-U_2Qx-iPBT-LFfwZTihHl5gNbpwIForGU-yYEQlxXwBpVNgRb3NK5AJF5TAyqiu3/s450/ubuntu13.04-raring-ringtail.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) video</h2><br />Check out the video below to see what's new in Ubuntu 13.04:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Sr3XjqXAqc" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sr3XjqXAqc">direct video link</a>; for more videos, subscribe to our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Unity changes in Ubuntu 13.04</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Unity has been improved a lot in Ubuntu 13.04 and it's now a LOT faster than in Ubuntu 12.10. A lot of the work on Unity has happened under the hood but there are some user interesting interface changes and new features, such as:</div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b>new window switching feature</b> that allows you to switch between open windows of the same application by using the Unity Launcher quicklists;</li><li><b>switch</b> between an application's <b>open windows by scrolling on the application icon in the Unity Launcher;</b></li><li><b>new Unity-style shutdown dialogs;</b></li><li>the Launcher <b>minimum icon size limit has been decreased to 8px from 32px;</b></li><li><b>Dash is a lot faster (both to open and search)</b>, comes with<b> improved preview animations, overlay scrollbars </b>and the search has been improved with the addition of a new library which provides <b>error tolerant matching</b> so for instance, typing "gdit" will find Gedit, which wouldn't happen in Ubuntu 12.10;</li><li><b>Unity Online Accounts has received per application toggles</b> so you can choose which application / feature is allowed to use your online accounts;</li><li>the <b>Unity systray whitelist has been removed</b>, so you can no longer whitelist applications to use the notification area, however, Java and Wine apps will continue to work since they have been whitelisted by default (hard-coded);</li><li><b>Sync Menu indicator is now available by default</b> - this is an appindicator that allows you to control Ubuntu One;</li><li><b>a new, proper Bluetooth indicator has replaced the old Bluetooth indicator </b>which was basically a patch over the Bluetooth notification area icon available in GNOME Fallback;</li><li><b>the old Gwibber lens has been replaced with a new "Friends" lens</b> which basically does the same thing: allows you to view, preview (it supports Unity Dash Previews - from which you can perform various actions like: retweet, like a post on Facebook, etc.) and search your social networks streams (Twitter, Facebook, etc.);</li><li><b>the Workspace Switcher and removable media Launcher icons can now be moved anywhere</b> on the Unity Launcher or they can be completely removed. The <b>workspace switcher is actually not available by default</b> (to turn the Workspace Swicher on: <i>System Settings > Appearence > Behavior</i>);</li><li><b>new icons </b>for Nautilus, Ubuntu Software Center, Software Updater, Workspace Switcher (which now displays the active workspace) and BFB (the button used to open Dash);</li><li><b>new window snap animation</b> that shows a window preview</li><li><b>many other</b> subtle changes, improvements and fixes.</li></ul><br />Here are some screenshots with the above mentioned changes as well as some other changes:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-quicklist-window-switching.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-quicklist-window-switching.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quicklist window switching feature<u><br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-shutdown-dialogs_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-shutdown-dialogs_1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unity-style shutdown / logout etc. dialogs</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-shutdown-dialogs_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-shutdown-dialogs_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unity-style shutdown / logout etc. dialogs</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-launcher-icon-size.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-launcher-icon-size_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Minimum Launcher icon size limit decreased to 8px</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-dash-previews_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-dash-previews_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dash Previews (music)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-dash-overlay-icons.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-dash-overlay-icons_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overlay scrollbars for Dash</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-online-accounts.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-online-accounts_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unity Online Accounts - per application toggles</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-sync-menu.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-sync-menu.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sync Menu</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-bluetooth-indicator.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-bluetooth-indicator.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bluetooth Indicator</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-friends-lens_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-friends-lens_1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friends Lens has replaced the old Gwibber Lens</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-friends-lens_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-friends-lens_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friends Lens: Dash Previews</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-friends-lens_3.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-friends-lens_3_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friends Lens</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-settings-workspace.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-settings-workspace_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enable / disable workspaces (and the Workspace Switcher)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-new-icons-assets.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-new-icons-assets_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New icons for BFB (Dash), Nautilus, Software Center, Software Updater and Workspace Switcher</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-new-icons-assets_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-new-icons-assets_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Larger screenshot with the new Software Center, Software Updater and Nautilus icons</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-raring-ringtail-screenshot-anim.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-raring-ringtail-screenshot-anim_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New window snap animation</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Other changes changes / performance</h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The work to "make Ubuntu fit on mobile" had advantages for the desktop too and <b>with Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, the memory usage has been be greatly reduced</b>. For instance, some processes were changed to exit-on-idle and be restarted-on-demand rather than running all the time, there have been many optimizations and fixed memory leaks and so on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For me, Ubuntu 13.04 has been <b>very stable</b> and I've been using it since ~ January: both its development and the final release. Also, I didn't run any benchmarks or anything like that but compared to previous Ubuntu releases that have used Unity by default, <b>Unity in Ubuntu 13.04 feels the most stable and most responsive / fastest of all releases</b>. And I'm not the only one who thinks this - for instance, Chris from the Linux Action Show has <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBl1fwEpsLQ&feature=youtu.be&t=47m00s">mentioned</a> that for him, Ubuntu 13.04 is the best Ubuntu release so far.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">However, I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 with an Intel graphics card (well, Optimus actually but the desktop runs on the Intel graphics card) so I can't comment on how things work with Nvidia / AMD and their proprietary / open source drivers.</div><br />There are some minor issues which will probably be fixed in an update, like the top panel shadow showing up on top of full-screen videos in Totem (doesn't occur with GNOME Mplayer for instance).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Other changes include:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b>MTP support by default</b> so you shouldn't have any issues <b>accessing Android 4.0 devices that don't support USB Mass Storage</b> via Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail (thanks to Gvfs which now comes with a MTP backend);</li><li><b>Intel SNA</b> (2D acceleration for the Intel Linux graphics driver that improves the X.Org performance) has been turned on by default in Ubuntu 13.04. This should provide improved X.Org driver performance and thus, a <b>faster, more responsive desktop</b>;</li><li><b>LibreOffice has Ubuntu AppMenu and HUD support by default</b>, without using any extensions (this feature is a bit buggy though and if HUD doesn't work properly for you, firstly open the menu, then try to use the HUD and it should work). LibreOffice 4.0 comes with many other enhancements, see <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/libreoffice-40-available-for-download.html">THIS</a> article for more info;</li><li>with Ubuntu 13.04, the process of switching from Python 2 to Python 3 continues, although not everything has been converted to Python 3 for the final Ubuntu 13.04 release;</li><li>simplified Software Updater;</li><li>a "tech preview" of Upstart User Sessions has been included by default in Ubuntu 13.04, which allows Upstart to supervise a user's desktop session. This feature is disabled by default for Ubuntu 13.04, but can be manually enabled for testing;</li><li>many others which you'll discover for yourself. </li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-mtp-support.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-mtp-support_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Android 4.0+ device is accessible through Nautilus</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-libreoffice-appmenu.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-libreoffice-appmenu_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LibreOffice 4.0 AppMenu</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-libreoffice-hud.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-libreoffice-hud_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LibreOffice 4.0 HUD support</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>With Ubuntu 13.04, Wubi, the Ubuntu downloader / installer for Windows, has been discontinued</b>. The reason behind this decision is the fact that Wubi hasn't been updated to work with Windows 8 because the Ubuntu developers now focus on the mobile client so Wubi wasn't in a releasable state for 13.04.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, with Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, <b>the maintenance period has been reduced from 18 months to 9 months</b> - this change won't affect just Ubuntu 13.04 but <b>all future non-LTS releases</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><br /><h2>Default applications</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Gwibber, the social / microblogging client that used to be available by default in Ubuntu has been removed</b> by default and from the repositories (but, like I was saying above, the Gwibber Lens functionality is still available by default thanks to the new Friends lens). <b>The application has been rewritten in QML and it can be <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/install-friends-app-gwibber-rewritten.html">installed</a> via Ubuntu Software Center</b> (and it's now called "Friends").</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04 continues to use GNOME 3.6 for the most part</b> (even though GNOME 3.8 has been released recently - more on why they choose to stay with 3.6, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/ubuntu-1304-only-some-gnome-components.html">HERE</a>), like Ubuntu 12.10, however,<b> some GNOME applications that weren't upgraded to version 3.6 in Ubuntu 12.10 are now available by default: Nautilus 3.6 and Totem 3.6</b>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-nautilus-3.6.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-nautilus-3.6_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nautilus 3.6</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-totem-3.6.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-totem-3.6_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Totem 3.6</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Both Nautilus 3.6 and Totem 3.6 have been patched to work properly with Unity</b>, for instance, there used to be an issue with Totem 3.6 which caused the menu not to be accessible but that's been fixed for the final Ubuntu 13.04 release, or Nautilus 3.6, which for instance, allows easily creating new documents via right click, functionality that was removed upstream.<br /><br />The same goes for GNOME Control Center (System Settings) which has finally been updated to version 3.6.x after version 3.4.x has been used in Ubuntu 12.10:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-gnome-control-center.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-gnome-control-center_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GNOME Control Center 3.6</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-software-center.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-13.04-software-center_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ubuntu Software Center</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) comes with the following packages by default: </b>Firefox 20.0, Thunderbird 17.0.5, Nautilus 3.6.3, LibreOfice 4.0.2, Empathy 3.6.4, Totem (Videos) 3.6.3, Gedit 3.6.2, Deja Dup Backup Tool 26.0, Rhythmbox 2.98, GNOME Contacts 3.6.2, Brasero 3.6.1, Transmission 2.77, Remmina 1.0.0, Ubuntu Software Center 5.6.0 and GNOME Control Center 3.6.3, on top of Compiz 0.9.9~daily13.04.18.1, Unity 7.0.0daily13.04.18 and GTK 3.6.4.</div><br />For the Kernel, Ubuntu 13.04 includes the 3.8.0-19-29 Ubuntu Linux kernel, based on the upstream 3.8.8 Linux kernel.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download / upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you've installed Ubuntu 13.04 beta or a daily image and used the Software Updater to upgrade the packages, you already have the final Ubuntu 13.04 version</b> so there's no need to do anything else.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/upgrade-to-ubuntu-13.04.png"><img alt="Upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail" src="http://img.netupd8.com/upgrade-to-ubuntu-13.04_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To upgrade from Ubuntu 12.10 to the latest Ubuntu 13.04</b>, open <i>Software Sources</i> and on the "Updates" tab, set "Notify me of a new Ubuntu version" to "For any new version", then press ALT + F2 and type: "update-manager -d" (without the quotes). The Software Updater should then show up, notifying you that you a new release - "13.04" - is available. Now all you have to do is click the "Upgrade" button and follow the instructions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Users who run older Ubuntu versions will firstly have to upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10 and then upgrade to 13.04 (same instructions above).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/download">Download Ubuntu 13.04</a> | Official <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseNotes">release notes</a></b></div><br /><b>For other Ubuntu flavors, you'll find download links below:</b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/">Xubuntu</a></li><li><a href="http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu">Kubuntu</a></li><li><a href="http://ubuntugnome.org/download/">Ubuntu GNOME</a></li><li><a href="http://www.edubuntu.org/download">Edubuntu</a></li><li><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu">Lubuntu</a></li></ul>

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