Free Cross-Platform RTS Game 0 A.D. Alpha 12 Available For Download

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/0ad-alpha-12-rubble.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="0 AD alpha 12" src="http://img.netupd8.com/0ad-alpha-12-rubble_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>0 A.D, one of the best free, open source real-time strategy (RTS) games, has reached the <a href="http://play0ad.com/alpha-12-loucetios/">alpha 12</a>.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For those not familiar with 0 A.D., this is a historical war and economy game that <b>works on Linux, Windows and Mac OSX</b>. It features great graphics and sound and it has both single-player and multi-player functionality (multi-player uses peer-to-peer networking, without a central server and there's no matchmaking service yet).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">0 A.D. alpha 12 "Loucetios" has been released with interesting new features such as diplomacy, packing siege engines, heroes, new match setup options, improved graphics and user interface and more.</div><br /><b>Changes in 0 A.D. alpha 12 "Loucetios":</b><br /><a name='more'></a><ul><li>Diplomacy: you can determine if other human players are your allies, enemies or neutral and change this any time you want</li><li>Heroes are back, each player can have only 1 living hero</li><li>New match setup options: you can select the population cap and amount of resources used when starting a new game</li><li>Five new random maps have been added</li><li>Formation order queueing: you can give units several tasks to carry out in order</li><li>Packing siege engines: certain siege engines need to be in a “packed” state to be moved from place to place, and in a stationary "unpacked" state to be able to fire. Moving a siege engine between these states is called "packing" and "unpacking"</li><li>Unit training hotkeys</li><li>Improved water rendering</li><li>Post-processing manager: enable features such as distance fog, bloom and more</li><li>New song: "Calm Before the Storm"</li><li>More!</li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/0ad-alpha-12-distance-fog.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="0 A.D. alpha 12 - distance fog"><img alt="0 Ad alpha 12 distance fog" src="http://img.netupd8.com/0ad-alpha-12-distance-fog_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Distance fog</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As usual, the 0 A.D. developers have released a video, demoing the new features available in the latest 0 A.D. alpha:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/I_xDEJrf6q4" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_xDEJrf6q4">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And speaking of 0 A.D., the game has reached the second round in the Indie of the Year 2012 awards - if you like 0 A.D. <b>vote for it </b><a href="http://www.indiedb.com/events/2012-indie-of-the-year-awards/top100#vote10298">HERE</a> (under <i>Upcoming games of 2012 > Real Time Strategy</i>).</div><br />The voting continues until the end of the world (December 21st) :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install 0 A.D. game in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/0ad-alpha-12-custom-rubble.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="0 A.D. alpha 12" src="http://img.netupd8.com/0ad-alpha-12-custom-rubble_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu users can use the official 0 A.D PPA to install the latest 0 A.D. alpha - copy and paste the following commands in a terminal to install it:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wfg/0ad<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install 0ad</code></pre><br /><b>Download 0 A.D. for <a href="http://play0ad.com/download/linux/">Linux</a>, <a href="http://play0ad.com/download/win">Windows</a> or <a href="http://play0ad.com/download/mac">Mac OSX</a>.</b>

Free Cross-Platform RTS Game 0 A.D. Alpha 12 Available For Download

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Fun Racing Game SuperTuxKart Hits 0.8 Release

<div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-0.8-gnu-tux.png"><img alt="SuperTuxKart 0.8" src="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-0.8-gnu-tux_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://supertuxkart.sourceforge.net/">SuperTuxKart</a> (STK), a free, Mario Kart-like arcade racing game available for Linux, Windows and Mac OSX, has been updated to version 0.8.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The game is very fun, featuring mascots such as Tux, Mozilla, Pidgin, Gimp (Wilber), and others, with more installable via addons (see the Addons menu inside the game) and it can be played with up to 4 friends on a single computer, racing each other or against the computer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>SuperTuxKart 0.8</b> has been released recently, and unfortunately it doesn't add network multiplayer support, but there are some important new features and changes in this release:</div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>Story mode and new challenge set</li><li>Improved AI</li><li>Skidding and better collision physics</li><li>Reverse mode</li><li>New green valley track</li><li>New Blackhill Mansion track</li><li>Updated XR591 track</li><li>Updated Fort Magma track</li><li>Updated Jungle track</li><li>Updated Sand track</li><li>New music</li><li>Updated menus</li></ul><br /><br />Here are a few more <b>SuperTuxKart 0.8 screenshots:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart_1.png"><img alt="SuprTuxKart 0.8 screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart_1_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-0.8_2.png"><img alt="SuperTuxKart 0.8 screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-0.8_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-0.8_3.png"><img alt="SuperTuxKart screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-0.8_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-0.8_4.png"><img alt="SuperTuxKart 0.8 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-0.8_4_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-main.png"><img alt="SuperTuxKart 0.8 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-main_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br />In the video below you can watch the latest SuperTuxKart 0.8 in action:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wwSXCrNjTm4" width="420"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwSXCrNjTm4">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download SuperTuxKart</h2><br /><b><a href="http://supertuxkart.sourceforge.net/Downloads#header_linux">Download SuperTuxKart</a> for Linux, Windows and Mac OSX.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note for Ubuntu users: there's no SuperTuxKart 0.8 PPA yet (0.8 <a href="https://launchpad.net/~stk/+archive/dev">failed to build</a> in the STK official PPA) and the download page only offers 64bit binaries for now so if you're on 32bit, the only way to play the latest version is to compile it. At least for now.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Dietmar for the tip! Release info via <a href="http://supertuxkart.blogspot.com/2012/12/supertuxkart-08-released.html">Supertuxkart blog</a></i></div>

Fun Racing Game SuperTuxKart Hits 0.8 Release

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Foobnix Music Player Gets New Ubuntu PPA

<b>A quick update for our Ubuntu readers using Foobnix: the player has a new PPA, so remove the old one and add ppa:foobnix-team/foobnix-player instead.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/foobnix.png" rel="image_group" title="Foobnix music player - last.fm integration"><img alt="Foobnix music player" src="http://img.netupd8.com/foobnix_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For those not familiar with Foobnix, this is a very interesting music player available for Linux, Windows, Mac OSX and even Android that comes with a clean design and can play formats ranging from mp3, mp4, aac, audio CDs, wma to FLAC, <b>WavPack (WV), Musepack, CUE</b> and many others (and can convert between audio formats). Among its features are:</div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>a huge list of built-in online radio stations;</li><li>last.fm scrobbling, including for radios;</li><li>customizable global hotkeys;</li><li>equalizer;</li><li>display album cover, lyrics;</li><li>last.fm integration which can display your favourite songs, top songs from an artist, more;</li><li>integration with VKontakte (VK), a controversial social network that, among others, allows users to upload (but not to download), search and stream music, kind of like Grooveshark;</li><li>more!</li></ul><br />Here are a few more Foobnix screenshots:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/foobnix_1.png" rel="image_group" title="Foobnix music player - radio list"><img alt="Foobnix music player" src="http://img.netupd8.com/foobnix_1_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/foobnix_3.png" rel="image_group" title="Foobnix music player"><img alt="Foobnix music player" src="http://img.netupd8.com/foobnix_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/foobnix_4.png" rel="image_group" title="Foobnix music player - audio converter"><img alt="Foobnix music player" src="http://img.netupd8.com/foobnix_4_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Foobnix in Ubuntu using the new PPA</h2><br /><b>To add the new Foobnix PPA and install the latest Foobnix player in Ubuntu, use the commands below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:foobnix-team/foobnix-player<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install foobnix</code></pre><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows, Mac OSX or Android, see the Foobnix <a href="http://www.foobnix.com/download?lang=en">downloads page</a>.</b>

Foobnix Music Player Gets New Ubuntu PPA

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XBMC Media Center 12.0 Beta 1 Released With Raspberry PI And Android Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://xbmc.org/">XBMC</a> Media Center, a free, open source digital media hub and HTPC (Home theatre PC) software has <a href="http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2012/11/15/xbmc-12-0-frodo-beta-1/">reached</a> version 12.0 beta 1. <b> </b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Besides new features and improvements, the latest XBMC 12.0 beta 1 codenamed "Frodo" is now available on some new platforms like Raspberry PI or Android.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12.png"><img alt="Xbmc 12 Ubuntu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Here's what's new in the latest XBMC 12.0 beta 1:</b><br /><ul><li>HD audio support, including DTS-MA and Dolby True-HD, via the new XBMC AudioEngine</li><li>Live TV and <a href="http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=PVR/Backend">PVR</a> (personal video recorder) support. This allows users with a TV tuner to watch live TV, listen to radio, view an EPG, schedule recordings, and more</li><li>h.264 10bit (aka Hi10P) video software decoding for anime</li><li>64bit support in OSX to match the 64bit support in Linux</li><li>Improved image support, allowing the database to accommodate numerous additional image types</li><li>Improved Airplay support across all platforms</li><li>Advanced Filtering in the library</li><li>Advanced UPnP sharing</li><li>Raspberry PI is now fully supported</li><li>Initial support for Android</li><li>More </li></ul><br /><br />Below you can see a few XBMC 12.0 beta 1 (running in Ubuntu) screenshots:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-video.png"><img alt="XBMC 12.0 Ubuntu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-video_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-video-addons.png"><img alt="XBMC 12.0 Ubuntu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-video-addons_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-music.png"><img alt="XBMC 12.0 Ubuntu" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-music_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-pvr.png"><img alt="XBMC 12.0 live video pvr" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-12-pvr_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install XBMC 12.0 beta 1 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>The latest XBMC 12.0 beta 1 can be installed in Ubuntu (12.10, 12.04 or 11.10) using the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/unstable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install xbmc</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Even though XBMC 12.0 beta 1 comes with initial Android support, <b>there are no Android builds available on XBMC download page</b> and the XBMC Android <a href="http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=XBMC_for_Android_specific_FAQ">FAQ</a> advices the users to compile it. But if you want to download pre-built Android binaries, <b>you can download XBMC 12.0 for Android from <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29737205">xda-developers</a></b>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are a few <b>screenshots with XBMC 12.0 running</b> on my <b>Android</b> phone:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android.png"><img alt="Xbmc android" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android_2.png"><img alt="XBMC android" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android_3.png"><img alt="XBMC Android" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/xbmc-android_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows, Mac OSX, iOS and AppleTV2, see the XBMC <a href="http://xbmc.org/download/">downloads page</a>.</b>

XBMC Media Center 12.0 Beta 1 Released With Raspberry PI And Android Support

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Clementine Music Player 1.1 Available For Download

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7PwO0X0n5jg/UIpxccIA2FI/AAAAAAAALTM/Mi1-2lbbdm4/s1600/clementine-1.1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="clementine music player" border="0" height="202" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7PwO0X0n5jg/UIpxccIA2FI/AAAAAAAALTM/Mi1-2lbbdm4/s320/clementine-1.1.png" title="clementine music player" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.clementine-player.org/">Clementine</a>, a cross-platform music player inspired by Amarok 1.4, has reached version 1.1, getting podcast support with gpodder.net integration, modbar support along with other new features.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Clementine already had support for quite a few online services, such as Grooveshark, Spotify, Last.fm, Icecast, Jamendo, Magnature and others, and even more were added in the latest Clementine 1.1.: Soundcloud and jazzradio.com. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The changelog also mentions support for indexing and playing music from Google Drive, but this feature was missing in my test, either because of a bug or maybe this feature is not available for Linux users yet.</div><br /><b>Other changes in Clementine 1.1:</b><br /><ul><li>Podcast support with integration with gpodder.net</li><li>Moodbar support</li><li>Support top lists in Spotify (eg. top 100)</li><li>Support "My Music" in Grooveshark</li><li>Show nearby concerts for an artist using the Songkick API</li><li>Show .mka, .ape and .wv in file view</li><li>Make the grouping of global search results configurable</li><li>Updated global search UI</li><li>Add support for darklyrics as a lyrics source</li><li>Add Discogs as an album cover provider</li><li>Many bug fixes</li></ul>A complete list of changes can be found <a href="http://code.google.com/p/clementine-player/source/browse/Changelog">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Clementine</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Clementine binaries are available for Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, Mac and Windows and can be downloaded from <a href="http://www.clementine-player.org/downloads">HERE</a>, along with the source code.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu users can also use the Clementine stable PPA do install / upgrade to the latest stable Clementine version:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:me-davidsansome/clementine<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install clementine</code></pre>

Clementine Music Player 1.1 Available For Download

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Decentralized Bittorrent Client `Tribler` Gets New User Interface

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mdmh-t5Sw9o/UHhKS8MGD7I/AAAAAAAAKuA/vkaQkdngF08/s1600/tribler_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="tribler bittorrent client" border="0" height="232" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mdmh-t5Sw9o/UHhKS8MGD7I/AAAAAAAAKuA/vkaQkdngF08/s320/tribler_2.png" title="tribler bittorrent client" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.tribler.org/">Tribler</a>, a cross-platform decentralized Bittorrent application, has reached version 6.0.0, getting a redesigned user interface.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribler">Wikipedia</a>, Tribler "uses an overlay network for content searching, which makes the program operate independent of external websites and renders it immune to governmental restraint". </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides the new user interface, the latest Tribler 6.0.0 includes performance improvements for users that recently join a channel and bug fixes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tribler comes with an integrated audio and video player so you can use it to almost immediately start watching videos or listening to songs you're downloading, before the download completes, feature which makes this application stand out from the other Linux Bittorrent applications:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_zYe0fTSdiM/UHhKWU0I9WI/AAAAAAAAKuI/Ch8Wyt7HRyo/s1600/tribler_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="tribler video" border="0" height="232" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_zYe0fTSdiM/UHhKWU0I9WI/AAAAAAAAKuI/Ch8Wyt7HRyo/s320/tribler_1.png" title="tribler video" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Install Tribler in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>WebUpd8 provides a PPA to easily install and stay up to date with the latest Tribler releases in Ubuntu. Add the PPA and install Tribler in Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04, 11.10 and 11.04 using the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/tribler<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install tribler</code></pre><br /><b>You can also download the deb from the <a href="http://www.tribler.org/trac/wiki/Download">Tribler download page</a>, along with Windows and Mac OSX binaries or the latest source code.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: there's a bug and adding a local torrent file through the "Add external .torrent" dialog doesn't work properly. An easy work-around for this is to simply drag and drop the .torrent file onto the Tribler window.</div>

Decentralized Bittorrent Client `Tribler` Gets New User Interface

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VirtualBox 4.2.0 Released With Support For Drag'n'drop From Host To Linux Guests, More

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2fFR3iGWSsg/UFHgvZ29EPI/AAAAAAAAKGw/lCzmsv938oo/s1600/virtualbox-4.2.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="virtualbox 4.2.0" border="0" height="187" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2fFR3iGWSsg/UFHgvZ29EPI/AAAAAAAAKGw/lCzmsv938oo/s320/virtualbox-4.2.0.png" title="virtualbox 4.2.0" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>After a beta and four release candidates, <a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/">VirtualBox</a> 4.2.0 (stable) has been released today, bringing support to start VMs during system boot on Linux, experimental support for drag'n'drop from the host to Linux guests, improved Windows 8 support and more.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Changes in VirtualBox 4.2.0:</b><br /><ul><li>Improved Windows 8 support, in particular many 3D-related fixes</li><li>GUI: VM groups</li><li>GUI: expert mode for wizards </li><li>GUI: allow to alter some settings during runtime</li><li>Support for up to 36 network cards, in combination with an ICH9 chipset configuration</li><li>Added support for limiting network IO bandwidth</li><li>Added possibility to start VMs during system boot on Linux, OS X and Solaris</li><li>Added experimental support for Drag'n'drop from the host to Linux guests. Support for more guests and for guest-to-host is also planned</li><li>Added support for parallel port passthrough on Windows hosts</li><li>Enhanced API for controlling the guest</li><li>Support for recent VIA CPUs and FlushByASID features of AMD CPUs</li><li>Allow taking screenshots of the current VM window content</li><li>Allow automatically sorting of the VM list </li><li>Allow starting of headless VMs from the GUI </li><li>Implemented burning of audio CDs in passthrough mode</li><li>Added support for QED images, QCOW (full support for v1 and readonly support for v2 images) and readonly support for VHDX images</li></ul>A complete VirtualBox 4.2.0 changelog can be found <a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The new host to Linux guests drag'n'drop support feature requires the installation of VirtualBox Guest Additions</b>. To get it working in Ubuntu, make sure you don't install the Guest Additions package available in the official Ubuntu repository ("virtualbox-guest-additions") and instead, install the Guest Additions from the VirtualBox menu (Devices > Install Guest Additions).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For some of the new features like starting VMs on system boot, see the VirtualBox <a href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0/UserManual.pdf">manual</a> for how to use them. </div><br /><br /><h2>Install VirtualBox 4.2 in Ubuntu via repository</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu users can install the latest VirtualBox 4.2 using its official repository. But before installing 4.2, make sure you don't have any older VirtualBox version installed (so if you've had VirtualBox 4.1 or older installed, remove it firstly) because the package name is different: "virtualbox-4.2" for the latest 4.2.0 release:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-4.1</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">Your existing machines will not be removed and they will continue to work with VirtualBox 4.2.0.<br /><br />To add the VirtualBox Ubuntu repository and install the latest VirtualBox 4.2, use the commands below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -sc) contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list<br />wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.2</code></pre><b>Linux Mint users:</b> replace "$(lsb_release -sc)" in the first command above with the Ubuntu version corresponding to your Linux Mint version (e.g. "precise" for Linux Mint Maya, etc.).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For some extra features like VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for Intel cards support as well as USB 2.0 devices support, you'll have to download and install the VirtualBox Extension Pack from <a href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.0-80737.vbox-extpack">HERE</a>. To install it, simply double click the extension and VirtualBox should open, prompting you to install it. If that doesn't work, you can also select <i>File > Preferences > Extensions</i> and browse for the downloaded VirtualBox extension.</div><a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads"><br /><b> Download VirtualBox 4.2.0</b></a><b> for Linux, Solaris, Windows or Mac OS X.</b><br /><br /><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/get-your-usb-drives-to-work-with.html">How To Get Your USB Drives To Work With VirtualBox (Ubuntu Host)</a></i>

VirtualBox 4.2.0 Released With Support For Drag'n'drop From Host To Linux Guests, More

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Cross-Platform Video Editor Avidemux Reaches Version 2.6, Install It In Ubuntu 12.04

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ggVKegpFBxI/UE9hIlD0UOI/AAAAAAAAKFE/ntN8hj2V2rw/s1600/avidemux-2.6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="avidemux 2.6" border="0" height="232" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ggVKegpFBxI/UE9hIlD0UOI/AAAAAAAAKFE/ntN8hj2V2rw/s320/avidemux-2.6.png" title="avidemux 2.6" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://avidemux.berlios.de/">Avidemux</a> is a cross-platform video editor, especially useful for simple tasks like cutting a video, encoding tasks, etc. </b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">After years in which there were only minor Avidemux updates, there's finally a new major <a href="http://avidemux.berlios.de/news.html">release</a>: 2.6, which comes with a rewrite of all the Avidemux internals as well as some new features:</div><ul><li>Support for hardware accelerated framework: VDPAU only for the moment</li><li>OpenGl filters (only Qt4/mac & linux)</li><li>Support for more scripting languages: Spidermonkey, TinyPy and QtScript</li><li>Multiple audio tracks support (in / out)</li><li>Deal with time and not assume constant framerate. You can now edit your .ts and keep a/v sync</li></ul><br /><h2>Install Avidemux 2.6 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu 12.04 users can install the latest Avidemux 2.6 without overwriting Avidemux 2.5.x (if installed), by using the <a href="http://www.getdeb.net/">GetDeb</a> repository.<b> Firstly, you have to add the GetDeb repository by installing <a href="http://archive.getdeb.net/install_deb/getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb">THIS</a> deb file.</b> Once installed, run the following commands in a terminal:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install avidemux2.6</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows and Mac OS X, see the Avidemux <a href="http://avidemux.berlios.de/download.html">downloads page</a>.</b></div>

Cross-Platform Video Editor Avidemux Reaches Version 2.6, Install It In Ubuntu 12.04

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Cross-Platform RTS Game 0 A.D. Hits Alpha 11

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MldaTY1US1U/UEsinrKUf1I/AAAAAAAAKCs/ONf3Rg5kjfo/s1600/0ad-alpha-11-hellenic-buildings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="0 a.d. alpha 11" border="0" height="157" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MldaTY1US1U/UEsinrKUf1I/AAAAAAAAKCs/ONf3Rg5kjfo/s320/0ad-alpha-11-hellenic-buildings.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The eleventh alpha version of <a href="http://www.wildfiregames.com/0ad/">0 A.D.</a> has been released by Wildfire Games yesterday.</b> 0 A.D. is an open source, real-time strategy game that works on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X and features excellent graphics and sound but, since it's in alpha, there are also some missing features like settings, multiplayer matchmaking service and others.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>0 A.D. alpha 11 "Kronos" brings a lot of in-game changes:</b><br /><ul><li>You can now create gates, which can be locked or unlocked</li><li>New sound system which supports Mac OS X. The new system also sets a solid framework for future sound features, such as having the sounds change depending on how much you are zooming in on the map, or on the severity of a battle occurring in-game.</li><li>New AI script: Aegis Bot</li><li>New Celtic Factions: Britons and Gauls will now replace the generic Celtic faction</li><li>You can see whatever parts of the map your allies have explored and vice versa</li><li>Graphic improvements: several post-processing effects and mapping enhancements have been implemented using OpenGL Shading Language, but they are experimental so they are disabled by default in 0 A.D. alpha 11, but can be turned on by changing the user <a href="http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/Manual_Settings">config file</a></li><li>New art assets</li><li>Seven new maps: Pyrenean Sierra, Oasis, Northern Lights, Lorraine Plain, Sahel Watering Holes, Gear and Unknown</li><li>You can now import an image file and Atlas will transform it into a 3d map</li><li>Three new music tracks. You can listen all the available tracks in 0 A.D. alpha 11, <a href="http://play0ad.bandcamp.com/album/0-a-d-soundtrack">here</a>.</li><li>Other changes: Game setup and score screen changes, queued rally points, more realistic ranged attack, team & private multiplayer chat and cheats. A cheats manual can be found <a href="http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/Manual_Cheats">here</a>.</li><li><a href="http://www.wildfiregames.com/0ad/page.php?p=14466#comments">more </a></li></ul><br /><b>Here is a video demoing the new gates feature implemented in the latest 0 A.D. alpha 11 Kronos:</b><br /><br /><center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/akJadF2JmSc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akJadF2JmSc">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><h2>Install 0 A.D in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest 0 A.D. is available for Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04, 11.10, 11.04 and 10.04 in a PPA. Add it and install 0 A.D. using the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wfg/0ad<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install 0ad</code></pre>There's also <a href="https://launchpad.net/%7Ewfg/+archive/0ad.dev">a PPA</a> that provides weekly 0 A.D. development snapshots.<br /><br /><b>0 A.D. is also available for <a href="http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/LatestReleaseWindows">Windows</a>, <a href="http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/LatestReleaseMac">Mac OS X</a> and other <a href="http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/LatestReleaseLinux">Linux</a> distributions.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The 0 A.D. developers are looking for contributors in <a href="http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/GettingStartedProgrammers">programming</a>, art, sound, documentation and more. If you can help, contact the developers @ #0ad-dev on QuakeNet and <a href="http://www.wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?act=Reg&coppa_pass=1">register</a> on the 0 A.D. forums.</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>info and screenshot via <a href="http://www.wildfiregames.com/0ad/">0 A.D.</a></i></div>

Cross-Platform RTS Game 0 A.D. Hits Alpha 11

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uGet Download Manager 1.10 Released With Aria2 Fixes And Improvements, More

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WN232BzHagE/UEXcuu0TRZI/AAAAAAAAJ40/eDxhuf-DjWk/s1600/uget.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="uget download manager 1.10" border="0" height="184" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WN232BzHagE/UEXcuu0TRZI/AAAAAAAAJ40/eDxhuf-DjWk/s320/uget.png" title="uget download manager 1.10" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://uget.visuex.com/">uGet</a> is a multi-platform GTK3 download manager that supports resuming downloads, comes with categories support, can download torrent and metalink files through <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2009/10/aria2-cross-platform-command-line-tool.html">aria2</a>, a powerful command line download tool that's integrated into uGet.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Other uGet features include: scheduler, clipboard monitoring, can be integrated into Firefox through Flashgot plugin, can import downloads from HTML files, supports batch downloads and more. </div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application also integrates nicely with the Ubuntu desktop by making use of an AppIndicator and NotifyOSD notifications.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>uGet 1.10 has been released recently, getting some minor but useful features/changes:</b></div><ul><li> added global speed limits for aria2</li><li>new options in Download dialog: user agent and retrieve timestamp</li><li>added command line settings for flashgot</li><li>aria2 plug-in use argument "continue=true"</li><li>aria2 plug-in can use user specified filename</li><li>curl plug-in disable peer SSL certificate verification</li><li>curl plug-in can keep user specified filename</li><li>bug fixes, including some changes to the aria2 plugin settings to get it working again</li></ul>Also, uGet now depends on GTK 3.4+ and GLib 2.32+ so it won't be available for Linux distributions that ship with GTK 3.2 like Ubuntu 11.10.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Install uGet 1.10 in Ubuntu 12.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest uGet 1.10 is currently only available for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin and it can be installed using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:plushuang-tw/uget-stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install uget aria2</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For source files, .rpm and Windows binaries, see the uGet <a href="http://uget.visuex.com/downloads">download page</a>.</b></div><br /><br /><h2>uGet usage notes</h2><br />1. If you're upgrading uGet from an older version, to get the aria2 plugin to work in uGet select Edit > Settings and on the "Plug-in" tab, under "Arguments", replace "--enable-xml-rpc" with "--enable-rpc=true -D --check-certificate=false" (without the quotes). <br /><br />2. If aria2 is not working with uGet, run "aria2c --enable-rpc=true" in a terminal firstly or "aria2c --enable-rpc=true --disable-ipv6=true".<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Ubuntu users who are using GNOME Shell and don't want an AppIndicator for uGet can run the following command to disable the AppIndicator:</div><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sed -i "s/AppIndicator value='1'/AppIndicator value='0'/g" ~/.config/uGet/Setting.xml</code></pre>

uGet Download Manager 1.10 Released With Aria2 Fixes And Improvements, More

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3 Hidden Features In Firefox 15 You May Want To Enable

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Firefox 15, which has been released a few days ago, comes with some cool features disabled by default: native PDF viewer, preferences in tab and click-to-play plugins.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These features have been in testing for quite a while, but they are not 100% ready so they aren't enabled by default and there are no options in the Firefox preferences to enable them. But, if you don't mind an occasional glitch, you can enable them  using the <i>about:config</i> tool.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-khc_OeGA1SY/UEHngS1igAI/AAAAAAAAJ3c/Tq4MGgXSKi8/s1600/firefox15-pdf.js.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="firefox 15 native pdf reader pdf.js" border="0" height="189" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-khc_OeGA1SY/UEHngS1igAI/AAAAAAAAJ3c/Tq4MGgXSKi8/s320/firefox15-pdf.js.png" title="firefox 15 native pdf reader pdf.js" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Firefox 15 comes with a <b>native PDF reader</b> that uses JavaScript (pdf.js) to open PDF files directly in the browser. This feature is disabled by default but it can be enabled by following these steps: open a new tab, type "about:config", search for "<b>pdfjs.disabled</b>" and set it to "<b>false</b>" (double click it).</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LoGu2bz0Q10/UEHoCJGdhnI/AAAAAAAAJ3k/2hm_2-ZMdUI/s1600/firefox15-preferences-in-tab.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="firefox 15 preferences in tabs" border="0" height="230" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LoGu2bz0Q10/UEHoCJGdhnI/AAAAAAAAJ3k/2hm_2-ZMdUI/s320/firefox15-preferences-in-tab.png" title="firefox 15 preferences in tabs" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In Firefox 15, you can also enable<b> 'preferences in content'</b> which makes the Preferences window open in a new tab instead of using a new window. To enable this, type "about:config" in a new tab, search for "<b>browser.preferences.InContent</b>" and set it to "<b>true</b>" (double click it).</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ceJu9QwWHPU/UEHoH7cs4yI/AAAAAAAAJ3s/-fzZsrN927I/s1600/firefox15-click-to-play.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="firefox 15 click to play plugins" border="0" height="250" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ceJu9QwWHPU/UEHoH7cs4yI/AAAAAAAAJ3s/-fzZsrN927I/s320/firefox15-click-to-play.png" title="firefox 15 click to play plugins" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And the third hidden feature in Firefox 15 is <b>"click-to-play" plugins</b>, which disables plugins like Adobe Flash by default but you can still play them with a single click. This prevents Flash and other plugins from loading automatically. To enable 'click-to-play plugins' in Firefox 15, type "about:config" in the address bar, search for "<b>plugins.click_to_play</b>" and set it to "<b>true</b>".</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: after changing the native PDF reader and click-to-play plugins preferences in about:config, you need to restart Firefox for the changes to take effect.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.instantfundas.com/2012/08/3-great-firefox-15-features-you-should.html">instantfundas.com</a></i></div>

3 Hidden Features In Firefox 15 You May Want To Enable

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Quickly Open Large PDF Files Even On Slow Machines With MuPDF

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Oveev5-hasQ/UDyrO7rbOOI/AAAAAAAAJyk/Hs1cSqrYwV4/s1600/mupdf.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="mupdf" border="0" height="238" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Oveev5-hasQ/UDyrO7rbOOI/AAAAAAAAJyk/Hs1cSqrYwV4/s320/mupdf.png" title="mupdf" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.mupdf.com/">MuPDF</a> is a small and fast PDF viewer that can quickly open large PDF files, even on slow computers.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a>WebUpd8 reader David Reimer writes:<br /><br /><blockquote>Larger PDFs (such as those 20Mb+ ones available at Archive.org/details/texts) run miserably slowly in Evince, or about any other PDF reader/viewer I've tried in Ubuntu, to the point of being unusable. With MuPDF, they can be read (even on my aging hardware) quite rapidly.</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Since the application focuses on speed and small code size, it doesn't come with interactive features like for filling for instance. Also, the user interface only displays the PDF; to navigate through the PDF file (next page, rotate, zoom, search for text, go to a page and so on), you must use keyboard shortcuts as explained <a href="http://www.mupdf.com/manual">HERE</a>.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">MuPDF also comes with a few tools (in the "mupdf-tools" package) that allow you to convert a PDF file to a series of images (pdfdraw), repair, decrypt, and decompress PDF files (pdfclean) as well as some debugging tools that lets you extract fonts from PDF files, display information about internal objects, etc. (pdfshow, pdfextract and pdfinfo).</div><br /><br /><h2>Install MuPDF in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">MuPDF is available in the official Ubuntu repositories, but that's an old version - 0.9 for Ubuntu 12.04. Many improvements have been added to MuPDF 1.0 and 1.1: better memory management, multi-threaded operation, better PDF rendering and <a href="http://www.mupdf.com/news">more</a>. If you wish to install the version from the official repositories, simply search for MuPDF in Ubuntu Software Center.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To install the latest MuPDF 1.1 in Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 or 11.10, use the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:guilhem-fr/mupdf<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install mupdf</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>MuPDF isn't available just for Linux, the application is also available for Windows, Android and iOS:</b></div><ul><li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/mupdf/downloads/list">download MuPDF source / Windows / Android</a></li><li><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mupdf/id482941798">download MuPDF for iOS</a></li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>thanks to David Reimer for the tip!</i></div>

Quickly Open Large PDF Files Even On Slow Machines With MuPDF

MuPDF is a small and fast PDF viewer that can quickly open large PDF files, even on slow computers. WebUpd8 reader David Reimer writes: Lar...

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qBittorrent 3.0.0 Released

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-es8jYCnSovU/UCU7Wz9wzfI/AAAAAAAAJn4/p4eE33JJAj8/s1600/qbittorrent.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-es8jYCnSovU/UCU7Wz9wzfI/AAAAAAAAJn4/p4eE33JJAj8/s320/qbittorrent.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.qbittorrent.org/">qBittorrent</a> is a cross-platform BitTorrent client that comes with an integrated search engine, web interface, sequential download support, bandwidth scheduler, RSS support and other useful features.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>qBittorrent 3.0.0</b> was released yesterday, bringing<b> improved performance</b> and various optimizations along with some UI changes and new features:<br /><ul><li>a new torrent addition dialog</li><li>WebUI: support for adding multiple local torrents at once</li><li>improved style for the left panel</li><li>ability to choose the save path when using magnet links</li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZzFX811lvRI/UCU6vNBR5SI/AAAAAAAAJnw/SQVHDikpGIE/s1600/qbittorrent-add-torrent.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="215" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZzFX811lvRI/UCU6vNBR5SI/AAAAAAAAJnw/SQVHDikpGIE/s320/qbittorrent-add-torrent.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new "add torrent" dialog</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, with the release of version 3.0, qBittorrent no longer supports libtorrent 0.14.x and Qt 4.5.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install qBittorrent 3.0 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To install the latest stable qBittorrent in Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04, use the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hydr0g3n/qbittorrent-stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install qbittorrent</code></pre><br />The above PPA provides qBittorrent for older Ubuntu releases too, but not the latest qBittorrent 3.0.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows or Mac OS X, get qBittorrent via its <a href="http://www.qbittorrent.org/download.php">download page</a>.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2012/08/qbittorrent-30-pochi-miglioramenti-e.html">lffl.org</a><b> </b></i></div></div>

qBittorrent 3.0.0 Released

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Use Facebook From The Command Line With fbcmd

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RxWyJBLm3Lk/UCO2o7tKPGI/AAAAAAAAJgo/CZD7mMfCAbE/s1600/fbcmd.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RxWyJBLm3Lk/UCO2o7tKPGI/AAAAAAAAJgo/CZD7mMfCAbE/s320/fbcmd.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://fbcmd.dtompkins.com/introduction">fbcmd</a> is a cross-platform tool that lets you use Facebook from the command line. It supports posting a status, uploading photos, creating albums, listing profile information for friends, display events or your stream, share links and lots more.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">This little utility can be useful for those who want to quickly post a status on Facebook, upload some photos and so on without having to open a browser, or to use in scripts.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install fbcmd in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install fbcmd in Ubuntu, follow the steps below </b>(the installation instructions below are for fbcmd 1.1 stable; for 2.0 beta, the installation is slightly <a href="http://fbcmd.dtompkins.com/introduction">different</a>):</div><br /><b>1.</b> Install the required dependencies:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install php5-cli php5-curl</code></pre><br /><b>2.</b> Download and install fbcmd using the commands below:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd && wget https://raw.github.com/dtompkins/fbcmd/master/fbcmd_update.php<br />php fbcmd_update.php<br />sudo php fbcmd_update.php sudo<br />php fbcmd_update.php install</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And that should complete the installation. <b>To be able to use fbcmd, you need to give it access to your Facebook account:</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- For basic access, run the following command - it should open a new tab in your default web browser, asking you to allow fbcmd to access Facebook:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>fbcmd go access</code></pre>- The second step is to authorize fbcmd to use Facebook in offline mode:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>fbcmd go auth</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">This once again opens a new tab in your default browser, which should display a code. Copy that code and run the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>fbcmd auth CODE</code></pre>Replacing "CODE" with the code you've copied from Facebook.<br /><br />- And finally, to give fbcmd additional permissions, use the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>fbcmd addperm</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now everything should be ready. to see all the available fbcmd options, type the following command in a terminal:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>fbcmd</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">You can also find a list of available commands, with explanations and examples, <a href="http://fbcmd.dtompkins.com/commands">HERE</a><b>.</b></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lpKwU1p3_Ek/UCO2vAZGh2I/AAAAAAAAJgw/LgYnW_diuWw/s1600/fbcmd-fb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="109" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lpKwU1p3_Ek/UCO2vAZGh2I/AAAAAAAAJgw/LgYnW_diuWw/s320/fbcmd-fb.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Here are a few<b> fbcmd examples:</b><br /><br />- update your status:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>fbcmd status "insert the status here"</code></pre><br />- upload a picture to an existing album called "myalbum":<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>fbcmd addpic myfile.jpg myalbum "photo description"</code></pre><br />- display your Facebook stream:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>fbcmd stream</code></pre><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install fbcmd via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32086">AUR</a>.<br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows or Mac OS X, download fbcmd from <a href="http://fbcmd.dtompkins.com/downloads">HERE</a>.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://korben.info/facebook-en-ligne-de-commande.html">korben.info</a></i></div>

Use Facebook From The Command Line With fbcmd

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LibreOffice 3.6 Available For Download

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0QFvIO1k0BU/UCJq5ymz8aI/AAAAAAAAJeE/ZlkB2u6-OYg/s1600/libreoffice-3.6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0QFvIO1k0BU/UCJq5ymz8aI/AAAAAAAAJeE/ZlkB2u6-OYg/s320/libreoffice-3.6.png" title="libreoffice 3.6" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/">LibreOffice</a> 3.6 has been released today with some interesting new features and improvements, such as a new CorelDRAW importer, improved auto-format function for tables in text documents, SmartArt import support, improved CVS import, PDF export with watermarking and more.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>Improvements in LibreOffice 3.6:</b><br /><ul><li>Support for importing Office SmartArt </li><li>PDF Export with Watermark option </li><li>Added Word Count to status bar</li><li>10 new Impress master pages </li><li>Support for color scales and data bars. Import from .xlsx and import/export from/to .ods in ODF 1.2 (extended)</li><li>Import Filter for Corel Draw documents </li><li>Writer: Support for contextual spacing</li><li>Writer: Format paintbrush can now differentiate character automatic formating applied to paragraphs from those applied to text portion inside the paragraph</li><li>Writer: VML import now handles lines, rotations and flips</li><li>Writer: RTF/DOCX import/export handles document zoom settings</li><li>Calc: New option to specify a custom sheet name prefix in new documents</li><li>Calc: Merge cells option added to right-click menu. </li><li>Calc: "Ctrl+D" fills down in more familiar ways, filling with contents of the cell above if no cell is selected, and, filling down multiple cells with larger selections</li><li>Calc: Export conditional formatting to .xlsx</li><li>Calc: Improved CVS file import</li><li>Calc: Added support for field items in cells</li><li>Calc: Sorting of data from the autofilter menu</li><li>Calc: Support for pasting only text, value, or formula from the context menu</li><li>Impress: Added widescreen format for Impress slideshows</li><li>Impress: Impress now correctly detects the external display and puts the presenter console on the local display</li><li>GUI: New Splash Screen and About dialog</li><li>GUI: Rulers are now much cleaner and more light-weight</li><li>GUI: New artwork for the Start Office</li><li>GUI: GTK themes are now able to render background gradient and have a way for tab prelight rendering. </li><li>Performance improvements and many bug fixes</li><li><a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/download/3-6-new-features-and-fixes/">More</a> </li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install LibreOffice 3.6 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pS8YMNyG7W4/UCJrUdK8yJI/AAAAAAAAJeM/VdyhX515tdw/s1600/libreoffice-3.6_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="libreoffice 3.6" border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pS8YMNyG7W4/UCJrUdK8yJI/AAAAAAAAJeM/VdyhX515tdw/s320/libreoffice-3.6_2.png" title="libreoffice 3.6" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">LibreOffice 3.6 final isn't yet available in the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ppa/">LibreOffice PPA</a>, but if you can't wait, you can use the LibreOffice Prereleases PPA, which currently provides LibreOffice 3.6.0 RC1 (RC4 which is identical to the final release should be available soon) for Ubuntu 12.04. Add the PPA and upgrade to LibreOffice 3.6 RC1 using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-prereleases<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get dist-upgrade</code></pre>For experimental GTK3 support, also install the following package (if LibreOffice doesn't work after installing it, simply remove the package):<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gtk3</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">The packaging bugs I was telling you about <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/libreoffice-360-beta-1-released-ubuntu.html">back</a> when LibreOffice 3.6.0 beta 1 was released have been fixed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu users can also download LibreOffice 3.6 .deb files from the <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/download/">LibreOffice download page</a>. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the release notes, if you're updating from an older LibreOffice version, the spellchecking might be broken. Fix it using:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>rm -r ~/.config/libreoffice/3/user/extensions</code></pre><br /><br /><a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/download">Download LibreOffice 3.6 for Linux, Windows or Mac OS X</a>

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Download VirtualBox 4.2 Beta 1

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8NU6cEhb3CM/UBwFYgPsRRI/AAAAAAAAJZs/dmAtWxZ4rD0/s1600/virtualbox-4.2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="virtualbox 4.2" border="0" height="249" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8NU6cEhb3CM/UBwFYgPsRRI/AAAAAAAAJZs/dmAtWxZ4rD0/s320/virtualbox-4.2.png" title="virtualbox 4.2" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Oracle has <a href="https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=50763">released</a> VirtualBox 4.2 beta 1 today, which includes some major improvements, like improved Windows 8 support, an expert mode for wizards, experimental support for drag'n'drop from the host to Linux guests and more.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>Changes in VirtualBox 4.2 beta 1:</b><br /><ul><li>Improved Windows 8 support, in particular many 3D-related fixes</li><li>GUI: VM groups</li><li>GUI: expert mode for wizards</li><li>GUI: allow to alter some settings during runtime</li><li>Support for up to 36 network cards, in combination with an ICH9 chipset configuration</li><li>Resource control: added support for limiting network IO bandwidth</li><li>Added possibility to start VMs during system boot on Linux, OS X and Solaris</li><li>Added experimental support for Drag'n'drop from the host to Linux guests. Support for more guests and for guest-to-host is planned. </li><li>Support recent VIA CPUs</li><li>Allow taking screenshots of the current VM window content</li><li>Allow automatically sorting of the VM list</li><li>Allow starting of headless VMs from the GUI</li><li>GUI: network operations manager</li><li>Improved VM context switch performance for Intel CPUs using nested paging</li><li>Added support for FlushByASID features of AMD CPUs (Bulldozer and newer)</li><li>Added readonly support for VHDX images, QED images and for QCOW (full support for v1 and readonly support for v2) images</li><li>Bug fixes</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Since VirtualBox 4.2 is in beta, you will find bugs so don't use this on a production machine! If you encounter bugs, report them on the <a href="https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewforum.php?f=15">VirtualBox Beta Feedback forum</a>. For instance, in my test using Linux (Ubuntu) for both the guest and host machine, the new experimental drag'n'drop feature didn't work for some reason - if you figure out how to get it to work, let us know in the comments!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For how to use some of the new features, like limiting network I/O bandwidth or staring a VM on system boot, see the VirtualBox manual, available via the download link below.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0_BETA1/">Download VirtualBox 4.2 beta 1</a></b> for Linux, Windows or Mac OS X</div><br /><b>Update: VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 is now available for download @ <a href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0_RC1/">http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0_RC1/</a></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: to be able to install VirtualBox 4.2 beta 1 in Ubuntu, you must firstly remove any installed VirtualBox version. For instance, if you have installed the latest stable <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/virtualbox-41-released-with-gui-option.html" title="Install VirtualBox 4.1 in Ubuntu / Debian via repository">VirtualBox 4.1</a>, remove it using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-4.1</code></pre>And then simply install the VirtualBox 4.2 beta 1 downloaded deb file.

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NitroShare: Easily Send Files To Other Machines On The Local Network [Linux, Windows]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9pOhHtKdBAY/T_wprbCVbPI/AAAAAAAAJQA/tbwXs6FcBgw/s1600/nitroshare_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nitroshare" border="0" height="139" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9pOhHtKdBAY/T_wprbCVbPI/AAAAAAAAJQA/tbwXs6FcBgw/s320/nitroshare_1.png" title="nitroshare" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>NitroShare is an application that works on Linux and Windows which can be used to easily send files to other computers on the same local network. It supports drag'n'drop, sending folders, file compression, comes with Nautilus integration and more.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The application requires almost no configuration: simply install NitroShare on the machines you want to transfer files from/to, follow the initial configuration wizard (in which you basically don't have to change anything, just click "Next"), run it and <b>each machine should automatically discover all the other machines available on the LAN (obviously, NitroShare needs to be running on those computers)</b> and you can start sending files.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ROpyCf-d01U/T_wpxBBRkQI/AAAAAAAAJQI/xD0q-wMl6qQ/s1600/nitroshare_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nitroshare" border="0" height="250" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ROpyCf-d01U/T_wpxBBRkQI/AAAAAAAAJQI/xD0q-wMl6qQ/s320/nitroshare_3.png" title="nitroshare" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>In Linux, you have three ways of sending files over the LAN network using NitroShare: using the tray icon / Ubuntu application indicator, from Nautilus by right clicking a file or folder and selecting "Send item with NitroShare" or using the so called "share boxes"</b>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R27t5dgsTgg/T_wqro_aGKI/AAAAAAAAJQQ/oRoPsBgW_5s/s1600/nitroshare_4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nitroshare" border="0" height="288" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R27t5dgsTgg/T_wqro_aGKI/AAAAAAAAJQQ/oRoPsBgW_5s/s320/nitroshare_4.png" title="nitroshare" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">When running NitroShare, a "share box", which is basically a desktop widget, is displayed and when dragging and dropping files or folders onto it, a popup is displayed, asking you to select the target machine. You can right click the default share box (or select "Add Share Box" from the tray / application indicator) and select to create more share boxes for specific computers in your local network.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GPv8c5zD0Mg/T_wrBDgZikI/AAAAAAAAJQY/N4iySX4IPSc/s1600/nitroshare_5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nitroshare" border="0" height="259" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GPv8c5zD0Mg/T_wrBDgZikI/AAAAAAAAJQY/N4iySX4IPSc/s320/nitroshare_5.png" title="nitroshare" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">By default, the received files are saved on the Desktop but you can change this from the NitroShare settings dialog, along with other settings like the machine name. From the settings, you can also tweak some more advanced options, like: </div><ul><li>dynamic file compression during the transfer to decrease transfer time and reduce bandwidth</li><li>CRC chcksum generation to ensure file integrity</li><li>various network settings</li><li>option to automatically accept files (all or those that match a regular expression) and more.</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install NitroShare</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Like other applications we've been posting about these days, NitroShare was developed for the Ubuntu App Showdown and has been <b>recently labelled as stable by its developer with the <a href="https://launchpad.net/nitroshare/+announcement/10301">release</a> of version 0.2</b>, so it should work pretty well. Still, if you find bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/nitroshare">Launchpad</a>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://launchpad.net/nitroshare/+download">Download NitroShare 0.2 (stable)</a> - available as .deb, .rpm, Windows .exe for 32bit only for now, and source files.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu Quantal, Precise, Oneiric and Natty users can also install NitroShare by using its daily PPA</b>(the packages in the PPA are not considered stable):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:george-edison55/nitroshare<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install nitroshare</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install NitroShare via <a href="http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=60326">AUR</a> (though it's not the latest version at the time I'm writing this).</div>

NitroShare: Easily Send Files To Other Machines On The Local Network [Linux, Windows]

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Stop IM Spam Bots In Pidgin With These Two Plugins

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you're constantly getting automated instant messages from spam bots in Pidgin, there are two Pidgin plugins that you can use to block these spam messages or suppress repeated authorization requests which are usually sent from spammers.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xRN8QON7LKo/T-s6QEEAlWI/AAAAAAAAJNA/nIzH8jN7-LY/s1600/pidgin-spam.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="pidgin spam bot" border="0" height="199" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xRN8QON7LKo/T-s6QEEAlWI/AAAAAAAAJNA/nIzH8jN7-LY/s320/pidgin-spam.png" title="pidgin spam bot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Pidgin Privacy Please</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Pidgin Privacy Please is a plugin that lets you suppress repeated authorization requests, automatically block messages with an automated reply message, block messages or sender using regular expression, a bot check that lets you set up a question and if there's a real user and he replies to the automated question, he is unblocked, and more.</div><br /><br /><br /><b>Installation</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu users can install Pidgin Privacy Please from the Ubuntu Software Center - click the button below to install it:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="apt://pidgin-privacy-please"><button class="thoughtbot">Install Pidgin Privacy Please</button></a></div><br />Or, alternatively, to install it from the command line, use:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install pidgin-privacy-please</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For other Linux distributions and Windows, download Pidgin Privacy Please from <a href="http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-privacy-please/downloads/list">HERE</a>.</div><br /><br /><b>Set up</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Firstly, you'll have to enable Pidgin Privacy Please - to do this, in Pidgin select <i>Tools > Plugins</i> and enable "Privacy Please". Then, you can configure it by clicking the "Configure Plugin" button.</div><br /><br /><br />On the first tab you can configure the auto-reply message:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rQTI_5N9k88/T-s2dDg5cYI/AAAAAAAAJMQ/BAZyt7XBZ2Y/s1600/pidgin-privacy_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="pidgin privacy please" border="0" height="189" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rQTI_5N9k88/T-s2dDg5cYI/AAAAAAAAJMQ/BAZyt7XBZ2Y/s320/pidgin-privacy_1.png" title="pidgin privacy please" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">On the "Messages" tab, you can set up blocking rules for both the sender and messages using regular expression, or set Pidgin Privacy Please to block message from people not on your contact list:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cvRsand7vwo/T-s2taTVXPI/AAAAAAAAJMY/zRR-l5mb3cU/s1600/pidgin-privacy_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="pidgin privacy please" border="0" height="182" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cvRsand7vwo/T-s2taTVXPI/AAAAAAAAJMY/zRR-l5mb3cU/s320/pidgin-privacy_2.png" title="pidgin privacy please" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The "Authorization" tab can be used to enable suppressing repeated authorization requests, show user info on authorization request and so on:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zxHTtJaA_OQ/T-s3AT_6AuI/AAAAAAAAJMg/FISJHDyScz8/s1600/pidgin-privacy_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="pidgin privacy please" border="0" height="183" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zxHTtJaA_OQ/T-s3AT_6AuI/AAAAAAAAJMg/FISJHDyScz8/s320/pidgin-privacy_3.png" title="pidgin privacy please" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />You can set up a verification question on the "Bot check" tab:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QYjG9DLJPZQ/T-s3P9xDIcI/AAAAAAAAJMo/FVqZUOr7-tw/s1600/pidgin-privacy_4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="pidgin privacy please" border="0" height="183" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QYjG9DLJPZQ/T-s3P9xDIcI/AAAAAAAAJMo/FVqZUOr7-tw/s320/pidgin-privacy_4.png" title="pidgin privacy please" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Bruce Ingalls, who has sent us this tip, doesn't recommend using the bot check feature because it looks like it blocks users, and does not give them a chance.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br />And finally, on the last tab there are some protocol-specific options, like blocking Jabber headline messages or blocking AOL system messages:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RdlQi2gNKoQ/T-s3nWhPGKI/AAAAAAAAJMw/ZrVjRsnAZX4/s1600/pidgin-privacy_5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="pidgin privacy please" border="0" height="192" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RdlQi2gNKoQ/T-s3nWhPGKI/AAAAAAAAJMw/ZrVjRsnAZX4/s320/pidgin-privacy_5.png" title="pidgin privacy please" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Pidgin Bot Sentry</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Bot Sentry is a simple Pidgin plugin that lets you define a challenge question and set up the actions to perform if the challenge is met </b>(add the person to the allow list or add it to the buddy list). There's also an option that lets you configure the action to be performed when an authorization request is received.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This plugin is basically a simplified version of Pidgin Privacy Please, useful if you only want to use a challenge question and don't need all the other options available in the other plugin.<br /><br /><b>Do not use both this plugin and Pidgin Privacy please in the same time!</b></div><br /><br /><b>Installation</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu users can install Pidgin Bot Sentry from the Ubuntu Software Center - click the button below to install it:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="apt://pidgin-bot-sentry"><button class="thoughtbot">Install Pidgin Bot Sentry</button></a></div><br />Or, alternatively, to install it from the command line, use:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install pidgin-bot-sentry</code></pre><br />For other Linux distributions and Windows, download it via <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin-bs/files/bot-sentry/1.3.0/">SourceForge</a>.<br /><br /><br /><b>Set up </b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, open the Pidgin Plugins dialog (<i>Tools > Plugins</i>) and enable the "Bot Sentry" plugin, then click "Configure Plugin". Here, you can set up the challnge question and answer as well as the action to be performed on authorization request:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WjWEI8ArJ5Y/T-s6LJpzqcI/AAAAAAAAJM4/4mZc3uPX3Jo/s1600/pidgin-bot-sentry.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WjWEI8ArJ5Y/T-s6LJpzqcI/AAAAAAAAJM4/4mZc3uPX3Jo/s320/pidgin-bot-sentry.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Bruce Ingalls for the tip! via <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/quick-tip-stop-pidgin-spam-in-its-tracks-with-bot-sentry/">MakeUseOf</a> and <a href="http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/pidgin-privacy-please-helps-block-spammers-on-pidgin-im-spam/">AddictiveTips</a></i></div>

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