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

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7A1vQoN8r9K9VVsvQlk_cuhMH4EVzY82DhWJ21Zz5lspMRtzB_YY_amgh355idly3OvkRh0-Pg0nnlCoYiz339JiKkLaGmtzBD2y1SOoOoIdH2FkcFM1U_SW46-YPIE8X38vgTy8ffbiS/s1600/uget.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="uget download manager 1.10" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7A1vQoN8r9K9VVsvQlk_cuhMH4EVzY82DhWJ21Zz5lspMRtzB_YY_amgh355idly3OvkRh0-Pg0nnlCoYiz339JiKkLaGmtzBD2y1SOoOoIdH2FkcFM1U_SW46-YPIE8X38vgTy8ffbiS/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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdimranpR5W0DhvSfyuhue6BL-PlBjLjKVF6F9KSFCdJYvOayF4TIpLFDnvINE4vGv_eAlk1lJeLeJz0cOMQeR_mji70Wa1qjONVSRPfKBZqC4_s_byN1tJFcNOsvSNyPSmGzPllI8EmE_/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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdimranpR5W0DhvSfyuhue6BL-PlBjLjKVF6F9KSFCdJYvOayF4TIpLFDnvINE4vGv_eAlk1lJeLeJz0cOMQeR_mji70Wa1qjONVSRPfKBZqC4_s_byN1tJFcNOsvSNyPSmGzPllI8EmE_/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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18U4e8BUXFZWIUYFUQC_jG1l0r35jHmre1SqFxiszOFFapBLFSvj-n8EE_eAo__nSnvSe2huOFLLukyPMJ_fVT5q9IDE6pdVKUpd2XNxhq8R9caD7zsCa8MkORh7bwE7ArPznxwvxOYK0/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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18U4e8BUXFZWIUYFUQC_jG1l0r35jHmre1SqFxiszOFFapBLFSvj-n8EE_eAo__nSnvSe2huOFLLukyPMJ_fVT5q9IDE6pdVKUpd2XNxhq8R9caD7zsCa8MkORh7bwE7ArPznxwvxOYK0/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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCdXMVDFDdBVWMbN0FaEJVf4wc97N4ZPKzzr6IepWeullr596U7E7OYDqvY90XqOiwPweSpdXnVN1bKHBmYtcgwqogAK6pcal42mRa6SiRNbEMX_Gj4ax9mUWQpUKJnVksKHEP2ip2Qp2/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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCdXMVDFDdBVWMbN0FaEJVf4wc97N4ZPKzzr6IepWeullr596U7E7OYDqvY90XqOiwPweSpdXnVN1bKHBmYtcgwqogAK6pcal42mRa6SiRNbEMX_Gj4ax9mUWQpUKJnVksKHEP2ip2Qp2/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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Unity 6.4.0 Lands In Ubuntu Quantal Proposed Repository, Brings Dash Previews

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdp7NtWBjN6c8DETAuPBv9V4qKjGsyJeJ0TTZYWdmkehZwHa9Md9m0ENpeTdOBMIod6jzkIVyz-oqnLMe8yuAwWONGR175QMutxEFKRsGOHRCCp5EllUko-Lnb0qZ76Rmy5OQv_BwnAnDx/s1600/preview-chromium.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu dash previews" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdp7NtWBjN6c8DETAuPBv9V4qKjGsyJeJ0TTZYWdmkehZwHa9Md9m0ENpeTdOBMIod6jzkIVyz-oqnLMe8yuAwWONGR175QMutxEFKRsGOHRCCp5EllUko-Lnb0qZ76Rmy5OQv_BwnAnDx/s320/preview-chromium.png" title="ubuntu dash previews" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Unity 6.4.0 has been uploaded to the Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal proposed* repositories today, bringing a huge list of bug fixes, but also some new features that were announced earlier, like the Dash previews feature.</b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>previews feature</b> allows you to right click applications or files in Dash to get a preview, along with some extra information which depends on the item you've right clicked. The previews currently work with applications (both installed and suggested), music (available on the HDD and available for download), videos and pictures. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The music lens can now play music without the need of an external music player: when right clicking an album, be it available for purchase or local music, the tracks are listed along with the album art and if you hove a track number, a play/pause button is displayed and you can play that track:<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/AVvXsEhlmfuW8P1CO2XVNk91SYHv9hkakOVszOPv-fa2KUV32XKISvu91KSKqKfpCfd8Osz0gNB6XfYE1kVYHHE-vm0JUTVejMuMU-Dp7ih2Ot-nk2AWymvk-Y3USKdEt0CzwZnPIOm0IPewmgy1/s1600/music-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="music lens preview" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmfuW8P1CO2XVNk91SYHv9hkakOVszOPv-fa2KUV32XKISvu91KSKqKfpCfd8Osz0gNB6XfYE1kVYHHE-vm0JUTVejMuMU-Dp7ih2Ot-nk2AWymvk-Y3USKdEt0CzwZnPIOm0IPewmgy1/s320/music-lens.png" title="music lens preview" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dash previews - music available for purchase playing</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/AVvXsEj3O-_ai9Kfyr68KzeRmxrobFNxv_64Fffos5emTjSbztmaKNNEkEL65-N-NEzbN94RuLzofTFJJ6Z-TKJ-1VY3HJZZBK9d6YMvphJ_x_WMLMV9-KY6w2wso1vtjV2SgYn3zXTYekTDR6Kv/s1600/music-play-dash.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3O-_ai9Kfyr68KzeRmxrobFNxv_64Fffos5emTjSbztmaKNNEkEL65-N-NEzbN94RuLzofTFJJ6Z-TKJ-1VY3HJZZBK9d6YMvphJ_x_WMLMV9-KY6w2wso1vtjV2SgYn3zXTYekTDR6Kv/s320/music-play-dash.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dash previews - local music playing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We've covered this a while back, so for more info and a video, see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/unity-dash-gets-cool-new-previews.html">Unity: Dash Gets A Cool New Previews Feature [Video] - Ubuntu 12.10 Development</a>.</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/AVvXsEitcdzF9C6n7QfUl938xA6TGikjbWI9otES2kBCxPjLXWhF78TnNoCNVpGBhQGnBFdhYpGAy044oS7BJHNH7ZXizXBJqOMiMVXIZ0vxRlHND6R9qj7czsf-dFoRCfaQHUHldwOjdZ6bG-Jf/s1600/preview-image.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ubuntu unity previews" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitcdzF9C6n7QfUl938xA6TGikjbWI9otES2kBCxPjLXWhF78TnNoCNVpGBhQGnBFdhYpGAy044oS7BJHNH7ZXizXBJqOMiMVXIZ0vxRlHND6R9qj7czsf-dFoRCfaQHUHldwOjdZ6bG-Jf/s320/preview-image.png" title="ubuntu unity previews" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dash previews - local image</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides the preview feature, the latest Unity 6.4.0 seems to also come with the new <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/install-new-ubuntu-webapps-technology.html">Unity webapps technology</a> because when upgrading, 2 new packages were installed: libunity-webapps0 and unity-webapps-service, but it doesn't work yet. The browser (Firefox and Chromium) extensions are not installed by default, but even after installing them, the WebApps feature didn't work in my test so it seems there's something still missing here.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another change in Unity 6.4.0 is that <b>"backlight toggles" mode is now switched on</b> by default (screenshot above) which means that the Unity launcher icons for applications that aren't running don't have a background anymore:</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/AVvXsEhInigCTlNBli40ikavZF3hpqT-PXmT4z_F_KxxBjDYYL5acZ3iRndyEIkClrFVZpEJFyBn2gtZ3O5fqPMBpJU8K5OdEAr8n_0qXxJF8vfwHyxwQYvAEpMU20WMTSOyRxDZ1tMIRsKzyguQ/s1600/launcher-backlight.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="unity Backlight toggles on" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInigCTlNBli40ikavZF3hpqT-PXmT4z_F_KxxBjDYYL5acZ3iRndyEIkClrFVZpEJFyBn2gtZ3O5fqPMBpJU8K5OdEAr8n_0qXxJF8vfwHyxwQYvAEpMU20WMTSOyRxDZ1tMIRsKzyguQ/s320/launcher-backlight.png" title="unity Backlight toggles on" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Backlight toggles on</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, there's also a change in Compiz that I've noticed while testing Unity 6.4.0: the Magic Lamp animation is now used when clicking a minimized application from the Unity launcher (this is not used when minimizing an application). This animation is also used on Mac OSX where is known as the Genie effect (you can see a GIF with this animation in action <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGZRmmB4RVCkub52Yoc14XMYxJlWUhybdYT_2TANAy4JYQs0UDh4Da5FMGX78gyFODAZuFN9pTG6MAiKtdnMtdsgzXoulwphxIrgzlb03ITd6abo6s_fC_3vYjUm1niEHW5XExmegAIhv/s1600/output.gif">HERE</a>):</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/AVvXsEjlC0Z4fC6eZf4P9KiPX8yLvATCyY6oTZClOMVHGuDdm6C_rdHg1BqAlOCwGS0Bvk9ONNtRFyAYt0ALashyfrJXIPc2-2UDY-tvgqztJAH31pSuzuVeL_ORjCxtjSdJqj3P4a-GEYxbea5-/s1600/genie.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="unity magic lamp genie effect" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlC0Z4fC6eZf4P9KiPX8yLvATCyY6oTZClOMVHGuDdm6C_rdHg1BqAlOCwGS0Bvk9ONNtRFyAYt0ALashyfrJXIPc2-2UDY-tvgqztJAH31pSuzuVeL_ORjCxtjSdJqj3P4a-GEYxbea5-/s320/genie.png" title="unity magic lamp genie effect" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magic Lamp ("Genie") effect</td></tr></tbody></table><br />For a complete list of changes in Unity 6.4.0, see the changelog @ <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/unity/6.4.0-0ubuntu1">Launchpad</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">* The proposed repository is not enabled by default - it can be enabled via Software Sources. Unity 6.4.0 should be promoted from the proposed to the main repository soon.</div>

Unity 6.4.0 Lands In Ubuntu Quantal Proposed Repository, Brings Dash Previews

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Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Community Wallpapers Revealed

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The package that comes with the winning wallpapers for the Quantal wallpaper contest has just uploaded to the Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal repositories.</b></div><br />Here are the 12 winning wallpapers:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDUOvzOUxm9K0PuQKU74hleJuQgqKOQstVp1ys0MPDT3zy9Fjj3WNWhOl3qCA3oEYlQtIKqhAVhZHEvY7ibfzvbNxHh9824qPg5AzkV-xKdnSZnvLsEPiPuOiJj955a-i-8xJnzsw2VkqS/s1920/A_Little_Quetzal_by_vgerasimov.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDUOvzOUxm9K0PuQKU74hleJuQgqKOQstVp1ys0MPDT3zy9Fjj3WNWhOl3qCA3oEYlQtIKqhAVhZHEvY7ibfzvbNxHh9824qPg5AzkV-xKdnSZnvLsEPiPuOiJj955a-i-8xJnzsw2VkqS/s320/A_Little_Quetzal_by_vgerasimov.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1A9bf_aspf1cEQIfrhWRZJut_znOPmvSB1i_7bjqT-UIrXWgz0fkCLWFdCb3dHOS9faJCSppv6XNZjMBBXKGThlhSaZHw3G5sJa4P4G1rs25DKn0PoQt9ZvQawS2qVbe3bPUaEkhw_qb/s1920/Below_Clouds_by_kobinho.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1A9bf_aspf1cEQIfrhWRZJut_znOPmvSB1i_7bjqT-UIrXWgz0fkCLWFdCb3dHOS9faJCSppv6XNZjMBBXKGThlhSaZHw3G5sJa4P4G1rs25DKn0PoQt9ZvQawS2qVbe3bPUaEkhw_qb/s320/Below_Clouds_by_kobinho.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYTtt3gXfoNIWNfWFcIyEDnjLFkhn6wMP0mHeRFrzLT6Y69RWBZkJroJo4Xsm5QFfoeI69ngNN5mTrgSTSzqTZnon9VFaOYVvwQnS2h5KuibzFzCn8PYg17R1S-g1coGQ7hCMvVt4tnIH/s1920/Blue_Dandelion_by_Jaorizabal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYTtt3gXfoNIWNfWFcIyEDnjLFkhn6wMP0mHeRFrzLT6Y69RWBZkJroJo4Xsm5QFfoeI69ngNN5mTrgSTSzqTZnon9VFaOYVvwQnS2h5KuibzFzCn8PYg17R1S-g1coGQ7hCMvVt4tnIH/s320/Blue_Dandelion_by_Jaorizabal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCx81DIw5fJjIE0RSr6ASPQQcsUtVy7DyBOWU5yjaeT-_o5dCbgX289ZX78OkpRNrboxoXtE57jeAt2UD9BHj33eZvc75trSLe5AweRVTALBtAM7zTrXeJTzuLCs-6yPLtQMY2JWtH-kv9/s1920/Vanishing_by_James_Wilson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCx81DIw5fJjIE0RSr6ASPQQcsUtVy7DyBOWU5yjaeT-_o5dCbgX289ZX78OkpRNrboxoXtE57jeAt2UD9BHj33eZvc75trSLe5AweRVTALBtAM7zTrXeJTzuLCs-6yPLtQMY2JWtH-kv9/s320/Vanishing_by_James_Wilson.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're not using  Ubuntu 12.10, you can download the wallpapers from <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-wallpapers/0.35.1/+build/3763395/+files/ubuntu-wallpapers-quantal_0.35.1_all.deb">HERE</a> (deb - you don't have to install it, you can simply extract it), or, you can <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/ubuntu-wallpapers_0.35.1.tar.gz">download all the Ubuntu community wallpapers</a> from Ubuntu Karmic to Quantal.</div>

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Install ADB And Fastboot Android Tools In Ubuntu Via PPA

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rgKUi_R1s8yVmOJdT_o4SGpNkgMp1zK2inr-2cPzfxHBsi1qmKqo3VMinFOG_bm3XG1YulKKqFYqG3c-QmrpJsVYSXL_yVGpjw1DFZ8wsi_KHTKGyx9xwedcwxr-xRz0MS0pSpUBPQG1/s1600/adb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="adb" border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rgKUi_R1s8yVmOJdT_o4SGpNkgMp1zK2inr-2cPzfxHBsi1qmKqo3VMinFOG_bm3XG1YulKKqFYqG3c-QmrpJsVYSXL_yVGpjw1DFZ8wsi_KHTKGyx9xwedcwxr-xRz0MS0pSpUBPQG1/s320/adb.png" title="adb" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A package called "android-tools", which comes with "adb" and "fastboot" command line utilities, has been uploaded to the Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal repositories recently. I've got a request to upload this package in a PPA for older Ubuntu releases, so I've backported it to Ubuntu 12.04, 11.10 and 11.04.</b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>"adb" (Android Debug Bridge) </b>is a command line tool you can use to access the file system from an Android device; it can be used to send commands, transfer or receive files, install or uninstall applications and more.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>"fastboot"</b> is a command line tools that you can use to flash the filesystem on Android devices over USB.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">These tools can be found in the <a href="http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html">Android SDK</a> too; using the official package in Ubuntu 12.10 or the packages in our PPA is just an alternative and easier way I'd say, to install them in Ubuntu. Also, the packages in the PPA are available for both 32bit and 64bit, while the Android SDK provided by Google is only available for <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=904303">32bit</a>.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install "android-tools" package (adb and fastboot) in Ubuntu 12.04, 11.10 or 11.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Like I've said above, android-tools is available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories so all you have to do is search for it in Ubuntu Software Center and click the install button.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For Ubuntu 12.04, 11.10 and 11.04, you can install android-tools using the main WebUpd8 PPA:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot</code></pre><br />Once installed, run "adb" and "fastboot" in a terminal to see the available options and how to use these Android tools.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update 1:</b> we've now backported the Ubuntu Raring builds to Ubuntu 12.10 as well as Ubuntu 12.04 and 11.10. This includes  a new android-tools-ext4-utils package (“sudo apt-get install android-tools-fsutils”) and <b>udev rules to allow fastboot flashing Nexus7.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update 2:</b>  The "android-tools-adb" package now includes / installs <b>51-android.rules</b> Udev rules. This isn't available in the official Ubuntu package but only in the package available in our PPA, and is available for <b>Ubuntu Raring, Quantal, Precise and Oneiric.</b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Marcin Juszkiewicz for the packaging; I've only uploaded the package to the WebUpd8 PPA for older Ubuntu releases</i></div>

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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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31h8V7iNvWHu51W3pY8Obk1ogXx60ZwqgRkvzUbVs_NVObCVN5IiUmKHtPCwQvMkyEt5vNoMww6QPRzEyQO03SrZD8uvaU8jY8bJsgWJvmOU0dxxAbbkdP5EpQV3I3HGnSjvmKa6gXrEz/s1600/mupdf.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="mupdf" border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31h8V7iNvWHu51W3pY8Obk1ogXx60ZwqgRkvzUbVs_NVObCVN5IiUmKHtPCwQvMkyEt5vNoMww6QPRzEyQO03SrZD8uvaU8jY8bJsgWJvmOU0dxxAbbkdP5EpQV3I3HGnSjvmKa6gXrEz/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>

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Install GIMP 2.8.2 In Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin

<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKfGbd-bTsfgjpUIT0qrFXZYpgeEm1SFLWyzIKZBIBxFoWBafS2eOfjoNgyi8PeeP3gW9OWLUARN1iHgASpU-DKn5TGnV5YG2ctqc8n1pf_1KTVzS3doCREoMjDpV3h-pJtqRxjsl89aL/s1600/gimp-2.8.2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gimp 2.8.2" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKfGbd-bTsfgjpUIT0qrFXZYpgeEm1SFLWyzIKZBIBxFoWBafS2eOfjoNgyi8PeeP3gW9OWLUARN1iHgASpU-DKn5TGnV5YG2ctqc8n1pf_1KTVzS3doCREoMjDpV3h-pJtqRxjsl89aL/s320/gimp-2.8.2.png" title="gimp 2.8.2" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>GIMP 2.8.2 has been released a few days ago with lots of bug fixes, but without any new features.</b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><b>Among the changes included in the latest GIMP 2.8.2 are:</b><br /><ul><li>Mention that the image was exported in the close warning dialog</li><li>Fix the visibility logic of the export/overwrite menu items</li><li>Remove all "Use GEGL" menu items, they only add bugs and zero function</li><li>Improve performance of display filters, especially color management</li><li>Fix the image window title to comply with the save/export spec and use the same image name everywhere, not only in the title</li><li>Fix positioning of pasted/dropped stuff to be more reasonable</li><li>Fix remembering of JPEG load/save defaults</li><li>Mac OSX / Windows fixes</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The 2.8.x series won't include any new features, just bug fixes. The <a href="http://wiki.gimp.org/index.php/Roadmap">plan</a> is to add full GEGL support, high bit depths, an unified transform tool and other new features with GIMP 2.10 and finally port GIMP to GTK3 with version 3.0.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install GIMP 2.8.2 in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The PPA that provides GIMP 2.8.x for Ubuntu 12.04 users has been updated today with the latest GIMP 2.8.2. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the PPA and install GIMP 2.8.2 in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install gimp</code></pre><br />For source files, Windows and Mac OSX installers, see the <a href="http://www.gimp.org/downloads/">GIMP download page</a>.

Install GIMP 2.8.2 In Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin

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