Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 2 Available For Download

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj714wjj8atpvT5o7rjyWDaSNT2nfzWqGKzY6nHI6cLNgfNYT0gwHCRqMuLLNtguYK0zKmOllSpXWLgCCIvqjMN3bm497C-m742Bih-d4oljolfcrTl0k8l-U9UboGHxeSLyMPgCPr7ElqS/s1600/ubuntu-12.10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj714wjj8atpvT5o7rjyWDaSNT2nfzWqGKzY6nHI6cLNgfNYT0gwHCRqMuLLNtguYK0zKmOllSpXWLgCCIvqjMN3bm497C-m742Bih-d4oljolfcrTl0k8l-U9UboGHxeSLyMPgCPr7ElqS/s400/ubuntu-12.10.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 2 has been made available for download today.</b><br /><b><br /></b> There are quite a few changes in Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2, including a new Unity version which brings some more polish and tweaks along with 3 new Unity lenses, Amazon and Ubuntu One Music store webapps installed by default, a new default wallpaper, but also some LightDM and Messaging Menu changes. Read on to find out more!</div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><h2>Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2 video</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As usual, we'll start with a video in which you can see some of the changes available in the latest Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 2:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6mfmHxjzF6g" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mfmHxjzF6g">direct video link</a>; for more videos, subscribe to our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a> or like us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/webupd8/app_57675755167?ref=ts">Facebook</a>)</center><br /><br />Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/ubuntu-1210-quantal-quetzal-beta-1.html">Ubuntu 12.10 beta 1<br /></a><br /><br /><h2>Changes in Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2 since beta 1</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A new Unity version is available in Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2, which brings new gradients, new ordering for the home lens, as well as some <b>new animations for Dash Previews and window minimize</b>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhp_VXYRG_xaMD4RxvX2XnARXTqO086rtbX5RGS0XTKp6ZGuZbv_ulXPyjt4p3bxRnLytnZWjit_HUfIitCs6uZh595c2BLA2tvTd7OeOSTtMvAqpFOpDHSrAyVCn_qvxo06a-ykUpPSr/s1600/dash-image-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 previews" border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhp_VXYRG_xaMD4RxvX2XnARXTqO086rtbX5RGS0XTKp6ZGuZbv_ulXPyjt4p3bxRnLytnZWjit_HUfIitCs6uZh595c2BLA2tvTd7OeOSTtMvAqpFOpDHSrAyVCn_qvxo06a-ykUpPSr/s320/dash-image-preview.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 previews" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You can see these new animations in the video above. It's worth mentioning that the minimize animation is slow at first, but gets faster as the user minimizes more windows.</div><br /><b>Other Unity changes include:</b><br /><ul><li>coverflow is no longer used for the music available for purchase in the Music Lens</li><li>new artwork for missing album covers in the Music Lens</li><li>"unity --reset" has been removed</li><li>the workspace switcher and removable devices icons can now be moved on the launcher</li><li>new gradient, tweaked highlight box and shadows</li><li>lots of bug fixes </li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Three new lenses are installed by default with Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 2: a "social" (Gwibber) lens, a photo lens and a shopping lens:</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- The <b>social lens</b> can display results from Twitter, Facebook and Identi.ca, nicely organized in various categories: Messages, Replies, Photos, Videos, Links and Private:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ81xia14qCJcnFKu_FmHu88z9RKq6YC0sVSwZE8KxdW8Pv_8eKRbbJaMxGSiVtupHJ4Nrp43D5SSL4JYiYxtfwce2L-Qm-qHucOl3lGok4bl7tp2psB7fdIYbliupl6zemOnVJInIa-c4/s1600/social-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 social lens" border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ81xia14qCJcnFKu_FmHu88z9RKq6YC0sVSwZE8KxdW8Pv_8eKRbbJaMxGSiVtupHJ4Nrp43D5SSL4JYiYxtfwce2L-Qm-qHucOl3lGok4bl7tp2psB7fdIYbliupl6zemOnVJInIa-c4/s320/social-lens.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 social lens" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Dash Previews feature works with the new social lens</b>, and it doesn't just allow the user to preview the tweets or Facebook posts, but you can also like a post or retweet without leaving Dash:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTz4bV3nD3BJuQg1WJm7LQ2Zb21U6R03qXIjkQ7_SpSKZ8H4HIw0wsItz7ocorYZfEtEwF1jVIbciyR6PQ3EI5MBUq8INDsKDGyxD0raXqIFd_0mYD-VAoAgbQe16mY4AUGV4d5mF7KTVN/s1600/social-lens-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTz4bV3nD3BJuQg1WJm7LQ2Zb21U6R03qXIjkQ7_SpSKZ8H4HIw0wsItz7ocorYZfEtEwF1jVIbciyR6PQ3EI5MBUq8INDsKDGyxD0raXqIFd_0mYD-VAoAgbQe16mY4AUGV4d5mF7KTVN/s320/social-lens-preview.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- The new <b>photo lens</b> displays images from various accounts you've enabled in Online Accounts, like Picasa, Facebook or Flickr as well as local photos. You can filter the results by date or source and that's about all the photo lens can do. And of course, the preview feature works with this lens too:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsJw-CaLgSfJdYvDaSC5BWQg02N18CkodoZsNCsYg3XZQn2wD4HxKz7_U_UAoXgGmEjCijWyuFMFUPDA5UN7Fv-nUX6cjHtL-PZZrpxT6CwrJur7gyeyLouyaXMzo1JHpwJTkVGY705c4/s1600/photo-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsJw-CaLgSfJdYvDaSC5BWQg02N18CkodoZsNCsYg3XZQn2wD4HxKz7_U_UAoXgGmEjCijWyuFMFUPDA5UN7Fv-nUX6cjHtL-PZZrpxT6CwrJur7gyeyLouyaXMzo1JHpwJTkVGY705c4/s320/photo-lens.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2 ships with a <b>shopping lens</b> which displays commercial content into Dash search results and is only visible when the user performs a global search from the Dash home screen and there are matching suggestions to show. The shopping suggestions differentiate from the rest of the items by using a badge which displays the price:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgilLWzwJHCb761-wv6hgCLxcGOQy3PyZi4cfUiHo7VcbvngMQixKNF88ZLgzhRFh6ZueWGpDWOS4UGs3aSNbc5Yg3TMzacGOYdYQqiinWWH5jZKjNJM7OWM7IDwBQyeezU1smZdkRJYA1S/s1600/shopping-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgilLWzwJHCb761-wv6hgCLxcGOQy3PyZi4cfUiHo7VcbvngMQixKNF88ZLgzhRFh6ZueWGpDWOS4UGs3aSNbc5Yg3TMzacGOYdYQqiinWWH5jZKjNJM7OWM7IDwBQyeezU1smZdkRJYA1S/s320/shopping-lens.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The shopping lens isn't the only way Canonical tries to make more money - there are also<b> two new webapps pinned to the Unity launcher in the latest Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2, for Ubuntu One Music Store and Amazon:</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTRnzFQSM8GhE8zMxRFd2cYJiXSPeQf5oNup4nolJGc5Ya13E7QgEPA8HDKEoA-3Ed2VQatCTLAGypNKv6Qhv-65nvGAuLxI51x4QAs5mVeTAGGpnZ8zQU6oGoxGSWWkje3vrg3C5rJnl/s1600/amazon-ubuntuone-icons.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTRnzFQSM8GhE8zMxRFd2cYJiXSPeQf5oNup4nolJGc5Ya13E7QgEPA8HDKEoA-3Ed2VQatCTLAGypNKv6Qhv-65nvGAuLxI51x4QAs5mVeTAGGpnZ8zQU6oGoxGSWWkje3vrg3C5rJnl/s320/amazon-ubuntuone-icons.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new social and photo lenses are very slow on my computer and it takes minutes to display some results and sometimes nothing loads at all. The weird thing is, the shopping lens results load instantly, even though it's also an online feature. Mmm. This, hopefully, will be fixed by the time the final Ubuntu 12.10 version will be released, but even so, is it worth having so many online features in Dash? There are many users with a limited Internet connection which I'm sure won't appreciate these new features, but luckily, an option turn off at least some of these online results should land soon.</div><br /><br />Another Unity change is the addition of a<b> close button as well as the window title in the window spread</b> (on hover):<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZt6zh71GioIHcjPrmNbYoKZT5QLTTNslamEKaW8W4vubOU8FDAcDK0hFX1mwHsOBHeYcvM1LaMektoPhx1wdgw5NhAJgCiPvtcOT2KZVmhAnpErsviaiaFug1C629AZaGzFqwcHvn8a5/s1600/spread-close-button.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZt6zh71GioIHcjPrmNbYoKZT5QLTTNslamEKaW8W4vubOU8FDAcDK0hFX1mwHsOBHeYcvM1LaMektoPhx1wdgw5NhAJgCiPvtcOT2KZVmhAnpErsviaiaFug1C629AZaGzFqwcHvn8a5/s320/spread-close-button.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This isn't "The Spread", as <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/new-unity-spread-design-for-ubuntu-1210.html">announced</a> a while back, but the regular spread, and it looks like the new implementation which is supposed to improve Unity task switching won't make it into Ubuntu 12.10.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As for the new <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/install-new-ubuntu-webapps-technology.html" title="Install The New Ubuntu WebApps Technology In Ubuntu 12.04 Or 12.10">"WebApps" technology</a>, the feature is available by default, but there are no webapps preinstalled besides Amazon and Ubuntu One Music but hopefully they will be available soon, at least via Ubuntu Software Center.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Messaging Menu has received a minor, but useful change: <b>the status icons are now displayed as emblems</b> on the envelope icon:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8cWFfjcKZJBr3PvkXPeDAgyvU_MSMwZMaT7HPCtZb2akNEz7iF4-BDXP4oWqPfa2uEjK2nUklP9BLTGdTmaQEFmKj0CkHnEW4y_4n0uLHOjgeqA7pumqRuE-imKZeBs3-ZuGTOyzGNO2/s1600/messaging-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8cWFfjcKZJBr3PvkXPeDAgyvU_MSMwZMaT7HPCtZb2akNEz7iF4-BDXP4oWqPfa2uEjK2nUklP9BLTGdTmaQEFmKj0CkHnEW4y_4n0uLHOjgeqA7pumqRuE-imKZeBs3-ZuGTOyzGNO2/s320/messaging-menu.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2, there's a <b>new default wallpaper</b> which continues to use the same colors as the previous wallpapers - <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/new-default-wallpaper-lands-in-ubuntu.html">not a popular choice</a> among the Ubuntu users it seems:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35vNCLlIIlONJkWnymHYtnmt3_njc1mbogSfEJb_V4DhSU0KUuBxb0SWPXVB7ZnAw56zHvBlhzjRXr7t8hW0PbGkfwNJg0Fguly7W7JM9-uEfyTLLc6Ip34wsutvTzMLWEUufTabEfX4B/s1600/wallpaper.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35vNCLlIIlONJkWnymHYtnmt3_njc1mbogSfEJb_V4DhSU0KUuBxb0SWPXVB7ZnAw56zHvBlhzjRXr7t8hW0PbGkfwNJg0Fguly7W7JM9-uEfyTLLc6Ip34wsutvTzMLWEUufTabEfX4B/s320/wallpaper.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>LightDM has gained support for remote desktop logins by default</b>. This is currently done through the Ubuntu Single Sign On service:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOycL7GP8osE7hjvjkKidb9Iq-Ob-czQBqfgWmxskWY-uHVYR9UZwFyVOZlV_eL6OwiJVLhEn7-3GN0NhroCwBwyIL001fYJwJC7ngz2v0sOV4538isx5siwaB4wczR-dOKZRq9lTw9Ky/s1600/remote-login-lightdm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOycL7GP8osE7hjvjkKidb9Iq-Ob-czQBqfgWmxskWY-uHVYR9UZwFyVOZlV_eL6OwiJVLhEn7-3GN0NhroCwBwyIL001fYJwJC7ngz2v0sOV4538isx5siwaB4wczR-dOKZRq9lTw9Ky/s320/remote-login-lightdm.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12385yF9WGNUwg_GVoP34qQCJZND6oettUB_fTInrS27w3pfy6dfLkpEhXyeO1i0_jSzd3vQChNMxyb89u2l_Y5BN3_1vdazPE29iQ-zwsyK0F04rpU1WIsy9MHW3fomy3HnIjuw905oB/s1600/remote-login.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12385yF9WGNUwg_GVoP34qQCJZND6oettUB_fTInrS27w3pfy6dfLkpEhXyeO1i0_jSzd3vQChNMxyb89u2l_Y5BN3_1vdazPE29iQ-zwsyK0F04rpU1WIsy9MHW3fomy3HnIjuw905oB/s320/remote-login.png" title="ubuntu 12.10 screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Default applications</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2 ships by default with Nautilus 3.4.2, Firefox 15.0.1, Thunderbird 15.0.1, LibreOffice 3.6.1 (now with built-in global menu support), Ubuntu Software Center 5.3.14.2, Transmission 2.61, Deja Dup 24.0, Shotwell 0.13.0, Rhythmbox 2.97, Gwibber 3.5.90, Gedit 3.5.3, Totem 3.4.3, Brasero 3.4.1, GNOME Control Center 3.4.2 and Empathy 3.5.92 on top of Unity 6.6.0 and GNOME 3.5.92 (some 3.6 components have landed already).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Quantal beta 2 uses the Ubuntu Linux Kernel 3.5.0-15.23 based on the v3.5.4 upstream Linux kernel, Xorg server 1.13.0 and mesa 9.0.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As for those who do not want to use Unity, GNOME Shell 3.6 is now available in the Ubuntu 12.10 official repositories.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>LiveCDs dropped</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With Ubuntu 12.10, there are no more CD-sized images available. The new ISO size is 800MB, so it won't fit on a CD anymore, so users will have to rely on DVDs and USB to install the latest Ubuntu version.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu 12.10 is pretty stable, but there are some known issues! For instance, on systems using ATI Radeon 9200 graphics, you'll get a black screen on boot (a work-around is to add "nomodeset" to the kernel command line). So make sure you check out the official <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/TechnicalOverview/Beta2">release notes</a> before installing / upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you've installed a previous Ubuntu 12.10 milestone (like alpha 3 or beta 1) or a daily build and you've updated the packages through the Update Manager (now called "Software Updater"), you already have beta 2 so there's no need to reinstall it.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/TechnicalOverview/Beta2">Download Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2</a></div><br /><br /><b>Up next:</b><br /><ul><li>Final Ubuntu 12.10 release - October 18th</li></ul>

Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 2 Available For Download

Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal beta 2 has been made available for download today. There are quite a few changes in Ubuntu 12.10 beta 2, inclu...

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Steam For Linux Beta Testing Starting In October

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpGZh-03PPspeQF6ZBeGFUUJBMYUdPCJUcH10dZUMyH2T5yhhbEvQ7VjrSB_SA_01Lz4lSe-N4rqAHpCWwcc-npamx_pl7GfJYF9SXHfZL29IuFa9ZuFU8eXsKkjqmR159qtkWiJwV25x/s1600/steam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpGZh-03PPspeQF6ZBeGFUUJBMYUdPCJUcH10dZUMyH2T5yhhbEvQ7VjrSB_SA_01Lz4lSe-N4rqAHpCWwcc-npamx_pl7GfJYF9SXHfZL29IuFa9ZuFU8eXsKkjqmR159qtkWiJwV25x/s320/steam.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Valve has <a href="http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/beta-late-than-never-3/">announced</a> they will be testing internally their new Valve for Linux starting next week and a private external beta will be available sometime in October.</b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The external beta will only be available for <b>1000 users</b> who will be provided with a sign up page that will be announced in a future post:</div><br /><blockquote>For existing Linux users, the external private beta is a good release for seeing where we are in running our games on Linux. We will be using a sign up page for the external beta. Information about the sign up will be announced in a future post.</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The external beta will only include <b>one game</b>, which will probably be Left 4 Dead 2, although the post doesn't mention the game name. No additional Valve games will be included in the external beta and there will be no Big Picture mode. They also mention that <b>only Ubuntu 12.04 and above will be supported</b>.</div><br /><b>Update: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/steam-for-linux-now-available-to-all.html">Steam For Linux Now Available To All Users</a></b>

Steam For Linux Beta Testing Starting In October

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GNOME 3.6 Released - See What's New

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JQVVVY3PQUunDnCoTCbmnqoqcW17qKJGM1XlIYMGZhs7W9cR8z3dvrn4pFPHJdXiIxzOuu-ehglI8Go5nGNz4Juk43vn5a2v7hU7zICtUKOuVwTfvjcKxKFh_qeXHyXNNSLA4ESb10hg/s1600/activities.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JQVVVY3PQUunDnCoTCbmnqoqcW17qKJGM1XlIYMGZhs7W9cR8z3dvrn4pFPHJdXiIxzOuu-ehglI8Go5nGNz4Juk43vn5a2v7hU7zICtUKOuVwTfvjcKxKFh_qeXHyXNNSLA4ESb10hg/s320/activities.png" title="gnome 3.6" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The GNOME Project has released GNOME 3.6 today, the new version bringing many enhancements and new features, including a redesigned Message Tray, smarter notifications, improved Activity Overview layout, new design for Files (Nautilus) and a new lock screen. Let's take a look at what's new!</b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><h2>GNOME 3.6 video</h2><br />Below you can watch a video with the latest GNOME 3.6 in action, running under Ubuntu 12.10:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uMfg7Jsnmg4" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMfg7Jsnmg4">direct video link</a>; for more videos, subscribe to our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a> or like us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/webupd8/app_57675755167?ref=ts">Facebook</a>)</center><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>For Nautilus (Files) 3.6 and a few other GNOME 3.6 bits which aren't in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories, I've used the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3">GNOME 3 PPA</a>. In the video, I'm using Web 3.5.4 instead of 3.6 because the latest version isn't even available in the GNOME 3 PPA.</i></div><br /><br />Now, let's take a look at the most important changes in GNOME 3.6.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Core / GNOME Shell changes</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggirPsZrkLhQjrjRtmKvpBM8rboC1yLXXWm9uy9DokErOLj_1iNQE9wE03_qsBslYapSaRCAtKaygohtZZ-gLTzABaLMuhCzDqjs65twLw2EHJzcDTSpU88BBiTvGyQ1btUhCwxOeQOa8/s1600/message-tray.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 message tray notifications" border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggirPsZrkLhQjrjRtmKvpBM8rboC1yLXXWm9uy9DokErOLj_1iNQE9wE03_qsBslYapSaRCAtKaygohtZZ-gLTzABaLMuhCzDqjs65twLw2EHJzcDTSpU88BBiTvGyQ1btUhCwxOeQOa8/s320/message-tray.png" title="gnome 3.6 message tray notifications" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With the latest GNOME 3.6, the <b>Message Tray and the notifications</b> have received some major changes:</div><ul><li>The Message Tray items are bigger, the hot corner has been replaced with the whole bottom screen edge; also, the Message Tray can now be accessed via a keyboard shortcut (Super + M)</li><li>The notifications are smarter, more noticeable and easier to dismiss thanks to a close button</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another change - not major, but it will definitely please some users, is that the <b>GNOME Shell User Menu now displays a Power Off item by default</b>:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzpmmthlJQn3KADWWkJP2foh-Jm9jovZoszOie71kGH9Wi-PGwfHCCl14DWiC_X5TQQ-UmsCJzRqbjxWPahCtBZdJeEg5RleHshz9OdQRW-ofEbnwUBX94Y6cPWFFpSRk9nOBUO2ZY0aU/s1600/user-menu-power-off.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 user menu" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzpmmthlJQn3KADWWkJP2foh-Jm9jovZoszOie71kGH9Wi-PGwfHCCl14DWiC_X5TQQ-UmsCJzRqbjxWPahCtBZdJeEg5RleHshz9OdQRW-ofEbnwUBX94Y6cPWFFpSRk9nOBUO2ZY0aU/s320/user-menu-power-off.png" title="gnome 3.6 user menu" width="290" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the latest GNOME Shell 3.6, the <b>Activities Overview</b> has received some important changes. Firstly, now when you click "Activities" on the top left, the windows are displayed by default and to access the applications, you must click a grid button displayed at the bottom of Dash:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6FgL2Z5zfIXybJ20hHsDvNYfuRyXpU7N2p5xiyT56s4ONu1yfVDFfXEUHBV6Yir0vG0gQ5JGmbn7-0Ff57xwFU23OrHrfzKM0oBvyGxGCQqah959lBwJZP8mvUbIceTgxqCCu9UwjUNc/s1600/activities.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 activities overview" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6FgL2Z5zfIXybJ20hHsDvNYfuRyXpU7N2p5xiyT56s4ONu1yfVDFfXEUHBV6Yir0vG0gQ5JGmbn7-0Ff57xwFU23OrHrfzKM0oBvyGxGCQqah959lBwJZP8mvUbIceTgxqCCu9UwjUNc/s320/activities.png" title="gnome 3.6 activities overview" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another major new feature in the latest GNOME 3.6 is a <b>new Lock Screen</b> (requires GDM so it might not show up for you if you're using Ubuntu 12.10 with LightDM instead of GDM) which displays the time and date along with notifications and the user has the ability to control media playback:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGM4jxQFuNSK1hDfw7UvmhNhCD7D7u1K8eguDLoKowes0PMsIqkSAoVzmxOZHTRa1CS38a4nysD1s64HvamtsOQZEd_g_mTV191A0zWNY0DgIJyhdWqpwP8QywzDNHDH52I1HpBTLrCxO/s1600/lock-screen.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 lock screen" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGM4jxQFuNSK1hDfw7UvmhNhCD7D7u1K8eguDLoKowes0PMsIqkSAoVzmxOZHTRa1CS38a4nysD1s64HvamtsOQZEd_g_mTV191A0zWNY0DgIJyhdWqpwP8QywzDNHDH52I1HpBTLrCxO/s320/lock-screen.png" title="gnome 3.6 lock screen" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>GNOME applications</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And now a bit about the GNOME applications. <b>Files (Nautilus)</b> is the application which has received probably the biggest attention in GNOME 3.6. Files comes with a new user interface which is now consistent with the other GNOME applications, but there are some removed features too, like the dual pane.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDP8cPJXQIASLI3UzPoSesyOrw8E6IBA9UpOeReEKqr7S10-joN37O2eZq2VqiDzrcCMyvCnfjad-hK0MdOq-AbQsAJgX9MhPEJ7GA5BLcIeduNYAz2VHDwGwQMaN1YG1Y9eYZfrri1Tj/s1600/nautilus-files.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 files nautilus" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDP8cPJXQIASLI3UzPoSesyOrw8E6IBA9UpOeReEKqr7S10-joN37O2eZq2VqiDzrcCMyvCnfjad-hK0MdOq-AbQsAJgX9MhPEJ7GA5BLcIeduNYAz2VHDwGwQMaN1YG1Y9eYZfrri1Tj/s320/nautilus-files.png" title="gnome 3.6 files nautilus" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>Among the changes in Files 3.6 are:</b><br /><ul><li>a new way of searching for files has replaced both the old search tool and the "search as you type" feature</li><li>new toolbar and pathbar, GNOME Shell appmenu, a new "cog" menu, symbolic icons for the sidebar, a new "Recent" section in the sidebar</li><li>list view changes: new date format display, better column order, new icon size: 32</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Clocks:</b> a new application introduced as a "preview", because, according to the GNOME developers, it's not ready for prime time just yet. But it's already functional and it can be used to display the time around the world, set up an alarm, stopwatch and a timer:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2njn9Fq0aDGKyAQe29lAEgIjs_9inRYOoBMjLxol2BpdPcqHX-yAMXhiAI_NStYphk23m1RwJaO_F7ks3nnrOgGgZU6-zJnN-UxRqpHqzALfL5LAvTpFh7EZhyXgi7Mq57KV_dF4ZUJ-/s1600/gnome-clocks.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 clocks" border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2njn9Fq0aDGKyAQe29lAEgIjs_9inRYOoBMjLxol2BpdPcqHX-yAMXhiAI_NStYphk23m1RwJaO_F7ks3nnrOgGgZU6-zJnN-UxRqpHqzALfL5LAvTpFh7EZhyXgi7Mq57KV_dF4ZUJ-/s320/gnome-clocks.png" title="gnome 3.6 clocks" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0Kbby6JSn6l7jzmSQAQIZjJrCICrNKB-RTosSLdR22PdVSFXJjWVftIkYNpW8KOQVlOmJ8v_DMGHcAJlkM2-w1Xm8s3gRL7kfjc4Wv9Fq8EIX1cInJXnBlZP7r-kxQKL26WOK38XlUF3/s1600/boxes.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 boxes" border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0Kbby6JSn6l7jzmSQAQIZjJrCICrNKB-RTosSLdR22PdVSFXJjWVftIkYNpW8KOQVlOmJ8v_DMGHcAJlkM2-w1Xm8s3gRL7kfjc4Wv9Fq8EIX1cInJXnBlZP7r-kxQKL26WOK38XlUF3/s320/boxes.png" title="gnome 3.6 boxes" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Introduced as a preview in GNOME 3.4, <b>Boxes</b> (an application to connect to remote machines and manage virtual machines) is now officially a GNOME application. Changes in the latest Boxes include a reworked selection mode, allow customizing a box memory and disk size before it's created and more.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Epiphany (Web)</b> has introduced "The Overview" with version 3.6. This is the beginning of a new design which should improve the user experience, about which we've talked about a <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/12/new-epiphany-browser-design-probably.html">while back</a>:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d_7WlXj80ts1YA4zMz6te8lJhevRpqRzK0zQIHVzoMPfA9Uf4x9aphjBXYszr2KLxevNhK6GEVBU54yIgHcG-_I8OdcI_I6n2ytWiY56WnFMSvZgEh8M2-9OjQuy7EvhJY6Ey7sN01vr/s1600/web.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome 3.6 web epiphany" border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d_7WlXj80ts1YA4zMz6te8lJhevRpqRzK0zQIHVzoMPfA9Uf4x9aphjBXYszr2KLxevNhK6GEVBU54yIgHcG-_I8OdcI_I6n2ytWiY56WnFMSvZgEh8M2-9OjQuy7EvhJY6Ey7sN01vr/s320/web.png" title="gnome 3.6 web epiphany" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For now, "The Overview" doesn't have the functionality that was announced a while back, and it only presents a grid with the most visited pages. The new version also comes with an improved full screen mode and other changes.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Of course, there were many other improvements, including various changes for Disk Usage Analyzer, Disks, Font Viewer, support for Microsoft Exchange, Windows Live and Facebook for Online Accounts, updated modal dialogs which now expand from the middle instead of dropping from the top, Empathy now uses Zeitgeist, and many accessibility and internationalization enhancements.<br /><br />There's also a new feature which I'm sure those who like to customize their desktop will love: with GNOME 3.6, <b>the GNOME Shell extensions installed via <a href="http://extensions.gnome.org">extensions.gnome.org</a> are updated automatically</b>.<br /><br /><b>The next stable GNOME release, 3.8, is expected on March 27, 2013</b>.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Getting GNOME 3.6</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There are no official GNOME 3.6 ISO files available for download yet, but if you want to try it already, you can use the latest development builds of Ubuntu 12.10, Fedora 18 and so on in a virtual machine or boot the images from an USB stick.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">When available, the GNOME 3.6 live images will be downloadable from <a href="http://www.gnome.org/getting-gnome/">HERE</a>.</div><br /><br />Also see:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.gnome.org/news/2012/09/gnome-3-6-released/">http://www.gnome.org/news/2012/09/gnome-3-6-released/</a></li><li><a href="http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.6/index.html.en">http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.6/index.html.en </a></li></ul>

GNOME 3.6 Released - See What's New

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Download GNOME 3 Adwaita Theme For Firefox

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Adwaita for Firefox is a theme designed to integrate Firefox with Adwaita, the default GNOME 3 theme.</b> The theme features GNOME 3 like tabs, a toolbar like the one used in the latest GNOME 3.6 and many other tweaks.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu782Cb95N-b5IH_7Q6s_YwlKsWsIqDUHCyrVGX6KwKv-A_BcW-e8DgJgexlu2UyMwvVKLgMG6ZimCs5yeu6bYjxxMwKSjoUtuzS8NC-T1vzD3zEHchyphenhyphenKyjHLZVh-jyEyr8ZNerrL4jTGA/s1600/firefox-adwaita.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="firefox adwaita theme" border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu782Cb95N-b5IH_7Q6s_YwlKsWsIqDUHCyrVGX6KwKv-A_BcW-e8DgJgexlu2UyMwvVKLgMG6ZimCs5yeu6bYjxxMwKSjoUtuzS8NC-T1vzD3zEHchyphenhyphenKyjHLZVh-jyEyr8ZNerrL4jTGA/s320/firefox-adwaita.png" title="firefox adwaita theme" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Adwaita theme for Firefox 15 has been released recently and was submitted to <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adwaita/">addons.mozilla.org</a> but it hasn't been approved yet so for now, you can get it from <a href="https://github.com/adwaita-firefox-team/adwaita-firefox/downloads">GitHub</a>. To install it, download the .xpi file, then drag and drop it from Nautilus onto the Firefox window.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For a full GNOME 3.6 experience, you may also want to install <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/htitle/">HTile</a>, an extension which hides the Firefox titlebar when the window is maximized, just like the new behaviour for the default GNOME 3 applications.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="https://plus.google.com/110020735578104565833/posts/fznMENssKWy">+Garrett LeSage</a></i></div>

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Exaile Music Player Lives On, Version 3.3.0 Released With Many Improvements [Ubuntu PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;">With no major release in more than 2 years, many thought <a href="http://www.exaile.org/">Exaile</a>, once a pretty popular music player (it was even the default Xubuntu music player), was dead. But it turns out that's not the case and a new version - 3.3.0 codenamed "jump" -, has been released a few days ago.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Exaile, an application designed with Amarok 1.4 in mind, but for GTK, comes with many of KDE's Amarok 1.4 features, along with some extras. Since our last post on Exaile dates back to 2010, here's a quick features overview:</div><a name="more"></a><ul><li>can handle large music libraries</li><li>tabbed playlists</li><li>plugins support which includes a huge list of plugins</li><li>cover fetching</li><li>CD playback, iPod and USB mass storage support</li><li>advanced tag editor</li><li>ReplayGain support</li><li>equalizer with presets</li><li>Moodbar integration</li><li>multimedia keys</li><li>lyrics fetching</li><li>dynamic playist</li><li>Last.fm support</li><li>many many other features</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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSq97whb143wnypVZtuzPZoX4hjtFi2Xz54clmpS1NmG4nt3h4Y2lVw3589dqfLZ4ffa2iZ0bsst5SIfAQIZDt0L8aAVIDK1hF2xWQal4qNje505MS1r3HV9S51rwVvREPkylCTrCuV8O/s1600/exaile-3.3.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="exaile 3.3.0" border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSq97whb143wnypVZtuzPZoX4hjtFi2Xz54clmpS1NmG4nt3h4Y2lVw3589dqfLZ4ffa2iZ0bsst5SIfAQIZDt0L8aAVIDK1hF2xWQal4qNje505MS1r3HV9S51rwVvREPkylCTrCuV8O/s320/exaile-3.3.0.png" title="exaile 3.3.0" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exaile 3.3.0</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides dropping the leading "0" from the version number (going from 0.3.x to 3.3.x), the latest Exaile 3.3.0 "brings hundreds of fixes as well as a lot of new features", says the release announcement. <b>Here's a list of the most important changes in the latest Exaile:</b></div><ul><li>New / updated plugins: A-B Repeat, BPM Counter: manually set BPM per track, Group Tagger, History: keep history of played tracks and export them to a playlist, Inhibit Suspend, Last.fm Loved Tracks, Main Menu Button: moves the main menu into a single Chrome-like button, MusicBrainz Covers, OSD: completely rewritten with new options, Preview Device: allows playing audio over a secondary device, useful for DJs</li><li>Lots of threading issues which resulted in hangs during playback and upon startup have been fixed</li><li>Asynchronous cover fetching</li><li>Improved import of media from drag drops</li><li>New playlist column: scheduled playback time of tracks</li><li>Tracks and playlist import from and export to arbitrary locations (like network locations)</li><li>Revamped cover chooser and cover manager</li><li>Completely new, provider-based menu system</li><li>Completely rewritten playlist API (cleaner, more flexible and extensible, move and copy tracks arbitrarily between playlists)</li><li>Support relative paths in playlist import/export</li><li>Tag handling: support albumartist for MP3/MP4</li><li>Many UI tweaks and fixes</li><li>Lots of improvements made to Exaile for Windows, including an installer</li></ul>For a complete list of changes, see the Exaile <a href="http://www.exaile.org/">homepage</a>.<br /><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/AVvXsEhQIR72c2UB554EedofTTYNbwNC-YPdA9a6REb61DxFrPK6Gazs_JjqAMAsLeZGUd_NLVPwgyzY8nsm3AVTzXIsaJqbKBLFiLnEhgJCjcbYhEroRaGXMmLAMpPrAs5aO21EOzV8BlkRSQk2/s1600/exaile-plugins.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIR72c2UB554EedofTTYNbwNC-YPdA9a6REb61DxFrPK6Gazs_JjqAMAsLeZGUd_NLVPwgyzY8nsm3AVTzXIsaJqbKBLFiLnEhgJCjcbYhEroRaGXMmLAMpPrAs5aO21EOzV8BlkRSQk2/s320/exaile-plugins.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the left: some of the plugins available in Exaile; on the right: the Exaile cover manager</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new version isn't bug-free and since there wasn't a new release in a long time, expect to find quite a few bugs. Some of the bugs you'll encounter in Exaile 3.3.0 include: non-working Shoutcast plugin, a buggy Lyrics plugin and most importantly, a bug in the Collection Manager dialog under Ubuntu 12.10 (doesn't occur with older Ubuntu versions): when adding a music folder, Exaile always adds your home folder instead of the folder you select.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's a work-around for this Collection Manager bug in Ubuntu 12.10: in the "Add directory" dialog, click the "Type a filename" icon (the pen icon), then enter the exact path to your music collection, like for instance "<i>/home/YOUR_USERNAME/Music</i>" and click "Add", like in the screenshot below:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQQU96y2vOrFqpE5zyTeIr8bUHrL3pQ7EYtl_EZWyAXcKDjiRZJoidA_wZQWvedLfa5MGSz0nBNUKgYnvI16Zux81an3qM9z0ycNudBkEZ3M72P0hT2gz1jJaghKzqT-_-Usle0rMhcwy/s1600/exaile-bug.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="67" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQQU96y2vOrFqpE5zyTeIr8bUHrL3pQ7EYtl_EZWyAXcKDjiRZJoidA_wZQWvedLfa5MGSz0nBNUKgYnvI16Zux81an3qM9z0ycNudBkEZ3M72P0hT2gz1jJaghKzqT-_-Usle0rMhcwy/s320/exaile-bug.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Install Exaile 3.3.0 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest Exaile 3.3.0 is available in the main WebUpd8 PPA, for Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 and 11.10 - add the PPA and install it using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install exaile exaile-plugin-contextinfo exaile-plugin-ipod exaile-plugin-moodbar exfalso</code></pre>(the last command above installs Exaile along with some Exaile plugins which are not installed by default)<br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions and Windows, download Exaile from <a href="https://launchpad.net/exaile/+download">Launchpad</a>.</b><br /><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/exaile/+bugs">Launchpad</a>!

Exaile Music Player Lives On, Version 3.3.0 Released With Many Improvements [Ubuntu PPA]

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gThumb Gets WebP Support In The Latest 3.1.1 Release

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>gThumb, an image viewer and organizer, has reached version 3.1.1, adding</b> <b>support for WebP</b>, the image format that employs lossy and lossless compression, developed by Google as a WebM sister project.</div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The new version also comes with a new <b>application menu on the top GNOME Shell bar</b> when used with GNOME Shell.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7Qx1XjT6BDSTIDdwMVvGFFzxfOHVEoutN9QsBPwsU71yPtfbdBc2aEFqpqHcq_WP4fAsz-nWF0kNnVtj5d6ZPJVFEughfh7XxqkiaW1uIV9p0w29KVLRSd9Z43S_y6-GmeoIdh988qTf/s1600/gthumb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gthumb" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7Qx1XjT6BDSTIDdwMVvGFFzxfOHVEoutN9QsBPwsU71yPtfbdBc2aEFqpqHcq_WP4fAsz-nWF0kNnVtj5d6ZPJVFEughfh7XxqkiaW1uIV9p0w29KVLRSd9Z43S_y6-GmeoIdh988qTf/s320/gthumb.png" title="gthumb" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>Other changes in gThumb 3.1.1 :</b><br /><ul><li>Allow to specify the format options when saving a file (can be disabled)</li><li>Save and restore the window maximized state, the filterbar status, the visited locations history and the viewer sidebar status</li><li>Image viewer: use the dark background by default, and use a more neutral color instead of black</li><li>Video viewer: save and restore the volume level</li><li>Rotation tool: allow to rotate an image from -180 to 180 degrees</li><li>Selections: allow to cut the files</li><li>Added a menu item to hide/show the file properties</li><li>Enhance colors: use a faster algorithm and rename to "Adjust Contrast"</li><li>Equalize histogram: use a faster algorithm</li><li>Desaturate tool: added ability to choose the method to use, renamed to "Grayscale"</li><li>Removed the format chooser from the file dialog</li><li>Added an high resolution application icon</li><li>More</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, with this version, gThumb depends on GTK3.4 so for instance, it can't be compiled on Ubuntu 11.10 (and obviously older versions) anymore. </div><br /><br /><h2>Install gThumb 3.1.1 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest gThumb 3.1.1 is available in the WebUpd8 gThumb PPA for Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 - add the PPA and install it using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/gthumb<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install gthumb</code></pre><br />For other Linux distributions, get the latest gThumb from <a href="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gthumb/3.1/">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><i>Other packages from our PPAs updated today: <a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/32256413648/audacious-3-3-2">Audacious 3.3.2</a>, <a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/32258183535/umplayer-youtube-update">UMPlayer</a>, <a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/32257799992/subtitle-editor-0-40-0-available-in-our-main-ppa">Subtitle Editor 0.40.0</a>.</i>

gThumb Gets WebP Support In The Latest 3.1.1 Release

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Evernote Ubuntu Client `Everpad` Gets Unity Previews Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad">Everpad</a>, an application that integrates the popular note taking service `<a href="http://evernote.com/">Evernote</a>` with Unity through an AppIndicator and Unity lens, was updated recently, the new version bringing a cool new feature for Ubuntu 12.10 users: <b>support for Unity Previews</b>, being one of the first unofficial lenses which takes advantage of this new feature.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUzQitfSzxNt_5VTlsUkduzSaP6nbxuFJHzHKNtGZC9FZsj01oSmo7fNZ_EQW0LQPWGEQM-sy-A1EuIX4LUul9pzBdgU8KKm36F5QKx68MnLKLge2OgU-6fY1KaAtkErb-pVp-vmoiU64X/s1600/everpad-unity-preview.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="everpad unity dash preview" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUzQitfSzxNt_5VTlsUkduzSaP6nbxuFJHzHKNtGZC9FZsj01oSmo7fNZ_EQW0LQPWGEQM-sy-A1EuIX4LUul9pzBdgU8KKm36F5QKx68MnLKLge2OgU-6fY1KaAtkErb-pVp-vmoiU64X/s320/everpad-unity-preview.png" title="everpad unity dash preview" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The Unity Previews feature for Everpad isn't limited to text - if you've attached an image to your note, the Everpad lens displays an image preview too. There's also an "Edit" button which opens the Everpad note editor, but hopefully, Unity will support basic editing inside the lens in the future, so applications such as Everpad can work entirely inside the lens, without the need of external UIs.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install Everpad in Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 or 11.10 (but obviously, the Previews feature won't work in Ubuntu 12.04 or 11.10), use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvbn-rm/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install everpad</code></pre><br />More info about Everpad in our initial post: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/everpad-integrates-evernote-with-ubuntu.html">Everpad Integrates Evernote With Ubuntu Unity (AppIndicator, Lens)</a>

Evernote Ubuntu Client `Everpad` Gets Unity Previews Support

Everpad , an application that integrates the popular note taking service ` Evernote ` with Unity through an AppIndicator and Unity lens, was...

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