Tweak Unity With Unsettings 0.08, Now With Ubuntu 12.10 Support

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYrQA9xJMZUXAHdUkvMgRr68os6-TZwz_lqL56uU6G0nwphUVHTiugmRIikZKeXYUe7dN31D89FvFPR7ebqbsoo6ZL6yJfqD_LKwF5pjp9nC_3Dx8J_Li1oIk6rxAbJmWfL2nbyIXF4BK/s1600/unsettings.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unsettings" border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYrQA9xJMZUXAHdUkvMgRr68os6-TZwz_lqL56uU6G0nwphUVHTiugmRIikZKeXYUe7dN31D89FvFPR7ebqbsoo6ZL6yJfqD_LKwF5pjp9nC_3Dx8J_Li1oIk6rxAbJmWfL2nbyIXF4BK/s320/unsettings.png" title="unsettings" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Unsettings, a tool that lets you tweak Unity, has reached version 0.08, getting support for Unity 6 and thus Ubuntu 12.10.</b></div><br /><b>Unsettings 0.08 brings some new features as well:</b><br /><ul><li>option to force fast minimize animation</li><li>option to force low graphics mode</li><li>show real name on panel</li><li>option to disable online search results in Dash</li><li>Unity WebApps support</li><li>UI tweaks</li><li>more </li></ul><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Unsettings can be used to tweak most Unity settings, like disabling the global menu or overlay scrollbars, change the GTK or icon theme and many others. <b>Here's a list of Unsettings features:</b></div><ul><li>Launcher look: change size, opacity, background colour</li><li>Launcher behaviour: change visibility, reveal trigger, edge responsiveness, reveal pressure, autohide animation, urgent animation, launch animation, backlight mode</li><li>Dash: change size, blur, enable or disable apps available for download, recently used apps, search all files, online search results</li><li>Panel: change opacity, opaque if maximized, show real name on the panel, show/hide battery status and an option to whitelist application to show up in the systray</li><li>Indicators: show/hide bluetooth and sound indicators, set which media players are ignored by the Ubuntu sound indicator</li><li>Fonts: change the font (for the desktop, window title, monospaced, etc.), hinting and antialiasing</li><li>Windows: set minimize animation, overlay scrollbars behaviour (including an option to disable it), enable/disable global menu, HUD, click to focus, auto raise, set the automaximize value</li><li>Desktop: change the number of workspaces, enable/disable icons on the desktop, shortcut overlay, alt-tab behaviour, set the next monitor pressure</li><li>Web Apps: enable/disable webapps, set pre-authorized web apps, enable or disable specified web apps</li><li>Themes: options to change the theme: GTK, window, icon or cursor theme. There's also an option to force low graphics mode</li><li>GTK: show mnemonics, display icons in buttons or menus, cursor blink.</li></ul><br />A few more Unsettings screenshots:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXTymyWXNtwgU7ULhYxNpolMKIoG1WMXg4QzFd3gKOlnz4eRRrgw26JjTl4I1eqmJfJL3qgkQ7tg02aXFGnGLpCtDEUKmd9z3lxTXu4RjfYgSx2nFtapUY4_akLKuiDR-JsIb5uM_f91k/s1600/unsettings_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unsettings" border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXTymyWXNtwgU7ULhYxNpolMKIoG1WMXg4QzFd3gKOlnz4eRRrgw26JjTl4I1eqmJfJL3qgkQ7tg02aXFGnGLpCtDEUKmd9z3lxTXu4RjfYgSx2nFtapUY4_akLKuiDR-JsIb5uM_f91k/s320/unsettings_1.png" title="unsettings" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsXxOZRoQeAeOkLpudO2ySfCODDAdbNs7NvZz1rjaev7h00no_GMXW2PhwRQZbxgi47qvYItDldp-MkPodKWZY3GKXXYRI4DYJhyXU1bYML4JDbwr7VBWfOp_ztwO7lxkV7VCpN3Zl7HX/s1600/unsettings_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unsettings" border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsXxOZRoQeAeOkLpudO2ySfCODDAdbNs7NvZz1rjaev7h00no_GMXW2PhwRQZbxgi47qvYItDldp-MkPodKWZY3GKXXYRI4DYJhyXU1bYML4JDbwr7VBWfOp_ztwO7lxkV7VCpN3Zl7HX/s320/unsettings_2.png" title="unsettings" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyd4zvlniwfZdgRj-L-pOGh3GPECJWMIZ3Fdjs1LxmB7ZMC97uHFBjVbrnt4q-jZQU25ksTzaJ9z6Qjuq0k1k2Uf-i2IKFE0AlZma4zlvYuqFzIgfpJIFZt6y4icAOVyQ2yCXsbSe3zS9V/s1600/unsettings_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unsettings" border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyd4zvlniwfZdgRj-L-pOGh3GPECJWMIZ3Fdjs1LxmB7ZMC97uHFBjVbrnt4q-jZQU25ksTzaJ9z6Qjuq0k1k2Uf-i2IKFE0AlZma4zlvYuqFzIgfpJIFZt6y4icAOVyQ2yCXsbSe3zS9V/s320/unsettings_3.png" title="unsettings" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPQJ0cyrslwle54gbMOktNGa8giGZUAQn8bjJFfM4Go6s0GAQ9IgcHzxZvBhBhRQhRRZH9WnYQnax62tYi-3Tpzj_na1t1uYReoqc2aHRuquukKya2X7BIu5nOl5KTjsyFbeOgmKPlpgE/s1600/unsettings_4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unsettings" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPQJ0cyrslwle54gbMOktNGa8giGZUAQn8bjJFfM4Go6s0GAQ9IgcHzxZvBhBhRQhRRZH9WnYQnax62tYi-3Tpzj_na1t1uYReoqc2aHRuquukKya2X7BIu5nOl5KTjsyFbeOgmKPlpgE/s320/unsettings_4.png" title="unsettings" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Unsettings</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Unsettings 0.08 supports Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 and 11.10, but obviously the options available in Unsettings depend on the Unity version you're using. <b>To add the PPA and install the latest Unsettings, use the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:diesch/testing<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install unsettings</code></pre><br />You can also download Unsettings without adding the PPA, from <a href="http://florian-diesch.de/software/unsettings/index.html">HERE</a>.<br /><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/unsettings">Launchpad</a>.

Tweak Unity With Unsettings 0.08, Now With Ubuntu 12.10 Support

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The Faience Pack Gets A Beautiful New GTK3 Theme, GNOME Shell And Icon Themes Updated

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Faience pack</b> has been updated today with new and improved icons for the icon theme, <b>GNOME Shell 3.6 support for the GS theme </b>and there's also a <b>beautiful new GTK3 theme</b>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV26pE_tkOCV15Y4DqGT1dMmnlcmfz4HbCXxPa2fQH4D793ENY85vmdvCAMXHOvbLoMtBTp5_8gL7MchTLAxMHMjqZXvgB69_6WInSOi3yeOAOCHBPHwYQL33jKKFEE4RbMJ2_ms26gXuU/s1600/faience.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="faience icon theme" border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV26pE_tkOCV15Y4DqGT1dMmnlcmfz4HbCXxPa2fQH4D793ENY85vmdvCAMXHOvbLoMtBTp5_8gL7MchTLAxMHMjqZXvgB69_6WInSOi3yeOAOCHBPHwYQL33jKKFEE4RbMJ2_ms26gXuU/s320/faience.png" title="faience icon theme" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>New in <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/08/faience-new-gnome-3-icon-theme-by.html">Faience icon theme</a> 0.5:</b><br /><ul><li>New design for the desktop, remote desktop, wallpaper, GDM setup, session properties, Terminal, Xterm, Twitter, Spotify and adressbook icons</li><li>Updated blue folders color</li><li>Icons for the system settings categories on Ubuntu</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Faience GNOME Shell theme</b> has been updated as well, and it now supports GNOME Shell 3.6 (for GNOME Shell 3.4, use the old theme version as this one won't work!):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCbpHAcLy4qOy61DVIetfs9yr6l6G2kG2XvT9sjXKZa6-SRWkdg3xMItlfsZzBHRTfbCVsIC-a0aKyL4omrHfmJ4QEfixmIc5GJm30h_N0V5jpGTIHHMx1t5ClEWO1k9-gZ5sc4Uqo-xq/s1600/faience-gnome-shell.png" imageanchor="1"><img alt="faience gnome shell theme" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCbpHAcLy4qOy61DVIetfs9yr6l6G2kG2XvT9sjXKZa6-SRWkdg3xMItlfsZzBHRTfbCVsIC-a0aKyL4omrHfmJ4QEfixmIc5GJm30h_N0V5jpGTIHHMx1t5ClEWO1k9-gZ5sc4Uqo-xq/s320/faience-gnome-shell.png" title="faience gnome shell theme" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzPLhMt4FJTgwS4i-WU2PlFcwUqIqtOMpeHj-lOwSn9M7_fYcTxKJJq-K9D4TmbpGEyNPVE3Dbb0TUY7CmK9BZTwSq5LneLO4U5l6ZNd709RR90ys9DfbVH9COaHpDIOFPm4Eek5hA4iO/s1600/faience-gnome-shell_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzPLhMt4FJTgwS4i-WU2PlFcwUqIqtOMpeHj-lOwSn9M7_fYcTxKJJq-K9D4TmbpGEyNPVE3Dbb0TUY7CmK9BZTwSq5LneLO4U5l6ZNd709RR90ys9DfbVH9COaHpDIOFPm4Eek5hA4iO/s320/faience-gnome-shell_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The GTK3 / Metacity theme will probably remind you of the beautiful Equinox GTK2 themes, designed by the same Tiheum, which were very popular in the GTK2 era, but weren't updated for GTK3. Here's the new <b>Faience GTK theme</b> which includes GTK3 (GTK 3.6), GTK2 and Metacity themes:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0nedPsTBUz7I50kVGVWfI3eGSC7-Jsv5PAHT4L9JTlzF9I__7-DFlToKjnOAWafpFlHv_XYuFHsnmtqlT7F92eB2MJsVmEOcupbNxAgA1QthTTs-LJFLF2wXG6D-JiM46fEfrbvPrBjg/s1600/faience-gtk-theme.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="faience gtk theme" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0nedPsTBUz7I50kVGVWfI3eGSC7-Jsv5PAHT4L9JTlzF9I__7-DFlToKjnOAWafpFlHv_XYuFHsnmtqlT7F92eB2MJsVmEOcupbNxAgA1QthTTs-LJFLF2wXG6D-JiM46fEfrbvPrBjg/s320/faience-gtk-theme.png" title="faience gtk theme" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilV47yl6bEm5snShojIWSPmPB-dsV4agaz82Pyobib5UIv0CrP1FTt61O4T_UaO4FuyMxymmMnsEMqqwhTW5F2rtIklN1jexYgBBCz2-5y3aI8F8053Bz0VVj6Hfv2Ula5NN37cR1e2knF/s1600/faience-gtk-theme_twf.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="faience gtk theme" border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilV47yl6bEm5snShojIWSPmPB-dsV4agaz82Pyobib5UIv0CrP1FTt61O4T_UaO4FuyMxymmMnsEMqqwhTW5F2rtIklN1jexYgBBCz2-5y3aI8F8053Bz0VVj6Hfv2Ula5NN37cR1e2knF/s320/faience-gtk-theme_twf.png" title="faience gtk theme" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There's also a <b>dark Faience GTK theme</b>, used by the applications that specifically request a dark theme (like EOG for instance), which can be forced by using GNOME Tweak Tool (<i>Theme > Enable dark theme for all applications</i>), but the dark window titlebar is only available for GNOME Shell so in other desktop environments, you'll get a dark theme with a light titlebar.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's how the dark Faience GTK theme looks like in GNOME Shell:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZo_kHPA1xGDpqZPN7aiAgyJ3VgM09VSeFXv2Zm8-4kSOlXETHUc_8SyUwXDb30wejpEKltlb5B9gcK1HpKJ9PTzld0YQW7Ofanfw22ZOaG2bGuDHMNEVVBuX0fdVeJ_MgHAWBgmPpuR7/s1600/faience-dark.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="faience gtk theme dark" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZo_kHPA1xGDpqZPN7aiAgyJ3VgM09VSeFXv2Zm8-4kSOlXETHUc_8SyUwXDb30wejpEKltlb5B9gcK1HpKJ9PTzld0YQW7Ofanfw22ZOaG2bGuDHMNEVVBuX0fdVeJ_MgHAWBgmPpuR7/s320/faience-dark.png" title="faience gtk theme dark" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJiRU2aftQ3p4g7Fr7fbWI10v3YgKcfg8E5hk2Qfbl2YEE1gJiS_JDVv12o75h0Vd-DteeoHpxjJp2fIZO5I0-KrVSkTL_JF8hH62FEPiY2fjbzfH3ULLWfC8nHOjb6-EyaIhV9eUQCAUB/s1600/faenza.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJiRU2aftQ3p4g7Fr7fbWI10v3YgKcfg8E5hk2Qfbl2YEE1gJiS_JDVv12o75h0Vd-DteeoHpxjJp2fIZO5I0-KrVSkTL_JF8hH62FEPiY2fjbzfH3ULLWfC8nHOjb6-EyaIhV9eUQCAUB/s320/faenza.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>The Faenza icon theme has been updated as well and includes:</b><br /><ul><li>New app icons: UbuntuOne Music, Ubuntu Online Accounts</li><li>New design for Twitter, Spotify and Addressbook icons</li><li>Icons for the system settings categories on Ubuntu</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install Faience pack and Faenza icon theme in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>To add the official Faience / Faenza PPA in Ubuntu, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br />Then, to install the Faience icon theme, use the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install faience-icon-theme</code></pre><br />To install Faience GTK3 and GNOME Shell themes, use (for GNOME 3.6 only!):<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install faience-theme</code></pre><br />And finally, to install the Faenza icon theme:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install faenza-icon-theme</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To change the icon theme, GTK theme or GNOME Shell theme, install an application like <a href="https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/gnome-tweak-tool/">GNOME Tweak Tool</a> (for the GNOME Shell theme you'll also need the <a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/19/user-themes/">User Themes</a> extension).</div><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, you'll find download links below:</b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://tiheum.deviantart.com/art/Faience-icon-theme-255099649">Faience icon theme</a></li><li><a href="http://tiheum.deviantart.com/art/GTK3-Gnome-Shell-Faience-255097456">Faience GNOME Shell and GTK3 themes</a></li><li><a href="http://tiheum.deviantart.com/art/Faenza-Icons-173323228">Faenza icon theme</a></li></ul>

The Faience Pack Gets A Beautiful New GTK3 Theme, GNOME Shell And Icon Themes Updated

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Steam For Linux Beta Testing Survey

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg989Km8AX7LgNv_cOp5hehWMAhfi5hBCFjyGrqwJlRzZXFZcAThKDBCUdrtUX0VnQ8G8urY0RDPW_tdSxtPIYuJ8Jmtgd7X9mDJvVcoYuK7u4SQVvbjHNpS2utdXvKqkahy_4K-ORCRNc2/s1600/steam.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="steam survey" border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg989Km8AX7LgNv_cOp5hehWMAhfi5hBCFjyGrqwJlRzZXFZcAThKDBCUdrtUX0VnQ8G8urY0RDPW_tdSxtPIYuJ8Jmtgd7X9mDJvVcoYuK7u4SQVvbjHNpS2utdXvKqkahy_4K-ORCRNc2/s320/steam.png" title="steam survey" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Valve has posted a Linux Beta <a href="http://www.valvesoftware.com/linuxsurvey.php">survey</a> which they will use to select the 1000 users who will test Steam for Linux.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The questions range from what Linux distribution you plan on using Steam on, what are your preferred game types and quite a few hardware questions, like the processor type, the number of cores, the graphics card used and so on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The lucky 1000 users selected to test Steam for Linux will be notified in the next few days.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Take the survey @ <a href="http://www.valvesoftware.com/linuxsurvey.php">http://www.valvesoftware.com/linuxsurvey.php</a></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><br />

Steam For Linux Beta Testing Survey

Valve has posted a Linux Beta survey which they will use to select the 1000 users who will test Steam for Linux. The questions range from w...

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Xfce: Sync To VBlank Support For The Xfwm Compositor [PPA For Ubuntu 13.04 And 12.10]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you're experiencing screen tearing in Xfce 4.10, you'll be glad to know there's a patch that fixes this, which you can install right away.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The patch adds Sync to VBlank support to the Xfwm compositor and while it's not perfect, it should fix most of the tearing on computers using Intel GPUs (might work with AMD as well). Here are the pros and cons of using this patch, according to the <a href="https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8898">bug report</a> where the patch was submitted:</div><br /><b>Pros:</b><br /><ul><li>No tearing when dragging windows</li><li>No tearing when resizing windows</li><li>No tearing when using the flash plugin in firefox</li><li>No tearing in windowed OpenGL applications</li><li>Uses less resources since the fps is limited to the display refresh rate</li></ul><br /><b>Cons:</b><br /><ul><li>Tested only using Intel gpu, but might also work with AMD. It doesn't work with Nvidia</li><li>Blocks xfwm's main loop while waiting on the vertical blank</li><li>Tearing still happens about 10 pixels below the top of the display but since this space is usually only occupied by the title bar, it's only visible when dragging a window across the drop of the screen</li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZ5LcjzTA8W8ysD0pl8rrQCeFQXlsn_ANoXQAaOKUtIsT0G9sXsIxTZu7Ztu4eEpL53q8a9LCp_jWkbbfdQuMYA6KEKgIio2sLRnBFF_YX8PsNHrfSnuvaqoGjbO0FRepVM9EN-1tD4rs/s1600/xfce-sync-to-vblank.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZ5LcjzTA8W8ysD0pl8rrQCeFQXlsn_ANoXQAaOKUtIsT0G9sXsIxTZu7Ztu4eEpL53q8a9LCp_jWkbbfdQuMYA6KEKgIio2sLRnBFF_YX8PsNHrfSnuvaqoGjbO0FRepVM9EN-1tD4rs/s320/xfce-sync-to-vblank.png" title="sync to vblank xfce" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There's also a small bug and enabling sync to vblank from the GUI doesn't work, but this can easily be done with a single command.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I don't experience any screen tearing in Xfce so I couldn't properly test this, but the patch has been tested by WebUpd8 reader Johann Todorovic on a Dell Inspiron Laptop with Intel i5-2410M CPU<b> </b>and 4 GB of RAM running Ubuntu 12.10, and he confirms that it works, just as described in the bug report (see info above):</div><br /><blockquote>With the default Xfwm4 and the compositor on, I play 3 videos (avi and mp4) in Parole. All of them with permanent horizontal screen tearing. The same issue with flash videos in Youtube. With the default Xfwm4 and the compositor off, the tearing is even worse.<br /><br />Then, i download and install your Xfwm4 patched deb. And enable the Vsync [...].<br /><br />After restarting the wm, with the compositor "on", I performed the test with the same videos, and the reproduction is practically perfect! Tearing of video and flash reproduction, in full screen is almost imperceptible, and limited to the top of the screen "about 10 pixels below the top of the display".<br /><br />[...] I'm very glad with the results, the patch works and it's a good improvement!</blockquote><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Xfwm4 with patch for compositor Vsync support</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install Xfwm4 with the patch for vsync support in Ubuntu 13.04 or 12.10, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/experiments<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get upgrade</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're using Ubuntu 12.04 with Xfce 4.10 or some other Debian-based Linux distribution, you can download the debs below (not tested):</div><ul><li><a href="https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/test/+build/3925813/+files/xfwm4_4.10.0-2ubuntu1%2B1%7Ewebupd8%7Equantal_i386.deb">32bit</a></li><li><a href="https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/test/+build/3925812/+files/xfwm4_4.10.0-2ubuntu1%2B1%7Ewebupd8%7Equantal_amd64.deb">64bit</a></li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Once installed, log out, then log back in and enable sync to vblank using the following command </b>(remember, setting this from the UI doesn't work):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p "/general/sync_to_vblank" -s true</code></pre><br />For other Linux distributions, you can get the patch via <a href="https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8898">Xfce Bugzilla</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Johann Todorovic for the tip! </i></div>

Xfce: Sync To VBlank Support For The Xfwm Compositor [PPA For Ubuntu 13.04 And 12.10]

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Clementine Music Player 1.1 Available For Download

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNEUDTLuVCCmRnFnbUFPpL7KAZUwnSblfG0zyVnVRXMHGnUVZOi1sOnFLMqXvdKJBpmZ5fjiPakKfVQ3dME52vBwDSAEINQdIXLvMqzmqRSqxHeR7N5cR_Y7nPzlZ_XGAJtx4Q6kfucgM/s1600/clementine-1.1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="clementine music player" border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNEUDTLuVCCmRnFnbUFPpL7KAZUwnSblfG0zyVnVRXMHGnUVZOi1sOnFLMqXvdKJBpmZ5fjiPakKfVQ3dME52vBwDSAEINQdIXLvMqzmqRSqxHeR7N5cR_Y7nPzlZ_XGAJtx4Q6kfucgM/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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Insync Repository Available For Ubuntu, Linux Mint And Debian Users

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnUuDll1JTS61hhvywGXfcpUd9osgJfWJkvkod1aCA1VAjwcS4RLG5Y77WHXVj8jiqABVdyVMSnKJ8VMUAZ2l6_aCzn6rvP_oUIPVLW0Is3D1EvDTEhjtG6kQI0wkHSsJVX-qOTKNxbBJ/s1600/insync-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="insync ubuntu" border="0" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnUuDll1JTS61hhvywGXfcpUd9osgJfWJkvkod1aCA1VAjwcS4RLG5Y77WHXVj8jiqABVdyVMSnKJ8VMUAZ2l6_aCzn6rvP_oUIPVLW0Is3D1EvDTEhjtG6kQI0wkHSsJVX-qOTKNxbBJ/s320/insync-ubuntu.png" title="insync ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/insync-google-drive-client-for-linux.html">Insync</a>, an unofficial Google Drive client for Linux, is now available in a repository for Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Debian users and it's recommended you add since you'll get automatic updates.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>The Insync repository is available for:</b><br /><ul><li>Ubuntu: precise (12.04), quantal (12.10) and raring (13.04)</li><li>Debian: squeeze and lenny</li><li>Linux Mint: lisa (12), maya (13) and nadia (14)</li></ul><br />If you're using one of the above Ubuntu, Debian or Linux Mint versions, add the repository using the following command:<br /><br /><b>- for Ubuntu:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://apt.insynchq.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/insync.list</code></pre><br /><b>- for Debian:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://apt.insynchq.com/debian $(lsb_release -cs) non-free" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list</code></pre><br /><b>- for Linux Mint</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://apt.insynchq.com/mint $(lsb_release -cs) non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/insync.list</code></pre><br /><br /><b>Then, for any of the above, import the key and update the software sources:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>wget -O - https://d2t3ff60b2tol4.cloudfront.net/services@insynchq.com.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><br /><b>And finally, install Insync if you haven't already:</b><br /><br /><b>Unity (appindicator):</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install insync-beta-ubuntu</code></pre><br /><b>GNOME Shell:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install insync-beta-gnome</code></pre><br /><b>Cinnamon:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install insync-beta-cinnamon</code></pre><br /><b>KDE4:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install insync-beta-kde</code></pre><br /><b>Mate Desktop:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install insync-beta-mate</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>Xfce</b>, you'll also need to add the WebUpd8 PPA (works with Ubuntu and Linux Mint - don't add it on Debian!), because Insync for Xfce depends on thunarx-python, which is not available in the official Ubuntu repositories (it's available in our PPA for Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br />And then you can install Insync for Xfce: <br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install insync-beta-xfce</code></pre><br />It's recommended to use it with <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/install-thunar-with-tabs-support-in.html" title="Install Thunar 1.6.0 With Tabs Support In Xubuntu 12.10 Or 12.04 [Xfce]">Thunar 1.6</a>.<br /><br /><br />For other Linux distributions, see the new Insync Linux page: <a href="https://www.insynchq.com/linux">https://www.insynchq.com/linux</a>

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DockBarX Sees New Release, Now Available For MATE Desktop Too

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7rlF4SmKwFYTG3dy-pVEiOBm_8APy2IPRd5ktvjCVCDA-hVTBU97TYKnX8R1hLhXMGfwXwaOo-7dMmLyYMCtmpBN4jj0FHcYQq4YPQd9_uWIa_dZouFRBWKMLunVUuhJ7BlLYZQt8IPCS/s1600/dockbarx_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="dockbarx" border="0" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7rlF4SmKwFYTG3dy-pVEiOBm_8APy2IPRd5ktvjCVCDA-hVTBU97TYKnX8R1hLhXMGfwXwaOo-7dMmLyYMCtmpBN4jj0FHcYQq4YPQd9_uWIa_dZouFRBWKMLunVUuhJ7BlLYZQt8IPCS/s320/dockbarx_3.png" title="dockbarx" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=101604">DockBarX</a> 0.90.3 has been released</b>. For those not familiar with DockBarX, this is an application launcher / switcher that works as a GNOME2 panel applet, Avant Window Navigator applet or as a stand-alone dock. With the new version, I've also packaged it for MATE so you can use it as a MATE panel applet.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">DockBarX features: </div><ul><li>pin applications to the taskbar</li><li>quick access to recent, related and most used documents with the help of Zeitgeist</li><li>Unity quicklists, badges and progress bars support</li><li>Window previews (requires Compiz and the KDE Compatibility plugin enabled in CCSM) - this feature is buggy with recent Compiz versions</li><li>DockManager support (so you can use Docky helpers in DockBarX)</li><li>Media buttons support (play/pause, etc.)</li><li>Highly configurable, both in appearance and functionality (keyboard shortcuts, etc.), includes beautiful themes by default</li><li>DockX (DockBarX as a stand-alone dock) can be positioned anywhere on the screen, supports panel and dock modes, comes with autohide, dodge active window or all windows, can be resized and more</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><b>New features in the new DockBarX 0.90 series:</b><br /><ul><li>the stand-alone dock supports applets; included applets: Cardapio menu (requires the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~cardapio-team/+archive/unstable">Cardapio PPA</a>), a clock, <b>appindicator</b> (running appindicators are displayed on DockX), volume control and namebar (can show the window buttons / titlebar on the dock)</li><li>new / updated themes which now work with both horizontal and vertical dock orientation without any changes</li><li>updated appearence tab in DockBarX Preferences</li><li>the width of window titles in window list can be specified now if no previews are used</li><li>bug fixes</li></ul><br /><b>Here are a few DockBarX screenshots:</b><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjroc6EgFJE5vrHCJCBRhpwbAJgggTnRezmGUtDsoKSGSHc9BoeEcvhnHlZsJpEvubvBOMAadx7b8LGw4Cf0GQN23Gv-a9rL3U0HzElv3FGuQUDPmvJrWSBBklnpUuOHOV1s41XBM2HCV0l/s1600/dockbarx-mate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="dockbarx" border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjroc6EgFJE5vrHCJCBRhpwbAJgggTnRezmGUtDsoKSGSHc9BoeEcvhnHlZsJpEvubvBOMAadx7b8LGw4Cf0GQN23Gv-a9rL3U0HzElv3FGuQUDPmvJrWSBBklnpUuOHOV1s41XBM2HCV0l/s320/dockbarx-mate.png" title="dockbarx" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DockBarX running as a MATE panel applet (Linux Mint MATE Edition)</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/AVvXsEi8_rJuTLYEzjgwWqfys6bfgLXD9uMxAKh4058p0aApj-JTsyKobSl3uA33IYSTt58XpIZm46fPwAa-sIj-wgxVrEn9Fh29YBU_67nLy0dTbTpQZvbZrWa69R8Q0l2SLtxPJnNj9IJovr0j/s1600/dockbarx_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="dockbarx" border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_rJuTLYEzjgwWqfys6bfgLXD9uMxAKh4058p0aApj-JTsyKobSl3uA33IYSTt58XpIZm46fPwAa-sIj-wgxVrEn9Fh29YBU_67nLy0dTbTpQZvbZrWa69R8Q0l2SLtxPJnNj9IJovr0j/s320/dockbarx_1.png" title="dockbarx" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DockX (stand-alone dock)</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/AVvXsEgQKrAR6vMJpD19cRtOXOHJ5GliwXiA357NItVmGWp2TKWC3hv7hwpYVV-_QlMX5pufUU2f2BfauGFhDgVwjzoqln83XIym4Rppd2fc9n2M9K15TYRxXMu96mD1KbEt4EPtG5Ny9BA28qPf/s1600/dockbarx_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="dockbarx" border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKrAR6vMJpD19cRtOXOHJ5GliwXiA357NItVmGWp2TKWC3hv7hwpYVV-_QlMX5pufUU2f2BfauGFhDgVwjzoqln83XIym4Rppd2fc9n2M9K15TYRxXMu96mD1KbEt4EPtG5Ny9BA28qPf/s320/dockbarx_2.png" title="dockbarx" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DockX using the panel mode</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/AVvXsEh8FvUrk1RHkUfFyuzsf09qVrK4Cwds3EYWji_naRldXJo7aapYqAIJAjnP0g-Je-Gb-gr05hyHQqv2jSCC667v8Xj4r_vA1WJ6Nzw3R21gvXSrPRlgiQ7PPngBSe30sAdpoOxDtIqys6Aa/s1600/dockbarx_4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="dockbarx" border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8FvUrk1RHkUfFyuzsf09qVrK4Cwds3EYWji_naRldXJo7aapYqAIJAjnP0g-Je-Gb-gr05hyHQqv2jSCC667v8Xj4r_vA1WJ6Nzw3R21gvXSrPRlgiQ7PPngBSe30sAdpoOxDtIqys6Aa/s320/dockbarx_4.png" title="dockbarx" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DockX - vertical panel mode</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install DockBarX in Ubuntu / Linux Mint</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install DockBarX in Ubuntu / Linux Mint, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dockbar-main/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install dockbarx</code></pre><br />Then launch "DockX" from the menu.<br /><br /><b>MATE Desktop users: instead of the last command above, use:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install dockbarx-mate<br />killall mate-panel</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Installing the MATE package remove the other DockBarX packages, because I've set them up as different packages (to avoid conflicts), but all the functionality is still there, so even if you install dockbarx-mate, you can still use DockX if you want.</div><br /><b>To install the DockBarX Avant Window Navigator applet, addthe PPA using the commands above and then install the applet using:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install awn-applet-dockbarx</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Arch Linux users can install DockBarX via <a href="http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25373">AUR</a> (includes optional MATE support). For other Linux distributions, download DockBarX via <b><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=101604">Gnome-Look</a></b>. </div><br /><b>Report any bugs you may find @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/dockbar">Launchpad</a>.</b>

DockBarX Sees New Release, Now Available For MATE Desktop Too

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