Ubuntu 13.04: Only Some GNOME Components To Be Updated, GTK Not One Of Them

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHb-An4p0lTi0ZICSRGePGxIdxFRxnR78p0vX1T1p3Sl6yRQGVOJL6S4GyA8UKed9VdYQn373OL-RETOc1DIW4ArMPRLD9_n6WA0_L5k6A3roEmCEeEiuXYZJCSQivgvhPv99tTZxkCJQ3/s1600/ubuntu-raring-ringtail-logo.png"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail logo" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHb-An4p0lTi0ZICSRGePGxIdxFRxnR78p0vX1T1p3Sl6yRQGVOJL6S4GyA8UKed9VdYQn373OL-RETOc1DIW4ArMPRLD9_n6WA0_L5k6A3roEmCEeEiuXYZJCSQivgvhPv99tTZxkCJQ3/s320/ubuntu-raring-ringtail-logo.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>According to an <a href="http://uds.ubuntu.com/" title="Ubuntu Developer Summit">UDS</a> session held a few days ago, it was decided to stay with stable GNOME for Ubuntu 13.04 and only update some components. </b><br /><br />This means Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail will ship with GNOME 3.6 for the most part, and not 3.8 (currently under development as 3.7.x), at least according to the current plans. But this might change.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The plan is to update glib, d-conf, gobject-introspection and gvfs and to offer a PPA for the latest GTK. <b>For now, it has been decided not to update GTK, but that might change during the cycle</b> "if there is a good reason for the update", mentions the GNOME Plans Review <a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-r-gnome-plans-review">blueprint</a>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The UDS GNOME Plans Review <a href="http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-r/meeting/21388/desktop-r-gnome-plans-review/">session notes</a> talk about the reasons why Ubuntu 13.04 won't use the latest GNOME by default:</div><ul><li>tracking unstable GNOME is taking lot of resources</li><li>The Ubuntu desktop is quite less "stock GNOME" than it used to be</li><li>GNOME unstable series and Ubuntu "working every day" are hard to conciliate goals</li><li>GNOME is not communicating early enough on what is coming for us to discuss next cycle at UDS (see nautilus 3.6 in quantal)</li><li>GNOME is shipping stables with transitions half done (see gstreamer 1.0 this cycle) which is not something we want in Ubuntu</li><li>Our "feedback loop" with GNOME is not really working nowadays</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And indeed, this shouldn't affect the Ubuntu desktop too much and should bring <b>more stability</b>, but it does affect GNOME Shell (and thus Ubuntu GNOME Remix) users quite badly, since without the latest GTK, they won't be able to use the latest GNOME Shell either, among others. And that pretty much defeats the whole purpose of Ubuntu GNOME Remix. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But, to solve this issue, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/prefer-gnome-shell-download-ubuntu.html">Ubuntu GNOME Remix</a> might ship with the GNOME 3 PPA enabled by default:</div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">[...] if the GNOME remix becomes an official flavor, I was hoping to then ask for permission to include the GNOME3 PPA due to our unique overlap with the flagship Ubuntu release.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">- Jeremy Bicha, main Ubuntu GNOME Remix developer, on the Ubuntu desktop <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-desktop/2012-October/004018.html">mailing list<br /></a></div></blockquote><br />We'll let you know if the plans change.<br />

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GNOME Shell: How To Enable Notifications In The Lock Screen

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLU-3EBzCU6IxsQ0EnmXzaTCltr4-SsutffXceVPMBRotmbZELMbVIryBLxZ93jQkoykPLP3Lw4T1qS3NX5yQSG0TZNSR0TH1WtUd0463v20y_G7nXag8jWLaWW-PgvdyyR_OCuw7kt0W/s1600/gnome-shell-lock-screen-notifications.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome shell lock screen notifications" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLU-3EBzCU6IxsQ0EnmXzaTCltr4-SsutffXceVPMBRotmbZELMbVIryBLxZ93jQkoykPLP3Lw4T1qS3NX5yQSG0TZNSR0TH1WtUd0463v20y_G7nXag8jWLaWW-PgvdyyR_OCuw7kt0W/s400/gnome-shell-lock-screen-notifications.png" title="gnome shell lock screen notifications" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">GNOME Shell 3.6 got a neat feature which allows <b>notifications</b> to be displayed in the <b>lock screen</b>.<br /><br />The lock screen notifications are turned off by default in GNOME Shell 3.6 due to privacy concerns, although the actual notification text is not displayed in the lock screen and only the number of notifications and the application reponsible for sending the notifications show up. So here's a quick tip on how to enable it. Open a terminal and copy/paste the following command:</div><a name='more'></a><pre class="linux-code"><code>gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver show-notifications true</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This can also be done by using Dconf-editor, by navigating to<i> org > gnome > desktop > screensaver</i> and enabling "show-notifications".</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">After enabling this option, you'll get music player controls and the number of unread notifications in the GNOME Shell lock screen, like you can see in the screenshot above.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to disable the notifications from showing up in the GNOME Shell lock screen, use:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver show-notifications false</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/how-to-get-complete-gnome-3-desktop-in.html#comment-697263856">Dylan McCall</a> for the tip!</i></div>

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How To Set Up Compiz In Xubuntu 13.04, 12.10 Or 12.04

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolYEdbMLPi9D13ZuPspF55QQfL-IalCzJlItpNN5_S9tFlJiCbsq7Rk3TWLh_BUMQC1KD7rAsKhpeAOdn2RSBxKZjyBZpLxG8bRjLoGXxAdOAPYGzDefNR9MrofsAEb2V7Czbaq8QfG47/s1600/xubuntu-compiz-cube.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu compiz" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolYEdbMLPi9D13ZuPspF55QQfL-IalCzJlItpNN5_S9tFlJiCbsq7Rk3TWLh_BUMQC1KD7rAsKhpeAOdn2RSBxKZjyBZpLxG8bRjLoGXxAdOAPYGzDefNR9MrofsAEb2V7Czbaq8QfG47/s320/xubuntu-compiz-cube.png" title="xubuntu compiz" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>This article shows how to set up Compiz in Xubuntu (w/ Xfce) 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04</b>. I've tested the instructions below on <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/xubuntu-1210-released-with-xfce-410.html">Xubuntu 12.10</a> (and they are identical for 13.04), but they should work on Xubuntu 12.04 as well - there are some minor differences which I've explained below.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Before proceeding, please note that to be able to use Compiz, you'll obviously need a 3D capable graphics card and drivers.</div><br />Let's get started!<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to use Compiz in Xubuntu (w/ Xfce) 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. Install Compiz</b>, the main Compiz plugins and CompizConfig Settings Manager:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install compiz compiz-plugins compizconfig-settings-manager</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2. You'll also need a tool to change the window titlebar theme</b> (since Metacity will be used). To keep things light and without the need to add any PPAs, we'll use dconf-editor / gconf-editor in the steps below.</div><br /><b>For Ubuntu 13.04 or 12.10</b>, install dconf-tools:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install dconf-tools</code></pre><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ASfedcFRROpNYNmUemdTmyeyj_cWluQ8yW6iScxM7bJKvQkrsW51vHwX4f_dEmqOtucBnCBm20ff9g6aLNkzwJvL6TC1WsHTa80NtW35IEqetTOhGQMRWx4dXC9mhFoX_li_2Nsr7QEB/s1600/xubuntu-dconf.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu compiz" border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ASfedcFRROpNYNmUemdTmyeyj_cWluQ8yW6iScxM7bJKvQkrsW51vHwX4f_dEmqOtucBnCBm20ff9g6aLNkzwJvL6TC1WsHTa80NtW35IEqetTOhGQMRWx4dXC9mhFoX_li_2Nsr7QEB/s320/xubuntu-dconf.png" title="xubuntu compiz" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then press ALT + F2 and run: "dconf-editor", navigate to <i>org > gnome > desktop > vm > preferences</i> and change the "theme" value from "Adwaita" to "Greybird". Remember this because in the same place you can also change the window button layout, among others.</div><br /><b>For Ubuntu 12.04</b>, install gconf-editor:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gconf-editor</code></pre><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8AdYxtHN8YBhRV3UT9d0sI5o4tKINMqc8ZCQfTSpyXX1-HznvRoezZ3LnaQHso4fgyHbxChN-M_YajP2hxEdDlTropFuB9YMZy8aSgz6HIpXFKbBABnpKuWQuUkfq2f_ztUeO2tnvcaQ/s1600/xubuntu-gconf.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu compiz" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8AdYxtHN8YBhRV3UT9d0sI5o4tKINMqc8ZCQfTSpyXX1-HznvRoezZ3LnaQHso4fgyHbxChN-M_YajP2hxEdDlTropFuB9YMZy8aSgz6HIpXFKbBABnpKuWQuUkfq2f_ztUeO2tnvcaQ/s320/xubuntu-gconf.png" title="xubuntu compiz" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then press ALT + F2 and run: "gconf-editor", navigate to <i>apps > metacity > general</i> and set the "theme" value to "Greybird" (assuming that Graybird theme is installed - and it should since it's the default theme).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Whenever you want to change the Xubuntu window theme, you'll have to use dconf-editor / gconf-editor like explained above.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3. Some Compiz plugins MUST be enabled before running Compiz:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Open CompizConfig Settings Manager via Xubuntu's Settings Manager and <b>activate the following plugins </b>(without these plugins enabled, Compiz won't work properly): Composite, Gnome Compatibility, OpenGL, Window Decoration, Move Window, Resize Window, Place Windows.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBgApp9iur-CcJ1nda9K-U6o2Mo0MaMuncx2qVkFPRePBFLXnLcLg18mDnHFzybwBMwXXnilRDeT5WwSEpfXoHcnzdqkU7bvMZRd0as3SmiKv99rGJjyTtI_tf1V7VATbCD2lfsgYMjAl/s1600/xubuntu-ccsm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu compiz" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBgApp9iur-CcJ1nda9K-U6o2Mo0MaMuncx2qVkFPRePBFLXnLcLg18mDnHFzybwBMwXXnilRDeT5WwSEpfXoHcnzdqkU7bvMZRd0as3SmiKv99rGJjyTtI_tf1V7VATbCD2lfsgYMjAl/s320/xubuntu-ccsm.png" title="xubuntu compiz" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I also suggest enabling these plugins: Expo, Desktop Wall (or Cube), Application Switcher (or Static Application Switcher / Ring Swithcher), Grid and of course, enable any other plugins you like (don't enable the Unity plugin though!).<br /><br />You can enable/disable more plugins later on, but the important part is to enable the plugins required for Compiz to work properly, which I've mentioned above, before running Compiz for the first time.</div><br /><br /><b>4. </b>Let's <b>start Compiz</b> using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>compiz --replace</code></pre><br /><b><br /></b> <b>5. Add Compiz to Xubuntu startup applications</b>:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">At this point, Compiz is up and running but it won't be used after a system restart. So if you're satisfied with it, add it start when you login to your Xubuntu session.<br /><br />To do this, run the following commands:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cp /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml<br />leafpad ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml</code></pre><br />In the newly opened file in Leafpad, look for the following bolded line (should be on line 14 in Xubuntu 12.10):<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code> <property name="Failsafe" type="empty"><br /> <property name="IsFailsafe" type="bool" value="true"/><br /> <property name="Count" type="int" value="5"/><br /> <property name="Client0_Command" type="array"><br /><b> <value type="string" value="xfwm4"/></b><br /> </property></code></pre>and <b>replace "xfwm4" with "compiz"</b>. Then log out, log back in and that's it.<br /><br />If later on you want to go back to using xfwm4 instead of compiz, open the same file again:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>leafpad ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml</code></pre>And replace "compiz" with "xfwm4", just like above.<br /><br /><br />Another way to do this is to (this is not the 100% proper way to do it, but I've added it in case the above method doesn't work for you): open <i>Settings Manager > Session and Startup</i> and on the Application Autostart tab, click "Add", under "Name" enter "Compiz" and under "Command", enter "compiz --replace" (both without quotes). You can leave the description field empty.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRX1Nb7n2FeEbZgZo3YBT8qexcZ7_5X4g-ZnkliG51LQP7UvcST-Ny3eUwKsiD6OoazUy7delPqcCGsxsB7EHdieQGdxgDGatkjKVG9CWHpx-8HFjzB-XETK64SE3lXRVvrvR3uIBi0WNd/s1600/xubuntu-startup.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu compiz" border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRX1Nb7n2FeEbZgZo3YBT8qexcZ7_5X4g-ZnkliG51LQP7UvcST-Ny3eUwKsiD6OoazUy7delPqcCGsxsB7EHdieQGdxgDGatkjKVG9CWHpx-8HFjzB-XETK64SE3lXRVvrvR3uIBi0WNd/s320/xubuntu-startup.png" title="xubuntu compiz" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If later on you don't want to use Compiz any more, simply remove Compiz from <i>Settings Manager > Session and Startup > Applications Autostart</i> tab, then log out and log back in. </div>

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Ubuntu 13.04: Alpha Releases Dropped, Only One Beta Milestone

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHb-An4p0lTi0ZICSRGePGxIdxFRxnR78p0vX1T1p3Sl6yRQGVOJL6S4GyA8UKed9VdYQn373OL-RETOc1DIW4ArMPRLD9_n6WA0_L5k6A3roEmCEeEiuXYZJCSQivgvhPv99tTZxkCJQ3/s1600/ubuntu-raring-ringtail-logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu raring ringtail logo" border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHb-An4p0lTi0ZICSRGePGxIdxFRxnR78p0vX1T1p3Sl6yRQGVOJL6S4GyA8UKed9VdYQn373OL-RETOc1DIW4ArMPRLD9_n6WA0_L5k6A3roEmCEeEiuXYZJCSQivgvhPv99tTZxkCJQ3/s320/ubuntu-raring-ringtail-logo.png" title="ubuntu raring ringtail logo" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For Ubuntu 13.04, all alphas and the first beta release have been dropped from the release schedule</b>, so <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/ubuntu-1304-codename-announced-raring.html">Raring Ringtail</a> will have only one beta version and obviously, the final stable release.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Nicholas Skaggs, the Canonical QA Community Coordinator, mentions in a <a href="http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2012/10/uds-r-rise-of-the-quality-machines.html">blog post</a> that instead of the old milestones, a bi-weekly testing process will be used throughout the development cycle. He also mentions that the <b>daily ISOs will continue to be published as usual</b> and they will be automatically 'smoke' tested to make sure there are no more broken installers on the published images.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Further more, the freezes (for instance, when the Feature Freeze takes place, the developers stop introducing new features or packages and concentrate on fixing bugs only) have been moved back a few weeks so the development will continue until late in the release cycle.</div><br />The Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail schedule should now look like this:<br /><ul><li>March 28th: beta release</li><li>April 25th: final Ubuntu 13.04 release</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>These changes will only affect the main Ubuntu flavor</b> (with Unity), while the other flavors like <b>Xubuntu, Kubuntu, etc., will have complete control over their releases</b> so we might see different release schedules for each Ubuntu flavor.</div>

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Kazam Screencaster 1.3.2 Gets New UI, Screenshots Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A new Kazam Screencaster version has been released today, which brings a complete UI overhaul, support for taking screenshots and other new features</b>.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Kazam is a screen recording tool - or better said, it was, because with the latest 1.3.2 version, it's not just for screencasts and it can be used to take screenshots as well: fullscreen (current monitor), all screens, window or area.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The new version also brings a new user interface which lets you easily switch between the screencast and screenshot mode:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5b54qh7k-mvnMoKb3SSngiMZTbj6OVB4_DqyyIPicd35l36U3Kahd5pWIh7h7ir8dX-o6UhOJekXGiCP8btUv_k_OWuukQsjwrpieBTSm9K3EGu5yOM8jTKLMsmy5XjK3_4cYOOkYUBD/s1600/kazam_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5b54qh7k-mvnMoKb3SSngiMZTbj6OVB4_DqyyIPicd35l36U3Kahd5pWIh7h7ir8dX-o6UhOJekXGiCP8btUv_k_OWuukQsjwrpieBTSm9K3EGu5yOM8jTKLMsmy5XjK3_4cYOOkYUBD/s320/kazam_1.png" 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/AVvXsEjmuFXrg3Arp1jgdY6t-zi52wxh4iTE_ibRExs2bHG52F4Ky947u02r-CFzQfHXKKhr2it4nUtOEDEaljUky_B83Tt-TIgsp3buWJcnEtB8HwPTR0IhI4oNSdLTIHIew6dpIgu_hKsc1kO_/s1600/kazam_screenshot.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmuFXrg3Arp1jgdY6t-zi52wxh4iTE_ibRExs2bHG52F4Ky947u02r-CFzQfHXKKhr2it4nUtOEDEaljUky_B83Tt-TIgsp3buWJcnEtB8HwPTR0IhI4oNSdLTIHIew6dpIgu_hKsc1kO_/s320/kazam_screenshot.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The encoder type, framerate and other options have been moved from the main window to a new preferences dialog:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKLK8Ofm2EBp0LVae-VPKItnk52GXfcWRItpWxHWXQ_CHmiiOeJ_mhdB4vLiEBf4CZCw3HLCdmarfV75Mk1MrRcfQS0nfPdOeEOD7IyVVPHyLYn6774xuX0jursStxskE44wa35gKEdH5/s1600/kazam_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKLK8Ofm2EBp0LVae-VPKItnk52GXfcWRItpWxHWXQ_CHmiiOeJ_mhdB4vLiEBf4CZCw3HLCdmarfV75Mk1MrRcfQS0nfPdOeEOD7IyVVPHyLYn6774xuX0jursStxskE44wa35gKEdH5/s320/kazam_3.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the preferences, you can select the speakers and microphone source, enable/disable the countdown splash, set the framerate, encoding type, if the files should be automatically saved, the directory where to save the files and the filename prefix. There's also an option to set the screenshot shutter sound (or to turn it off).</div><br /><br /><b>Other changes in Kazam Screencaster 1.3.2:</b><br /><ul><li>Support for Gstreamer 1.0</li><li>Automatic file saving. You can set the prefix filename separately for screenshots and screencasts</li><li>Support for selecting a single window to screencast</li><li>Theme-able shutter sounds. Included sounds: Canon 7D and Nikon D80.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest Kazam should also support keyboard shortcuts:</b></div><ul><li>start recording: Super + Control + r</li><li>pause recording: Super + Control + p</li><li>finish recording: Super + Control + f</li><li>show Kazam: Super + Control + s</li><li>quit: Super + Control + q</li></ul><br /><br />If you want to see some screencasts recorded using Kazam, take a look at our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvLwRGg6r3s">Lubuntu 12.10</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzkJ-zaa1bc">Xubuntu 12.10</a> videos.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Kazam Screencaster in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the stable Kazam PPA and install it in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kazam-team/stable-series<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install kazam</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For other Linux distributions, you can download Kazam Screencaster via <a href="https://launchpad.net/kazam/+download">Launchpad</a>.</div><br />Report any bugs you may find @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/kazam">Launchpad</a>.

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How To Get A Complete GNOME 3 Desktop In Ubuntu 12.10, Without Installing Ubuntu GNOME Remix

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdydcj1lz4552Jmdtiv09CmZgZMck2mhFFDbiOZq1XKO_WxJOkJ0TQ9C4KzMJ9BLQNdBTvVMtZbE44JMHmVaL2EOATSVIBqwr6SD9GCX_BBXeVvuZ3gAIO6uYAmQGHrv5eBj_W_v_L38_/s1600/gnome3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdydcj1lz4552Jmdtiv09CmZgZMck2mhFFDbiOZq1XKO_WxJOkJ0TQ9C4KzMJ9BLQNdBTvVMtZbE44JMHmVaL2EOATSVIBqwr6SD9GCX_BBXeVvuZ3gAIO6uYAmQGHrv5eBj_W_v_L38_/s320/gnome3.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you're using Ubuntu 12.10 with Unity or some other desktop environment and want to switch to a complete GNOME 3 desktop experience without installing <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/prefer-gnome-shell-download-ubuntu.html">Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10</a>, you can do this by simply installing a few packages.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Using the instructions below, you won't just install GNOME Shell, but also the default settings and applications that come with Ubuntu GNOME Remix. There are also some optional steps to install the GNOME 3 applications which are missing from Ubuntu GNOME Remix.</div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>sudo apt-get install full-gnome3-experience</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">No, the command in the header won't work, but you'll get a complete GNOME 3 experience in Ubuntu 12.10 by following the steps below.</div><br /><b>1. Install the Ubuntu GNOME packages</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You can simply install the "gnome-shell" package if GNOME Shell is all you want, but if you want the whole GNOME 3 desktop which includes the default applications as well as the default settings, use the command below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop ubuntu-gnome-default-settings</code></pre>When prompted, select GDM as the default display manager. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you already had GDM installed and the package manager didn't prompt you to choose between LightDM and GDM or you've selected LightDM by mistake, you can run the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">And select GDM instead of LightDM (more about changing the display manager, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/how-to-switch-between-gdm-lightdm-or.html" title="How To Switch Between GDM, LightDM Or KDM In Ubuntu [Quick Tip]">here</a>). You can use LightDM with GNOME Shell, but you won't get the complete GNOME 3 experience - for instance, GNOME Shell won't use the new GNOME 3.6 lock screen.</div><br />It is also a good idea to remove the "ubuntu-settings" package:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-settings</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Note that removing this package, the "ubuntu-desktop" package will be removed as well. This is just a meta package and your system shouldn't be affected by it.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The "ubuntu-settings" package is used to set various Ubuntu defaults, like the window button order, which Rhythmbox plugins are enabled by default and so on.</div><br /><br /><h3>Optional</h3><br /><b>2. Install missing GNOME 3 packages</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Even though they are part of the default GNOME 3 application stack, GNOME Documents and Boxes are not installed by default with the ubuntu-gnome-desktop package. Install them using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gnome-documents gnome-boxes</code></pre><b>Note: Boxes is only available on 64bit due to a bug!</b><br /><br /><b>3. Upgrade GNOME Control Center, Nautilus, Totem and other GNOME 3 packages to version 3.6.x</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Some packages in the Ubuntu 12.10 repositories aren't updated to the latest 3.6.x version. So, like we <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/how-to-install-nautilus-36-or-patched.html" title="How To Install Nautilus 3.6 Or Patched Nautilus 3.4 In Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal">wrote a while back</a>, you can use the GNOME3 PPA to upgrade these applications.</div><br />Add the PPA using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3</code></pre><br />Then, launch Software Updater from Dash / menu and use it to upgrade your packages.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The packages that will be upgraded once you add the PPA are: GNOME Control Center 3.6.3, Aisleriot 3.6.0, Brasero 3.6.0, Nautilus 3.6.3 and Totem 3.6.2. The PPA also provides Transmission 0.7.1, Transmageddon 0.23 and Sound Juicer 3.5.0.</div><br /><br /><b>4. Remove overlay scrollbars</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">One thing I've noticed after following the steps above myself, is that GNOME Shell continues to use Ubuntu's overlay scrollbars. If you want to use the GNOME 3 scrollbars instead, remove overlay scrollbars using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove overlay-scrollbar*</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Once you're done, restart your computer</b> (a logout may be enough for most stuff, but to get all the changes, including GDM for the login screen, a restart is probably a better idea) <b>and select "GNOME" from the login screen.</b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>some info via Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ReleaseNotes/12.10">release notes</a></i></div>

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Xnoise Media Player Gets New Album Art View

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Xnoise 0.2.13 has been released today, introducing a new Album Art view,</b> similar to the one available in Banshee or in Rhythmbox through the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/coverart-browser-rhythmbox-plugin.html">CoverArt Browser plugin</a>, along with a <b>new application icon</b> created by <a href="https://plus.google.com/101681698460010159459/posts">Reda Lazri</a>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new Album Art view can be accessed from the toolbar/menu or by using the CTRL + B keyboard shortcut. There's an integrated search too, which supports searching for artist, album or track name so you don't have to exit the Album Art view to find out on which album you can find a certain track:</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/AVvXsEg1Ieuo7Nb8a9pOkXBHVsgwuEQolfri2ns9Z51dUFEMSsgK794WP6uHW_n4zNny04CV0Zg6_uDXY3hcayLvCv-3eNjQN0uy1zt5TBChsDoQuzHvap1RQ4gierDfTfUgWQHncjnZ4xWuIrU2/s1600/xnoise-album-browse.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="xnoise media player" border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Ieuo7Nb8a9pOkXBHVsgwuEQolfri2ns9Z51dUFEMSsgK794WP6uHW_n4zNny04CV0Zg6_uDXY3hcayLvCv-3eNjQN0uy1zt5TBChsDoQuzHvap1RQ4gierDfTfUgWQHncjnZ4xWuIrU2/s320/xnoise-album-browse.png" title="xnoise media player" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Xnoise album art view</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a name='more'></a><b>Other changes in Xnoise 0.2.13:</b><br /><ul><li>Revamped 'Now Playing' image rendering with reflections</li><li>Add weblink to keyboard shortcuts in help menu</li><li>Use symbolic icon in volume slider</li><li>Implement MPRIS 2 seek</li><li>Enable support for more media types</li><li>Mingw compatibility fixes</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/AVvXsEgkjiR0nVpumBMQq6Ya2ttWVg3T7mgwGYkgeRp3qbhb8rxtgKRCcqCAxagmiX3bT3GGKYQZRGrWDD_LHP75XoaNGV3i2Ndn3sWkRsoMAEgIIrAiyA318YMUGZovVEZ6qMlNkJv9ogIYvAlA/s1600/xnoise-icon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="new xnoise icon" border="0" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjiR0nVpumBMQq6Ya2ttWVg3T7mgwGYkgeRp3qbhb8rxtgKRCcqCAxagmiX3bT3GGKYQZRGrWDD_LHP75XoaNGV3i2Ndn3sWkRsoMAEgIIrAiyA318YMUGZovVEZ6qMlNkJv9ogIYvAlA/s320/xnoise-icon.png" title="new xnoise icon" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Xnoise icon</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Xnoise is a fast GTK+ media player written in Vala, which supports both music and video files</b>. It features automatic album art fetching, a nice "Now Playing" pane, media keys sypport, plugins for online services like UbuntuOne Music Store, Last.fm, Lyrics as well as Ubuntu integration such as Quicklists, HUD support, SoundMenu integration and notifications. </div><br />Here's a video recorded by the Xnoise developer, demoing some of the features available in the latest Xnoise 0.2.13:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ecy_cEVPxFw" width="420"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecy_cEVPxFw">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><h2>Install Xnoise in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9UBGpGfJYlVD8HykxkaQscVxU9Fv7blFPO52MeBExED_yaCjWFOp4Y2S3-weQMXA4OpQz7vYXBIy4WG5kWkmeOKBDRmer8TNOQ-v7-4mr_-7IB4npsMbLJbOnLSxnItGQdUuV_7WEUKn/s1600/xnoise-video.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xnoise media player" border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9UBGpGfJYlVD8HykxkaQscVxU9Fv7blFPO52MeBExED_yaCjWFOp4Y2S3-weQMXA4OpQz7vYXBIy4WG5kWkmeOKBDRmer8TNOQ-v7-4mr_-7IB4npsMbLJbOnLSxnItGQdUuV_7WEUKn/s320/xnoise-video.png" title="xnoise media player" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>To install the latest Xnoise in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal or 12.04 Precise Pangolin, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:shkn/xnoise<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install xnoise</code></pre><br />For other Linux distributions, get Xnoise source via <a href="https://github.com/shuerhaaken/xnoise/downloads">GitHub</a>.

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