Linux Mint 14 RC Available For Download

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNN6oD3ByOfVFLxbdFve3k0v6IzGyptsZjM0wwQ7H87Yf5U_qqvctaLxX0SPJBMC_X-1q160OAQF9FzovnVm6bStwF-sXOkjlBSs1-_CPRqDnKoMDTBSJTZfhyNR71GMTlJJQgHM5BRc8a/s1600/linux-mint-14.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="linux mint 14" border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNN6oD3ByOfVFLxbdFve3k0v6IzGyptsZjM0wwQ7H87Yf5U_qqvctaLxX0SPJBMC_X-1q160OAQF9FzovnVm6bStwF-sXOkjlBSs1-_CPRqDnKoMDTBSJTZfhyNR71GMTlJJQgHM5BRc8a/s320/linux-mint-14.png" title="linux mint 14" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" release candidate, based on Ubuntu 12.10, has been made available for download</b> yesterday and, like the previous version, is available for download in <b>two editions: MATE and Cinnamon</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Linux Mint 14 Mate RC</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1sj7GBxO5U62QdV9B2tq69-OaC-NHxuYXj9_OgLDYiZc6W4GLnjoZWO3NQagIMLW_aeOnCa473FwLcaKwh1uo6VAAIzqBK77cNGowg35btBVvHgkfNbPhV6C5MZ5M2mU6FcH2azk10Eu/s1600/linux-mint-14-mate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="linux mint 14 mate" border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1sj7GBxO5U62QdV9B2tq69-OaC-NHxuYXj9_OgLDYiZc6W4GLnjoZWO3NQagIMLW_aeOnCa473FwLcaKwh1uo6VAAIzqBK77cNGowg35btBVvHgkfNbPhV6C5MZ5M2mU6FcH2azk10Eu/s320/linux-mint-14-mate.png" title="linux mint 14 mate" width="320" /></a></div><br />Linux Mint 14 RC MATE edition features MATE 1.4, which brings lots of bug fixes, as well as some minor new features:<br /><ul><li>bluetooth and mate-keyring are now functional</li><li>Dropbox support for Caja (file manager)</li><li>Caja improvements: toggle button for text-based location bar, button to get the difference between files in the file conflict dialog and more</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon RC</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_dVSlj1m5rdHEdRmhPlFwXSsM4CDDdQTiF7gX-NUm5JvEJN1W885YXv6rnho0tw3DBaZGnzCFOuTL8E_JydZt3w3_8FMj3eMrh8G7HfJz-heiKVhdTUBZ9GkFqlwaqTI3JRQO1RwVhqS/s1600/linux-mint-14-cinnamon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="linux mint 14 cinnamon" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_dVSlj1m5rdHEdRmhPlFwXSsM4CDDdQTiF7gX-NUm5JvEJN1W885YXv6rnho0tw3DBaZGnzCFOuTL8E_JydZt3w3_8FMj3eMrh8G7HfJz-heiKVhdTUBZ9GkFqlwaqTI3JRQO1RwVhqS/s320/linux-mint-14-cinnamon.png" title="linux mint 14 cinnamon" width="320" /></a></div><br />Linux Mint 14 RC Cinnamon edition ships with the latest <b>Cinnamon 1.6, which comes with a huge list of improvements</b>. To name just a few:<br /><ul><li>a 2D session (uses software rendering)</li><li>ALT + Tab improvements, including thumbnails or previews</li><li>improved sound applet</li><li>Grid view in Expo</li><li>persistent workspaces to which you can give a name</li><li>Panel: options to configure auto-hide delay and panel height have been added</li><li>added window quicklists, an applet which lists all the windows available across workspaces</li><li>added a notification applet which keeps a history of desktop notifications</li><li>many other new features and bug fixes</li></ul><br />For more info about Cinnamon 1.6, including a video, see our previous post: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/new-cinnamon-16-release-adds-2d-session.html">New Cinnamon 1.6 Release Adds 2D Session, New Applets And More Customization Options</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And of course, with Linux Mint 14 and Cinnamon 1.6, there's also a <b>new file manager: Nemo, forked from Nautilus 3.4.2</b>, which incorporatest some features not available in Nautilus, like button to toggle between location bar and path bar, improved toolbar and more:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rGw1TBKg6PCmtyVcgDCpXgsbcwfQPDxrO4fvaPBZ-4YLO_1K5GajyQ4g_Ies5W4yhECMJ0orf1jLex46m3QLZ2cU_RJdSHhAB4-jdHdIoeQSLmi08CC9pve8GLCowjhi27yzslA8ZRWr/s1600/linux-mint-14-nemo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nemo file manager" border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rGw1TBKg6PCmtyVcgDCpXgsbcwfQPDxrO4fvaPBZ-4YLO_1K5GajyQ4g_Ies5W4yhECMJ0orf1jLex46m3QLZ2cU_RJdSHhAB4-jdHdIoeQSLmi08CC9pve8GLCowjhi27yzslA8ZRWr/s320/linux-mint-14-nemo.png" title="nemo file manager" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">MDM continues as the default display manager in Linux Mint 14. The new version supports legacy GDM2 themes so you can use any GDM theme without any modifications:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjccUOFhczaMhZCG5M7iIVzMy3U32j5T40hXuaIXV1qJU6sltMNZH7rw4AZBWY4L3hsMcLa8z49BtH0KtBptBhtvLtsoqycHERUPFvTouCO-6e6MQ2FmBiwRWOxgILvzvxdKEvQv_xzaZlh/s1600/linux-mint-14-mdm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="linux mint 14 mdm" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjccUOFhczaMhZCG5M7iIVzMy3U32j5T40hXuaIXV1qJU6sltMNZH7rw4AZBWY4L3hsMcLa8z49BtH0KtBptBhtvLtsoqycHERUPFvTouCO-6e6MQ2FmBiwRWOxgILvzvxdKEvQv_xzaZlh/s320/linux-mint-14-mdm.png" title="linux mint 14 mdm" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Further more, 30 GDM/MDM themes are installed by default with Linux Mint 14. The latest MDM also features improved user switching and many bug fixes.</div><br /><br />Other changes in Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon edition RC: <br /><ul><li>improved software manager</li><li>MintStick replaces USB-ImageWriter, for a better UI and better progress reporting</li><li>Gedit 2.30 has replaced Gedit 3. According to the Linux Mint 14 changelog, this change was introduced because Gedit 2.30 "is a more mature/stable alternative, which provides more features and a much better search functionality than the latter version".</li><li>updated default theme to support GTK 3.6</li><li>improved icon theme</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Download Linux Mint 14 RC</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2205">Download Linux Mint 14 RC</a> | Read the official <a href="http://linuxmint.com/rel_nadia.php">release notes</a></div>

Linux Mint 14 RC Available For Download

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Steam For Linux: Download The First Ubuntu-Like Skin

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>WebUpd8 reader Martin Kozub has created an Ubuntu-like skin for the new <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-use-steam-for-linux-right-now.html">Linux Steam</a> client which includes the Ubuntu font, default Ubuntu colors and window buttons (Ambiance), thin scrollbars as well as Ubuntu (Humanity) back and forward icons.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Martin says his skin is incomplete, but, as you can see below, it looks great already:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsnX9XnzpaVdUJAViV12aDKk-M4K3f1y13WUk6nBJtbL_b_IWzK0D3fpMkQh-RzFh7TwzvgdKRTPmiD0WhbOj7ydxqHnGYDIW6p67AUSO651giHi_jOiVmB9yx2WHoAEXZdeyU6nKViVhd/s1600/steam-ubuntu-skin.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="steam ubuntu" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsnX9XnzpaVdUJAViV12aDKk-M4K3f1y13WUk6nBJtbL_b_IWzK0D3fpMkQh-RzFh7TwzvgdKRTPmiD0WhbOj7ydxqHnGYDIW6p67AUSO651giHi_jOiVmB9yx2WHoAEXZdeyU6nKViVhd/s400/steam-ubuntu-skin.png" title="steam ubuntu" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Here's how Steam for Linux looks like by default:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3cMWfD7FPEcvd87rDzF1q_OQZuiIRUPm34E0dhGBO9WSRBavk-78QGjjZgK4BQvXAON66VbRaFoLJ5LXqv0gQupEZi5bDeqcQxyqfL-JSD5Jo3UQFfOuLI3QdSS7bwrnsliXApj9fC18/s1600/steam-linux-default-skin.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="steam linux" border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3cMWfD7FPEcvd87rDzF1q_OQZuiIRUPm34E0dhGBO9WSRBavk-78QGjjZgK4BQvXAON66VbRaFoLJ5LXqv0gQupEZi5bDeqcQxyqfL-JSD5Jo3UQFfOuLI3QdSS7bwrnsliXApj9fC18/s320/steam-linux-default-skin.png" title="steam linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><h2>How to install the Ubuntu-like skin for Steam</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEagcpuVjzC2kJAG4dBZ8wZxTOpwCYrg0FMph8VJv2enEthGbrCWvnllY-ggugCrfAg4qrIcqRFf0NUWbjwf2IzveE3RmCxxBBubjLQ6BpujZYwMKA0am0oaFEA5PnPf1ghj88szcuih1/s1600/steam-ubuntu-skin_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="steam ubuntu" border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEagcpuVjzC2kJAG4dBZ8wZxTOpwCYrg0FMph8VJv2enEthGbrCWvnllY-ggugCrfAg4qrIcqRFf0NUWbjwf2IzveE3RmCxxBBubjLQ6BpujZYwMKA0am0oaFEA5PnPf1ghj88szcuih1/s320/steam-ubuntu-skin_2.png" title="steam ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To use this Ubuntu-ish Steam for Linux skin, download it from <a href="http://ubuntuone.com/6RLqSOv7OLodVi1o6fXvCK">HERE</a> and extract it into the Steam "skins" folder - you should have a Steam folder in your home directory. Update: on newer Steam installations, the Steam directory is a hidden folder in your home directory (~/.steam), so press CTRL + H to see it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To apply the theme, open the <i>registy.vdf</i> file, which you'll find in the same Steam installation folder, with a text editor and add the following line under <i>HKCU > Software > Valve > Steam:</i></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>"SkinV4"               "Ubuntu"</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This is how the "registy.vdf" file should look after you've added this line (notice the line is under "HKCU", not "HKLM"):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXyEv4pfwmJHWpPB9zAAZtwJz5Rtsc83Sc9eTrxAelUS02lFXSbcqRcZ7XcK2TlnOdVpQrLEJg9VLG38LbBaVfpz5VQjsSIstFsTbohfScy18x7GRjx67yMnjTdOC6JKMtO9Z3VBv5fYz/s1600/steam-skin-file.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXyEv4pfwmJHWpPB9zAAZtwJz5Rtsc83Sc9eTrxAelUS02lFXSbcqRcZ7XcK2TlnOdVpQrLEJg9VLG38LbBaVfpz5VQjsSIstFsTbohfScy18x7GRjx67yMnjTdOC6JKMtO9Z3VBv5fYz/s320/steam-skin-file.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Now start Steam for Linux and enjoy the new skin!<br /><br /><br />Oh, and by the way, in the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-use-steam-for-linux-right-now.html">How To Use Steam For Linux Right Now, Without A Beta Account</a> article, <b>I was saying that Steam doesn't work for me</b> and all I get is a ghost window. Well, <b>after using Martin's theme, Steam works on my computer</b> (even after going back to the default theme since I was able to successfully login and accept the license agreement), so if you're having a similar issue, give it a try!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The skin will also fix font rendering issues</b> like you can see in the above screenshots.</div><br />Update: there is now a <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/download-steam-for-linux-skin-manager.html">Steam Skin Manager which includes both Ambiance and Radiance skins</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to <a href="https://plus.google.com/b/101912980608854649615/117415521410663758843/posts">Martin Kozub</a> for the theme and instructions!</i></div>

Steam For Linux: Download The First Ubuntu-Like Skin

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Fallback Mode (Classic Session) To Be Dropped From GNOME 3.8

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2gylexrAZtb3F3Oy2iGV0qW_Em1CUdxmWjqC6cwkTU9Vi8ButpCn1KumT9rEs9jcroIbFXm2DvIrUHAdlIkXRABUC8hn7raXQ8sflUfxLQA0kcjF7wHDpCiKxIRq0mTk7WyFJN3SKyXY/s1600/gnome-fallback.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome fallback mode" border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2gylexrAZtb3F3Oy2iGV0qW_Em1CUdxmWjqC6cwkTU9Vi8ButpCn1KumT9rEs9jcroIbFXm2DvIrUHAdlIkXRABUC8hn7raXQ8sflUfxLQA0kcjF7wHDpCiKxIRq0mTk7WyFJN3SKyXY/s320/gnome-fallback.png" title="gnome fallback mode" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The fallback mode, also known as the classic GNOME session, will no longer be included starting with GNOME 3.8, the next stable GNOME release.</b> Users running computers without graphical acceleration can use GNOME Shell through <a href="http://www.mesa3d.org/llvmpipe.html">llvmpipe</a>, which is already supported for some releases.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><blockquote>I'm <a href="https://mail.gnome.org/archives/release-team/2012-November/msg00009.html">writing</a> to inform you that the release team discussed ["<a href="https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointSeven/Features/DropOrFixFallbackMode">Drop or Fix Fallback Mode</a>"] yesterday. We've come to the conclusion that we can't maintain fallback mode in reasonable quality, and are better off dropping it.</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The GNOME 3.8 features page <a href="https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointSeven/Features/DropOrFixFallbackMode">mentions</a> some of the <b>reasons behind the decision </b>to drop the fallback mode of which, the most important one seems that "<b>it's in maintenance mode</b>", without no new features or active development for a long time. <b>Other reasons include:</b></div><ul><li>nearly nobody actively tests it</li><li>the presence of fallback mode is having a negative impact on the quality of the primary GNOME 3 user experience</li><li>several apps such as Totem or Cheese now require Clutter and can't work without GL. Thus they won't work in fallback mode</li><li>some changes in the architecture require additional work to keep things somewhat working in fallback, even though they won't offer the full experience</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Dropping the follback mode doesn't just mean there will be no more classic GNOME session. With it, <b>some GNOME modules might go away</b>, like Metacity, GNOME Panel, GNOME Applets, notification-daemon, GNOME Screensaver, polkit-gnome and nm-applet. Furthermore, <b>this decision affects Unity, LXDE or Xfce too</b> because they make use of some fallback components like tray icons of GNOME Settings Daemon. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But not all is bad, because <b>dropping the fallback mode means that some modules </b>like GNOME Control Center, GDM or Nautilus <b>could be simplified</b>, mentions the "Drop or Fix Fallback Mode" <a href="https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointSeven/Features/DropOrFixFallbackMode">page</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The GNOME developers didn't forget about the users who prefer a <b>GNOME 2-like layout</b>, and it looks like they will <b>compile</b> and maybe help maintain <b>a list of GNOME Shell extensions</b> that provide such a layout.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu users don't have to worry about this just yet, since the next Ubuntu version - 13.04 Raring Ringtail -, will <a title="Ubuntu 13.04: Only Some GNOME Components To Be Updated, GTK Not One Of Them" href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/ubuntu-1304-only-some-gnome-components.html">continue to use GNOME 3.6 for the most part</a> and not the latest GNOME 3.8 which will ship without the fallback mode.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://worldofgnome.org/gnome-3-8-is-dropping-fallback-mode/">worldofgnome.org</a>, <a href="https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointSeven/Features/DropOrFixFallbackMode">live.gnome.org</a> and gnome <a href="https://mail.gnome.org/archives/release-team/2012-November/msg00009.html">release-team</a> mailing list</i></div>

Fallback Mode (Classic Session) To Be Dropped From GNOME 3.8

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Install GNOME Mplayer 1.0.7 In Ubuntu 12.10

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2xIRXlp9DZfDp03bjScb1S31waOXxwXBF3cb3NnzgwMEBn1_z3QWewCDyi1InIVwbl6lwpYgbpP2pQMmYnJEJay5k9E4xNZ_Ewr6D3k_yutpSrwjQMFL7ksGSpglRiJC3SkdTmBfh5iFM/s1600/gnome-mplayer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gnome mplayer" border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2xIRXlp9DZfDp03bjScb1S31waOXxwXBF3cb3NnzgwMEBn1_z3QWewCDyi1InIVwbl6lwpYgbpP2pQMmYnJEJay5k9E4xNZ_Ewr6D3k_yutpSrwjQMFL7ksGSpglRiJC3SkdTmBfh5iFM/s320/gnome-mplayer.png" title="gnome mplayer" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://code.google.com/p/gnome-mplayer/">GNOME MPlayer</a> 1.0.7 has been released recently, getting support for MPRIS v2 (e.g. Ubuntu Sound Menu integration), along with other enhancements.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">GNOME MPlayer is a GTK2/GTK3 frontend for MPlayer which, besides playing audio and video files, it supports DVD and MKV chapters, cover art retrieval from Amazon.com for audio files and other useful features.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>Changes in GNOME MPlayer 1.0.7:</b><br /><ul><li>Implemented MPRIS2</li><li>Support for the anamorphic aspect ratio (2.39:1)</li><li>Screensaver inhibit rework (inhibits screensaver when a video is playing)</li><li>Use the GTK3 symbolic icons when running in GTK3 mode</li><li>Added y, g, and J hotkeys to match mplayer hotkeys</li><li>Many bug fixes, including: scroll wheel fix, preferences & dconf issue fix, keyboard shortcut fixes and more.</li></ul><br />A complete changelog can be found <a href="http://code.google.com/p/GNOME-mplayer/source/browse/trunk/ChangeLog?spec=svn2355&r=2355">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Install GNOME MPlayer 1.0.7 in Ubuntu 12.10</h2><br /><b>Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal users can install GNOME MPlayer 1.0.7 using the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gilir/lubuntu<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install gnome-mplayer</code></pre><br />The GNOME Mplayer source can be downloaded from <a href="http://code.google.com/p/gnome-mplayer/downloads/list">Google Code</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2012/11/gnome-mplayer-107-migliorato-il.html">lffl.org</a></i></div>

Install GNOME Mplayer 1.0.7 In Ubuntu 12.10

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How To Use Steam For Linux Right Now, Without A Beta Account

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMD_Hqqp1e70DqqjzG_F32HIEFufcHmGPYRqMmUFe8WYO4oU4ohr8N8LSYDnkAhbXm09z3HrbnHW0zL73lZ3YtuxZdd9yEQm3GbGiAl7NfSY3oSbW6RBgn_senNYZfMzCw0dh0yyggWYK/s1600/steam-for-linux.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="steam for linux" border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMD_Hqqp1e70DqqjzG_F32HIEFufcHmGPYRqMmUFe8WYO4oU4ohr8N8LSYDnkAhbXm09z3HrbnHW0zL73lZ3YtuxZdd9yEQm3GbGiAl7NfSY3oSbW6RBgn_senNYZfMzCw0dh0yyggWYK/s320/steam-for-linux.png" title="steam for linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Steam for Linux beta has been released today and for now is only available to 1000 lucky users who have applied using the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/steam-for-linux-beta-testing-survey.html">Steam beta survey</a>. But there's a way to run Steam for Linux even if you didn't receive an invitation. Read on!</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><h2>Download and install Steam for Linux</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu users can <b>download the Steam deb</b> file from <a href="http://media.steampowered.com/client/installer/steam.deb">HERE</a> (should work on Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10). <b>If the installation fails using Ubuntu Software Center</b>, place the downloaded deb into your home folder and <b>install Steam for Linux using the following command:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo dpkg -i steam.deb</code></pre><br />Arch Linux: you can install Steam using the following <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/steam/">AUR package</a>.<br /><br /><b>Fedora</b> users can add <a href="http://spot.fedorapeople.org/steam/">this</a> repository to install Steam for Linux.<br /><br />Once you install it, launch Steam and wait for the client update to complete.<br /><br /><br /><h2>How to use Steam for Linux without a beta account / invitation</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>So, how to use Steam even though you don't have a Steam beta account?</b> Some users have <a href="https://plus.google.com/101912980608854649615/posts/jRmaDcNCV6m">reported</a> that you can use Steam for Linux without a beta account, by simply launching Steam from a quicklist. So <b>all you have to do is drag the Steam icon from the desktop / Dash to the Unity launcher, then right click the icon and select any of the available options:</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKZx6HUbxhi8Wex8Bcov0dRD8o2ZlHydxHKEQL1O-SxWtwB_KcD_qNlj0f_QN_lSNBbdGXqipICVNFEvP8fw3LH0FkuBXX2awk8LY6iT7aFoK2JERt86opS1cQ3fV-zqfSbvHXu0aErQW/s1600/steam-quicklist.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="steam for linux beta" border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKZx6HUbxhi8Wex8Bcov0dRD8o2ZlHydxHKEQL1O-SxWtwB_KcD_qNlj0f_QN_lSNBbdGXqipICVNFEvP8fw3LH0FkuBXX2awk8LY6iT7aFoK2JERt86opS1cQ3fV-zqfSbvHXu0aErQW/s320/steam-quicklist.png" title="steam for linux beta" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you're not using Unity, you can also do this from the command line, using:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>steam steam://store</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Remember, Steam for Linux is currently in beta</b>, and the testing has just started, so you may find bugs or it may not work at all for you (like it's the case for me). Use it carefully and let's hope a stable version will be released soon.<br /><br /><br /><b>Update: </b>here's a <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/12qs6z/steam_for_linux_its_here_deb_in_the_link/c6xf19p">list of games</a> that currently work with Steam for Linux. </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 /><br /><br />Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/steam-for-linux-download-first-ubuntu.html">Steam For Linux: Download The First Ubuntu-Like Skin<br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /><br /><i>thanks to <a href="https://plus.google.com/b/101912980608854649615/117415521410663758843/posts">Martin Kozub</a> for the Steam for Linux beta bypass <a href="https://plus.google.com/b/101912980608854649615/101912980608854649615/posts/jRmaDcNCV6m">tip</a></i></div>

How To Use Steam For Linux Right Now, Without A Beta Account

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Highly Customizable, Chameleonic GNOME Shell theme `Elegance Colors` Sees New Release

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPuMC1Ag4o2gMdlX-eQ52H9C68UyJ2z1azPby6hH1Um87sglZGP45jfpsOBM0ZUMLUbSbDl6T7GHNUi3jBBkZDJHFOL7JTOjMQPihcBiUe3AmjS8JorR6SO_5GeKhHukjEHTHfUMBR7N0/s1600/elegance-colors.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="elegance colors gnome shell" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPuMC1Ag4o2gMdlX-eQ52H9C68UyJ2z1azPby6hH1Um87sglZGP45jfpsOBM0ZUMLUbSbDl6T7GHNUi3jBBkZDJHFOL7JTOjMQPihcBiUe3AmjS8JorR6SO_5GeKhHukjEHTHfUMBR7N0/s320/elegance-colors.png" title="elegance colors gnome shell" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Gnome-Shell-Elegance-Colors-305966388">Elegance Colors</a>, a chameleonic, highly customizable GNOME Shell theme, has been updated today, the new version bringing an option to export a customized theme for later use. </div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest Elegance Colors 0.3 works with GNOME Shell 3.6 and the best thing about it is that the theme changes its colors according to the current GTK theme, wallpaper or an user-defined color. The theme also comes with a configuration tool which can be used to customize it: use light or dak menus, change the panel or menu opacity, font size and other options.</div><br /><a name='more'></a>Here are a few examples of customizations supported by Elegance Colors:<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/AVvXsEgnW9Ele_6VSW_QhUET49rbBcPHyIB-uGPwPjXpFPoO2n0jkaHfodARv6GtnR5w6WaMZjtZx5bRcUBHRRXFU6szeB98i2tU0QANLiNaFOdYPblhYdQOw7uIYjsb9k4uBYWWjx0WO_7zbTI1/s1600/elegance-colors_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elegance colors gnome shell" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnW9Ele_6VSW_QhUET49rbBcPHyIB-uGPwPjXpFPoO2n0jkaHfodARv6GtnR5w6WaMZjtZx5bRcUBHRRXFU6szeB98i2tU0QANLiNaFOdYPblhYdQOw7uIYjsb9k4uBYWWjx0WO_7zbTI1/s320/elegance-colors_1.png" title="elegance colors gnome shell" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Default settings, color derived from the wallpaper</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/AVvXsEjK4Xd565tpy0fhOfVQVtMK0jsI3LJXMAo3sbhco1fXQoO-lI3enwGw5pfgUib5xR_aCbiOQVc3uLedvgJqUId1FhnT5pFx9-Ant83BwepeZpzSi6CeqfpizNbJnDJO13iWlTNltWaKDmNs/s1600/elegance-colors_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elegance colors gnome shell" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4Xd565tpy0fhOfVQVtMK0jsI3LJXMAo3sbhco1fXQoO-lI3enwGw5pfgUib5xR_aCbiOQVc3uLedvgJqUId1FhnT5pFx9-Ant83BwepeZpzSi6CeqfpizNbJnDJO13iWlTNltWaKDmNs/s320/elegance-colors_2.png" title="elegance colors gnome shell" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color based on the current wallpaper, light menu style</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/AVvXsEgvXEc5k3fJ-5tmf8_M3S77y0xQJ9r1PWCBxkVRJEqIJrA52jANeP8oCzuwsX68TP2ratgqMD0UgQ0EBV7J_1nu7nloyVbNFC59L6zQKw0skG5WmIV0WhwC39bILI6RhAWsoNRWj7Cu1As9/s1600/elegance-colors_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elegance colors gnome shell" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvXEc5k3fJ-5tmf8_M3S77y0xQJ9r1PWCBxkVRJEqIJrA52jANeP8oCzuwsX68TP2ratgqMD0UgQ0EBV7J_1nu7nloyVbNFC59L6zQKw0skG5WmIV0WhwC39bILI6RhAWsoNRWj7Cu1As9/s320/elegance-colors_3.png" title="elegance colors gnome shell" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color derived from the wallpaper, light menu style, smaller font size, 0.2 panel opacity, no panel corner roundness</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Besides the option to export a customized theme, Elegance Colors 0.3 also brings more customization options:</b> set gradient size, transition duration and box shadow. Also, in the new version, theme changes are applied instantly.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6qa9dM_WMsNChlp3RzmMvKLnd5pCYlf3v-9UT5sTw0RDts0UyOaYGW4vz-i_Crblh5btqJW5uD5br53wahBXQHlYFS3AEO4lf_VR8KVwwxLUYeRSR1hvcDeZkPzZ3wi9ZBhcdFjSTJJh/s1600/elegance-colors-export.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="elegance colors gnome shell" border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6qa9dM_WMsNChlp3RzmMvKLnd5pCYlf3v-9UT5sTw0RDts0UyOaYGW4vz-i_Crblh5btqJW5uD5br53wahBXQHlYFS3AEO4lf_VR8KVwwxLUYeRSR1hvcDeZkPzZ3wi9ZBhcdFjSTJJh/s320/elegance-colors-export.png" title="elegance colors gnome shell" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To use the new "Export theme" option, open Elegance Colors Preferences and from the GMenu, select Export theme. The theme will be exported to a .zip file - don't install it using GNOME Tweak Tool because it will be installed to a location where it doesn't work. Simply extract it to <i>~/.themes</i> and you'll have your new, working custom theme.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to install and use Elegance Colors GNOME Shell theme</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI73Dy-l_zK64LA04GqtGgeWcHXSTYE4etR9xbbE-iSmPbd5r6KgGIDVtCcXRfHzdlAQBoqqaxhMoGsjXzRz2CWGwxGX8OLvs7wMmxgHU7lesbEbgqRyIGfD5oDzurT0lbpZTZzwAh0XZN/s1600/elegance-colors-gs-theme.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="elegance colors gnome shell" border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI73Dy-l_zK64LA04GqtGgeWcHXSTYE4etR9xbbE-iSmPbd5r6KgGIDVtCcXRfHzdlAQBoqqaxhMoGsjXzRz2CWGwxGX8OLvs7wMmxgHU7lesbEbgqRyIGfD5oDzurT0lbpZTZzwAh0XZN/s320/elegance-colors-gs-theme.jpg" title="elegance colors gnome shell" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest Elegance Colors is available in a PPA for Ubuntu 12.10 (GNOME Shell 3.6) users. Add the PPA and install the theme using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:satyajit-happy/themes<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-theme-elegance-colors</code></pre>The PPA has Elegance Colors for Ubuntu 12.04 as well, but it's an older version.<br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, you can download GNOME Shell Elegance Colors theme from <a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Gnome-Shell-Elegance-Colors-305966388">DeviantArt</a>.</b><br /><br /><b>To use Elegance Colors, you'll need the User Themes GNOME Shell extension</b> which can be installed via <a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/19/user-themes/">extensions.gnome.org</a> or from the Ubuntu 12.10 repositories:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you've installed the User Themes extensions via GNOME's website, you'll need to run the following command for Elegance Colors to work:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo elegance-colors fix</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once you've installed the theme and the User Themes extension, run the following command in a terminal to start the Elegance Colors process, which is used to apply the theme changes:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>elegance-colors</code></pre>You can also simply log out and log back in.<br /><br />And finally, set the new theme via <i>GNOME Tweak Tool > Theme > Shell theme</i>.

Highly Customizable, Chameleonic GNOME Shell theme `Elegance Colors` Sees New Release

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How To Find Out To Which PPA Repository A Package Belongs To

<div style="text-align: justify;">There are various reasons why you may need to find out to which PPA a package belongs to, for instance, in case a package in a PPA breaks something on your system, if you want to install a package which is already installed on your computer on some other machine but you don't know the PPA you've used to install it and so on.<br /><br />So here's a <b>quick tip on how to find out to which PPA a package belongs to. </b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To find out the PPA to which a package belongs to, simply run the following command in a terminal</b>:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>apt-cache policy <b>PACKAGE_NAME</b></code></pre>replacing "PACKAGE_NAME" with the package you want to find out the PPA for.<br /><br /><b>Example:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>apt-cache policy oracle-java7-installer</code></pre><br />Here's how the command output looks like:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_uKAYsNzRx6hxpoEVv4NCEnHCZWHDuvQ4lL44RDHhlolzl3tooXX0TtBOxTQ7cEegE5mF83omuih_e0i7UQ8fG30AEbCNBiNUlzF7yo_iZoNX44xwXz6KielTj8TDXowHrVht5H06ARI/s1600/apt-cache-policy-ppa.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="apt-cache pollicy" border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_uKAYsNzRx6hxpoEVv4NCEnHCZWHDuvQ4lL44RDHhlolzl3tooXX0TtBOxTQ7cEegE5mF83omuih_e0i7UQ8fG30AEbCNBiNUlzF7yo_iZoNX44xwXz6KielTj8TDXowHrVht5H06ARI/s320/apt-cache-policy-ppa.png" title="apt-cache pollicy" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As you can see, the command output displays the PPA url, which, right after "ppa.launchpad.net" contains the PPA you've used to install the package ("webupd8team/java" in my example above).</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This, of course, also works with packages from the official Ubuntu repositories as well as packages from non-Launchpad repositories. For instance, here's how the output of "<b>apt-cache policy opera</b>" looks like (Opera is installed through its own repository):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFeMQ2LaWaIwILiWf4dMt70GVC2y4nVZf4ypLOHm4tLwZeeolw5fwkFnNjyVDK1vajxzh8oCekz0fupzy5_PdNXuwagGmwaBaWUImbcOiezAg29TqmvEAdKsBgB19n_13Q50zuS-0qVQ9/s1600/apt-cache-policy-repository.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="apt-cache pollicy" border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFeMQ2LaWaIwILiWf4dMt70GVC2y4nVZf4ypLOHm4tLwZeeolw5fwkFnNjyVDK1vajxzh8oCekz0fupzy5_PdNXuwagGmwaBaWUImbcOiezAg29TqmvEAdKsBgB19n_13Q50zuS-0qVQ9/s320/apt-cache-policy-repository.png" title="apt-cache pollicy" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If the repository url is missing, it means you've installed the deb manually, not through a repository (and the package is not available in any repository on your system) or that the repository has been disabled or removed after the package installation.</div>

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