Raspberry Pi Gets An App Store

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/pi-store.png"><img alt="Raspberry Pi app store" src="http://img.netupd8.com/pi-store_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs">Raspberry Pi</a>, the "$25 computer", now has its own app store. Pi Store is available for Raspbian (Debian for Raspberry Pi)</b> and only 25 applications/games are included right now, but the Raspberry Pi folks hope it will get a lot more, as users upload their own content to the store.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Current titles available in the Pi Store include: </b>LibreOffice, Freeciv and others, as well as a Raspberry Pi exclusive: Iridium Rising. There's also one <b>commercial game</b>: Storm in a TeaCup, an adventure game developed by Cobra Mobile.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/pi-store_2.png"><img alt="Raspberry Pi store" src="http://img.netupd8.com/pi-store_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Raspberry Pi Store can be installed in Raspbian using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install pistore</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And then launch it from the menu: <i>Programming > Pi Store</i> or the newly created desktop shortcut.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">New Raspbian images which include the new Pi Store are also available for download on the Raspberry Pi <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads">downloads page</a>.</div><br />You can also view the store online, at <a href="http://store.raspberrypi.com/">http://store.raspberrypi.com/</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via/more info: <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2768">Raspberry Pi blog</a></i></div>

Raspberry Pi Gets An App Store

Raspberry Pi , the "$25 computer", now has its own app store. Pi Store is available for Raspbian (Debian for Raspberry Pi) and on...

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Free Cross-Platform RTS Game 0 A.D. Alpha 12 Available For Download

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/0ad-alpha-12-rubble.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="0 AD alpha 12" src="http://img.netupd8.com/0ad-alpha-12-rubble_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>0 A.D, one of the best free, open source real-time strategy (RTS) games, has reached the <a href="http://play0ad.com/alpha-12-loucetios/">alpha 12</a>.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For those not familiar with 0 A.D., this is a historical war and economy game that <b>works on Linux, Windows and Mac OSX</b>. It features great graphics and sound and it has both single-player and multi-player functionality (multi-player uses peer-to-peer networking, without a central server and there's no matchmaking service yet).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">0 A.D. alpha 12 "Loucetios" has been released with interesting new features such as diplomacy, packing siege engines, heroes, new match setup options, improved graphics and user interface and more.</div><br /><b>Changes in 0 A.D. alpha 12 "Loucetios":</b><br /><a name='more'></a><ul><li>Diplomacy: you can determine if other human players are your allies, enemies or neutral and change this any time you want</li><li>Heroes are back, each player can have only 1 living hero</li><li>New match setup options: you can select the population cap and amount of resources used when starting a new game</li><li>Five new random maps have been added</li><li>Formation order queueing: you can give units several tasks to carry out in order</li><li>Packing siege engines: certain siege engines need to be in a “packed” state to be moved from place to place, and in a stationary "unpacked" state to be able to fire. Moving a siege engine between these states is called "packing" and "unpacking"</li><li>Unit training hotkeys</li><li>Improved water rendering</li><li>Post-processing manager: enable features such as distance fog, bloom and more</li><li>New song: "Calm Before the Storm"</li><li>More!</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="http://img.netupd8.com/0ad-alpha-12-distance-fog.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="0 A.D. alpha 12 - distance fog"><img alt="0 Ad alpha 12 distance fog" src="http://img.netupd8.com/0ad-alpha-12-distance-fog_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Distance fog</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As usual, the 0 A.D. developers have released a video, demoing the new features available in the latest 0 A.D. alpha:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/I_xDEJrf6q4" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_xDEJrf6q4">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And speaking of 0 A.D., the game has reached the second round in the Indie of the Year 2012 awards - if you like 0 A.D. <b>vote for it </b><a href="http://www.indiedb.com/events/2012-indie-of-the-year-awards/top100#vote10298">HERE</a> (under <i>Upcoming games of 2012 > Real Time Strategy</i>).</div><br />The voting continues until the end of the world (December 21st) :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install 0 A.D. game in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/0ad-alpha-12-custom-rubble.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="0 A.D. alpha 12" src="http://img.netupd8.com/0ad-alpha-12-custom-rubble_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu users can use the official 0 A.D PPA to install the latest 0 A.D. alpha - copy and paste the following commands in a terminal to install it:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wfg/0ad<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install 0ad</code></pre><br /><b>Download 0 A.D. for <a href="http://play0ad.com/download/linux/">Linux</a>, <a href="http://play0ad.com/download/win">Windows</a> or <a href="http://play0ad.com/download/mac">Mac OSX</a>.</b>

Free Cross-Platform RTS Game 0 A.D. Alpha 12 Available For Download

0 A.D, one of the best free, open source real-time strategy (RTS) games, has reached the alpha 12 . For those not familiar with 0 A.D., this...

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How To Install Nemo File Manager In Ubuntu

<div style="text-align: justify;">After forking GNOME Shell (Cinnamon), Mutter (Muffin) and GDM 2.0 (MDM), the Linux Mint team has forked Nautilus and the result is <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/nemo-linux-mint-team-forks-nautilus.html" title="Nemo: The Linux Mint Team Forks Nautilus">Nemo</a>, a file manager which is now used by default in Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-file-manager.png" rel="image_group" title="Nemo file manager - latest code from GIT"><img alt="Nemo file manager git" src="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-file-manager_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Initially, Nemo used to look the same as the patched <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">SolusOS Nautilus</a> so I didn't write about how to install it since it was basically the same thing under a different name.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But Nemo has evolved, gaining many new features and under the hood optimizations and tweaks.<b> Here are some of the features available for Nemo file manager (for the version available in GIT / Cinnamon Nightly PPA) that aren't included in Nautilus 3.4:</b></div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>Unified, configurable toolbar: you can add/remove the following: up icon, refresh icon, toggle button for the location bar / path bar, home icon, computer icon and search icon.</li><li>Detachable tabs</li><li>Option to show the full path in the titlebar and tab bars (<i>Preferences > Display</i>)</li><li>Displays an "elevated privileges" banner when running as root</li><li>Built in "Open as root" context menu item</li><li>Built in "Open in terminal" context menu item</li><li>Added GTK bookmarks to the MoveTo/CopyTo context menus</li><li>Added "Set as Wallpaper" to the context menu</li><li>Switch view buttons on the toolbar (Grid, List and Compact views)</li><li>Drag and drop support for the bookmarks in the sidebar</li><li>Sidebar: indicators under each drive, displaying the free/used space</li><li>Collapsable sidebar categories</li><li>Support for sending files via Thunderbird and xdg-email</li><li>Image properties improvements (merged from Nautilus 3.6)</li><li>Memory leaks fixes (merged from Nautilus 3.6)</li><li>More!</li></ul><br />And Nemo has another advantage: it doesn't overwrite Nautilus like the patched SolusOS Nautilus, so you can have both Nautilus and Nemo installed in the same time.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Linux Mint / Nemo developers have also ported some Nautilus extensions to Nemo: there's a Dropbox extension for Nemo, along with Pastebin, Seahorse, Fileroller and Samba extensions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Below you'll find some more Nemo screenshots - in the first one there's Nemo 1.1.2 (stable) and the rest feature the latest Nemo from GIT:</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="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-1.1.2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Nemo 1.1.2 stable using Ambiance theme"><img alt="Nemo file manager 1.1.2 stable" src="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-1.1.2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nemo 1.1.2 (stable)</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="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-file-manager-git-ambiance.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Nemo from GIT using Ambiance theme (which isn't optimized for it)"><img alt="Nemo file manager GIT" src="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-file-manager-git-ambiance_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nemo from GIT</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-file-manager-git_1.png" rel="image_group" title="Nemo file manager from GIT"><img alt="Nemo file manager GIT" src="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-file-manager-git_1_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-file-manager-path-tab.png" rel="image_group" title="Nemo file manager - notice the full path in the tab title"><img alt="Nemo file manager GIT" src="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-file-manager-path-tab_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-preferences-display.png" image_group="image_group" title="Nemo Preferences - Display rel="><img alt="Nemo file manager" src="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-preferences-display_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-toolbar-preferences.png" rel="image_group" title="Nemo Preferences - toolbar options"><img alt="Nemo file manager" src="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-toolbar-preferences_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><b>Update:</b> the latest Nemo from GIT also got breadcrumbs, option to hide the menubar and a re-worked statusbar. See: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/latest-nemo-file-manager-from-git-gets.html">Latest Nemo File Manager From GIT Gets Breadcrumbs, Option To Hide The Menu, More</a> for more info.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Nemo file manager in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>Before installing Nemo, there are a couple of things you should know:</b><br /><ul><li>installing Nemo will also install Cinnamon desktop</li><li>if you're using Cinnamon, it's not recommended to add the Cinnamon Nightly PPA since it's not stable. Only install Cinnamon from the Nightly PPA for testing purposes</li></ul><br /><br /><h3>Install the stable Nemo release in Ubuntu</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Install the latest stable Nemo release (1.1.2) in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04 using the Cinnamon Stable PPA:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install nemo</code></pre><br /><br /><h3>Install the latest Nemo file manager from GIT in Ubuntu</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Or,<b> if you want the latest features (but probably less stability and more bugs), install the latest Nemo file manager from GIT in Linux Mint or Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 or 13.04 by using the Cinnamon Nightly PPA:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-nightly<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install nemo</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nemo shows up as "Files"</b> in the menu, just like Nautilus so it's a bit hard to find in the menu / Dash or whatever you're using. So search for "Nemo" and launch the first "Files" app that shows up, that will (hopefully) be Nemo file manager.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After you log out and log back in, you'll notice that <b>Nemo draws the desktop instead of Nautilus</b>. <b>If you want to continue to use Nautilus for drawing the desktop</b><b> instead of Nemo, do the following:</b></div><br />- Run the following command so Nemo shows up in the Startup Applications list (it's hidden by default):<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo sed -i 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/nemo-autostart.desktop</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- Then launch Startup Applications and uncheck Nemo - it's called files, but look under the name - it should say "Start Nemo desktop at login", like in the screenshot below:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-autostart.png"><img alt="Nemo autostart" src="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-autostart_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />- Then log out and log back in.<br /><br /><br />The Nemo file manager source code is available @ <a href="https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo">GitHub</a>.

How To Install Nemo File Manager In Ubuntu

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Fun Racing Game SuperTuxKart Hits 0.8 Release

<div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-0.8-gnu-tux.png"><img alt="SuperTuxKart 0.8" src="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-0.8-gnu-tux_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://supertuxkart.sourceforge.net/">SuperTuxKart</a> (STK), a free, Mario Kart-like arcade racing game available for Linux, Windows and Mac OSX, has been updated to version 0.8.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The game is very fun, featuring mascots such as Tux, Mozilla, Pidgin, Gimp (Wilber), and others, with more installable via addons (see the Addons menu inside the game) and it can be played with up to 4 friends on a single computer, racing each other or against the computer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>SuperTuxKart 0.8</b> has been released recently, and unfortunately it doesn't add network multiplayer support, but there are some important new features and changes in this release:</div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>Story mode and new challenge set</li><li>Improved AI</li><li>Skidding and better collision physics</li><li>Reverse mode</li><li>New green valley track</li><li>New Blackhill Mansion track</li><li>Updated XR591 track</li><li>Updated Fort Magma track</li><li>Updated Jungle track</li><li>Updated Sand track</li><li>New music</li><li>Updated menus</li></ul><br /><br />Here are a few more <b>SuperTuxKart 0.8 screenshots:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart_1.png"><img alt="SuprTuxKart 0.8 screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart_1_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-0.8_2.png"><img alt="SuperTuxKart 0.8 screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-0.8_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-0.8_3.png"><img alt="SuperTuxKart screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-0.8_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-0.8_4.png"><img alt="SuperTuxKart 0.8 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-0.8_4_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-main.png"><img alt="SuperTuxKart 0.8 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/supertuxkart-main_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br />In the video below you can watch the latest SuperTuxKart 0.8 in action:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wwSXCrNjTm4" width="420"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwSXCrNjTm4">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download SuperTuxKart</h2><br /><b><a href="http://supertuxkart.sourceforge.net/Downloads#header_linux">Download SuperTuxKart</a> for Linux, Windows and Mac OSX.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note for Ubuntu users: there's no SuperTuxKart 0.8 PPA yet (0.8 <a href="https://launchpad.net/~stk/+archive/dev">failed to build</a> in the STK official PPA) and the download page only offers 64bit binaries for now so if you're on 32bit, the only way to play the latest version is to compile it. At least for now.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Dietmar for the tip! Release info via <a href="http://supertuxkart.blogspot.com/2012/12/supertuxkart-08-released.html">Supertuxkart blog</a></i></div>

Fun Racing Game SuperTuxKart Hits 0.8 Release

SuperTuxKart (STK), a free, Mario Kart-like arcade racing game available for Linux, Windows and Mac OSX, has been updated to version 0.8. T...

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Linux Google Drive Client Insync Gets Xfce And Mate Desktop Integration

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/insync-google-drive-client-for-linux.html">Insync</a>, an unofficial Google Drive Linux client that's available for a wide range of desktop environments has been updated today, getting support for MATE Desktop (Caja) and Xfce (Thunar).</b></div><br /><b>Here's the Insync or Linux Beta 11 changelog:</b><br /><ul><li>Fixed symlink to symlink (chain of symlinks);</li><li>Mate desktop support - Caja emblems and context menu;</li><li>Xfce - Thunar 1.5 emblems and context menu.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I've only tested the new Xfce (Thunar) support and it works, but there are some minor glitches. However, this is the first Insync for Xfce release, so hopefully all the issues will be fixed soon. </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/thunar-insync.png"><img alt="Thunar 1.6 Insync xfce" src="http://img.netupd8.com/thunar-insync_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">For instance, Insync for Xfce requires "thunarx-python" (version 0.3) which isn't available in the official Ubuntu repositories - you can however, install it from our PPA, see below. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, the official release notes mention that it should work with Thunar 1.5; since both Xubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 ship with Thunar 1.4 and the Xfce 4.12 PPA has Thunar 1.6, I've tested it with these two versions and: with Thunar 1.4, the context menu items work, but there are no file emblems and with Thunar 1.6, the context menu items work and the file emblems don't work for most files which I've already had in my Google Drive.<br /><br />Anyway, the important thing is that it is usable and I'm sure it will improve in future versions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">By the way, I recommend <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]">installing Thunar 1.6</a> (which now has tabs support, among other new features) if you're using Xubuntu 12.04 or 12.10.</div><br /><br /><b>Download Insync for Linux, available for Mate Desktop, Xfce, Unity - AppIndicator, KDE, GNOME Shell or Cinnamon, from <a href="https://forums.insynchq.com/discussion/1616/insync-for-linux-beta-11-0-9-28">HERE</a>.</b><br /><br /><b>To install thunarx-python in Xubuntu 12.10 or 12.04, required by Insync for Xfce, use the commands below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install thunarx-python</code></pre>You can also manually <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/webupd8/+packages?field.name_filter=thunar&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=">download</a> the thunarx-python deb files from our PPA.<br /><br />Or, to us the official Insync repository in Ubuntu, Linux Mint or Debian, see our previous post (updated with instructions for the Xfce and Mate builds): <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/insync-repository-available-for-ubuntu.html">Insync Repository Available For Ubuntu, Linux Mint And Debian Users</a>

Linux Google Drive Client Insync Gets Xfce And Mate Desktop Integration

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Schedule Alarms Or Reminders Under GNOME Shell With Remindor Shell

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Indicator Remindor, an application that can be used to schedule alarms or reminders has been <a href="http://indicator-remindor.tumblr.com/post/37905144123/12-12">updated</a> to version 12.12, getting some new features and GNOME Shell support.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Indicator Remindor can remind you of various events using notifications, a popup window (so you don't miss the reminders), it can change the AppIndicator icon, can play a sound and everything is highly configurable.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Indicator Remindor 12.12 changes:</b><br /><ul><li>specify dates relating to Christmas, for example: "every day from today to christmas"</li><li>specify AppIndicator icon: light, dark or the original app icon</li><li>"Inserts", a new option to add various data to your notes, like the current time, etc.</li></ul><br />There's also a new <b>Remindor GNOME Shell extension that supports GNOME Shell 3.6 and 3.4:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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="http://img.netupd8.com/remindor-shell.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Indicator Remindor GNOME Shell" src="http://img.netupd8.com/remindor-shell_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Indicator Remindor main UI and GNOME Shell extension (the UI colors can be changed)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The extension is currently in beta and it adds the Indicator Remindor icon on the top GNOME Shell bar, which you can use add normal or quick reminders, stop all reminder sounds or manage reminders. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Since using this GNOME Shell extension, you won't be needing the AppIndicator icon to show up in the Message Tray, you can disable it</b> from the Indicator Remindor preferences: <i>Edit > Preferences > Interface</i> and set Hide Indicator to ON.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If later on you want to re-enable the Indicator and you're not using GNOME Shell (so you can't access the preferences), run "<i>indicator-remindor -p</i>" in a terminal to launch its preferences and set "Hide Indicator" to OFF.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For how to install the Indicator Remondir GNOME Shell extension, see below.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Indicator Remindor in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>To add the Indicator Remindor PPA and install it in Ubuntu Quantal or Precise, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bhdouglass/indicator-remindor<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install indicator-remindor</code></pre>For other Linux distributions, you can download Indicator Remindor from <a href="https://launchpad.net/indicator-remindor/+download">Launchpad</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The GNOME Shell extension is not available on extensions.gnome.org, but it can easily be installed - (for GNOME Shell 3.4 and 3.6 - note that I've only tested it on GS 3.6 though), use the commands below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>mkdir -p ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions #just in case<br />sudo apt-get install git<br />git clone https://github.com/bhdouglass/remindor-shell.git ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/remindor-shell@bhdouglass.tk/</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, restart GNOME Shell and activate the Remindor Shell extension via GNOME Tweak Tool, then launch Indicator Remindor from the Activities Overview.</div><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-remindor">Launchpad</a>.

Schedule Alarms Or Reminders Under GNOME Shell With Remindor Shell

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Nautilus 3.6: How To Clear The Recent Files List (Or Disable It)

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a title="Install Nautilus 3.6 Ubuntu" href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/how-to-install-nautilus-36-or-patched.html">Nautilus 3.6</a> comes with a "Recent" sidebar item (left sidebar: <i>Places > Recent</i>) which displays recently used files: documents, pictures, music, videos and so on. </b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/nautilus-recent.png"><img alt="Nautilus Recent files" src="http://img.netupd8.com/nautilus-recent_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This is a pretty big privacy issue because there's no option in System Settings (GNOME Control Center) to clear the Nautilus recent files list or to disable it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>So here's how to clear this Nautilus Recent files list and optionally, how to completely disable it.</b></div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Clear the Nautilus Recent Files list</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/nautilus-recent-cleared.png"><img alt="Nautilus Recent files clear" src="http://img.netupd8.com/nautilus-recent-cleared_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To clear the Nautilus "Recent" files</b>, you need to remove the "<i>~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel</i>" file - to do this from the command line, copy/paste the command below in a terminal:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>rm ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel</code></pre><br />Then, log out an log back in. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Restarting Nautilus didn't always work in my test, that's why I've recommended logging out and logging back in. After removing the "<i>~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel</i>" file, you can also clear the Recent files list by opening a file that's not in your recent files list. I know, this weird, but that's how it seems to work or at least, that's the behaviour I've experienced in my test.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Disable the Nautilus Recent Files list</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To permanently disable any recent files from showing up in the Nautilus Recent sidebar item</b>, open the "<i>~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini</i>" file with a text editor:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gedit ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini</code></pre><br />and under "[Settings]", add the following lines:<br /><pre class="source-code"><code>gtk-recent-files-max-age=0<br />gtk-recent-files-limit=0</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If this file does not exist, create it</b>. Make sure the header says "[Settings]" and not "Settings". This is how the file should look after editing it:</div><pre class="source-code"><code>[Settings]<br />gtk-recent-files-max-age=0<br />gtk-recent-files-limit=0</code></pre><br />(there can be other items below these, of course).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To apply the changes, log out and log back in or follow the steps under "Clear the Nautilus Recent Files list" above.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Vishnu NJ for the post idea (based on a question posted in the new <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/103600247133352259845">WebUpd8 Google+ Community</a>)</i></div>

Nautilus 3.6: How To Clear The Recent Files List (Or Disable It)

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