Enable TRIM On SSD (Solid-State Drives) In Ubuntu For Better Performance

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5vJXvqGd6buOgvNwrhpHhdU3WMsVGx_0VQQA8qKNrwnHbi3kYYJAcdU0O-QC6CdS5Fx5zwn1zVaKBPR_N6GHUzDOpNzuSC9x2SNWF4oaODjpUkpjnU0uM-FMkWWE2Mq7KNE1R0SaGUhQ/s1600/kingston-ssd-120gb-v200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="kingston ssd 120gb v200" border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5vJXvqGd6buOgvNwrhpHhdU3WMsVGx_0VQQA8qKNrwnHbi3kYYJAcdU0O-QC6CdS5Fx5zwn1zVaKBPR_N6GHUzDOpNzuSC9x2SNWF4oaODjpUkpjnU0uM-FMkWWE2Mq7KNE1R0SaGUhQ/s320/kingston-ssd-120gb-v200.jpg" title="kingston ssd 120gb v200" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>TRIM allows the OS to "<i>inform a solid-state drive (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006YLTY2O/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=weup-21-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B006YLTY2O">SSD</a>) which blocks of data are no longer considered in use and can be wiped internally</i>". Without using TRIM, the SSD speed decreases after a while so if you have a solid-state drive that supports TRIM, you should enable it so your SSD remains fast over time.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This isn't easy to benchmark because the performance decreases over time so you'd neet to check the SSD speed constantly for a few months to see exactly how the SSD is affected when TRIM is not enabled. But if your SSD read / write speed decreases a lot over time and you haven't enabled TRIM, this may be way.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Some articles mention using online discard</b> - enabling TRIM by adding the "discard" option to /etc/fstab -, <b>but there are many <a href="http://opensuse.14.n6.nabble.com/SSD-detection-when-creating-first-time-fstab-td3313048.html">who</a> <a href="https://patrick-nagel.net/blog/archives/337">say</a> this isn't a good idea for most solid-state drives</b> and you'll get a pretty significant performance hit when trying to delete a large number of small files. So <b>below I'll let you know how to use both of these methods: online discard (not recommended) and the recommended way: using fstrim and a cron (anacron) job.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Note: the instructions below have been tested in Ubuntu, but they may (most probably) work with other Linux distributions as well.</i></div><br /><a name="more"></a><b>Before enabling TRIM, you must make sure:</b><br /><ul><li>you're using the Linux Kernel 2.6.33 or newer</li><li>your SSD supports TRIM</li><li>the partition(s) are EXT4 or BTRFS<b>*</b></li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>*</b> Since not many people are using BTRFS, this post will only cover enabling TRIM on EXT4 partitions.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you're unsure if your SSD supports TRIM, you can run the following command:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda | grep "TRIM supported"</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Where "<i>/dev/sda</i>" is the solid-state drive (it may be <i>/dev/sdb</i>, <i>/dev/sdc</i>, etc. for you), and the command should return something like this: "<i>Data Set Management TRIM supported (limit 8 blocks)</i>" (if there's no output, your SSD doesn't support TRIM).  If you don't know what to use here, you can get a list of hard disks and their partitions by using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo fdisk -l</code></pre><br /><br /><h2>Enable TRIM for solid-state drives (SSD) in Linux</h2><br /><h3>Using online discard (fstab) - not recommended</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If the conditions above are met, you can proceed to enable TRIM for your SSD. <b>If you want to use the online discard option (not recommended!)</b>, open <i>/etc/fstab</i> as root with a text editor:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gksu gedit /etc/fstab</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And add the "discard" option (separated by a comma and no space!) to the SSD partitions you want to enable TRIM for. Here's an example:</div><pre class="source-code"><code><file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass><br /># / was on /dev/sdb1 during installation<br />UUID=1cd2fc4f-7d99-4c7a-8ea7-6f9a2d5e5960 / ext4 <b>discard</b>,errors=remount-ro 0 1</code></pre><br /><br /><h3>Using a daily cron job - recommended</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Using a daily cron job, the SSD trimming will occur once every day.<b> </b><br /><br /><b>To use a daily cron job</b> (so the trimming will occur once a day) <b>for TRIM</b> <b>(fstrim)</b>, open <i>/etc/cron.daily/trim</i> as root with a text editor (<i>/etc/cron.daily/trim</i> doesn't exist so this will create the file):</div><pre class="source-code"><code>gksu gedit /etc/cron.daily/trim</code></pre> and paste this:<br /><pre class="source-code"><code>#!/bin/sh<br />LOG=/var/log/trim.log<br />echo "*** $(date -R) ***" >> $LOG<br />fstrim -v / >> $LOG<br />fstrim -v /home >> $LOG</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The last two commands in the code above perform the actual trimming</b> for the root (/) and home (/home) partition and<b> you need to edit them</b>: here, add the SSD partitions for which you want to enable the daily TRIM job (usually, you must add "/" if the root partition is on the SSD and "/home" if you've set up a separate home partition). </div><br />Before saving the file, you can <b>check if the fstrim command works:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo fstrim -v /</code></pre><br />The output should look similar to this:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>andrei@ubuntu-desktop:~$ sudo fstrim -v /<br />/: 8158715904 bytes were trimmed</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Once you've added your SSD partitions, save the file and make it executable using the following command:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo chmod +x /etc/cron.daily/trim</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu executes the daily cron</b> (<b>we're using anacron, so even if your computer is turned off at that time, the job will still be performed later on</b>) <b>jobs at around 06:25</b> so each day after that time, you can check the <i>/var/log/trim.log</i> log file to see the <i>fstrim</i> output.</div><br /><br /><h3>For encrypted partitions</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're using an encrypted partition, you'll have to perform some extra steps for this to work (<b>not tested because I don't have any encrypted partitions</b>!): edit <i>/etc/default/grub</i> as root:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gksu gedit /etc/default/grub</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And add the following options under <i>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""</i> (it should be around line 12 in that file):</div><pre class="source-code"><code>"allow-discards root_trim=yes"</code></pre><br />After editing the file, it should look like this:<br /><br /><pre class="source-code"><code>GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`<br />GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"<br /><b>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="allow-discards root_trim=yes"</b></code></pre><br />Then, save the file and update GRUB:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo update-grub</code></pre><br />Now edit <i>/etc/crypttab</i> as root:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>gksu gedit /etc/crypttab</code></pre><br />And add the "discard" option for the SSD partitions, like this (example):<br /><pre class="source-code"><code>#<target name> <source device> <key file> <options><br />var UUID=01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef none luks,<b>discard</b></code></pre><br />And finally, run the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo update-initramfs -u -k all</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The above instructions (except for the encrypted partition part, which I can't test) have been tested on Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 (SSD: <a class="external" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006YLTY2O/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=weup-21-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B006YLTY2O" rel="nofollow">KINGSTON SVP200S 120 GB</a>).</div><br /><br />References / further reading:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM</a></li><li><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SSDoptimization">http://wiki.debian.org/SSDoptimization</a></li><li><a href="http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/SSD/TRIM">http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/SSD/TRIM</a> (German)</li><li><a href="http://opensuse.14.n6.nabble.com/SSD-detection-when-creating-first-time-fstab-td3313048.html">http://opensuse.14.n6.nabble.com/SSD-detection-when-creating-first-time-fstab-td3313048.html </a></li><li><a href="https://patrick-nagel.net/blog/archives/337">https://patrick-nagel.net/blog/archives/337</a></li></ul>

Enable TRIM On SSD (Solid-State Drives) In Ubuntu For Better Performance

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Beautiful MediterraneanNight GTK 3.6 Theme Pack Updated

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>MediterraneanNight is a pack of 3 <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/2-beautiful-dark-themes-for-gtk-36-or.html" title="2 Beautiful Dark Themes For GTK 3.6 Or 3.4 [Ubuntu PPA]"><i>darkish</i> GTK3 themes</a></b> based on <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/zukitwo-adwaita-cupertino-themes-ported.html">Gnome Cupertino</a> available for both GTK3.4 (Ubuntu 12.04) and GTK3.6 (Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04) as well as for Xfce.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The beautiful theme pack has been updated yesterday,</b> getting some interesting changes, but only for the GTK3.6 version:</div><ul><li>new switches,</li><li>more rounded buttons,</li><li>improved Rhythmbox sidebar color,</li><li>Nautilus 3.6 changes: pathbar better spacing, improved icons sidebar color, changed the style of tabs (better readability),</li><li>many fixes and details like fixed OSD widget, checkbox and radiobutton symbols in menus, fixed Synaptic GTK3 toolbar and more.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Below you can see a few screenshots featuring the latest MediterraneanNight, MediterraneanDark and MediterraneanLight for GTK 3.6:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><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/mediterranean-night1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanNight GTK3 (3.6) theme"><img alt="MediterraneanNight GTK3.6 theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-night1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanNight</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><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/mediterranean-night-twf1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanNight GTK3 widget factory"><img alt="MediterraneanNight widget factory" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-night-twf1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanNight</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><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/mediterranean-dark1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanDark GTK3.6 theme"><img alt="MediterraneanDark" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-dark1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanDark</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a name="more"></a><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/mediterranean-dark-twf1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanDark GTK3 widget factory"><img alt="MediterraneanDark widget factory" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-dark-twf1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanDark</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><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/mediterranean-light1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanLight GTK3.6 theme"><img alt="MediterraneanLight gtk3 theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-light1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanLight</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As you've can see in the screenshots above, Nautilus 3.6 uses a different toolbar with smaller buttons and rounded pathbar (like Gnome Cupertino), but you can get the old style back using the configuration script I've packed with the theme, which you can use to customize any of the three Mediterranean themes. To do this, simply run:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo mediterranean-config</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">Then select the theme you want to customize, and when you reach the "Select style for Nautilus" step, select "3" which is "Nautilus 3.4 with light sidebar and pathbar" and even though the description says it's for Nautilus 3.4 it should work with Nautilus 3.6. Then, restart Nautilus (sometimes a logout is required to fully apply the changes):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>nautilus -q</code></pre><br />And you should have the old MediterraneanNight toolbar/pathbar for Nautilus 3.6:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-night-old-style-nautilus36.png" rel="image_group" title="Nautilus 3.6 - old MediterraneanNight pathbar style"><img alt="Nautilus 3.6 old MediterraneanNight pathbar style" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-night-old-style-nautilus36_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Install MediterraneanNight themes in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The theme pack is available in the WebUpd8 Themes PPA so to add the PPA and install the MediterraneanNight themes in Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04 (for Ubuntu 12.04, the version is slightly older), use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/themes<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install mediterraneannight-gtk-theme</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, apply the theme using a tools such as GNOME Tweak Tool, Ubuntu Tweak or <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/tweak-unity-with-unsettings-008-now.html">Unsettings</a> and if you want to tweak the themes, don't forget to use our configuration script, especially since you'll have to select the desktop environment style (with or without a global menu), so once you've installed the themes, run:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo mediterranean-config</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, get MediterraneanNight from <a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=148398">Gnome-Look</a>.</b></div>

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Download Ambiance Theme For Spotify

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Michael Tunnell has created a nice Ambiance theme for <a href="http://www.spotify.com/">Spotify</a> which makes the Spotify Linux client integrate better with the Ubuntu desktop.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><i>For those not familiar with Spotify, this is a music streaming service with comes with desktop applications for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X as well as iOS, Android, BlackBerry or Windows Phone. The service is available in a limited number of countries. More @ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotify">Wikipedia</a>.</i><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ambiance Spotify theme comes with Ambiance-like toolbar and colors, a better Spotify tray icon especially designed to look like the Ubuntu Mono Dark icon set (the default icons used in Ubuntu), along with other tweaks that try to give Spotify a more native feel.</div><br />Here's a screenshot in which I'm using the Ambiance Spotify theme in Ubuntu:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/spotify-ambiance.png" rel="image_group" title="Ubuntu Ambiance theme for Spotify"><img alt="Spotify Ambiance theme Ubuntu" src="http://img.netupd8.com/spotify-ambiance_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a>And below you can see the original Spotify for Linux theme:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/spotify-ubuntu-default.png" rel="image_group" title="Default Spotify for Linux theme"><img alt="Spotify default Linux theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/spotify-ubuntu-default_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to install Ambiance theme for Spotify</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> To use the Ambiance Spotify theme, firstly make sure you've <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/12/how-to-install-native-spotify-linux.html" title="How To Install Spotify In Ubuntu (With Fixes)">installed the native Spotify Linux client</a>. Then, <b>download Ambiance for Spotify from <a href="http://michaeltunnell.com/blog/16-linux/22-ubuntu-ambiance-theme-for-spotify-plus-radiance-icon">HERE</a></b> (see the bottom of the post for a download button) and <b>place the downloaded archive in your home folder.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2. </b>Then, close Spotify and <b>run the following commands to install the Ambiance Spotify theme:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>tar -xvf ubuntu-ambiance-spotify-theme*.tar.gz<br />sudo cp resources.zip /opt/spotify/spotify-client/Data/</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">After this, you can remove the downloaded archive as well as the "resources.zip" file from your home directory.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to revert the changes and go back to the default Spotify for Linux look, close Spotify and then simply reinstall it:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install --reinstall spotify-client</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to / via <a href="https://plus.google.com/b/101912980608854649615/110583156332879711581/posts/MXaMsqQsE7x?cfem=1">+Michael Tunnell</a></i></div>

Download Ambiance Theme For Spotify

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Fix Facebook Not Working With Gwibber In Ubuntu 12.10 Or 12.04

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Facebook doesn't currently work with Gwibber (the Facebook feeds aren't updated - bug <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gwibber/+bug/1088775">HERE</a>) and this bug affects Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 and probably older Ubuntu versions as well.</b><br /><br />Update: This bug also affected Ubuntu 13.04 (currently under development), but a fix was <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/raring/+source/gwibber/3.6.0-0ubuntu2">pushed</a> a few minutes after publishing this post. Hopefully the fix will make it into older Ubuntu versions soon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is, however, a <b>work-around which I can confirm it works for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal and 12.04 Precise Pangolin</b> - so here's how to apply it and get Facebook to work with Gwibber again!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP90JISRjjjPAmqkI7D7grFMEhpV0oKnkXTwv5qA2nH_-eaDArqkVUMYfTSlStNh7XcPqsR6HeyKFFfoP0zuLAOytqgD2wZJOWhD2WJWyaq6Pwdc4end8uTAn1MjD-KDx4VTRKSu0yUfvo/s1600/gwibber-working.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gwibber facebook working" border="0" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP90JISRjjjPAmqkI7D7grFMEhpV0oKnkXTwv5qA2nH_-eaDArqkVUMYfTSlStNh7XcPqsR6HeyKFFfoP0zuLAOytqgD2wZJOWhD2WJWyaq6Pwdc4end8uTAn1MjD-KDx4VTRKSu0yUfvo/s320/gwibber-working.png" title="gwibber facebook working" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><b>1.</b> Open <i>/usr/share/gwibber/plugins/facebook/__init__.py</i> as root with a text editor - we'll use Gedit so to open the file, run the following command in a terminal:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>gksu gedit /usr/share/gwibber/plugins/facebook/__init__.py</code></pre><br /><b>2.</b> In the newly opened file, <b>search for the following code:</b><br /><br /><pre class="source-code"><code> m["privacy"]["description"] = data["privacy"]["description"]</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It should be on line 329 for Ubuntu 12.10 (with Gwibber 3.6.0-0ubuntu1) and on line 210 for Ubuntu 12.04. The line number may be different on other Gwibber / Ubuntu versions.</div><br />And <b>replace that line with the following code:</b><br /><pre class="source-code"><code> if data["privacy"].has_key("description"):<br /> m["privacy"]["description"] = data["privacy"]["description"]<br /> else:<br /> m["privacy"]["description"] = "Unknown"</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Make sure the code is pasted exactly as it's displayed above, including the spaces</b> in the beginning, or else it won't work!</div><br />Then, save the file. Here's how the file should look after editing it:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEili-mpR2ct8bTPJ6ec0T-usiqTbjD8gXI7we3zU8bmDRzfX7w3Uk_fomRGY_Q4rIeEKtGl0XcvDG9bcu3KjpwNmTF1vFpKBVt8WErN1WjVHMQYfUTbVcR9VQeBAYwxqaAxQ6CFcQMicEAt/s1600/gwibber-facebook-fix.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gwibber facebook fix" border="0" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEili-mpR2ct8bTPJ6ec0T-usiqTbjD8gXI7we3zU8bmDRzfX7w3Uk_fomRGY_Q4rIeEKtGl0XcvDG9bcu3KjpwNmTF1vFpKBVt8WErN1WjVHMQYfUTbVcR9VQeBAYwxqaAxQ6CFcQMicEAt/s320/gwibber-facebook-fix.png" title="gwibber facebook fix" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>3.</b> Restart Gwibber Service:<br /><pre class="source-code"><code>killall gwibber-service<br />gwibber-service &</code></pre><b>Then close Gwibber if it was running, start it again and Facebook feeds should now update in Gwibber under Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Ruben Rocha for the tip and <a href="https://launchpad.net/~bjoern-kautler">Björn Kautler</a> for the fix!</i></div>

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Oracle Releases Java 7 Update 11 (7u11) To Fix Critical Security Vulnerability, Ubuntu PPA Updated

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaCLTA3VcrxTfvKPTvF2f09uUOtEwfdIi-JvZLfRSu6VnLFrSjeLWtY0-trVn8X1DOZjhmK8a3vSOsxA-lbD675Vis-IRfnGINN8nc5HWRVOGa3Nj9IbzFtJsYlRcfej1K7JXJuWj-nhU/s1600/java.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="oracle java" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaCLTA3VcrxTfvKPTvF2f09uUOtEwfdIi-JvZLfRSu6VnLFrSjeLWtY0-trVn8X1DOZjhmK8a3vSOsxA-lbD675Vis-IRfnGINN8nc5HWRVOGa3Nj9IbzFtJsYlRcfej1K7JXJuWj-nhU/s1600/java.jpg" title="oracle java" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Quick update: Oracle has released Java 7 update 11 which fixes a critical <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2013-0422-1896849.html">security vulnerability</a> in update 10, so if you're using <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html" title="Install Oracle Java 7 in Ubuntu via PPA Repository">our PPA</a>, update to the latest JDK 7u11 as soon as possible.</b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, with Oracle Java 7u11, the default security level for Java applets and web start applications has been increased form Medium to High:</div><br /><blockquote>"This affects the conditions under which unsigned (sandboxed) Java web applications can run. Previously, as long as you had the latest secure Java release installed applets and web start applications would continue to run as always. With the "High" setting the user is always warned before any unsigned application is run to prevent silent exploitation."</blockquote><br />The Oracle Java 7u11 release notes are available <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/7u11-relnotes-1896856.html">HERE</a>. <br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install / upgrade to the latest Oracle Java (JDK) 7u11 in Ubuntu</b> 13.04, 12.10, 12.04, 11.10, 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04, use the following commands:</div><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer</code></pre><br />For Debian, see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/how-to-install-oracle-java-7-in-debian.html">How To Install Oracle Java 7 In Debian Via Repository</a><br /><br />More info on our Oracle Java 7 installer and PPA repository, here: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html">Install Oracle Java 7 in Ubuntu via PPA Repository</a>

Oracle Releases Java 7 Update 11 (7u11) To Fix Critical Security Vulnerability, Ubuntu PPA Updated

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Undistract-me Notifies You When Terminal Commands Are Completed

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://mumak.net/undistract-me/">Undistract-me</a> is a simple tool that notifies you when a command you run in a terminal which takes longer than ten seconds to finish is done.</b><br /><br />Besides letting you know that the command has finished running, the notifications sent by Undistract-me display the command you ran (useful if you run multiple commands in the same time) and the number of seconds it took for the command to finish.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This can be useful e.g. when you start to compile something and then you switch to some other window to read your emails or whatever and get distracted and forget about the command you ran: Undistract-me displays a notification when the command / job you ran in the terminal is done so you can go back to the terminal and see the final result, etc.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2nYO-hTGWx-ChFvdvnCSbc_as0GBpgZ5gmRbxO-F6CthLp3shOJtgAM96Iq-Jqc47uRkuL9FIwOiqyzjVYqPx5LVE3eoJi0C21h4W0LoYQhtXIgUatoh0Y7qKSoJfmW8cPQRt3X_e3j_/s1600/undistract-me-notification-update.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="command completed notification" border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2nYO-hTGWx-ChFvdvnCSbc_as0GBpgZ5gmRbxO-F6CthLp3shOJtgAM96Iq-Jqc47uRkuL9FIwOiqyzjVYqPx5LVE3eoJi0C21h4W0LoYQhtXIgUatoh0Y7qKSoJfmW8cPQRt3X_e3j_/s320/undistract-me-notification-update.png" title="command completed notification" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>There is another way of doing this: using an "alert"</b>, about which we've <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/get-notified-when-job-you-run-in.html" title="Get Notified When A Job You Run In A Terminal Is Done, Using NotifyOSD [Ubuntu]">written a while back</a> (or a simple notify-send command added after the actual command you want to run) - which by the way is now available by default in Ubuntu, simply use "some command; alert". <b>However, using the "alert" alias, you must add "alert" at the end of each command you want to be notified for and you may forget to do this sometimes</b>, while using Undistract-me, this is not required and any command that takes more than 10 seconds to complete will trigger a notification.<br /><br /><b>Undistract-me only works with Bash (default in Ubuntu) and should display notifications on any desktop environment</b> - here's a GNOME Shell screenshot:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVepC2hZXZ5iFBcyzt8QXKOP7O9WMSRkRycYjR-k1prCftRs7TnOB_TU2-dmHgpRkgkD6kiO_YoHTiaKwiRx01wM2Otwlv4psmXxOWOxmSzKnLBUzzSJdzmELRgmFlAad6KFps8ZBs7fI/s1600/undistract-me-gs.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="undistract-me notification GNOME Shell" border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVepC2hZXZ5iFBcyzt8QXKOP7O9WMSRkRycYjR-k1prCftRs7TnOB_TU2-dmHgpRkgkD6kiO_YoHTiaKwiRx01wM2Otwlv4psmXxOWOxmSzKnLBUzzSJdzmELRgmFlAad6KFps8ZBs7fI/s320/undistract-me-gs.png" title="undistract-me notification GNOME Shell" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>By default, Undistract-me notifies you when any command that takes longer than 10 seconds to complete is done, </b>so you don't get flooded with notifications for simple commands like "ls" or "cd",<b> but you can change this: </b>edit the <i>/usr/share/undistract-me/long-running.bash</i> file as root and changing the "LONG_RUNNING_COMMAND_TIMEOUT=" variable value from 10 to whatever you want.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Update: in a later release, Undistract-me  has added a "LONG_RUNNING_COMMAND_CUSTOM" variable which you can use to send a command other than "notify-send". Also, <b>the notifications are now displayed only if the window isn't active.</b></div><br /><br /><h2>Install Undistract-me in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVMPF6Jz3vhX0Xi6-6EnaKGGBzE1KipY_EDYMSGM7a8zLFhjngEmFUcx2X6Qf7Ph3EVSj8VJnIlNU0hn_L4wmYXTk3A2VzfNn7Odv-tTgPQmcXJydDm8VIVujW31OhnRwxnSxxzCSUQI_/s1600/undistract-me-notification-make.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="terminal command completed notification" border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVMPF6Jz3vhX0Xi6-6EnaKGGBzE1KipY_EDYMSGM7a8zLFhjngEmFUcx2X6Qf7Ph3EVSj8VJnIlNU0hn_L4wmYXTk3A2VzfNn7Odv-tTgPQmcXJydDm8VIVujW31OhnRwxnSxxzCSUQI_/s320/undistract-me-notification-make.png" title="terminal command completed notification" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Undistract-me is available in the official Ubuntu 13.04 repositories so to install it, simply search for it in Ubuntu Software Center or install "undistract-me" via command line.<br /><br /><b>To install Undistract-me in Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:undistract-me-packagers/daily<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install undistract-me</code></pre><br />Arch Linux users can get Undistract-me via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/undistract-me-bzr/">AUR</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For other Linux distributions, you can grab Undistract-me from <a href="https://launchpad.net/undistract-me">Launchpad</a> (instructions <a href="http://mumak.net/undistract-me/">HERE</a>).</div><b><br /></b> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To get Undistract-me to work, you must enable "Run command as a login shell"</b> so open the terminal you're using and:</div><ul><li>for GNOME Terminal: select <i>Edit > Profile Preferences</i> and on the Title and Command tab, check the "Run command as login shell;</li><li>for Guake Terminal, right click in a terminal, select "Preferences" and on the General tab, check the "Run command as a login shell" box.</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmtBEdI_enClass2hYWGr6EiiDfifyh2Iet8xsyi3Zedvxc2xUVZ-emY5W4o9kYzZJ1kjCnsNMLo_bAyj9LPJAR_RWJeasJbAwEcqCaAdksibyA0xUMY2M5CkdVFuPWpRt00tm9jCnENr/s1600/run-command-login-shell.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="terminal Run command as a login shell" border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmtBEdI_enClass2hYWGr6EiiDfifyh2Iet8xsyi3Zedvxc2xUVZ-emY5W4o9kYzZJ1kjCnsNMLo_bAyj9LPJAR_RWJeasJbAwEcqCaAdksibyA0xUMY2M5CkdVFuPWpRt00tm9jCnENr/s320/run-command-login-shell.png" title="terminal Run command as a login shell" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're using a different terminal, look through its preferences for the "Run command as a login shell" option and make sure it's checked.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Once you do this, restart the terminal </b>(make sure you close all open terminal windows)<b> and you're done. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to test it, run a command that takes longer than 10 seconds to complete or you can simply run "sleep 11" in a terminal and in 11 seconds, you should get a notification like the ones you can see in the two screenshots in this article.</div><br />Report any bugs you may find @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/undistract-me">Launchpad</a>.

Undistract-me Notifies You When Terminal Commands Are Completed

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How To Get Flash Player To Work With Steam For Linux On 64bit

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/steam-no-flash.png"><img alt="Steam for Linux 64bit no Flash" src="http://img.netupd8.com/steam-no-flash_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you're using <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/steam-for-linux-now-available-to-all.html">Steam for Linux</a> beta on 64bit, chances are you can't watch game trailers because Steam can't find Flash Player and you get a message similar to the one below:</b></div><br /><blockquote>"You need to have a specific Flash Player installed to view video content in Steam. Please follow these directions to get the right version for Steam. You will need this Flash player even if you already have the latest player for your default web browser".</blockquote><br />So here's how to get Adobe Flash Player to work with Steam for Linux on 64bit.<br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. </b>Download Adobe Flash Player 32bit tar.gz archive from <a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/completion/?installer=Flash_Player_11.2_for_other_Linux_%28.tar.gz%29_32-bit">HERE</a> (yes, you'll need the 32bit version even though you're running 64bit) and extract it in your home folder.</div><br /><b>2. </b>Create the "plugins" folder inside the <i>~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/ </i>directory using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>mkdir -p ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/plugins</code></pre><br /><b>3.</b> Copy the "libflashplayer.so" file (available in the folder extracted under step 1) to <i>~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/plugins</i> - if you've extracted the downloaded Flash Player 32bit archive in your home directory, simply use the following command to copy it to the right folder:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cp ~/install_flash_player_11_linux.i386/libflashplayer.so ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/plugins</code></pre><br />Now you can delete the "install_flash_player_11_linux.i386" folder from your home directory.<br /><br /><b>4. </b>Make sure libxt6:i386 is installed:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install libxt6:i386</code></pre><br /><b>Then, restart Steam for Linux and Flash should now work on 64bit:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/steam-for-linux-flash-64bit.png"><img alt="Steam for Linux game trailer Flash 64bit" src="http://img.netupd8.com/steam-for-linux-flash-64bit_thumb.png" /></a></div><b><br />If that Flash still doesn't work</b>, try to copy "libflashplayer.so" to the "~/Steam/ubuntu12_32/plugins/" folder instead (some old installations may still use this folder).<br /><br /><br />Note: the instructions above have been tested on Ubuntu 12.10 64bit.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>thanks to Roberto @ <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2013/01/steam-e-il-problema-di-flash-player-in.html">lffl.org</a> for the info!</i></div>

How To Get Flash Player To Work With Steam For Linux On 64bit

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