Terra: Drop-Down Terminal Emulator With Support For Multiple Terminals In One Window

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Terra is a Python / GTK3 drop-down terminal emulator similar to Guake or Yakuake, which shows up from the top of the screen when you press a keyboard shortcut, like the console used in games such as Quake.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application combines some of the features available in <a href="http://guake.org/">Guake</a> and <a href="https://launchpad.net/terminator">Terminator</a>, resulting in a nice drop-down terminal emulator in which you can use <b>multiple terminals in the same window (you can split the terminal horizontally or vertically):</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_caHLbhSUCMhR87ajlIr6-w4PGb3bnLHfKyXqdmxuajnoyWbgdna3TywUbZBHhbNHRxxAq6bTEsQ-tR2CHzWn3DT4sT4bUdGrVFpcHjA-KGobmVZihbBI_H3eIJA_xdrw0QPYgt_Lkno3/s1600/terra-terminal-emulator.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="terra terminal emulator" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_caHLbhSUCMhR87ajlIr6-w4PGb3bnLHfKyXqdmxuajnoyWbgdna3TywUbZBHhbNHRxxAq6bTEsQ-tR2CHzWn3DT4sT4bUdGrVFpcHjA-KGobmVZihbBI_H3eIJA_xdrw0QPYgt_Lkno3/s320/terra-terminal-emulator.png" title="terra terminal emulator" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Compared to Guake</b>, Terra also comes with some extra configuration options like:</div><ul><li>configurable window height or width</li><li>configurable horizontal and vertical alignment</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Other features include initial multi-monitor support (available with the latest 0.1.5 release): you can select the monitor on which the terminal will show up, transparency support, configurable keyboard shortcuts to toggle the terminal visibility, split the terminal horizontally or vertically and more.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application is still pretty new so expect new features to be added soon. You might also find some small bugs - for instance, in my test under Ubuntu 13.04, the "hide on lose focus" option is greyed out so it can't be selected (I've already reported this <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/terra/+bug/1122052">bug</a>). Report any bugs you may find @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/terra">Launchpad</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To use it, launch Terra from the menu / Dash and then <b>use F12 to show / hide the terminal</b>. The shortcut to show / hide the terminal can be changed from its preferences - if you change it, remember to restart Terra.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To get multiple terminals in the same window, right click Terra and select  "Split vertical" or "Split horizontal"</b>. For now there's no option to save / restore the terminals layout (like in Terminator), but such a feature will probably be added in a future release.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Terra Terminal Emulator</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu Precise, Quantal and Raring users can install Terra Terminal Emulator by using its official PPA:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ozcanesen/terra-terminal<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install terra</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Arch Linux users can install Terra via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/terra-bzr/">AUR</a>.<br /><br />For other Linux distributions, you can grab the Terra Terminal Emulator source via <a href="https://code.launchpad.net/terra">Launchpad</a>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/how-to-use-xfce4-terminal-06x-as-drop.htmlhttp://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/how-to-use-xfce4-terminal-06x-as-drop.html">How To Use Xfce4 Terminal 0.6.x As A Drop-Down Console (Guake-style)</a></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Yusuf Baran for the tip (I've received it a while back but I've waited for <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/terra/+bug/1086835">multi-monitor support</a> before publishing the post)!</i></div>

Terra: Drop-Down Terminal Emulator With Support For Multiple Terminals In One Window

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How To Enable The New KDE 4.10 Appmenu (Title Bar Button Or Top Screen Menubar)

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>With the latest 4.10 version, KDE can now use an appmenu instead of the classic menu, and two styles are available: a menu bar at the top of the screen that's hidden by default and revealed on mouse over or a menu button on the window decoration:</b></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KxfLsAihK69Xl6dPkzFBDSluAk3QOrvmDCtjNF3RNft2UORyVGJ9T58f2uRAh06GG8RYLt21IXA9lDYPx606hCL0Phek-hId_xN8uh7mISCeOEE12GoZzsom4HYYTm9Yt59XIum7UGQS/s1600/kde-sc-4.10-appmenu-button.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="KDE 4.10: Appmenu as a titlebar button"><img alt="KDE 4.10: Appmenu as a titlebar button" border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KxfLsAihK69Xl6dPkzFBDSluAk3QOrvmDCtjNF3RNft2UORyVGJ9T58f2uRAh06GG8RYLt21IXA9lDYPx606hCL0Phek-hId_xN8uh7mISCeOEE12GoZzsom4HYYTm9Yt59XIum7UGQS/s320/kde-sc-4.10-appmenu-button.png" title="KDE 4.10: Appmenu as a titlebar button" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Appmenu as a titlebar button</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/AVvXsEhGimz-8eoBBnx6I4BE35R1EelMMh5LYD04MU0F8BUXEPe7r-s6VHWNUMjJ0KaKRhMYKCd68eYZieO6cJXOhSfICkTXBYjVLZOm7kCwBokzDOyTKsxZENefuuOzvBdXmISMOHDNAuBhhhX3/s1600/kde-sc-4.10-appmenu-top-bar.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="KDE 4.10: Top screen menubar"><img alt="KDE 4.10: Top screen menubar" border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGimz-8eoBBnx6I4BE35R1EelMMh5LYD04MU0F8BUXEPe7r-s6VHWNUMjJ0KaKRhMYKCd68eYZieO6cJXOhSfICkTXBYjVLZOm7kCwBokzDOyTKsxZENefuuOzvBdXmISMOHDNAuBhhhX3/s320/kde-sc-4.10-appmenu-top-bar.png" title="KDE 4.10: Top screen menubar" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top screen menubar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The appmenu works with GTK applications too - here's Nautilus (GTK3) running in <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/upgrade-to-kde-sc-410-in-kubuntu-1210.html">KDE 4.10</a> with appmenu enabled:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicc-gZoLzXPhRZ3tiY0wXK9kT1MGrAhBkU-kWlDfZzoB22jeFIge1A391EEG2xbxhkJKgPZ_BRRdoVTcFtNC3y5WomXyQjLA09fZ52WaFyO0OiSENuLZBk0cpDacvFa8QkVIpXRlUc7Cd1/s1600/kde-nautilus-appmenu.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Nautilus (GTK3) app with KDE appmenu"><img alt="Nautilus (GTK3) app with KDE appmenu" border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicc-gZoLzXPhRZ3tiY0wXK9kT1MGrAhBkU-kWlDfZzoB22jeFIge1A391EEG2xbxhkJKgPZ_BRRdoVTcFtNC3y5WomXyQjLA09fZ52WaFyO0OiSENuLZBk0cpDacvFa8QkVIpXRlUc7Cd1/s320/kde-nautilus-appmenu.png" title="Nautilus (GTK3) app with KDE appmenu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Appmenu for KDE has been available for a while (in fact we wrote about an initial implementation <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/11/oxygen-appmenu-replace-menu-with.html">HERE</a>), but it wasn't integrated by default until the latest KDE SC 4.10.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The option to enable the new KDE 4.10 appmenu is a bit hard to discover, so here's how to do it.<br /><br />To use an appmenu in KDE 4.10, <b>firstly make sure appmenu-qt is installed</b>. In Kubuntu, install it using:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install appmenu-qt</code></pre><br />For GTK applications, you'll also need to install the following packages:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-gtk</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, to avoid getting double menus (both in the application window and as a titlebar button / top menubar) for GTK3 applications, you'll also have to edit the <i>~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini</i> file (or create it if it doesn't exist):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>kate ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">And under "[Settings]" (if the file didn't exist, add "[Settings]" without the quotes at the top of the file), add this:</div><pre class="source-code"><code>gtk-shell-shows-menubar = 1</code></pre>(thanks to <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/how-to-enable-new-kde-410-appmenu-title.html#comment-792311652">chenxiaolong</a> for the tip)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, <b>to enable the appmenu</b>, go to <i>System Settings > Application Appearance > Style</i> and on the "Fine Tuning" tab, at the bottom you should have: "Menubar style" and there you can select between: "in application", "title bar button" or "top screen menubar":</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekTo14GtVPetZ-vEAK0FJnW-0E8kLrCIplYqCbnBrzoIwd42yF7JbE8oKSOFsMEjja4lMo-QReDvXy1Cofz0EigDdaAK0SBebYm1v6G66yhWMFYs4OmNpW_UsoAB1D1u60gWSGrxT_t54/s1600/kde-sc-4.10-enable-appmenu.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="KDE 4.10: Systtem Settings - enabling appmenu"><img alt="KDE 4.10: Systtem Settings - enabling appmenu" border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekTo14GtVPetZ-vEAK0FJnW-0E8kLrCIplYqCbnBrzoIwd42yF7JbE8oKSOFsMEjja4lMo-QReDvXy1Cofz0EigDdaAK0SBebYm1v6G66yhWMFYs4OmNpW_UsoAB1D1u60gWSGrxT_t54/s320/kde-sc-4.10-enable-appmenu.png" title="KDE 4.10: Systtem Settings - enabling appmenu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><i>See also: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/upgrade-to-kde-sc-410-in-kubuntu-1210.html">How to upgrade to KDE 4.10 in Kubuntu 12.04 or 12.10</a></i>

How To Enable The New KDE 4.10 Appmenu (Title Bar Button Or Top Screen Menubar)

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Unity Notification Area (Systray) Whitelist Is Obsolete [Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Changes]

<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/AVvXsEgelxqrCMQ7F5dE9IN8xrEahPMgWmSeYWzjv0xqMpTn9dRcPl-b2pe8ywcDPLasCVIZQj5Cxb2gjgx1c04piilq-u7zrF-ztR4zbdKLsnPCQotGFcRuUWda6NZ0yLdn0P1Gn-0umL-iJ5WI/s1600/notification-area.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu old notification area" border="0" height="24" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelxqrCMQ7F5dE9IN8xrEahPMgWmSeYWzjv0xqMpTn9dRcPl-b2pe8ywcDPLasCVIZQj5Cxb2gjgx1c04piilq-u7zrF-ztR4zbdKLsnPCQotGFcRuUWda6NZ0yLdn0P1Gn-0umL-iJ5WI/s320/notification-area.png" title="Ubuntu old notification area" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old notification area (before AppIndicators)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The notification area (systray) was removed from the Unity panel with Ubuntu 11.04, but you could still use it by <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/how-to-re-enable-notification-area.html">whitelisting</a> applications which would allow the icons to show up in the notification area. But not any more! </div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A recent Unity <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/raring/+source/unity/6.12.0daily13.02.07-0ubuntu1">update</a> in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail mentions that the "</b><b>Notification area whitelist is obsolete",</b> so you can no longer get notification area icons by whitelisting applications. However, when the notification area whitelist was introduced, there were many applications that didn't come with AppIndicators so it was a pretty big issue back then, but right now most applications that used to come with a tray icon now use AppIndicators, including popular apps like Dropbox, Steam, Skype (with "sni-qt") and so on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, all Qt applications tray icons are automatically converted to AppIndicators thanks to the "sni-qt" package. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><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/AVvXsEjtlwPzzlRbkPzEIJDfmpYAS8hL4WzkRL8M37mZK-Ow2tnhMMTdo0rqmjTt5sdRHLKSZKlvuLYxR2yd4urv9-ZIWNLYRNMkHRiBoCySfOnCuvd6mjmWpBNiKAfv7_T9kze9fHC19Sj_ZHQe/s1600/appindicators.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu appindicators" border="0" height="39" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtlwPzzlRbkPzEIJDfmpYAS8hL4WzkRL8M37mZK-Ow2tnhMMTdo0rqmjTt5sdRHLKSZKlvuLYxR2yd4urv9-ZIWNLYRNMkHRiBoCySfOnCuvd6mjmWpBNiKAfv7_T9kze9fHC19Sj_ZHQe/s320/appindicators.png" title="Ubuntu appindicators" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AppIndicators</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With the retirement of the notification area whitelist, Java and Wine apps have been <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/974480">hard-coded</a> as the only software still able to use the notification area so this change only affects some old applications that don't come with AppIndicator support. But with the huge number of AppIndicators that exist today, you'll probably find similar or maybe even better alternative. For instance, you can find a huge list of applications that come with Ubuntu AppIndicators on <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/what-application-indicators-are-available">AskUbuntu</a>; we've also covered quite a few <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/search/label/appindicator?max-results=10">AppIndicators</a>.</div><br /><br /><i><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/search/label/raring%20ringtail?max-results=10">Click here</a> for more Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail (currently under development) news.</i>

Unity Notification Area (Systray) Whitelist Is Obsolete [Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Changes]

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LibreOffice 4.0 Available For Download

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Mysi1M4K5DYZ2cqWcsc5S3Wc3smHBws7SUafPoa7vcWwhntUY64vQRN3NZe4-BnEOQbf0d_YW74fW9qNBdMsINiPJ88Vphr8oc2EYUvjyQ3LYWor9Tf8LhMPPVLDsa9iaEoovs47wU7u/s1600/libreoffice.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="LibreOffice"><img alt="LibreOffice" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Mysi1M4K5DYZ2cqWcsc5S3Wc3smHBws7SUafPoa7vcWwhntUY64vQRN3NZe4-BnEOQbf0d_YW74fW9qNBdMsINiPJ88Vphr8oc2EYUvjyQ3LYWor9Tf8LhMPPVLDsa9iaEoovs47wU7u/s320/libreoffice.png" title="LibreOffice" width="320" /></a></div><b><br /></b> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Document Foundation has released <a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/">LibreOffice</a> 4.0 today,</b> which, according to the official announcement, is the "<i>first release that reflects the objectives set by the community at the time of the announcement, in September 2010: a cleaner and leaner code base, an improved set of features, better interoperability, and a more diverse and inclusive ecosystem</i>".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The new version brings Unity appmenu support, option to use Firefox Personas,  better interoperability with DOCX and RTF documents and many other changes.</b></div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>The most important changes in LibreOffice 4.0 include:</b><br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Better interoperability with DOCX and RTF documents;</li><li>Possibility to import Microsoft Publisher documents;</li><li>Integration with several content and document management systems – including Alfresco, IBM FileNet P8, Microsoft Sharepoint 2010, Nuxeo, OpenText and others;</li><li>Writer: allow different header and footer on the first page without using a separate page style;</li><li>Introduction of the widget layout technique for dialog windows, which makes it easier to translate, resize and hide UI elements, reduces code complexity, and lays a foundation for a much improved user interface</li><li>Linux: GStreamer 1.0 support, and refactor existing Gstreamer code;</li><li>New templates manager;</li><li>PDF Import, the Presenter Console, and the Python Scripting Provider are no longer bundled extensions but core features;</li><li>Significant performance improvements when loading and saving many types of documents.</li></ul><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/libreoffice-template-manager.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="LibreOffice 4.0 Template Manager"><img alt="LibreOffice 4.0 Template Manager" src="http://img.netupd8.com/libreoffice-template-manager_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New templates manager</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new version also features <b>Unity integration out of the box</b>, meaning you won't be needing to install a separate package to get <b>appmenu</b> support (global menu):</div><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/libreoffice-appmenu.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="LibreOffice 4.0 Ubuntu Unity appmenu integration"><img alt="LibreOffice 4.0 Ubuntu Unity appmenu integration" src="http://img.netupd8.com/libreoffice-appmenu_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Appmenu integration</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">However, <b>the appmenu integration by default didn't work in my test under Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10</b> (with LibreOffice debs downloaded from its website). This does work with the LibreOffice 4.0 beta 2 version available in the LibreOffice <a href="https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-prereleases">Pre-Releases PPA</a> for Ubuntu 13.04.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And there's also <b>support for Firefox Themes (Personas)</b> which you can use to give LibreOffice a personalized look:</div><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/libreoffice-persona.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="LibreOffice 4.0 Personas"><img alt="LibreOffice 4.0 Personas" src="http://img.netupd8.com/libreoffice-persona_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Personas in LibreOffice</td></tr></tbody></table></div><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/libreoffice-persona_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="LibreOffice 4.0 Personas"><img alt="LibreOffice 4.0 Personas" src="http://img.netupd8.com/libreoffice-persona_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Personas in LibreOffice</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To set a Persona, from the LibreOffice menu select <i>Tools > Options > Personalization > Select Persona</i>.</b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With LibreOffice 4.0, there's also the first release of the <b>Impress Remote Control App for Android</b> which for now only supports a limited number of Linux distributions but in the second release which will be coming soon, all platforms should be supported: Windows, Mac OS X and all Linux distributions:</div><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/libreoffice-impress-android.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="LibreOffice 4.0: Android app - Impress Remote Control"><img alt="LibreOffice 4.0: Android app - Impress Remote Control" src="http://img.netupd8.com/libreoffice-impress-android_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Impress Remote Control App for Android</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>You can download the LibreOffice Impress Remote Android App from the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.libreoffice.impressremote">Google Play Store</a>.</b></div><br /><br /><br /><b>Other minor but still interesting changes:</b><br /><ul><li>Improved performance of ODS document import;</li><li>Calc: Enhanced chart visualization - better quality rendering / print and PDF export of charts;</li><li>Impress: much accelerated multimedia previews, and previews of embedded video on Linux;</li><li>Base: On all non-Windows platforms a new mork driver implementation is used to access Thunderbird address book. This means that Debian/Ubuntu users can finally integrate LO with their Thunderbird address book;</li><li>The bundled Python was upgraded from Python 2.6 to Python 3.3;</li><li>Integration of <a href="http://img.netupd8.com/libreoffice-Sessioninstaller.png">session installer</a> to add missing parts of LibreOffice on the fly.</li></ul><br /><b>For a complete list of changes in LibreOffice 4.0, see <a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/download/4-0-new-features-and-fixes">THIS</a> page.</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download LibreOffice 4.0</h2><br /><b>Update:</b> the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/install-libreoffice-40-in-ubuntu-1204.html">main LibreOffice PPA has been updated with LibreOffice 4.0 for Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu:</b> Ubuntu 13.04 users can use the LibreOffice <a href="https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-prereleases">Pre-Releases PPA</a> to install LibreOffice 4.0 beta 2. There's also LibreOffice 4.0 alpha 1 in the same PPA for Ubuntu 12.10, but I don't recommend installing it. It's easier to simply download LibreOffice 4.0 deb files from the LibreOffice <a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/download/">downloads page</a>.<br /><br />It's better to wait for the stable LibreOffice PPA to be updated, but if you can't wait, to install it in Ubuntu, firstly you'll have to remove the current LibreOffice installation:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get purge libreoffice*</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, download the LibreOffice deb archive from its website, extract it, and inside the folder where the deb files are extracted you'll find a folder called "desktop-integration" with a deb inside - copy this deb into the folder where all the other deb files are located and run the following command from a terminal to install LibreOffice 4.0:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo dpkg -i <i>/path/to/libreoffice/DEBS/</i>*.deb</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/download/">Download LibreOffice 4.0</a></b><br /><br />(available for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux (dep and rpm) as well as source files) <b><br /></b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>info and Android app screenshot via <a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/download/4-0-new-features-and-fixes">LibreOffice.org</a></i></div>

LibreOffice 4.0 Available For Download

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GIMP 2.8.4 Released, Install It In Ubuntu

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuUs_g2WOfz6R3j96qwKLrGVU5O6avFE70FYPPJNGRHpZMjWQEoVQD4GP-2J7swk4odokpefS3ry6NTV7rJyYaEd7pk40DHIiyXBvEZ4cSkbQxqJdwW6gqcohpTymkSO1vSULIx1y533w/s1600/gimp-2.8.4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gimp 2.8.4" border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuUs_g2WOfz6R3j96qwKLrGVU5O6avFE70FYPPJNGRHpZMjWQEoVQD4GP-2J7swk4odokpefS3ry6NTV7rJyYaEd7pk40DHIiyXBvEZ4cSkbQxqJdwW6gqcohpTymkSO1vSULIx1y533w/s320/gimp-2.8.4.png" title="gimp 2.8.4" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>GIMP 2.8.4</b> has been released yesterday, bringing some important bug fixes. This is the stable GIMP branch and no new features will be added in the 2.8.x releases, only bug fixes.</div><br /><b>Here are the most important changes in GIMP 2.8.4:</b><br /><a name='more'></a><ul><li>Better names for the default filters in save and export</li><li>Make tool drawing (esp. the brush outline) much more responsive</li><li>Remember the "maximized" state across sessions</li><li>Simplify the splash image code a lot, makes it appear immediately again</li><li>Allow the text tool to start on an image without layers</li><li>Various fixes for text style attribute handling</li><li>Set unconfigured input devices to eraser if GTK+ says they are erasers</li><li>Make libgimp drawable combo boxes aware of layer groups</li><li>Fix item width in GimpPageSelector (used e.g. in PDF import)</li><li>Better default values in the Drop Shadow script</li><li>Fixed bugs in the BMP plug-in</li><li>Lots of bug fixes and translation updates</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The next major GIMP release - 2.10 -, should get high bit depths, support for layer masks on layer groups, complete the port to GEGL and more, while with version 3.0, GIMP should finally be ported to GTK3. There's no planned release date for either GIMP 2.10 or 3.0 yet. </div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install GIMP 2.8.4 in Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 or 13.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04 users can install the latest GIMP 2.8.4 by using Otto's PPA - add the PPA and install / upgrade GIMP using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install gimp</code></pre><br />From the same PPA you can also install <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/new-gimp-plugin-registry-version-brings.html">GIMP Plugin Registry</a> which is a collection of hundreds of GIMP plugins:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gimp-plugin-registry</code></pre><br /><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/gmic-more-than-190-image-filters-and.html">G'MIC</a> is also available in this PPA. It's a tool that comes with a huge list of filters and effects - install it using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gimp-gmic</code></pre><br />For source files, Windows or Mac OS X binaries, see the GIMP <a href="http://www.gimp.org/downloads/">downloads page</a>.

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Upgrade To KDE SC 4.10 In Kubuntu 12.10 Or 12.04

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>KDE SC 4.10 has been released</b> today with many improvements and additions, including a new QML-based screen locker, additional KWin effects and scripts thanks to GHNS (Get Hot New Stuff) integration, a new print manager, a new Air theme and wallpaper and many improvements to Kate, Dolphin, Konsole, Okular, Gwenview, Kontact, re-written typing tutor and more. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsyUOjTKxzTYd6ZaU20IqrItzOfvaKl9OpvyEHsdpGmz0waHBfHtbuSEhrpWwJS6SgSf1KbOUtUuhB4BqYVifNhgZZLLJvg1M9o9I9F7kTC-vRJuSTv9Jnyr_D4B8nvyj1Ttqat_2lRIu/s1600/kde-sc-4.10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="KDE SC 4.10" border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsyUOjTKxzTYd6ZaU20IqrItzOfvaKl9OpvyEHsdpGmz0waHBfHtbuSEhrpWwJS6SgSf1KbOUtUuhB4BqYVifNhgZZLLJvg1M9o9I9F7kTC-vRJuSTv9Jnyr_D4B8nvyj1Ttqat_2lRIu/s320/kde-sc-4.10.png" title="KDE SC 4.10" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>More information about the latest KDE SC 4.10 can be found here:</b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://kde.org/announcements/4.10/plasma.php">KDE Plasma Workspaces</a></li><li><a href="http://kde.org/announcements/4.10/applications.php">KDE applications</a></li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>As usual, the Kubuntu team has been super fast and the latest KDE SC 4.10 is available for Kubuntu 12.10 or 12.04 users in the Kubuntu Backports PPA, so here's how to upgrade.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><h2>How to upgrade to KDE 4.10 in Kubuntu 12.04 or 12.10</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Before adding the PPA, please note that according to the PPA description, the packages in the Kubuntu Backports PPA might not be tested enough yet, so you may encounter bugs!</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Kubuntu backports PPA provides the latest KDE SC 4.10 for (K)Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 (I've only tested it in Kubuntu 12.10). To add the PPA use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then, open the Update Manager, make SURE all the packages are selected and install all the available updates</b>. Alternatively, you can also upgrade using the following command (I've stopped using it in posts because on systems with broken packages it can remove packages that's not supposed to):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get dist-upgrade</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you're not using KDE - e.g. if you're using Unity or GNOME Shell, you can install KDE SC 4.10 (firstly, make sure you've added the PPA using the commands above) using the following command:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">When running this command, you'll get a full list of packages that are going to be installed and it would be a good idea to save the list somehwere in case you want to remove KDE, because simply removing the "kubuntu-desktop" package won't be enough. Later on if you want to remove KDE, simply run "sudo apt-get remove PACKAGES", where "PACKAGES" is the list of packages that were installed by the "sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop" command.<br /><br />After all the packages have been successfully installed, it's probably a good idea to restart the system.<br /><br /><b>If the Plasma theme has some visual glitches</b> when opening the menu, see the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/upgrade-to-kde-sc-410-in-kubuntu-1210.html#comment-791061657">comments</a> below.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>P.s.: if you want to download the KDE SC 4.10 new default wallpaper, you can get it from <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/download-new-kde-sc-410-wallpaper.html">HERE</a>. </i></div>

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