Dropbox-Like Cloud Sync And Collaboration Tool Seafile Gets Command Line Support, More

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://seafile.com/">Seafile</a> is an open source cloud sync and collaboration tool, similar to Dropbox, OwnCloud or Sparkleshare that you can install on your own server </b>or you can sign up for an account and get 5 GB of free space. We've talked about it a while back so for more information about Seafile, see our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/seafile-robust-file-synchronization-and.html" title="Seafile: Robust File Synchronization And Collaboration Tool That You Can Run On Your Linux Server">previous post</a>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNz2PzoAigRJKQpXs5c2Rw5fpT_o8L1OeY_WkkcBP5CN66Sq4rEiGu9mlG2XHqM9WLH_5vyiR7fKIRKLUVQTnlHH33pSxny1Hs26Sw3001fOWFYDFq0NpT9oIl72pVV8yYCgoRHfzL-oAf/s1600/seafile-1.5.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Seafile web interface"><img alt="Seafile" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNz2PzoAigRJKQpXs5c2Rw5fpT_o8L1OeY_WkkcBP5CN66Sq4rEiGu9mlG2XHqM9WLH_5vyiR7fKIRKLUVQTnlHH33pSxny1Hs26Sw3001fOWFYDFq0NpT9oIl72pVV8yYCgoRHfzL-oAf/s320/seafile-1.5.png" title="Seafile" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Both the Seafile server and client have been updated recently</b>, getting new features and bug fixes. <b>Seafile Server 1.5 comes with two major new features: command line client support and LDAP</b>, as well as some other features and improvements, such as:</div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>audio / video playback support;</li><li>improved public info page;</li><li>support selection of file encoding when viewing online;</li><li>edit library title / description;</li><li>bug fixes for using httpserver under https.</li></ul><br />Here is the new audio / video playback feature in action:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-video.png" rel="image_group" title="Seafile web interface: Video playback"><img alt="Seafile web interface: Video playback" src="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-video_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-music.png" rel="image_group" title="Seafile web interface: Audio playback"><img alt="Seafile web interface: Audio playback" src="http://img.netupd8.com/seafile-music_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, there is now a <b>separate Seafile server for Raspberry Pi</b>, however, it hasn't been updated to the latest 1.5 version yet.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Seafile client was also updated, and there's now a command line client so you can use it on a headless server. Other improvements include displaying detailed syncing message and bug fixes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The next Seafile release should come with a redesigned collaboration feature</b>, bringing Seafile a lot more closer to its team collaboration platform goal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>how to use the new Seafile command line client</b> on Debian / Ubuntu, see <a href="https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/wiki/Seafile-CLI-client">THIS</a> page.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Seafile</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Seafile server for Linux runs on Debian, Ubuntu (11.10, 12.04), Centos 5.8, 6.0+ and Raspberry Pi and is very easy to set up thanks to a script that does everything for you. For the server installation instructions, see the <a href="https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/wiki/Download-and-setup-seafile-server">Seafile wiki</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For upgrading the Seafile server, see the instructions from <a href="https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/wiki/Upgrading-Seafile-Server">HERE</a>. I've tested the upgrade instructions and everything worked as expected, even though the upgrade script has displayed a message saying that my Seafile server has been upgraded from 1.3 to 1.4, when in fact it was upgraded to 1.5.</div><br /><a href="http://seafile.com/en/download/">Download Seafile server / clients</a> (clients available for Windows, Mac, Linux and mobile: Android and iOS).

Dropbox-Like Cloud Sync And Collaboration Tool Seafile Gets Command Line Support, More

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Ubuntu 13.04 To Be Released As Scheduled

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDuRPXVu7RYcXjVOcQcKzlIs4-gEM0xcmqgx4KJZTOcHRjZ4jQ-qnXocHNCx3dBWMYGXFzu7CiJ3Ryhxmcz30yPtsxWnHnTQHAK7uJVQIb0nzr0NIKqDEm9uIs8duXVLFY7tYO-V-fpSz/s1600/ubuntu-logo-ringtail-ringtail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDuRPXVu7RYcXjVOcQcKzlIs4-gEM0xcmqgx4KJZTOcHRjZ4jQ-qnXocHNCx3dBWMYGXFzu7CiJ3Ryhxmcz30yPtsxWnHnTQHAK7uJVQIb0nzr0NIKqDEm9uIs8duXVLFY7tYO-V-fpSz/s320/ubuntu-logo-ringtail-ringtail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In his <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/official-ubuntu-rolling-release-proposal.html">rolling release proposal</a>, Rick Spencer, Engineering Director at Canonical, has said that the new rolling model should be implemented now, with Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, which meant Raring wouldn't be released.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But according to Jonathan Riddell, the main Kubuntu developer, it was <a href="http://blogs.kde.org/2013/03/05/1304-go-ahead">decided</a> yesterday in an online <a href="http://summit.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu Developer Summit</a> session that Ubuntu 13.04 will be released as scheduled at the last UDS, especially since Raring is four months into development and people have put time and effort that would be wasted if it wouldn't be released:</div><br /><a name='more'></a><blockquote>Of all the nutty things Canonical has done in the last week wanting to drop 13.04 four months into development and two months before release is one of the more anti-social to the community who have been working on it. Fortunately at the "UDS" session today I poked enough and we seem to have consensus that it'll go ahead on the schedule we agreed at UDS last October. Feature freeze on Thursday my friends, two days to go.</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And regarding the rolling release model, it seems no final decision has been made yet.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>image via <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/18/ubuntu-raring-ringtail/">engadget</a></i></div>

Ubuntu 13.04 To Be Released As Scheduled

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Intermatrix U7: The First Ubuntu Touch Tablet Available For Pre-Order, To Ship In October 2013 [Updated]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXg2RWBlg4OM6pyzh9C4mdEqp2wLYnF21Kd2SOQEZ9SHCPY6LJ1lHD111aUqRMLpGrmgas1X4dmgkooY5a381qCmlEemzfFNK1WOQhkG8gMHEP2jM0Hxe1ouB6eDbm3NlBblCcR0WrZsRW/s1600/intermatrix-u7-u10-ubuntu-tablet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu Touch Intermatrix U7 tablet" border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXg2RWBlg4OM6pyzh9C4mdEqp2wLYnF21Kd2SOQEZ9SHCPY6LJ1lHD111aUqRMLpGrmgas1X4dmgkooY5a381qCmlEemzfFNK1WOQhkG8gMHEP2jM0Hxe1ouB6eDbm3NlBblCcR0WrZsRW/s320/intermatrix-u7-u10-ubuntu-tablet.jpg" title="Ubuntu Touch Intermatrix U7 tablet" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>Update: the Intermatrix folks have changed their mind and are not shipping Ubuntu Touch anymore, at least for now!</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>It looks like the first Ubuntu Touch tablet will ship in October 2013 (estimated). The news doesn't come from Canonical so I'm not sure how legit this is, but from a <a href="http://www.ubuntutablet.com.au/">website</a> that advertises "Intermatrix U7 and U10 Ubuntu Tablets" as the world's first Ubuntu tablets.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Enthusiasts can already pre-oder the Intermatrix U7 (with U10 probably to follow soon), for which the price has currently been set to AU$269 (around US$275 or €210), including shipping costs, and it appears to be available world-wide (any country DHL can ship to). The price may change in the future, but those who pre-order it now won't have to pay more if the price will increase and will get a refund if the final price will be lower. There's also a 10% discount for the first 50 customers, limited to 1 discount per unity/customer.</div><br /><br /><h2>Intermatrix U7 Ubuntu Touch tablet Specifications</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Intermatrix U7 Ubuntu tablet will use Ubuntu Touch by default and should weight about 110 grams. Here are the full <b>hardware specs:</b></div><ul><li>CPU: 1.5GHz Quad-Core Cortex A9;</li><li>GPU: Quad Core Vivante GC1000+;</li><li>RAM: 1 GB;</li><li>Flash storage: 16 GB;</li><li>Expansion slot: microSD Card Slot;</li><li>Display size: 7-inch IPS Capacitive Touchscreen @ 1280x800 (with a pixel density of ~275 PPI);</li><li>Camera: primary 2 MP, secondary 0.3 MP;</li><li>Connectivity: microUSB 2.0, HDMI 1.4, WLAN 802.11 b/g/n and 3.5 mm Audio Jack.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update:</b> I've contacted Intermatrix, requesting some extra info about the tablet and Peter Dey from <a href="http://intermatrix.com.au/">intermatrix.com.au</a> has replied, confirming that Intermatrix U7 and U10 Ubuntu tablets are not affiliated or associated with Canonical:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">You're correct, this is not a Canonical device; nor are we affiliated or associated with Canonical. We're an independent company developing a tablet which will ship with Canonical's software (which is GPL licensed).<br /><br />We've got the device currently under development, most of the work at the moment is getting the peripherals working under Ubuntu Touch. Obviously, we're highly dependent on when Canonical releases the final version of Ubuntu Touch, plus some time for us to test it before we start shipping.</blockquote><br />Peter has also said a video should be available on YouTube shortly, which he hopes will prove this is legit.</div><br /><a href="https://www.intermatrix.com.au/ubuntutablet/preorder.php">Pre-order the Intermatrix U7 Ubuntu Touch tablet</a><br /><br /><b>Update: the Intermatrix folks have changed their mind and are not shipping Ubuntu Touch anymore, at least for now!</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/101475532450986173690/posts/HM676HtZsqt">+Joshua Kiley</a> & <a href="https://plus.google.com/117353980479250980339/posts/LMFfZ1d2PZf">+Carl Draper</a></i></div>

Intermatrix U7: The First Ubuntu Touch Tablet Available For Pre-Order, To Ship In October 2013 [Updated]

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Terra Terminal Update Brings Improved Stability, New Features

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://launchpad.net/terra">Terra</a>, a Python / GTK3 drop-down terminal emulator, has been updated today, bringing more stability as well as some new features.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Terra looks like a combination of <a href="http://guake.org/">Guake</a> and <a href="https://launchpad.net/terminator">Terminator</a> so you can get a nice Quake-like drop-down terminal with <b>terminal split views</b> (multiple terminals in one window / tab) and more. Compared to Guake, it features a lot of extra options, such as configurable terminal width, select which monitor the terminal should be displayed on and more.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHX3U1il1MbYkzDp9gOauP5ocf0l_xIaaHLqlp4AyCp0F_do8SOBiGS9N_wnLIpFUDLHS0WRfB7mwNsygKxLzv258ISE5hUZd4J87EHoEJmSqTF4RhDbvRo11FV3Zqew_7L8EMrF2mJPrc/s1600/terra-terminal-emulator.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Terra Terminal" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHX3U1il1MbYkzDp9gOauP5ocf0l_xIaaHLqlp4AyCp0F_do8SOBiGS9N_wnLIpFUDLHS0WRfB7mwNsygKxLzv258ISE5hUZd4J87EHoEJmSqTF4RhDbvRo11FV3Zqew_7L8EMrF2mJPrc/s320/terra-terminal-emulator.png" title="Terra Terminal" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />With the latest version, the application now uses libkeybinder3.0 for the keybinder library which should <b>fix many of the issues you may have encountered with keyboard shortcuts</b> in the previous releases.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest 0.1.7 version also fixes various crashes and slow opening issues and <b>re-implements the hide on lose focus feature</b>. Other changes include: <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/terra/+bug/1132362">select-by-word</a> characters and change font size using Ctrl + +/-.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/terra-drop-down-terminal-emulator-with.html">previous Terra Terminal</a> article, the application has also got a feature that allows <b>switching between terminal splits using keyboard shortcuts, create / close terminal splits using keyboard shortcuts</b>, clickable links and many other minor changes. Also, Terra Terminal now remembers open tabs, including tab names, and restores them on startup. Unfortunately, there's no way to restore terminal splits yet.</div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobwgmX_kPfaeUREHLt1l_Ab-MgZgyJ0IK968WKm1uqRVatGw-_Q9hTlB2mUAxu1Ffy38pjijw1Ilce4bmUoy1xCDZSYuk58IBe6DhZy6xCs2agnZcM93RHNn6QY_8zvt9pU9CKebbjiyH/s1600/terra-terminal-keyboard-shortcuts.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Terra Terminal keyboard shortcuts" border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobwgmX_kPfaeUREHLt1l_Ab-MgZgyJ0IK968WKm1uqRVatGw-_Q9hTlB2mUAxu1Ffy38pjijw1Ilce4bmUoy1xCDZSYuk58IBe6DhZy6xCs2agnZcM93RHNn6QY_8zvt9pU9CKebbjiyH/s320/terra-terminal-keyboard-shortcuts.png" title="Terra Terminal keyboard shortcuts" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Terra Terminal keyboard shortcuts</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><h2>Install Terra Terminal</h2><br /><b>To install Terra Terminal in Ubuntu, use the following commands:</b><br /><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>Note: the Ubuntu 12.04 32bit package has failed to build for the latest 0.1.7 version, but this should be fixed soon.<br /><br />For <b>Arch Linux</b>, you can get Terra Terminal via AUR: <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/terra-bzr/">BZR</a> or <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/terra/">stable</a>.<br /><br />There are also <a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-terms/terra">Gentoo</a> packages available.<br /><br />For other Linux distributions, get the Terra Terminal source from <a href="https://code.launchpad.net/terra">Launchpad</a>.<br /><br /><b>If you encounter bugs, report them at <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/terra">Launchpad</a>.</b>

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Ubuntu To Use Its Own Display Server Called Mir, Unity To Be Ported To Qt/QML

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_BdpnDmK-ojyA3kk4SeayUTSMmsvLa2iBRVvTFAli1w3E5H_V-Odot3R4WybpfGFqTI56OuRYqOgHt3e8zVHuyrBoUYFEp1CZrCGIkHs9LnAHfEnmXYP22-E-R_DmLA8CKC6KtK-IwOC/s1600/ubuntu-qt.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_BdpnDmK-ojyA3kk4SeayUTSMmsvLa2iBRVvTFAli1w3E5H_V-Odot3R4WybpfGFqTI56OuRYqOgHt3e8zVHuyrBoUYFEp1CZrCGIkHs9LnAHfEnmXYP22-E-R_DmLA8CKC6KtK-IwOC/s320/ubuntu-qt.png" title="ubuntu qt" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to a recent <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-March/036776.html">announcement</a>, <b>Ubuntu will use its own Display Server called Mir</b>, replacing X Window server. The reason Ubuntu will use its own display server is that "<i>none of the existing solutions would allow us to implement our vision without taking major compromises which would come at the cost of user experience and quality</i>" and obviously, to achieve full "<a href="https://www.google.com/?q=ubuntu+convergence#hl=en&safe=off&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=ubuntu+convergence&oq=ubuntu+convergence&gs_l=hp.12...0.0.0.2330.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0.les%3B..0.0...1c..5.psy-ab.jblqjOSfMjs&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43148975,d.ZWU&fp=7e9a22260310a8e3&biw=1252&bih=927">convergence</a>", a hot topic recently that has caused quite a bit of <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/107555540696571114069/posts/HSL2C21DJt7">controversy</a>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><h2>Mir, a display server that works across desktop and mobile devices</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Mir (as in the space station) will provide a graphics stack that works across different platforms and it will firstly replace SurfaceFlinger for the Phablet images and will eventually make it on the desktop.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>There will be two Mir libraries</b>: a server which will contain the server side components and will be used to implement a compositor and a client which will allow applications to communicate with Mir servers (used by toolkits). There are also going to be <a href="https://launchpad.net/qmir">Qt bindings</a> for Mir, an Unity System Compositor, a new Unity greeter implementation using Mir and Unity.<br /><br />Also, Mir will support multiple GPUs running in the same system. The MirSPec page mentions that it should support seamless transition between GPUs so maybe with this we'll finally get proper Optimus support on Linux.</div><br />Initially, Mir will only run if your system uses the free / open source drivers, but Canonical is in talks with GPU vendors to get Mir support for those drivers / GPUs:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">With our X-integration in place, you can run Mir on your desktop machine if your system runs a GPU that supports the free driver stack. For the closed-source desktop drivers: We are in active conversations with GPU vendors to enable Mir on those drivers/GPUs, too. More to this, we are working towards a more unified driver model sitting on top of EGL. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>- <a href="http://samohtv.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/mir-an-outpost-envisioned-as-a-new-home/">Thomas Voß</a>, Canonical Technical Architect</i></div></blockquote><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're wondering what will happen to existing applications that require X, Mir has that covered and it will come with <b>support for legacy X applications</b>. Furthermore, there's no need of porting XUL and GTK3 (and obviously, Qt/QML) applications because the Ubuntu developers will work on providing Mir integration for these toolkits.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Unity to be ported to Qt/QML</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The second big announcement of the day is that <b>Unity will be ported to Qt/QML</b> "<i>to make development more efficient across our wider convergent strategy</i>".</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnityNextSpec">Unity Next Spec</a>, <b>Unity Next will be integrated on top of Mir, the UI will use Qt</b> and will use much of the code that's already available in the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/ubuntu-touch-developer-preview-and.html">Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview</a>. The ultimate goal is to provide a seamlessly scale across multiple form factors and carry Unity's visual design and identity. This means Unity on the phone, tablet, TV and desktop will share the <b>same code base</b>, so the "convergence" Mark Shuttleworth has talked about a while back is starting to take shape.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With the recent <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/search/label/Ubuntu%20Touch?max-results=10">Ubuntu Touch</a> announcements, this makes sense, but there is something that I don't understand: why was Unity 2D, which is written in Qt/QML, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/unity-2d-no-longer-installed-by-default.html">dropped from Ubuntu</a> and they've used the Compiz-based Unity on the desktop instead? And what's going to happen with the Compiz-based Unity? I just hope this isn't another rushed decision, like the recent <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-February/036502.html">changes to UDS</a> which is now an online only event and the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/official-ubuntu-rolling-release-proposal.html">rolling release proposal</a> that even Ubuntu members were surprised to hear about.<br /><br />I'm also starting to doubt that <b>Lubuntu, Kubuntu or Xubuntu</b> will continue to exist after so many changes: rolling release, new display server, focus on Ubuntu Touch, etc. At least, in their current form: based on Ubuntu. Using Debian on the other hand should be a lot easier so maybe they'll switch to it? I guess we should find that out soon, after the Lubuntu, Xubuntu and Kubuntu teams analyze their options.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>The plan</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The target</b> is to have a first level/functional integration of Mir and Unity Next by May 2013, by October 2013 to have a Mir - UnityNext code base that could be taken to produce a phone and <b>reach full convergence by April 2014</b> (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS).</div><br /><br /><b>More about Mir</b>: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MirSpec">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MirSpec</a> | <a href="https://launchpad.net/mir">Mir source code</a><br /><br /><b>More about Unity Next</b>: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnityNextSpec">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnityNextSpec</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Mir and Unity Next will be discussed at the <a href="http://uds.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu Developer Summit</a> (which from now on will only take place online) which starts tomorrow.</div>

Ubuntu To Use Its Own Display Server Called Mir, Unity To Be Ported To Qt/QML

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Install LibreOffice 4.0 In Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 Or 13.04 Via PPA

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGH6eXgt7zxYcGcLf44_lZ5o_G9__ln9Lr0VcxjLDgj7kvcj1Q3In7h18xThycxPBOzMVDHS40-GxoCHWaHOfcEKXzZrb1ORNiHlwAZzv1STMX45FlJE3nQVtozutuVTPlVexcYWqM1MJ/s1600/libreoffice-4.0.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="LibreOffice 4.0" border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGH6eXgt7zxYcGcLf44_lZ5o_G9__ln9Lr0VcxjLDgj7kvcj1Q3In7h18xThycxPBOzMVDHS40-GxoCHWaHOfcEKXzZrb1ORNiHlwAZzv1STMX45FlJE3nQVtozutuVTPlVexcYWqM1MJ/s320/libreoffice-4.0.png" title="LibreOffice 4.0" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>LibreOffice 4.0 has been released almost a month ago and today, it's finally available in the main LibreOffice PPA, for Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 and 12.04.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">LibreOffice 4.0 comes with many changes, including Unity appmenu support, option to use Firefox Personas, better interoperability with DOCX and RTF documents, a new LibreOffice Impress Remote Android App and many other changes. For more info, see our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/libreoffice-40-available-for-download.html">LibreOffice 4.0 Available For Download</a> article.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">LibreOffice can be installed in Ubuntu by using a a large archive of deb files that can be downloaded from LibreOffice.org, but the packages available in the PPA (or in the official repositories) come with some Ubuntu-specific tweaks - for instance, the LibreOffice debs downloaded from the LibreOffice website didn't have built-in Ubuntu appmenu (global menu) support, at least in my test, while the packages in the PPA have this by default, even for Ubuntu 12.04. Another advantage of using a PPA is getting automatic updates / easier to upgrade to newer LibreOffice versions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are a couple of screenshots with LibreOffice using Ubuntu Ambiance-like Personas, a feature introduced with LibreOffice 4.0:</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/AVvXsEjFGF_SCgYZ_9aaJaFdz_bmyFVETnwgunEcBa32NuXZBMYp9ZG0PsECgljOa75R52mGHpxV1IzaqOQzC4ULW_d-LJYi1a5zlz46FdwYwoUT1Sd2JupCcysPP8RUOTKE1yIOwOIuJiiXS3qW/s1600/libreoffice-4.0-personas-ubuntu2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="LibreOffice 4.0 Ambiance-like Persona" border="0" height="63" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGF_SCgYZ_9aaJaFdz_bmyFVETnwgunEcBa32NuXZBMYp9ZG0PsECgljOa75R52mGHpxV1IzaqOQzC4ULW_d-LJYi1a5zlz46FdwYwoUT1Sd2JupCcysPP8RUOTKE1yIOwOIuJiiXS3qW/s550/libreoffice-4.0-personas-ubuntu2.png" title="LibreOffice 4.0 Ambiance-like Persona" width="550" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/persona/201394">Link to Persona</a></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/AVvXsEg5JcFJVtOU4wKww-7yV2ev9czM-0YXBUuULkcwuFMTi513IAT0LXrhEuH0dFVSWyFA-yZOpk_YooG_Rv4ECL1Cg9dqX-5niLJqcPizn02yNsMjHPSTOi-llITxmL7ttZnHD9THC0WK-mTI/s1600/libreoffice-4.0-personas-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JcFJVtOU4wKww-7yV2ev9czM-0YXBUuULkcwuFMTi513IAT0LXrhEuH0dFVSWyFA-yZOpk_YooG_Rv4ECL1Cg9dqX-5niLJqcPizn02yNsMjHPSTOi-llITxmL7ttZnHD9THC0WK-mTI/s550/libreoffice-4.0-personas-ubuntu.png" width="550" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/persona/124266">Link to Persona</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To set a Persona, from the LibreOffice 4.0+ menu select <i>Tools > Options > Personalization</i>, make sure "<i>Own persona</i>" is selected, then click "<i>Select Persona"</i> and enter a link to a <a href="http://www.getpersonas.com/">Firefox Persona</a>.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install LibreOffice 4.0 in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04 using a PPA</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>At the time I'm writing this, the main LibreOffice PPA has LibreOffice 4.0.1 RC1</b>, which addresses some bugs found in LibreOffice 4.0.0 (changlog <a href="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.0.1/RC1">here</a>), for Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04 (the LibreOffice version in the main Ubuntu 13.04 repositories is currently 4.0.0 beta 2).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Before continuing with adding the PPA, please note that the PPA description says that "<b>most of the packages in this PPA have only experienced minor testing</b>".<b> So use this at your own risk!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update:</b> the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-4-0">LibreOffice 4.0.x PPA</a> has been updated a few minutes ago with the same LibreOffice 4.0.1 RC1 for Ubuntu Precise, Quantal and Raring as the main LibreOffice PPA. This PPA will only provide updates for LibreOffice 4.0.x so use it instead of the main LibreOffice PPA if you don't want newer, possibly less unstable updates:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-4-0<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><b>Then, launch Software Updater and upgrade the packages</b> (alternatively, you can also use "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade").<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Or, if you want to add the main LibreOffice PPA which will get updates not only with LibreOffice 4.0.x but also newer versions, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then, launch Software Updater and upgrade the packages</b> (alternatively, you can also use "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade").<br /><br /></div>

Install LibreOffice 4.0 In Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 Or 13.04 Via PPA

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Install GNOME 3.8 In Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail [PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;">A while back, it was decided that Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail will <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/ubuntu-1304-only-some-gnome-components.html">ship with GNOME 3.6</a> for the most part instead of GNOME 3.8. </div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail users can use the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3">GNOME 3 PPA</a> to upgrade to the latest GNOME 3.8, including GNOME Shell 3.8 and Nautilus 3.8.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Additionally, a second PPA (<a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3-staging">GNOME 3 Staging PPA</a>) has been created recently and allows Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail users to upgrade other components that aren't available in the main GNOME 3 PPA. The GNOME 3 Staging PPA packages are work in progress or have known regressions so it's not as stable as the main GNOME 3 PPA. Also, if you want to use the GNOME 3 Staging PPA, you'll have to firstly add the main GNOME 3 PPA.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Jeremy Bicha has <a href="https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/msg00273.html">explained</a> on the Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list that<b> <span style="color: #cc0000;">these PPAs should only be used if you are familiar with ppa-purge and know how to fix a broken system. "This is even more true for the GNOME 3 Staging PPA</span></b> as our normal quality standards do not apply there", said Jeremy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And indeed, in my test, I wasn't able to purge the main GNOME 3 PPA properly and I've had to remove some packages, including GNOME Shell and Nautilus and only then purge the PPA, then I've installed those packages back (and it was a lot more difficult with the GNOME 3 Staging PPA). I've reported a bug for ppa-purge <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ppa-purge/+bug/1142289">HERE</a> regarding this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are a few GNOME 3.8 screenshots:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfcj0iGOsdu740a_X1Sps4tNJcvBY8K_8RyOheEFvrAC1D973Mv7INB4ps38i-NFzuyNfVWLb0_ERZATKX30U-ZBPoccFsi3fq3EebJ_gOKGObX-UdWvVNSZbpd-AJIFyoCCQuz5xucyq/s1600/gnome-3.8-beta-frequent.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="GNOME Shell 3.8"><img alt="gnome shell 3.8" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfcj0iGOsdu740a_X1Sps4tNJcvBY8K_8RyOheEFvrAC1D973Mv7INB4ps38i-NFzuyNfVWLb0_ERZATKX30U-ZBPoccFsi3fq3EebJ_gOKGObX-UdWvVNSZbpd-AJIFyoCCQuz5xucyq/s320/gnome-3.8-beta-frequent.png" title="gnome shell 3.8" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTaSathj5A0_6_gi1yR_AGPbuw2UFs3-XDX6l45th6-cufIVEX3RAUgzxX6NjVmFC_eeyze6UqVNrQYScBzeDGsaYnInvRci7XzwU7p7Mt5b1BiFsC-f0Ozkp0_glYVlYoQCYOZIGpA96/s1600/gnome-3.8-beta-all-apps.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="GNOME Shell 3.8"><img alt="gnome shell 3.8" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTaSathj5A0_6_gi1yR_AGPbuw2UFs3-XDX6l45th6-cufIVEX3RAUgzxX6NjVmFC_eeyze6UqVNrQYScBzeDGsaYnInvRci7XzwU7p7Mt5b1BiFsC-f0Ozkp0_glYVlYoQCYOZIGpA96/s320/gnome-3.8-beta-all-apps.png" title="gnome shell 3.8" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLwd4RzlZyalHvkNtN1aL8O00lV0FjetIILmkrUMF3ilmDT7T-bwjhEiENS4FUC7SK4X4jI59kvRzUxOKgqHY5zrVckQCGhBZTtudv_XsRH5WJDbP9BvqSzT79GKgIvD-Cw6YtureGevUc/s1600/gnome-3.8-beta-change-background.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="GNOME 3.8 change background right click menu"><img alt="gnome 3.8 change background right click" border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLwd4RzlZyalHvkNtN1aL8O00lV0FjetIILmkrUMF3ilmDT7T-bwjhEiENS4FUC7SK4X4jI59kvRzUxOKgqHY5zrVckQCGhBZTtudv_XsRH5WJDbP9BvqSzT79GKgIvD-Cw6YtureGevUc/s320/gnome-3.8-beta-change-background.png" title="gnome 3.8 change background right click" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4E6rNup4UQIWhX4O7L4P39ZotHx0AuHQZ_FsQvqjCQta2HJKXsaspW-pg19z1lZrk2BdqRHzIQliH1o8XTizulPSO0PfY0L7o2lV9GFi5CrB62zISS09YXEzzNQBLoY20C6DxwLcg7r4/s1600/gnome-3.8-beta-notifications.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="GNOME 3.8 notification settings"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 notification settings" border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4E6rNup4UQIWhX4O7L4P39ZotHx0AuHQZ_FsQvqjCQta2HJKXsaspW-pg19z1lZrk2BdqRHzIQliH1o8XTizulPSO0PfY0L7o2lV9GFi5CrB62zISS09YXEzzNQBLoY20C6DxwLcg7r4/s320/gnome-3.8-beta-notifications.png" title="GNOME 3.8 notification settings" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mKA5u_YXUOJsXJ0Pye9wHBSQicHZez3a9oFnyBPgcM_LiANhs2hJFFFqA0YMyZjZFxhPwAHlQ1tzMSZlpQCHiAAftvNpfzeBpqluNTCziEgud5l1mbDqqAfqA74Z5HPMOSPO-p_DeGxn/s1600/gnome-3.8-beta-control-center.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="GNOME 3.8 Control Center"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 Control Center" border="0" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mKA5u_YXUOJsXJ0Pye9wHBSQicHZez3a9oFnyBPgcM_LiANhs2hJFFFqA0YMyZjZFxhPwAHlQ1tzMSZlpQCHiAAftvNpfzeBpqluNTCziEgud5l1mbDqqAfqA74Z5HPMOSPO-p_DeGxn/s320/gnome-3.8-beta-control-center.png" title="GNOME 3.8 Control Center" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCQhlUi079U38v67OhxX79tH7qHVvD0wkk87M23PM9b4Zcue0CI0_ih3s5M7bJNcsb-GETgKpf-u9_AnQV56dAVYKsaqTAJGMKGUWO13aHj-C04I03e8kN6FYObm77Ti2vyBtLihsYQWHk/s1600/gnome-3.8-beta-privacy.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="GNOME 3.8 privacy settings"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 privacy settings" border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCQhlUi079U38v67OhxX79tH7qHVvD0wkk87M23PM9b4Zcue0CI0_ih3s5M7bJNcsb-GETgKpf-u9_AnQV56dAVYKsaqTAJGMKGUWO13aHj-C04I03e8kN6FYObm77Ti2vyBtLihsYQWHk/s320/gnome-3.8-beta-privacy.png" title="GNOME 3.8 privacy settings" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9tRktiTJA5TeOgmAdDHzquPVZmx2PBBaaNYiB9iSMNGSYzdWbT4ad9FJvRrkEr2nR5QFMDVciTaHaIfnFiLefxJjCU8LbGmG2geV8YprZ2TJ_5DOGiXh-9cuh9RlOeQnjH2Ytqo6vN5B/s1600/gnome-3.8-beta-search.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="GNOME 3.8 search settings"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 search settings" border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9tRktiTJA5TeOgmAdDHzquPVZmx2PBBaaNYiB9iSMNGSYzdWbT4ad9FJvRrkEr2nR5QFMDVciTaHaIfnFiLefxJjCU8LbGmG2geV8YprZ2TJ_5DOGiXh-9cuh9RlOeQnjH2Ytqo6vN5B/s320/gnome-3.8-beta-search.png" title="GNOME 3.8 search settings" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMKu0Nd2GZ4cb7PvM1tRjKxC1M0EkuqVvW03_ccpqAekoRNyGwqEB3CpIsjmOwlDUfGJVplgOJ-h23dbMCr9LKrNhlwtXPKgKu8ejhJrw7lwpyVUEeK-Sp0PDpcnvWw8kgDcbsYTV1Nnp/s1600/gnome-3.8-beta-classic-session.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="GNOME 3.8 new classic session"><img alt="GNOME 3.8 - new classic GNOME session" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMKu0Nd2GZ4cb7PvM1tRjKxC1M0EkuqVvW03_ccpqAekoRNyGwqEB3CpIsjmOwlDUfGJVplgOJ-h23dbMCr9LKrNhlwtXPKgKu8ejhJrw7lwpyVUEeK-Sp0PDpcnvWw8kgDcbsYTV1Nnp/s320/gnome-3.8-beta-classic-session.png" title="GNOME 3.8 - new classic GNOME session" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install / upgrade to GNOME 3.8 In Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>So, with this in mind, if you want to upgrade to the latest GNOME 3.8 in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, firstly add the GNOME 3 PPA:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><b>Then launch Software Updater and upgrade the packages.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">GNOME SHell 3.8.1, GNOME Shell Extensions 3.8.1 (which include the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/a-quick-look-at-new-gnome-classic.html">new classic GNOME session</a>), Nautilus 3.8.1, Rhythmbox 2.99.1, GDM 3.8.0, Alacarte 3.9.70, Anjuta 3.7.90, Baobab 3.7.91, Bijben 3.8.1, Caribou 0.4.10, Cheese 3.8.1, Clutter 1.1.4.0, Devhelp 3.8.0, Eog 3.8.0, Epiphany 3.7.91, Evince 3.7.92, File-roller 3.7.92, Gcr 3.8.0, Gedit 3.7.5, GNOME Boxes 3.8.0, GNOME Clocks 3.8.0, GNOME Color Management 3.8.0, GNOME Disks 3.8.0, GNOME Documents 3.7.91, GNOME Icon Theme 3.8.0, GNOME Keyring 3.7.92, GNOME Online Accounts 3.8.1, GNOME Sushi 3.8.0, GNOME Themes 3.7.91, GNOME Tweak Tool 3.8.0, GNOME Weather 3.8.1, GTK 3.8.0, Zenity 3.7.2 and dependencies. A complete list can be found HERE. , GDM 3.7.90, Nautilus 3.7.90, Clutter 1.13.6, GTK 3.7.10, Gedit 3.7.4 and others. You can see a complete package list <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=raring">HERE</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Like I was saying above, <b>for some packages which are missing from this PPA, you can also add the GNOME 3 Staging PPA</b> (but remember that this PPA contains work in progress packages or packages for which there are known regressions).</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Empathy 3.7.92, Evolution 3.8.1, GDM 3.8.1.1, GNOME Contacts 3.8.1, GNOME Control Center 3.8.1, GNOME Terminal 3.8.0, Gvfs 1.16.1, Network Manager 0.9.8.0, Pulseaudio with Logind support, Samba 3.6.9, Systemd 198 and Vino 3.7.90 and dependencies. You can see a complete list of packages available in this PPA, <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3-staging/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=raring">HERE</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the GNOME 3 Staging PPA, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><b>Then, launch Software Updater and do an upgrade.</b><br /><br /><br />If you want to try the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/a-quick-look-at-new-gnome-classic.html">new Classic GNOME session</a>, install the following package:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions</code></pre>Then log out and select "GNOME Classic" from the login screen.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">About reporting bugs, here's what Jeremy has <a href="https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/msg00273.html">said</a> in his Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list message:</div><br /><blockquote>You can discuss issues with the PPAs in #ubuntu-gnome on Freenode/Ubuntu IRC and I believe it's ok to use Launchpad to report bugs as our work is the foundation for next cycle's packaging.</blockquote>

Install GNOME 3.8 In Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail [PPA]

A while back, it was decided that Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail will ship with GNOME 3.6 for the most part instead of GNOME 3.8. Ubuntu 13.0...

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