Lubuntu Icon Theme `Box` Sees New Release, Download It Now

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqJ3iT_sBIg-80tLNwWjKbe_SYLrAwV4wIiKJIYqxx90dPcR0GFul8hjTPC_RbkCzlJer0oyZGweJAVhGfZ7x3VuBk00bjQDa2IUIGARrlg-XjVj9K8Bi0DXQkL_gh4Dj2drbOghasD3m/s1600/lubuntu-box.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lubuntu Icon Theme Box" border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqJ3iT_sBIg-80tLNwWjKbe_SYLrAwV4wIiKJIYqxx90dPcR0GFul8hjTPC_RbkCzlJer0oyZGweJAVhGfZ7x3VuBk00bjQDa2IUIGARrlg-XjVj9K8Bi0DXQkL_gh4Dj2drbOghasD3m/s320/lubuntu-box.png" title="Lubuntu Icon Theme Box" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Lubuntu icon theme called "Box", that was introduced with <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/lubuntu-w-lxde-1210-overview.html">Lubuntu 12.10</a>, has reached version 0.38, getting many new and improved icons.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To celebrate the 0.38 release, an <a href="http://lubuntublog.blogspot.ro/2013/04/box-theme-reaches-038.html">article</a> on the Lubuntu blog links to the latest Box Icon Theme 0.38 so you can download and use it on any Linux system.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The icon theme doesn't fit Unity too well due to some missing indicator icons and also, there's only a variant for light panels (dark indicator icons), but if you have a bit of time you can fix that. However, the icon theme looks great in GNOME Shell for instance:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/lubuntu-box-icon-theme.png"><img alt="Lubuntu Box icon theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/lubuntu-box-icon-theme_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/133108/box038.tar.gz">Download Lubuntu Box icon theme</a> (<a href="http://launchpadlibrarian.net/136963997/box038.tar.gz">alternate download link</a>)</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To use it, extract the downloaded archive and copy it to <i>~/.icons</i> (".icons" is a hidden folder in your home directory so press CTRL + H to be able to see hidden folders; if this folder doesn't exist, create it). To change the icon theme to Box under Unity / GNOME Shell, use a tool such as GNOME Tweak Tool, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/unity-tweak-tool-available-in-ubuntu.html">Unity Tweak Tool</a>, Ubuntu Tweak, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/unsettings-tool-to-disable-global-menu.html">Unsettings</a> and so on to change the icon theme.</div>

Lubuntu Icon Theme `Box` Sees New Release, Download It Now

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Easily Sign The Ubuntu Code Of Conduct With CoC Signing Assistant

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Signing the Ubuntu <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct">Code of Conduct</a> may seem difficult, especially for relatively new Linux users so to make things easier, Marten de Vries has created an application called <a href="https://launchpad.net/code-of-conduct-signing-assistant">Code of Conduct Signing Assistant</a> which should make make it easier to sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>You need to sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct if you want to contribute to various Launchpad projects, upload packages to a Launchpad PPA and so on.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-vdDHr7w5xEMYGP1JUe0BAu3iCyZzOngVjte8HKvaWkTu9GDJ8y_FX6AJnHvRfSuIm04aJvK765XR05vFQFUA7oIfHGdcLsPKoGig_nmOpqu2VlkWd8FpMF9dasXwHHaSvi6wTG5vUFh/s1600/ubuntu-code-of-conduct.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu Code of Conduct Signing Assistant" border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-vdDHr7w5xEMYGP1JUe0BAu3iCyZzOngVjte8HKvaWkTu9GDJ8y_FX6AJnHvRfSuIm04aJvK765XR05vFQFUA7oIfHGdcLsPKoGig_nmOpqu2VlkWd8FpMF9dasXwHHaSvi6wTG5vUFh/s320/ubuntu-code-of-conduct.png" title="Ubuntu Code of Conduct Signing Assistant" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The first Code of Conduct Signing Assistant public version was released recently, so there might be some rough edges, but overall, the application serves its purpose and it's quite easy to use, especially compared to the <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Sign-the-Ubuntu-Code-of-Conduct">manual instructions</a> of signing the Ubuntu CoC.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Using the Code of Conduct Signing Assistant is pretty straight-forward, however, there are a couple of things you should be aware of:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- On the second page of the Code of Conduct Signing Assistant, you'll have to select a PGP key or create a new one. It's probably better to create the key via <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/01/how-to-create-your-own-gpg-key.html" title="How To Create A GPG Key">command line</a> before starting the Code of Conduct Assistant since you have more options which aren't available if you'll use the Code of Conduct Assistant and furthermore, once you create the key using the GUI, it may seem it didn't work because the application doesn't let the user know he must perform some actions to generate the key (for instance, creating the PGP key from the command line, you'll see a message like the following: "<i>We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number generator a better chance to gain enough entropy</i>").</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/code-of-conduct-signing-assistant_1.png"><img alt="Ubuntu Code of Conduct Signing Assistant" src="http://img.netupd8.com/code-of-conduct-signing-assistant_1_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- When you reach "page 7" (screenshot above), you'll have to download the Ubuntu Code of Conduct to your computer, however, the download link doesn't work in the Code of Conduct Signing Assistant window, or at least it didn't work for me so if that's the case for you too, right click the download link, select "Copy link" and copy it to a web browser so you can download the file.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That's pretty much it, the Code of Conduct Signing Assistant should take care of everything you need to sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Code of Conduct Signing Assistant in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. </b>Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 users will firstly need to install "python3-gnupg" from a PPA to be able to install this application, because that package isn't available in the Ubuntu repositories. You can <b>download python3-gnupg deb from <a href="https://launchpad.net/~quadrispro/+archive/backports/+packages?field.name_filter=python-gnupg&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=">HERE</a></b> (click the arrow next to the package name, then scroll down and click "<i>python3-gnupg*.deb</i>" (I've replaced the version in the filename with "*"), then install it.<br /><br />I didn't link directly to the deb file because if a newer version is uploaded, the link will stop working.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2. </b>Once you've installed the above dependency, you can <b>add the PPA and install Code of Conduct Signing Assistant in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04 using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marten-de-vries/code-of-conduct-signing-assistant-daily<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install code-of-conduct-signing-assistant</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, launch  Code of Conduct Signing Assistant from the Dash / menu and follow the instructions.<br /><br />If you don't want to add the PPA, you can download the Code of Conduct Signing Assistant deb or source code via <a href="https://launchpad.net/code-of-conduct-signing-assistant/+download">Launchpad</a>.</div>

Easily Sign The Ubuntu Code Of Conduct With CoC Signing Assistant

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How To Add Disqus Comment System in Blogger Blog & Website?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgH71usozEO54jS1iS1EMPTsZBBozxIHl4YeaTzQ7cKXLzFEQnyWj1fwhpp-rZ3LKVa8gBRpMCOJhJcTxrswjn_hLQsXUio9lRFPBeZwO_8bqC-Xjtoa7d2QfCOkhKzz7p390pvLCJ14/s1600/Discover+Your+community.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Disqus is a comments platform" border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgH71usozEO54jS1iS1EMPTsZBBozxIHl4YeaTzQ7cKXLzFEQnyWj1fwhpp-rZ3LKVa8gBRpMCOJhJcTxrswjn_hLQsXUio9lRFPBeZwO_8bqC-Xjtoa7d2QfCOkhKzz7p390pvLCJ14/s320/Discover+Your+community.jpg" title="Disqus is a comments platform" width="320" /></a></div><b>Disqus</b> is the new comment management system, most of bloggers and website owners used mostly.it is currently serving over 750,000 websites, In this article i am going to tell you about how to add <a href="http://ichibikarin.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-to-add-disqus-comment-system-in.html" target="_blank">Disqus</a> comments system with a few fast steps, you'll upgrade your recent <a href="http://ichibikarin.blogspot.com/search/label/Comments" target="_blank">comment</a> system with a new way to interact your guests.<br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br />Normally you don’t need to add the other comments system, because each website platform has their own discussion platform.But they're recent system. And if you're very little uninterested in blogger’s built-in system then you'll add Disqus comment system. This comment system can create your blog more professional. most important factor is, If you add disqus then comments are indexable by search engine therefore it's <a href="http://ichibikarin.blogspot.com/search/label/SEO" target="_blank">SEO</a> Friendly. this system, not just the for blogger you can also add this system to <a href="http://ichibikarin.blogspot.com/search/label/Blogger" target="_blank">Wordpress</a>, Blogger, Tumblr, Universal Code,  Squarespace, TypePad, MovableType, Drupal and Joomla.<br /><br /><b>Why should we use.?</b><br />There are many good features with Disqus comment system after we comparison it with <a href="http://ichibikarin.blogspot.com/search/label/Blogger" target="_blank">Blogger</a> default comment system.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Realtime comment system</li><li>Notification and reply system</li><li>Inline media embedding</li><li>Mobile commenting</li><li>Social integration</li><li>The Community Box</li><li>Liking and sharing</li><li>Moderation tools</li><li>Spam-Be-Gone</li><li>Mobile apps</li><li>Blacklists and whitelists</li><li>Import and export</li><li>International languages</li><li>SEO-friendly and local sync</li><li>Theme customization</li><li>Tweets and reactions</li><li>Profile management</li><li>Activity streams</li><li>Connected communities</li></ul><b>Follow the steps.</b><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>1.</b> At first you need to <span style="background-color: white; color: #464646; line-height: 25.1875px; text-align: justify;">register a free account for your website</span> on Disqus</span> website. Go to <b><a href="http://disqus.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">disqus.com</a></b> and click "<b>Get this on your site"</b> fill registration form, Give your Site URL, Site name, Site Short-name  Create your Disqus account by giving username, password and email address.<span style="background-color: #cccccc;">(Do not forget to verify your identity though email verification)</span> Then click Continue.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdE20kDKKJpdrOBJ3HBtCbCwHk_RbZC73nTDEN5eS7yQyAm0FIudHlCdyQUnu2b6yiJ9ald-EDEYHsg3cIFs4mDDYr1t_nesgOnyJtovd0Jt7Xd5OZ62iPWH3GkU2jmkI9qiY4qftnmMo/s1600/DISQUS+-+Register+site.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="DISQUS - Register site" border="0" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdE20kDKKJpdrOBJ3HBtCbCwHk_RbZC73nTDEN5eS7yQyAm0FIudHlCdyQUnu2b6yiJ9ald-EDEYHsg3cIFs4mDDYr1t_nesgOnyJtovd0Jt7Xd5OZ62iPWH3GkU2jmkI9qiY4qftnmMo/s640/DISQUS+-+Register+site.png" title="DISQUS - Register site" width="640" /></a></div>2. After pressing the Continue button, a new window will appear, which will ask you to select a Platform. Just Select "Your Platform(Blogger, WordPress)" from the list and proceed to the next step.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUybDECxhC84Q6SpOjzANK4fMBOTmTCyKHGSHT0dJpZ607a5DekQI7ypuyggbM4sqI2RzgHdQaP3DI6HEYeoW70ckzHcf2vQU9tsmrDImAN5b7A6UvWf0ggil7uAPTNHf4vNb44V1z1ik/s1600/Choose+a+platform+-+Settings+-+DISQUS.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Choose a platform - Settings - DISQUS" border="0" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUybDECxhC84Q6SpOjzANK4fMBOTmTCyKHGSHT0dJpZ607a5DekQI7ypuyggbM4sqI2RzgHdQaP3DI6HEYeoW70ckzHcf2vQU9tsmrDImAN5b7A6UvWf0ggil7uAPTNHf4vNb44V1z1ik/s640/Choose+a+platform+-+Settings+-+DISQUS.png" title="Choose a platform - Settings - DISQUS" width="640" /></a></div><br />3. Next click “Add disqusname to my Platform (WordPress,blogger, type-pad & other) site”<br />follow given instructions & continue all steps<br /><br />4. Your comments system is ready and look like below screen short..<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-gLCD3uD7r7o_GnT737vPMQ7uyu6AsPsVmL7wO4Hzbl0-sDCKsBBceT-P4Q5fLL1qbnlLTuX4hYcRLLd-8K0_75yFWEWtFgmYimdxJ2K0npzg7E45RmqHHLpvqyYGnus4r1nD86rYAU/s1600/Blogger+Known+DISQUS+comments+system.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Blogger Known DISQUS comments system" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-gLCD3uD7r7o_GnT737vPMQ7uyu6AsPsVmL7wO4Hzbl0-sDCKsBBceT-P4Q5fLL1qbnlLTuX4hYcRLLd-8K0_75yFWEWtFgmYimdxJ2K0npzg7E45RmqHHLpvqyYGnus4r1nD86rYAU/s640/Blogger+Known+DISQUS+comments+system.png" title="Blogger Known DISQUS comments system" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div></div>

How To Add Disqus Comment System in Blogger Blog & Website?

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Initial Optimus Support For Linux Available With Nvidia Graphics Drivers 319.12 Beta

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nvidia has released a new beta version of their Linux graphics today: <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-ia32-319.12-driver.html">319.12</a>, which includes quite a few changes, including initial Optimus support.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYMPp4yChvWxSm7h-qiVPVCJtnnUmmx74LQZfilcPp9sTXeIyhCXOqnVo5gZb_lxO02pLcIumIeZgNGaRfse2V74ZP2p3bCXKkOf7f1H3AJ9wfHWVxKXlAd2DStvatfBiic68LbV1B3CHR/s1600/nvidia-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nvidia logo" border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYMPp4yChvWxSm7h-qiVPVCJtnnUmmx74LQZfilcPp9sTXeIyhCXOqnVo5gZb_lxO02pLcIumIeZgNGaRfse2V74ZP2p3bCXKkOf7f1H3AJ9wfHWVxKXlAd2DStvatfBiic68LbV1B3CHR/s200/nvidia-logo.jpg" title="nvidia logo" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_Optimus">Nvidia Optimus</a> is a technology used to increase battery life by switching the dedicated GPU (Nvidia) off when it's not needed; when the dedicated GPU is off, the integrated graphics chip (Intel) is used. Until now, Linux users could take advantage of this technology through an unofficial project called <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/bumblebee-31-released-with-primus.html">Bumblebee</a>.</i><br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br />The Nvidia 319.12 beta Linux display driver changelog doesn't explicitly mention Optimus support, however, the following can be found in the <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-319.12-driver.html">release notes</a>: </div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"Added initial support for RandR 1.4 Provider objects with the Source Output capability, which can be used to render the desktop on an NVIDIA GPU and display it on an output connected to a provider with the Sink Output capability, such as an Intel integrated graphics device or a DisplayLink USB-to-VGA adapter". </blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Furthermore, the Nvidia 319.12 beta graphics drivers <a href="http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/319.12/README/randr14.html">README</a> gives some extra info on the graphics display offloading with RandR 1.4:</div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"Version 1.4 of the X Resize, Rotate, and Reflect Extension (RandR 1.4 for short) adds a way for drivers to work together so that one graphics device can display images rendered by another. This can be used on Optimus-based laptops to display a desktop rendered by an NVIDIA GPU on a screen connected to another graphics device, such as an Intel integrated graphics device or a USB-to-VGA adapter."</blockquote><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To be able to make use of the initial Optimus support in the latest Nvidia Linux graphics drivers, you'll need Xorg 1.13 or higher, xrandr command line utility version 1.4.0, a custom <i>xorg.conf</i> configuration which you can find in the drivers <a href="http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/319.12/README/randr14.html">README</a>, Linux Kernel with CONFIG_DRM enabled and the appropriate driver interfaces present (more on that, in the same README) and obviously, an Optimus-based laptop.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For now, the latest Nvidia 319.12 beta drivers don't work in Ubuntu by default, not even in Raring, because while Ubuntu has RandR 1.4, the xrandr command line utility version is 1.3.5. Furthermore, I'm not sure if the Ubuntu Kernel supports it (see above).<br /><br />Update: TiborB has pointed out in a <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/nvidia-releases-linux-graphics-drivers.html#comment-858631862">comment</a> that xrandr 1.3.5 that's available in Ubuntu Raring already has some 1.4 features so it might be enough for this to work but I haven't looked too much into this. I've tried the drivers yesterday in Ubuntu Raring on my Optimus-based laptop but I couldn't get it to work. I'll give it another try sometime (hopefully soon) to see if Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail users can get the initial Optimus support that's available in the Nvidia 319.12 graphics drivers.<br /></div><br /><b>Other changes in Nvidia 319.12 beta Linux graphics drivers:</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">added support for GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">added initial support for restoration of efifb consoles on UEFI systems; where the primary display is driven over VGA or TMDS (e.g. DVI, HDMI, or LVDS);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">added support for the xorg.conf Monitor section options "Ignore", "Enable", "Primary", and "Rotate";</li><li style="text-align: justify;">added an Underscan feature in the nvidia-settings X Server Display Configuration page which allows the configuration of an underscan border around the ViewPortOut.This feature was formerly known as Overscan Compensation;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">added support for application profiles to the NVIDIA client-side GLX implementation;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">added support to nvidia-installer for crytographically signing the NVIDIA kernel module;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">added nvidia-modprobe, a setuid root utility, to the driver package. nvidia-modprobe can be used by user-space NVIDIA driver components to make sure the NVIDIA kernel module is loaded and that the NVIDIA character device files are present;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">added a VDPAU page to the nvidia-settings control panel, to display information about the decoding capabilities of VDPAU-capable GPUs</li><li style="text-align: justify;">various other improvements and bug fixes; for the complete changelog, see the <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-319.12-driver.html">Nvidia Linux Drivers 319.12 Beta</a> page.</li></ul><br /><br /><b>Download Nvidia Linux Graphics Drivers 319.12 Beta: <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-ia32-319.12-driver.html">32bit</a> | <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-319.12-driver.html">64bit</a></b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTM0NzE">phoronix</a></i></div>

Initial Optimus Support For Linux Available With Nvidia Graphics Drivers 319.12 Beta

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New Unity Revamped PPA For Ubuntu 12.04 With Extra Tweaks

<div style="text-align: justify;">The popular Unity Revamped PPA has stopped working once again a while back, but there's a new PPA that adds the same features to Unity along with some extra ones such as the Unity Touch Launcher icons.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/new-unity-revamped.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYdagvs-cN_-z6fMwfAgyue9kIELP_6OA1k4M37UY38ukbSUHBaXPY4MxX9_SGEnF9umq5fJuEhk6xgkBq1ejTjcWNvuTQ-4paKXSsV-STS1uSIrr663au8JCubs7JT9bnTMrnRldG91G/s320/new-unity-revamped.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new Unity Revamped PPA, maintained by <a href="http://garhuy.blogspot.com/">Garhuy</a>, is only <b>available for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and adds the following features to Unity (with Compiz):</b></div><ul><li>re-added Dodge Windows behavior;</li><li>minimize on click for Launcher items;</li><li>option to enable/disable the Workspace Switcher icon on the Launcher</li><li>Ubuntu Raring launcher assets (the new BFB icon - the button used to open Dash, workspace switcher, etc);</li><li>Ubuntu Touch Launcher icons.</li></ul><br /><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/unity-revamped-launcher.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Unity Revamped touch icons" src="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-launcher_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unity Launcher in Ubuntu 12.04 with Raring assets and Ubuntu Touch icons</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The PPA also adds Ubuntu Touch Launcher icons and the Ubuntu Raring Launcher assets for Unity 2D:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-2d.png"><img alt="Unity 2D revamped" src="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-2d_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, the PPA description mentions that you should also get an option to allow the menus to be permanently visible, however, in my test I couldn't find this option in CCSM so I think the patch for this has been removed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Below you can watch an old video demoing the Dodge Windows and minimize on click features:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q2rj18H0M38" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2rj18H0M38">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Upgrade Unity to the patched version available in the Unity Revamped PPA in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS</h2><br /><b>To add this Unity Revamped PPA and upgrade Unity to get the features mentioned above in Ubuntu 12.04  LTS, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:garhuy/unity<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get upgrade</code></pre><br />Note: I've only tested the PPA in VirtualBox!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once the upgrade is complete, log out and log back in. To enable/disable Dodge Windows, install CompizConfig Settings Manager:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then under the Unity plugin > Behaviour, set "Hide Launcher" to "Dodge Windows" or "Dodge Active Window":</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-dodge-windows.png"><img alt="Unity Revamped" src="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-dodge-windows_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To enable/disable the Workspace Switcher icon, switch to the "Experimental" tab under the same Unity plugin options in CCSM and scroll down to "Show Expo icon in the launcher":</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-expo-icon.png"><img alt="Unity Revamped" src="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-expo-icon_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Reverting the changes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If something doesn't work properly or you simply don't want to use this PPA anymore, you can go back to the original Unity packages from the Ubuntu repositories by purging the PPA:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ppa-purge<br />sudo ppa-purge ppa:garhuy/unity</code></pre>

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Fuduntu 2013.2 Available For Download, Includes New Lite Version

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.fuduntu.org/">Fuduntu</a> is a Linux distribution forked from Fedora that uses GNOME 2 by default, which provides rolling updates for the applications so you can always have the latest Firefox, Chromium, VLC, GIMP, LibreOffice and so on. </b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/fuduntu-2013-2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fuduntu 2013.2 screenshot" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQ3xJpKmaT8jJaeWvb3lv2pXeu9LDQfyVnFcs4Gpez5IAKieQ9E-W37_Wv6klduqRQVeaDxED8v1uXxZMAdR4tPVjCAx7niU2k5AOjOeXtzVLwS0UhOhETs89oG0rKX3k5vQlJeaYXZWd/s320/fuduntu.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Fuduntu 2013.2, which has been <a href="http://www.fuduntu.org/blog/2013/04/08/fuduntu-2013-2-release/">released</a> today, includes a new lightweight version called Fuduntu Lite</b>, especially useful for netbooks but not only, which doesn't include applications such as GIMP, Thunderbird or LibreOffice by default and so it requires 3-4 GB less hard drive space, depending on architecture.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new release also comes with <b>updated Mesa library</b> which allows users to <b>play more games</b>, including Half Life and Counter Strike: Source, <b>without installing proprietary drivers</b>.</div><br />Updated packages in the latest Fuduntu 2013.2 release include:<br /><ul><li>Linux Kernel 3.8.3-3;</li><li>LIbreOffice 4.0.1.2;</li><li>Chromium 25.0.1364.172;</li><li>Firefox 19.0.2;</li><li>Thunderbird 17.0.4;</li><li>GIMP 2.8.4/</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, <b>XBMC</b> Media Center has been added to the Fuduntu repositories.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Fuduntu 2013.2 release <a href="http://www.fuduntu.org/blog/2013/04/08/fuduntu-2013-2-release/">announcement</a> mentions that the team has grown and further more, <b>a Fuduntu KDE spin should be available in the future</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first thing you'll notice when you log in to Fuduntu is a GNOME 2 panel at the top with a classic-style menu and Cairo Dock at the bottom with some of the default applications: Chromium, VLC, Pidgin and LibreOffice, as well as a welcome screen that will help you get started with Fuduntu. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other applications included by default in the main edition: Nautilus elementary, Dropbox, Thunderbird, Shotwell, GIMP, Shutter, Brasero, Cheese, Deja Dup, Gparted and around 15 games. You'll also be able to easily install popular software such as <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-use-netflix-in-ubuntu-through.html">Steam, Netflix</a> and so on, from the Fuduntu repositories.</div><br />Here are a few more Fuduntu screenshots:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/fuduntu2013-2.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Fuduntu 2013.2" src="http://img.netupd8.com/fuduntu2013-2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/fuduntu2013-2_1.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Fuduntu 2013.2" src="http://img.netupd8.com/fuduntu2013-2_1_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/fuduntu2013-2_3.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Fuduntu 2013.2" src="http://img.netupd8.com/fuduntu2013-2_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Download Fuduntu</h2><br /><b>Fuduntu is available for 32bit and 64bit in two editions: Full and Lite:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fuduntu.org/get.php">Download Fuduntu</a></div>

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Convert Audio, Video, Image And Document Files With FF Multi Converter

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ffmulticonverter/home">FF Multi Converter</a> is a utility that allows you to convert audio, video, image and document files between various formats, using tools such as FFmpeg, unoconv and PythonMagick.</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ffmulticonvert.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ff multi convert" border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsxYU1MgoM_tMDrGJy0XXRgWze9ez_3OQfx6nWw3q3LyLqnPY_LhgltDc9W2cl3BiX1G_PBjyX01fSz1Hvok6tYmRSwULvf3oi1ixf_cwqR43TMsQm_U5w_a0hNQWvQbk0JqpRQFffwinc/s320/ffmulticonvert.png" title="ff multi converter" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><a name="more"></a><b>FF Multi Converter supports the following formats:</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">audio/video: aac, ac3, afc, aiff, amr, asf, au, avi, dvd, flac, flv, mka, mkv, mmf, mov, mp3, mp4, mpg, ogg, ogv, psp, rm, spx, vob, wav, webm, wma, wmv;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">image: bmp, cgm, dpx, emf, eps, fpx, gif, jbig, jng, jpeg, mrsid, p7, pdf, picon, png, ppm, psd, rad, tga, tif, webp, xpm;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">documents: doc > odt, pdf; html > odt; odp > pdf, ppt; ods > pdf; odt > doc, html, pdf, rtf, sxw, txt, xml; ppt > odp; rtf > odt; sdw > odt; sxw > odt; txt -> odt; xls > ods; xml > doc, odt, pdf.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">FF Multi Converter also comes with quite a few presets (which can be edited and you can also import / export presets) for Android, iPod, Blackberry and more, however, they are a bit confusing and it would be very useful to have a description for each preset.</div><ul style="text-align: justify;"></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">The application tries to display missing dependencies (without which you can't convert to some formats) in the status bar, however, this won't detect if you have FFmpeg built with or without libfaac support for instance so for that you should use the <a href="http://www.medibuntu.org/">Medibuntu</a> repository and install "<i>libavcodec-extra-53</i>".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And speaking of Medibuntu, its current maintainer is looking for new maintainer(s). <b>Unless a new maintainer is found, Medibuntu will stop working</b> soon. More info <a href="https://launchpad.net/medibuntu/+announcement/11219">HERE</a>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ffmulticonvert_2.png"><img alt="FF Multi Converter" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ffmulticonvert_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>FF Multi Converter 1.5.0</b>, which has been released recently, comes with a <b>new user interface</b> that allows users to select <b>multiple files for conversion</b>, supports <b>drag and drop</b> via file manager or pass the files as command line arguments, <b>parallel conversions</b> so you can converts different formats in the same time (e.g.: convert videos, images and documents simultaneously) and some bug fixes.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install FF Multi Converter in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu users can install the latest FF Multi Converter by using its stable PPA. Add the PPA and install it using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ffmulticonverter/stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install ffmulticonverter</code></pre><br /><b>Arch Linux </b>users can install FF Multi Converter via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=54114">AUR</a>.<br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, see the FF Multi Converter <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ffmulticonverter/download">download page</a>.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2013/04/ff-multi-converter-150-arriva-la-nuova.html">lffl.org</a></i></div>

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