HTC One Mini (LEAKED)

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcAsKU52pzuYpYWw9I3LFQiJrVRHvKZGUVpDBoLfNY3Cx0uqQeICh1SC9js6YXSvz61rdnHdN4DDkRUMjeHWs7JSx-TJP8MaWNN-pr8yXbk79zQs8sNuh_r_hjOS7uh6rZw3oIAhFGxpMZ/s1600/gsmarena_001-780741.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5886858184674616402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcAsKU52pzuYpYWw9I3LFQiJrVRHvKZGUVpDBoLfNY3Cx0uqQeICh1SC9js6YXSvz61rdnHdN4DDkRUMjeHWs7JSx-TJP8MaWNN-pr8yXbk79zQs8sNuh_r_hjOS7uh6rZw3oIAhFGxpMZ/s320/gsmarena_001-780741.jpg" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkX_XmnPpMTh0tiGSwa59UhXdL7J0ZS-CzzuQ4nDiVev1_ZQkwJJnWeck-5Vx-3M3_3yxI_4OsgnDqKx5W7TQIrsyaVXWdMc2C-TwBoVbv0DKKKZXI1gom_kwBPRe5A1PGBmhlHrmtxOGq/s1600/gsmarena_002-783023.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5886858199509182770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkX_XmnPpMTh0tiGSwa59UhXdL7J0ZS-CzzuQ4nDiVev1_ZQkwJJnWeck-5Vx-3M3_3yxI_4OsgnDqKx5W7TQIrsyaVXWdMc2C-TwBoVbv0DKKKZXI1gom_kwBPRe5A1PGBmhlHrmtxOGq/s320/gsmarena_002-783023.jpg" /></a></p>Hello friends , <br /><br>After a blazing entrance of HTC One in the mobile market creating a lot of buzz with the ultra pixel camera , the Mini version of the beast has released.<br /><br><br /><br>Yes , its non other than the HTC One Mini .. <br /><br><br /><br>The device has some of the great features present in the One that is ultra pixel camera , aluminium body with beats audio and stereo speakers at the front. This is a phone that has a name tag if mini but truly its not that, much greater than any minimal phone in the market ..<br /><br>The screen size of the phone is obviously smaller at 4.3 inch .<br /><br><br /><br>The resolution is also quite impressive at 720p . <br /><br>The processor of the phone is lower than the giant instead of quad core, there's a dual core proccy present . The ram remains same when compared to HTC One that is of 2gb . The memory is also cut down at 16Gb . <br /><br>The phone is expected to run Android 4.2.2 .<br /><br><br /><br>The price of the phone is expected too be around €400 ($500-600) <br /><br>This seems a good phone for those who can't afford the giant version. But I will be pleased to hear your views about the phone.<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br><br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>Photo credit : Gsm <a href="http://arena.com">arena.com</a>

HTC One Mini (LEAKED)

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Regarding the blog

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_-0ZV9e7hyOU3viz-i0LNfQ2i93moBDMzDKv0gzrORNLqXMhLZcPYO_ewYvWayio9B2ND0fgO3sVzssSHF9Z1oKJBnLbHDa6_nw3Le_SIilNTJByG8urUrj2Mw1wmr_pZZpGiChyLpe4/s1600/IPad+Wallpaper-703701.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5886850129370629234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_-0ZV9e7hyOU3viz-i0LNfQ2i93moBDMzDKv0gzrORNLqXMhLZcPYO_ewYvWayio9B2ND0fgO3sVzssSHF9Z1oKJBnLbHDa6_nw3Le_SIilNTJByG8urUrj2Mw1wmr_pZZpGiChyLpe4/s320/IPad+Wallpaper-703701.jpg" /></a></p>Hello every one, all of you may be wondering why the blog isn't updating . The reason of that question is the reason if writing this post . <br /><br><br /><br>A few days ago my laptop died ... The hard disk failed ... This resulting in major damage to me and my fellow blog readers .. I currently don't know when the problem will be fixed as my examinations are also near . But however I will try my level best to post new content using the email blogger feature. however the content would not be as great as it usesmd to be .. Just keep supporting and I will try my level best to fix the problem. <br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>Thank You ....

Regarding the blog

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Install OpenJDK Patched With Font Fixes [Ubuntu PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;">While working on the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/better-font-rendering-in-linux-with.html" title="Better Font Rendering In Linux With Infinality">Infinality</a> article, I've noticed that "<i>slow</i>", who is behind the Infinality PPA for Ubuntu, maintains another <b>PPA for OpenJDK7 which comes with a patch that improves the font rendering for Java / Swing applications in Linux</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Using this patched OpenJDK, the font rendering for Java / Swing applications should look almost native - take a look at these IntelliJ IDEA screenshots (<b>make sure you check out the images in full size</b> - 100% zoom -, or else they will look blurry):</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/AVvXsEjmE6pk-IWS7-JX3kIFhMyrWJzo6JI-lEk08mUdISan4YDaZOOkDKXQWMSXmyk6EC83buweCg2I0Kos961uJlWItfHdQl8POjQDRzX8HWFNIucQ_2LyzSoaese3Cg-M7lL2Gk2ffKEzGbXs/s1600/intellij-idea-before.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Before installing the patched OpenJDK"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmE6pk-IWS7-JX3kIFhMyrWJzo6JI-lEk08mUdISan4YDaZOOkDKXQWMSXmyk6EC83buweCg2I0Kos961uJlWItfHdQl8POjQDRzX8HWFNIucQ_2LyzSoaese3Cg-M7lL2Gk2ffKEzGbXs/s320/intellij-idea-before.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before installing the patched OpenJDK</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/AVvXsEgfoHPuhNrjSTGW5EWuKAeqPepRlfVLHP_UgLJ-qaLtKHEx7hI-CL7CGfI-1pb7_zPv786hFt_nacPidXWJaJYzqKIwwsNnZZ9lsKfRMAARSbiZ9S4wcfrcs7a6QJNRXDwpsJfJtZkaq8kn/s1600/intellig-idea-after.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="After installing the patched OpenJDK"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoHPuhNrjSTGW5EWuKAeqPepRlfVLHP_UgLJ-qaLtKHEx7hI-CL7CGfI-1pb7_zPv786hFt_nacPidXWJaJYzqKIwwsNnZZ9lsKfRMAARSbiZ9S4wcfrcs7a6QJNRXDwpsJfJtZkaq8kn/s320/intellig-idea-after.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After installing the patched OpenJDK</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And another set of screenshots which use a dark background and different font (taken from the PPA description):</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/AVvXsEjWZWR1LhYVSGeb3SP2MPWI6j3-OFEr6C5_V35icE8H74p1ZVgXno3hxMllmF0fhmgwKz28TvP56225virCadiQpqzRJxi-a-DL13vsud8iHGrzGztg8Z1AJKa9YtEQyqKg8Gj1GfUWz1FO/s1600/ij-before.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Before"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZWR1LhYVSGeb3SP2MPWI6j3-OFEr6C5_V35icE8H74p1ZVgXno3hxMllmF0fhmgwKz28TvP56225virCadiQpqzRJxi-a-DL13vsud8iHGrzGztg8Z1AJKa9YtEQyqKg8Gj1GfUWz1FO/s320/ij-before.png" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before</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/AVvXsEhB4x8hUxKCyXISqlvarj1Njw9CDXzbC77PaTtQrwF_1QYyVD5xvxUKh3iqMZNzUdzt6Es3JvnNcNxYCQt0DmsvVs0ElQdvHyRxJKRY_iMx804jFV1rN1uaMo8_pkG_66BgHjlnYbMGB1at/s1600/ij-after.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="After"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4x8hUxKCyXISqlvarj1Njw9CDXzbC77PaTtQrwF_1QYyVD5xvxUKh3iqMZNzUdzt6Es3JvnNcNxYCQt0DmsvVs0ElQdvHyRxJKRY_iMx804jFV1rN1uaMo8_pkG_66BgHjlnYbMGB1at/s320/ij-after.png" width="315" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: since this is for OpenJDK 7, it obviously doesn't have any effect if you use <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html" title="Install Oracle Java 7 in Ubuntu via PPA Repository">Oracle Java</a> or OpenJDK 6, so make sure your applications use OpenJDK 7 when trying this.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install OpenJDK7 with font fixes in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04 and 12.04 users can install this patched OpenJDK by using slow's PPA</b>. To add the PPA and upgrade to the patched OpenJDK / OpenJRE, use the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:no1wantdthisname/openjdk-fontfix<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get upgrade</code></pre><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install this via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/jre7-openjdk-headless-fontfix/">AUR</a>. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For<b> other Linux distributions</b>, you can get the patch from <a href="https://gist.github.com/2963640">HERE</a> (altough that might be an older version of the patch - see <a href="http://www.infinality.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=275">THIS</a> Infinality forum post for more info).</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Revert the changes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To revert the changes and install the unpatched OpenJDK back in Ubuntu, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ppa-purge<br />sudo ppa-purge ppa:no1wantdthisname/openjdk-fontfix</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>once again, thanks to "<a href="https://launchpad.net/~no1wantdthisname">slow</a>" for the PPA! </i></div>

Install OpenJDK Patched With Font Fixes [Ubuntu PPA]

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Unity Smart Scopes Feature Lands In Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander [Video]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/how-to-install-unity-smart-scopes-in.html">Unity Smart Scopes</a> (also known as "100 scopes") feature has landed in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander today</b>. <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SmartScopes1304Spec">This feature</a> tries to provide a smarter Dash search experience by returning results relevant to the search query.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYyiZutC0yyPGuaWB7lFGNkCrHQ7PuAS9KS3sr-JvbGjmtTkuKxz8NL3yi2nQfckY2o9HjaSfFBvtq9MwyxvyqmM3_Xx77IoZhtCIGLklxoCsUc3OFmD7G3AESjjvgvtlXv1wW2DzSUQk5/s1600/unity-smart-scopes-amsterdam.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYyiZutC0yyPGuaWB7lFGNkCrHQ7PuAS9KS3sr-JvbGjmtTkuKxz8NL3yi2nQfckY2o9HjaSfFBvtq9MwyxvyqmM3_Xx77IoZhtCIGLklxoCsUc3OFmD7G3AESjjvgvtlXv1wW2DzSUQk5/s320/unity-smart-scopes-amsterdam.png" title="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The project is also known as "100 Scopes" and it was initially supposed to land in Ubuntu 13.04 but it wasn't completely ready so it was postponed for 13.10. There aren't 100 scopes yet, but there are already quite a few useful scopes, such as:</div><ul><li>Amazon</li><li>Audacious</li><li>Banshee</li><li>Calculator</li><li>Chromium bookmarks</li><li>Clementine</li><li>Colour Lovers</li><li>Commands</li><li>DevHelp</li><li>DeviantArt</li><li>Dictionary</li><li>DuckDuckGo Related</li><li>Facebook</li><li>Firefox bookmarks</li><li>Flickr</li><li>Gallica</li><li>GitHub</li><li>gMusicBrowser</li><li>Google Drive</li><li>Google News</li><li>Gourmet</li><li>Guayadeque</li><li>Manpages</li><li>Ubuntu One Music Store</li><li>Ubuntu One Music Search</li><li>Musique</li><li>OpenClipArt</li><li>OpenWeatherMap</li><li>Picasa</li><li>Remote Videos</li><li>Rhythmbox</li><li>Shotwell</li><li>Skimlinks</li><li>SoundCloud</li><li>TexDoc</li><li>Tomboy</li><li>VirtualBox</li><li>Yahoo Finance</li><li>Yelp</li><li>Zotero</li><li>Wikipedia</li></ul><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>"The Dash now gets and contributes information from a central server on which scopes are best able to answer Dash queries, in order to make the Dash home scope maximally useful through community-contributed scopes and usage data. As before, the Dash can be restricted from including any online content or contribution in the Privacy system settings." </i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">via <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SmartScopes1304Spec">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SmartScopes1304Spec</a></div></blockquote><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Here's how the Unity Smart Scopes feature works</b>: when searching for something on the home lens, Dash tries to guess which search categories should be selected by using the information it has about it in its central server. For instance, if you search for "Pantera", Dash selects "Music", "References" and some other categories. The categories selected automatically by Dash can be changed so you can manually select or unselect some categories:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCbuhDAbci6c9OJE57-4WnR2T8ssI5lw6ChO8N_c3z3cabbLbsqSwpmx4efraJaKU9HXOE6QPhTSqFU-6_5ijLA_l_oStCjFZpULhm2qBRXsnAJS5Fxcd8wudvXpq25mwq-BRFeD2__jU1/s1600/unity-smart-scopes-pantera.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCbuhDAbci6c9OJE57-4WnR2T8ssI5lw6ChO8N_c3z3cabbLbsqSwpmx4efraJaKU9HXOE6QPhTSqFU-6_5ijLA_l_oStCjFZpULhm2qBRXsnAJS5Fxcd8wudvXpq25mwq-BRFeD2__jU1/s320/unity-smart-scopes-pantera.png" title="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Each category has multiple sources (scopes) and for example, selecting the "Reference" category will select the "Wikipedia", "Dictionary" and "Zotero" sources. Just like the categories, the sources can also be selected / deselected manually.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Furthermore, <b>most of the scopes come with Dash Previews</b>, allowing you to take a quick look at a Wikipedia article for instance, see the detailed weather forecast for a city and so on:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojdv5qIzE9dxEXs6ILemDbozoq07emlDKVAgrcLOr0_-mciUxymgrtYX1wNrvUHSfQgD_ZpR37DBurxV-hlozRV0iyNKuxIhsH3Wy5jmGnLlIix-NZMDPxKjDzRd0706vl3kkWo5tSnoZ/s1600/saucy-weather-preview.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojdv5qIzE9dxEXs6ILemDbozoq07emlDKVAgrcLOr0_-mciUxymgrtYX1wNrvUHSfQgD_ZpR37DBurxV-hlozRV0iyNKuxIhsH3Wy5jmGnLlIix-NZMDPxKjDzRd0706vl3kkWo5tSnoZ/s320/saucy-weather-preview.png" title="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGj87CKTDPFaLqhzXzfYcuAA40cxvuL5oOeo-igtYVFlr_771FUEzu0avf6tTBdOa8YBY-fB2zSz84bpF37ldeylpdeeVuQdwFvKeRTZLnUcLPMy1HknosEEVzKv3qAMLrxQNKvIi3khLW/s1600/unity-smart-scopes-wiki.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGj87CKTDPFaLqhzXzfYcuAA40cxvuL5oOeo-igtYVFlr_771FUEzu0avf6tTBdOa8YBY-fB2zSz84bpF37ldeylpdeeVuQdwFvKeRTZLnUcLPMy1HknosEEVzKv3qAMLrxQNKvIi3khLW/s320/unity-smart-scopes-wiki.png" title="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Dash Previews for the new scopes still need some polish - as you can see above, the Wikipedia icon doesn't look too good in the preview -, but they work pretty great already.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The scopes can be individually enabled or disabled from the Applications Lens</b>, by selecting "Search plugins" and then opening the preview for the plugin/scope you want to enable or disable:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPpVSJP2PsWeZ_2s-wOdi1DqRiWMgtR6lFqWVx-_gMEIWnMdABYg4ry6sPuxTaUZ-FoUiwGnYCautDvo1kKP_afIslAACio6gqBdZGVFvyvOUK9no0rLyNiUqGHyYV-I50VHm6QRK1EhL/s1600/ubuntu13.10-unity-smart-scopes-enable-previews.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPpVSJP2PsWeZ_2s-wOdi1DqRiWMgtR6lFqWVx-_gMEIWnMdABYg4ry6sPuxTaUZ-FoUiwGnYCautDvo1kKP_afIslAACio6gqBdZGVFvyvOUK9no0rLyNiUqGHyYV-I50VHm6QRK1EhL/s320/ubuntu13.10-unity-smart-scopes-enable-previews.png" title="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98SZJjLAgfBEP5nGXJp2NRXgFMZINji2juPjQTviiv7IQJTuiBC7vGkMve7xoSTJTbjp2-UFwq14hKWMoeODaPCCUh6Qsw318oMd6ro46Jy_TInPJH0-h3Som8QL3jpBXKS0ajIVnmOMW/s1600/ubuntu13.10-unity-smart-scopes-enable.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98SZJjLAgfBEP5nGXJp2NRXgFMZINji2juPjQTviiv7IQJTuiBC7vGkMve7xoSTJTbjp2-UFwq14hKWMoeODaPCCUh6Qsw318oMd6ro46Jy_TInPJH0-h3Som8QL3jpBXKS0ajIVnmOMW/s320/ubuntu13.10-unity-smart-scopes-enable.png" title="Ubuntu 13.10 Unity Smart Scopes" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Video: Unity Smart Scopes in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander</h2><br />Below you can watch a quick Unity Smart Scopes demo video which I've recorded in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander today:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zzXvZt0TUCg" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzXvZt0TUCg">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides this feature, there have been many changes in the Unity package uploaded today in the Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander repositories, like support for payment previews that will allow users to buy music from within the Dash and many fixes, including a fix for <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/fix-shadow-displayed-on-top-of-full.html">the bug</a> we wrote about a while back that caused the panel shadow to show up on top of full-screen windows. You can see the complete changelog for today's Unity update in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/saucy/+source/unity/7.0.0daily13.06.07-0ubuntu1">HERE</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, in my test today, left clicking an application in Dash opens its Dash Preview instead of launching it, but I'm guessing this is a bug.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To get the Unity Smart Scopes feature you need to either use Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, currently under development (I don't recommend installing it yet, it's pre-alpha) or use the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/how-to-install-unity-smart-scopes-in.html">Unity Smart Scopes PPA in Ubuntu 13.04</a>. </b></div>

Unity Smart Scopes Feature Lands In Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander [Video]

The Unity Smart Scopes (also known as "100 scopes") feature has landed in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander today . This feature tri...

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Video Showing The Current Ubuntu Phone State

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Jono Bacon, the Ubuntu Community Manager, has <a href="http://www.jonobacon.org/2013/06/07/ubuntu-phone-video-demo/">posted</a> a video today in which he shows the current state of Ubuntu Phone OS running on a Galaxy Nexus.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">In the video you can see some of the core functionality like receiving a phone call and text, multitasking, as well as some apps like the weather app, web browser, Friends (the social networking application) and more. The phone lags at times and Jono says that's because "<i>there hasn't been any performance management that's been done yet, the team has been working on just getting the core functionality working</i>".</div><br />You can watch the Ubuntu Phone demo video below:<br /><br /><center><iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q566IGyVB0o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q566IGyVB0o">direct video link</a>)</center>

Video Showing The Current Ubuntu Phone State

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Xfce Theme Manager: A Single GUI To Change Any Xfce Theme (With Previews)

<div style="text-align: justify;">Xfce uses multiple settings GUIs for setting the window border, controls, icons, mouse cursor theme and so on and it doesn't include any thumbnails. However,<b> if you customize your Xfce desktop frequently, you can use a tool called Xfce Theme Manager which allows you to change the themes from a single GUI and it also includes thumbnails</b> so you can see how the theme looks like before applying it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTrBGc8QM0DZm02riFGSpQtETMIzaJif6rP5wZufEtmXYnjxXIrculjnTkBiRTpSLbKXtQm29SObOmNa7YUvJPUCCH_o2jjZS9VN8cAhp_JWBIPXi2Gcc9AnZ69inq2NGbSu2XlqfJJRd/s1600/xfce-theme-manager.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTrBGc8QM0DZm02riFGSpQtETMIzaJif6rP5wZufEtmXYnjxXIrculjnTkBiRTpSLbKXtQm29SObOmNa7YUvJPUCCH_o2jjZS9VN8cAhp_JWBIPXi2Gcc9AnZ69inq2NGbSu2XlqfJJRd/s320/xfce-theme-manager.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>Xfce Theme Manager allows settings the following:</b><br /><ul><li>complete Xfce theme (window border, controls)</li><li>window borders only</li><li>controls only</li><li>icon theme</li><li>cursor theme</li><li>change the wallpaper</li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK60TpRNg0kJV2MScsqFIUtf4QHAl84USjjBatpVTMt_aZdIrGLeGPqaxEWEWpiUGPLQWqO0BZeLjp-d-k5_oeIquglqRnjxWYTBoDCSJNOLCPetmb5mK7JXABb7XK6JV3sutvsM8BBDPm/s1600/xfce-theme-manager-advanced.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK60TpRNg0kJV2MScsqFIUtf4QHAl84USjjBatpVTMt_aZdIrGLeGPqaxEWEWpiUGPLQWqO0BZeLjp-d-k5_oeIquglqRnjxWYTBoDCSJNOLCPetmb5mK7JXABb7XK6JV3sutvsM8BBDPm/s320/xfce-theme-manager-advanced.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, under "Advanced" (screenshot above), you can adjust various settings like backdrop brightness and saturation, window button layout, window title position, change the fonts and the cursor size.</div><br />Other features included in Xfce Theme Manager:<br /><ul><li>customizable theme preview size: you can choose between huge, large, medium and small previews;</li><li>save the current theme (in case you use the window border from one theme and the controls from another theme for instance) which includes the wallpaper, font and so on;</li><li>install themes using drag'n'drop (the themes must be tar.gz archives);</li><li>reset the theme.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I did find one annoyance with Xfce Theme Manager though: when installing new themes, you must click the "Rebuild DB" (rebuild the themes database) under "Advanced" or else the newly installed themes won't show up or at least not immediately.</div><br />Here are a few more Xfce Theme Manager screenshots:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDNJj9DjW-PpRKwGySMANKucOBkwmE67pvyM_jzMrxEYqhzKUU15bBfLkHbynT2OkIUHwD1EFWt2zCyyb_m__RxSr7WZgNdg0fFpCW3wrFNX3rbP7WONLJ0Sj7uNkPeZONHzMT1sJLh-a/s1600/xfce-theme-manager_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDNJj9DjW-PpRKwGySMANKucOBkwmE67pvyM_jzMrxEYqhzKUU15bBfLkHbynT2OkIUHwD1EFWt2zCyyb_m__RxSr7WZgNdg0fFpCW3wrFNX3rbP7WONLJ0Sj7uNkPeZONHzMT1sJLh-a/s320/xfce-theme-manager_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0olbG4NohL-j3qw9wdUzTFG5-X7zpB1JnKmxvictN8_5Xgc427Hy72JNyyoNJ3MPZeALzKo3L-1iSpfRWNNbnq8QGYntjy-AbfC4jku97_HKl2JeyW6yyU7agNpCI1YXfE0Z4YDrgJ7D7/s1600/xfce-theme-manager_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0olbG4NohL-j3qw9wdUzTFG5-X7zpB1JnKmxvictN8_5Xgc427Hy72JNyyoNJ3MPZeALzKo3L-1iSpfRWNNbnq8QGYntjy-AbfC4jku97_HKl2JeyW6yyU7agNpCI1YXfE0Z4YDrgJ7D7/s320/xfce-theme-manager_3.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZi8tyg12htwR6bgWooIa4nwdgtZr6sPeVfQQLMwNHJXSCCG08fTQ7sB0wROMUYgIHmIIfHcDCMKv6s-1tI7B12UffmCk3Whq5RMfxg76jbuyAY3QSHCgPCC1HzbF6lbC1vYlQBXt9OcO/s1600/xfce-theme-manager_4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZi8tyg12htwR6bgWooIa4nwdgtZr6sPeVfQQLMwNHJXSCCG08fTQ7sB0wROMUYgIHmIIfHcDCMKv6s-1tI7B12UffmCk3Whq5RMfxg76jbuyAY3QSHCgPCC1HzbF6lbC1vYlQBXt9OcO/s320/xfce-theme-manager_4.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Xfce Theme Manager in Xubuntu</h2><br />Xubuntu users can install Xfce Theme Manager from a PPA. <b>The packages in the PPA below require Xfce 4.10, which is available by default in Xubuntu 12.10 and 13.04, but it's not available in Xubuntu 12.04 so for it, you'll also need to add the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/install-xfce-410-in-xubuntu-1204.html">Xfce 4.10 Xubuntu 12.04 PPA</a>!</b> Alternatively, you can also build it from source (download link at the bottom of the post).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">That said, let's <b>add the PPA and install Xfce Theme Manager in Xubuntu:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rebuntu16/other-stuff <br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install xfce-theme-manager</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, the application should show up in the Xfce Settings Manager.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're not using Xubuntu, you can <b>download Xfce Theme Manager from <a href="http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php?content=149647">xfce-look.org</a></b>.</div>

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Better Font Rendering In Linux With Infinality

<div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Many of you have probably already heard of Infinality, but I've decided to write a post about it anyway, for those who aren't familiar with it yet, because it greatly improves the font rendering on Linux.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.infinality.net/">Infinality</a> is a set of Freetype patches that try to provide an improved font rendering for Linux and also, to allow easy customization</b> so the users can adjust the settings to their taste. Using it, <b>you can easily set the font style to emulate OSX, OSX2, Windows 98, WIndows XP or Windows 7</b> or you can use the<b> "Linux" or "Infinality" (default) styles</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">While Infinality is very useful for most Linux distributions, the Ubuntu font rendering is pretty good already, but even so, there are quite a few Ubuntu users who install Infinality, like Miroslav Hadzhiev (Мирослав Хаджиев), the Ubuntu Bulgarian Translators admin, who says that: "<i>[...] this [Infinality] project has brought me back to Linux. I work with documents all day long so the fonts are VERY important to me</i>". He adds that using Infinality, the fonts are<i> sharper and more vivid</i> on large screens - <a href="http://img.netupd8.com/infinality-ubuntu.png" target="_blank">here's a screenshot</a> from Miroslav's Ubuntu computer (on the left: Ubuntu default; on the right: Infinality with "Linux" style).</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Using Infinality in Ubuntu, the fonts are easier on the eyes and while you may not notice a major or even any difference at all in the screenshot below, you should see the difference after you've used Infinality for a while on your computer:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-with-without-infinality.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCcVsWnJufIQbH8vC09Wg42A1_Nn5myqO-esl_IvGWc-BXNcLoRe0mqYXEIqx5YTHKdCNFSPVGvOK5yPbnUWbUOWfgiZy_-TEKJj-UJvkBbVu_88p8Zy5OoF1Ozv9PlL66OraxDQ9CzWt/s320/ubuntu-with-without-infinality.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the left: Infinality (using the Linux style); on the right: the default Ubuntu font configuration</td></tr></tbody></table><b>Click <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3N6aypKOw5Ed7e-X-bJLYmtaYlrGZXz83ZIGZGpmioQ9MJKWm1E0lytsSDntQvpGnzf6gMWoU1RveJ4e1NhyLuJR5RLNJapUfJpR9XSTmhZHyvOKl7MtOGxQYZRSdDgEbYhyphenhyphenPEijNt9S/s1600/infinality-both.gif">HERE</a> to zoom in so you can better see the details.</b><br /><br />The screenshot above uses the Linux Infinality style, but there are many other style you can choose from, as I was saying above.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The differences in the above screenshot are not very clear because like I was saying, the fonts in Ubuntu look good already, but you should notice a big difference between the default Debian font rendering and Infinality, in the screenshot below:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/debian-with-without-infinality.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZu3yJgnAWQcf1Gl2n980R4Y25nfFGNg3xjAXIx1a2dOkn0c-in5GiyqxDcJMTk5eEUWCSNs4gmMEE3bE_FcL5xuPB_voPVt-YRtFc99HYNYj8TCcgt8MlT4u1o4r4YLNYRvMmmOVPqvw/s320/debian-with-without-infinality.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to use or just try out Infinality, here's how to install it in Ubuntu and Debian (with links to installation instructions for other Linux distributions) and set it up.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install and configure Infinality for better font rendering in Linux</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu: </b>Freetype with the Infinality patches can be installed in Ubuntu by using a PPA.<b> To add the PPA and install the required packages in Ubuntu 12.04 or 13.04, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:no1wantdthisname/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get upgrade<br />sudo apt-get install fontconfig-infinality</code></pre><b>Once installed, log out and log back in.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Debian: the PPA works on Debian 7 too</b> (that's actually how I've installed Infinality in the screenshot above - I've used "raring" for the version), <span style="color: red;"><b>but because I've only tested it for a few minutes, I can't say how stable it is</b></span>. If you want to use it in Debian, follow the instructions below on your own risk. <b>An alternative way of installing Infinality on Debian can be found <a href="http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=88545">HERE</a>.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add an unofficial Infinality PPA and install all the required packages in Debian (32bit and 64bit), use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/no1wantdthisname/ppa/ubuntu raring main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/infinality.list<br />echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/no1wantdthisname/ppa/ubuntu raring main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/infinality.list<br />sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E985B27B</code></pre><br />For another way of getting better fonts in Debian, see <a href="http://blog.desdelinux.net/mejora-las-tipografias-en-debian-sin-infinality/">THIS</a> article (it's in Spanish but you only need the commands).<br /><br /><br /><b>Installing Infinality in other Linux distributions:</b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.infinality.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=77">Fedora (official Infinality repository) and generic installation instructions</a></li><li><b>Arch Linux: </b><a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration#Infinality:_the_easy_way">the easy way</a> | <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration#Infinality:_the_generic_way">the generic way</a> (AUR)</li><li><a href="https://build.opensuse.org/project/show?project=home%3Anamtrac%3Asubpixel">openSUSE repository</a></li><li><a href="http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=88545">Debian installation instructions</a> (build instructions and pre-built binaries)</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Once you install Infinality, it's time to configure it. To set the style you want to use, run the following command:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo bash /etc/fonts/infinality/infctl.sh setstyle</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">And select the style you want to use. Available options are: debug, infinality, linux, osx, osx2, win7, win98 and winxp (I recommend using the <b>"linux" style</b>, obviously, but you can try any style, then remember to log out and log back in - you can easily select a different style later on by using the same command). <b>To use the Windows or OSX style you'll also need to use the Windows or OSX fonts</b>.</div><br /><b>Optional:</b> next, open <i>/etc/profile.d/infinality-settings.sh</i> with a text editor as root - I'll use Gedit below:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo -H gedit /etc/profile.d/infinality-settings.sh</code></pre>And in this file, search for <i><b>USE_STYLE</b></i> (it should be USE_STYLE="DEFAULT" by default) and change it to one of the following styles (I recommend using "UBUNTU" here but you should also try the default to see which one you like better):<br /><ul><li>DEFAULT - A compromise that should please most people;</li><li>OSX - Simulate OSX rendering;</li><li>IPAD - Simulate iPad rendering;</li><li>UBUNTU - Simulate Ubuntu rendering;</li><li>LINUX - Generic "Linux" style - no snapping or certain other tweaks;</li><li>WINDOWS - Simulate Windows rendering;</li><li>WINDOWS7 - Simulate Windows rendering with normal glyphs;</li><li>WINDOWS7LIGHT- Simulate Windows 7 rendering with lighter glyphs;</li><li>WINDOWS - Simulate Windows rendering;</li><li>VANILLA - Just subpixel hinting;</li><li>CUSTOM - Your own choice; </li><li>Infinality styles:</li><ul><li>CLASSIC - Infinality rendering circa 2010. No snapping;</li><li>NUDGE - CLASSIC with lightly stem snapping and tweaks;</li><li>PUSH - CLASSIC with medium stem snapping and tweaks;</li><li>SHOVE - Full stem snapping and tweaks without sharpening;</li><li>SHARPENED - Full stem snapping, tweaks, and Windows-style sharpening;</li><li>INFINALITY - Settings used by the Infinality developer;</li><li>DISABLED - Act as though running without the extra infinality enhancements (just subpixel hinting).</li></ul></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In this file you can change many other settings but if you don't know what they do, only change the style. Then, save the file, log out and log back in to see the changes.</div><br /><b>For discussion, bug reports and so, visit the <a href="http://www.infinality.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=1">Infinality forums</a>.</b><br /><br /><b>Update: for improved font rendering in Java / Swing applications (OpenJDK 7), see this article: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/install-openjdk-patched-with-font-fixes.html">Install OpenJDK Patched With Font Fixes [Ubuntu PPA]</a></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Reverting the changes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>Ubuntu</b>, to remove Infinality and revert all the changes made by using the instructions above, use the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get purge fontconfig-infinality<br />sudo apt-get install ppa-purge<br />sudo ppa-purge ppa:no1wantdthisname/ppa</code></pre>Once the PPA is purge, log out and log back in.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>Debian</b>, if you've added the PPA and want to revert the changes, use the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get purge fontconfig-infinality<br />sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/infinality.list<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then (still for Debian), downgrade the Freetype package using the following command, presuming you're using Debian stable:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>- 32bit: <br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install libfreetype6/stable</code></pre>- 64bit:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install libfreetype6/stable libfreetype6:i386/stable</code></pre>Note: you also need to downgrade libfreetype6-dev if it's installed and also, libfreetype6:i386 may not be installed. You may want to check if those packages are installed by using "apt-cache policy" (example: "apt-cache policy libfreetype6-dev").<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Miroslav Hadzhiev for the tip and info and to "<a href="https://launchpad.net/~no1wantdthisname">slow</a>" for maintaining the PPA!</i></div>

Better Font Rendering In Linux With Infinality

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