Try The New LibreOffice Flat Icon Set

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCXhGDBPF3rcdJT0hSCN8ELlIStnQNAnDC-fzYqDvKBQc1UJA33kPuDQ0fQk3y7VsDhshFOzKiRGvBt0xIVmQJQrQ15Elsn8TNGGP_-kxNtuPUZ4Sx8MNPzDulIAXIE_SZtv2ddwTlS2o/s1600/libreoffice-flat-icons-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCXhGDBPF3rcdJT0hSCN8ELlIStnQNAnDC-fzYqDvKBQc1UJA33kPuDQ0fQk3y7VsDhshFOzKiRGvBt0xIVmQJQrQ15Elsn8TNGGP_-kxNtuPUZ4Sx8MNPzDulIAXIE_SZtv2ddwTlS2o/s550/libreoffice-flat-icons-ubuntu.png" width="550" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>It looks like LibreOffice will get a new set of <a href="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Whiteboards/Flat_icon_set">flat icons</a>, based on Gnome's symbolic icons</b>. The icon set isn't completed yet, but you can try it already - below you'll find instructions on how to easily try the new icons.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Goran Rakić has <a href="http://blog.goranrakic.com/archives/2013/05/try_the_new_flat_icon_set_for_libreoffice.html">posted</a> (thanks!) instructions on how to test the new Libreoffice flat icon set, however, the instructions are not that easy to follow for regular users and the zip in that article is a bit old, so below you'll find easy instructions for how to try the latest flat icons.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Note: the icon theme is work in progress and there are missing icons</b>. For this reason, <b>some of the icons</b> in this set <b>are actually already existing</b> default LibreOffice <b>icons, converted to grayscale</b>, so they integrate better with the new flat icons. The icon theme has been generated from the svg as of 2013-06-13.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Try the new flat icon set for LibreOffice in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCiNPCL_g5SSKvAqnGbrqzWKvLVah6IySiL6aBqAJe-eARIivbH-UeAlJ6biuYV84r3GGJlr5p6yhUiigGDdmmUFRuyTpdkrXlPITks03gVRfSmlMsFFMw-kLKnxDlAi1VlHpNQjQBTc/s1600/si_large.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCiNPCL_g5SSKvAqnGbrqzWKvLVah6IySiL6aBqAJe-eARIivbH-UeAlJ6biuYV84r3GGJlr5p6yhUiigGDdmmUFRuyTpdkrXlPITks03gVRfSmlMsFFMw-kLKnxDlAi1VlHpNQjQBTc/s560/si_large.png" width="560" /></a></div><br /><b>1. Install LibreOffice flat icon set</b><br /><br /><b>If you're using LibreOffice from the official Ubuntu repositories or PPA:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install libreoffice-style-crystal<br />cd /tmp && wget https://github.com/hotice/myfiles/raw/master/images_flat.zip<br />sudo cp images_flat.zip /usr/share/libreoffice/share/config/images_crystal.zip</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">The first command above install the LibreOffice Crystal icon set which we'll replace with the new flat icons, the second command downloads the flat icons and the last command replaces the Crystal icons with the new flat icon set.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you're using the LibreOffice 4.0.x (for older LibreOffice versions you may have to adjust the path for the second command below) build downloaded from its website</b>, use the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd /tmp && wget https://github.com/hotice/myfiles/raw/master/images_flat.zip<br />sudo cp images_flat.zip /opt/libreoffice4.0/share/config/images_crystal.zip</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2. Set LibreOffice to use the new flat icons</b><br /><br />From the LibreOffice menu select <i>Tools > Options</i>, then under <i>LibreOffice > View > Icon size and style</i>, set the icon theme to "Crystal":<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGAcTHex1T9rFMLmmhgkl6yOTqZL5SgnMZV7ija9hG-v53-9ttKqwvls9YvvX3vUxg4PGAcG1Xdi8R5U9K_ZOj7pS1JB62mWhUm5QDRjmrnKX55uYnxpL8xNfVWNj7GUgm6bOSRCkmgw/s1600/libreoffice-set-icon-style.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="LibreOffice set icon style" border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGAcTHex1T9rFMLmmhgkl6yOTqZL5SgnMZV7ija9hG-v53-9ttKqwvls9YvvX3vUxg4PGAcG1Xdi8R5U9K_ZOj7pS1JB62mWhUm5QDRjmrnKX55uYnxpL8xNfVWNj7GUgm6bOSRCkmgw/s320/libreoffice-set-icon-style.png" title="LibreOffice set icon style" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Later on if you want to go back to the original LibreOffice icons, from the same dialog, select "Human" or "Tango" for the icon style.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Other Linux distributions:</b> since I'm not sure about the path used in other Linux distributions, you'll have to manually copy <a href="https://github.com/hotice/myfiles/raw/master/images_flat.zip">the icons</a> to <i>share/config/</i> (inside the LibreOffice shared directory) and replace one of the existing icon themes, then set the LibreOffice icon theme to the one you've replaced, from the LibreOffice options dialog (<i>Tools > Options</i>, then under <i>LibreOffice > View > Icon size and style</i>).<br /><br />If you want to install the icons manually, without using the commands above,<b> you can download the icon set (generated on 2013-06-13) from <a href="https://github.com/hotice/myfiles/raw/master/images_flat.zip">HERE</a>. </b><br /><br /><b>For how to generate the flat icon set yourself, see Goran's <a href="http://blog.goranrakic.com/archives/2013/05/try_the_new_flat_icon_set_for_libreoffice.html">article</a>.</b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/110309413233124076312/posts">Cláudio Novais</a> @ <a href="http://ubuntued.info/flat-icons-instale-os-proximos-icones-da-interface-do-libre-office">Ubuntued</a> for the tip!</i></div>

Try The New LibreOffice Flat Icon Set

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Lubuntu 13.10 Changes: Firefox, zRAM Added By Default, LightDM Used For The Lock Screen

<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7nK7bHhKHt69cx3XaaGqAEGwE1eVRJOgYf5OmKPp6e6J89TN6_YaXBSH8jb5ladyxWbUM2EIrPbZEgOKwaKYBJxA1CgHI2x4HVpwRwX5p3LGCApAbxb2wP27XbgoHDPJhO1r7nInhyphenhyphenA/s1600/lubuntu-ff-zram.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander" border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7nK7bHhKHt69cx3XaaGqAEGwE1eVRJOgYf5OmKPp6e6J89TN6_YaXBSH8jb5ladyxWbUM2EIrPbZEgOKwaKYBJxA1CgHI2x4HVpwRwX5p3LGCApAbxb2wP27XbgoHDPJhO1r7nInhyphenhyphenA/s320/lubuntu-ff-zram.png" title="Lubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander" width="320" /></a></div><br />After an <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/saucy/+source/lubuntu-meta/0.50">update</a> today, <b><a href="http://www.lubuntu.net/">Lubuntu</a> 13.10 Saucy Salamander, the LXDE Ubuntu flavour, has switched to Firefox as the default web browser, replacing Chromium</b>, which is a bit of a surprise, considering that Ubuntu 13.10 may switch from Firefox to Chromium. <b>Other Lubuntu 13.10 changes include the addition of <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/increased-performance-in-linux-with.html">zRAM</a> by default and the removal of Xscreensaver, Lubuntu now using LightDM for the lock screen</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt4XO24p9Zmbkx6qcTmb0T7eZCT-Z1dqKQTdSwgngCH-LmEJcDP1InW23SkoyrZL3EsDbXgUu9jVvB_T2z9yppPWmyn42KKsfhGZ12hyRCh5tbk6aSHhFteHFNaNg7Zx6RHwrGEP47pj8/s1600/lubuntu-ff.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander" border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt4XO24p9Zmbkx6qcTmb0T7eZCT-Z1dqKQTdSwgngCH-LmEJcDP1InW23SkoyrZL3EsDbXgUu9jVvB_T2z9yppPWmyn42KKsfhGZ12hyRCh5tbk6aSHhFteHFNaNg7Zx6RHwrGEP47pj8/s320/lubuntu-ff.png" title="Lubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to Julien Lavergne, lead developer, among the <b>reasons behind the decision to replace Chromium with Firefox</b> are: <i>good behaviour on old hardware</i>, <i>PowerPC support</i>, <i>customization support</i> and <i>no "It's dead Jim" bug</i>, which happens often on old hardware, this being Lubuntu's main target:</div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><ul><li><i>Good behaviour on old hardware: thanks to your tests, Firefox seems to behave well on old hardware. I also saw it on my own testing system. It's difficult to say if 1 is better than another one, but a 1 tab use of Firefox seems a bit better, and many users still use only 1 tab;</i></li><i> </i><li><i>PowerPC support: Firefox support is still limited, but Firefox exists on powerpc. No need to advertise the fact that we have 2 different browsers;</i></li><i> </i><li><i>Customization support: you can add bookmarks and other customization to Firefox. Chromium doesn't have it (yet ?). There is also (still ?) a module to install flash support;</i></li><i> </i><li><i>No "It's dead Jim" bug. It may be fixed in the future, but I'm not sure it will be critical enough for Canonical to but a lot of effort to fix it. It mostly affects us only, not Ubuntu.</i></li></ul></blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">He also adds that "<i>in a politic view, it's better to have a product managed by a foundation</i>" because even though Chromium is open source, "<i>it's still very close to Chrome and Google"</i>.</div><br /><b>You can read Julien's complete email, <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lubuntu-users/2013-June/004481.html">HERE</a>.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another change that has landed in Lubuntu 13.10 today is the <b>addition of zRam by default</b>. zRam is useful for low-RAM machines - it increases the performance by creating a RAM based block device which acts as a swap disk, but is compressed and stored in RAM instead of swap disk (which is slow), allowing faster I/O and increasing the amount of memory available before the system starts swapping to disk. More about <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/increased-performance-in-linux-with.html">zRAM</a> (including installation instructions).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Julien Lavergne says zRAM will be tested in the Lubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander cycle to see if it's useful or not. According to some messages on the Lubuntu mailing list, one of the main reasons for the zRAM addition is to prevent the installer from crashing during graphical installation on computers with very low RAM (256MB-512MB), which seems to have <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lubuntu-users/2013-June/004419.html">happened</a> for some users.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And the third interesting change in Lubuntu is the <b>removal of Xscreensaver</b>. <b>For the lock screen, Lubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander is currently using LightDM</b>, a change that was announced for Ubuntu as well a while back, but didn't make it for now:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj21RjV08jWPPcwtN-45mvcEXlfwTbcONld7zADHa83oi_kP7cVHp-W97-w41KradfdtDnuYw9cEoZBZ3Q7quw30tNvUHAYYMHT281pK_APx8oPSMN9CyfgD-4Ss9X2ZPKXlf_7KmEf4GY/s1600/lubuntu-lock-screen.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander" border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj21RjV08jWPPcwtN-45mvcEXlfwTbcONld7zADHa83oi_kP7cVHp-W97-w41KradfdtDnuYw9cEoZBZ3Q7quw30tNvUHAYYMHT281pK_APx8oPSMN9CyfgD-4Ss9X2ZPKXlf_7KmEf4GY/s320/lubuntu-lock-screen.png" title="Lubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Lubuntu 13.10, just like the other Ubuntu flavours, will be released on October 17th. The complete release schedule can be found <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SaucySalamander/ReleaseSchedule">HERE</a>.</div>

Lubuntu 13.10 Changes: Firefox, zRAM Added By Default, LightDM Used For The Lock Screen

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Variety Wallpaper Changer 0.4.15 Released With Cinnamon 1.8 And MATE 1.6 Support

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKO3elYvY3vGpuxxy5h3gOht_1UxWoVJgJcPK7T1mPVYrZEaL6OUl02ptnHigTHXH7YfSKrwRX8987hLPpv7N6EeaMUnmVFS2mf-B4OizVqbD4gC29MAjXEI5qoIJS3HW4jpiklEiZ8Y/s1600/variety-wallpaper-changer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Variety Wallpaper Changer" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKO3elYvY3vGpuxxy5h3gOht_1UxWoVJgJcPK7T1mPVYrZEaL6OUl02ptnHigTHXH7YfSKrwRX8987hLPpv7N6EeaMUnmVFS2mf-B4OizVqbD4gC29MAjXEI5qoIJS3HW4jpiklEiZ8Y/s320/variety-wallpaper-changer.png" title="Variety Wallpaper Changer" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://peterlevi.com/variety/">Variety</a> is a <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/keep-yout-desktop-fresh-with-variety.html">wallpaper changer</a> that automatically downloads wallpapers </b>from sources such as <b>Wallbase, Flickr, Wallpapers.net, Desktoppr, NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day</b> as well as World Sunlight Map: <b>a live Earth wallpaper</b> which changes throughout the day. Using it, you can get a new, beautiful wallpaper automatically at the interval you set in the application preferences.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application supports most desktop environments: Unity, GNOME Shell, KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Cinnamon, MATE and Pantheon.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Variety 0.4.15</b> has been released yesterday, bringing <b>support for the latest <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/cinnamon-18-gets-its-own-control-center.html" title="Install Cinnamon 1.8 in Ubuntu">Cinnamon 1.8</a> and <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/mate-16-released-install-it-in-ubuntu.html" title="Install MATE 1.6 in Ubuntu">MATE 1.6</a></b>, which are used in the two main <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/linux-mint-15-olivia-available-for.html">Linux Mint 15</a> editions. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3T3s7bakuKsdXyo_SEF9qAIianSAl4RJgX7wcA3s6eMf-sZA54DsrvptYTJqZlZndHAMVy0KVthKURSYGQfDdJWp4OX2GapirUV2i-5_xlugkyotiqIdp_ssL7QIkJiQKvLOKuhSsojo/s1600/variety-lightdm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3T3s7bakuKsdXyo_SEF9qAIianSAl4RJgX7wcA3s6eMf-sZA54DsrvptYTJqZlZndHAMVy0KVthKURSYGQfDdJWp4OX2GapirUV2i-5_xlugkyotiqIdp_ssL7QIkJiQKvLOKuhSsojo/s320/variety-lightdm.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The new version also brings better support for LightDM</b>: in the Variety Preferences, on the "Customize" tab, check the box under "Login Screen Support" - this will make sure the wallpaper set by Variety will be used by LightDM login screen. LightDM automatically displays the wallpaper you set for your desktop, however, for this to work, some wallpaper permissions need to be changed; using this option, Variety does this automatically for you so the wallpaper it sets can be used by LightDM.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest Variety 0.4.15 also brings many bug fixes, including a fix for the problems with the folder choosers.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Variety Wallpaper Changer in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the Variety PPA and install the application in Ubuntu, use the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:peterlevi/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install variety</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Variety Wallpaper Changer from <b><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=63454">AUR</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions</b>, the Variety source code can be downloaded via <b><a href="https://launchpad.net/variety/+download">Launchpad</a></b>.</div>

Variety Wallpaper Changer 0.4.15 Released With Cinnamon 1.8 And MATE 1.6 Support

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Ezame: A New Menu Editor For Unity

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ezame is a new menu editor especially created for Unity, though it should work with other desktop environments as well.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoulIunFeocwqJO8ZrY0ANJzEOWLkocj7_EqpPxpETqXmec3BeA2X8SlH3kABcvI9tpCo4s9SNwI_4U8e2l_oLRhlGhkYxdlZOwTQaw72-BWJ-bjf4qCH9Kc80JJdgyZCgkHYyhTgzL3w/s1600/ezame.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ezame menu editor" border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoulIunFeocwqJO8ZrY0ANJzEOWLkocj7_EqpPxpETqXmec3BeA2X8SlH3kABcvI9tpCo4s9SNwI_4U8e2l_oLRhlGhkYxdlZOwTQaw72-BWJ-bjf4qCH9Kc80JJdgyZCgkHYyhTgzL3w/s320/ezame.png" title="Ezame menu editor" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The application lets you edit or create new menu items (application launchers), with all the options available in a .desktop file: set the icon, category and so on, as well as some advanced options like setting the setting the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/11/make-applications-autostart-only-in.html">"OnlyShowIn" or "NotShowIn"</a> options, which can be used to control if certain application should or shouldn't show up in some desktop environments.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6cI1rtpuVqvkzxv-CTsIrKOrezRcCuP7PvNeqlzgt4kMwXyOUvf-HbUDU5o4x41LHyURo3hHbMhQmJsLiEfTPo1-kuAMGmb776xASqLo_GewC6GnUKiXxp_-efDUOTk9enlyvmGKeOA/s1600/ezame_2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ezame menu editor" border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6cI1rtpuVqvkzxv-CTsIrKOrezRcCuP7PvNeqlzgt4kMwXyOUvf-HbUDU5o4x41LHyURo3hHbMhQmJsLiEfTPo1-kuAMGmb776xASqLo_GewC6GnUKiXxp_-efDUOTk9enlyvmGKeOA/s320/ezame_2.png" title="Ezame menu editor" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're not using Unity, from the Ezame menu select <i>Edit > Preferences</i> and then set the desktop to "Classic" instead of "Ubuntu" - using this, the application should display a freedesktop menu instead. The latest Ezame version also comes with initial Cinnamon support.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyNxBO-ykzo6CGGcd3RZoDZTBTlxM0kXgEknh3dbkPw_Wl6OpwuAeaFnu7M1fCBl4kJUBd2G0HdWDj9FMki7-QrhnJsMb0r3g9bbJbND_iA-QHvlsr7hhRy-Gak9meOjK3Bh-dPpH70o/s1600/ezame-classic.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ezame menu editor" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyNxBO-ykzo6CGGcd3RZoDZTBTlxM0kXgEknh3dbkPw_Wl6OpwuAeaFnu7M1fCBl4kJUBd2G0HdWDj9FMki7-QrhnJsMb0r3g9bbJbND_iA-QHvlsr7hhRy-Gak9meOjK3Bh-dPpH70o/s320/ezame-classic.png" title="Ezame menu editor" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ezame doesn't allow you to create or edit categories yet, but this feature is on the todo list.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I've tested Ezame in Unity and when editing an existing application launcher, the changes were visible almost immediately, however, new launchers may take a while to show up in Dash or you may even need to restart the system to get Dash to display the new application launchers you've created. This is a Unity <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1188706">limitation</a> so it can't be fixed in Ezame.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Ezame menu editor in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>To add its official PPA and install Ezame in Ubuntu, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:caldas-lopes/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install ezame</code></pre><br />The source code is available on <a href="https://github.com/linux-man/ezame">GitHub</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to João Lopes for the tip!</i></div>

Ezame: A New Menu Editor For Unity

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SimpleScreenRecorder: Powerful Screen Recording Software For Linux

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/">SimpleScreenRecorder</a> is a Qt screen recorder for Linux</b> which, despite its name, comes with more features than other similar tools. The application is very easy to use and the default settings should be enough for most cases, so usually you won't need to change any settings.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Using it, you can <b>record the entire screen</b> (with multi-monitor support), <b>record a fixed rectangle</b>, <b>follow the cursor</b> or <b>record OpenGL</b> applications (can be used to record <b>games</b>).</div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Launching the application, you'll notice a simple user interface that lets you select the video input, choose if you want to record the cursor or if you want to record the microphone and set the frame rate:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecVbHXvhkjoqPXIJTaoD03-L0LnVTO8cwBZQbq6vb7MCUpj18H0HS_xD4GdvqqLG5gAmEQuWTSEbfZ5zclOgj6tHd7MuKTd8kLpC5empltFCNQqf4DFC5XMGAc45BT_dTorOVtJ5Rcv7E/s1600/simplescreenrecorder_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecVbHXvhkjoqPXIJTaoD03-L0LnVTO8cwBZQbq6vb7MCUpj18H0HS_xD4GdvqqLG5gAmEQuWTSEbfZ5zclOgj6tHd7MuKTd8kLpC5empltFCNQqf4DFC5XMGAc45BT_dTorOVtJ5Rcv7E/s320/simplescreenrecorder_1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Clicking "Continue", you can select the container for your screencast (MP4, Matroska, WebM, OGG or "Other", which you can use to select any container supported by Libav), file name, video codec (H.264, VP8, Theora or, just like the container, select "Other" which allows you to use any codec supported by Libav), set the video quality or preset:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlV4GrbeJVkbiE0YpOpU3LR1Dxc8Xk0BQ4oICJCbsd-zVNmgmOmMNFmlCeinTa4eIojYy6L_63EqkkN17uTPclxYcEqqAajl19Hd_FX5frm8nnm3K_cs5vJ8GxT4gRCDqXSf1y0JIJYYCR/s1600/simplescreenrecorder_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlV4GrbeJVkbiE0YpOpU3LR1Dxc8Xk0BQ4oICJCbsd-zVNmgmOmMNFmlCeinTa4eIojYy6L_63EqkkN17uTPclxYcEqqAajl19Hd_FX5frm8nnm3K_cs5vJ8GxT4gRCDqXSf1y0JIJYYCR/s320/simplescreenrecorder_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the next screen, you can start the recording, enable recording hotkeys so you can pause / resume the recording via a keyboard shortcut and more:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ysM77NmOQicbNRGq3xWCOnkbGWc42qAjIeM-__jPrT-OKh7UWRLyuHJ05Yplf4dMyHe9Dg8Wu8zQDeVW4FLCHfz2rmWMGbBiPCJfY1lBs1uWNDMom36a5SaublIZwDLYjnkk87YGdwhd/s1600/simplescreenrecorder_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ysM77NmOQicbNRGq3xWCOnkbGWc42qAjIeM-__jPrT-OKh7UWRLyuHJ05Yplf4dMyHe9Dg8Wu8zQDeVW4FLCHfz2rmWMGbBiPCJfY1lBs1uWNDMom36a5SaublIZwDLYjnkk87YGdwhd/s320/simplescreenrecorder_3.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>SimpleScreenRecorder features:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">records the entire screen or part of it, or records OpenGL applications directly (similar to Fraps on Windows);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">synchronizes audio and video properly (a common issue with VLC and ffmpeg/avconv);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">faster than VLC and ffmpeg/avconv;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">reduces the video frame rate if your computer is too slow (rather than using up all your RAM like VLC does);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">fully multithreaded: small delays in any of the components will never block the other components, resulting is smoother video and better performance on computers with multiple processors;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">pause and resume recording at any time (either by clicking a button or by pressing a hotkey);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">shows statistics during recording (file size, bit rate, total recording time, actual frame rate, ...);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">can show a preview during recording, so you don't waste time recording something only to figure out afterwards that some setting was wrong;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">more.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Please note that OpenGL support is currently experimental and it might be buggy for now or it may not even work at all for you. Furthermore, the application tries to capture the frames before they are displayed on the screen and this might be considered a hack in some games and you might be banned so check if you're allowed to record a game before using this feature.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Below you can watch a quick video I've recorded using SimpleScreenRecorder in Ubuntu 13.04:</b></div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mbC_n0S-CzA" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbC_n0S-CzA">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install SimpleScreenRecorder</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu users can install SimpleScreenRecorder by using its official PPA. To add the PPA and install the application, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maarten-baert/simplescreenrecorder<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install simplescreenrecorder</code></pre><b>Ubuntu 64bit: </b>if you want to record 32bit games, make sure you also install <i>simplescreenrecorder-lib:i386</i>:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install simplescreenrecorder-lib:i386</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install SimpleScreenRecorder via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/simplescreenrecorder/">AUR</a> (64bit: just like in Ubuntu, make sure you also install the <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lib32-simplescreenrecorder/">32bit libs</a> if you plan on recording 32bit OpenGL applications.</div><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, get the source code via <a href="https://github.com/MaartenBaert/ssr">GitHub</a>.</b>

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Install The Latest VLC In Ubuntu Via PPA [Quick Tip]

<div style="text-align: justify;">Quick tip: new <a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/">VLC</a> versions are released quite frequently and even though some don't introduce any new features, there are important bug fixes in each release (you can find the VLC changelogs <a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/2.0.7.html">HERE</a>). <b>If you want to always have the latest stable VLC version in Ubuntu, here are some PPAs you can use</b>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggV4yHDozhmiWBuCmKMpCz62uXX7tGESO7A_1uw9CR_S35zXXBhZAIUZHOuyksToK__M80YdSw99Xy6TnloPhMSLIwZ6ywdg0SJy100Rrw66PuL0y3Bu4DS2ZVRYC9CK64ANYEjuhB2D6F/s1600/vlc.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggV4yHDozhmiWBuCmKMpCz62uXX7tGESO7A_1uw9CR_S35zXXBhZAIUZHOuyksToK__M80YdSw99Xy6TnloPhMSLIwZ6ywdg0SJy100Rrw66PuL0y3Bu4DS2ZVRYC9CK64ANYEjuhB2D6F/s320/vlc.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04</b>: you can install the latest VLC media player (2.0.7 at the time I'm writing this article) by using Nate Muench's VLC <a href="https://launchpad.net/~n-muench/+archive/vlc">PPA</a> which contains VLC backports from Debian Unstable / Experimental.<b> To add the PPA and install the latest VLC in Ubuntu 13.04, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/vlc<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install vlc</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10:</b> Nate Muench mantains another <a href="https://launchpad.net/~n-muench/+archive/vlc2">PPA</a> with the latest VLC media player backported from Debian, for Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04. <b>To add the PPA and install the latest stable VLC, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/vlc2<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install vlc</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, 12.10 and 12.04:</b> an alternative PPA you can use is the "VLC Daily build of stable branch" <a href="https://launchpad.net/~videolan/+archive/stable-daily">PPA</a>. This PPA doesn't have the latest stable VLC version but it provides builds from the stable branch, so you may occasionaly find some small bugs but if that happens, they should be fixed quickly. The advantage of this PPA over the other two mentioned above is that it has packages for more Ubuntu versions and also, it's updated more frequently since it doesn't depend on the packages being available in Debian before uploading them to the PPA. <b>To add this PPA and install the latest VLC in Ubuntu, use the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install vlc</code></pre>

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How to Earn Money Online With Jobego?

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