How To Download And Install The Windows 8.1 Fonts In Ubuntu

<b>If for whatever reason you need to use the latest Microsoft Windows 8.1 (or 8) fonts in Ubuntu and you don't have a Windows partition to copy the fonts, here's how to download and install them.</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFIaSd2NOQuWGnab4VKmtFi55i3JFnmNcpSLR0bFlUNUOm5lLMueFeUxIKc3QWevU6p5LEN5oEISzAT_seFxbmcLvHrW9SF9ftiQDyTNVPuyhK5_BHFJ8JFoSrQjgHHg_AYGmJyhuESs/s1600/ms-windows-fonts-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="MS Windows 8.1 fonts Ubuntu" border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFIaSd2NOQuWGnab4VKmtFi55i3JFnmNcpSLR0bFlUNUOm5lLMueFeUxIKc3QWevU6p5LEN5oEISzAT_seFxbmcLvHrW9SF9ftiQDyTNVPuyhK5_BHFJ8JFoSrQjgHHg_AYGmJyhuESs/s320/ms-windows-fonts-ubuntu.png" title="MS Windows 8.1 fonts Ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Installing the Windows 8.1 fonts in Ubuntu means you'll get any new fonts that Microsoft included in the latest Windows Preview (like Segoe UI Black, Segoe UI Emoji and a few others) as well as the latest version of popular fonts like Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Segoe UI, Verdana, Times New Roman and so on. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Below you'll find instructions for downloading the Windows 8.1 Preview ISO from Microsoft, extracting the fonts from the ISO (<b>because the fonts can't be redistributed</b>) using 7zip and Wimlib and installing the fonts in Ubuntu, either system-wide or for your user only. The instructions are based on / adapted from the <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-ms-win8/">tt-ms-win8</a> AUR package (thanks to <i>reflexing</i>!).</div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>How to download and install the Windows 8.1 fonts in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>1. Download Microsoft Windows 8.1 Preview ISO.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Since the fonts can't be redistributed, you must extract them from a Windows 8.1 ISO. You can <b>download Windows 8.1 Preview from <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/preview-download">Microsoft</a></b> - save the ISO file in your home folder. I recommend downloading the 32bit ISO since it's 1 GB smaller than the 64bit ISO.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Optionally, you can also download the Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise evaluation ISO from <b><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/jj554510.aspx">HERE</a></b>.<br /><br />Both Microsoft Windows 8.1 Preview and Windows 8 Enterprise evaluation are available to download for free.</i></div><br /><br /><b>2. Install the tools required to extract the fonts from the Windows 8.1 ISO.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We'll need p7zip-full and <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/wimlib-imagex-dism-alternative-to.html" title="Wimlib: ImageX / DISM Alternative To Manipulate WIM Files In Linux [Ubuntu PPA]">Wimlib</a> (which is available in the main WebUpd8 PPA) - install them in Ubuntu using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install wimtools p7zip-full</code></pre><br /><b>3. Extract the Windows 8.1 fonts from the ISO</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To extract the Microsoft Windows 8.1 fonts from the ISO file, use the following commands (the commands below assume you've downloaded the ISO in your home folder): </div><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd<br />7z x <b>WindowsBlue-ClientwithApps-32bit-English-X1899604.iso</b> sources/install.wim<br />cd sources/<br />mkdir tmp fonts<br />imagex mount install.wim 1 tmp<br />cp tmp/Windows/Fonts/{*.ttf,cambria.ttc} fonts<br />imagex unmount tmp</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The ISO file name in the first command above may change</b> or you may have downloaded a different ISO so make sure you check the filename of your downloaded ISO and use that instead of "<i>WindowsBlue-ClientwithApps-32bit-English-X1899604.iso</i>" if the command doesn't work.</div><br /><br /><b>4. Optional: convert the Cambria font from TTC to TTF</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you need the Cambria (regular) font, you'll need to convert it to TTF because the font is available as a TrueType Collection (TTC) and unless you convert it, you won't be able to use it in LibreOffice for instance. To convert it to TTF, you need to install FontForge:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install fontforge</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">And then, open a terminal and run the following command (the commands below assume you've followed our exact instructions and extracted the fonts under <i>~/sources/fonts</i>):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd ~/sources/fonts/<br />fontforge -lang=ff -c 'Open("cambria.ttc(Cambria)"); Generate("cambria.ttf"); Close(); Open("cambria.ttc(Cambria Math)"); Generate("cambria-math.ttf"); Close();'</code></pre><br /><b>5. Install the Windows 8.1 fonts in Ubuntu</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Before proceeding, delete any fonts that you don't need from the sources/fonts folder. </div><br />To install the Microsoft Windows 8.1 fonts system-wide, use the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/truetype/win8.1<br />sudo cp ~/sources/fonts/*.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/win8.1/<br />sudo fc-cache -f -v</code></pre><br />Or, to install the Windows 8.1 fonts for your user only, use the following commands instead:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>mkdir -p ~/.fonts/win8.1<br />cp ~/sources/fonts/*.ttf ~/.fonts/win8.1/<br />sudo fc-cache -f -v</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now you can delete the "sources" folder from your home directory as well as the downloaded Windows 8.1 ISO file.</div><br />

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Dota 2 Test Available For Linux [Steam]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxumscoJAjQTuhJKJ5-tqHF3C1d62JOxNWg6wqbOYfxkCi0v0I_mszh06efnmHnvQwGMaDIpQp_LAiqD2e0QA8B8Cp5JXAzPowKcnESq31FGjSD5ac-m4pCEE2GCsvRRDCPefs7kK_fbQ/s1600/dota2-test-linux.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dota 2 Linux" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxumscoJAjQTuhJKJ5-tqHF3C1d62JOxNWg6wqbOYfxkCi0v0I_mszh06efnmHnvQwGMaDIpQp_LAiqD2e0QA8B8Cp5JXAzPowKcnESq31FGjSD5ac-m4pCEE2GCsvRRDCPefs7kK_fbQ/s320/dota2-test-linux.png" title="Dota 2 Linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/570/">Dota 2</a> has been officially <a href="http://www.dota2.com/thebetaisover/">released</a> for Windows a couple of days ago and today, Valve has released "Dota 2 Test" for Linux:</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>"Please note that Dota 2 Linux is still in <a href="http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=96878">testing</a> and only available on Dota 2 Test. We're looking for early testing and feedback from users before we ship Linux support on the main Dota 2 release client. Your feedback and bug reports will directly help us improve Dota 2 on Linux."</i></blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Dota 2 is multiplayer online battle arena game developed by Valve, which uses the Source engine. The game is free to play and has the following system requirements:</div><ul><li>Ubuntu 12.04;</li><li>Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz;</li><li>4GB RAM;</li><li>4GB Hard Drive Space;</li><li>nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeaon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1;</li><li>OpenAL Compatible Sound Card.</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Note:</b> "Dota 2 Test" and "Dota 2" use different servers so you won't be able to play with regular Dota 2 users yet.</div><br /><b>To get DOTA 2 Test on Linux</b>, visit the Dota 2 Steam page (<a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/570/">web</a> | <a href="steam://install/570">Steam link</a>) and click "Get Dota 2". When you get access to Dota 2, you should get a "Dota 2 Test" entry in your Steam games list. According to the Steam product page, "there may be a short wait for you to download the game".<br /><br />Below you can watch the official Dota 2 trailer:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/-cSFPIwMEq4" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cSFPIwMEq4">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In my test using Intel graphics, the game doesn't work too well as you can see in <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodrwjodZ2-d2jfueZ5qe93bdT9N5XbhVsZ55sUOv7MVtwk9HxCzNpVIFPcy4LItT_7eHyHdJLTK0NEWiI7tnFTHmXuQwXNilOYweF8gl_D7Py5LnW9shRlDqMJmQ5aMmKbNy-492whJI/s1600/dota2-linux-bug.png">this</a> screenshot. However, many <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1i0sfl/dota_2_test_avaiable_on_linux/">Reddit</a> users have reported that the game works pretty well with other graphics cards.</div><br /><b>Report any bugs you may find @ <a href="https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Dota-2/issues">GitHub</a>.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1i0sfl/dota_2_test_avaiable_on_linux/">Reddit</a></i></div>

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How To Get XCF Thumbnails In Nautilus 3.x [Quick Tip]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Quick tip: You can get XCF thumbnails in Nautilus by using GNOME XCF Thumbnailer. However, the tool needs a fix to work with the latest Nautilus 3.x.</b> This should also work with <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-to-install-nemo-file-manager-in.html">Nemo</a>, the default Cinnamon file manager.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNfNrfr2yRgxvmT0jUfZwBOhyd4sJPa7yKJGaPDODCURS2x63u5W2nP9WBB62z8c_oJqFmW2-Q-xpTjydialpcRaBMOJ8lKP0iYjpE2JwsT4rlz1w6kliyPBA2Kk-I-rXUI-ch5SwMDs/s1600/xcf-thumbnails-nautilus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="XCF thumbnails Nautilus 3.8" border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNfNrfr2yRgxvmT0jUfZwBOhyd4sJPa7yKJGaPDODCURS2x63u5W2nP9WBB62z8c_oJqFmW2-Q-xpTjydialpcRaBMOJ8lKP0iYjpE2JwsT4rlz1w6kliyPBA2Kk-I-rXUI-ch5SwMDs/s320/xcf-thumbnails-nautilus.png" title="XCF thumbnails Nautilus 3.8" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XCF_%28file_format%29">XCF</a> (eXperimental Computing Facility) is the native image format used by GIMP image editor.</i></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">To get XCF thumbnails in Nautilus, firstly <b>install gnome-xcf-thumbnailer</b>. In Ubuntu, use the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gnome-xcf-thumbnailer</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">At this point the the thumbnails don't work yet because GNOME XCF Thumbnailer doesn't install a .thumbnailer file, required by Nautilus 3.x. To fix this, use the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/thumbnailers/<br />echo -e "[Thumbnailer Entry]\nTryExec=gnome-xcf-thumbnailer\nExec=gnome-xcf-thumbnailer %i %o\nMimeType=image/x-xcf;image/x-compressed-xcf;" | sudo tee /usr/share/thumbnailers/gnome-xcf.thumbnailer</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">New XCF files (or if you move some already existing XCF files) should have thumbnails now but existing ones may not get thumbnails yet. Let's fix this too by removing the failed thumbnails from cache:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>rm -r ~/.thumbnails/fail<br />rm -r ~/.cache/thumbnails/fail</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">That's it. Nautilus should now display XCF file thumbnails, as you can see in my screenshot above. I've tested this with Nautilus <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/get-nautilus-34-features-back-in-ubuntu.html" title="Get Nautilus 3.4 Features Back In Ubuntu 13.04 With SolusOS Patched Nautilus">3.4</a>, 3.6 and 3.8.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2099853">UbuntuForums</a></i></div>

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Light Locker: A New Session Locker For LightDM

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://github.com/the-cavalry/light-locker">Light Locker</a> is a new session locker for LightDM</b> forked from GNOME Screensaver (3.6.1). The tool doesn't have any desktop-specific dependencies and it locks and unlocks the session via ConsoleKit / UPower or logind / systemd.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsBHdsJ8_LDnCggoZ4yr5S4w1ZS3l_NlyrS3GH0UqvLR0ji2iwOxv_6eeUNgANqDCV4CzHz9eMzbYT-SRTXdUh5ogPS3qguaPTR2dN-d9pKmiMHW7Uxr5w8nOFNwajButuzGYqbfWpVQ/s1600/light-locker.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsBHdsJ8_LDnCggoZ4yr5S4w1ZS3l_NlyrS3GH0UqvLR0ji2iwOxv_6eeUNgANqDCV4CzHz9eMzbYT-SRTXdUh5ogPS3qguaPTR2dN-d9pKmiMHW7Uxr5w8nOFNwajButuzGYqbfWpVQ/s320/light-locker.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Currently, if you try to lock the session using LightDM via Dbus (so without Light Locker), you can still access your unlocked session via Ctrl+Alt+F7. Instead of this, Light Locker displays a message saying that the session has been locked and after a few seconds it displays the unlock dialog (LightDM):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FsQurgplKSIwmyyU5PX-ihH9M7DrpfQTKX-gWE3cOMYwJJJrv9-NmCrwCWNspKK7HLhFUK5MdOpWDBii8CrI2sQZaYzOyYP5oecF3o4kU6KNjaP-C5c82Et09YWLvMRFckYw3kJrSyE/s1600/light-locker-message.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="LightDM Light Locker" border="0" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FsQurgplKSIwmyyU5PX-ihH9M7DrpfQTKX-gWE3cOMYwJJJrv9-NmCrwCWNspKK7HLhFUK5MdOpWDBii8CrI2sQZaYzOyYP5oecF3o4kU6KNjaP-C5c82Et09YWLvMRFckYw3kJrSyE/s320/light-locker-message.png" title="LightDM Light Locker" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/106086509626546157534/posts/VbcxrUaxQ35">According</a> to Simon Steinbeiß, one of its developers, <b>Light Locker might make it into Xubuntu 13.10</b>. elementary OS is <a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/elementaryos/+spec/lightdm-lock-screen">considering</a> using Light Locker as well. But until then, the tool <b>needs testing</b> so if you can help, give it a try by using the instructions below.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In <a href="https://github.com/the-cavalry/light-locker/issues/13">my test</a> under Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, the locker didn't work too well: while I was able to successfully lock the screen via the lock command (and a keyboard shortcut I've assigned), the screen didn't lock after resuming from suspend, probably because it lacks the scripts to lock the session on suspend and hibernate.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For a bit more about Light Locker, see Simon Steinbeiß's <a href="https://plus.google.com/106086509626546157534/posts/VbcxrUaxQ35">post</a>.</div><br /><br /><h2>Test Light Locker</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you use Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander), you can install Light Locker by using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:light-locker/release<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install light-locker</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There's also a <a href="https://launchpad.net/~light-locker/+archive/daily">daily PPA</a> but the pakages from this PPA are empty so you shouldn't use it for now.</div><br />To test Light Locker, run the following command in a terminal:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>light-locker</code></pre>And then, to lock the screen, use the following command in another terminal:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>light-locker-command -l</code></pre><br />Light Locker should now be used instead of GNOME Screensaver for locking the screen (when using the session menu, closing the laptop lid, etc.). There's no need to do anything else because after a log out, Light Locker will be started automatically. <br /><br />Optionally, to lock the screen via a keyboard shortcut using Light Locker, add a custom command for "light-locker-command -l" and assign it a keyboard shortcut (if you want to assign it the default shortcut, change the default to something else, then assign that shortcut to the "light-locker-command -l").<br /><br />If you want to go back to using GNOME Screensaver for screen locking, simply remove Light Locker:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove light-locker</code></pre><br /><b>Report any issues you may find @ <a href="https://github.com/the-cavalry/light-locker/issues?state=open">GitHub</a>.</b>

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Genymotion: Fast, Easy To Use Android (x86) Emulator With OpenGL Hardware Acceleration Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://genymotion.com/">Genymotion</a> is a fast Android emulator</b> which comes with pre-configured Android <b>(x86 with </b><b>OpenGL hardware acceleration)</b> images, <b>great for application testing</b>. The project has evolved from the old AndroidVM and compared to it, Genymotion comes with a new player design, installer and more.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ceHHYRYTirqCrRKkOFfdISyoQSRepMxpTBib54SNMQWq2NhnotnxrarPe8_5tQyfU6kaloPdbw32T9xC9qxYJfPT9aP-Ehbtu12ngR-saB8Dc9_q2Ij5VL-V_SdSRBUEYCZknh7unZc/s1600/genymotion.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ceHHYRYTirqCrRKkOFfdISyoQSRepMxpTBib54SNMQWq2NhnotnxrarPe8_5tQyfU6kaloPdbw32T9xC9qxYJfPT9aP-Ehbtu12ngR-saB8Dc9_q2Ij5VL-V_SdSRBUEYCZknh7unZc/s320/genymotion.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to its developers, "<i>the product is aimed at replacing the Android Emulator from Google not only for Android developers but also for people making Android apps demonstrations</i>".</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Genymotion (currently in <b>beta</b>) is <b>available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X and requires VirtualBox</b>. The virtual images code is open source (available <a href="https://github.com/androvm">HERE</a>) however, the software that runs on the host (the "player") is not, but it is free to use. In the future, Genymotion will continue to have a free to use version with many advanced features but there will also be paid versions, "<i>mainly for large companies needing collaboration on Genymotion</i>".</div><br /><b>Genymotion features:</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Easily download and run pre-configured virtual images: <b>Android 4.1.1 and 4.2.2 (with x86 support)</b>: Nexus 7, Nexus S, Nexus One Jelly Bean, 10.1'', WXGA Tablet, 7.0'' and WSVGA Tablet, all with or without Google Apps (Play Store, etc.);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Networking: Ethernet (emulates WiFi connection);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">GPS (with configurable coordinates) and battery (with configurable battery levels) emulation widgets;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Display: OpenGL hardware acceleration, multiscreen, full screen display;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Genymotion shell which allows you to interact with your VM using a command line;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">ADB support;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Eclipse and Android Studio plugins;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Supports Linux, Windows and Mac.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">More sensors are expected in future releases: gyroscope, light, temperature, rotation vector and so on.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Please note that since this is beta software, you might find bugs or incomplete features. In my test, things have worked pretty well: the Internet connection has worked out of the box and I was able to play games like Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja without any lag (but this obviously depends on your hardware):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3W8FDUn1LJs2sEYSvW1W3XhVDOKZFTpk4peMHpWM8c4B5D-CECU5b1GRZkCmufmbVaTr9U3nhmYjqcgLsNoM8w3WRDFSbfq9gOoUuQEqnqEerl83j4_lQcfKxdpPw9Kt3PjDjxNsagzs/s1600/genymotion_vm_5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3W8FDUn1LJs2sEYSvW1W3XhVDOKZFTpk4peMHpWM8c4B5D-CECU5b1GRZkCmufmbVaTr9U3nhmYjqcgLsNoM8w3WRDFSbfq9gOoUuQEqnqEerl83j4_lQcfKxdpPw9Kt3PjDjxNsagzs/s320/genymotion_vm_5.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Here are a few more screenshots:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAZlUmrh4PrtnuVwmB3mSioSdON_mGbTcygjRPZaHvL6pNPokDdSkpBqSMnmRdMa7_34-0rcSVpaJbm9wdtcgYnPnyVpWivtYJF9z3svSruSJfLwZhYOCOqqb_WhmCBO1wKVfxRh_yy8/s1600/genymotion.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAZlUmrh4PrtnuVwmB3mSioSdON_mGbTcygjRPZaHvL6pNPokDdSkpBqSMnmRdMa7_34-0rcSVpaJbm9wdtcgYnPnyVpWivtYJF9z3svSruSJfLwZhYOCOqqb_WhmCBO1wKVfxRh_yy8/s320/genymotion.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxxg7fM8uh7YvjwGj02VBksn7MIwOTooMOZbEdRhKi3BoBv9j0FDiQ4bijzYFlwmwKvHKfzFzOBJbRav6auX_K0Xyb3LRko77LM2-UNxmwOlmXPy4nj_tdhaLUHZx-HKXG0G4CmN-L28/s1600/genymotion_vm_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxxg7fM8uh7YvjwGj02VBksn7MIwOTooMOZbEdRhKi3BoBv9j0FDiQ4bijzYFlwmwKvHKfzFzOBJbRav6auX_K0Xyb3LRko77LM2-UNxmwOlmXPy4nj_tdhaLUHZx-HKXG0G4CmN-L28/s320/genymotion_vm_2.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oLAq3ELlUs6P35YCAzzsO8c8tIBkom9tV1A628h5SBNpoxmsS0gIEF6QgPbqDNJ9Jfl1kZvQXc9Djot-Tc5aJYAwwfD5Hgo94yM46fuqaT0DFC2xSlN6jQt-45eDbYdrKqQyWYa40WM/s1600/genymotion_vm_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oLAq3ELlUs6P35YCAzzsO8c8tIBkom9tV1A628h5SBNpoxmsS0gIEF6QgPbqDNJ9Jfl1kZvQXc9Djot-Tc5aJYAwwfD5Hgo94yM46fuqaT0DFC2xSlN6jQt-45eDbYdrKqQyWYa40WM/s320/genymotion_vm_3.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2-DpU4Ranl7YFLh32y5G2CrV_jU_oKnsRxNvKSQXEStc57yeDRKu3XczmzOCOZsfUtzNA3tAhpFrvz5vyXfD5SQGNXJn44xrcAulNoZ95toF34FeEI4QiMgS2QAatnSmZqb68xCaixE/s1600/genymotion_vm_4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Android x86" border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2-DpU4Ranl7YFLh32y5G2CrV_jU_oKnsRxNvKSQXEStc57yeDRKu3XczmzOCOZsfUtzNA3tAhpFrvz5vyXfD5SQGNXJn44xrcAulNoZ95toF34FeEI4QiMgS2QAatnSmZqb68xCaixE/s320/genymotion_vm_4.png" title="Genymotion Android x86" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Genymotion download / usage</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Before proceeding, please note that your computer must support <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/how-to-find-out-if-your-cpu-supports.html">hardware virtualization</a> (VTx / AMD-v) to be able to run Genymotion images. <b>Update:</b> this may no longer be required with the latest Genymotion 1.2.1, but I can't test it since my computer supports hardware virtualization.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> To use Genymotion, you need to install Oracle VirtualBox (<a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/virtualbox-420-released-with-support.html">Ubuntu installation instructions</a>) - I've tested it with Oracle VirtualBox 4.2.16 and apparently, there are some issues with older versions so you should upgrade to the latest stable release.</div><br /><b>2. </b>The next step is to download Genymotion. To be able to download it, you need to sign up for an account (free) @ <a href="https://cloud.genymotion.com/">https://cloud.genymotion.com</a> . After you create an account, download Genymotion in your home directory.<br /><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Genymotion via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/genymotion/">AUR</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3.</b> Now let's install Genymotion. For this, we'll need to mark the downloaded bin file as executable and run it (the commands below assume you've downloaded Genymotion in your home folder):</div><br /><b>32bit:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd<br />chmod +x genymotion-1.2.1_x86.bin<br />./genymotion-1.2.1_x86.bin</code></pre><b>64bit:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd<br />chmod +x genymotion-1.2.1_x64.bin<br />./genymotion-1.2.1_x64.bin</code></pre><br />The installer will then ask you if you want to proceed - enter "y" (without the quotes), press ENTER and that's it, Genymotion should now be installed on your system.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4.</b> If you've followed our instructions above, Genymotion should be installed under <i>~/genymotion</i> so to run it, use the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>~/genymotion/genymotion</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Genymotion should now start. To add a new virtual device, click "Add", log in with your Genymotion username and password (created under step 2) and you should see a list of available devices:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuO4MYGQM9_xwlY-yvufvO0AYev498wqYQS8glPnGXeXvvigf3L-pISJ076uwMcg162u4cPLaimyt4XNfPKHxma59a77Qdw8Je081SNcVaeQdldGSDiv1yJi0ARGALYo_wH82DhndRx8/s1600/genymotion_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuO4MYGQM9_xwlY-yvufvO0AYev498wqYQS8glPnGXeXvvigf3L-pISJ076uwMcg162u4cPLaimyt4XNfPKHxma59a77Qdw8Je081SNcVaeQdldGSDiv1yJi0ARGALYo_wH82DhndRx8/s320/genymotion_1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Select the virtual device you want to download from the list and click "Add" (to be able to install applications via Google Play Store, make sure the machine name mentions "Google Apps"):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocqe0BFTq76jxWLgkMTaZs6jpKf5xEkZoEOxjLQ3eOPoqzCsDoYWW8nBdGzkFciIN7-G7AJSRUrJEYG8FyxKdqETaJpri4cU7GlZVxlN5xiFCagsFdGiD5NfH7dlzJQuUd4_340Xxx8g/s1600/genymotion_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocqe0BFTq76jxWLgkMTaZs6jpKf5xEkZoEOxjLQ3eOPoqzCsDoYWW8nBdGzkFciIN7-G7AJSRUrJEYG8FyxKdqETaJpri4cU7GlZVxlN5xiFCagsFdGiD5NfH7dlzJQuUd4_340Xxx8g/s320/genymotion_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once you click "Next", the download should begin. Click "Next" when the download completes, enter a name for your new virtual device and click the "Create" button, then "Finish". The device should then show up in the main Genymotion window. Using the buttons on the right (or right clicking the device), you can change the screen size or delete the device:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMCY7XcluMmfQGQvlcQXt3htbNd2Ygnc-d55oz_-Bdyg7Pbf0rPKIDcSGNj3jKi_vLgALmbGrLyroRSiVEYzpEUaO3mkknSbprf08YqXBEHcorcdum38npAHwa3mX8N34RLGcvJli3bI/s1600/genymotion_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMCY7XcluMmfQGQvlcQXt3htbNd2Ygnc-d55oz_-Bdyg7Pbf0rPKIDcSGNj3jKi_vLgALmbGrLyroRSiVEYzpEUaO3mkknSbprf08YqXBEHcorcdum38npAHwa3mX8N34RLGcvJli3bI/s320/genymotion_3.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To start a device, select it and click the "Play" button. In the same way, you can create and run more devices.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">From the Genymotion menu you can set the ADB path or enter a proxy to use with Genymotion. In my test, Genymotion displayed an "Unable to find ADB in this path" message even though my ADB path was correct - hopefully this bug will be fixed soon. Once you start a virtual machine, you can connect via ADB by using the default VM IP: <i>192.168.56.101</i> (this can be configured from the virtual machine, via Genymotion Configuration, available in the Android VM apps list).</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2013/07/genymotion-avviare-ed-utilizzare.html">lffl.org</a></i></div>

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Command Line Video Download Tool `youtube-dl` Gets Support For 17 New Websites

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/">Youtube-dl</a> is a command line tool that allows downloading videos from YouTube and other similar websites. </b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Recently, youtube-dl has received support for 17 new websites</b>: hotnewhiphop.com, auengine.com, gamespot.com, RingTV, wat.tv, traileraddict.com, tu.tv, instagram.com, Statigr.am, break.com, tudou.com, Jukebox, Wimp.com, CSpan, 3sat, brightcove.com and archive.org.</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/AVvXsEhfwlIE9KK2Kfc8aa1dZTbM0baYxGE2ITailnzykIdIyq_Yy9Fxz4xVZGVdXgp1bH0ab7aLzj2QT7RNqUePt3mKf7j7FYJgzUqC8rMCvE23wFlUDyDF9YSiC1H0LDpj5cZ8qUoXuhreX5k/s1600/youtube-dl.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwlIE9KK2Kfc8aa1dZTbM0baYxGE2ITailnzykIdIyq_Yy9Fxz4xVZGVdXgp1bH0ab7aLzj2QT7RNqUePt3mKf7j7FYJgzUqC8rMCvE23wFlUDyDF9YSiC1H0LDpj5cZ8qUoXuhreX5k/s320/youtube-dl.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Compared to the version available in the Ubuntu repositories (13.04, 12.10 or 12.04), there are many other changes in the latest youtube-dl (version 2013.07.08.1), including:</div><ul><li>Improved support for encrypted signatures in Youtube;</li><li>Improved support for videos from ArteTv;</li><li>Vimeo: allow to download password protected videos;</li><li>Youtube: A lot of work for downloading VEVO videos;</li><li>Fixed downloading from Google+ videos;</li><li>Added support for downloading automatic transcribed subtitles;</li><li>Added support for downloading subtitles in WebVTT (vtt) format;</li><li>Improved support for Youtube's crypto signing fields;</li><li>YouTube subscription feed download support;</li><li>Dailymotion: fixed the download of the video in the max quality;</li><li>Fixed bash completion.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides the newly added websites, youtube-dl also supports: <b>YouTube (besides single videos it also supports playlists, searches and user videos)</b>, metacafe.com, Google Video (including searches), Pinsthotobucket, Dailymotion, DepositFiles, blip.tv, Vimeo, myvideo.de, The Daily Show / Colbert Nation, The Escapist, CollegeHumor, arte.tv, Soundcloud, xvideos, infoq, mixcloud, Stanford Open Content, Youku, MTV, Xnxx, Google Plus and there's also a generic downloader that works with some other sites.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application comes with many useful features, including <b>options to specify the video quality/format</b>, add the original title to the downloaded video filename, proxy support, <b>automatically extract audio from downloaded videos</b> and more.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install youtube-dl in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu users can install the latest youtube-dl from the main WebUpd8 PPA</b> (note: the PPA contains some other packages so check out the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/webupd8">package list</a> before adding it):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install youtube-dl</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">You can manually <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/webupd8/+packages?field.name_filter=youtube-dl&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=">download</a> and install the deb if you don't want to add the PPA.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">youtube-dl can update itself if installed manually however, to make sure you have the all the required dependencies, proper bash completion, etc., it's better to use the PPA / deb above.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Other Linux distributions:</b> search for youtube-dl in the repositories or download it from <a href="http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html">HERE</a>. You can update it to the latest version using the following command: "<i>youtube-dl -U</i>". </div><br />To download a video, simply use the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>youtube-dl http://VIDEO_URL</code></pre>where "<i>VIDEO_URL</i>" is the url of the video you want to download. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To see all the available options, type the following commands in a terminal: "<i>man youtube-dl</i>" or "<i>youtube-dl -h</i>".</div>

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QGifer Converts Video To GIF, Supports Cropping, Adding Text And More

<b><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/qgifer">QGifer</a> is a Qt tool available for Linux and Windows, that can convert part of a video to an animated GIF file.</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjRGlPQ-nRMGPYc-ZcZuB2CpUGUfCMexfxFcqPR_nBLJzZiT7ScnsPOGkqTmvUJdCGWN_-ekQ-iY7lmoBq92JvQcwi0Huofz6JvqP7EvIHqvnSawXhLYLRQxor6lUqL-Mm6Ez2_pnr3o/s1172/qgifer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="QGifer Ubuntu" border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjRGlPQ-nRMGPYc-ZcZuB2CpUGUfCMexfxFcqPR_nBLJzZiT7ScnsPOGkqTmvUJdCGWN_-ekQ-iY7lmoBq92JvQcwi0Huofz6JvqP7EvIHqvnSawXhLYLRQxor6lUqL-Mm6Ez2_pnr3o/s320/qgifer.png" title="QGifer Ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">QGifer isn't just a simple video to GIF converter. Thanks to its feature set, the application feels almost like a video editor, except it doesn't produce videos but animated GIF files: you can easily set which part of the video should be used in your GIF, <b>crop the video</b>, <b>add text or images</b>, <b>apply filters</b> and more.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Furthermore, the application comes with a <b>GIF optimizer which you can use to reduce the file size of any GIF</b>, not just those created using QGifer.</div><br /><b>QGifer features:</b><br /><ul><li>GIF extraction from a video file;</li><li>Color palette editor;</li><li>Variable color palette support;</li><li>Dithering;</li><li>Insert text and graphics - they can be displayed in all the frames or only certain frames;</li><li>Object interpolation;</li><li>Cropping;</li><li>Filtering;</li><li>Looping by appending reversed copy;</li><li>GIF optimization through ImageMagick;</li><li>Project management.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">QGifer is great but there is one downside: it doesn't support video files that come with more than 1800 frames and don't use the motion JPEG or YUV4 codecs. To be able to use these videos, you must either re-encode them using a codec like motion JPEG (the application comes with a MJPEG converter which you can access from the menu: <i>Program > MJPEG Converter</i> - however, in my test, this tool wasn't able to convert some videos I've downloaded from YouTube) or YUV4 or alternatively, cut the videos before importing them in QGifer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To cut a video to be able to use it in QGifer, you can use a video editor such as OpenShot or you can do this via command line, using <i>mencoder</i>, <i>ffmpeg</i> (or "libav" - using the command line "avconv" tool), melt and so on. For instance, to cut the first 30 seconds from a video called "in.avi" using <i>avconv</i>, use the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>avconv -i in.avi -ss 00:00:00 -t 00:00:30 -c copy out.avi</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">The resulting "out.avi" video should only contain the first 30 seconds from the "in.avi" video.</div><br /><i>Click <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDh5ae5SlGw2TFYAVLLEedlc5ycAFYVilvFz03UY52DAdrMx2jwnc2K3MAbukqP9jwiqB0RXdmfDHDgKCPYjayjeMNhqgKNzzwsBrCyV6mtpVw537YzvWw0DyUEHqokdWQULuibvTaiu8/s1600/qgifer-test.gif">HERE</a> to see a GIF I've created using QGifer.</i><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to create an animated GIF from video using QGifer</h2><div style="text-align: justify;">Creating animated GIF images from videos using QGifer isn't as easy as using the other <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/easily-create-animated-gif-images-from.html">video to GIF tool</a> we wrote about, but it isn't very complicated either. Below you can watch a quick video tutorial in which the QGifer developer explains how to use the application (GIF extraction, GIF optimization and color management):</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/SNTf5eNdL4Q" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNTf5eNdL4Q">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><h2>Download QGifer</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/qgifer/files/">Download QGifer</a> - there are Windows, Ubuntu/Debian (32bit only), generic Linux binary (32bit only) and source files available.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For both Ubuntu 32bit and 64bit you can use Sam Rog's PPA to <b>install the latest QGifer in Ubuntu:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:samrog131/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install qgifer</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>app seen on <a href="http://www.instantfundas.com/2013/07/qgifer-is-fantastic-video-to-gif.html">Instantfundas</a></i></div>

QGifer Converts Video To GIF, Supports Cropping, Adding Text And More

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