Flowblade Video Editor 0.10 Released With New Audio Mixer, Other New Features

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/">Flowblade</a>, a multitrack video editor for Linux, has reached version 0.10, getting a new audio mixer, a range log panel, new UI icons and more.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/flowblade-video-editor.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Flowblade video editor" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutbgXP0cXEAheTWviALkzFfvd3UZvBhnthKaWO3Co5ESxUP6XPqeDco8Iwa6xqZTSpN_4T8WKb32LklXOeR9XNICd3TV7imiy5UstycHdDSXhuzVNHetlSVNite6cveQEI4BD4DqaAB8/s320/flowblade-video-editor.png" title="Flowblade video editor" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Flowblade provides powerful tools to mix and filter audio and video: cut or join videos, create movies from video clips, audio and graphics files and so on.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The application <i>"employs film style editing paradigm in which clips are usually automatically placed tightly after the previous clip - or between two existing clips - when they are inserted on the timeline. Edits are fine-tuned by trimming in and out points of clips, or by cutting and deleting parts of clips. Film style editing is faster for creating programs with mostly straight cuts and audio splits, but may be slower when programs contain complex composites unless correct work flow is followed</i>", mentions the Debian package description.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Even though it has been under development since 2009, Flowblade has only recently made it into the Ubuntu (Saucy) and Debian (testing/unstable) repositories. </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest Flowblade 0.10 has been released yesterday and comes with some interesting changes, such as:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>new Audio Mixer window with VU meter + gain and pan controls for all tracks and master out (Requires MLT 0.8.8);</li><li>a Range Log panel has been added - this enables the user to save and name Mark In/Out ranges on media files. This is very useful when working with long files that have many areas of interest;</li><li>marks can now be placed to identify positions on the timeline;</li><li>Affine Blend compositor provides single point of control to create keyframed composites with both opacity and affine transform and all the standard blend modes (Requires Frei0r 1.4);</li><li>image sequences of numbered frames can now be imported as media;</li><li>rendering presets for commonly used file types are now available;</li><li>single track rendered transitions for quick dissolves and wipes;</li><li>The GUI was updated with over 20 new icons and custom buttons</li><li>the tabs position is now customizable;</li><li>configurable Timecode display position;</li><li>a keyboard shortcuts window has been added (<i>Help > Keyboard Shortcuts</i>);</li><li>much more. For a complete list of new features / changes, see the Flowblade <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/wiki/ReleaseNotes">release notes</a>.</li></ul><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://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/flowblade-audio-mixer.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Flowblade audio mixer" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/flowblade-audio-mixer_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new Flowblade audio mixer</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For more information about Flowblade, see our <a title="Flowblade: A Cool, Non-Linear Video Editor For Linux" href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/flowblade-cool-non-linear-video-editor.html">previous article</a> and the application <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/">homepage</a>.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Flowblade video editor</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Note: Flowblade requires a resolution of at least 1152x768.</b><br /><br /><b>Ubuntu / Debian and derivatives:</b> Like I was telling you above, Flowblade is available in the <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flowblade">Ubuntu</a> (Saucy) and <a href="http://packages.debian.org/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=flowblade">Debian</a> (testing/unstable) repositories, but it hasn't been updated to the latest version (0.10). You can<b> download the latest version from the Flowblade <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/downloads/list">downloads page</a> (deb included)</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Important: some features require MLT 0.8.8 and Frei0r 1.4 which are not available in the repositories - you can install these in Ubuntu by using a PPA such as <a href="https://launchpad.net/~sunab/+archive/kdenlive-release">this one</a> (it has both MLT 0.8.8 and the latest Frei0r from Git for Ubuntu Raring, Quantal and Precise).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Flowblade via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/flowblade/">AUR</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>other Linux distributions</b>, download the Flowblade source from <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/downloads/list">Google Code</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To help you get started with Flowblade, its developer has created a reference guide - check it out <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/wiki/FlowbladeReference">HERE</a>. </b>There are also 3 video tutorials linked at the bottom of its <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/">Google Code page</a>.</div>

Flowblade Video Editor 0.10 Released With New Audio Mixer, Other New Features

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Nuvola Player 2.2.0 Released, Needs New Maintainer

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://nuvolaplayer.fenryxo.cz/">Nuvola Player</a> is a cloud music player that integrates music services such as Grooveshark, Google Play Music, Amazon Cloud Player, Pandora, Rdio, Hype Machine or 8tracks, with your desktop.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/nuvola-player-2.2.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Nuvola Player 2.2.0" border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bBa486pvSa6mZaS8XtJs6RIwM__1eolIeKSECnp6zlr1jfkTbiG29OMK43xp2tq_zY0wd4IhT1thmsap313ufrXbVZEFcjWxreRXAbDb4qCiyumNVI2NnE6H5loWmdX14QJGhOWtrEg/s320/nuvola-player-2.2.0.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With Nuvola Player, you get notifications, Unity quicklists, multimedia keys support, Mpris v2 support (Ubuntu Sound Menu / GNOME Shell Media Player extension integration), lyrics fetching, last.fm scrobbling, proxy support and more.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nuvola Player 2.2.0</b> has been <a href="https://plus.google.com/110794636546911932554/posts/BjXGLNRKoTr">released</a> recently, bringing new features such as support for <a href="http://bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a> (an online music store and platform for artist promotion that caters mainly to independent artists) as well as bug fixes.</div><br /><b>Changes in Nuvola Player 2.2.0:</b><br /><ul><li>new service supported: Bancamp;</li><li>Nuvola Player now supports scrobbling to libre.fm, a last.fm alternative;</li><li>Last.fm love and ban actions are now available from the main menu, tray ion and Unity quicklist;</li><li>some services allow downloading songs - Nuvola player now features a simple download manager to allow downloading songs from these services;</li><li>bug fixes, including Google Play playback status detection, enable links to song downloading for Google Play, fixed metadata and playback status parsing for Deezer;</li></ul><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://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/nuvola-player-2.2.0-plugins.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Nuvola Player plugins" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/nuvola-player-2.2.0-plugins_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nuvola Player plugins<u><br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Sadly, the same day Nuvola Player 2.2.0 was released, a <a href="https://plus.google.com/110794636546911932554/posts/bc5fp7TgJgL">message</a> was posted on its Google Plus page, mentioning that <b>Nuvola Player needs a new maintainer</b> because the main developer, <a href="https://plus.google.com/111485183888722402983">Jiří Janoušek</a>, doesn't have enough time to continue the development. If you can adopt the project, contact Jiří at the Nuvola Player Development <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nuvola-player-devel">mailing list</a>.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Nuvola Player in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu users can install the latest stable Nuvola Player by using its official PPA. Add the PPA and install Nuvola Player using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nuvola-player-builders/stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install nuvolaplayer</code></pre><br />There are also PPAs for <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nuvola-player-builders/+archive/beta">beta</a> and <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nuvola-player-builders/+archive/unstable">unstable</a> builds.<br /><br /><b>Debian: </b>Nuvola Player is avialable in a <a href="http://ppa.fenryxo.cz/nuvola-player/README.html">repository</a>.<br /><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Nuvola Player via AUR: <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=58166">stable</a> | <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nuvola-bzr/">unstable</a> (bzr).<br /><br />For <b>other Linux distributions</b>, see the Nuvola Player <a href="http://nuvolaplayer.fenryxo.cz/download.html">downloads</a> page.

Nuvola Player 2.2.0 Released, Needs New Maintainer

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How To Disable Recursive Search In Nautilus 3.6 or 3.8 [Patch w/ PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;">The type-ahead find feature was removed from Nautilus starting with version 3.6. Now when typing in a Nautilus (3.6+) window, it performs a search in the current directory and all subdirectories instead of selecting the file or folder that matches what you've typed. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This feature is not that bad except for one thing: searching in subdirectories makes it pretty much unusable at times. If you find this behaviour annoying, you can install Nautilus with a patch created by <a href="https://launchpad.net/~dr3mro">Amr Osman</a> that allows disabling the recursive search so Nautilus only displays files and folders in the current directory, without looking in its subfolders.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The patch allows enabling/disabling recursive search in Nautilus via Dconf so you can easily switch between the two behaviors.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br />Here's an example:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-8lXTeCcJQEQ29DAqah4KNSG4D7TEoILQ0aARCFMo962Ig9VbnS23ilQP8BqytGY4Xa3seN-RYUAA-zd-oe9_O9TboCxfBdd6gX19pUk2zKiOgfglSruc5j5MPRN89m1HsBqswmSToI/s1600/nautilus-recursive-before.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-8lXTeCcJQEQ29DAqah4KNSG4D7TEoILQ0aARCFMo962Ig9VbnS23ilQP8BqytGY4Xa3seN-RYUAA-zd-oe9_O9TboCxfBdd6gX19pUk2zKiOgfglSruc5j5MPRN89m1HsBqswmSToI/s320/nautilus-recursive-before.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nautilus 3.8 <b>with recursive search</b></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/AVvXsEhJF16oy8u7j3Zrexi_sQtdAoNnE6x3WC1PvrYVjrIghRg5Qd5Zt65JiR_cGOwhyKc3Bl0hoZpUMWfv2ShmrmSNYmAGM8H7i8X_2XOr5GYmTFifyeQISH6uhw5Euz7TUgSz1rbGffdiGhI/s1600/nautilus-recursive-after.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJF16oy8u7j3Zrexi_sQtdAoNnE6x3WC1PvrYVjrIghRg5Qd5Zt65JiR_cGOwhyKc3Bl0hoZpUMWfv2ShmrmSNYmAGM8H7i8X_2XOr5GYmTFifyeQISH6uhw5Euz7TUgSz1rbGffdiGhI/s320/nautilus-recursive-after.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nautilus 3.8 <b>without recursive search</b></td></tr></tbody></table>In the example above, I was trying to find/select the <i>genymotion-1.2.1_x64.bin</i> file which I knew I had downloaded in the <i>~/Downloads</i> folder. Using the default Nautilus 3.8 (Ubuntu Saucy), a lot of files show up when typing "gen" which is confusing and makes it harder to spot the file I was looking for. Using the patched Nautilus, only the <i>genymotion</i> folder and the <i>genymotion-1.2.1_x64.bin</i> file show up so I immediately spot the file I was looking for.<br /><br />This may not be the best example, but I'm sure many of you have noticed how annoying the recursive search is in many situations.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you prefer the old type-ahead find feature, unfortunately there's no way of getting it in Nautilus 3.6+, at least not yet. But there are some other alternatives, like downgrading to <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">Nautilus 3.4</a>, using <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-to-install-nemo-file-manager-in.html" title="How To Install Nemo File Manager In Ubuntu">Nemo file manager</a>, etc.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Nautilus patched to allow enabling/disabling recursive search</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To be able to disable recursive search in Nautilus 3.6 or 3.8, you can either patch Nautilus yourself - the patch can be found <a href="https://code.launchpad.net/~dr3mro/nautilus/fix-1164016">HERE</a>, or use Amr Osman's PPA to install an already patched Nautilus.<br /><br /><b>To add the PPA (for Ubuntu 13.04 and 13.10) and upgrade Nautilus, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dr3mro/personal<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get upgrade</code></pre><br />Once Nautilus is upgraded successfully, restart it:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>nautilus -q</code></pre><br />Then, disable recursive search using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences enable-recursive-search false</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If later on you want to re-enable recursive search, use the command below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences enable-recursive-search true</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You can also change this setting via Dconf-editor (make sure dconf-tools is installed: "sudo apt-get install dconf-tools"), by navigating to: <i>org > gnome > nautilus > preferences</i> where you should find the "enable-recursive-search" option.</div><br />

How To Disable Recursive Search In Nautilus 3.6 or 3.8 [Patch w/ PPA]

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Cross-Platform Android x86 Emulator `Genymotion` Sees New Release

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.genymotion.com/">Genymotion</a>, a fast, cross-platform Android emulator that comes with pre-configured Android (x86 with OpenGL hardware acceleration) images, has been updated recently, getting new features such as multi-touch gestures as well as many bug fixes.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/genymotion-1.2-ui.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Linux" border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzjizVISC_g5HrVnHysy1afa8n05VPMkB2j-h5n02i-8NTGhdRXR1P8o6i1MUOTHN-yWz1t3jtEZ3FerTRVsJAt-2H8AoUmbXFYfglrzXwQkXx-FOMw4ISlJlj2sLDzdLhQUJFsQBhZ8/s320/genymotion-1.2-ui.png" title="Genymotion Linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Pre-configured virtual devices available with Genymotion: Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.1.1 and 4.2.2, Nexus 7 with Android 4.1.1 and 4.2.2, Galaxy S4 / HTC One / Xperia Z with Android 4.2.2, Nexus One and Nexus S with Android 4.2.2 or 4.1.1 as well as some generic images for WXGA 10.1'' tablets and WSVGA 7.0'' tablets with both Android 4.1.1 and 4.2.2.</div><br />Also, since our previous <a title="Genymotion: Fast, Easy To Use Android (x86) Emulator With OpenGL Hardware Acceleration Support" href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/07/genymotion-fast-easy-to-use-android-x86.html">article</a>, a <b>preview WXGA 10.1'' image with Android 4.3 has been added</b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Changes in the latest Genymotion 1.2.1:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">multi-touch gestures (you can now use zoom gestures using mouse events):</li><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Right click + Move left: Zoom in;</li><li>Right click + Move right: Zoom out;</li><li>Right click + Move up: Tilt forth;</li><li>Right click + Move down: Tilt back;</li><li>Shift + Right click + Move left: Rotate Left;</li><li>Shift + Right click + Move right: Rotate Right.</li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Genymotion can now detect if a new version is available. When new versions are released, a notification is displayed;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">you can now activate the virtual keyboard in the virtual device settings;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">if it cannot use CPU virtualization option to launch a multi-CPU virtual device, then Genymotion will force number of CPUs to 1 to make it work anyway;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">fixed paid app installation not working on Android 4.2 due to internal storage;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">latest version of Google Maps does not crash any more with Genymotion;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">improved precision on GPS widget fields to use 10 digits, especially when working with latitudes greater than 100°;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">proxy settings are now applied globally and features such as GPS widget will run through an HTTP proxy.</li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/genymotion-1.2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Linux" border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZwazWeRvhzG9yjLL7octKq0kHtlywYmoJVV_nAo7VlInAJMJRC_YX0Unslvug7Sb0Q0MaS9D2oPtY0BvBfP1EfwVQgN11jQHTi46H8NlsQvc3KkCxpIsF83Ay3rx942vZ67r8YnFt7Q/s320/genymotion-1.2.png" title="Genymotion Linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: If you're upgrading from Genymotion 1.1.0, you must delete the old virtual devices and create new ones to be able to take advantage of the newly added features and bug fixes. Old virtual devices will continue to work, but without these new features / fixes.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://cloud.genymotion.com/">Download Genymotion</a> for Linux, Windows or Mac (you need to sign up for a free account to be able to download it)</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For more info as well as Linux installation instructions, see our <a title="Genymotion: Fast, Easy To Use Android (x86) Emulator With OpenGL Hardware Acceleration Support" href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/07/genymotion-fast-easy-to-use-android-x86.html">previous article about Genymotion</a>.</b></div>

Cross-Platform Android x86 Emulator `Genymotion` Sees New Release

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Oracle Java 7 Update 40 (7u40) Released, Ubuntu PPA Updated

<div style="text-align: justify;">Quick update: Oracle has released Java 7 Update 40 (7u40) today and the new version is available in the WebUpd8 Java PPA, for Ubuntu and Debian users.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7JUwa028JJ6DWV8dXaNXL_AZVS0bRu05ctBXE9uQPe3moQLGUIeussdneBVxHZww7y7jFHhCGxTF1pwO41n3EpivPHPDO9GuPX9pvOsac7eebZVkj3TKRvy1SqxpC90_bew_f-0Q-_4/s1600/oracle-jdk-7u40.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Oracle Java 7u40" border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7JUwa028JJ6DWV8dXaNXL_AZVS0bRu05ctBXE9uQPe3moQLGUIeussdneBVxHZww7y7jFHhCGxTF1pwO41n3EpivPHPDO9GuPX9pvOsac7eebZVkj3TKRvy1SqxpC90_bew_f-0Q-_4/s320/oracle-jdk-7u40.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Oracle Java 7u40 introduces the following new features:</div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Java Mission Control (JMC), an advanced monitoring and diagnostics tool inherited from JRockit is now fully supported on JDK 7. This is a commercial feature;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Part of JMC, Java Flight Recorder enables you to record events and metrics during runtime and extract them at will;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">support for the Retina display with Swing/AWT and JavaFX;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">new JDK binary for hardfloat Linux/ARM, for ARM-based micro servers and development boards. With this, JDK 7 now officially supports the Rasbian Linux distribution (for Raspberry Pi);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">a new Deployment Rule Set feature to enable fine granular controls for execution of Applet and WebStart applications;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">security feature enhancements for applets, JAXP and x.509 certificates.</li></ul><br />There's also a huge list of <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/2col/7u40-bugfixes-2007733.html">bug fixes</a>.<br /><br />For more information, see the Java SE Development Kit 7, Update 40 (JDK 7u40) <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/7u40-relnotes-2004172.html">release notes</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu</b> (<b>and derivatives</b> such as Linux Mint, etc.) 13.10, 13.04, 12.10, 12.04 and 10.04 users <b>can install the latest Oracle JDK7 (7u40) by using the WebUpd8 Java PPA</b>. Add the PPA and install Oracle JDK 7u40 by using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Debian users: </b>see how to add the PPA and install Oracle JDK7 in Debian, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/how-to-install-oracle-java-7-in-debian.html" title="How To Install Oracle Java 7 In Debian Via Repository">HERE</a>. </div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> For more information, see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html">Install Oracle Java 7 in Ubuntu via PPA Repository</a>.  </b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>As a reminder, the WebUpd8 Oracle Java PPA repository does not host any Java files but only an installer that automatically downloads and installs Oracle JDK, like the flashplugin-installer package for instance.</i></div>

Oracle Java 7 Update 40 (7u40) Released, Ubuntu PPA Updated

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KrISS Feed Is A Simple, Fast Feed Reader For Your Web Server

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://tontof.net/kriss/feed/">KrISS Feed</a> is a simple feed reader you can install on your web server.</b> Like <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/tiny-tiny-rss-ubuntu-ppa-google-reader.html" title="Tiny Tiny RSS Ubuntu PPA (Google Reader Alternative)">Tiny Tiny RSS</a>, this is a web application so you can access it from any computer or mobile device that has an Internet connection, using only a web browser.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="KrISS feed" border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcGX7_-s39lVCK798qYjrQNZvkrvp1ms4gIGnpaDZPnWs4w7SY0v4TJB3QONd9Y90URNr-7DjSozB6dJ92U5DbPpplRjisSGeijd6UF6I65X52-mmol4cEn7ykYbW_LgvSX8Gm3J9cJc/s320/kriss-feed.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>KrISS Feed features</b>:<br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">fast and easy to install;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">doesn't require SQL / databases;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">highly customizable: change its look via CSS (12 styles are available to download from its website but you can also create your own styles), customize the menu, paging, etc.;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">public/protected/private visibility;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">the feeds can be updated using Javascript, Cron or manually;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">list or expanded view;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">keyboard shortcuts;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">OPML import/export;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">mobile support using responsive web design;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">easily share links with <a href="http://sebsauvage.net/wiki/doku.php?id=php:shaarli">Shaarli</a>;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">auto mark as read when going to next item;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">star items;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">order by newer or older items;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">show unread or all items;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">more! </li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed_2.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="KrISS Feed expanded" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, version 8 (<a href="http://tontof.net/?2013/09/09/20/30/28-enfin-la-version-8">released</a> yesterday) has added plugins support, but there are no plugins available yet as far as I know.</div><br /><b>You can see an online KrISS Feed demo @ <a href="http://tontof.net/feed/">http://tontof.net/feed/</a></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are a few more screenshots with KrISS Feed using custom styles (available to download from its <a href="http://tontof.net/kriss/feed/#style">homepage</a>):</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed-style1.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="KrISS feed" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed-style1_thumb.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed-style2.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="KrISS feed" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed-style2_thumb.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed-style3.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="KrISS feed" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed-style3_thumb.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed-style4.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="KrISS feed" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/kriss-feed-style4_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install KrISS Feed</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Before proceeding, make sure your web server runs PHP 5.2 or newer. KrISS Feed requires php-xml, php-mbstring and php5-curl. In Ubuntu, the first two are included in the libapache2-mod-php5 package.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. Install the KrISS Feed dependencies in Ubuntu using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 php5-curl</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2. Then, download and install KrISS Feed by using the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>wget https://raw.github.com/tontof/kriss_feed/master/index.php -O /tmp/index.php<br />sudo mkdir /var/www/kriss<br />sudo cp /tmp/index.php /var/www/kriss/<br />sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/kriss/</code></pre><br /><b>3.</b> Visit http://YOURSERVER/kriss (or http://localhost/kriss if you've installed it locally), enter the username and password desired for KrISS Feed and click "Install Kriss feed":<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8mfDQ8C2WKGocwwi4QkYOE1mxP4jJ7eZ8gbVFu3H-oLuHvCbYE3uZk17qqZj7WZt7Fxnbo4StFE2vomBnRFEVgOJhvDFM8DAdn0D0KkcKubLUZF-qYvdljreM_1CjduF9zdej39pbFc/s1600/kriss-feed-install.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_8mfDQ8C2WKGocwwi4QkYOE1mxP4jJ7eZ8gbVFu3H-oLuHvCbYE3uZk17qqZj7WZt7Fxnbo4StFE2vomBnRFEVgOJhvDFM8DAdn0D0KkcKubLUZF-qYvdljreM_1CjduF9zdej39pbFc/s320/kriss-feed-install.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The web application should now be installed on your server.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first time you login you'll be promted to import an OPML file (exported for instance from Google Reader) - if you don't want to do this for now, click Cancel. Later on you can import an OPML file ia the KrISS Feed configuration pane.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To get KrISS Feed to update the feeds automatically, click <i>Configuration</i> and search for the "Auto update with javascript" option. At the bottom of the configuration page you'll also find instructions on how to update your feeds using Cron.</div><br />If you want <b>to install new styles</b>, download them from <a href="http://tontof.net/kriss/feed/#style">HERE</a> and copy the user.css file to <i>/var/www/kriss/inc/</i><br /><br /><b>For more information, see the KrISS Feed <a href="http://tontof.net/kriss/feed/">homepage</a> and its <a href="https://github.com/tontof/kriss_feed">GitHub page</a>.</b>

KrISS Feed Is A Simple, Fast Feed Reader For Your Web Server

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New GNOME 3.10 PPA Announced For Ubuntu 13.10: GNOME3-Next

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5LuBvDFrRm4U_5biSyIrt-raAdhL2drgOqaexEYMUvtQ_YuPolhmjutekznVTXPYSFViA1pGMX3J-rFgERYeRYtAGxX3kfh1CVGe8ymnpDLF1og3_FJe3xlwhvb-UkOyrSQjpURHxzg/s1600/gnome-logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5LuBvDFrRm4U_5biSyIrt-raAdhL2drgOqaexEYMUvtQ_YuPolhmjutekznVTXPYSFViA1pGMX3J-rFgERYeRYtAGxX3kfh1CVGe8ymnpDLF1og3_FJe3xlwhvb-UkOyrSQjpURHxzg/s1600/gnome-logo.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>GNOME 3.10 won't make it into Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander and to make it easier to install, the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team">GNOME 3 Launchpad Team</a> has created a new <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3-next">GNOME3-Next PPA</a>.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">For Saucy, the GNOME3-Next PPA will contain GNOME 3.10 packages that are considered stable while the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3">GNOME3 PPA</a> will only contain a few pieces of GNOME 3.8 that didn't make it into Saucy. The <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3-staging">GNOME3-Staging PPA</a> will continue to hold GNOME 3.10 packages that aren't considered stable just yet.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-gnome/2013-September/000669.html">announcement</a> posted on the Ubuntu GNOME <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome">mailing list</a>, <b>the GNOME3-Next PPA only holds a few packages for now but it should start to fill up over the next week or two</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also note that if you're using the GNOME3-Staging PPA, you'll also have to add the GNOME3-Next PPA because it will contain some dependencies required for the staging PPA.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I will publish a new article with instructions on upgrading to GNOME 3.10 once the new GNOME3-Next PPA is ready.<br /><br /><i>GNOME 3.10 will be released on September 25 and it will include new applications such as GNOME Maps and GNOME Music, a revamped system status menu, Setting (Control Center) improvements, initial Wayland support and more. As usual, we'll have an article covering all the major changes when GNOME 3.10 is released.</i></div>

New GNOME 3.10 PPA Announced For Ubuntu 13.10: GNOME3-Next

GNOME 3.10 won't make it into Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander and to make it easier to install, the GNOME 3 Launchpad Team has created a ...

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