qBittorrent 3.0.0 Released

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-es8jYCnSovU/UCU7Wz9wzfI/AAAAAAAAJn4/p4eE33JJAj8/s1600/qbittorrent.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-es8jYCnSovU/UCU7Wz9wzfI/AAAAAAAAJn4/p4eE33JJAj8/s320/qbittorrent.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.qbittorrent.org/">qBittorrent</a> is a cross-platform BitTorrent client that comes with an integrated search engine, web interface, sequential download support, bandwidth scheduler, RSS support and other useful features.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>qBittorrent 3.0.0</b> was released yesterday, bringing<b> improved performance</b> and various optimizations along with some UI changes and new features:<br /><ul><li>a new torrent addition dialog</li><li>WebUI: support for adding multiple local torrents at once</li><li>improved style for the left panel</li><li>ability to choose the save path when using magnet links</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://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZzFX811lvRI/UCU6vNBR5SI/AAAAAAAAJnw/SQVHDikpGIE/s1600/qbittorrent-add-torrent.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="215" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZzFX811lvRI/UCU6vNBR5SI/AAAAAAAAJnw/SQVHDikpGIE/s320/qbittorrent-add-torrent.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new "add torrent" dialog</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, with the release of version 3.0, qBittorrent no longer supports libtorrent 0.14.x and Qt 4.5.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install qBittorrent 3.0 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To install the latest stable qBittorrent in Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04, use the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hydr0g3n/qbittorrent-stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install qbittorrent</code></pre><br />The above PPA provides qBittorrent for older Ubuntu releases too, but not the latest qBittorrent 3.0.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows or Mac OS X, get qBittorrent via its <a href="http://www.qbittorrent.org/download.php">download page</a>.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2012/08/qbittorrent-30-pochi-miglioramenti-e.html">lffl.org</a><b> </b></i></div></div>

qBittorrent 3.0.0 Released

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Use Facebook From The Command Line With fbcmd

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RxWyJBLm3Lk/UCO2o7tKPGI/AAAAAAAAJgo/CZD7mMfCAbE/s1600/fbcmd.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RxWyJBLm3Lk/UCO2o7tKPGI/AAAAAAAAJgo/CZD7mMfCAbE/s320/fbcmd.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://fbcmd.dtompkins.com/introduction">fbcmd</a> is a cross-platform tool that lets you use Facebook from the command line. It supports posting a status, uploading photos, creating albums, listing profile information for friends, display events or your stream, share links and lots more.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">This little utility can be useful for those who want to quickly post a status on Facebook, upload some photos and so on without having to open a browser, or to use in scripts.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install fbcmd in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install fbcmd in Ubuntu, follow the steps below </b>(the installation instructions below are for fbcmd 1.1 stable; for 2.0 beta, the installation is slightly <a href="http://fbcmd.dtompkins.com/introduction">different</a>):</div><br /><b>1.</b> Install the required dependencies:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install php5-cli php5-curl</code></pre><br /><b>2.</b> Download and install fbcmd using the commands below:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd && wget https://raw.github.com/dtompkins/fbcmd/master/fbcmd_update.php<br />php fbcmd_update.php<br />sudo php fbcmd_update.php sudo<br />php fbcmd_update.php install</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And that should complete the installation. <b>To be able to use fbcmd, you need to give it access to your Facebook account:</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- For basic access, run the following command - it should open a new tab in your default web browser, asking you to allow fbcmd to access Facebook:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>fbcmd go access</code></pre>- The second step is to authorize fbcmd to use Facebook in offline mode:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>fbcmd go auth</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">This once again opens a new tab in your default browser, which should display a code. Copy that code and run the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>fbcmd auth CODE</code></pre>Replacing "CODE" with the code you've copied from Facebook.<br /><br />- And finally, to give fbcmd additional permissions, use the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>fbcmd addperm</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now everything should be ready. to see all the available fbcmd options, type the following command in a terminal:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>fbcmd</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">You can also find a list of available commands, with explanations and examples, <a href="http://fbcmd.dtompkins.com/commands">HERE</a><b>.</b></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lpKwU1p3_Ek/UCO2vAZGh2I/AAAAAAAAJgw/LgYnW_diuWw/s1600/fbcmd-fb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="109" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lpKwU1p3_Ek/UCO2vAZGh2I/AAAAAAAAJgw/LgYnW_diuWw/s320/fbcmd-fb.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Here are a few<b> fbcmd examples:</b><br /><br />- update your status:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>fbcmd status "insert the status here"</code></pre><br />- upload a picture to an existing album called "myalbum":<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>fbcmd addpic myfile.jpg myalbum "photo description"</code></pre><br />- display your Facebook stream:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>fbcmd stream</code></pre><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install fbcmd via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32086">AUR</a>.<br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows or Mac OS X, download fbcmd from <a href="http://fbcmd.dtompkins.com/downloads">HERE</a>.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://korben.info/facebook-en-ligne-de-commande.html">korben.info</a></i></div>

Use Facebook From The Command Line With fbcmd

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Insync: Google Drive Client For Linux (Beta 2 Released, DEB And RPM Packages Available For Download)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_sTvPP1I4gA/UCPUMtoGvzI/AAAAAAAAJhE/JmyFI8QH7oc/s1600/insync-appindicator.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="insync appindicator" border="0" height="256" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_sTvPP1I4gA/UCPUMtoGvzI/AAAAAAAAJhE/JmyFI8QH7oc/s320/insync-appindicator.png" title="insync appindicator" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://insynchq.com/">Insync</a> is a Google Drive client for Mac, Windows and mobile devices that recently got support for Linux (beta).</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides full sync support for Google's cloud storage service, <a href="http://drive.google.com/">Google Drive</a>, which includes Google documents (unlike <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/grive-open-source-google-drive-client.html">Grive</a>) that it downloads as .doc, .xls, .ppt, etc., Insync for Linux also comes with <b>Nautilus integration, tray / Ubuntu AppIndicator support</b> that displays recent changes, errors and the sync status and <b>support for multiple accounts</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Insync Beta 2 for Linux was released today, bringing .deb and .rpm packages</b>, so the installation should be a lot easier now. Besides this, beta 2 also brings various fixes and improvements:</div><ul><li>fixes unicode issues</li><li>faster inotify</li><li>faster set emblems (using ctypes)</li><li>faster startup</li><li>icon and .desktop file</li></ul><br /><b>Update: just one day after beta 2, Insync for Linux beta 3 was released:</b><br /><ul><li>fixes unicode issues (finally!)</li><li>date format bug fixed</li><li>adding new directories - warn on errors instead of fail</li><li>deb depends on: libappindicator3-1, xdotool, nautilus, python-nautilus</li><li>fixes 32bit deb not working with older ubuntu's</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Using Insync for Linux</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, launch Insync from Dash / the menu. A new tab will open in your default browser, asking you to log in to Insync using your Google Account and link your computer to Insync / Google Drive.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After this, a new folder called "Insync" will be created in your home folder. In this folder, a directory with your Gmail email address is created, where your Google Drive files are synced / stored. If you add multiple accounts (from the AppIndicator: Account Information > Add New Account), you'll have multiple folders here, each using the account's email address:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-268sFNSMxoo/UCPUUVyMk_I/AAAAAAAAJhM/-vd1t92rw3g/s1600/insync-nautilus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="insync nautilus" border="0" height="207" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-268sFNSMxoo/UCPUUVyMk_I/AAAAAAAAJhM/-vd1t92rw3g/s320/insync-nautilus.png" title="insync nautilus" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Right clicking your Google Drive files in Nautilus, you can select to get a sharable link or open the file in Google Drive:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qZEw-V68h6I/UCPUaXOcigI/AAAAAAAAJhU/pV1zSzVOFZQ/s1600/insync-nautilus_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="insync nautilus" border="0" height="210" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qZEw-V68h6I/UCPUaXOcigI/AAAAAAAAJhU/pV1zSzVOFZQ/s320/insync-nautilus_2.png" title="insync nautilus" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Recent Changes and Versions menu items you see in the screenshot above haven't been implemented yet, and should be available with Insync 1.0.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Currently, there's no GUI way of re-linking your computer so if you've accidentally unlinked your computer from Insync, to link it again close Insync, then run the following command in a terminal:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>rm -r ~/.config/Insync</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">Then start Insync and the page which links Insync with your computer should open in your default browser. </div><br /><br /><h2>Download Insync for Linux</h2><br /><b>Insync Beta for Linux is available as .deb and .rpm and you can <a href="https://forums.insynchq.com/discussion/1499/insync-for-linux-beta-9-0-9-24">download it from the Insync forums</a>.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you've previously installed Insync beta 1, to clean up you need to remove the Nautilus extension (which is now installed in a different location sync Insync Beta 2/3 installs globally) using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>rm ~/.local/share/nautilus-python/extensions/insync_plugin.py</code></pre><br />If you encounter bugs, report them <a discussion="discussion" forums.insynchq.com="forums.insynchq.com" href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7452102844869359296&pli=1" https:="https:" insync-for-linux-beta-2-0-9-17="insync-for-linux-beta-2-0-9-17">HERE</a>.

Insync: Google Drive Client For Linux (Beta 2 Released, DEB And RPM Packages Available For Download)

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Add Stacks To The Unity Launcher With `Drawers`

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ho_tXT1LtiU/UB_Y5rfHUwI/AAAAAAAAJcE/nv6OaL7wByM/s1600/drawers_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity drawers" border="0" height="143" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ho_tXT1LtiU/UB_Y5rfHUwI/AAAAAAAAJcE/nv6OaL7wByM/s320/drawers_1.png" title="unity drawers" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Stacks is a feature firstly found on Mac OS X, which, as the name implies, "stacks" files into small organized folders on the dock - in our case, the Unity Launcher.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://launchpad.net/drawers">Drawers</a> is an utility that lets you create stacks (drawers) on the Unity launcher, a feature that was often requested but it hasn't been implemented in Unity, at least for now.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>With Drawers, you can create launchers for Unity on which you can add applications, files, folders or links so you can, for instance, have a drawer for web browsers, one for work-related applications and one some important documents.</b> This allows you to have a well organized, uncluttered Unity launcher while having all the applications/files you need just one click away.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">A drawer can be accessed by left clicking its icon on the Unity Launcher, which displays an icon list of the items you've added (screenshot above), but you can also access the files, folders or applications in a drawer via Unity quicklists, by right clicking the drawer icon:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DwQ2lYJ2v5E/UB_Y9noslzI/AAAAAAAAJcM/cKD_ruXH-F0/s1600/draawers-quicklists.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity drawers" border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DwQ2lYJ2v5E/UB_Y9noslzI/AAAAAAAAJcM/cKD_ruXH-F0/s320/draawers-quicklists.png" title="unity drawers" width="285" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Using Drawers</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E0hGyhqQmWY/UB_ZJSjdYkI/AAAAAAAAJcc/HuZrkZx65wI/s1600/drawers_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity drawers" border="0" height="206" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E0hGyhqQmWY/UB_ZJSjdYkI/AAAAAAAAJcc/HuZrkZx65wI/s320/drawers_2.png" title="unity drawers" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To create a "drawer" or "stack", launch Drawers from Dash - you will be asked to enter a name for the new drawer -, after which the drawer will be created under <i>~/.local/share/applications/</i>. You need to drag and drop this newly created drawer onto the Unity launcher. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Left click the drawer icon and a small overlay window should show up - here, you can drag'n'drop the applications, files, folders or links you want. Initially, because the drawer is small, you won't see any buttons on the drawer window but once you add some items, you should see three buttons on the top of the drawer window, which let you access the settings, close the drawer or pin it.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note:<b> the application doesn't currently support drag'n'drop from the Unity Launcher onto a drawer</b>, so if you want to add an application,<b> drag it from Dash and not from the Launcher</b>. Also, open the drawer before dragging and dropping applications, files or folders or else it won't work.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">From the drawer settings, you can rename the drawer, use a custom icon, change the icon and font size, set the transparency, column spacing and more:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iT9neSxxQ3w/UB_ZCNnPPdI/AAAAAAAAJcU/mTU39bzUJtY/s1600/drawer-settings.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity drawers" border="0" height="273" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iT9neSxxQ3w/UB_ZCNnPPdI/AAAAAAAAJcU/mTU39bzUJtY/s320/drawer-settings.png" title="unity drawers" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Drawers in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Drawers is available in a PPA for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin - add the PPA and install it using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ian-berke/ppa-drawers<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install drawers</code></pre><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/drawers">Launchpad</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>thanks to Daniel for the tip!</i></div>

Add Stacks To The Unity Launcher With `Drawers`

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Ubuntu 12.10 Might Ship With Nautilus 3.4 Instead Of 3.6

<div style="text-align: justify;">Nautilus is causing a lot of controversy lately: Linux Mint is <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/nemo-linux-mint-team-forks-nautilus.html">forking</a> it, SolusOS has <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/install-solusos-patched-nautilus-in-ubuntu-1204.html">added some patches</a> to make it more usable, and <b>the Ubuntu developers</b> don't agree with its direction either and <b>are thinking on going back to Nautilus 3.4.x for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><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://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OSW6HOCpTb4/UCLOJKZgpmI/AAAAAAAAJgI/tfa6KsSGQ2g/s1600/nautilus-3.4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="nautilus 3.4" border="0" height="234" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OSW6HOCpTb4/UCLOJKZgpmI/AAAAAAAAJgI/tfa6KsSGQ2g/s320/nautilus-3.4.png" title="nautilus 3.4" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nautilus 3.4.x</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update: Nautilus 3.5.x has been removed from Ubuntu 12.10 and Nautilus 3.4.2 is now used as default in the latest <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/ubuntu-1210-quantal-quetzal-beta-1.html">Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1</a>. </b><br /><br />In a comment on a Launchpad <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1034080">bug</a> posted yesterday, <a href="https://launchpad.net/~seb128">Sebastien Bacher</a>, software engineer at Canonical, has said that Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal might go back to Nautilus 3.4, even though Nautilus 3.5.x <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/nautilus-new-toolbar-menu-ubuntu-quantal.html">is already</a> in the Quantal repositories:</div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">[...] we are looking at going back to nautilus 3.4 for quantal but it's good to have a good view of the issues with the new version</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><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://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Pols0Ekwo5Q/UCLOV-TOdII/AAAAAAAAJgQ/rER7ZGLZ2jA/s1600/pantheon-files.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Pols0Ekwo5Q/UCLOV-TOdII/AAAAAAAAJgQ/rER7ZGLZ2jA/s320/pantheon-files.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pantheon Files, used by default in elementary OS Luna, a Marlin fork</td></tr></tbody></table><br />In a later comment, he also adds his personal opinion, saying that he's leaning toward shipping Nautilus 3.4.x on the CD for Quantal, but shipping 3.6.x in the archive too. And that's not all,<b> Sebastien also says that Ubuntu might decide to either follow GNOME or join efforts with the Marlin or <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/nemo-linux-mint-team-forks-nautilus.html">Nemo</a> teams and use one of these by default in Ubuntu, instead of Nautilus:</b></div><br /><blockquote>Looking around us "elementary os" has its own filemanager (marlin, written in vala), "mint" just started their own project "nemo" which is a fork of nautilus 3.4 ... <b>we might decide to follow GNOME, try joining efforts with the marlin or nemo team to maintain a full featured file manager or maintain our own filemanager</b> (less likely at this point, that's not a topic which was raised before)</blockquote><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Further more, in a message posted on the <a href="https://mail.gnome.org/archives/nautilus-list/2012-August/msg00015.html">Nautilus mailing list</a>, Sebastien Bacher says that <b>Ubuntu might even follow GNOME with one cycle delay</b>, for instance, using GNOME 3.4 on Ubuntu 12.10 (this won't happen with Ubuntu 12.10, it's just an example):</div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">[...] The way GNOME is currently working though is making difficult for us (Ubuntu) to take decisions on what to do. We traditionally have the Ubuntu Developer Summit at the start of our cycle (which is start of the GNOME cycle as well) and we plan work for the next release. At the time of UDS none of the nautilus changes that happened this cycle were announced so we didn't discuss that topic, but we got quite surprised by the new direction nautilus is taking (while we were already on the 3.5 serie) and we are trying to ponder what to do next.<br /><br />The lesson that we learned this cycle is that GNOME is not planning their work enough in advance or communicating enough for us to keep basing our distribution on the current unstable GNOME versions. <b>If that situation doesn't change we might well start following GNOME with one cycle delay </b>(i.e building our next version on the current stable rather than following the current unstable), we can't really build a solid product on shifting code where the direction is not communicated in advance. The issue is not specific to nautilus though and this list might not be the best place to discuss that... </blockquote><br /><b>What do you think?</b>

Ubuntu 12.10 Might Ship With Nautilus 3.4 Instead Of 3.6

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Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.0 Released With New Package Installation Feature, More

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qk_0fneoEz0/UCKhMYr_m7I/AAAAAAAAJf0/Vc15kTjt2SU/s1600/y-ppa-manager-0.0.9.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="y ppa manager 0.0.9.0" border="0" height="256" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qk_0fneoEz0/UCKhMYr_m7I/AAAAAAAAJf0/Vc15kTjt2SU/s320/y-ppa-manager-0.0.9.0.png" title="y ppa manager 0.0.9.0" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager">Y PPA Manager</a>, a tool to easily search for packages in Launchpad PPAs and perform various PPA actions: add, remove, purge, backup PPAs and more, has been updated to version 0.0.9.0 today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.0 brings an option to install a package from the PPA search results dialog (which adds the PPA too if it's not added already), an improved duplicate source removal feature and more.</b></div><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Changes in Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.0:</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">new "Install packages" item in the main UI that lets you quickly install packages (if you already know the package names). Separate multiple packages with a space.<b> This python script was contributed by Lorenzo from <a href="http://atareao.es/">atareao.es</a> (thank you!)</b></li><li style="text-align: justify;">when you search for packages in Launchpad PPAs, you can select to install some packages directly from the search results dialog (from the search results dialog, select a PPA and click "List packages", then select some package(s) and click "Install") - if the PPA isn't already added on your system, it will be added and then the selected package(s) will be installed using the new "Install packages" python script mentioned above, that comes with a GUI, so the user can see if any errors occur. This makes it easier and a lot faster to find the package you're looking for, add the PPA and install the package (for an even faster experience, the PPA source is updated using "update-ppa", a feature added in <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/y-ppa-manager-0087-released.html">Y PPA Manager 0.0.8.7</a>)</li><li style="text-align: justify;">a new "PPA status" column in the basic search and advanced search results dialog that lets you know if the PPA is already added on your system or not. Feature inspired by <a href="https://launchpad.net/ppasc">PPASC</a></li><li style="text-align: justify;">Search results dialog: when searching for a package (in deep search only), Y PPA Manager displays its version if it's installed, or it lets you know that the package is not installed.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">"Remove duplicate PPA sources": display which PPA sources are duplicates and also, display which PPA sources are about to be removed</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Other minor changes and fixes, like for instance setting a proper name for the indicator when using HUD</li></ul><br /><b>Here's a short video demoing the changes / new features in Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.0:</b><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xtgJMkzTn38" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtgJMkzTn38">direct video link</a>)</center><br />To add a PPA and install a package available in that PPA, search for the package:<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="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Neh1yrmM3_c/UCKgFpQr7-I/AAAAAAAAJfU/SsvLCAcQleg/s1600/y-ppa-manager-ppastatus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="190" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Neh1yrmM3_c/UCKgFpQr7-I/AAAAAAAAJfU/SsvLCAcQleg/s320/y-ppa-manager-ppastatus.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "PPA Status" column tells if you the PPA is already added on your system or not; If the package is installed, its version is displayed on top of the "deep" search window</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then click "List packages", select the package (or multiple packages - hold down the CTRL key to select multiple packages) you want to install and click the "Install" button:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fulj4QtPrJY/UCKgLrmKCHI/AAAAAAAAJfc/Q4dAyoBaGv0/s1600/y-ppa-manager-install.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fulj4QtPrJY/UCKgLrmKCHI/AAAAAAAAJfc/Q4dAyoBaGv0/s320/y-ppa-manager-install.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Y PPA Manager will then ask for your confirmation - if the PPA isn't already added on your system, it will be added and the installation will begin:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TjzH4pjdezk/UCKgSmw9ASI/AAAAAAAAJfk/yrjyKtcBuuM/s1600/y-ppa-manager-install_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TjzH4pjdezk/UCKgSmw9ASI/AAAAAAAAJfk/yrjyKtcBuuM/s320/y-ppa-manager-install_3.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gNHO7XWtsnM/UCKgTZMn0jI/AAAAAAAAJfo/5Vk_aqcwWGk/s1600/y-ppa-manager-install_4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gNHO7XWtsnM/UCKgTZMn0jI/AAAAAAAAJfo/5Vk_aqcwWGk/s320/y-ppa-manager-install_4.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Install Y PPA Manager in Ubuntu / Linux Mint</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Y PPA Manager supports Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04, 11.10, 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04 as well as Linux Mint. To add the PPA and install it, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager</code></pre><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager">Launchpad</a>.

Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.0 Released With New Package Installation Feature, More

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Ubuntu Light Themes Updated With New Style For Nautilus, More [Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XfzC09ma0wg/UCKD2uKwwmI/AAAAAAAAJe4/0AfVeeji3r8/s1600/ambiance_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ambiance ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="220" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XfzC09ma0wg/UCKD2uKwwmI/AAAAAAAAJe4/0AfVeeji3r8/s320/ambiance_1.png" title="ambiance ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ubuntu Light Themes branch has been <a href="https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-art-pkg/light-themes/trunk">updated</a> a few minutes ago (the changes aren't in the official Quantal repositories for now), bringing some interesting changes to the Ambiance and Radiance themes for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal:</div><a name='more'></a><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">new tabs style including a rounded active tab and more subtle inactive tabs</li><li style="text-align: justify;">the buttons are a bit bigger and more rounded</li><li style="text-align: justify;">changes for the latest Nautilus 3.5.x which looks great, though oddly, the toolbar doesn't uses a dark style anymore. The toolbar theming used for Nautilus is used by other GNOME applications too, like GNOME Documents, GNOME Contacts or Epiphany (these applications aren't installed by default)</li><li style="text-align: justify;">GNOME panel fixes (classic GNOME session)</li><li style="text-align: justify;">other changes</li></ul><br />Screenshots:<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://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ySfVCpe41pM/UCKDmu-T9UI/AAAAAAAAJek/SpDsxGcR49s/s1600/ambiance-nautilus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ambiance ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="198" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ySfVCpe41pM/UCKDmu-T9UI/AAAAAAAAJek/SpDsxGcR49s/s320/ambiance-nautilus.png" title="ambiance ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Updated theming for Nautilus 3.5.x</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="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cQ9PFjnjxgg/UCKDneBBJqI/AAAAAAAAJes/L7XG6uoYKLQ/s1600/ambiance_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ambiance ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="108" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cQ9PFjnjxgg/UCKDneBBJqI/AAAAAAAAJes/L7XG6uoYKLQ/s320/ambiance_2.png" title="ambiance ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New buttons / tabs style</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="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fOg254EU5mA/UCKDlYJsvyI/AAAAAAAAJeg/Xq3QnNgJCjU/s1600/ambiance-documents-epiphany.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ambiance ubuntu 12.10 quantal" border="0" height="188" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fOg254EU5mA/UCKDlYJsvyI/AAAAAAAAJeg/Xq3QnNgJCjU/s320/ambiance-documents-epiphany.png" title="ambiance ubuntu 12.10 quantal" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GNOME apps Epiphany and GNOME Documents (not installed by default) follow the same style as Nautilus</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="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hyUzWE25LK8/UCKD-4deaBI/AAAAAAAAJfA/dS0deqUCyfw/s1600/radiance.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="203" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hyUzWE25LK8/UCKD-4deaBI/AAAAAAAAJfA/dS0deqUCyfw/s320/radiance.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Radiance theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The updated Ambiance and Radiance themes</b> (along with an updated Unico GTK3 engine, required for the latest Ambiance and Radiance) <b>aren't yet available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal repositories</b>, but will probably land soon. Until the final Ubuntu 12.10 release, Ambiance and Radiance are likely to get many other updates so this is not the final design!<br /><br /><b>Update:</b> the new Light Themes version has just been <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/light-themes/0.1.90-0ubuntu1">uploaded</a> to the Ubuntu 12.10 repositories so the new theme design should be available to all Quantal users in a few minutes / hours.</div><br /><b>What do you think? </b>

Ubuntu Light Themes Updated With New Style For Nautilus, More [Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal]

The Ubuntu Light Themes branch has been updated a few minutes ago (the changes aren't in the official Quantal repositories for now), br...

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