Subliminal: Command Line Tool To Download Subtitles From Multiple Websites

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal">Subliminal</a> is a python library / command line tool to search and download subtitles.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Various video players like Totem or VLC (with the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/vlsub-vlc-extension-to-search-and.html" title="VLSUB: VLC Extension To Search And Download Subtitles">VLSub</a> extension) already support downloading subtitles from OpenSubtitles based on the video name or hash, but Subliminal supports multiple subtitle websites: Addic7ed, BierDopje, OpenSubtitles, SubsWiki, Subtitulos, TheSubDB and TvSubtitles, so there are better chances for downloading working subtitles that match your video.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a name='more'></a>Subliminal uses video hashes and the "guessit" library to extract information from the filename / path to make sure the correct subtitles are downloaded. Further more, the tool uses a library called "enzyme" to detect embedded subtitles and avoid duplicates.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-umU0BVYqrL8/UEdEc7LynyI/AAAAAAAAJ6k/JVtA-T6jF08/s1600/subliminal.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="subliminal subtitle downloader" border="0" height="221" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-umU0BVYqrL8/UEdEc7LynyI/AAAAAAAAJ6k/JVtA-T6jF08/s320/subliminal.png" title="subliminal subtitle downloader" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Installation</h2><br /><br /><b>To install Subliminal in Ubuntu, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install git-core python-pip<br />sudo pip install beautifulsoup4 guessit requests enzyme html5lib lxml<br />cd && git clone https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal.git<br />cd subliminal<br />sudo python setup.py install</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, to download subtitles, you can either use a file path, filename or folder path. Here's an example:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>subliminal -l en The.Big.Bang.Theory.S05E18.HDTV.x264-LOL.mp4</code></pre>This will download the subtitle in the current folder, if you want to download them into the video folder "cd" to that directory firstly.<br /><br />"-l" sets the subtitle language, "en" (English) in the example above.<br /><br /><br />For more on how to use subliminal, run this command in a terminal:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>subliminal --help</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Tamps for the tip!</i></div>

Subliminal: Command Line Tool To Download Subtitles From Multiple Websites

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Install Oracle Java 8 In Ubuntu VIa PPA [JDK8]

<div style="text-align: justify;">Oracle Java 8 is expected in summer 2013, but there are some <a href="http://jdk8.java.net/download.html">early access builds</a> available for download already. I've got a request to upload it to the WebUpd8 Java PPA, and I did so you can now easily install Oracle JDK 8 (includes JRE 8) in Ubuntu / Debian and derivatives.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Oracle Java 8 should only be used for testing purposes and/or by developers. Since this is a preview release, you'll encounter bugs!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As a reminder, the WebUpd8 Java PPA doesn't include any Java binaries, just a script that automatically downloads and install Oracle Java. Everything is done automatically so you'll get updates through the update manager for JDK8 which includes JRE8 and the Java browser plugin.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you want to install Oracle Java 7 instead, see <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html" title="Install Oracle Java 7 in Ubuntu via PPA Repository">THIS</a> post (PPA for Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10, 12.04, 11.10, 11.04 and 10.04).</b></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Oracle Java 8 (JDK8 and JRE8) in Ubuntu / Linux Mint</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zs3-mXykIKo/UEdCkm1AHLI/AAAAAAAAJ6c/PkP1va0LBmo/s1600/oracle-java8.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="oracle java 8" border="0" height="216" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zs3-mXykIKo/UEdCkm1AHLI/AAAAAAAAJ6c/PkP1va0LBmo/s320/oracle-java8.png" title="oracle java 8" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Our PPA supports Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10, 12.04, 11.10, 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04 as well as the corresponding Linux Mint versions. Add the PPA and install Oracle Java 8 (the package provides both JDK8 and JRE8) using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, running "java -version" in a terminal should output something like this:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>andrei@andrei-desktop:~$ java -version<br /><b>java version "1.8.0-ea"</b><br />Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-ea-b54)<br />Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 24.0-b21, mixed mode)</code></pre>Or, "javac -version":<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>andrei@andrei-desktop:~$ javac -version<br />javac 1.8.0-ea</code></pre>And so on.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Oracle Java 8 (both JDK8 and JRE8) in Debian</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Debian users can install Oracle Java 8 from our PPA repository using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>su -<br />echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list<br />echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list<br />apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys EEA14886<br />apt-get update<br />apt-get install oracle-java8-installer<br />exit</code></pre><br /><br /><h2>Switching between Oracle Java 8 and Java 7</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Later on, if you want to switch Oracle Java 7, use the following command (make sure "oracle-java7-installer" package is installed):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-7-oracle</code></pre><br />And, switch back to Oracle Java 8 using:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-8-oracle</code></pre>If you get some warnings when running these two commands, ignore them.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Setting Java environment variables</h2><br />To automatically set up the Java 8 environment variables, you can install the following package:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default</code></pre><br />If you've already installed <i>oracle-java6-set-default</i> or <i>oracle-java7-set-default</i>, they will be automatically removed when installing <i>oracle-java8-set-default</i> (and the environment variables will be set for Oracle Java 8 instead).<br />

Install Oracle Java 8 In Ubuntu VIa PPA [JDK8]

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Use Pepper Flash Player From Google Chrome In Chromium Browser [How To]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VbSdn0RaBls/UEYTisZUGAI/AAAAAAAAJ58/J3ccfm_r-E4/s1600/chromium-flash-ppapi.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="chromium flash player pepper" border="0" height="173" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VbSdn0RaBls/UEYTisZUGAI/AAAAAAAAJ58/J3ccfm_r-E4/s320/chromium-flash-ppapi.png" title="chromium flash player pepper" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Adobe Flash Player 11.2.x is the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/adobe-flash-for-linux-will-only-be.html" title="Adobe Flash For Linux Will Only Be Available For Chrome">last release</a> available for Linux, future versions only being available through a new API called "Pepper" as part of Google Chrome. If you want to use the latest Flash Player 11.3.x in Linux, but with Chromium, not Google Chrome, here's what you must do.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> Firstly, you'll have to <a href="http://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel">download</a> and install Google Chrome. Any version will do; in my test I've used Google Chrome unstable (23) and Chromium stable and unstable (21 and 23; <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/new-chromium-stable-and-development.html" title="New Chromium Stable And Development PPAs For Ubuntu 12.04">PPA here</a>).</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2. Now, to launch Chromium browser with the Adobe Flash Player version bundled with Google Chrome, use the following command:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>chromium-browser --ppapi-flash-path=/opt/google/chrome*/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=11.3.31.323</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Important note: if you don't use the "--ppapi-flash-version" flag, the Flash Player version reported in <i>chrome://plugins</i> will be wrong. You can find out what version to enter here by opening a file manager and pointing it to <i>/opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash</i>, then open the "manifest.json" file and you'll find out the Flash Player version number under "version" (it should be on line 4).</div><br />Now open a new tab and enter "chrome://plugins", and see if the Flash plugin version is correct. You can then check the Adobe Flash version you're using, <a href="http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/find-version-flash-player.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update:</b>  an easy way to always have the correct Flash Player version in Chromium is to do the following. Open <i>~/.profile</i> with a text editor:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gedit ~/.profile</code></pre><br />And add the following line:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>export PEPPER_FLASH_VERSION=$(grep '"version":' /opt/google/chrome*/PepperFlash/manifest.json| grep -Po '(?<=version": ")(?:\d|\.)*')</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3.</b> Try it out and if Adobe Flash Player that comes bundled with Google Chrome is working fine for you in Chromium, let's make it permanent so you don't have to use any command line parameters in the future.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For this, you need to open the <i>/etc/chromium-browser/default</i> file as root with a text editor:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gksu gedit /etc/chromium-browser/default</code></pre>And replace CHROMIUM_FLAGS="" with the following:<br /><pre class="source-code"><code>CHROMIUM_FLAGS="--ppapi-flash-path=/opt/google/chrome*/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=$PEPPER_FLASH_VERSION"</code></pre><br />This will automatically get the Flash Player version from the Google Chrome manifest file once you log out and log back in.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Arch Linux </b>users can install <a href="http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=60443">THIS</a> package via AUR instead of following the instructions above.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>info via <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1976503">ubuntuforums</a>; thanks to Gregory Kramida for Flash version tweak.</i></div>

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New Chromium Stable And Development PPAs For Ubuntu 12.04

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xt3Yj0PvB6w/UEXkXVjGH7I/AAAAAAAAJ5U/1NipntDuG00/s1600/chromium-browser.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="chromium browser ubuntu" border="0" height="134" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xt3Yj0PvB6w/UEXkXVjGH7I/AAAAAAAAJ5U/1NipntDuG00/s320/chromium-browser.png" title="chromium browser ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A quick tip for Chromium users who are using Ubuntu 12.04: the Chromium <a href="https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily">PPAs</a> (Stable, Beta, Dev and Daily) haven't been updated since Chromium 18 but if you want to use the latest Chromium browser in Ubuntu, there are two new PPAs you can use, thanks to Alex Shkop.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The two Chromium PPAs are for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin only for now, one for the latest stable Chromium (version 21) and one for the development builds (version 23 at the time I'm writing this post).</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Add the stable PPA and install Chromium in Ubuntu 12.04 using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:a-v-shkop/chromium<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install chromium-browser</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Or, if you want the latest dev builds in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:a-v-shkop/chromium-dev<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install chromium-browser</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2012/09/ubuntu-arriva-il-nuovo-ppa-per.html">Lffl.org</a> and <a href="http://blog.desdelinux.net/nuevo-ppa-para-chromium-en-ubuntu-12-04/">DesdeLinux</a> for the heads up!</i></div>

New Chromium Stable And Development PPAs For Ubuntu 12.04

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uGet Download Manager 1.10 Released With Aria2 Fixes And Improvements, More

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WN232BzHagE/UEXcuu0TRZI/AAAAAAAAJ40/eDxhuf-DjWk/s1600/uget.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="uget download manager 1.10" border="0" height="184" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WN232BzHagE/UEXcuu0TRZI/AAAAAAAAJ40/eDxhuf-DjWk/s320/uget.png" title="uget download manager 1.10" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://uget.visuex.com/">uGet</a> is a multi-platform GTK3 download manager that supports resuming downloads, comes with categories support, can download torrent and metalink files through <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2009/10/aria2-cross-platform-command-line-tool.html">aria2</a>, a powerful command line download tool that's integrated into uGet.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Other uGet features include: scheduler, clipboard monitoring, can be integrated into Firefox through Flashgot plugin, can import downloads from HTML files, supports batch downloads and more. </div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application also integrates nicely with the Ubuntu desktop by making use of an AppIndicator and NotifyOSD notifications.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>uGet 1.10 has been released recently, getting some minor but useful features/changes:</b></div><ul><li> added global speed limits for aria2</li><li>new options in Download dialog: user agent and retrieve timestamp</li><li>added command line settings for flashgot</li><li>aria2 plug-in use argument "continue=true"</li><li>aria2 plug-in can use user specified filename</li><li>curl plug-in disable peer SSL certificate verification</li><li>curl plug-in can keep user specified filename</li><li>bug fixes, including some changes to the aria2 plugin settings to get it working again</li></ul>Also, uGet now depends on GTK 3.4+ and GLib 2.32+ so it won't be available for Linux distributions that ship with GTK 3.2 like Ubuntu 11.10.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Install uGet 1.10 in Ubuntu 12.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest uGet 1.10 is currently only available for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin and it can be installed using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:plushuang-tw/uget-stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install uget aria2</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For source files, .rpm and Windows binaries, see the uGet <a href="http://uget.visuex.com/downloads">download page</a>.</b></div><br /><br /><h2>uGet usage notes</h2><br />1. If you're upgrading uGet from an older version, to get the aria2 plugin to work in uGet select Edit > Settings and on the "Plug-in" tab, under "Arguments", replace "--enable-xml-rpc" with "--enable-rpc=true -D --check-certificate=false" (without the quotes). <br /><br />2. If aria2 is not working with uGet, run "aria2c --enable-rpc=true" in a terminal firstly or "aria2c --enable-rpc=true --disable-ipv6=true".<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Ubuntu users who are using GNOME Shell and don't want an AppIndicator for uGet can run the following command to disable the AppIndicator:</div><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sed -i "s/AppIndicator value='1'/AppIndicator value='0'/g" ~/.config/uGet/Setting.xml</code></pre>

uGet Download Manager 1.10 Released With Aria2 Fixes And Improvements, More

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3 Hidden Features In Firefox 15 You May Want To Enable

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Firefox 15, which has been released a few days ago, comes with some cool features disabled by default: native PDF viewer, preferences in tab and click-to-play plugins.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These features have been in testing for quite a while, but they are not 100% ready so they aren't enabled by default and there are no options in the Firefox preferences to enable them. But, if you don't mind an occasional glitch, you can enable them  using the <i>about:config</i> tool.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-khc_OeGA1SY/UEHngS1igAI/AAAAAAAAJ3c/Tq4MGgXSKi8/s1600/firefox15-pdf.js.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="firefox 15 native pdf reader pdf.js" border="0" height="189" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-khc_OeGA1SY/UEHngS1igAI/AAAAAAAAJ3c/Tq4MGgXSKi8/s320/firefox15-pdf.js.png" title="firefox 15 native pdf reader pdf.js" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Firefox 15 comes with a <b>native PDF reader</b> that uses JavaScript (pdf.js) to open PDF files directly in the browser. This feature is disabled by default but it can be enabled by following these steps: open a new tab, type "about:config", search for "<b>pdfjs.disabled</b>" and set it to "<b>false</b>" (double click it).</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LoGu2bz0Q10/UEHoCJGdhnI/AAAAAAAAJ3k/2hm_2-ZMdUI/s1600/firefox15-preferences-in-tab.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="firefox 15 preferences in tabs" border="0" height="230" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LoGu2bz0Q10/UEHoCJGdhnI/AAAAAAAAJ3k/2hm_2-ZMdUI/s320/firefox15-preferences-in-tab.png" title="firefox 15 preferences in tabs" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In Firefox 15, you can also enable<b> 'preferences in content'</b> which makes the Preferences window open in a new tab instead of using a new window. To enable this, type "about:config" in a new tab, search for "<b>browser.preferences.InContent</b>" and set it to "<b>true</b>" (double click it).</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ceJu9QwWHPU/UEHoH7cs4yI/AAAAAAAAJ3s/-fzZsrN927I/s1600/firefox15-click-to-play.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="firefox 15 click to play plugins" border="0" height="250" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ceJu9QwWHPU/UEHoH7cs4yI/AAAAAAAAJ3s/-fzZsrN927I/s320/firefox15-click-to-play.png" title="firefox 15 click to play plugins" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And the third hidden feature in Firefox 15 is <b>"click-to-play" plugins</b>, which disables plugins like Adobe Flash by default but you can still play them with a single click. This prevents Flash and other plugins from loading automatically. To enable 'click-to-play plugins' in Firefox 15, type "about:config" in the address bar, search for "<b>plugins.click_to_play</b>" and set it to "<b>true</b>".</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: after changing the native PDF reader and click-to-play plugins preferences in about:config, you need to restart Firefox for the changes to take effect.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.instantfundas.com/2012/08/3-great-firefox-15-features-you-should.html">instantfundas.com</a></i></div>

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Unity 6.4.0 Lands In Ubuntu Quantal Proposed Repository, Brings Dash Previews

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q5t1ZlP6i58/UEHFo3v2A-I/AAAAAAAAJ2M/Qlsx29GpywY/s1600/preview-chromium.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu dash previews" border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q5t1ZlP6i58/UEHFo3v2A-I/AAAAAAAAJ2M/Qlsx29GpywY/s320/preview-chromium.png" title="ubuntu dash previews" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Unity 6.4.0 has been uploaded to the Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal proposed* repositories today, bringing a huge list of bug fixes, but also some new features that were announced earlier, like the Dash previews feature.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>previews feature</b> allows you to right click applications or files in Dash to get a preview, along with some extra information which depends on the item you've right clicked. The previews currently work with applications (both installed and suggested), music (available on the HDD and available for download), videos and pictures. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The music lens can now play music without the need of an external music player: when right clicking an album, be it available for purchase or local music, the tracks are listed along with the album art and if you hove a track number, a play/pause button is displayed and you can play that track:<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/-JF2wGITeOEM/UENCtbZTUkI/AAAAAAAAJ4M/NVFQAFdo3N4/s1600/music-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="music lens preview" border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JF2wGITeOEM/UENCtbZTUkI/AAAAAAAAJ4M/NVFQAFdo3N4/s320/music-lens.png" title="music lens preview" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dash previews - music available for purchase playing</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://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p__15TDYeQ8/UENCubOaGsI/AAAAAAAAJ4U/NT6C5c9vO-Q/s1600/music-play-dash.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p__15TDYeQ8/UENCubOaGsI/AAAAAAAAJ4U/NT6C5c9vO-Q/s320/music-play-dash.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dash previews - local music playing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We've covered this a while back, so for more info and a video, see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/unity-dash-gets-cool-new-previews.html">Unity: Dash Gets A Cool New Previews Feature [Video] - Ubuntu 12.10 Development</a>.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tf90rEkxDiY/UEHFuSLUH1I/AAAAAAAAJ2U/bQ4ACuUQl9c/s1600/preview-image.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ubuntu unity previews" border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tf90rEkxDiY/UEHFuSLUH1I/AAAAAAAAJ2U/bQ4ACuUQl9c/s320/preview-image.png" title="ubuntu unity previews" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dash previews - local image</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides the preview feature, the latest Unity 6.4.0 seems to also come with the new <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/install-new-ubuntu-webapps-technology.html">Unity webapps technology</a> because when upgrading, 2 new packages were installed: libunity-webapps0 and unity-webapps-service, but it doesn't work yet. The browser (Firefox and Chromium) extensions are not installed by default, but even after installing them, the WebApps feature didn't work in my test so it seems there's something still missing here.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another change in Unity 6.4.0 is that <b>"backlight toggles" mode is now switched on</b> by default (screenshot above) which means that the Unity launcher icons for applications that aren't running don't have a background anymore:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--ZEM6D6rvhY/UEHF1stlb0I/AAAAAAAAJ2c/cg741Z1fVxw/s1600/launcher-backlight.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="unity Backlight toggles on" border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--ZEM6D6rvhY/UEHF1stlb0I/AAAAAAAAJ2c/cg741Z1fVxw/s320/launcher-backlight.png" title="unity Backlight toggles on" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Backlight toggles on</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, there's also a change in Compiz that I've noticed while testing Unity 6.4.0: the Magic Lamp animation is now used when clicking a minimized application from the Unity launcher (this is not used when minimizing an application). This animation is also used on Mac OSX where is known as the Genie effect (you can see a GIF with this animation in action <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ogbdn4LOjHs/UEHMONZTd8I/AAAAAAAAJ24/sffBeVGCmd0/s1600/output.gif">HERE</a>):</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9AybCy37FxU/UEHMqvFuUPI/AAAAAAAAJ3A/3sNIv40x720/s1600/genie.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="unity magic lamp genie effect" border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9AybCy37FxU/UEHMqvFuUPI/AAAAAAAAJ3A/3sNIv40x720/s320/genie.png" title="unity magic lamp genie effect" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magic Lamp ("Genie") effect</td></tr></tbody></table><br />For a complete list of changes in Unity 6.4.0, see the changelog @ <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/unity/6.4.0-0ubuntu1">Launchpad</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">* The proposed repository is not enabled by default - it can be enabled via Software Sources. Unity 6.4.0 should be promoted from the proposed to the main repository soon.</div>

Unity 6.4.0 Lands In Ubuntu Quantal Proposed Repository, Brings Dash Previews

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