Evernote Linux Client `Everpad` Available For GNOME Shell, KDE

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/everpad-unity.png" rel="image_group" title="Everpad in Unity (with previews)"><img alt="Everpad Unity" src="http://img.netupd8.com/everpad-unity_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/everpad-integrates-evernote-with-ubuntu.html" title="Everpad Integrates Evernote With Ubuntu Unity (AppIndicator, Lens)">Everpad</a>, an Evernote (note taking service) client for Linux, has reached version 2.3, getting GNOME Shell support (TopIcon extension is recommended), along with other new features and improvements.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>Everpad features:</b><br /><ul><li>supports Evernote notes, tags, netbooks, resources, places</li><li>Unity lens with previews support</li><li>Ubuntu AppIndicator</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest Everpad 2.3 should now work with GNOME Shell</b>, however, since the GNOME Shell Message Tray is not intended for applications such as Everpad, it's recommended to use it with the <a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/495/topicons/">TopIcon</a> extension.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/everpad-gs.png" rel="image_group" title="Everpad in GNOME Shell (with the TopIcon extension)"><img alt="Everpad GNOME Shell" src="http://img.netupd8.com/everpad-gs_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/everpad-gs_2.png" rel="image_group" title="Everpad in GNOME Shell (with the TopIcon extension)"><img alt="Everpad GNOME Shell" src="http://img.netupd8.com/everpad-gs_2.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">That's not all that's new in the latest Everpad 2.3. <b>The new version also brings drag'n'drop for images and files, printing and RTL support</b>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Since our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/evernote-ubuntu-client-everpad-gets.html">last post</a> on Everpad, the application has improved a lot!</b> For instance, <b>Everpad works under KDE and it even comes with Krunner integration </b>(press ALT + F2 to open Krunner, then type "create note" to quickly create a new note with Everpad, or you can search for existing notes, etc.). </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/everpad-krunner.png" rel="image_group" title="Everpad Krunner integration"><img alt="Everpad Krunner Kubuntu" src="http://img.netupd8.com/everpad-krunner_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There's also support for hotkeys, in note search, option to pin notes, light/dark panel icons support as well as new options to insert tables, images, checkboxes and lists in editor or change font.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: in my test Everpad worked under Kubuntu 12.10, but fails under Kubuntu 12.04 (I've reported the bug <a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad/issues/172">HERE</a>).</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Everpad in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>The Everpad Ubuntu PPA supports Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 and 11.10. Add the PPA and install Everpad using the commands below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvbn-rm/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install everpad</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To install it on other Linux distributions, see the Everpad GitHub <a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad/wiki/how-to-install">installation page</a>.<br /><br />Report any issues you may encounter @ <a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad/issues?state=open">GitHub</a>. </div>

Evernote Linux Client `Everpad` Available For GNOME Shell, KDE

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How To Install Synaptic With GTK3 Support In Ubuntu [PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest Synaptic Package Manager from BZR has been ported to GTK3</b> and the new version will probably be available in the Ubuntu 13.04 repositories. Since many of us are still using Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04, I've uploaded the latest Synaptic with GTK3 support to a PPA so you can easily install it.</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://img.netupd8.com/synaptic-gtk3.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Synaptic GTK3 Ubuntu 12.10" src="http://img.netupd8.com/synaptic-gtk3_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Synaptic built with GTK3</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">On a first look, it seems like nothing has changed - that's because the toolbar was supposed to be dark for GTK3 applications using Ambiance, but it looks like Synaptic is using a custom toolbar, at least for now. But you should notice the difference (e.g. buttons, checkboxes, etc.) once you start using it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Furthermore, besides the GTK3 port, the latest Synaptic from BZR has got a lot of bug fixes - a complete list can be found <a href="http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~synaptic-developers/synaptic/trunk/view/head:/debian/changelog">here</a>.</b></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Synaptic Package Manager with GTK3 support in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Synaptic Package Manager built with GTK3 is available in the WebUpd8 Unstable PPA, for Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04. Currently, there are no other packages for these Ubuntu versions, so the PPA is safe, but at some point I might add some other unstable packages. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, this version of Synaptic is currently considered experimental. So use it at your own risk! I can't guarantee everything will work for you, but I can tell you that I'm using it right now in Ubuntu 12.10 and everything works fine.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the PPA and install Synaptic with GTK3 support in Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 or 13.04, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/unstable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install synaptic</code></pre><br />Alternatively, you can download the Synaptic deb from our <a href="https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/unstable/+packages?field.name_filter=synaptic&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=">PPA</a>.<br /><br />If you want to built it from source, you can grab it via <a href="https://code.launchpad.net/~synaptic-developers/synaptic/trunk">Launchpad</a>.

How To Install Synaptic With GTK3 Support In Ubuntu [PPA]

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Zukitwo, Adwaita Cupertino Themes Ported To GTK 3.6

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Two pretty popular GTK3 themes have been updated to work with the latest stable GTK 3.6 recently: Zukitwo and Adwaita Cupertino (now called Gnome Cupertino).</b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Gnome Cupertino (previously known as Adwaita Cupertino) </b>is a GTK2/3 theme pack based on the colors of Mac OSX Snow Leopard and Lion, each with variations optimized for either GNOME Shell or Unity.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-cupertino.png" rel="image_group" title="Gnome Cupertino GTK 3.6 theme"><img alt="Gnome Cupertino theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-cupertino_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Because Adwaita Cupertino was practically re-written from scratch in the transition to GTK 3.6 and also, since the theme doesn't uses the Adwaita Engine for several versions, its designer decided to rename it to Gnome Cupertino.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The package available in our PPA has two themes: the default Gnome Cupertino and a variant optimized for Unity, but inside the theme folder (e.g. /usr/share/themes/Gnome-Cupertino) you'll find some alternate Metacity / Unity buttons which you can use, but you must make the changes manually - see the readme.txt file inside the theme folder. In the same file you can also tweak the theme to use a custom style for Nautilus 3.4 because by default, it's optimized for Nautilus 3.6.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Since the theme has just been ported to GTK 3.6, there are some bugs. For instance, the GNOME Classic indicators have a weird white border at the bottom. Hopefully this will be fixed in future versions.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-cupertino_2.png" rel="image_group" title="Gnome Cupertino - GTK3 widget factory"><img alt="Gnome Cupertino theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/gnome-cupertino_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the WebUpd8 themes PPA and install Gnome Cupertino in Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/themes<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install gnome-cupertino-gtk-theme</code></pre>As a reminder, the theme is also available for Ubuntu 12.04 (GTK 3.4), as "adwaita-cupertino-gtk-theme".<br /><br /><b>Arch Linux </b>users can install Gnome Cupertino <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtk-theme-gnome-cupertino/">via</a> <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtk-theme-gnome-cupertino-glassy/">AUR</a>.<br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, download Gnome Cupertino via <a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=147061">Gnome Look</a>.</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Zukitwo, one of the most popular theme packs has finally been updated for GTK 3.6. </b>In the process, the theme lost yet another variant (Zukitwo Dark) so there is now only one Zukitwo theme. </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/zukitwo-unity.png" rel="image_group" title="Zukitwo GTK 3.6 theme - Unity"><img alt="Zukitwo theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/zukitwo-unity_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/zukitwo-gnome-shell.png" rel="image_group" title="Zukitwo GTK 3.6 theme - GNOME Shell"><img alt="Zukitwo theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/zukitwo-gnome-shell_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, the theme no longer uses the Unico GTK3 engine and the buttons have been replaced with the ones used in the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/12/zukini-new-gtk23gnome-shell-theme-pack.html">Zukini theme</a>.<br /><br />Just like Gnome Cupertino, Zukitwo has a few bugs and the theme doesn't look too good with the classic GNOME session panel. Hopefully they will be fixed soon. </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/zukitwo-twf.png" rel="image_group" title="Zukitwo theme - GTK3 widget factory"><img alt="Zukitwo theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/zukitwo-twf_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install the latest Zukitwo GTK2/3/GNOME Shell/Xfwm theme pack in Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04, use the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/themes<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install zukitwo-theme</code></pre><br />The PPA also has an older version that works with GTK 3.4 for Ubuntu 12.04 (install "zukitwo-theme-all").<br /><b><br /></b> <b>Arch Linux </b>users can install Zukitwo theme via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/zukitwo-themes/">AUR</a>.<br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, download Zukitwo via <a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=140562">Gnome Look</a>.</b><br /><br /><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/8-gtk-36-compatible-themes-available-in.html">8 GTK 3.6 Compatible Themes Available In PPAs For Ubuntu 12.10</a>.</i>

Zukitwo, Adwaita Cupertino Themes Ported To GTK 3.6

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Use Ubuntu 13.04 Software Center, Software Updater And Nautilus Icons With My-humanity Icon Theme

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/my-humanity-icons.png"><img alt="My Humanity Ubuntu 13.04 icons" src="http://img.netupd8.com/my-humanity-icons_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you want to try the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/new-icons-for-ubuntu-software-center.html">new Nautilus, Ubuntu Software Center and Software Updater icons</a> </b><b><b>(not released yet)</b>, which will be available in Ubuntu 13.04, you can use them right now on any Ubuntu version thanks to a new icon theme available on gnome-look.org called 'My-humanity'.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">My-humanity icon theme uses the new Nautilus icon for the folder icons as you can see in the screenshot below:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/my-humanity-icons_2.png"><img alt="My Humanity Ubuntu 13.04 icons" src="http://img.netupd8.com/my-humanity-icons_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>These aren't the official folder icons that will be available in Ubuntu 13.04 - they are custom icons built on top of the Nautilus icons we've seen a few days ago</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides the new folder Ubuntu Software Center and Software Updater icons, My-humanity comes with some other custom icons, so it's not identical to the Humanity icon theme available by default in Ubuntu. And it's pretty interesting!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=155513">Download My-humanity icon theme</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To use My-humanity, extract the downloaded archive, copy the "my-humanity" folder in the ~/.icons folder (".icons" is a hidden folder in your home directory - if it doesn't exist, create it) and then use a tool like GNOME Tweak Tool, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/ubuntu-tweak-gets-full-ubuntu-1210.html">Ubuntu Tweak</a> or <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/tweak-unity-with-unsettings-008-now.html">Unsettings</a> to change the icon theme to My-humanity.</div>

Use Ubuntu 13.04 Software Center, Software Updater And Nautilus Icons With My-humanity Icon Theme

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Ubuntu GNOME Remix 13.04 Replaces GNOME Packagekit With Ubuntu Software Center

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/prefer-gnome-shell-download-ubuntu.html">Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10</a> uses GNOME Packagekit ("Software") as the default package management application, but this will change in Raring Ringtail.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A recent <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/raring/+source/ubuntu-gnome-meta/0.5">update</a> in Ubuntu GNOME 13.04 Raring Ringtail (currently under development) has removed GNOME Packagekit from the default applications, replacing it with Ubuntu Software Center and Ubuntu's Update Manager.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/gs-usc.png"><img alt="Ubuntu GNOME Remix Software Center" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/gs-usc_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to a <a href="https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/msg00145.html">post</a> on a mailing list by Jeremy Bicha, the main Ubuntu GNOME developer, GNOME Packagekit is currently "<i>pretty disappointing</i>", while Ubuntu Software Center is "<i>one of Ubuntu's best features with ratings and reviews, screenshots, app icons, access to commercial software, and decent search</i>", so even though this change will slightly affect the pure GNOME3 desktop experience that Ubuntu GNOME Remix is trying to achieve, it will definitely provide a better overall default experience.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Further more, this won't be the first GNOME distribution that ships with its own software management application: Mageia and openSUSE do this too.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, as you probably know, Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 includes the classic session by default (along with GNOME Shell, which is the default session, obviously). Well, the same 13.04 update brought another pretty major change: even though Ubuntu 13.04 is likely to <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/ubuntu-1304-only-some-gnome-components.html">ship with GNOME 3.6 for the most part</a>, and not 3.8 (which will remove the fallback session), <b>the classic (fallback) session packages were removed from the default Ubuntu GNOME Remix 13.04 Raring Ringtail installation</b>.</div>

Ubuntu GNOME Remix 13.04 Replaces GNOME Packagekit With Ubuntu Software Center

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Install PPA-Purge With Multi-Arch Support In Ubuntu

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The ppa-purge package available in the official Ubuntu repositories is not multi-arch aware</b>, so purging PPAs like <a href="https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa">xorg-edgers</a> or <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3">gnome3</a> doesn't work correctly on 64bit systems.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A few hours ago, thanks to Tim Lunn's work, <b>a branch that adds multiarch support has been merged into the main ppa-purge branch, fixing this <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ppa-purge/+bug/892886">bug</a></b>. The fix should be available in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail soon, but I don't know if it will be backported for older Ubuntu versions so to make this fix available for Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 users, <b>I've uploaded the latest ppa-purge</b> from BZR <b>to the main WebUpd8 PPA</b>.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For those not familiar with PPA Purge, this is a <b>command line tool that downgrades all the packages installed from a PPA to the versions available in the official Ubuntu repositories</b>. </div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">As an example, if you've added the GNOME 3 PPA, using "sudo ppa-purge ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3" in Ubuntu 12.10 will downgrade GNOME Control Center from version 3.6.3 (which is currently available in the PPA) to the 3.4.2 version (which is available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories); PPA Purge will do this for all the packages available in that PPA like Nautilus, Totem and so on, which are installed on your system. Further more, after running PPA Purge, the PPA is disabled, but not removed. </div><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/how-to-use-launchpad-ppa-add-remove.html">How To Use A Launchpad PPA (Add, Remove, Purge, Disable) In Ubuntu</a>.</i><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I've tested the latest PPA Purge with multi-arch support on Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal (64bit) with the xorg-edgers PPA and I can confirm that it now works as expected:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/ppa-purge.png"><img alt="ppa-purge multiarch" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/ppa-purge_thumb.png" title="ppa-purge multiarch" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install PPA Purge with multi-arch support in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the main WebUpd8 PPA and install PPA Purge with multi-arch support in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, 12.10 Quantal Quetzal or 12.04 Precise Pangolin, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install ppa-purge</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">If you don't want to add our PPA, you can download the PPA Purge deb file from <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/webupd8/+files/ppa-purge_0.2.8%2Bbzr57%2B1%7Eprecise_all.deb">HERE</a>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Using PPA Purge is pretty straight forward. Simply run the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo ppa-purge ppa:someppa/ppa</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">replacing "ppa:someppa/ppa" with the PPA you want to purge, e.g.: "ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3".</div>

Install PPA-Purge With Multi-Arch Support In Ubuntu

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Hamachi GUI For Linux `Haguichi` 1.0.18 Released

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.haguichi.net/">Haguichi</a> is a GUI for the Hamachi Linux client which features fully customizable commands, network list, notifications and an optional Ubuntu AppIndicator.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For those not familiar with Hamachi, this is a VPN tool that's useful for establishing direct links between computers that are behind firewalls. Basically, Hamachi creates a connection over the Internet that emulates a local area network. It can be used for online gaming, remote desktop access, file sharing, etc.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/haguichi.png"><img alt="Haguichi" src="http:///netupd8.com/w8img2/haguichi_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Haguichi 1.0.18, which has been released a couple of days ago, introduces the following changes:</div><ul><li>Implemented a workaround for addresses being cut off in "hamachi list" command since LogMeIn started using the 25/8 address space. This workaround only works for online members.</li><li>The IPv6 address of a member is now ignored when an alias is set, because in that case the IPv6 address doesn't work.</li><li>The network list now immediately reflects network ownership once determined.</li><li>Improved retrieval of long nicknames.</li><li>Now using a slightly faster method to check the internet connection.</li><li>Other minor fixes, improvements and optimizations.</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install Haguichi in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>Firstly, <a href="https://secure.logmein.com/labs/">download</a> and install Hamachi for Linux. Then, add the Haguichi PPA and install it under Ubuntu using the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/haguichi<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install haguichi haguichi-appindicator</code></pre><br />The PPA is available for Ubuntu Quantal, Precise, Oneiric, Natty, Maverick and Lucid and, starting today, for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail.<br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, see the Haguichi <a href="http://www.haguichi.net/download/">downloads page</a>.</b>

Hamachi GUI For Linux `Haguichi` 1.0.18 Released

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