Cairo Dock 3.2 Released With Improved Multi-Screen And GNOME Shell Support, More

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://Cairo Dock">Cairo Dock</a> (Glx Dock) is a launcher / task manager that comes with a huge list of applets and configuration options. </b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-55i8vco7xOU/UVBKNF76BEI/AAAAAAAAOqg/pBFl8kaacZ8/s1600/cairo-dock.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cairo dock" border="0" height="116" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-55i8vco7xOU/UVBKNF76BEI/AAAAAAAAOqg/pBFl8kaacZ8/s320/cairo-dock.png" title="cairo dock" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />It can be used with any desktop environment / shell, so it works with GNOME Shell, Unity, Xfce, KDE and so on. There's also a stand-alone Cairo Dock session - select "Cairo Dock" from the login menu to use it.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Among the applets included by default with Cairo Dock are: applications menu, appindicators, keyboard indicator, Ubuntu Messaging Menu, session control, mail, quick file browser, notification area, screen luminosity, screenshot, sound control, stacks, system monitor, desktop switcher, terminal, weather, weblets and more. </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://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h0rNHUwgH_Y/UVBKTE8hl0I/AAAAAAAAOqo/3RLZ8Un3f2w/s1600/cairo-dock-gnome-shell.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cairo dock" border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h0rNHUwgH_Y/UVBKTE8hl0I/AAAAAAAAOqo/3RLZ8Un3f2w/s320/cairo-dock-gnome-shell.png" title="cairo dock" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Multiple Cairo Dock instances (left, bottom) in GNOME Shell</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cairo Dock 3.2 has been released recently and it includes many changes:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>improved multi-screen support: you can now choose the screen for each dock (or all screens), support for desktop names, more;</li><li>new applets: Screenshot and Indicator-Generic (a plugin to display all the available Ubuntu indicators into the dock; you can define a blacklist if you don't want some indicators to show up);</li><li>new Sound Effects plugin which adds sounds to some actions on the icons;</li><li>better GNOME Shell support (for instance, all windows with the same class are displayed);</li><li>GDM user switching support;</li><li>the note taking applet can now work without Tomboy or Gnote;</li><li>Systemd support (Arch Linux, Fedora, etc.) for session management;</li><li>icons and overlays should be less blurry;</li><li>improved most plugins/applets: Application Menu, Clock, Gvfs integration (you can now mount encrypted volumes that require a password, various fixes), Keyboard Indicator, etc.;</li><li>more!</li></ul><br />For the official release notes, see <a href="http://glx-dock.org/bg_topic.php?t=6792">THIS</a> page.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to see Cairo Dock in action before installing it, here's a video with version 3.1 (so it's not the latest Cairo Dock 3.2, but you should still get an idea on most of its features):</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2isiqVEcaio" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2isiqVEcaio">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Cairo Dock</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu users can install the latest stable Cairo Dock using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cairo-dock-team/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Debian</b> users can install the latest Cairo Dock from the official Cairo Dock Debian repository - installation instructions <a href="http://glx-dock.org/ww_page.php?p=From%20the%20repository&lang=en#3-Debian">HERE</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Arch Linux, Cairo Dock can be installed via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cairo-dock/">AUR</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For other Linux distributions you can grab the Cairo Dock source from <a href="https://launchpad.net/cairo-dock-core">Launchpad</a>.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>seen on <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2013/03/cairo-dock-32-migliora-il-supporto-per.html">lffl.org</a></i></div>

Cairo Dock 3.2 Released With Improved Multi-Screen And GNOME Shell Support, More

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elementary OS Gets Its Own AppCenter

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The elementary OS team has released the first version of <a href="https://launchpad.net/appcenter">AppCenter</a>, a tool used to install and remove software, designed to be beautiful, fast and lightweight.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iy4F9qAclTM/UVAzDAesFiI/AAAAAAAAOpw/McCKSivgiZM/s1600/elementary-appcenter.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="elementary appcenter" border="0" height="218" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iy4F9qAclTM/UVAzDAesFiI/AAAAAAAAOpw/McCKSivgiZM/s320/elementary-appcenter.png" title="elementary appcenter" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">AppCenter uses the same backend as the Lubuntu Software Center (libappstore) and Packagekit and <b>since this is the first public release, there are missing features</b> such as ratings, reviews and featured apps, but these features should be available in a future release. <b>The plan is to allow AppCenter to also handle application updates</b>, but for now this isn't available. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The basic features are, of course, already available: installing/removing applications, displaying screenshots and so on.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7_orMDA-aes/UVBBRMZ5yII/AAAAAAAAOqI/rxGNYawrMDc/s1600/elementary-appcenter_0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="elementary os appcenter" border="0" height="204" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7_orMDA-aes/UVBBRMZ5yII/AAAAAAAAOqI/rxGNYawrMDc/s320/elementary-appcenter_0.png" title="elementary os appcenter" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>AppCenter won't be included in elementary OS Luna by default, but it should be available in the following release. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The elementary OS team is also working on an <b>application review process </b>for both new and updated apps and based on some automated and hand testing, the applications will receive a score and if they pass a threshold, they will be published in the AppCenter. This will assure users that the applications will work well on their systems and it should also be fast enough so developers don't have to wait a lot until their app is published to the AppStore.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xtAX0UWbj9w/UVBBXxMazzI/AAAAAAAAOqQ/TyXqfCUDZZM/s1600/appcenter-app.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="elementary os appcenter" border="0" height="203" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xtAX0UWbj9w/UVBBXxMazzI/AAAAAAAAOqQ/TyXqfCUDZZM/s320/appcenter-app.png" title="elementary os appcenter" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><h2>Install AppCenter</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're using elementary OS (by the way, see our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/elementary-os-luna-beta-1-available-for.html">elementary OS Luna beta 1 review</a> if you haven't already), install AppCenter by using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install appcenter</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>If after launching AppCenter, the categories are empty, run "appcenter -r" in a terminal, wait for the command to finish, then launch AppCenter and it should work (thanks to Richard B for the tip!). </i></div><br /><br />You can also grab the source from <a href="https://launchpad.net/appcenter/+download">HERE</a>.<br /><br />Report any bugs you may find @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/appcenter">Launchpad</a>.<br /><br />For more information about AppCenter, see the official <a href="http://elementaryos.org/journal/introducing-appcenter">release announcement</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Cassidy James for the tip!</i></div>

elementary OS Gets Its Own AppCenter

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SopCast Application TV-Maxe Adds Recording Feature, More

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tg-Qg3KG1W0/UVAioDyj5-I/AAAAAAAAOpg/0ELagwlWuTY/s1600/tv-maxe-0.09.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="tv-maxe 0.09" border="0" height="203" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tg-Qg3KG1W0/UVAioDyj5-I/AAAAAAAAOpg/0ELagwlWuTY/s320/tv-maxe-0.09.png" title="tv-maxe 0.09" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>TV-Maxe, an application to watch TV stations online using various streams, such as SopCast, has reached version 0.09.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application comes with thow TV channel lists by default: an international and a Romanian one, but more unofficial lists are available on its <a href="http://code.google.com/p/tv-maxe/wiki/ChannelLists">wiki</a> and of course, you can manually add more channels. TV-Maxe features HTTP remote control, Gstreamer, VLC and Mplayer backends and more.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest TV Maxe 0.09</b> brings theming support, a much requested feature that allows <b>stream recording</b> (this feature is still in alpha so it might be a bit buggy), <b>scheduling support</b>, auto turn off, better support for m3u8 files, an improved user interface and other fixes and minor changes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The new recording feature can be tweaked from the TV-Maxe settings: you can set the recording quality as well as the audio/video codecs and file format.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install TV-Maxe</h2><br /><b>To install add the new TV-Maxe PPA (if you have the old PPA, remove it) and install it in Ubuntu, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:venerix/pkg<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install tv-maxe</code></pre><br /><br />To be able to play some of the streams, you must also install these packages:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install libmp3lame0 libavcodec-extra-53</code></pre><br />For now, there are no packages for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail but you can manually change the PPA source in <i>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/</i> and use "quantal" instead of "raring" for now and TV-Maxe should work.<br /><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install TV-Maxe from <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tv-maxe/">AUR</a>. <br /><br />For other Linux distributions, download the TV-Maxe source from <a href="http://code.google.com/p/tv-maxe/downloads/list">Google Code</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via TV-Maxe Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tvmaxe">page</a></i></div>

SopCast Application TV-Maxe Adds Recording Feature, More

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Submit Website Sitemap To Webmaster Tools

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1X2zSsNcNhysErjlmWqXrAcTKrhziDFne6I54cHAbixQm_VQrOPvszBhET-3RfA2nEBfnMzDJYZ4leyo7dKjCHxXBHud2KxmJMc4f70kNL1N6Yj3EATRCJ5f7UCdDrOx2jPcyqPSk5Zk/s1600/google_webmastertools.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1X2zSsNcNhysErjlmWqXrAcTKrhziDFne6I54cHAbixQm_VQrOPvszBhET-3RfA2nEBfnMzDJYZ4leyo7dKjCHxXBHud2KxmJMc4f70kNL1N6Yj3EATRCJ5f7UCdDrOx2jPcyqPSk5Zk/s1600/google_webmastertools.png" /></a></div><b>How to Add Blogger Blog and Website to Google Webmasters Tools</b><br /><br />Submit Website Sitemap to Google Webmaster <a href="http://ichibikarin.blogspot.com/search/label/Tools" target="_blank">tools</a> is a must for anyone that want to be successful. Once you get verified your site to webmaster tools, then automatically get indexed your site to <a href="http://ichibikarin.blogspot.com/2013/03/submit-your-websites-to-search-engines.html" target="_blank">Google search engine.</a> When your site come to <a href="http://ichibikarin.blogspot.com/search/label/Search%20Engines" target="_blank">search engine</a> then you will get a lot of traffic.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Follow the easy steps to add Website to Webmaster Tools.</b><br /><br />If you create blogs using <a href="http://ichibikarin.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-create-free-blog-on-bloggercom.html" target="_blank">Blogger</a>, you can automatically add and verify sites by enabling Webmaster Tools directly from the Blogger dashboard.<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Log in to <a href="https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/</a> with your Google account.</li><li>Click "Add a site...", enter the base URL of your Google Site in the box that pops up, then click "Continue.".</li><li>You will be given with many verification methods. select the Alternate methods tab.</li><li>Select the option: Add a meta tag to your site's home page</li><li>Copy the meta tag (for example, <meta name="google-site-verification" content="z7mJLjVGtEe2qzCzfE1pamxI4H72u18n4XdxEzgl2AJ" />) from the Instructions box.</li><li>Leave the verification page open and go to your site dashboard (in a new tab/window).</li><li>Paste the meta tag that you copied on the Google Webmasters Tools after <head> tag in your website. ( "Blogger" go to site Deshbord click Templates > Edit HTML > Ctrl + F and find <head> tag after past  meta tag that you copied on the Google Webmasters Tools.</li><li>Click on Save Changes.</li><li>Go back to the verification page and click Verify.</li></ol><div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Submit Blogger Blog Sitemap To Webmasters Tools</h4></div><div><br />An XML sitemap is a fairly simple XML file that contains info about one or additional URLs on your web site. it's updated whenever you post an article and used by Search engines to crawl blog information. Not only Google but also use by different search engines like Yahoo, Bing,etc. if you can create blog on blogger.com then you do not need to create site map and if you can use hosting & other site or manuly create site map use sitemap create tools, I'm using this tool <a href="http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.xml-sitemaps.com</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Follow the easy steps  to submit Sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Sign in to you Google Webmaster Tools account.</li><li>Click on the blog.</li><li>Navigate to Traffic > Optimization > Sitemaps and click ADD/TEST SITEMAP button and add the following code inside the box :</li></ol><blockquote class="tr_bq">atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=<span style="background-color: yellow;">100</span></blockquote>If you have more than 200 posts then replace value <span style="background-color: yellow;">100</span> by something bigger number like <b style="background-color: yellow;">500</b>.<br /><br />You have successfully added Blogspot blog sitemap to Google Webmasters Tools.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://ichibikarin.blogspot.com/2013/03/submit-your-websites-to-search-engines.html" target="_blank">Submit your Websites to Search Engines for Free</a></div></div>

Submit Website Sitemap To Webmaster Tools

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Download The Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Community Wallpapers

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail community wallpapers have been revealed today. They haven't landed in Ubuntu 13.04 by default yet but if you can't wait to use them, you can download them already.</b></div><br />The pack comes with 13 gorgeous wallpapers, most of which are beautiful nature pictures and of course, there's also a cool ringtail wallpaper:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zP-CE-TCnZQ/UUh4kurT75I/AAAAAAAAOn8/a4vq0PeE-_0/s1600/Cacomixtle+Ubunten-o+by+Carlos+and+Paula+Morales.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zP-CE-TCnZQ/UUh4kurT75I/AAAAAAAAOn8/a4vq0PeE-_0/s320/Cacomixtle+Ubunten-o+by+Carlos+and+Paula+Morales.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LmKWjJvfj7U/UUh4kAZGyfI/AAAAAAAAOnw/wLx2Bfu5OSs/s1600/Blue+frost+by+ppaabblloo77.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="198" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LmKWjJvfj7U/UUh4kAZGyfI/AAAAAAAAOnw/wLx2Bfu5OSs/s320/Blue+frost+by+ppaabblloo77.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6BMbEIrd0nE/UUh4kHLqkdI/AAAAAAAAOn0/C5PvsNZhPtE/s1600/Begonia+by+fatpoint21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6BMbEIrd0nE/UUh4kHLqkdI/AAAAAAAAOn0/C5PvsNZhPtE/s320/Begonia+by+fatpoint21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-auMf3ZouOK8/UUh4kHyGAOI/AAAAAAAAOn4/wivkEc6wksY/s1600/Brother+typewriter+by+awdean1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-auMf3ZouOK8/UUh4kHyGAOI/AAAAAAAAOn4/wivkEc6wksY/s320/Brother+typewriter+by+awdean1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C0ScghF34Lc/UUh4lfQwxlI/AAAAAAAAOoQ/MvpFDA2ffVc/s320/La+Gomera+by+Alfonso+Aguirre+Arbex.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O9-CZvYQJcw/UUh4l-6QFhI/AAAAAAAAOoY/ZWoK14eP9RQ/s1600/Last+breath+by+Francisco+Javier+Epinoza+Pe-rez.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O9-CZvYQJcw/UUh4l-6QFhI/AAAAAAAAOoY/ZWoK14eP9RQ/s320/Last+breath+by+Francisco+Javier+Epinoza+Pe-rez.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kLgVbJOHqF0/UUh4nNWsMxI/AAAAAAAAOok/Oo-oFBMEo7s/s1600/Stop+the+light+by+Mato+Rachela.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kLgVbJOHqF0/UUh4nNWsMxI/AAAAAAAAOok/Oo-oFBMEo7s/s320/Stop+the+light+by+Mato+Rachela.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Dr2q9-mpUtc/UUh4mgDGuBI/AAAAAAAAOow/_3P_PDJckKQ/s1600/Morning+Sun+on+Frost-Covered+Leaves+by+Gary+A+Stafford.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Dr2q9-mpUtc/UUh4mgDGuBI/AAAAAAAAOow/_3P_PDJckKQ/s320/Morning+Sun+on+Frost-Covered+Leaves+by+Gary+A+Stafford.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yB-fyD1rEQI/UUh4nopfonI/AAAAAAAAOo0/AaBq_wXHKK8/s1600/Trazo+solitario+by+Julio+Diliegros.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yB-fyD1rEQI/UUh4nopfonI/AAAAAAAAOo0/AaBq_wXHKK8/s320/Trazo+solitario+by+Julio+Diliegros.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xSUAcYeb9gw/UUh4maCd9vI/AAAAAAAAOo4/xdw1S_L-vJI/s1600/Leftover+by+Sagar+Jain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="160" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xSUAcYeb9gw/UUh4maCd9vI/AAAAAAAAOo4/xdw1S_L-vJI/s320/Leftover+by+Sagar+Jain.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zdkxOgiHNxQ/UUh4oXWDT-I/AAAAAAAAOpA/PSZOzh0rcF4/s1600/Winter+Fog+by+Daniel+Vesterskov.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zdkxOgiHNxQ/UUh4oXWDT-I/AAAAAAAAOpA/PSZOzh0rcF4/s320/Winter+Fog+by+Daniel+Vesterskov.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The images above are small and for presentation purposes only. These wallpapers should land in Ubuntu 13.04 soon but if you don't want to wait, you can<b> download the full-size Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail community wallpapers from here:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-wallpapers/+bug/1157151/+attachment/3583148/+files/1304%20wallpapers%20V2%20-%20update.zip">Download Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail community wallpapers </a></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In case the link stops working, you should be able to get a working download link via <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-wallpapers/+bug/1157151">THIS</a> bug report.</div><br /><br /><b>Update: these wallpapers are now available by default in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://hungfu.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/13-04-wallpapers-submitted/">hungfu</a></i></div>

Download The Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Community Wallpapers

The Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail community wallpapers have been revealed today. They haven't landed in Ubuntu 13.04 by default yet but i...

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Ubuntu Technical Board Meeting Decisions Regarding The New Release Proposals

<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Ubuntu logo" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vLAGqfY7eyU/UP_WL2A6sGI/AAAAAAAAM4o/__IomtcuFfw/s200/ubuntu-logo.png" /></div><br />In a recent Ubuntu technical board meeting, it was decided to:<br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><b>reduce maintenance period for regular (non-LTS) Ubuntu releases from 18 months to 9 months;</b></li><b> </b><li style="text-align: justify;"><b>enable users to continuously track the development focus of Ubuntu without having to explicitly upgrade.</b></li></ul><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">It was also decided to implement the above changes "to the maintenance schedule effective in 13.04 and later". </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To be honest, I didn't understand exactly what "enable users to continuously track the development focus of Ubuntu without having to explicitly upgrade" does so I've looked for an explanation and <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/107109423598372241322/posts/GzwBfHuFHsr">it seems</a> this means that <i>archive.ubuntu.com</i> will get a symlink always pointing to the current development release. So basically, users (although I assume mostly developers will want to use this) will be able to always use the current Ubuntu development release without having to upgrade.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ubuntu members that have attended the IRC meeting didn't agree on using the "rolling release" wording for this because technically this isn't exactly a rolling release.<br /><br />So technically, there won't be any rolling release although you'll easily be able to use the current development release if you want to. There are also not going to be any monthly releases, etc. like in the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/official-ubuntu-rolling-release-proposal.html">initial proposal</a>.<br /><br />According to Colin Watson's (Canonical) <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/ubuntu-technical-board-meeting.html#comment-834691748">comment</a> below, the changes mentioned above are <b>only part of the changes related to the recent Ubuntu release management proposals</b>.<br /></div><br /><b>What's your opinion about these changes? </b><br /><br /><br />For more info, see:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2013/ubuntu-meeting.2013-03-18-21.01.moin.txt">Meeting summary </a></li><li><a href="http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2013/03/18/%23ubuntu-meeting.html#t21:00">IRC log</a></li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/109175303602657131317/posts/C7V3VgRsz89">Alan Bell</a></i></div>

Ubuntu Technical Board Meeting Decisions Regarding The New Release Proposals

In a recent Ubuntu technical board meeting, it was decided to: reduce maintenance period for regular (non-LTS) Ubuntu releases from 18 month...

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Beautiful Numix GTK3 Theme Released

<div style="text-align: justify;">The GTK3 theme many of you have asked about in our previous posts has been released: it's called <b><a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Numix-GTK3-theme-360223962">Numix</a></b> and it comes a flat, modern look with square corners, a dark panel and dark window theme with dark menus.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-olBpwb2DFcE/UUeeGiWXI7I/AAAAAAAAOnI/_VvjAhv5pmI/s1600/numix.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="numix gtk3 theme" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-olBpwb2DFcE/UUeeGiWXI7I/AAAAAAAAOnI/_VvjAhv5pmI/s500/numix.png" title="numix gtk3 theme" width="500" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Numix is available for GTK 3.6 and it supports GNOME Shell, Unity, Pantheon, Xfce and Openbox.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For now, the theme is not available in a PPA but it should be pretty soon. Also, in the future, there will be some Numix variants (dark toolbar, etc.) along with a GNOME Shell and an icon theme.<br /><br />Since it's compatible with GTK 3.6, the theme supports Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 (and obviously, other Linux distributions that ship with GTK 3.6). The theme probably works with GTK 3.4 (and thus Ubuntu 12.04), however, the inset shadows and text shadows won't work. However, please note that I didn't test it on GTK 3.4.</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://img.netupd8.com/numix-gnome-shell.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="numix gtk3 theme" border="0" height="180" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_0gBCastgW0/UUeeNuhiFwI/AAAAAAAAOnQ/uvDxc9QxHGE/s320/numix-gnome-shell.png" title="numix gtk3 theme" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Numix GTK3 theme in GNOME Shell</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://img.netupd8.com/numix-unity.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="numix gtk3 theme" border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mZ5LFdbEX8g/UUeeOBDmPPI/AAAAAAAAOnU/AahDhMwNiZQ/s320/numix-unity.png" title="numix gtk3 theme" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Numix GTK3 theme in Unity</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4HoRnCe54QI/UUesTiW5KvI/AAAAAAAAOng/VI8529aYNKc/s1600/numix-gtk3-widget-factory.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="numix gtk3 theme" border="0" height="187" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4HoRnCe54QI/UUesTiW5KvI/AAAAAAAAOng/VI8529aYNKc/s320/numix-gtk3-widget-factory.png" title="numix gtk3 theme" width="320" /></a></div><br />Update: the theme is now available in a PPA. To add the PPA and install it in Ubuntu, use the following commands:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:satyajit-happy/themes<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install numix-gtk-theme</code></pre><br />For other Linux distributions or if you don't want to use the above PPA in Ubuntu, extract the downloaded archive and copy the extracted folder to <i>/usr/share/themes</i>. For instance, if you've extracted it in your home folder, run the following command to copy it to <i>/usr/share/themes</i>:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo cp -r Numix /usr/share/themes/</code></pre><br />For GTK2 applications you'll need the Murrine engine.<br /><br />Then use a tool such as <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/unity-tweak-tool-available-in-ubuntu.html">Unity Tweak Tool</a>, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/unsettings-tool-to-disable-global-menu.html">Unsettings</a>, GNOME Tweak Tool, etc. to set the theme.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Numix-GTK3-theme-360223962">Download Numix</a></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to change the red used by the theme to something else, you can use <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/customize-gtk3-gtk2-theme-colors-using.html" title="Customize GTK3 / GTK2 Theme Colors Using `GTK Theme Preferences`">THIS</a> tool.</div><br /><i>The icons I've used in the screenshots above are <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/humanity-icons-colors-8-different.html">Humanity Colors</a>.</i>

Beautiful Numix GTK3 Theme Released

The GTK3 theme many of you have asked about in our previous posts has been released: it's called Numix and it comes a flat, modern look...

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