Set Up Bumblebee With Bumblebee Configurator GUI [Nvidia Optimus]

<div style="text-align: justify;">The latest proprietary Nvidia graphics drivers, released a few days ago, include <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/nvidia-releases-linux-graphics-drivers.html">initial Optimus support for Linux</a>, but there's still a long way to go until Linux will get full Optimus support. Until then, Linux users have <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/bumblebee-31-released-with-primus.html">Bumblebee</a>, which is still required for proper gaming on Nvidia Optimus-based laptops.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Bumblebee Configurator GUI is a new tool that allows you to easily set up Bumblebee.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The tool is a front-end for the Bumblebee configuration files and allows you to:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">set the secondary Xorg server display number;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">set if the card should be turned off at exit or not;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">select the driver (proprietary Nvidia drivers or Nouveau);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">select the acceleration / rendering bridge: auto, virtualgl ("optirun") or primus ("primusrun");</li><li style="text-align: justify;">set the method used for VirtualGL to transport frames between X servers: proxy, jpeg, rg, xv or yuv;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">set the proprietary Nvidia driver version (e.g.: nvidia-304, nvidia-310 and so on) as well as set the library paths;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">more;</li></ul><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SzSLQ-ALB8Y/UWvcFKffrdI/AAAAAAAAO-A/nYq9sqjVCTQ/s1600/bumblebee-configurator-gui.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="bumblebee configurator gui" border="0" height="204" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SzSLQ-ALB8Y/UWvcFKffrdI/AAAAAAAAO-A/nYq9sqjVCTQ/s320/bumblebee-configurator-gui.png" title="bumblebee configurator gui" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5bB5ds0p304/UWvcFZEtCuI/AAAAAAAAO98/4b2vEwoRO-4/s1600/bumblebee-configurator-gui_2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="bumblebee configurator gui" border="0" height="204" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5bB5ds0p304/UWvcFZEtCuI/AAAAAAAAO98/4b2vEwoRO-4/s320/bumblebee-configurator-gui_2.png" title="bumblebee configurator gui" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fxbFaDKGNpc/UWvcFeLdQGI/AAAAAAAAO-E/I5soO9KQS4o/s1600/bumblebee-configurator-gui_3.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="bumblebee configurator gui" border="0" height="204" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fxbFaDKGNpc/UWvcFeLdQGI/AAAAAAAAO-E/I5soO9KQS4o/s320/bumblebee-configurator-gui_3.png" title="bumblebee configurator gui" width="320" /></a></div><br /><ul></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Bumbbebee Configurator GUI is pretty easy to use but it lacks explanations for what each option does but hopefully some tooltips or some other way of informing the user about each option will be added in a future release.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When saving the changes, the tool automatically restarts the Bumblebee daemon so there's no need to log out or restart the daemon yourself.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Bumblebee Configurator GUI in Ubuntu</h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bumblebee Configurator GUI is in its early development stages so you may encounter bugs. If you do, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/bumblebee-config-gtk">Launchpad</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Bumblebee Configurator GUI is available in a PPA for Ubuntu (and derrivates) users - add the PPA and install it using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alessandrofac93/bumblebee-config-gtk-dev<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install bumblebee-config-gtk</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, launch Bumblebee Configurator GUI from the menu / Dash.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions you can get the Bumblebee Configurator GUI code via <a href="https://launchpad.net/bumblebee-config-gtk/+download">Launchpad</a>.</b></div>

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Fix Skype Not Working In Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail [For Users With Proprietary Nvidia Or AMD Drivers]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Some Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail users are <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-310/+bug/1134030">having</a> <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/skype/+bug/1155327">issues</a> with Skype not starting when using the proprietary Nvidia graphics drivers (it crashes / segfaults). So here's a work-around you can use to get it to work until this is fixed in Ubuntu / Skype.</b><br /><br />Update: some users have confirmed that <b>this fix also works if you're using proprietary AMD / ATI drivers</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hG6_u0xEbK0/UWgqapkaq3I/AAAAAAAAO9M/06q5XUkave4/s1600/skype-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Skype Ubuntu" border="0" height="227" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hG6_u0xEbK0/UWgqapkaq3I/AAAAAAAAO9M/06q5XUkave4/s320/skype-ubuntu.png" title="Skype Ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><h2>Get Skype to work In Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail (with proprietary Nvidia / AMD graphis drivers)</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> To get Skype to work in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail with proprietary Nvidia / AMD drivers, firstly we'll rename the Skype executable from "skype" to "skype-bin":</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo mv /usr/bin/skype /usr/bin/skype-bin</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> Now let's create a file called "skype" under <i>/usr/bin/</i> - for this we'll launch a text editor as root (I'll use Gedit in the instructions below):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gksu gksu gedit /usr/bin/skype</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">(I've used "gksu" twice in the command above so Gedit doesn't open a blank tab along with <i>/usr/bin/skype</i>)</div><br />And in this file, paste the following:<br /><pre class="source-code"><code>#!/bin/sh<br />export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1<br />exec skype-bin "$@"</code></pre>Then save the file.<br /><br /><b>3.</b> And finally, run the following command in a terminal:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo chmod 0755 /usr/bin/skype</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>That's it. Now Skype should work in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail.</b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to revert the changes made by using the instructions above, use these commands:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo rm /usr/bin/skype<br />sudo mv /usr/bin/skype-bin /usr/bin/skype</code></pre><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: I didn't test this on an Nvidia-only system but on my Optimus-based laptop. Initially, running "optirun skype" (so I've used <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/bumblebee-31-released-with-primus.html">Bumblebee</a> to test this) didn't work but it did work after following the instructions above.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>seen on <a href="http://www.ubuntudicas.com.br/blog/2013/04/rodando-o-skype-4-1-no-ubuntu-13-04/">ubuntudicas.com.br</a></i></div>

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Install Friends App (Gwibber Rewritten In QML) In Ubuntu 13.04 Or 12.10

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Gwibber, the microblogging client available by default in Ubuntu, has been rewritten in QML recently and is now called Friends App. </b><br /><br />Also, Gwibber Service (the backend) and the Gwibber Unity Lens have been replaced with "<a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/kenvandine/">Friends Service</a>" and Unity Friends Lens and the new packages have landed in the Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail repositories for a while, but they <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/ubuntu-1304-raring-ringtail-final-beta.html#comment-852897951">didn't work properly</a>, at least for me, until a couple of days ago.<br /><br />Gwibber used to be installed by default in Ubuntu, however, the new Friends App isn't (though the Friends Lens is installed by default) available by default in Raring and I'm not sure if it will make it, but you can easily install it via Ubuntu Software Center. <b>Below you'll find instructions for installing the new Friends App in Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a>Here are a few Friends App (and Unity lens) screenshots:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/friends-app.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Friends App" border="0" height="295" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3IPt9rpYlUk/UWgUHMq3ggI/AAAAAAAAO88/aPG5QFASJvg/s320/friends-app.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/friends-app_2.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Friends App" src="http://img.netupd8.com/friends-app_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/friends-lens.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Friends Unity Lens" src="http://img.netupd8.com/friends-lens_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/friends-lens-preview.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Friends Unity Lens Previews" src="http://img.netupd8.com/friends-lens-preview_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As you can see in the screenshots above, the new Friends App uses the Ubuntu Phone OS design so it's not exactly optimized for the desktop: there's no longer a menu (to add your Twitter, Facebook, etc. accounts you must go to <i>System Settings > Online Accounts </i>manually), at least for now, or toolbar and there's a large "Timeline" text on top of the application which is pretty annoying on the desktop. However, the new version is very fast and has some nice effects, smooth scrolling, etc. </div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Gwibber QML in Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Friends App is still work in progress: some features may be missing, you may find bugs and so on. Also, please note that the Friends Unity lens didn't work in my test under Ubuntu 12.10 (but it does work in Ubuntu 13.04).</b></div><br /><br />To install Friends in Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04, follow the following steps:<br /><br /><b>1. Install Friends App (Gwibber rewritten in QML).</b><br /><b><br /></b> <b>Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail:</b> all you have to do is click the button below:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="apt://friends-app"><button class="thoughtbot">Install Friends</button></a></div><br />Alternatively, you can also install Friends via command line:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install friends-app</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>Ubuntu 12.10</b>: installing Friends will remove the old Gwibber application! Also, you'll need to add the Ubuntu SDK and QT 5 PPAs (which will install quite a few packages) as well as the Super Friends PPA:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-qt5-edgers/qt5-proper<br />sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-sdk-team/ppa<br />sudo add-apt-repository ppa:super-friends/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install friends-app unity-lens-friends</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> You may need to restart your computer or else Friends might not work (this could be avoided by killing the existing Gwibber Service process in Ubuntu 12.10, launching the Friends process, restarting Unity, etc., but to avoid any issues that could result in Gwibber not working, a system restart is recommended).<br /><br />Report any bugs you may encounter @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/friends">Launchpad</a>. </div><br /><br /><h2>Reverting the changes and returning to the old Gwibber in Ubuntu 12.10</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To remove Friends App and reinstall the old Gwibber back in Ubuntu 12.10, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ppa-purge<br />sudo ppa-purge ppa:super-friends/ppa<br />sudo apt-get install gwibber unity-lens-gwibber</code></pre>

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Easily Install Minecraft In Ubuntu Via PPA Using An Unofficial Minecraft Installer

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>`Unofficial Minecraft Installer` is a script available in a PPA that can be used to easily install the popular <a href="https://minecraft.net/">Minecraft</a> game in Ubuntu and derivatives (Linux Mint, elementary OS and so on).</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Minecraft is a cross-platform game (requires Java and runs on Linux - including Raspberry Pi, Windows, Mac OS X, Android, iOS and Xbox 360) game in which you build constructions from textured cubes in a 3D world. Besides building, the game includes other activities such as exploration, gathering resources, crafting and combat.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/minecraft-installer.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Minecraft Installer Ubuntu" border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ihc1OY10_FI/UWfn8oBxfpI/AAAAAAAAO8A/jJEpyc0w20U/s320/minecraft-installer.png" title="Minecraft Installer Ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The Unofficial Minecraft Installer comes with a script that downloads and installs Minecraft (and OpenJDK 7) in Ubuntu-based Linux distributions, an icon created by Cassidy James that should fit perfectly with the elementary icon theme (but not only) and a Minecraft launcher.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Minecraft launcher comes with Unity quicklists for the screenshots folder, texture packs folder and the Minecraft Wiki:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/minecraft-installer_2.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Minecraft installer Ubuntu" src="http://img.netupd8.com/minecraft-installer_2_thumb.png" title="Minecraft Installer Ubuntu" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Minecraft in Ubuntu using the Unofficial Minecraft Installer</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The package in the PPA is a script that connects to Mojang's servers and downloads the files so there are no actual Minecraft files in the PPA.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Before proceeding, please read the PPA description which I'll quote below:</div><br /><blockquote>If your computer has issues running Minecraft with OpenJDK 7, then it will have issues running this. Because that's what this is. I've tested this on multiple machines and it's worked fine, but your mileage may vary. That said, one of the main black screen issues I've seen is people not running it with OpenJDK 7.</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the PPA and install the Unofficial Minecraft Installer in Ubuntu, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:minecraft-installer-peeps/minecraft-installer<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install minecraft-installer</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, run Minecraft from the menu / Dash, login with your Minecraft account and the installation should start automatically.</div><br />Alternatively, you can also download the installer via <a href="http://cassidyjames.deviantart.com/art/elementary-Minecraft-Installer-Supports-Ubuntu-348037448">DeviantArt</a>.<br /><br /><br />If you encounter bugs in the installer, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/minecraft">Launchpad</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Cassidy James for the installer and <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/103492166723055469978/posts/WPTateiBGKy">tip</a>!</i></div>

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How To Use The Intel Linux Graphics Drivers Repository In Ubuntu-Based Linux Distributions (Linux Mint, Etc.)

<div style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/intel-linux-graphics-installer.html">Intel Linux Graphics Installer</a> only <a href="https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/2013/intelr-linux-graphics-installer-version-1.0.1">supports</a> Ubuntu 13.04* and 12.10 (and Fedora), and even though the drivers should work on other Ubuntu-based Linux distributions like Linux Mint, the installer doesn't work and the Intel repository isn't added automatically.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>article updated on May 29, 2013 </i></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But <b>you can still upgrade the drivers to the latest version available in the Intel repository that comes with the Intel Linux Graphics Installer, even if you use an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution such as Linux Mint, by manually adding the repository. Read on!</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F40dDCpt7hc/UWatZPC0RqI/AAAAAAAAO7w/XecXVTfSSG4/s1600/linux-mint-intel-linux-graphics-drivers.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Linux Mint Intel Linux Graphics repository" border="0" height="211" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F40dDCpt7hc/UWatZPC0RqI/AAAAAAAAO7w/XecXVTfSSG4/s320/linux-mint-intel-linux-graphics-drivers.png" title="Linux Mint Intel Linux Graphics repository" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The actual installer checks if you have an Intel graphics card, adds the Intel Linux Graphics repository and performs an upgrade, so you don't really need to use it to upgrade the drivers and you can simply add the repository and upgrade using your Linux distribution update tool (or apt-get, etc.).</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to add the Intel Linux Graphics Installer repository in Ubuntu-based Linux distributions such as Linux Mint</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Before proceeding, please note that some users have <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/intel-linux-graphics-installer-fixed.html#comment-858568800">reported</a> issues, like the touchpad not working - <b>this depends on your hardware so I can't tell you if everything will work or not, so use this at your own risk!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, reverting the changes isn't very easy. When upgrading the packages, you must copy the package names to some text file, then disable the repository via Software Sources (or delete the .list file from <i>/etc/apt/soures.list.d/</i>), run "sudo apt-get update" and then downgrade the packages you've saved to the text file using: "sudo apt-get install package1/raring package2/raring" and so on (for each package that was upgraded; replace "raring" with "quantal" if you're using an Ubuntu 12.10 based Linux distribution). Alternatively, you can use <a href="http://theclonker.de/?p=89">THESE</a>  instructions (I didn't test them though). <b>Unless you understand what I've explained above and know how to fix various issues that may arise, I suggest you don't use this repository!</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>That said, you can now proceed with adding the Intel Linux Graphics repository for Linux distributions based on Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- for Linux distributions based on Ubuntu 12.10 (like Linux Mint 14):</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb https://download.01.org/gfx/ubuntu/12.10/main Ubuntu 12.10 #Intel Graphics drivers" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intellinuxgraphics.list</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- for Linux distributions based on Ubuntu 13.04 (like Linux Mint 15):</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb https://download.01.org/gfx/ubuntu/13.04/main Ubuntu 13.04 #Intel Graphics drivers" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intellinuxgraphics.list</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then, for any of the above</b>, add the repository GPG key and update the software sources using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>wget --no-check-certificate https://download.01.org/gfx/RPM-GPG-KEY-ilg -O - | sudo apt-key add -<br />wget --no-check-certificate https://download.01.org/gfx/RPM-GPG-KEY-ilg-2 -O - | sudo apt-key add -<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, use your distro's update tool to upgrade the packages or alternatively, run "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" (but make sure this command doesn't try to remove any packages and if for some reason it does, abort and disable the repository).</div>

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Lubuntu Icon Theme `Box` Sees New Release, Download It Now

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5qLerCIdco4/UWaZ_0gCOyI/AAAAAAAAO7g/3w0sxgXm_ls/s1600/lubuntu-box.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lubuntu Icon Theme Box" border="0" height="302" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5qLerCIdco4/UWaZ_0gCOyI/AAAAAAAAO7g/3w0sxgXm_ls/s320/lubuntu-box.png" title="Lubuntu Icon Theme Box" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Lubuntu icon theme called "Box", that was introduced with <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/lubuntu-w-lxde-1210-overview.html">Lubuntu 12.10</a>, has reached version 0.38, getting many new and improved icons.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To celebrate the 0.38 release, an <a href="http://lubuntublog.blogspot.ro/2013/04/box-theme-reaches-038.html">article</a> on the Lubuntu blog links to the latest Box Icon Theme 0.38 so you can download and use it on any Linux system.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The icon theme doesn't fit Unity too well due to some missing indicator icons and also, there's only a variant for light panels (dark indicator icons), but if you have a bit of time you can fix that. However, the icon theme looks great in GNOME Shell for instance:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/lubuntu-box-icon-theme.png"><img alt="Lubuntu Box icon theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/lubuntu-box-icon-theme_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/133108/box038.tar.gz">Download Lubuntu Box icon theme</a> (<a href="http://launchpadlibrarian.net/136963997/box038.tar.gz">alternate download link</a>)</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To use it, extract the downloaded archive and copy it to <i>~/.icons</i> (".icons" is a hidden folder in your home directory so press CTRL + H to be able to see hidden folders; if this folder doesn't exist, create it). To change the icon theme to Box under Unity / GNOME Shell, use a tool such as GNOME Tweak Tool, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/unity-tweak-tool-available-in-ubuntu.html">Unity Tweak Tool</a>, Ubuntu Tweak, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/unsettings-tool-to-disable-global-menu.html">Unsettings</a> and so on to change the icon theme.</div>

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Easily Sign The Ubuntu Code Of Conduct With CoC Signing Assistant

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Signing the Ubuntu <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct">Code of Conduct</a> may seem difficult, especially for relatively new Linux users so to make things easier, Marten de Vries has created an application called <a href="https://launchpad.net/code-of-conduct-signing-assistant">Code of Conduct Signing Assistant</a> which should make make it easier to sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>You need to sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct if you want to contribute to various Launchpad projects, upload packages to a Launchpad PPA and so on.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EoFyYU4EvzY/UWVtnulSiyI/AAAAAAAAO7Q/B52FLZjcZGo/s1600/ubuntu-code-of-conduct.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu Code of Conduct Signing Assistant" border="0" height="223" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EoFyYU4EvzY/UWVtnulSiyI/AAAAAAAAO7Q/B52FLZjcZGo/s320/ubuntu-code-of-conduct.png" title="Ubuntu Code of Conduct Signing Assistant" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The first Code of Conduct Signing Assistant public version was released recently, so there might be some rough edges, but overall, the application serves its purpose and it's quite easy to use, especially compared to the <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Sign-the-Ubuntu-Code-of-Conduct">manual instructions</a> of signing the Ubuntu CoC.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Using the Code of Conduct Signing Assistant is pretty straight-forward, however, there are a couple of things you should be aware of:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- On the second page of the Code of Conduct Signing Assistant, you'll have to select a PGP key or create a new one. It's probably better to create the key via <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/01/how-to-create-your-own-gpg-key.html" title="How To Create A GPG Key">command line</a> before starting the Code of Conduct Assistant since you have more options which aren't available if you'll use the Code of Conduct Assistant and furthermore, once you create the key using the GUI, it may seem it didn't work because the application doesn't let the user know he must perform some actions to generate the key (for instance, creating the PGP key from the command line, you'll see a message like the following: "<i>We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number generator a better chance to gain enough entropy</i>").</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/code-of-conduct-signing-assistant_1.png"><img alt="Ubuntu Code of Conduct Signing Assistant" src="http://img.netupd8.com/code-of-conduct-signing-assistant_1_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- When you reach "page 7" (screenshot above), you'll have to download the Ubuntu Code of Conduct to your computer, however, the download link doesn't work in the Code of Conduct Signing Assistant window, or at least it didn't work for me so if that's the case for you too, right click the download link, select "Copy link" and copy it to a web browser so you can download the file.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That's pretty much it, the Code of Conduct Signing Assistant should take care of everything you need to sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Code of Conduct Signing Assistant in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. </b>Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 users will firstly need to install "python3-gnupg" from a PPA to be able to install this application, because that package isn't available in the Ubuntu repositories. You can <b>download python3-gnupg deb from <a href="https://launchpad.net/~quadrispro/+archive/backports/+packages?field.name_filter=python-gnupg&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=">HERE</a></b> (click the arrow next to the package name, then scroll down and click "<i>python3-gnupg*.deb</i>" (I've replaced the version in the filename with "*"), then install it.<br /><br />I didn't link directly to the deb file because if a newer version is uploaded, the link will stop working.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2. </b>Once you've installed the above dependency, you can <b>add the PPA and install Code of Conduct Signing Assistant in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04 using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marten-de-vries/code-of-conduct-signing-assistant-daily<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install code-of-conduct-signing-assistant</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, launch  Code of Conduct Signing Assistant from the Dash / menu and follow the instructions.<br /><br />If you don't want to add the PPA, you can download the Code of Conduct Signing Assistant deb or source code via <a href="https://launchpad.net/code-of-conduct-signing-assistant/+download">Launchpad</a>.</div>

Easily Sign The Ubuntu Code Of Conduct With CoC Signing Assistant

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