WebUpd8 PPAs: Packages Uploaded For Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/ubuntu-1210-quantal-quetzal-beta-1.html">Ubuntu 12.10 beta 1</a> was released almost two weeks ago and many Ubuntu users have already upgraded, so it's time to make the packages from the WebUpd8 PPAs available for the latest Ubuntu 12.10.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZmmz6SvmttPE_og1KaCK868sQj4D2PgIeonI8AcJW3zRh0fczMAYBm6rNif8LaVlWbwvu1vhiInJdMZfHUk45T2gTBLxb9j4AsgQXya93BcHcC9e1jBECg96erC3DtGdYI8dQJEmBsPH/s1600/ppa.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZmmz6SvmttPE_og1KaCK868sQj4D2PgIeonI8AcJW3zRh0fczMAYBm6rNif8LaVlWbwvu1vhiInJdMZfHUk45T2gTBLxb9j4AsgQXya93BcHcC9e1jBECg96erC3DtGdYI8dQJEmBsPH/s320/ppa.png" title="ubuntu 12.10" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>This is a quick post to let you know that today I've uploaded Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal builds for the following packages available in our PPAs:</b></div><ul><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/install-audacious-33-in-ubuntu-1204.html">Audacious 3.3.1</a> (Audacious version available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories: 3.2.3)</li><li><a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/15942433669/grsync-1-2-1-rsync-gui">Grsync 1.2.1</a> (Grsync version available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories: 1.2.0)</li><li><a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/27062173493/xournal-0-4-7">Xournal 0.4.7</a> (Xournal version available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories: 0.4.6~pre20110721)</li><li><a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/26136750530/minitube-1-8-0-released-with-quicklists-support">Minitube 1.8.0</a> (Minitube version available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories: 1.7)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/install-mint-display-manager-mdm-in.html">MDM</a> (the display manager from Linux Mint 13)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/06/umplayer-ppa.html">Umplayer</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/closable-movable-notifyosd.html">NotifyOSDConfig</a> (however, the patched NotifyOSD required for this to work isn't yet ready)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/syncwall-wallpaper-changer-with-multi.html">SyncWall</a> (wallpaper changer)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/update-manager-indicator-displays.html">Indicator UpdateManager</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/09/dockbarx-047-released-with-themeable.html">DockBarX</a> (dock / application launcher)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/nautilus-dropbox-share-script-now.html">Dropbox Share</a> (Nautilus script to quickly share files through Dropbox)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/add-pdf-audio-and-exif-metadata-to.html">Nautilus Columns</a> (displays PDF and audio (mp3, WAV and FLAC) tags as well as EXIF metadata in the Nautilus List View)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/system-wide-pulseaudio-equalizer.html">System-Wide PulseAudio Equalizer </a></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">And a note: The gstreamer bug that prevents Minitube (and other apps) from working properly still exists in Ubuntu 12.10. See a fix <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/fix-mp4-playback-in-ubuntu-1204.html" title="Fix MP4 Playback In Ubuntu 12.04 [Gstreamer Bug Affecting Totem, Minitube, Etc.]">HERE</a>.</div><br /><br />Were already available for Ubuntu 12.10 for quite some time:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html">Oracle Java 7</a> and <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/install-oracle-java-8-in-ubuntu-via-ppa.html">Java 8</a> installers</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/sublime-text-2-ubuntu-ppa.html">Sublime Text 2</a> (a TextMate-like text editor)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/jupiter-applet-officially-switches-to.html">Jupiter</a> (power and hardware control applet designed to improve battery life)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/y-ppa-manager-0090-released-with-new.html">Y PPA Manager (and YAD)</a> (a tool to easily search for packages in Launchpad PPAs and perform various PPA actions: add, remove, purge, backup PPAs and more)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/install-tribler-in-ubuntu-via-ppa.html">Tribler</a> (cross-platform, decentralized Bittorrent application)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/audio-tag-editor-puddletag-100-stable.html">Puddletag </a>(Mp3tag-like audio tag editor for Linux; run it like this: "LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 puddletag" until the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/everpad-integrates-evernote-with-ubuntu.html">overlay scrollbars bug</a> I was telling you about a few days ago is fixed, or else it will crash Ubuntu)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/haguichi-hamachi-gui-107-gets.html">Haguichi</a> (Hamachi2 GUI for GNOME)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/videolan-movie-creator-vlmc-daily-ppa.html">VLMC</a> (VideoLan Movie Creator)</li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/movgrab-command-line-video-downloader.html">movgrab</a> (command line video downloader)</li><li>others</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Obviously, I haven't updated the packages which are already available in the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories (the latest version).<br /><br />The GNOME 3 WebUpd8 PPA will probably be discontinued, since it was created back when various GNOME3 applications were missing from the Ubuntu repositories and when it wasn't easy to install GNOME Shell extensions (now you can use extensions.gnome.org). Also, the themes available in our Themes PPA haven't been uploaded for Quantal yet because they haven't been updated by their developers to work with the latest GTK 3.6 beta.</div><ul></ul>

WebUpd8 PPAs: Packages Uploaded For Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

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CoverArt Browser Rhythmbox Plugin Ported To GTK3

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser">CoverArt Browser</a> is a Rhythmbox plugin that lets you browse and play your music via an album art view similar to the one available in Banshee.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jYAlrS3q1Hc/UFcv7i2DMrI/AAAAAAAAKJ0/v7aENsAHMjk/s1600/rhythmbox-coverart.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="rhythmbox cover art browser plugin" border="0" height="206" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jYAlrS3q1Hc/UFcv7i2DMrI/AAAAAAAAKJ0/v7aENsAHMjk/s320/rhythmbox-coverart.png" title="rhythmbox cover art browser plugin" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The plugin ads a new "CoverArt" entry under the "Library" section on the left. Once the albums are loaded, right click an album cover and you'll be able to play the album, queue it or search for covers. You can also easily search for albums by using the built-in album search feature.<br /><br />Right clicking the "CoverArt" entry on the left, you can select to download all missing  album covers, a very useful feature, especially for large music collections without covers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">CoverArt Browser was recently ported to GTK3 by <a href="https://github.com/asermax">Agustín Carrasco</a> and AskUbuntu moderator fossfreedom, who's also behind a cool <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/rhythmbox-third-party-plugins-ubuntu-ppa.html">third-party Rhythmbox plugins PPA</a>, so it should now work with recent Rhythmbox versions (tested with 2.96 and 2.97). This plugin isn't yet available in his PPA, but it should be uploaded to the PPA sometime soon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><br /><h2>Install CoverArt Browser Rhythbmbox plugin</h2><b><br /></b> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update:</b> initially, the plugin only worked on 64bit but it now works on 32bit too!<br /><br />To install it, in Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04, use the commands below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox-plugins<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-coverart-browser</code></pre><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser plugin via <a href="http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=63246">AUR</a>.<br /><b><br />For other Linux distributions, install git, and then install the plugin using the following commandS:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>git clone https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser.git<br />cd coverart-browser<br />./install.sh</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then start Rhythmbox and enable the plugin via <i>Edit > Plugins > Cover Art Browser</i>.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to fossfreedom for the tip!</i></div>

CoverArt Browser Rhythmbox Plugin Ported To GTK3

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Everpad Integrates Evernote With Ubuntu Unity (AppIndicator, Lens)

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://evernote.com/">Evernote</a> is a note taking service in which the notes can be text, images, voice memos, handwritten notes or file attachments. There are Evernote clients available for Windows, Mac OSX, Android, iOS and WebOS, but there's no official Linux client.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Linux, you can use <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/evernote-for-linux-nevernote.html" title="Evernote for Linux: NixNote (previously Nevernote)">NixNote (previously Nevernote)</a>, an unofficial Evernote client written in Java but if you want something lightweight, you should try <a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad">Everpad</a>, a new Evernote client that integrates nicely with Unity.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wvrsmyrj_RO5G-a3sMds27a0KdqmFudTnAVZHJol5aZQwyP3cnSDxmzJMHs6jjgYd7N3Qqehd9-ZMv16Y0nhl-fdYz59clRbHAKWn7b5j1ogZxRQODARdS39t01Ai-xP3GxqzAbVaxr5/s1600/everpad-indicator.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="everpad indicator" border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wvrsmyrj_RO5G-a3sMds27a0KdqmFudTnAVZHJol5aZQwyP3cnSDxmzJMHs6jjgYd7N3Qqehd9-ZMv16Y0nhl-fdYz59clRbHAKWn7b5j1ogZxRQODARdS39t01Ai-xP3GxqzAbVaxr5/s320/everpad-indicator.png" title="everpad indicator" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Everpad is an Ubuntu AppIndicator that you can use to take notes and synchronize them with Evernote's servers as well as display your current Evernote notes.</b> Currently, it supports notes, tags, notebooks, file attachments (remember there's a 60 MB monthly limit) and places.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And even if you don't plan on using the Everpad Ubuntu AppIndicator, if you're an Evernote user you should install Everpad since it comes with a nice<b> Unity lens</b> which you can use to quickly search & display notes:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNWA3aDieZJpOIOaCTMqcgK5ylxIj1mtUvrIzX-NGOmd51On_QPZu1GH8CUMG-yyZbMoeW-zBfEEPnHJmlv0uVk6_yicjnDfq3_K4YmlCL36wx2xGQ5soc8lTdShaSyWv2rGjmLarTNDS/s1600/everpad-lens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="everpad evernote lens" border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNWA3aDieZJpOIOaCTMqcgK5ylxIj1mtUvrIzX-NGOmd51On_QPZu1GH8CUMG-yyZbMoeW-zBfEEPnHJmlv0uVk6_yicjnDfq3_K4YmlCL36wx2xGQ5soc8lTdShaSyWv2rGjmLarTNDS/s320/everpad-lens.png" title="everpad evernote lens" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Everpad lens supports filtering by notebooks, tags and places and it should become even more useful with Ubuntu 12.10's new "previews" feature.<br /><br /><b>Update:</b> the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/evernote-ubuntu-client-everpad-gets.html">Everpad lens has got previews support for Ubuntu 12.10</a>!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The lens is automatically installed when you install Everpad, but if you don't want to use it and only want the AppIndicator, you can disable it using <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/lens-toggle-quickly-enable-disable.html" title="Lens Toggle: Quickly Enable / Disable Unity Lenses Without Removing Them">Lens Toggle</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5_YVUeh-6Yi40lmChmbuacCzgfy5VpQOTlT5l2fqsFai_AHK30pUzUejX5yiEWh0uMekr62pjKftAj7hfOkgARWhjc9UWJOJj-kj0YKC7PcUQzb7qEVLdjcBSYWDXok7igiA9vR9mwtb/s1600/everpad-new-note.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="everpad evernote create new note" border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5_YVUeh-6Yi40lmChmbuacCzgfy5VpQOTlT5l2fqsFai_AHK30pUzUejX5yiEWh0uMekr62pjKftAj7hfOkgARWhjc9UWJOJj-kj0YKC7PcUQzb7qEVLdjcBSYWDXok7igiA9vR9mwtb/s320/everpad-new-note.png" title="everpad evernote create new note" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everpad: settings dialog and the new note dialog</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Everpad in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><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></div><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 />Once installed, launch the AppIndicator from Dash, click it and select "Settings and Management" and on the Settings tab, click "Authorize". This will open a new tab in your default web browser, where you'll have to authorize Everpad with your Evernote account.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That's it. Now clicking the "Last sync..." indicator menu entry will force Everpad to synchronize your note with Evernote.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For the Everpad lens to show up, log out and log back in.<br /><br /><b>If you encounter issues, report them @ <a href="https://github.com/nvbn/everpad/issues?state=open">GitHub</a>.</b></div>

Everpad Integrates Evernote With Ubuntu Unity (AppIndicator, Lens)

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Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 Alpha 2 Available For Download

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A second Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 alpha version has been made <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ReleaseNotes/12.10Alpha2">available</a> for download today. </b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Ubuntu GNOME Remix is a community project lead by <a href="https://launchpad.net/~jbicha">Jeremy Bicha</a> which aims to create a pure GNOME 3 desktop experience built with packages from the official Ubuntu repositories.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><h2>GNOME 3 desktop experience using Ubuntu</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwry1Fq45azE_Vcfb5onlkhF4pazP69sjGOlpwDltANBxehklll8Cyd-Vr3p0C-L1ByZdcOK7mAAszMnQ2lDN0XNrx5g8PbdvlfZCQfj0UpZ0XqE0uKGiejlebz9RVey7BR7aMIuTFbNI_/s1600/ubuntu-gnome-remix_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 alpha 2" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwry1Fq45azE_Vcfb5onlkhF4pazP69sjGOlpwDltANBxehklll8Cyd-Vr3p0C-L1ByZdcOK7mAAszMnQ2lDN0XNrx5g8PbdvlfZCQfj0UpZ0XqE0uKGiejlebz9RVey7BR7aMIuTFbNI_/s320/ubuntu-gnome-remix_1.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 alpha 2" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The second alpha ships with GNOME 3.5.91 (GNOME 3.6 beta), with a few older packages like Nautilus 3.4.2 which was downgraded because of the many features removed from the latest 3.5.x versions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, GNOME Documents and Boxes are not included in this second alpha release (the Documents package in the Ubuntu repositories depends on LibreOffice and Boxes doesn't work correctly). LibreOffice or Ubuntu One, which are default in Ubuntu, aren't included either.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1hLlfNXmzqVec48zubCIPk8WNlSPSJjFPLJl-0uSSljiJv1s-UGGWKxEU_mcCSIY1mZ0AT1ZLFBQkb_ISvUKbowQEaThHnbPWwd6yT8YkKLa4FlRfy6cn72GRQUqFHAyVjOZ8J3jMTkZ/s1600/ubuntu-gnome-remix_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 alpha 2" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1hLlfNXmzqVec48zubCIPk8WNlSPSJjFPLJl-0uSSljiJv1s-UGGWKxEU_mcCSIY1mZ0AT1ZLFBQkb_ISvUKbowQEaThHnbPWwd6yT8YkKLa4FlRfy6cn72GRQUqFHAyVjOZ8J3jMTkZ/s320/ubuntu-gnome-remix_2.png" title="ubuntu gnome remix 12.10 alpha 2" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><b>Default applications in Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 alpha 2:</b><br /><ul><li>Web (Epiphany) is the default browser</li><li>Abiword</li><li>GNOME Package Kit</li><li>Rhythmbox</li><li>GNOME Contacts</li><li>Empathy </li><li>Shotwell</li><li>Gwibber</li><li>Cheese</li><li>GNOME Tweak Tool</li><li>Dconf editor</li><li>Simple Scan</li><li>Transmission</li><li>The complete GNOME Games collection</li><li>GNOME3 artwork: Adwaita theme, GNOME icons and the default GNOME 3.6 wallpaper </li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And of course,<b> there's also GDM 3.5.91 and </b><b>GNOME Shell 3.5.91 </b>which comes with a cool new<b> lock screen</b>:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sBmZeZTb5tQ" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBmZeZTb5tQ">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Classic GNOME session is included as well</b>, but GNOME Shell is used by default if the hardware supports it, and most hardware should be able to run it since the latest GNOME Shell included in Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 <b>supports software rendering</b>.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Beta scheduled for September 27</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Currently, there are quite a few bugs - for instance, booting from the live image displays an "Undefined video mode" error and you can either wait 30 seconds or press the spacebar to skip. However, some nasty bugs found in alpha 1 have been fixed, for instance: the installer is now readable with the default Adwaita theme, the persisting login screen after logging in has been fixed, etc.<br /><br />Ubuntu GNOME Remix doesn't come with its own branding for now, but there are plans to create a new Ubiquity slideshow, a Plymouth theme and a blue Ubuntu isolinux art (what you see when first booting an Ubuntu image). Hopefully, these will be included with the Ubuntu GNOME Remix beta, scheduled for September 27.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ReleaseNotes/12.10Alpha2">Download Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 alpha 2</a></div><br /><i>And if you find bugs, don't forget to report them! </i>

Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 Alpha 2 Available For Download

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VirtualBox 4.2.0 Released With Support For Drag'n'drop From Host To Linux Guests, More

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfSPhFUJxkUtdfMSv4-rC2Di4NvHKW57VZYFnAkNNRvFt3ms1SZLO-Inp03CNHGxFiS8oeNVcFhL74KeowaJlQb-xm9B-ZihEI6PyUvD9kmIt3rXh4Evsj8srEFMOZckKBe82dFE8evyf/s1600/virtualbox-4.2.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="virtualbox 4.2.0" border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfSPhFUJxkUtdfMSv4-rC2Di4NvHKW57VZYFnAkNNRvFt3ms1SZLO-Inp03CNHGxFiS8oeNVcFhL74KeowaJlQb-xm9B-ZihEI6PyUvD9kmIt3rXh4Evsj8srEFMOZckKBe82dFE8evyf/s320/virtualbox-4.2.0.png" title="virtualbox 4.2.0" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>After a beta and four release candidates, <a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/">VirtualBox</a> 4.2.0 (stable) has been released today, bringing support to start VMs during system boot on Linux, experimental support for drag'n'drop from the host to Linux guests, improved Windows 8 support and more.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Changes in VirtualBox 4.2.0:</b><br /><ul><li>Improved Windows 8 support, in particular many 3D-related fixes</li><li>GUI: VM groups</li><li>GUI: expert mode for wizards </li><li>GUI: allow to alter some settings during runtime</li><li>Support for up to 36 network cards, in combination with an ICH9 chipset configuration</li><li>Added support for limiting network IO bandwidth</li><li>Added possibility to start VMs during system boot on Linux, OS X and Solaris</li><li>Added experimental support for Drag'n'drop from the host to Linux guests. Support for more guests and for guest-to-host is also planned</li><li>Added support for parallel port passthrough on Windows hosts</li><li>Enhanced API for controlling the guest</li><li>Support for recent VIA CPUs and FlushByASID features of AMD CPUs</li><li>Allow taking screenshots of the current VM window content</li><li>Allow automatically sorting of the VM list </li><li>Allow starting of headless VMs from the GUI </li><li>Implemented burning of audio CDs in passthrough mode</li><li>Added support for QED images, QCOW (full support for v1 and readonly support for v2 images) and readonly support for VHDX images</li></ul>A complete VirtualBox 4.2.0 changelog can be found <a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The new host to Linux guests drag'n'drop support feature requires the installation of VirtualBox Guest Additions</b>. To get it working in Ubuntu, make sure you don't install the Guest Additions package available in the official Ubuntu repository ("virtualbox-guest-additions") and instead, install the Guest Additions from the VirtualBox menu (Devices > Install Guest Additions).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For some of the new features like starting VMs on system boot, see the VirtualBox <a href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0/UserManual.pdf">manual</a> for how to use them. </div><br /><br /><h2>Install VirtualBox 4.2 in Ubuntu via repository</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu users can install the latest VirtualBox 4.2 using its official repository. But before installing 4.2, make sure you don't have any older VirtualBox version installed (so if you've had VirtualBox 4.1 or older installed, remove it firstly) because the package name is different: "virtualbox-4.2" for the latest 4.2.0 release:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-4.1</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">Your existing machines will not be removed and they will continue to work with VirtualBox 4.2.0.<br /><br />To add the VirtualBox Ubuntu repository and install the latest VirtualBox 4.2, use the commands below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -sc) contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list<br />wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.2</code></pre><b>Linux Mint users:</b> replace "$(lsb_release -sc)" in the first command above with the Ubuntu version corresponding to your Linux Mint version (e.g. "precise" for Linux Mint Maya, etc.).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For some extra features like VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for Intel cards support as well as USB 2.0 devices support, you'll have to download and install the VirtualBox Extension Pack from <a href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.0-80737.vbox-extpack">HERE</a>. To install it, simply double click the extension and VirtualBox should open, prompting you to install it. If that doesn't work, you can also select <i>File > Preferences > Extensions</i> and browse for the downloaded VirtualBox extension.</div><a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads"><br /><b> Download VirtualBox 4.2.0</b></a><b> for Linux, Solaris, Windows or Mac OS X.</b><br /><br /><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/get-your-usb-drives-to-work-with.html">How To Get Your USB Drives To Work With VirtualBox (Ubuntu Host)</a></i>

VirtualBox 4.2.0 Released With Support For Drag'n'drop From Host To Linux Guests, More

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Cross-Platform Video Editor Avidemux Reaches Version 2.6, Install It In Ubuntu 12.04

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTp104neW3aZ1FjlhH-1PWTdiAulXIQDzd5Egra9GpzwMQ_XLhgiA0TizBcUgpSsfubzwbt3-_9kauUECKS-82SqnxEUAXTaQuizlniYC5Q094AcYpbRSSCtOF3enwi7j-fro1HgcXdQ4f/s1600/avidemux-2.6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="avidemux 2.6" border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTp104neW3aZ1FjlhH-1PWTdiAulXIQDzd5Egra9GpzwMQ_XLhgiA0TizBcUgpSsfubzwbt3-_9kauUECKS-82SqnxEUAXTaQuizlniYC5Q094AcYpbRSSCtOF3enwi7j-fro1HgcXdQ4f/s320/avidemux-2.6.png" title="avidemux 2.6" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://avidemux.berlios.de/">Avidemux</a> is a cross-platform video editor, especially useful for simple tasks like cutting a video, encoding tasks, etc. </b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">After years in which there were only minor Avidemux updates, there's finally a new major <a href="http://avidemux.berlios.de/news.html">release</a>: 2.6, which comes with a rewrite of all the Avidemux internals as well as some new features:</div><ul><li>Support for hardware accelerated framework: VDPAU only for the moment</li><li>OpenGl filters (only Qt4/mac & linux)</li><li>Support for more scripting languages: Spidermonkey, TinyPy and QtScript</li><li>Multiple audio tracks support (in / out)</li><li>Deal with time and not assume constant framerate. You can now edit your .ts and keep a/v sync</li></ul><br /><h2>Install Avidemux 2.6 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu 12.04 users can install the latest Avidemux 2.6 without overwriting Avidemux 2.5.x (if installed), by using the <a href="http://www.getdeb.net/">GetDeb</a> repository.<b> Firstly, you have to add the GetDeb repository by installing <a href="http://archive.getdeb.net/install_deb/getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb">THIS</a> deb file.</b> Once installed, run the following commands in a terminal:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install avidemux2.6</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows and Mac OS X, see the Avidemux <a href="http://avidemux.berlios.de/download.html">downloads page</a>.</b></div>

Cross-Platform Video Editor Avidemux Reaches Version 2.6, Install It In Ubuntu 12.04

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New Default Wallpaper Lands In Ubuntu 12.10

<div style="text-align: justify;">A new default wallpaper has landed in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal and even though it uses the same colors as the previous default wallpapers, this one isn't just a <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/04/ubuntu-1204-default-wallpaper-revealed.html">slightly modified</a> version of the previous backgrounds, like we were used to:</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAswA13gOeRORsIjBo9NZrczy05gS5OGvn2aY_eydW_92wmpX02zeOaulG_p0zKO0JrZdjrBEchnyS9nWdcmyCxlkjQfj1lLEr9kXodXUyx1qarleQwKX8gzBhAArfW0TgPsIgN0RRPcL/s2000/warty-final-ubuntu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 default wallpaper" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAswA13gOeRORsIjBo9NZrczy05gS5OGvn2aY_eydW_92wmpX02zeOaulG_p0zKO0JrZdjrBEchnyS9nWdcmyCxlkjQfj1lLEr9kXodXUyx1qarleQwKX8gzBhAArfW0TgPsIgN0RRPcL/s500/warty-final-ubuntu.jpg" title="ubuntu 12.10 default wallpaper" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're not using Ubuntu 12.10, you can download the full-size Ubuntu 12.10 default wallpaper from <a href="http://ubuntuone.com/2vhcLaJIstadZLnLl4I0dH">HERE</a> (save it as .jpg).</div><br />What do you think?<br /><br /><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/ubuntu-1210-quantal-quetzal-community.html">Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Community Wallpapers Revealed</a></i>

New Default Wallpaper Lands In Ubuntu 12.10

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