Batch Lossy JPG And PNG Compression Script Using GraphicsMagick

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>WebUpd8 reader Bruce Ingalls has created a script for batch lossy compression of jpg and png files</b>. The script is useful if you have a lot of images - e.g., you can run it to compress all the images used by a website, etc.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The script compresses only the files for which the resulted compressed image is detected to be smaller than the original image file. It uses GraphicsMagick which Bruce says is better for compression than ImageMagick (~1.5% smaller images with GraphicsMagick than with ImageMagick) and also faster, when compressing a large number of images. </div><br /><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, the script doesn't overwrite the original files and instead, it places the compressed images under a folder called "compressed". You can configure the compressed directory path/name, the compression ratio (40 by default) and the png compression ratio of transparent background (05 by default) by editing the script.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">GraphicsMagick cannot handle gif files, so it converts such files to png.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The compressLossy script doesn't do magick so don't expect png files to be a lot smaller after compression (the compression should be more obvious for jpg files). But it makes a difference if you're compressing a large amount of files.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mc-compression-result.png"><img alt="image compression result mc" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mc-compression-result_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Download compressLossy</h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>You can download the compressLossy script from <a href="https://github.com/bingalls/webGraphicsMagick">GitHub</a> - here's a <a href="https://raw.github.com/bingalls/webGraphicsMagick/master/compressLossy.sh">direct link</a> </b>to the script (tip: Bruce's GitHub repository also has a script called "apple-touch.sh" which generates Apple iPad/iPhone favicons).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To be able to use the compressLossy script, install GraphicsMagick - in Ubuntu, use the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install graphicsmagick</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, place the script in a folder containing png/jpg files, make the script executable and run it.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>thanks to Bruce Ingalls for the script and info! </i></div></div>

Batch Lossy JPG And PNG Compression Script Using GraphicsMagick

WebUpd8 reader Bruce Ingalls has created a script for batch lossy compression of jpg and png files . The script is useful if you have a lot ...

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Audacious Media Player 3.3.3 Available To Install In Ubuntu 12.10 Or 12.04 (PPA)

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://audacious-media-player.org/">Audacious</a> is a fast, lightweight music player that focuses on high audio quality. The application comes with a huge list of plugins and with two interfaces: a GTK interface (used by default) and a Winamp 2.x like interface (to which you can switch from the menu: <i>View > Interface > Winamp Classic Interface</i>).</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/audacious.png" rel="image_group" title="Audacious 3.3.3"><img alt="Audacious 3.3.3 GTK3" src="http://img.netupd8.com/audacious_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Audacious has been updated to version 3.3.3</b> recently and is now available, as usual, in the <b>main WebUpd8 PPA, for Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10</b>. There are no new features in this release, only bug fixes:</div><ul><li>Export more metadata information through MPRIS2</li><li>"Close to tray icon" doesn't work when using Winamp interface</li><li>Mixed stereo/mono OGG streaming don't play properly</li><li>Fixed fsync() error which was returned for files on read-only mediums such as a CD-ROM</li><li>PSF plugin skips silences even when they are in the middle of a song</li><li>Ogg vorbis tags do not update</li><li>"Close Playlist" dialog ignores GTK dialog button order</li><li>Cannot find decoder for certain urls</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Audacious media player package in our PPA uses a patch to get ffaudio (vma / wav files) to work with the FFMpeg version available in the official Ubuntu repositories and with this release, I've had to add yet another patch to get everything to work on Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10. Hopefully everything will work properly (I didn't encounter any issues in my tests).</div><br /><br />Here are a few more Audacious 3.3.3 screenshots:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/audacious-3.3.3-gtk3.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Audacious 3.3.3 - GTK interface with the search tool on the left"><img alt="Audacious 3.3.3" src="http://img.netupd8.com/audacious-3.3.3-gtk3_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GTK3 interface<u><br /></u></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/audacious-3.3.3-winamp.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Audacious - Winamp2-like interface"><img alt="Audacious 3.3.3 Winamp interface" src="http://img.netupd8.com/audacious-3.3.3-winamp_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winamp 2 like interface</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/audacicous-3.3.3-winamp_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Audacious - Winamp2-like interface"><img alt="Audacious 3.3.3" src="http://img.netupd8.com/audacicous-3.3.3-winamp_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The interface is as customizable as Winamp 2 and it even supports Winamp 2 skins</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Audacious 3.3.3 in Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04</h2><br /><b>To add the main WebUpd8 PPA and install Audacious Media Player in Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04, use the commands below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install audacious</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're upgrading from an older version, make sure you upgrade all the Audacious packages (use "sudo apt-get upgrade" or Software Updater / Synaptic).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For other Linux distributions and Windows, get Audacious from its <a href="http://audacious-media-player.org/download">download page</a>.</div>

Audacious Media Player 3.3.3 Available To Install In Ubuntu 12.10 Or 12.04 (PPA)

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Install SparkleShare 1.0 In Ubuntu (Dropbox-Like File Synchronization Tool)

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">SparkleShare</a> is an open source file synchronization and collaboration tool </b>somewhat similar to Dropbox, <b>available for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">SparkleShare uses GIT version control system and can be used with code hosting services like GitHub, Bitbucket or Gitorious as well as your own server.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-appindicator.png" rel="image_group" title="SparkleShare Ubuntu AppIndicator"><img alt="SparkleShare appindicator" src="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-appindicator_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><b>SparkleShare features:</b><br /><ul><li>presets for projects hosted on GitHub, Bitbucket or Gitorious</li><li>a recent changes window shows who changed what</li><li>restore deleted files or revert to previous versions</li><li>conflict handling</li><li>notifications</li><li>client side encryption</li><li>optional Ubuntu AppIndicator</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In previous versions there used to be Nautilus integration but unfortunately this has been removed about 2 months ago, however, everything you need is integrated into the "Recent Changes dialog":</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-recent-changes.png" rel="image_group" title="SparkleShare Recent Changes dialog"><img alt="SparkleShare recent changes dialog" src="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-recent-changes_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">E.g.: to restore a previous file version, from the main "Recent Changes" dialog view, click on the timestamp next to a file:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-restore-file_thumb.png" rel="image_group" title="SparkleShare - Recent Changes - restore previous file version"><img alt="SparkleShare restore file" src="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-restore-file_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install SparkleShare 1.0 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The SparkleShare version available in the official repositories is a bit old - 0.9.0, but if you don't want to add a PPA, you can use that. Some of the changes included in SparkleShare since version 0.9.0 are: new status icons, project folders can be renamed, new GNOME 3 symbolic icon, restore previous revisions of files from the event log and other changes as well as many many bug fixes - changelog <a href="http://mac.softpedia.com/progChangelog/SparkleShare-Changelog-93731.html">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">SparkleShare 1.0 will most probably be available in the official Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail repositories, but it can easily be installed on older Ubuntu versions by using an unofficial PPA.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install SparkleShare 1.0 in Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 or 11.10, firstly add the Git stable releases PPA (the Sparkleshare PPA below depends on this PPA):</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then, add the unofficial SparkleShare PPA and install the latest SparkleShare 1.0 in Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 or 11.10 using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rebuntu16/sparkleshare+unofficial<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install sparkleshare libwebkit1.1-cil libmono-posix4.0-cil libmono-system-core4.0-cil libnotify0.4-cil</code></pre>(some dependencies are missing, that's why there's more than one package in the install command above)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Important: the Ubuntu appindicator icon won't show up unless you're using the "ubuntu-mono-dark" (the default Ubuntu icon theme) or "ubuntu-mono-light) icon theme! </b>This is a <a href="https://github.com/hbons/SparkleShare/issues/1033">known bug</a>.<b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, launch SparkleShare and follow the initial setup dialog steps. To add a project, select <i>SparkleShare > Add Hosted Project</i> from the appindicator menu.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Adding a project hosted on GitHub, etc. is very easy: SparkleShare will create a text file with a ssh key in the SparkleShare folder which you need to add to GitHub under https://github.com/settings/ssh . If you've already added your own ssh key to GitHub, SparkleShare can use that instead, without any extra setup so just enter the remote path and you're ready:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-add-github.png" rel="image_group"><img add="add" alt="SparkleShare" project="project" src="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-add-github_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to set up your own host, there's a script you can use which configures everything for you - see the SparkleShare <a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">homepage</a> for more info on this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows and Mac OSX, download SparkleShare from its <a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">homepage</a>.</b></div>

Install SparkleShare 1.0 In Ubuntu (Dropbox-Like File Synchronization Tool)

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Unity Stacks Application `Drawers` Gets New Features

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Drawers, an application that can be used to create stacks (drawers) on the Unity Launcher, has been updated to version 12.12.1, getting new features which some of you have requested such as an option to automatically close drawer when focus is lost and more.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Drawers lets you create launchers for Unity on which you can add applications as well as files, folders or even links so you can quickly access them from one place. </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/drawers.png"><img alt="Drawers Unity Launcher" src="http://img.netupd8.com/drawers_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Using it, you can unclutter the Unity launcher and better organize the most used applications or files - e.g. if you're a web developer, you can for instance have a drawer for web browsers, one for work-related applications and important documents, and so on.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/drawers-preferences.png"><img alt="Drawers preferences" src="http://img.netupd8.com/drawers-preferences_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><b>Improvements in the latest Drawers 12.12.1:</b><br /><ul><li>Individual configuration of drawers now possible</li><li>Auto-layout option to use maximum available horizontal screen space</li><li>Option to automatically close drawer when focus is lost</li><li>Create drawers pre-loaded with applications whose category matches a search term</li><li>Various bug-fixes</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, since our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/add-stacks-to-unity-launcher-with.html" title="Add Stacks To The Unity Launcher With `Drawers`">previous Drawers post</a>, the application works and looks a lot better (the Preferences dialog is still a bit of a mess, but hopefully it will get some attention soon).</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Drawers in Ubuntu</h2><br />To add the Drawers PPA and install the application in Ubuntu, use the following commands:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ian-berke/ppa-drawers<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install drawers</code></pre><br />For how to use Drawers, see our initial post: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/add-stacks-to-unity-launcher-with.html">Add Stacks To The Unity Launcher With `Drawers`</a><br /><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/drawers">Launchpad</a>.

Unity Stacks Application `Drawers` Gets New Features

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2 Beautiful Dark Themes For GTK 3.6 Or 3.4 [Ubuntu PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><i>We've got quite a few requests to post some dark GTK3 themes, so here it is: DeLorean Dark and MediterraneanNight are two great dark GTK3 themes that support both GTK 3.6 (Ubuntu 12.10) and 3.4 (Ubuntu 12.04).</i></div><br /><br /><br /><h3>DeLorean Dark</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>DeLorean Dark</b> is a beautiful GTK3 theme that supports the latest GTK 3.6. There's also a GTK2 theme available, which has been completely redesigned recently.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, the theme isn't just for GNOME (this includes Unity, Cinnamon, etc.), there are Xfce and Openbox themes available as well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are some DeLorean Dark screenshots:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/delorean-dark.png" rel="image_group" title="DeLorean Dark GTK 3.6 theme"><img alt="DeLorean Dark theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/delorean-dark_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/delorean-dark-twf.png" rel="image_group" title="DeLorean Dark GTK3 Widget Factory"><img alt="DeLorean Dark theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/delorean-dark-twf_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install DeLorean Dark in Ubuntu 12.10, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:killhellokitty/themes.ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install delorean-dark-theme-3.6</code></pre><br /><b>The theme is also available for GTK 3.4 / Ubuntu 12.04. To install it in Ubuntu 12.04, instead of the last command above, use:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install delorean-dark</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions</b> and some extras which include Firefox, Thunderbird or Chromium themes, tweaks and fixes, see the DeLorean Dark DeviantArt page: for <a href="http://killhellokitty.deviantart.com/art/DeLorean-Dark-Theme-3-6-vs-2-56-328859335">GTK 3.6</a> | for <a href="http://killhellokitty.deviantart.com/art/DeLorean-Dark-1-55-318612217">GTK 3.4</a>.</div><br /><br /><br /><h3>MediterraneanNight</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>MediterraneanNight</b> is a <b>pack of 3 <i>darkish</i> GTK3 themes</b> that's available for both GTK 3.4 and 3.6: MediterraneanDark, MediterraneanLight and MediterraneanNight as well as for Xfce. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The theme is a variation of Adwaita Cupertino (now called <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/zukitwo-adwaita-cupertino-themes-ported.html">Gnome Cupertino</a>) with dark colors, which not only looks very nice, but it's also relaxing for the eyes.</div><br />Here are a few Mediterranean* screenshots:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/meditarrean-night.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanNight GTK 3.6 theme"><img alt="Mediterranean Night theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/meditarrean-night_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanNight</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/mediterranean-night-twf.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanNight GTK3 Widget Factory"><img alt="Mediterranean Night theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-night-twf_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanNight</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/mediterranean-dark.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanDark GTK 3.6 theme"><img alt="Mediterranean Dark theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-dark_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanDark</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/mediterranean-dark-twf.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanDark GTK3 Widget Factory"><img alt="Mediterranean Dark theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-dark-twf_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanDark</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/mediterranean-light.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanLight GTK 3.6 theme"><img alt="Mediterranean Light theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-light_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanLight</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/mediterranean-light-twf.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanLight GTK3 Widget Factory"><img alt="Mediterranean Light theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-light-twf_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanLight</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The theme is highly customizable, but it requires editing some theme files. To make it easier for the users, <b>I've uploaded MediterraneanNight to the WebUpd8 Themes PPA along with a script I've created that lets you customize the theme</b>: you can select the environment used: GNOME Shell / Cinnamon or Unity, the style used by Nautilus, the Unity panel, tabs style, choose between regular and glossy window buttons and more:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-config.png" rel="image_group" title="MediterraneanNight configuration script"><img alt="Mediterranean Config script" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-config_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />Note that the Nautilus 3.4 styles seem to also work with Nautilus 3.6.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install the MediterraneanNight theme pack  in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 (GTK 3.6) or 12.04 (GTK 3.4), use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/themes<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install mediterraneannight-gtk-theme</code></pre><br />Then, if you want to configure the theme using the script I've created, run:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo mediterranean-config</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Or, you can manually edit the theme yourself - see the readme inside each Mediterranean theme folder under <i>/usr/share/themes/</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, download MediterraneanNight via <a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=148398">Gnome-Look</a> (available for both GTK 3.4 and 3.6).</b></div><br /><br /><br />Also see:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/zukitwo-adwaita-cupertino-themes-ported.html">Zukitwo, Adwaita Cupertino Themes Ported To GTK 3.6</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/8-gtk-36-compatible-themes-available-in.html">8 GTK 3.6 Compatible Themes Available In PPAs For Ubuntu 12.10</a></li></ul>

2 Beautiful Dark Themes For GTK 3.6 Or 3.4 [Ubuntu PPA]

We've got quite a few requests to post some dark GTK3 themes, so here it is: DeLorean Dark and MediterraneanNight are two great dark GTK...

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Download Google Earth 7 With Fixed "Signal 11" Issue For Ubuntu

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Google Earth 7 was released more than a month ago, however, the new version doesn't work for most Linux users. Here's how to run Google Earth 7 on Ubuntu right now.</b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Google Earth 7 (7.0.1) features new 3D imagery and a virtual tour guide which highlights interesting places around the world. You can read the official release notes, <a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.ro/2012/10/explore-world-with-tour-guide-and-3d.html">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, many Linux users get the following error when trying to start the latest Google Earth 7:</div><br /><blockquote><b>Google Earth has caught signal 11.</b></blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/google-earth-signal11.png"><img alt="Google Earth signal 11 Linux" src="http://img.netupd8.com/google-earth-signal11_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />And the crash log looks something like this:<br /><br /><blockquote>[...]<br />Stacktrace from glibc:<br />./libgoogleearth_free.so(+0x1e9cfb)[0xf75c1cfb]<br />./libgoogleearth_free.so(+0x1e9f43)[0xf75c1f43]<br />[0xf777a400]</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">One of the Google Earth developers has emailed fixed Google Earth builds (pre-release) to some Linux users who have commented about this issue on the <a href="http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/earth/linux/dlzBfGl4eKM">Google Earth forums</a>, and it seems a fixed build will be available soon (the exact date is not known) on the Google Earth download page.</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/google-earth-7-ubuntu.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Google Earth 7.0.1.8283 Ubuntu" src="http://img.netupd8.com/google-earth-7-ubuntu_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Google Earth 7 (7.0.1.8283) running in Ubuntu 12.10</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update: Google has updated the official Google Earth packages so <a href="http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html">download the latest Google Earth</a> and you shouldn't get the error any more.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides the "Google Earth has caught signal 11" issue, it seems that the font issue that used to occur for the Google Earth Linux builds has been fixed as well in these new packages.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/earth/linux/dlzBfGl4eKM">productforums.google.com</a></i></div>

Download Google Earth 7 With Fixed "Signal 11" Issue For Ubuntu

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Use Nvidia Experimental 310 Drivers With Bumblebee

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Bumblebee PPA has been updated today, and the packages now allow the latest "nvidia-experimental-310" drivers to be used with Bumblebee.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Nvidia GeForce driver 310 is <a href="http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/Releases/NVIDIA-Delivers-Massive-Performance-Boost-to-Linux-Gaming-8ac.aspx">said</a> to "double the performance and dramatically reduce game loading times for those gaming" and it can be installed from the "updates" Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 repository. Below you'll find instructions on how to configure Bumblebee to work with nvidia-experimental-310 driver.</div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Nvidia Optimus is a technology used to increases battery life by switching between two graphics adapters (a low-performance integrated Intel graphics adapter and a high-performance one by Nvidia) within a computer system. Optimus GPU switching is officially only supported on Windows, but it's also unofficially available on Linux thanks to the Bumblebee project.</i></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to configure Bumblebee to work with nvidia-experimental-310 driver</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/bumblebee-nvidia-experimental-310.png"><img alt="Bumblebee nvidia experimental 310" src="http://img.netupd8.com/bumblebee-nvidia-experimental-310_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><b>1.</b> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee">Install Bumblebee</a> if you haven't already.<br /><br /><b>2.</b> Install the Nvidia GeForce driver 310.14 experimental driver:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install nvidia-experimental-310 nvidia-settings-experimental-310</code></pre><br /><b>3.</b> Configure Bumblebee to use nvidia-experimental-310.<br /><br />Open "/etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf" as root with a text editor:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>gksu gedit /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf</code></pre><br />And change the following:<br /><br />- on line 22, make sure "Driver=" is set to "nvidia", like this:<br /><b>Driver=nvidia</b><br /><br />- change the "KernelDriver=" (on line 47) to "nvidia-experimental-310", like this:<br /><b>KernelDriver=nvidia-experimental-310</b><br /><br />- change "LibraryPath=" (on line 51) to "/usr/lib/nvidia-experimental-310:/usr/lib32/nvidia-experimental-310", so it looks like this:<br /><b>LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia-experimental-310:/usr/lib32/nvidia-experimental-310</b><br /><br />- change the "XorgModulePath=" (line 54) to "XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-experimental-310/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules" so it looks like this:<br /><b>XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-experimental-310/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules</b><br /><br /><br /><b>4.</b> Restart Bumblebee, logout.<br /><br />Restart the bumblebeed daemon using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo service bumblebeed restart</code></pre><br />Then log out and log back in and try it out:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>optirun glxspheres</code></pre><br /><b>If it doesn't work, try to restart your system.</b><br /><br /><b>Note:</b> if you're using <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/primus-better-performance-and-less.html" title="Primus: Better Performance And Less Power Consumption For Bumblebee [Optimus Hybrid Graphics Chipsets]">Primus</a>, you'll have to edit the <i>/usr/bin/primusrun</i> script to use "nvidia-experimental-310" instead of "nvidia-current".

Use Nvidia Experimental 310 Drivers With Bumblebee

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