Upgrade To Gvfs With MTP Support In Ubuntu 12.10 Or 12.04 To Easily Connect Android 4.0+ Devices

<div style="text-align: justify;">Like I was telling you <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/unity-changes-ubuntu-1304-raring.html">a while back</a>, <b>Gvfs has been <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/raring/+source/gvfs/+changelog">updated</a> in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, bringing a new MTP backend which allows users to access Android 4.0 devices which do not support the USB Mass Storage</b> protocol, along with many other changes. Since it's unlikely for the latest Gvfs (1.15.2) to be backported to older Ubuntu releases, <b>you can use a PPA which has the latest Gvfs MTP backend backported to Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10</b>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV43Yvd3kNguujnRm16bgqvUfIV_rWJiPJ5gFheAdE0MaeLBTdk6PjmLohzwS296TlJkjyDobQ3f9Y-lsfqfH5mQoJ62Lc7DBe1ig9DrDPIIBz9qfIKYOyGC8x7qHE_RZTUg2SSW1-rRPx/s1600/android-gvfs-mtp.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Android 4.0+ gvfs Ubuntu" border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV43Yvd3kNguujnRm16bgqvUfIV_rWJiPJ5gFheAdE0MaeLBTdk6PjmLohzwS296TlJkjyDobQ3f9Y-lsfqfH5mQoJ62Lc7DBe1ig9DrDPIIBz9qfIKYOyGC8x7qHE_RZTUg2SSW1-rRPx/s320/android-gvfs-mtp.png" title="Android 4.0+ gvfs Ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We've already covered a way to connect Android 4.0 devices that don't support UMS to Ubuntu, using <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-to-mount-android-40-ubuntu-go-mtpfs.html">Go-Mtpfs</a>, but that requires to mount the Android device manually. If you upgrade to the backported packages in this PPA, you'll get seamless MTP support so when you connect an Android 4.0 device via USB, it should automatically show up in Nautilus (or Thunar, it should work with it too) without having to manually mount it. You'll also be able to unmount it from Nautilus.<br /><br />I've tested the packages on Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 with my Samsung Galaxy S2 (Android 4.2.1) and Gvfs has worked as expected (with some minor issues though, see below) and I was able to transfer files to my Android 4.2.1 phone.<br /><br />Also, the packages were <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/112555004333838485342/posts/TLWjkGzDCFs">tested</a> by WebUpd8 reader Bhaismachine (thank you!) in Ubuntu 12.10 using a Nexus 4 and he reported that the device showed up in Nautilus and further more, it seemed faster than before.<br /><br /><b>Issues:</b> transferring music using Rhythmbox or Clementine didn't work in my test (including in Ubuntu 13.04 - I've reported the bug <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/1108104">HERE</a>), but <a href="http://i.imgur.com/P1tycS3.png">it did work</a> with Clementine for Bhaismachine. So this part doesn't seem too reliable for now. Also, by default the image thumbnails are not displayed in Nautilus - <b>to enable image thumbnails</b>, open the Nautilus preferences and on the "Preview" tab, select "Always" for "Show thumbnails" under "Other Previewable Files".<br /><br />for some reason, there are no thumbnails for images on the Android device in Nautilus and the images can't be opened directly from the device but copying and viewing them on the computer works. These issues aren't Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04 specific and they even occur in Ubuntu 13.04.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In other related news, the latest CyanogenMod 10.1 nightly has added an option for switching between UMS and MTP/PTP mode (<i>System Settings > Storage</i>), so you can now mount Android devices via USB mass storage in Ubuntu. That means you won't need Gvfs with MTP support if you're using the latest CM nightly.</div><br /><br /><h2>Upgrade Gvfs in Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 to get Android 4.0 support for devices which don't support USB Mass Storage interface</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The packages in this PPA may be unstable. Use the PPA at your own risk! There are instructions on how to revert the changes at the bottom of the post.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> <b>To add the Gvfs (and libmtp) PPA created by the Gvfs MTP backend developer in Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:langdalepl/gvfs-mtp<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2. Then, launch Software Updater (previously known as Update Manager) and install the available updates</b>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3. </b>Once everything has been updated successfully,<b> restart your computer</b>, <b>unlock your Android device</b>, connect it via USB and it should show up in your file manager (tested with Nautilus and Thunar 1.6).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you don't unlock the Android 4.0+ device, it may show up as empty in the file manager, at least that was the case for me. <br /><br /><b>Update</b> 13 February 2013: If your device is not currently supported, check out <a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/43022082410/libmtp-updated-for-ubuntu-quantal-and-precise-with">THIS</a> list and if your device is on that list, add our <a href="https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/unstable">Unstable PPA</a> and upgrade libmtp (I've backported the latest libmtp from Raring to Quantal and Precise in this PPA).</div><br /><br /><h2>Revert the changes (purge the PPA)</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To revert the changes (downgrade all the packages from our Gvfs PPA to the version available in the official Ubuntu repositories), firstly <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/install-ppa-purge-with-multi-arch.html">install PPA-Purge with multi-arch support</a> from the main WebUpd8 PPA.</div><br />Then, purge the PPA using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo ppa-purge ppa:langdalepl/gvfs-mtp </code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Wait for the packages to be downgraded successfully, restart the computer and everything should go back to the way it was before adding the Gvfs PPA above.</div></div>

Upgrade To Gvfs With MTP Support In Ubuntu 12.10 Or 12.04 To Easily Connect Android 4.0+ Devices

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Watch LOVEFiLM, Maxdome And RedBox Videos In Ubuntu Using The Netflix Desktop PPA

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-use-netflix-in-ubuntu-through.html">Netflix Desktop Ubuntu PPA</a> has been updated with separate packages for LOVEFiLM, RedBox and </b><b><b id="yui_3_5_1_1_1366034780450_969">Maxdome</b>, three video streaming services similar to Netflix.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">LOVEFiLM, Maxdome and RedBox, like Netflix, are on demand TV shows and movie streaming services that require Microsoft's Silverlight plugin to play so they don't work natively under Linux, but thanks to Erich Hoover's custom WINE build, it's now possible to use all these services on Linux.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-0OSMtuqmOX4Z9d3zkXlAVGy3TmLiK8f0Ev1RowJ_Xt9nRBvK7FZJ1Rc2dxq0BiwCHGosv0Zvs7m-0Q8BZkIThZQaoDbI182UU6kUi6d8QreQ1MBUV2hwgYzDQo1SN5yt0KVNTJ6sRGP/s1600/lovefilm-silverlight-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="LOVEFiLM silverlight ubuntu wine" border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-0OSMtuqmOX4Z9d3zkXlAVGy3TmLiK8f0Ev1RowJ_Xt9nRBvK7FZJ1Rc2dxq0BiwCHGosv0Zvs7m-0Q8BZkIThZQaoDbI182UU6kUi6d8QreQ1MBUV2hwgYzDQo1SN5yt0KVNTJ6sRGP/s320/lovefilm-silverlight-ubuntu.png" title="LOVEFiLM silverlight ubuntu wine" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Installing any of the four supported service packages: Netflix, LOVEFiLM, Maxdome and RedBox will automatically download and install Firefox for WINE (Windows) as well as Microsoft Silverlight, through a package called "wine-browser-installer", so the user doesn't have to configure anything.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, launch Netflix Desktop, LOVEFiLM Desktop, Maxdome Desktop or RedBox Desktop from the menu or Dash and a full-screen Firefox (under WINE) window will be launched with only one tab (and no chrome: no menu, titlebar, tabs, etc.), for the selected service. Then, you can log in and start watching your favourite TV shows or movies, in Linux. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the screenshot above, I've unmaximized the LOVEFiLM Desktop window. If you want to do this, you can press F11 to exit full-screen.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Netflix, LOVEFiLM, RedBox and Maxdome Desktop in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Compholio PPA, which provides the custom WINE build along with Netflix, LOVEFiLM, </b><b>Maxdome and RedBox Desktop is available for Ubuntu Raring, Quantal, Precise, Oneiric, Natty, Maverick and Lucid. Add it using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ehoover/compholio<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br />Then, <b>install Netflix Desktop</b> using this command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install netflix-desktop</code></pre><br />For <b>LOVEFiLM Desktop</b>, use:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install lovefilm-desktop</code></pre><br />For <b>Maxdome Desktop</b>, use:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install maxdome-desktop</code></pre><br />And finally, for <b>RedBox Desktop:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install redbox-desktop</code></pre><br />More about the Netflix Desktop PPA in our initial post: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-use-netflix-in-ubuntu-through.html">How To Use Netflix In Ubuntu Through Wine (PPA Available)</a>.<br /><br />Report any bugs you may encounter @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/netflix-desktop">Launchpad</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For other Linux distributions, you can get the patched WINE "Compholio" from <a href="http://www.compholio.com/wine-compholio/">HERE</a>.</div>

Watch LOVEFiLM, Maxdome And RedBox Videos In Ubuntu Using The Netflix Desktop PPA

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Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser Plugin Sees New Release

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser">CoverArt Browser</a>, a Rhythmbox plugin to browse and play music using an album art view, has been updated to version 0.7, getting some new features as well as improvements which should make the plugin start a lot faster.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffn6cSZ7qe9gy9naREtm6Cg0pEd9X4QYF0kqQM6sLcrDsB0h6U-Ctk1RusIjcBNkrbYyU8dng3OzUtpoz7I94eUhTDcRh7ZKieWpo5j81HRGz4baJ3_WJAxoZnox6pE6SafFbQM4L6nHl/s1600/rhythmbox-coverart-browser.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffn6cSZ7qe9gy9naREtm6Cg0pEd9X4QYF0kqQM6sLcrDsB0h6U-Ctk1RusIjcBNkrbYyU8dng3OzUtpoz7I94eUhTDcRh7ZKieWpo5j81HRGz4baJ3_WJAxoZnox6pE6SafFbQM4L6nHl/s320/rhythmbox-coverart-browser.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The plugin isn't the simple cover art browser it was the last time we <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/coverart-browser-rhythmbox-plugin.html">wrote</a> about it. Since then, Fossfreedom and Agustín Carrasco, the plugin developers, have worked very hard to improve it and CoverArt Browser has got many new features, including a tracks & covers pane which displays the tracks for the selected album under the cover art browser, an enhanced search that can be used to search all fields and not just the album name, an option to display album and artist name under the covers, playlist and ratings support and others.</div><br /><br /><b>Changes in the latest Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser plugin 0.7 include:</b><br /><ul><li>find & display embedded covers in MP3, M4A, FLAC & Ogg files;</li><li>optional coverart search from Discogs Internet service;</li><li>configurable shadow effect behind cover display;</li><li>iconised filter & sort buttons that change icon depending upon option chosen;</li><li>brand new icons designed explicitly to the coverart browser plugin;</li><li>one click open and close track view for a cover;</li><li>plugin code refactored - much faster to start and display without any flashing effects;</li><li>display covers for play-queue/music library & playlists from within the coverart-view;</li><li>column header sort in track view;</li><li>revamped plugin preferences;</li><li>more.</li></ul>A complete changelog, including for older releases, can be found on <a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser/wiki/History">GitHub</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new CoverArt Browser doesn't feel like a plugin any more, but like a completely new interface and you won't need to use the regular Rhythmbox interface once you give CoverArt Browser a try.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To use the Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser plugin, (firstly install it, see below) enable it from the Rhythmbox Plugins dialog (<i>Edit > Plugins</i>). Then, if you don't already have covers for all your albums, the first thing you should do is to right click "CoverArt" in the left Rhythmbox sidebar and select "Download all the covers"; the plugin will now try to find and automatically download covers for all your albums. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now try the CoverArt Browser Rhythmbox plugin and if something isn't the way you like it, go to<i> Edit > Plugins</i>, look for CoverArt Browser, then click Preferences - here, you can tweak the plugin settings: enable/disable displaying album info under cover (and change its font size), change or disable cover drop shadow, change cover size, change toolbar position and more.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install CoverArt Browser Rhythmbox plugin in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install CoverArt Browser Rhythmbox plugin in Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04, use the following commands:</b></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 /><div style="text-align: justify;">I've tested the plugin and it works in Ubuntu 13.04 too, but there are no PPA packages for this Ubuntu version yet; you can, however, install it in Raring by adding the PPA using the above command and then editing the <i>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/fossfreedom-rhythmbox-plugins-raring.list</i> file and replacing "raring" with "quantal".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the same PPA as CoverArt Browser, you'll find many other Rhythmbox plugins, including an equalizer, an enhanced last.fm plugin more, so check out: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/rhythmbox-third-party-plugins-ubuntu-ppa.html">Rhythmbox Third-Party Plugins Ubuntu PPA</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser plugin via <a class="external" href="http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=63246">AUR</a>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, see the CoverArt Browser <a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser">GitHub page</a> for instructions.</b></div>

Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser Plugin Sees New Release

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Half-Life And Counter-Strike Games Now Available Natively For Linux [Steam]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSBEex578ODQUocvqQswGDs-3-XjmBHD7WfcLT5bcu1tjXOhgTVjicWZGVx_X4hKVCzbU6NnXdsH42m2ahyGQ-3X9Ha6SuwhwLhoFfMlZbVFQDeudKsONFQtYNnGDDga9P6qLzOy1q1KE/s1600/counter-strike-linux.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="counter strike linux" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSBEex578ODQUocvqQswGDs-3-XjmBHD7WfcLT5bcu1tjXOhgTVjicWZGVx_X4hKVCzbU6NnXdsH42m2ahyGQ-3X9Ha6SuwhwLhoFfMlZbVFQDeudKsONFQtYNnGDDga9P6qLzOy1q1KE/s320/counter-strike-linux.png" title="counter strike linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Valve has released the original <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/70/">Half Life</a> 1 and <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/10/">Counter Strike</a> 1.6 games for Linux (and OS X). </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Both Half Life and Counter Strike are currently in beta and even though Linux is not yet displayed as a supported platform for these two games, you can download, install and play them on Linux, using the native Steam for Linux beta client.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1pTONNWxCr2UfHnfYnG8lbnygtQwF0XTKcWSduWpYsY-TrPKl3Ja-FdadPcU8JkVIfKgwTGrBdSeLy2AS78Kc3K_mSIJH5_82KNX-IlTFrrSWz80tm-7gDiCtazSTHg68vfXDJkuYHXA/s1600/steam-counter-strike-hl.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1pTONNWxCr2UfHnfYnG8lbnygtQwF0XTKcWSduWpYsY-TrPKl3Ja-FdadPcU8JkVIfKgwTGrBdSeLy2AS78Kc3K_mSIJH5_82KNX-IlTFrrSWz80tm-7gDiCtazSTHg68vfXDJkuYHXA/s320/steam-counter-strike-hl.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Half-Life and Counter-Strike are first-person shooter games developed by Valve and Counter-Strike actually has its origins in a Half-Life modification. You can find out more on Wikipedia: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_%28video_game%29">Half-Life</a> | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Strike">Counter-Strike</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The games can be installed directly through the Steam for Linux client but remember not to select "Linux" when searching for them because they only show up for Windows right now. <br /><br />In my short test, both games seem to work ok. However, Half-Life and Counter Strike for Linux are currently in beta so you may encounter issues or they might not work at all for you!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/steam-for-linux-now-available-to-all.html">Steam For Linux Now Available To All Users</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i>more info @ Steam Linux Beta Access <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/games/221410/announcements">announcements</a>. </i></div>

Half-Life And Counter-Strike Games Now Available Natively For Linux [Steam]

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Eclipse IDE: Get Ubuntu AppMenu And HUD Support

<div style="text-align: justify;">By default, the popular Eclipse IDE does not support the Ubuntu AppMenu or  <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/hud-ubuntus-new-smart-menus-announced.html">HUD</a>. The reason for this is that Eclipse has been <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdbusmenu/+bug/618587">blacklisted</a> so it wouldn't use the AppMenu around the time of Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat because it didn't work back then.<br /><br />Now Eclipse does work with the AppMenu, however, there are some minor glitches like some menu shortcuts not being displayed (although they do work). If this isn't a problem for you, <b>here's a quick way to whitelist Eclipse so it can make use of Ubuntu's Appmenu and HUD</b>.</div><br />Below you can see Eclipse IDE with global menu and HUD support running in Ubuntu 13.04:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLWPSmXaqlE2lNYaH5iH-AVggDDxKakrhr4yxuwai-J7adgG_UdglNralEke8LbP7mazXLQnzUa8SyaKpjwo3KvV9Eed39VehZae6gleLhIIekTrROOGUoOu4Wclwesbvr1VparIeQlN8/s1600/eclipse-ide-global-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLWPSmXaqlE2lNYaH5iH-AVggDDxKakrhr4yxuwai-J7adgG_UdglNralEke8LbP7mazXLQnzUa8SyaKpjwo3KvV9Eed39VehZae6gleLhIIekTrROOGUoOu4Wclwesbvr1VparIeQlN8/s320/eclipse-ide-global-menu.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbw7RfWB_I76GHu4Rtb5yJ440vUUgtsWSaZrHLG5EkMq5UhLUPCYCzNgqoVFrNEi0-SyaoeumcO2dOTNIRQZsbpInGfnXo1R9QWoyDUvizRtDqJtnBxQ87X1rOIflKdvCZGxR-witX1_K/s1600/eclipse-ide-hud-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbw7RfWB_I76GHu4Rtb5yJ440vUUgtsWSaZrHLG5EkMq5UhLUPCYCzNgqoVFrNEi0-SyaoeumcO2dOTNIRQZsbpInGfnXo1R9QWoyDUvizRtDqJtnBxQ87X1rOIflKdvCZGxR-witX1_K/s320/eclipse-ide-hud-ubuntu.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>HUD and AppMenu support for Eclipse IDE in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The ideal solution would be to rebuilt AppMenu from source with Eclipse whitelisted by default, but since that's considered complicated by most users, here's an easier solution.<br /><br /><b>The instructions below should work with any Ubuntu version. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> To get <b>Ubuntu AppMenu </b><b>(global menu) and HUD support for Eclipse IDE,</b> we'll have to whitelist it so we'll hve to modify the GTK2 libappmenu.so file. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To find out the exact GTK2 libappmenu.so path (the path can vary depending on the Ubuntu version you're using and architecture), firstly run the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo updatedb</code></pre><br />Once it finishes (there's no output so just wait until it's done), let's find the GTK2 libappmenu.so path by using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>locate "gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/libappmenu.so"</code></pre>The above command should return the exact GTK2 libappmenu.so path.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> Let's make a <b>backup</b> before proceeding, so using the path returned by the command above, run the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo cp <b>/path/to/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/</b>libappmenu.so <b>/path/to/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies</b>/libappmenu.so.bak</code></pre><br /><b>3. Now let's whielist Eclipse so it supports AppMenu and HUD:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo sed -i 's/Eclipse/Xclipse/g' <b>/path/to/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/</b>libappmenu.so</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For the last to commands above, remember to use the exact path to the GtK2 libappmenu.so you've found under step 1!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Alternatively, you can also use <a href="https://launchpad.net/~absinthesyringe/+archive/eclipse">a PPA</a> which comes with a package that basically  runs all these commands automatically but: the PPA may give you the wrong impression that if you remove the package, everything is reverted and in fact it's not; also, </i><i>you'll still have to reinstall the package if Appmenu Gtk2 is updated (so by the way, you'll have to follow these instructions again if that package is updated); and finally, </i><i>the PPA package doesn't work correctly for Ubuntu 12.04. That's why I've preferred the manual instructions over the PPA.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>That's it! Now restart Eclipse IDE and it should now support the Ubuntu appmenu (global menu) and HUD.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: if the AppMenu package is updated, you'll have to reinstall the "eclipse-enable.appmenu" package.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If later on you want to disable appmenu / HUD support for Eclipse IDE</b> (undo the changes), simply follow the first step above to find out the GTK2 libappmenu.so path and restore the backup we've made under step 2 using this command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo cp <b>/path/to/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/</b>libappmenu.so.bak <b>/path/to/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/</b>libappmenu.so</code></pre><br />And then, restart Eclipse IDE.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>solution via Launchpad <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdbusmenu/+bug/618587">bug report</a> (thanks to Vasile Rotaru)</i></div>

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uGet Download Manager 1.10.3 Gets New Icon, Mirrors Support

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjissNCCgQrJ6_bqCBKrjgeeYPFvEwuWZizqU4c2qeRM0o79ZtmFAmS08MiPuZ_LWu_6BEFF9jRjpY2R4w7A9ytuK7U4UY7p4syTLtkLYpOm4Qg9X22Mf9K-V8JlfkS-rCdXybDpp0HdrnH/s1600/uget-download-manager.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="uget download manager" border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjissNCCgQrJ6_bqCBKrjgeeYPFvEwuWZizqU4c2qeRM0o79ZtmFAmS08MiPuZ_LWu_6BEFF9jRjpY2R4w7A9ytuK7U4UY7p4syTLtkLYpOm4Qg9X22Mf9K-V8JlfkS-rCdXybDpp0HdrnH/s320/uget-download-manager.png" title="uget download manager" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://uget.visuex.com/">uGet</a> 1.10.3 has been released today with a new application icon, support for mirrors and more.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">uGet is a GTK3 download manager that can make use of <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2009/10/aria2-cross-platform-command-line-tool.html">aria2</a> (a command line download accelerator also used by <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/speed-up-apt-get-downloads-with-apt.html">apt-fast</a>) to accelerate downloads, and comes with features such as: clipboard monitoring, scheduler, resume downloads, batch downloads, supports multiple protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, BitTorrent or Metalink - these last 2 require the aria2 plugin), HTML and TXT file importing, proxy support, cookie and user agent control and much more. </div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">For a complete list of features, see the uGet <a href="http://uget.visuex.com/features">features page</a>.</div><br /><br /><b>Changes in the latest uGet 1.10.3:</b><br /><ul><li>added new download option - "mirrors";</li><li>changed hotkey, Shift+Delete to delete data, Ctrl+Delete to delete file and data;</li><li>changed logo and icons;</li><li>rearranged menu items;</li><li>added & updated translation files.</li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNWObv9ns-FiTv-a4O50HAgzdvZ8WMwnc_8Le018NzyRt3RbIVAeMge21NpxjmhG5eZWmsTj4F4-xPA8N9vUI12jEx2_QDMIQS-0ggw4BXgS_oicpyS7xcZUUluf7ta1KPEIWHD_np_Pt/s1600/uget-mirros.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="uget mirrors" border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNWObv9ns-FiTv-a4O50HAgzdvZ8WMwnc_8Le018NzyRt3RbIVAeMge21NpxjmhG5eZWmsTj4F4-xPA8N9vUI12jEx2_QDMIQS-0ggw4BXgS_oicpyS7xcZUUluf7ta1KPEIWHD_np_Pt/s320/uget-mirros.png" title="uget mirrors" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Install uGet download manager in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Compared to the version available in the Ubuntu repositories (1.8.x), the version available in the uGet PPA has many extra features and bug fixes as well as GTK3  and appindicator support, so I highly recommend using the official uGet stable PPA.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the uGet stable PPA and install uGet and aria2 in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin and 12.10 Quantal Quetzal (there are no Ubuntu 13.04 packages yet), use the following commands in a terminal:</b></div><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:plushuang-tw/uget-stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install uget aria2</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To enable the aria2 plugin, select <i>Edit > Settings</i> from the uGet menu and on the "Plug-in" tab, check the box for "Enable aria2 plugin". Then, when adding a new download, you'll be able to set uGet to use multiple connections per server from the "New download" dialog box.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tip: like I was saying above, if you install uGet from its official PPA, you'll notice that it uses an Ubuntu AppIndicator by default but if you don't want this - for instance if you're using GNOME Shell -, you can disable it so uGet uses a tray icon, by using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sed -i "s/AppIndicator value='1'/AppIndicator value='0'/g" ~/.config/uGet/Setting.xml</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions (source files and RPM available) and Windows, see the uGet <a href="http://uget.visuex.com/downloads">downloads page</a>.</b></div>

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Elegant Image Viewer `Photo` Sees New Release

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>"<a href="http://qt-apps.org/content/show.php?content=147453">Photo</a>", a fancy Qt image viewer, has been updated recently with new features some of you have requested, such as a slideshow, new settings and others.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXyhXllhumfXGggqOdyMXmL-ZtAE_CfbDEotc7CD0dlh1g5RMGGQSX7bZOoc9cigSPQ-OXVpx_jxNenZM_lEUA_iamLXStp3J4MB4f4RN6Men0KaYTNVGzLg8Khrud6HYBNDtuqZd7fCCo/s1600/photo-application.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="photo image viewer" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXyhXllhumfXGggqOdyMXmL-ZtAE_CfbDEotc7CD0dlh1g5RMGGQSX7bZOoc9cigSPQ-OXVpx_jxNenZM_lEUA_iamLXStp3J4MB4f4RN6Men0KaYTNVGzLg8Khrud6HYBNDtuqZd7fCCo/s320/photo-application.png" title="photo image viewer" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Photo is an image viewer in which the image is displayed in full-screen with a configurable, semi-transparent overlay behind the photo if it doesn't cover the whole screen. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application also features image thumbnails on the bottom, which are set to autohide in the new version, but you can set them to always be visible from the settings. The menu is also hidden by default and to access it, you must point the mouse to the top right edge of the screen.  </div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">`Photo` isn't just elegant, it's also highly customizable and a great way to view a large number of images.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfj1PcC_lPjv80Dex6kLSDMx4T4AUIXQChxSfNKM8JL6rS3s2Tz26doHKo0q7HKgFIkyRcHNXsGubk6Wh9S47qxF0YfG1lz4CfK6mii2cwaQ7GyFCqayrTJ97JOLQbY_nFKPXxrGAwBu3/s1600/photo-app_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfj1PcC_lPjv80Dex6kLSDMx4T4AUIXQChxSfNKM8JL6rS3s2Tz26doHKo0q7HKgFIkyRcHNXsGubk6Wh9S47qxF0YfG1lz4CfK6mii2cwaQ7GyFCqayrTJ97JOLQbY_nFKPXxrGAwBu3/s320/photo-app_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest<b> Photo 0.9</b>, released a few days ago (well, two versions were released, one being a minor bug-fix release) comes with a <b>completely re-written and re-structured code</b>, a <b>new look</b> for various parts of the application, implements a<b> slideshow</b> feature as well as:</div><ul><li>faster startup;</li><li>better shortcut handling;</li><li>better exif handling;</li><li>improved thumbnail implementation;</li><li>lots of new settings, including customizable context menu (by default it uses KDE apps such as Dolphin, but you can change that from the settings window - "Other Settings" tab);</li><li>better image handling;</li><li>new command line options;</li><li>many bug fixes.</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Install Photo image viewer in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install Photo image viewer in Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04 use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:samrog131/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install photoqt</code></pre><br />Arch Linux users can install the latest Photo image viewer via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/photo/">AUR</a>. <br /><br />For other Linux distributions, see the Photo <a href="http://photoqt.org/down">downloads page</a>.

Elegant Image Viewer `Photo` Sees New Release

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