Unity Notification Area (Systray) Whitelist Is Obsolete [Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Changes]

<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/AVvXsEgelxqrCMQ7F5dE9IN8xrEahPMgWmSeYWzjv0xqMpTn9dRcPl-b2pe8ywcDPLasCVIZQj5Cxb2gjgx1c04piilq-u7zrF-ztR4zbdKLsnPCQotGFcRuUWda6NZ0yLdn0P1Gn-0umL-iJ5WI/s1600/notification-area.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu old notification area" border="0" height="24" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelxqrCMQ7F5dE9IN8xrEahPMgWmSeYWzjv0xqMpTn9dRcPl-b2pe8ywcDPLasCVIZQj5Cxb2gjgx1c04piilq-u7zrF-ztR4zbdKLsnPCQotGFcRuUWda6NZ0yLdn0P1Gn-0umL-iJ5WI/s320/notification-area.png" title="Ubuntu old notification area" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old notification area (before AppIndicators)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The notification area (systray) was removed from the Unity panel with Ubuntu 11.04, but you could still use it by <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/how-to-re-enable-notification-area.html">whitelisting</a> applications which would allow the icons to show up in the notification area. But not any more! </div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A recent Unity <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/raring/+source/unity/6.12.0daily13.02.07-0ubuntu1">update</a> in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail mentions that the "</b><b>Notification area whitelist is obsolete",</b> so you can no longer get notification area icons by whitelisting applications. However, when the notification area whitelist was introduced, there were many applications that didn't come with AppIndicators so it was a pretty big issue back then, but right now most applications that used to come with a tray icon now use AppIndicators, including popular apps like Dropbox, Steam, Skype (with "sni-qt") and so on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, all Qt applications tray icons are automatically converted to AppIndicators thanks to the "sni-qt" package. </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/AVvXsEjtlwPzzlRbkPzEIJDfmpYAS8hL4WzkRL8M37mZK-Ow2tnhMMTdo0rqmjTt5sdRHLKSZKlvuLYxR2yd4urv9-ZIWNLYRNMkHRiBoCySfOnCuvd6mjmWpBNiKAfv7_T9kze9fHC19Sj_ZHQe/s1600/appindicators.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu appindicators" border="0" height="39" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtlwPzzlRbkPzEIJDfmpYAS8hL4WzkRL8M37mZK-Ow2tnhMMTdo0rqmjTt5sdRHLKSZKlvuLYxR2yd4urv9-ZIWNLYRNMkHRiBoCySfOnCuvd6mjmWpBNiKAfv7_T9kze9fHC19Sj_ZHQe/s320/appindicators.png" title="Ubuntu appindicators" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AppIndicators</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With the retirement of the notification area whitelist, Java and Wine apps have been <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/974480">hard-coded</a> as the only software still able to use the notification area so this change only affects some old applications that don't come with AppIndicator support. But with the huge number of AppIndicators that exist today, you'll probably find similar or maybe even better alternative. For instance, you can find a huge list of applications that come with Ubuntu AppIndicators on <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/what-application-indicators-are-available">AskUbuntu</a>; we've also covered quite a few <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/search/label/appindicator?max-results=10">AppIndicators</a>.</div><br /><br /><i><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/search/label/raring%20ringtail?max-results=10">Click here</a> for more Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail (currently under development) news.</i>

Unity Notification Area (Systray) Whitelist Is Obsolete [Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Changes]

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LibreOffice 4.0 Available For Download

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Mysi1M4K5DYZ2cqWcsc5S3Wc3smHBws7SUafPoa7vcWwhntUY64vQRN3NZe4-BnEOQbf0d_YW74fW9qNBdMsINiPJ88Vphr8oc2EYUvjyQ3LYWor9Tf8LhMPPVLDsa9iaEoovs47wU7u/s1600/libreoffice.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="LibreOffice"><img alt="LibreOffice" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Mysi1M4K5DYZ2cqWcsc5S3Wc3smHBws7SUafPoa7vcWwhntUY64vQRN3NZe4-BnEOQbf0d_YW74fW9qNBdMsINiPJ88Vphr8oc2EYUvjyQ3LYWor9Tf8LhMPPVLDsa9iaEoovs47wU7u/s320/libreoffice.png" title="LibreOffice" width="320" /></a></div><b><br /></b> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Document Foundation has released <a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/">LibreOffice</a> 4.0 today,</b> which, according to the official announcement, is the "<i>first release that reflects the objectives set by the community at the time of the announcement, in September 2010: a cleaner and leaner code base, an improved set of features, better interoperability, and a more diverse and inclusive ecosystem</i>".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The new version brings Unity appmenu support, option to use Firefox Personas,  better interoperability with DOCX and RTF documents and many other changes.</b></div><br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><b>The most important changes in LibreOffice 4.0 include:</b><br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Better interoperability with DOCX and RTF documents;</li><li>Possibility to import Microsoft Publisher documents;</li><li>Integration with several content and document management systems – including Alfresco, IBM FileNet P8, Microsoft Sharepoint 2010, Nuxeo, OpenText and others;</li><li>Writer: allow different header and footer on the first page without using a separate page style;</li><li>Introduction of the widget layout technique for dialog windows, which makes it easier to translate, resize and hide UI elements, reduces code complexity, and lays a foundation for a much improved user interface</li><li>Linux: GStreamer 1.0 support, and refactor existing Gstreamer code;</li><li>New templates manager;</li><li>PDF Import, the Presenter Console, and the Python Scripting Provider are no longer bundled extensions but core features;</li><li>Significant performance improvements when loading and saving many types of documents.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/libreoffice-template-manager.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="LibreOffice 4.0 Template Manager"><img alt="LibreOffice 4.0 Template Manager" src="http://img.netupd8.com/libreoffice-template-manager_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New templates manager</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new version also features <b>Unity integration out of the box</b>, meaning you won't be needing to install a separate package to get <b>appmenu</b> support (global menu):</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/libreoffice-appmenu.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="LibreOffice 4.0 Ubuntu Unity appmenu integration"><img alt="LibreOffice 4.0 Ubuntu Unity appmenu integration" src="http://img.netupd8.com/libreoffice-appmenu_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Appmenu integration</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">However, <b>the appmenu integration by default didn't work in my test under Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10</b> (with LibreOffice debs downloaded from its website). This does work with the LibreOffice 4.0 beta 2 version available in the LibreOffice <a href="https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-prereleases">Pre-Releases PPA</a> for Ubuntu 13.04.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And there's also <b>support for Firefox Themes (Personas)</b> which you can use to give LibreOffice a personalized look:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/libreoffice-persona.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="LibreOffice 4.0 Personas"><img alt="LibreOffice 4.0 Personas" src="http://img.netupd8.com/libreoffice-persona_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Personas in LibreOffice</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/libreoffice-persona_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="LibreOffice 4.0 Personas"><img alt="LibreOffice 4.0 Personas" src="http://img.netupd8.com/libreoffice-persona_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Personas in LibreOffice</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To set a Persona, from the LibreOffice menu select <i>Tools > Options > Personalization > Select Persona</i>.</b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With LibreOffice 4.0, there's also the first release of the <b>Impress Remote Control App for Android</b> which for now only supports a limited number of Linux distributions but in the second release which will be coming soon, all platforms should be supported: Windows, Mac OS X and all Linux distributions:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><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/libreoffice-impress-android.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="LibreOffice 4.0: Android app - Impress Remote Control"><img alt="LibreOffice 4.0: Android app - Impress Remote Control" src="http://img.netupd8.com/libreoffice-impress-android_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Impress Remote Control App for Android</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>You can download the LibreOffice Impress Remote Android App from the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.libreoffice.impressremote">Google Play Store</a>.</b></div><br /><br /><br /><b>Other minor but still interesting changes:</b><br /><ul><li>Improved performance of ODS document import;</li><li>Calc: Enhanced chart visualization - better quality rendering / print and PDF export of charts;</li><li>Impress: much accelerated multimedia previews, and previews of embedded video on Linux;</li><li>Base: On all non-Windows platforms a new mork driver implementation is used to access Thunderbird address book. This means that Debian/Ubuntu users can finally integrate LO with their Thunderbird address book;</li><li>The bundled Python was upgraded from Python 2.6 to Python 3.3;</li><li>Integration of <a href="http://img.netupd8.com/libreoffice-Sessioninstaller.png">session installer</a> to add missing parts of LibreOffice on the fly.</li></ul><br /><b>For a complete list of changes in LibreOffice 4.0, see <a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/download/4-0-new-features-and-fixes">THIS</a> page.</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download LibreOffice 4.0</h2><br /><b>Update:</b> the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/install-libreoffice-40-in-ubuntu-1204.html">main LibreOffice PPA has been updated with LibreOffice 4.0 for Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu:</b> Ubuntu 13.04 users can use the LibreOffice <a href="https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-prereleases">Pre-Releases PPA</a> to install LibreOffice 4.0 beta 2. There's also LibreOffice 4.0 alpha 1 in the same PPA for Ubuntu 12.10, but I don't recommend installing it. It's easier to simply download LibreOffice 4.0 deb files from the LibreOffice <a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/download/">downloads page</a>.<br /><br />It's better to wait for the stable LibreOffice PPA to be updated, but if you can't wait, to install it in Ubuntu, firstly you'll have to remove the current LibreOffice installation:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get purge libreoffice*</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, download the LibreOffice deb archive from its website, extract it, and inside the folder where the deb files are extracted you'll find a folder called "desktop-integration" with a deb inside - copy this deb into the folder where all the other deb files are located and run the following command from a terminal to install LibreOffice 4.0:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo dpkg -i <i>/path/to/libreoffice/DEBS/</i>*.deb</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/download/">Download LibreOffice 4.0</a></b><br /><br />(available for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux (dep and rpm) as well as source files) <b><br /></b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>info and Android app screenshot via <a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/download/4-0-new-features-and-fixes">LibreOffice.org</a></i></div>

LibreOffice 4.0 Available For Download

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GIMP 2.8.4 Released, Install It In Ubuntu

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuUs_g2WOfz6R3j96qwKLrGVU5O6avFE70FYPPJNGRHpZMjWQEoVQD4GP-2J7swk4odokpefS3ry6NTV7rJyYaEd7pk40DHIiyXBvEZ4cSkbQxqJdwW6gqcohpTymkSO1vSULIx1y533w/s1600/gimp-2.8.4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gimp 2.8.4" border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuUs_g2WOfz6R3j96qwKLrGVU5O6avFE70FYPPJNGRHpZMjWQEoVQD4GP-2J7swk4odokpefS3ry6NTV7rJyYaEd7pk40DHIiyXBvEZ4cSkbQxqJdwW6gqcohpTymkSO1vSULIx1y533w/s320/gimp-2.8.4.png" title="gimp 2.8.4" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>GIMP 2.8.4</b> has been released yesterday, bringing some important bug fixes. This is the stable GIMP branch and no new features will be added in the 2.8.x releases, only bug fixes.</div><br /><b>Here are the most important changes in GIMP 2.8.4:</b><br /><a name="more"></a><ul><li>Better names for the default filters in save and export</li><li>Make tool drawing (esp. the brush outline) much more responsive</li><li>Remember the "maximized" state across sessions</li><li>Simplify the splash image code a lot, makes it appear immediately again</li><li>Allow the text tool to start on an image without layers</li><li>Various fixes for text style attribute handling</li><li>Set unconfigured input devices to eraser if GTK+ says they are erasers</li><li>Make libgimp drawable combo boxes aware of layer groups</li><li>Fix item width in GimpPageSelector (used e.g. in PDF import)</li><li>Better default values in the Drop Shadow script</li><li>Fixed bugs in the BMP plug-in</li><li>Lots of bug fixes and translation updates</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The next major GIMP release - 2.10 -, should get high bit depths, support for layer masks on layer groups, complete the port to GEGL and more, while with version 3.0, GIMP should finally be ported to GTK3. There's no planned release date for either GIMP 2.10 or 3.0 yet. </div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install GIMP 2.8.4 in Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 or 13.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04 users can install the latest GIMP 2.8.4 by using Otto's PPA - add the PPA and install / upgrade GIMP using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install gimp</code></pre><br />From the same PPA you can also install <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/new-gimp-plugin-registry-version-brings.html">GIMP Plugin Registry</a> which is a collection of hundreds of GIMP plugins:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gimp-plugin-registry</code></pre><br /><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/gmic-more-than-190-image-filters-and.html">G'MIC</a> is also available in this PPA. It's a tool that comes with a huge list of filters and effects - install it using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gimp-gmic</code></pre><br />For source files, Windows or Mac OS X binaries, see the GIMP <a href="http://www.gimp.org/downloads/">downloads page</a>.

GIMP 2.8.4 Released, Install It In Ubuntu

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Upgrade To KDE SC 4.10 In Kubuntu 12.10 Or 12.04

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>KDE SC 4.10 has been released</b> today with many improvements and additions, including a new QML-based screen locker, additional KWin effects and scripts thanks to GHNS (Get Hot New Stuff) integration, a new print manager, a new Air theme and wallpaper and many improvements to Kate, Dolphin, Konsole, Okular, Gwenview, Kontact, re-written typing tutor and more. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsyUOjTKxzTYd6ZaU20IqrItzOfvaKl9OpvyEHsdpGmz0waHBfHtbuSEhrpWwJS6SgSf1KbOUtUuhB4BqYVifNhgZZLLJvg1M9o9I9F7kTC-vRJuSTv9Jnyr_D4B8nvyj1Ttqat_2lRIu/s1600/kde-sc-4.10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="KDE SC 4.10" border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsyUOjTKxzTYd6ZaU20IqrItzOfvaKl9OpvyEHsdpGmz0waHBfHtbuSEhrpWwJS6SgSf1KbOUtUuhB4BqYVifNhgZZLLJvg1M9o9I9F7kTC-vRJuSTv9Jnyr_D4B8nvyj1Ttqat_2lRIu/s320/kde-sc-4.10.png" title="KDE SC 4.10" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>More information about the latest KDE SC 4.10 can be found here:</b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://kde.org/announcements/4.10/plasma.php">KDE Plasma Workspaces</a></li><li><a href="http://kde.org/announcements/4.10/applications.php">KDE applications</a></li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>As usual, the Kubuntu team has been super fast and the latest KDE SC 4.10 is available for Kubuntu 12.10 or 12.04 users in the Kubuntu Backports PPA, so here's how to upgrade.</b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><h2>How to upgrade to KDE 4.10 in Kubuntu 12.04 or 12.10</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Before adding the PPA, please note that according to the PPA description, the packages in the Kubuntu Backports PPA might not be tested enough yet, so you may encounter bugs!</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Kubuntu backports PPA provides the latest KDE SC 4.10 for (K)Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 (I've only tested it in Kubuntu 12.10). To add the PPA use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then, open the Update Manager, make SURE all the packages are selected and install all the available updates</b>. Alternatively, you can also upgrade using the following command (I've stopped using it in posts because on systems with broken packages it can remove packages that's not supposed to):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get dist-upgrade</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you're not using KDE - e.g. if you're using Unity or GNOME Shell, you can install KDE SC 4.10 (firstly, make sure you've added the PPA using the commands above) using the following command:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">When running this command, you'll get a full list of packages that are going to be installed and it would be a good idea to save the list somehwere in case you want to remove KDE, because simply removing the "kubuntu-desktop" package won't be enough. Later on if you want to remove KDE, simply run "sudo apt-get remove PACKAGES", where "PACKAGES" is the list of packages that were installed by the "sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop" command.<br /><br />After all the packages have been successfully installed, it's probably a good idea to restart the system.<br /><br /><b>If the Plasma theme has some visual glitches</b> when opening the menu, see the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/upgrade-to-kde-sc-410-in-kubuntu-1210.html#comment-791061657">comments</a> below.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>P.s.: if you want to download the KDE SC 4.10 new default wallpaper, you can get it from <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/download-new-kde-sc-410-wallpaper.html">HERE</a>. </i></div>

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flareGet Is A Great Download Manager For Linux

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://flareget.com/">flareGet</a> is download manager for Linux that features dynamic file segmentation, HTTP-pipelining for accelerated downloads, supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and metalinks and more. The application is free to use but not open-source.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application is written in Qt and besides the icons, it integrates pretty well under GNOME, including desktop notifications and an AppIndicator for Unity.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianrFK8-PlA_1eobaY0iO5QRVH8DPSMGN9V-YfzCiQ_aKhKjLk4_1YHRkkKC0rErQpPfvZsmSJNVXaJ6y5XL4BMS0qw5k2FP8g9YKYywxh5nPmSm1AjtKTMYhX0amIHpEiCBV569nAipLt/s1600/flareget-download-manager.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="flareget download manager" border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianrFK8-PlA_1eobaY0iO5QRVH8DPSMGN9V-YfzCiQ_aKhKjLk4_1YHRkkKC0rErQpPfvZsmSJNVXaJ6y5XL4BMS0qw5k2FP8g9YKYywxh5nPmSm1AjtKTMYhX0amIHpEiCBV569nAipLt/s320/flareget-download-manager.png" title="flareget download manager" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><b>flareGet features:</b><br /><ul><li>HTTP-Pipelining;</li><li>Dynamic File Segmentation - supports up to 32 segments per download;</li><li>Auto Segmentation: When one segment ends, it starts another segment to help terminate another segment more fast;</li><li>Flash video support for "most sites and all browsers";</li><li>Resume support;</li><li>Clipboard monitoring so download links are added automatically, without having to copy/paste the links;</li><li>Can limit number of downloads;</li><li>Batch downloads support;</li><li>Smart scheduler;</li><li>File management: it automatically categorizes downloaded files by extension: application, document, video, audio, images, etc.;</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides the features above, flareGet users can also get enhanced browser integration (with all major browsers supported: Google Chrome, Chromium, Firefox and Opera), however, this feature is <a href="http://flareget.com/browser-integration-2/">not free</a> and costs $10.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To download Flash videos (I've only tested it with YouTube and Firefox and I can confirm it works), click "Grabber" in the flareGet toolbar, then when you start playing a flash video in your browser (Firefox, Chrome or Opera), a flareGet popup should be displayed with the video URL, allowing you to start the download or add it to the downloads queue:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiauGj_3FjOe6rTT0AUC1OG8wPZJewskhiTK-9-oprrpLpVp_ilqtJkb0z7JScMS-ZOUimEs8YBzhCTCqBjYxa_9UiB_b88fgidxVBvhIoTIn5SFFgGYCqRYQ_Fw_GFRLc0_ckwOFpeblae/s1600/flareget-yt-videos.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="flareget download video youtube" border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiauGj_3FjOe6rTT0AUC1OG8wPZJewskhiTK-9-oprrpLpVp_ilqtJkb0z7JScMS-ZOUimEs8YBzhCTCqBjYxa_9UiB_b88fgidxVBvhIoTIn5SFFgGYCqRYQ_Fw_GFRLc0_ckwOFpeblae/s320/flareget-yt-videos.png" title="flareget download video youtube" width="320" /></a></div><br />Unfortunately, at least for YouTube, flareGet doesn't download HD videos so the quality is pretty bad and there's no option to change this. But maybe such a feature will be added in a future release.</div><br /><br /><h2>Download flareGet</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">flareGet is currently only available for Linux, but it should also be available for  Windows soon.<br /><br />The application can be installed from Ubuntu Software Center, but that's a pretty old and buggy version. <b>To get the latest version, see the <a href="http://flareget.com/download/">flareGet downloads page</a> - there are .rpm and .deb files available.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To install it in Ubuntu, firstly make sure no previous versions are installed and only then install the latest flareGet.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>thanks to lolren for the tip!</i></div>

flareGet Is A Great Download Manager For Linux

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Counter Strike: Source, Closure, Psychonauts And Shank 2 Available On Steam For Linux

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>After <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/half-life-and-counter-strike-games-now.html">Counter-Strike 1.6 and Half-Life 1</a>, another important game is now <a href="http://steamdb.info/app/240/#section_history">available</a> in Steam for Linux: <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/240/">Counter-Strike: Source</a> (CS: S), a popular first-person shooter developed by Valve.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3sDzsvqKcU-BHrR7McwfaUdJjtJ3h3nc3ZZlYr-LY70BDV57puD5XmxkvSWwmfvLOoniMLPVGbDWIw_e8-fODmLBflRQ-k4VMD4MqFW0TXeRQiKyEGB766XSs8iM3vKHQ7KQKwmm4HGv/s1600/steam-linux-counter-strike-source.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="counter strike source Linux" border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3sDzsvqKcU-BHrR7McwfaUdJjtJ3h3nc3ZZlYr-LY70BDV57puD5XmxkvSWwmfvLOoniMLPVGbDWIw_e8-fODmLBflRQ-k4VMD4MqFW0TXeRQiKyEGB766XSs8iM3vKHQ7KQKwmm4HGv/s320/steam-linux-counter-strike-source.png" title="counter strike source Linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Counter-Strike: Source</b> is a remake of the original Counter-Strike, using the Source game engine, in which the gameplay is basically the same as in the original Counter Strike: the counter-terrorists team plays against the terrorists in a series of rounds.<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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00sBWq3LQTe4sxGBriCbWUP_b8ToiTwhIIR08wzeD7UQG8uD2oqUwDbImzT-QxLRgRt9NDXN6AP6asToDykSpzg3oyr4ujfHDUkFYbe91gG_Lt70StsPn7eGeeemqK6Lfk9G7MNFjYnIm/s1600/counter-strike-source.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Counter Strike: Source" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00sBWq3LQTe4sxGBriCbWUP_b8ToiTwhIIR08wzeD7UQG8uD2oqUwDbImzT-QxLRgRt9NDXN6AP6asToDykSpzg3oyr4ujfHDUkFYbe91gG_Lt70StsPn7eGeeemqK6Lfk9G7MNFjYnIm/s320/counter-strike-source.jpg" title="Counter Strike: Source" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Counter Strike: Source</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since both Counter-Strike: Source and Team Fortress 2 use the Source engine, it is likely to see more games using this engine available on Linux, like Half-Life 2 and others.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For now, <i>Counter Strike: Source</i> doesn't show up when selecting Linux for the OS in Steam, but the game is available and can be played on Linux - simply don't select Linux for the OS when searching for it. This should change soon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There's no news on Counter-Strike Global Offensive (CS:GO), the game released in 2012, but considering the rate at which Valve is making their games available on Steam for Linux, it shouldn't be too long until CS:GO will be available for Linux users.<br /><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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRO9IsXF_fxozR5OendDLXMyBx4mvz3aX4DzRpXIV6lXSkU_0x_DX9CWwsh_5vznS6CR6ycJezvZmCeYPe9F8MN_l4SFVqD3Jj064Wd1kOVTaq683f73RJdM6vghuPT7S13kfQqy1SyNH/s1600/psychonauts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRO9IsXF_fxozR5OendDLXMyBx4mvz3aX4DzRpXIV6lXSkU_0x_DX9CWwsh_5vznS6CR6ycJezvZmCeYPe9F8MN_l4SFVqD3Jj064Wd1kOVTaq683f73RJdM6vghuPT7S13kfQqy1SyNH/s320/psychonauts.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Psychonauts</td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEjn-4H1pfa_w-cbTOUYwBkRyHzEqFmtMdURINq-6xdaR-ZA39dbU5WjDDoIZAdScfvg_liB-wm_yl37II6uLQQo6w085pAK7NCImeZRx5idNn_3XIDjU9aNyJ0PLSzrFaHRRZQU6FcxdCjF/s1600/shank2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Shank 2" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-4H1pfa_w-cbTOUYwBkRyHzEqFmtMdURINq-6xdaR-ZA39dbU5WjDDoIZAdScfvg_liB-wm_yl37II6uLQQo6w085pAK7NCImeZRx5idNn_3XIDjU9aNyJ0PLSzrFaHRRZQU6FcxdCjF/s320/shank2.jpg" title="Shank 2" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shank 2</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Along with Counter Strike: Source, Valve has made some <a href="http://steamdb.info/linux/">other games</a> available for Linux recently: <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/72000/">Closure</a>, <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/3830/">Psychonauts</a> and <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/102840/">Shank 2</a></b> (this one doesn't seem to work right now, according to <a href="http://steamdb.info/linux/">SteamDB</a>, it's missing the executable), but just like CS: S, they don't show up in Steam for Linux if you restrict the search to Linux.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/">reddit</a>, game screenshots via <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/">store.steampowered.com</a></i></div>

Counter Strike: Source, Closure, Psychonauts And Shank 2 Available On Steam For Linux

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Jailbreak iOS 6.0 And 6.1 Devices Under Linux Using evasi0n

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>iOS jailbreak tool "evasi0n" allows you to jailbreak any iPhone (including iPhone 5), iPod touch, iPad and iPad mini models running iOS 6.0.x and 6.1, from Windows, Mac and of course, Linux. </b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsu5LstOaX11LtOyNgSkg4MZ1MdE17f_sz99e6W15q6zdJ4FyZ6bZ9j1227jhyphenhyphenBjRzMYZsVcKVrI1oPUE_DpUS51KtQd_nAORk-U0K5wWRyzBjTQfRNEyjEpGP-IiQXQy_Z324Z3QMJd5/s1600/evasi0n-jailbreak-ios-6.0-6.1-linux.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="evasi0n ios jailbreak tool Linux" border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsu5LstOaX11LtOyNgSkg4MZ1MdE17f_sz99e6W15q6zdJ4FyZ6bZ9j1227jhyphenhyphenBjRzMYZsVcKVrI1oPUE_DpUS51KtQd_nAORk-U0K5wWRyzBjTQfRNEyjEpGP-IiQXQy_Z324Z3QMJd5/s320/evasi0n-jailbreak-ios-6.0-6.1-linux.png" title="evasi0n ios jailbreak tool Linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Jailbreaking iOS devices may not be as popular as it used to be, but it's still nice to know you can do this from Linux.<br /><br />The evasi0n source code isn't available, but there are binaries available for Linux - according to the readme, all you need is Linux Kernel 2.6.24+ and GTK2 2.24.13+. However, that would mean evasi0n wouldn't work in Ubuntu 12.04 which uses an older GTK2 version (2.24.10), but I've tried the application in Ubuntu 12.04 and I was able to run it so it seems it doesn't strictly require GTK2 2.24.13+. Besides Ubuntu 12.04, the application should work with Ubuntu 12.10, Fedora 17 and 18, etc.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Because I don't own any Apple products (so no device running iOS), unfortunately I couldn't test the actual iOS jailbreaking process so you're on your own here.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To use it under Linux, extract the downloaded the archive and double click the "evasi0n" script which should run the binary for your architecture, or directly double click the "evasi0n.x86" binary for 32bit or "evasi0n.x86_64" for 64bit, connect your iOS 6.0.x or 6.1 device to the computer with an USB cable, click "Jailbreak" and follow the instructions.<br /><br />According to <a href="http://evasi0n.com/">evasi0n.com</a>, you should disable the iOS lock passcode before starting the jailbreak and avoid using any iOS or iTunes related tasks until evasi0n is complete. Before you start, you should also back up all your data!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://evasi0n.com/">Download evasi0n</a> for Linux, Windows or Mac OS X (make sure to also read the notes on the evasi0n homepage!)</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>seen on <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5981470/ios-61-jailbreak-is-now-available">LifeHacker</a>, <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2013/02/evasi0n-jailbreak-ios-6x-rilasciato.html">lffl.org</a> and <a href="http://www.chimerarevo.com/disponibile-il-jailbreak-untetherered-per-ios-6-1-evasion-tool-guida/">ChimeraRevo.com</a></i></div>

Jailbreak iOS 6.0 And 6.1 Devices Under Linux Using evasi0n

iOS jailbreak tool "evasi0n" allows you to jailbreak any iPhone (including iPhone 5), iPod touch, iPad and iPad mini models runnin...

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