New Unity Revamped PPA For Ubuntu 12.04 With Extra Tweaks

<div style="text-align: justify;">The popular Unity Revamped PPA has stopped working once again a while back, but there's a new PPA that adds the same features to Unity along with some extra ones such as the Unity Touch Launcher icons.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/new-unity-revamped.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYdagvs-cN_-z6fMwfAgyue9kIELP_6OA1k4M37UY38ukbSUHBaXPY4MxX9_SGEnF9umq5fJuEhk6xgkBq1ejTjcWNvuTQ-4paKXSsV-STS1uSIrr663au8JCubs7JT9bnTMrnRldG91G/s320/new-unity-revamped.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new Unity Revamped PPA, maintained by <a href="http://garhuy.blogspot.com/">Garhuy</a>, is only <b>available for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and adds the following features to Unity (with Compiz):</b></div><ul><li>re-added Dodge Windows behavior;</li><li>minimize on click for Launcher items;</li><li>option to enable/disable the Workspace Switcher icon on the Launcher</li><li>Ubuntu Raring launcher assets (the new BFB icon - the button used to open Dash, workspace switcher, etc);</li><li>Ubuntu Touch Launcher icons.</li></ul><br /><a name="more"></a><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/unity-revamped-launcher.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Unity Revamped touch icons" src="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-launcher_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unity Launcher in Ubuntu 12.04 with Raring assets and Ubuntu Touch icons</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The PPA also adds Ubuntu Touch Launcher icons and the Ubuntu Raring Launcher assets for Unity 2D:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-2d.png"><img alt="Unity 2D revamped" src="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-2d_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, the PPA description mentions that you should also get an option to allow the menus to be permanently visible, however, in my test I couldn't find this option in CCSM so I think the patch for this has been removed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Below you can watch an old video demoing the Dodge Windows and minimize on click features:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q2rj18H0M38" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2rj18H0M38">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Upgrade Unity to the patched version available in the Unity Revamped PPA in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS</h2><br /><b>To add this Unity Revamped PPA and upgrade Unity to get the features mentioned above in Ubuntu 12.04  LTS, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:garhuy/unity<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get upgrade</code></pre><br />Note: I've only tested the PPA in VirtualBox!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once the upgrade is complete, log out and log back in. To enable/disable Dodge Windows, install CompizConfig Settings Manager:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then under the Unity plugin > Behaviour, set "Hide Launcher" to "Dodge Windows" or "Dodge Active Window":</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-dodge-windows.png"><img alt="Unity Revamped" src="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-dodge-windows_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To enable/disable the Workspace Switcher icon, switch to the "Experimental" tab under the same Unity plugin options in CCSM and scroll down to "Show Expo icon in the launcher":</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-expo-icon.png"><img alt="Unity Revamped" src="http://img.netupd8.com/unity-revamped-expo-icon_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Reverting the changes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If something doesn't work properly or you simply don't want to use this PPA anymore, you can go back to the original Unity packages from the Ubuntu repositories by purging the PPA:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ppa-purge<br />sudo ppa-purge ppa:garhuy/unity</code></pre>

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Fuduntu 2013.2 Available For Download, Includes New Lite Version

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.fuduntu.org/">Fuduntu</a> is a Linux distribution forked from Fedora that uses GNOME 2 by default, which provides rolling updates for the applications so you can always have the latest Firefox, Chromium, VLC, GIMP, LibreOffice and so on. </b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/fuduntu-2013-2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fuduntu 2013.2 screenshot" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQ3xJpKmaT8jJaeWvb3lv2pXeu9LDQfyVnFcs4Gpez5IAKieQ9E-W37_Wv6klduqRQVeaDxED8v1uXxZMAdR4tPVjCAx7niU2k5AOjOeXtzVLwS0UhOhETs89oG0rKX3k5vQlJeaYXZWd/s320/fuduntu.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Fuduntu 2013.2, which has been <a href="http://www.fuduntu.org/blog/2013/04/08/fuduntu-2013-2-release/">released</a> today, includes a new lightweight version called Fuduntu Lite</b>, especially useful for netbooks but not only, which doesn't include applications such as GIMP, Thunderbird or LibreOffice by default and so it requires 3-4 GB less hard drive space, depending on architecture.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new release also comes with <b>updated Mesa library</b> which allows users to <b>play more games</b>, including Half Life and Counter Strike: Source, <b>without installing proprietary drivers</b>.</div><br />Updated packages in the latest Fuduntu 2013.2 release include:<br /><ul><li>Linux Kernel 3.8.3-3;</li><li>LIbreOffice 4.0.1.2;</li><li>Chromium 25.0.1364.172;</li><li>Firefox 19.0.2;</li><li>Thunderbird 17.0.4;</li><li>GIMP 2.8.4/</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, <b>XBMC</b> Media Center has been added to the Fuduntu repositories.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Fuduntu 2013.2 release <a href="http://www.fuduntu.org/blog/2013/04/08/fuduntu-2013-2-release/">announcement</a> mentions that the team has grown and further more, <b>a Fuduntu KDE spin should be available in the future</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first thing you'll notice when you log in to Fuduntu is a GNOME 2 panel at the top with a classic-style menu and Cairo Dock at the bottom with some of the default applications: Chromium, VLC, Pidgin and LibreOffice, as well as a welcome screen that will help you get started with Fuduntu. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other applications included by default in the main edition: Nautilus elementary, Dropbox, Thunderbird, Shotwell, GIMP, Shutter, Brasero, Cheese, Deja Dup, Gparted and around 15 games. You'll also be able to easily install popular software such as <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-use-netflix-in-ubuntu-through.html">Steam, Netflix</a> and so on, from the Fuduntu repositories.</div><br />Here are a few more Fuduntu screenshots:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/fuduntu2013-2.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Fuduntu 2013.2" src="http://img.netupd8.com/fuduntu2013-2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/fuduntu2013-2_1.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Fuduntu 2013.2" src="http://img.netupd8.com/fuduntu2013-2_1_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/fuduntu2013-2_3.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Fuduntu 2013.2" src="http://img.netupd8.com/fuduntu2013-2_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Download Fuduntu</h2><br /><b>Fuduntu is available for 32bit and 64bit in two editions: Full and Lite:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fuduntu.org/get.php">Download Fuduntu</a></div>

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Convert Audio, Video, Image And Document Files With FF Multi Converter

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ffmulticonverter/home">FF Multi Converter</a> is a utility that allows you to convert audio, video, image and document files between various formats, using tools such as FFmpeg, unoconv and PythonMagick.</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ffmulticonvert.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ff multi convert" border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsxYU1MgoM_tMDrGJy0XXRgWze9ez_3OQfx6nWw3q3LyLqnPY_LhgltDc9W2cl3BiX1G_PBjyX01fSz1Hvok6tYmRSwULvf3oi1ixf_cwqR43TMsQm_U5w_a0hNQWvQbk0JqpRQFffwinc/s320/ffmulticonvert.png" title="ff multi converter" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><a name="more"></a><b>FF Multi Converter supports the following formats:</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">audio/video: aac, ac3, afc, aiff, amr, asf, au, avi, dvd, flac, flv, mka, mkv, mmf, mov, mp3, mp4, mpg, ogg, ogv, psp, rm, spx, vob, wav, webm, wma, wmv;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">image: bmp, cgm, dpx, emf, eps, fpx, gif, jbig, jng, jpeg, mrsid, p7, pdf, picon, png, ppm, psd, rad, tga, tif, webp, xpm;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">documents: doc > odt, pdf; html > odt; odp > pdf, ppt; ods > pdf; odt > doc, html, pdf, rtf, sxw, txt, xml; ppt > odp; rtf > odt; sdw > odt; sxw > odt; txt -> odt; xls > ods; xml > doc, odt, pdf.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">FF Multi Converter also comes with quite a few presets (which can be edited and you can also import / export presets) for Android, iPod, Blackberry and more, however, they are a bit confusing and it would be very useful to have a description for each preset.</div><ul style="text-align: justify;"></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">The application tries to display missing dependencies (without which you can't convert to some formats) in the status bar, however, this won't detect if you have FFmpeg built with or without libfaac support for instance so for that you should use the <a href="http://www.medibuntu.org/">Medibuntu</a> repository and install "<i>libavcodec-extra-53</i>".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And speaking of Medibuntu, its current maintainer is looking for new maintainer(s). <b>Unless a new maintainer is found, Medibuntu will stop working</b> soon. More info <a href="https://launchpad.net/medibuntu/+announcement/11219">HERE</a>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ffmulticonvert_2.png"><img alt="FF Multi Converter" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ffmulticonvert_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>FF Multi Converter 1.5.0</b>, which has been released recently, comes with a <b>new user interface</b> that allows users to select <b>multiple files for conversion</b>, supports <b>drag and drop</b> via file manager or pass the files as command line arguments, <b>parallel conversions</b> so you can converts different formats in the same time (e.g.: convert videos, images and documents simultaneously) and some bug fixes.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install FF Multi Converter in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu users can install the latest FF Multi Converter by using its stable PPA. Add the PPA and install it using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ffmulticonverter/stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install ffmulticonverter</code></pre><br /><b>Arch Linux </b>users can install FF Multi Converter via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=54114">AUR</a>.<br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, see the FF Multi Converter <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ffmulticonverter/download">download page</a>.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2013/04/ff-multi-converter-150-arriva-la-nuova.html">lffl.org</a></i></div>

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How to Add Facebook Like Box to Your Website/Blog

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9cP05lZNSAGyBOqF5jpPhDgfe7KwkvYSNwem3MoonL2OGVo3pDf3oAcMEkcCTizSSGTh-RQP_p4CMm4pJREa4Nd1C0trwguM1U5Zs7XQUhRcyhwMGV9gzaw4-gIDA2_qif2u5EcG5dM/s1600/How-to-add-Facebook-Like-Box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Add Facebook Like Box" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9cP05lZNSAGyBOqF5jpPhDgfe7KwkvYSNwem3MoonL2OGVo3pDf3oAcMEkcCTizSSGTh-RQP_p4CMm4pJREa4Nd1C0trwguM1U5Zs7XQUhRcyhwMGV9gzaw4-gIDA2_qif2u5EcG5dM/s1600/How-to-add-Facebook-Like-Box.jpg" title="Add Facebook Like Box" /></a></div>The previous troutal we have learned <a href="http://ichibikarin.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-to-create-facebook-page-for.html" target="_blank">how to create facebook page for website/blog and business</a> and in this post we will learn how to add Facebook like box or Facebook button to website/blog.<br /><br />A <a href="http://ichibikarin.blogspot.com/search/label/Facebook" target="_blank">Facebook</a> “Like Box” on your web site is a good way to increase the number of people who “like” your Facebook Fan page. When we add a Facebook box into our site our fan follow easily our site through Facebook and easily get all update via Facebook. Let’s see how we can add the <a href="http://ichibikarin.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-to-add-facebook-like-box-to-your.html" target="_blank">Facebook Like Box</a> (the newer version of Fan Box) to a website or blog in a few minutes.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wffQaLoNq6Dwh2AdCb3EGSmPGAN09qSa7G05BJa5BGqlQWbsN8glD3KR_erctn7BC7aKf1oatRFtjkKslcWQmRglSlLkQaehUc0Ju9jRDYWfCCEdykP8YalZK9yOY97S_JgIBU3OTjY/s1600/How-to-add-Facebook-Like-Box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Facebook Like Box" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wffQaLoNq6Dwh2AdCb3EGSmPGAN09qSa7G05BJa5BGqlQWbsN8glD3KR_erctn7BC7aKf1oatRFtjkKslcWQmRglSlLkQaehUc0Ju9jRDYWfCCEdykP8YalZK9yOY97S_JgIBU3OTjY/s1600/How-to-add-Facebook-Like-Box.jpg" title="Facebook Like Box" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>Note: If you probably did not create Facebook fan page for your website then please read our previous post <a href="http://ichibikarin.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-to-create-facebook-page-for.html" target="_blank">how to create Facebook page for website or blog</a>.</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />Follow steps to add Facebook like box to your website/blog.<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Go the <a href="https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Like Box Social Plugin Facebook page</a></li><li>Enter the web page address or URL of your Fan page in in the first box; for example: http://www.facebook.com/bloggerknown</li><li>Customize the width, color and what things you would like to appear in the Like Box that will be shown on your page</li><li>Click the Get Code button and copy the text in the iframe text box (Do not copy the XFBML text box)</li><li>put this code is the place you want to show , </li><li>Blogger > Go to Blog Dashboard > Layout > <a href="http://ichibikarin.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-add-gadget-widgets-to-your-blog.html" target="_blank">Add Gadget</a> > Edit <a href="http://ichibikarin.blogspot.com/p/html.html" target="_blank">HTML</a> and past code in html box.</li></ol><div>If you want to change the design options simply repeat all the steps above. If you have any problem then please use comment box for feedback and other suggest.</div></div>

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Intel Linux Graphics Installer Fixed For Ubuntu 64bit

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Quick update: the packages available in the repository used by the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/intel-releases-linux-graphics-drivers.html">Intel Linux Graphics Drivers Installer</a> seem to have been fixed for 64bit.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9qDTy5UwCiVNWvbYryNUCR5qYBmE4dd1_fKlS9U1cH7rqjCX6BkFdyvNSOYzdm_aX0hp3NjmcBGzsd4xNUXGvcIaxg4_jn7o53YkEPsh4uYIOdM8k97KHynFX1qwN5v_t1GJ-EOSdf8p/s1600/intel-driver-update-utility.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9qDTy5UwCiVNWvbYryNUCR5qYBmE4dd1_fKlS9U1cH7rqjCX6BkFdyvNSOYzdm_aX0hp3NjmcBGzsd4xNUXGvcIaxg4_jn7o53YkEPsh4uYIOdM8k97KHynFX1qwN5v_t1GJ-EOSdf8p/s320/intel-driver-update-utility.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">About a month ago, Intel released a tool that allows Linux users to easily upgrade to the latest Intel graphics drivers. The tool comes with a repository used for the driver updates and it's <b>available for Ubuntu (12.10 and 12.04) and Fedora (17 and 18)</b>. The repository had some multi-arch issues on Ubuntu 64bit, but they seem to have been fixed, at least according to my test.</div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I've tested the drivers on my laptop, under Ubuntu 12.10 64bit which previously had some multi-arch issues (which some of you have encountered as well), and the bug seems to have been fixed. I've also tested the repository in VirtualBox, under Ubuntu 12.04 64bit, however since I couldn't reproduce the multi-arch issue in 12.04 before, I'm not sure if it was fixed for Ubuntu 12.04, so use this with care and check to see if it's trying to remove any packages when upgrading. Since I can only test it on one real machine, <b>make sure you know what you're doing when using this tool.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/intel-driver-update-utility_1.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Intel Linux Graphics Drivers Installer" src="http://img.netupd8.com/intel-driver-update-utility_1_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/intel-driver-update-utility_2.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Intel Linux Graphics Drivers Installer" src="http://img.netupd8.com/intel-driver-update-utility_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/intel-driver-update-utility_3.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Intel Linux Graphics Drivers Installer" src="http://img.netupd8.com/intel-driver-update-utility_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Intel Linux Graphics Drivers Installer uses a repository so after installing the package, you can use apt-get, the Ubuntu Software Updater or Synaptic Package Manager to upgrade the drivers, which you might find more reliable for now, instead of the actual Intel Installer,  (e.g.: so you can make sure the multi-arch bug has been fixed and no packages are removed when upgrading the drivers).</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04 already has the latest drivers so there's no need for this tool / repository for now.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/2013/intelr-linux-graphics-installer-version-1.0.1">Download Intel Linux Graphics Installer</a></b></div><br />The installer doesn't work on Ubuntu-based Linux distributions such as Linux Mint or elementary OS, but you can still use it on such Linux distributions - see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/how-to-use-intel-linux-graphics-drivers.html">How To Use The Intel Linux Graphics Drivers Repository In Ubuntu-Based Linux Distributions (Linux Mint, Etc.)</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Note: Intel Linux Graphics Installer doesn't automatically add the repository key but there are instructions on how to add it under Ubuntu and Fedora on the downloads page.</i></div>

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Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Final Beta Released, See What's New

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail <i>final beta</i> has been <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/TechnicalOverview">released</a> today</b>, this being the first and only milestone for Raring. If you're not using Raring already, <b>read on to find out what's new!</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Note: this is the first and only Ubuntu 13.04 beta, even though the ISO says "beta 2", however, some Ubuntu flavours already had a beta release so today it's beta 2 for Xubuntu, Lubuntu and Kubuntu for instance.</i></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-raring-ringtail-beta-screenshot-m.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfKBSG2_yo9icWrX-_JMAQv4E6rwGfDWor9yvS0tCdELGUbO584bGn8Kh1gA5s5MLFlvrK1yeu12gNDUmFIJOwoynYu5AfoEFw6vi1iTYEQ0tgeYgTcFdRjduZIxGxinY1vkQNxZdcvZw-/s450/ubuntu13.04-raring-ringtail-beta-screenshot-m.png" title="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail" width="450" /></a></div><br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><h2>Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Final Beta video</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As usual, I'll start the article with a video in which you can see most of the visual changes in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Final Beta:</div><br /><center><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Sr3XjqXAqc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sr3XjqXAqc">direct video link</a>; subscribe to our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a> for more videos)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Unity changes in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Final Beta</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Unity has got two new features that should make it <b>easier to switch between multiple open windows of the same application</b>:</div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>if an application has two or more open windows, the window title will be displayed as an Unity quicklists and you can switch between those windows by clicking on the quicklists;</li><li>again, if an application has two or more open windows, users can switch between those open windows by scrolling on the application icon in the Unity Launcher.</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There have also been quite a few <b>UI changes</b> to Unity in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail beta:</div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>new Unity-style shutdown / logout / suspend dialogs;</li><li>new icons for the Dash icon (BFB), workspace switcher, lenses, Software Updater, Ubuntu Software Center and Nautilus;</li><li>new window snap animation which shows the window preview as it expands;</li><li>the 32px minimum Launcher icon size limit has been removed and the launcher can now be resized to a mimimum of 8px.</li></ul><br />Here are some screenshots with these changes:<br /><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/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Unity-style shutdown / logout / restart dialogs</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/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Unity-style shutdown / logout / restart dialogs</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/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_3.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_3_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New BFB, Nautilus, Software Center, Software Updater and Workspace Switcher icons</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/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_15.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_15_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Nautilus, Software Center and Software Updater icons</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/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_4.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_4_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New lens icons</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/ubuntu13.04-raring-ringtail-screenshot-anim.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-raring-ringtail-screenshot-anim_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Window snap animation</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Further more, the new <b>workspace switcher icon now indicates the current active desktop</b>. However, with Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, the <b>workspaces have been disabled by default</b> and they can be enabled from <i>System Settings > Appearance</i>, on the "Behavior" tab ("Enable workspaces"):</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_11.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_11_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Unity <b>Dash</b> has received special attention in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail and it's now <b>a lot faster</b> to open, search and display previews. Also, Dash Previews have received a slightly modified animation and an updated design. And finally, <b>Dash now comes with overlay scrollbars</b>:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_5.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_5_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_6.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_6_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Dash already had a legal notice, accessible from the bottom right Dash corner, but with Ubuntu Raring, the legal notice can also be accessed from <i>System Settings > Details</i>:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_7.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_7_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another Dash change is the addition of a small, fast library called "libcolumbus" that provides <b>error tolerant matching</b> which makes it easier to search the Dash: for instance, if you type "gdit" instead of "gedit", Dash will find Gedit, something that wouldn't have happened in previous Ubuntu versions:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_8.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_8_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Unity Online Accounts has received per application on/off toggles</b> so for instance if you add your Google account, you can select not to use it for the Dash photo search plugin and Shotwell, but enable it for Empathy:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_9.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_9_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtlwPzzlRbkPzEIJDfmpYAS8hL4WzkRL8M37mZK-Ow2tnhMMTdo0rqmjTt5sdRHLKSZKlvuLYxR2yd4urv9-ZIWNLYRNMkHRiBoCySfOnCuvd6mjmWpBNiKAfv7_T9kze9fHC19Sj_ZHQe/s1600/appindicators.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu appindicators" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtlwPzzlRbkPzEIJDfmpYAS8hL4WzkRL8M37mZK-Ow2tnhMMTdo0rqmjTt5sdRHLKSZKlvuLYxR2yd4urv9-ZIWNLYRNMkHRiBoCySfOnCuvd6mjmWpBNiKAfv7_T9kze9fHC19Sj_ZHQe/s320/appindicators.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides the additions above, there's also a removal: <b>the Unity systray whitelist has been removed</b>, so you can no longer whitelist applications to allow them to use the notification area in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail. However, Java and Wine applications have been hard-coded 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. And since Qt applications systray icons are automatically converted to appindicators thanks to <i>sni-qt</i>, this change shouldn't affect too many applications.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Other changes</h2><br /><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/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_13.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_13_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sync Menu</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/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_14.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_14.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bluetooth Indicator</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Two new indicators have been added by default in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail: </b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Sync Menu, an indicator that only supports Ubuntu One but later it might support other services such as Dropbox. The indicator has been available starting with Ubuntu 12.10, but it wasn't added by default until now. For now, it can be used to enable/disable Ubuntu One sync, display current and recent transfers or share files, but more features should be available in the future;</li><li>Bluetooth Indicator - a proper indicator for Bluetooth, which has replaced the old Bluetooth indicator that was basically just a patch over the fallback gnome-bluetooth icon.</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The work to "make Ubuntu fit on mobile" had advantages for the desktop too and with Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, the <b>memory usage should be greatly reduced</b>. For instance, some processes were changed to exit-on-idle and be restarted-on-demand rather than running all the time, there have been many optimizations and fixed memory leaks and so on. And this is just the beginning.</div><br /><br /><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/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_16.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_16_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LibreOffice 4.0 with appmenu and HUD support by default</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><b>Other changes:</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Intel SNA (2D acceleration for the Intel Linux graphics driver that improves the X.Org performance) has been turned on by default in Raring;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Gvfs now has a MTP backend which allows users to access Android 4.0 devices that don't support USB Mass Storage without any tweaks;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">LibreOffice has got appmenu (global menu) / HUD support by default (although it's still a bit buggy);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Many multi-monitor fixes, including a fix or the bug that caused the launcher / top panel to show up on top of full-screen applications on the inactive monitor;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">13 new gorgeous <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/download-ubuntu-1304-raring-ringtail.html">community wallpapers</a>  have landed in Raring.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, with Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, <b>the maintenance period has been reduced from 18 months to 9 months</b> - this change won't affect just Raring but all future non-LTS releases.</div><br />And of course, there have been many other minor changes, improvements and bug fixes, too many to cover in a single post. Give Ubuntu 13.04 a try and you'll notice them for yourself.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Default applications</h2><br /><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/ubuntu13.04-raring-ringtail-screenshot-nautilus36.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu appindicators" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-raring-ringtail-screenshot-nautilus36_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nautilus 3.6</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu 13.04 will ship with GNOME 3.6 for most applications / libraries, just like Ubuntu 12.10. However, Ubuntu 12.10 was released with Nautilus 3.4, GNOME Control Center 3.4 and Totem 3.4 while Ubuntu 13.04 ships with the latest 3.6 stable versions of these applications: <b>Nautilus 3.6.3</b>, GNOME Control Center 3.6.3 and Totem 3.6.3.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, <b>Gwibber and the Gwibber lens have been removed from Ubuntu for now</b>. It will probably be replaced with an application re-written in QML called Friends-App and the Gwibber Service will be replaced by Friends Service. This change is still pending approval.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_12.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu13.04-screenshot_12_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides the applications mentioned above, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail beta ships by default with Firefox 19.0.2, Thunderbird 17.0.4, LibreOffice 4.0.1 (now with built-in global menu support), Ubuntu Software Center 5.6.0, Transmission 2.77, Deja Dup backup tool 26.0, Shotwell 0.14.0, Rhythmbox 2.98, Gedit 3.6.2, Brasero 3.6.1 and Empathy 3.6.4 on top of Unity 6.12 daily build as of 13.04.01 and GTK3+ 3.6.4.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Raring beta uses the Ubuntu Linux Kernel 3.8.0 based on the upstream Linux Kernel 3.8.5, Xorg server 1.13.3 and Mesa 9.0.3.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail final beta</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail has been very stable from the beginning and I'm not the only one saying this, many users have reported that Raring is the most stable development version of Ubuntu so far. However, this obviously depends on the hardware too, and this is stil la beta, so it's not recommended you install it on production machines!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you've installed Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail daily build and you've updated the packages through the Software Updater, you already have Raring beta so there's no need to reinstall it.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/TechnicalOverview">Download Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail final beta</a></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This is the only Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail beta release (not counting the other Ubuntu flavours - with Raring, each flavour can have its own release schedule) and the next milestone will be the final Ubuntu 13.04 release, on April 25th.</div><br /><br />

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Firefox 20 Lands In Ubuntu, Brings Per-Window Private Browsing, New Download Manager

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/">Firefox</a> 20, released a couple of days ago, has just landed in all supported Ubuntu versions. The new Firefox version brings a few long-awaited features such as per-window private browsing and a new download manager.</b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Firefox 20 introduces <b>per-window private browsing</b>: accessing <i><b>File > New Private Window</b></i>, you'll get a window for private browsing that doesn't affect the other Firefox windows. In previous Firefox versions you couldn't have both a regular Firefox window and a private window open in the same time.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/firefox-20-private-browsing.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Firefox 20 private browsing Ubuntu" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZHiBzhldYUvRwk7Z1bfoZKT1moEl7N1y30pJJF-X3Mp_e04xtaXqtKhwXbB-zO0W2v9kInTsCkZ3Lz1Fdvo6vlhZcoEZV5jcly8v9B6EZ6JbskOVdG3JvzLBAtmFyCsIDIFbCk3U-xFO/s320/firefox-20-private-browsing.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Private browsing lets you browse the web without saving information about the sites you visit, meaning the pages won't show up in the Firefox history, the passwords won't be saved, no downloads will be listed in the new Downloads Manager and also, no cookies of cached web content are saved. However, the website can still track you so you're not completely anonymous when using this feature.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/firefox-20-downloads.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Firefox 20 new download manager Ubuntu" src="http://img.netupd8.com/firefox-20-downloads_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With Firefox 20, there's also a <b>new download manager</b>. The downloads are no longer displayed in a separate window and instead, Firefox now uses a download button on the toolbar, which displays the remaining download time and when clicked, it lists the most recent downloads and lets you open the files.</div><br /><br /><b>Other changes in Firefox 20:</b><br /><ul><li>ability to close hanging plugins, without the browser hanging;</li><li>continued performance improvements for page loads, downloads, shutdown, etc.;</li><li>new JavaScript Profiler tool;</li><li><canvas> now supports blend modes;</li><li>various <audio> and <video> improvements;</li><li><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/20.0/releasenotes/">more</a>.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest Firefox 20 has been uploaded to the official Ubuntu repositories today so if you're using Ubuntu, you should get an update in a few minutes / hours.</div><br /><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/">Download Firefox</a>

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