Half-Life 2 Games Available For Linux (Steam)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCGdDSriZkWSuxEgfmuGfrF1DWFukoBS5hxXKB1XcjturUMfGAxtaNi9fdPKyMqXiUtVZxoXJnjBaa7rFnE4AC8w9dMWNOj0hZn7mjfGXr-IfbtyX3uDb1a65tztfgyKewWaFusyKoUZm/s1600/half-life-2-episode-two-linux.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Half-Life 2: Episode Two Ubuntu" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCGdDSriZkWSuxEgfmuGfrF1DWFukoBS5hxXKB1XcjturUMfGAxtaNi9fdPKyMqXiUtVZxoXJnjBaa7rFnE4AC8w9dMWNOj0hZn7mjfGXr-IfbtyX3uDb1a65tztfgyKewWaFusyKoUZm/s320/half-life-2-episode-two-linux.png" title="Half-Life 2: Episode Two Ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Quick update:<b> Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Half-Life 2: LostCoast are now available in Steam for Linux. </b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Like the other two titles Valve has made available for Linux last week: Left 4 Dead 2 and Portal, the Half-Life 2 games are in beta for now and they don't show up in the Linux section on Steam but if you didn't purchase them already, you can simply search for them in the <i>All Items</i> section and they should install on Linux. Or you can click the links below:</div><br /><ul><li><a href="steam://install/220">Half-Life 2</a></li><li><a href="steam://install/380">Half-Life 2: Episode One</a></li><li><a href="steam://install/420">Half-Life Episode Two</a></li><li><a href="steam://install/340">Half-Life 2: LostCoast</a></li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Remaining Source engine games that still need to be ported to Linux include popular titles like Portal 2, Left 4 Dead, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and of course, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/dota-2-game-to-be-available-natively-on.html">Dota 2</a>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/games/220/announcements/detail/1729658462273384426">Steam</a>, <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/">Reddit</a></i></div>

Half-Life 2 Games Available For Linux (Steam)

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How to Setup Custom Robots Header Tags for Better SEO

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQ4E5dnUTDan0cdyOxTxqUArqTW50Si23PdWw8_2xe2whkIl3T5F-5_xL5aIf28I_Ph0ojwH1TUFL9epmrtLeDRXzkRYTM1ZKvdOlwQFiwO9rgztTXI6vG5XP0uG-pU08I9sTI4asoEE/s1600/How+to+Custom+Robots+Header+Tags+for+Better+SEO.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Custom Robots Header Tags" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQ4E5dnUTDan0cdyOxTxqUArqTW50Si23PdWw8_2xe2whkIl3T5F-5_xL5aIf28I_Ph0ojwH1TUFL9epmrtLeDRXzkRYTM1ZKvdOlwQFiwO9rgztTXI6vG5XP0uG-pU08I9sTI4asoEE/s320/How+to+Custom+Robots+Header+Tags+for+Better+SEO.png" title="Custom Robots Header Tags" width="177" /></a>Blogger is continuously improving search preference feature, Add Custom Robots Header Tags are very important for every blogger  for batter SEO. Today tutorial i tell you how to enable custom robots header tags in blogger. You have to be careful to setup custom robots text because if you do something wrong Google not index your page in search engine. Follow the instructions carefully and it'll positively help you to boost your web site traffic.<br /><br /><b>Step 1: </b>To enable these tags, go to Blogger > Settings > Search Preferences, click Edit next to "Custom robots header tags," and select Yes.<br /><br /><b>Step 2: </b>Select Yes Option and customize setting shown in the below image.<br /><br />You must learn about tags when should you use them.<br /><b>all:</b>  There are no restrictions for indexing or serving. This is default for all pages<br /><b>noindex:</b>  Do not show this page in search results and do not show a "Cached" link in search results.<br /><b>nofollow:</b>  Do not follow the links on this page<br /><b>none: </b> Equivalent to noindex, nofollow<br /><b>noarchive:</b>  Do not show a "Cached" link in search results.<br /><b>nosnippet:</b>  Do not show a snippet in the search results for this page<br /><b>noodp:</b>  Do not use metadata from the Open Directory project (DMOZ) for titles or snippets shown for this page.<br /><b>notranslate:  </b>Do not offer translation of this page in other languages in search results.<br /><b>noimageindex:</b>  Do not index images on this page.<br /><b>unavailable_after: [RFC-850 date/time]:</b> Do not show this page in search results after the specified date/time. The date/time must be specified in the RFC 850 format. Example: 17 May 2012 15:00:00 PST<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJHMMnI6idcn9NvCXya9bSV-KSg-_HrZcMMu_cIUwiltbXFCqUklCkBtXGGzcWRManjiGrubQc5nwLR17gr9bI89PdNSZLE9UPC7Duvjen_MaKbTXXIA8CrrqeEK99bkOpMLE4ZfJT6cc/s1600/Search+preferences+Custom+Robots+Header+Tags+.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Custom Robots Header Tags" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJHMMnI6idcn9NvCXya9bSV-KSg-_HrZcMMu_cIUwiltbXFCqUklCkBtXGGzcWRManjiGrubQc5nwLR17gr9bI89PdNSZLE9UPC7Duvjen_MaKbTXXIA8CrrqeEK99bkOpMLE4ZfJT6cc/s1600/Search+preferences+Custom+Robots+Header+Tags+.png" title="Custom Robots Header Tags" /></a></div><br /><b>Step 3: </b>Now click on ""Save changes" button > Done<br /><br />That's all! If you have any doubt or need help about it, please leave comment.</div>

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Google Play Movies And Google Play T.V

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Google Play Movies And Google Play T.V</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8ZSOPHhHbgQa_PlxjWgvdURVdPo2Y9uRseEp5Dd4AHtNKvdiZF3BN_8WdGLZGBPN4afRrLazDKYMYf1U9nCnHR2SL0Plux_sAX6ZGJQTDJchL4ecXWxfEsXIU2y-I0_qERSjH0y_BeIN/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.05.09_15h39m04s_003_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8ZSOPHhHbgQa_PlxjWgvdURVdPo2Y9uRseEp5Dd4AHtNKvdiZF3BN_8WdGLZGBPN4afRrLazDKYMYf1U9nCnHR2SL0Plux_sAX6ZGJQTDJchL4ecXWxfEsXIU2y-I0_qERSjH0y_BeIN/s320/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.05.09_15h39m04s_003_.png" width="320" /></a></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></h1><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hello there , </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Google Movies was recently made available for Indian Audiences</b> , and allows you to <b>buy and rent movies </b> . You can <b>shop for Movies</b> directly from the <b>Play Store</b> under the <b>Movies section</b> but you will need to <b>download the Google Play Movies & T.V App . </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">At this moment there are <b>not enough Indian movies nor many Hollywood ones</b> . The Down Part of this app is the <b>interface of the app is basic with only 5 categories</b> . There is also a section above showing the most bought movies , featured movies and new releases .  There is a <b>no way to search movies based on their genre , release year and price</b> which is the drawback of the Application . </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9p9hwYd4yVzRJzxI6z05-cOzTNj36Bg1P8C-vIJjI12jLQqJcYZfRCQoJM0TxZf4owXRn_vXZ_FRnv5-VdFZvc53laYsnedYP3IuNG0yHTTx-WeMsikCwLcX7PqxHDR8MivtDTj6N1eV5/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.05.09_15h40m05s_004_.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9p9hwYd4yVzRJzxI6z05-cOzTNj36Bg1P8C-vIJjI12jLQqJcYZfRCQoJM0TxZf4owXRn_vXZ_FRnv5-VdFZvc53laYsnedYP3IuNG0yHTTx-WeMsikCwLcX7PqxHDR8MivtDTj6N1eV5/s320/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.05.09_15h40m05s_004_.png" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Movies can be bought or rented in <b>Standard Definition or H-D quality </b>depending on the Availability  . The Prices s<b>tarts at $1 (Rs 50 ) and are more than 10$ (approx rs. 600 )</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> There is also a <b>offline mode</b> of the <b>Movies app </b>which allows you to download the movie when online and watch them offline . You also have the ability to <b>stream the movie</b> on the web  as long as you are connected to the Same <b>Google Account</b> . </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you chose an option of renting the movie , the movie will expire in 30 days .  But this doesn't mean that you can watch the movie manier time cause the active rental period is only 48 Hours . Means if you have started watching the movie then it will expire in the next 48 hours . This <b>Google Movies & TV App</b> is good but not the best as the renting option is costly  . </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Price:Free</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Platform:Android</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Download:<b><a href="http://play.google.com/movies" target="_blank">Google Play Movies And TV</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Thanks for reading , awaiting for your precious reply .  </b></span></div></div>

Google Play Movies And Google Play T.V

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Google Play Books-Free Books Download

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Google Play Books</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWF6Gr6qoT33Ccuo_Vvm8xhiBY4izzpXZIJf7QgMypZ5LfZ3t2s1vn-0swGrtlN-PPkNey9yRaXhw6S_Ww_nD1N3zf0MQ1CwP-ELNDqmv-Gd2wEtLmi1JRS-p03tj3Ocuui85vFmCkiF5/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.05.09_13h01m29s_001_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWF6Gr6qoT33Ccuo_Vvm8xhiBY4izzpXZIJf7QgMypZ5LfZ3t2s1vn-0swGrtlN-PPkNey9yRaXhw6S_Ww_nD1N3zf0MQ1CwP-ELNDqmv-Gd2wEtLmi1JRS-p03tj3Ocuui85vFmCkiF5/s320/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.05.09_13h01m29s_001_.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there , </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finally <b>Google Play Books</b> is launched and a best alternative for other <b>e-books reader app</b> such as <b>Kindle and the Aldiko</b> . The <b>Google Play Books</b> is an awesome app and when you open it the first page consist all the books in your library . You can also click on the play store icon at top-right corner to browse for more books  and read them . </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There is a good categories in the <b>Google Play Book Store</b> . You can click on the Title of any book and it will give more detail on the following book and also reviews about it and ratings of the preferred book . </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>The Reader is free</b> , however some books may be not free . If a book is free you can click on Open and it will be added to your <b>library</b> from where you can read it . There you can also see a blue pin icon and clicking on that will download the e-book and you can read it when you are offline . When you want to remove a book just click on it for a while and it will be successfully removed from the library . </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvD0Uk7VrTSicM3791pbjJUN4GDO3UZ4v9ehl4ZUQAPT5gebaHVECo73h7CERCoxLjl4wZ-_-EEOBEGO4g0NJL2Oba43MS_VJBxhalkweMEOv536ySwgNn8KODzWpOZmxxsbmx4hPHoE52/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.05.09_13h02m10s_002_.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvD0Uk7VrTSicM3791pbjJUN4GDO3UZ4v9ehl4ZUQAPT5gebaHVECo73h7CERCoxLjl4wZ-_-EEOBEGO4g0NJL2Oba43MS_VJBxhalkweMEOv536ySwgNn8KODzWpOZmxxsbmx4hPHoE52/s320/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.05.09_13h02m10s_002_.png" width="206" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The reading is also quite comfortable  . The reader provides option such as <b>changing font size , the font type , day/night view and even the alignment .</b> To change the page you can click on left or right edges of the scree , swipe fro right to left or vice-versa or swap from up to down  . Tapping on the middle of the scree brings up the menu bar of the Google Play Books App and a slider on the bottom which inform you about the Page number . There is also a dictionary feature which will tell you the meaning of a word by long pressing on that word . The App also has a <b>read aloud feature which is handy for Google Play Book Apps </b>. It also<b> syncs your reading history and you can resume from where you left of the reading </b>which is also a great thing for the this <b>e-book reader App</b> . </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Price : <b>Free</b> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Platform:<b><u> </u>Android </b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Download : <a href="http://play.google.com/books" target="_blank"><b>Google Play Books Download</b></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Thanks for reading awaiting for your Precious replies . </b></span></div><br /></div>

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Ubuntu Might Get A New Simplified Packaging Format And App Installer

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbN7G5xPrX-G1J8WkEvnVe1UiBvNxrR6gPOOX4v6-r6irjBS6JBeFhz39gQMhyphenhyphenusb3B8EVz4aTMLr86dUimermIa29P6C2od1C6mA_jAAieuDbB5UoviheRKCj72LKeLpU86imPZTOTB_W/s1600/ubuntu-packaging.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbN7G5xPrX-G1J8WkEvnVe1UiBvNxrR6gPOOX4v6-r6irjBS6JBeFhz39gQMhyphenhyphenusb3B8EVz4aTMLr86dUimermIa29P6C2od1C6mA_jAAieuDbB5UoviheRKCj72LKeLpU86imPZTOTB_W/s400/ubuntu-packaging.png" title="Ubuntu packaging" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to a recent message posted on the Ubuntu Devel mailing list by Colin Watson, Installer Team leader, <b>Ubuntu might get a new, simplified packaging format and app installer </b>which should make it easier for developers to get their software into Ubuntu. This <b>will target, at least initially, the Ubuntu phone/tablet but it should be usable elsewhere too, even on non-Ubuntu or non-Linux systems</b>. </div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The already existing packages won't change and Ubuntu will continue to use dpkg and apt, syncing with Debian and so on. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"<b>Click packages</b>" (the new packaging format) is aimed at making it easier to build packages for Ubuntu: no dependencies between applications, no maintainer scripts and each app will be installed in its own directory.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The new package format needs a new installer and there's already a <b>proof of concept low-level app package installer</b> that's entirely new code - highlights of what it can do so far:</div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">no dependencies between apps; single implicit dependency on the base system by way of a Click-Base-System field;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">installs each app to an entirely separate directory;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">entirely declarative: maintainer scripts are forbidden;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">base package manager overhead, i.e. the time required to install a trivial package containing a single small file, is about 0.15 seconds on a newish x86 laptop and about 0.6 seconds on a Nexus 7 (and that's with the current prototype implementation in Python; a later implementation could be in C and would then be faster still);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">not limited to installing as root, although there may be similar constraints elsewhere to ensure that apps can't edit their own code at run-time</li><li style="text-align: justify;">packages built by feeding the intended output directory tree to a simple Python tool, plus a manifest.json file;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">building packages requires only the Python standard library, with the intent that it should be possible to build these packages quite easily on non-Ubuntu or even non-Linux systems;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">binary packaging format sufficiently similar to existing one that we could add support to higher-level tools with minimal effort;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">strawman design for hooks into system packages, which will be entirely declarative from the app's point of view;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">unit-tested from the start. </li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ubuntu developers have also looked into similar existing tools such as <a href="http://listaller.tenstral.net/">Listaller</a> or <a href="http://0install.net/">0install</a> but there are some things which they prefer to do differently; e.g.: Listaller is dependency-based and they prefer this to be as independent as possible and 0install would also need some system integration problems to be solved, so instead, they've decided to create a new installer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The proof of concept installer is currently under 300 lines of code (Python) and obviously, still needs work. The prototype will be ready in time for <a href="http://uds.ubuntu.com/">UDS</a> next week and there's also going to be an UDS session to discuss this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For more info, see Colin Watson's message @ <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-May/037074.html">Ubuntu Devel mailing list</a>. </b><br /></div>

Ubuntu Might Get A New Simplified Packaging Format And App Installer

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elementary OS Luna Beta 2 Available For Download

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Five months after the first beta, elementary OS Luna beta 2 has been <a href="http://elementaryos.org/journal/luna-beta-2-released">released</a> yesterday. Based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Luna beta 2 comes with improved multi-monitor support, updated default applications and artwork and more.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-S9dsLXeTcl5QVJLekwbSMpQeWQz9dwGVrPUTldc_ggbUVfNJyEkx-Eoh5utGqul7Q5ygQNauAyVJqTGhRNqx0e8cg00TNmiSZBqUjjbQ-ieYPkBsBSB7PdfYjW29WzNX8ZWdpfka6Nh_/s1600/elementary-os-luna-beta2-screenshot.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-S9dsLXeTcl5QVJLekwbSMpQeWQz9dwGVrPUTldc_ggbUVfNJyEkx-Eoh5utGqul7Q5ygQNauAyVJqTGhRNqx0e8cg00TNmiSZBqUjjbQ-ieYPkBsBSB7PdfYjW29WzNX8ZWdpfka6Nh_/s450/elementary-os-luna-beta2-screenshot.png" width="450" /></a></div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>elementary OS Luna beta 2 video</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Even though there aren't any major visual changes, except for the improved artwork, I've decided to make a video anyway so you can see the beautiful effects and the overall desktop feel of this beautiful Linux distribution. And obviously, you can also check out some of the changes in the latest Luna beta 2.</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/59RvVf-x_6A" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59RvVf-x_6A">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Changes in elementary OS Luna beta 2</h2><br /><b>Changes / new features in elementary OS Luna beta 2 since <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/elementary-os-luna-beta-1-available-for.html" title="elementary OS Luna Beta 1 Available For Testing">beta 1</a>:</b><br /><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Switchboard (system settings) now includes two new Keyboard and Power sections as well as an option to switch dock (Plank) themes;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">improved multi-monitor support for Plank and Wingpanel;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">improved elementary theme (both GTK and icon theme), including brand new folder icons<b>, </b>file manager icon and emoticons set;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Shotwell, Midori, Noise (now called Music), Geary and Pantheon Terminal have received various enhancements and bug fixes:</li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Geary email client now includes multiple account support, "collapsed" messages in conversations, "important" folder support, option to mark emails as spam and many bug fixes;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Midori, the default elementary OS web browser has received a customizable new tab page behavior, a new Cookie Security Manager extension, improved extension loading, a reworked downloads backend, etc. </li><li style="text-align: justify;">Noise is now called "Music" and the latest version comes with duplicate-detection, some design updates, improved external device support and more. </li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;">better translations support;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">many bug fixes;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">more. </li></ul><br /><br />Below you can see some elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots:<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/elementary-os-luna-beta2-switchboard-system-settings.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-switchboard-system-settings_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">System Settings (Switchboard)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-power.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-power_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Power settings</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-keyboard.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-keyboard_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Keyboard settings</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-keyboard_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-keyboard_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Keyboard settings</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-plank-settings.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-plank-settings_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pantheon Dock (Plank) settings</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-plank_theme_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-plank_theme_1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plank - switching between themes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-plank_theme_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-plank_theme_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plank - switching between themes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-geary.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-geary_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Geary email client</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-indicator.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-indicator_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">elementary OS desktop / Calendar indicator</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-marlin-files.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-marlin-files_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pantheon Files (Marlin fork) and the new elementary OS icon theme folder icons</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-midori.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-midori_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Midori web browser</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-music-noise.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-music-noise_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Music (Noise)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-expose.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-expose_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Expose (Super + W)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-workspace-switcher.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="elementary OS Luna beta 2 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/elementary-os-luna-beta2-workspace-switcher_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Workspace switcher (Super + S)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br />For more about elementary OS Luna, see our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/elementary-os-luna-beta-1-available-for.html" title="elementary OS Luna Beta 1 Available For Testing">beta 1 article</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download elementary OS Luna Beta 2</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you've installed elementary OS Luna beta 1 or a daily build and have all the packages up to date (e.g.: updated using Update Manager, "apt-get upgrade", etc.), you already have the latest beta 2 so there's no need to reinstall. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To read the official release notes, see how you can contribute or download elementary OS Luna beta 2, see announcement @ <a href="http://elementaryos.org/journal/luna-beta-2-released">elementaryos.org</a></b></div><br /><br />

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Cinnamon 1.8 Gets Its Own Control Center And Screensaver, Easier Spices Installation

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWLiJsiqX2Nsg_5hErYFYeN8zJAtLn48E_fLnRuiAtOU7ftobEtEW6J6KDZpCutD1K7aEryEWX6is1q06CbUWbtwrpQtlwe7rvxdIgo6U7P78eQDxqORg69wU2O-EwSwXoYVJbmx82MGo/s1600/cinnamon-1.8.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWLiJsiqX2Nsg_5hErYFYeN8zJAtLn48E_fLnRuiAtOU7ftobEtEW6J6KDZpCutD1K7aEryEWX6is1q06CbUWbtwrpQtlwe7rvxdIgo6U7P78eQDxqORg69wU2O-EwSwXoYVJbmx82MGo/s320/cinnamon-1.8.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon">Cinnamon</a>, the desktop environment used by default in Linux Mint, has reached version 1.8, getting its own Control Center, screensaver and more.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Cinnamon is a GNOME Shell fork which tries to offer the layout and customizability of GNOME 2: by default there's a panel at the bottom (but optionally, you can also get one on top like in GNOME 2) that supports autohide, it supports applets, a classic system tray and more.</i><br /><br /><b>Let's take a look at what's new in the latest Cinnamon 1.8! </b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><h2>Cinnamon 1.8 video</h2><br />Below you can watch a video which presents the most important changes in Cinnamon 1.8:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZNjZH2r9Zos" width="480"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNjZH2r9Zos">direct video link</a>; for more videos, subscribe to our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a>)</center><br />Sorry for the fonts in the video, it's an YouTube bug because the fonts look ok in my original video. The fonts don't look like that when using Cinnamon.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>What's new in Cinnamon 1.8</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Cinnamon 1.8 no longer uses gnome-session for fallback which has advantages such as the ability to restart Cinnamon after a crash or the use of a wrapper which allows Cinnamon to restart itself after potential crashes. This should also fix the issue with Cinnamon not working on some hardware which was actually capable of running it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cinnamon 1.8 comes with its own Control Center</b>, so there's no longer the need to use GNOME Control Center. This is especially useful if you have installed multiple desktop environments: features that are GNOME Shell or Unity specific don't show up in Cinnamon Control Center, so you should now have a more clean, less confusing settings app. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Cinnamon Settings you can find all the GNOME settings that also apply to Cinnamon as well as Cinnamon-specific settings such as applets, desklets, theme settings, windows behavior, hot corners setup, panel settings and more:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-system-settings.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Cinnamon Control Center" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-system-settings_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">By default, Cinnamon Control Center displays only some of the system settings and for more advanced settings you must click the "Switch to Advanced Mode" button in the lower left corner.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Cinnamon Screensaver</b> about which we were telling you <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/work-started-on-cinnamon-screensaver.html">a while back</a>, is available by default with Cinnamon 1.8. The screensaver is very simplistic, displaying the date and time on a shaded background and optionally, it can also display an away message:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-screensaver.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Cinnamon Screensaver" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-screensaver_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-screensaver-settings.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Cinnamon screensaver settings" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-screensaver-settings_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new Cinnamon release also introduces "<b>Desklets</b>" (<b>desktop widgets</b>), but since this is a new feature, there are only a few available for now:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-desklets.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Cinnamon Desklets" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-desklets_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-desklets-settings.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Cinnamon desklets settings" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-desklets-settings_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The desklets can be set to snap to a desklets grid so they align nicely, with configurable grid width and users can also select if the desklets should use a border, border and header or no decoration at all.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another interesting new feature in Cinnamon 1.8 is that you can <b>install or update "spices" (which include applets, desklets, themes or extensions) directly from the desktop</b>, via Cinnamon Control Center, so Cinnamon users no longer need to manually download and install them from http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-applets-install-online.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Cinnamon 1.8 applets install" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-applets-install-online_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In my test, installing themes didn't work for some reason, maybe because the available themes aren't compatible with the latest Cinnamon 1.8 yet, but I was able to successfully install applets and desklets.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, <b>Nemo, the default Cinnamon file manager, has received many improvements </b>since the previous stable release that's available in Linux Mint 14 (1.1.2), such as:</div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">buttons in the statusbar to easily hide the sidebar and switch between places and treeview (sidebar);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">option to hide the menu;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">collapsable sidebar categories;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">breadcrumbs;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Sidebar Disk Indicators: indicators are displayed under each drive, displaying the free/used space;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">various fixes and more.</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/cinnamon-1.8-nemo.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cinnamon 1.8 Nemo" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-nemo_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nemo 1.8</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><i><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-to-install-nemo-file-manager-in.html">See how to install Nemo file manager in Ubuntu</a>.</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Other changes:</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Cinnamon now automatically falls back to Software Rendering (previously known as Cinnamon 2D) when the full Cinnamon is not supported - a critical notification is displayed on startup when running Software Rendering - this usually happens because of a problem with the drivers or if the graphics card doesn't support any acceleration;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">improved hot-corner configuration;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">new coverflow and timeline alt-tab;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">updated default applets, many fixes, etc.</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-hotcorners.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Cinnamon hot-corner configuration" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-hotcorners_thumb.png" /></a></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/cinnamon-1.8-coverflow-alt-tab.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cinnamon coverflow alt-tab" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-coverflow-alt-tab_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coverflow ATL-TAB style</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/cinnamon-1.8-timeline-alt-tab.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cinnamon timeline alt-tab" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-timeline-alt-tab_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Timeline ALT-TAB style</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/what-to-expect-in-linux-mint-15.htmlBumpmaps">Bumpmaps</a>, a feature that was supposed to be added in Cinnamon 1.8 didn't make it unfortunately as it's not yet fully ready.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Cinnamon 1.8 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cinnamon 1.8 will be available by default in Linux Mint 15</b> (Cinnamon Edition - RC should be out mid-may) and it should also be available in the <b>"Romeo" repository for Linux Mint 13 and 14 soon</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu Precise, Quantal, Raring and Saucy users can install the latest <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/alternative-cinnamon-ppa-for-ubuntu.html">Cinnamon via PPA</a>:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install cinnamon</code></pre>Once installed, log out and select Cinnamon from the login screen.<br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, see the Cinnamon <a href="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?page_id=61">downloads page</a>.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/">cinnamon.linuxmint.com</a></i></div>

Cinnamon 1.8 Gets Its Own Control Center And Screensaver, Easier Spices Installation

Cinnamon , the desktop environment used by default in Linux Mint, has reached version 1.8, getting its own Control Center, screensaver and m...

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