App Grid: New Lightweight Ubuntu Software Center Alternative

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>App Grid is a new lightweight Ubuntu Software Center alternative</b> that tries to make application discovery easier by using a grid view which includes app screenshots and ratings.</div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Even though this is the first public release, App Grid already comes with most features you'll need, like software search, app review and purchase and more. As for the design, the application reminds me of <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/see-whats-new-in-kubuntu-1304-raring.html">Muon Discover</a>, a Muon Suit front-end that tries to make it easier to find new software, a goal shared with App Grid.</div><br />Below you can see some App Grid screenshots:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/appgrid.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="AppGrid" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ylyml6T14_G4SscJEAgwpl0FJLjyy5qG-t_5KxqBOF4S8tiINRrYCMnT7FQIXxZdldkWL4fFQb-19Hl2OXcMrX_pgm-q-0HIEGOfnOeQWxey4387j5vJma08f20mb75Df6k7T4ma4AA/s320/appgrid.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">App Grid - main view</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://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/appgrid-category.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="AppGrid" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/appgrid-category_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Games category</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You've probably noticed that some applications have a green circle displayed around the application icon - that means they are already installed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application page displays an install / launch / remove button, screenshots, a short description along with user comments. Clicking on the comments extends the section and you can filter them by rating, language, Ubuntu version or write a review:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/appgrid-app.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="AppGrid" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/appgrid-app_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/appgrid-comments.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="AppGrid" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/appgrid-comments_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>App Grid features:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>discover new apps every time you open App Grid;</li><li>search, filter and sort to find exactly what you're looking for;</li><li>make informed decisions with our extensive detail views;</li><li>sign in with your Ubuntu One account to review and purchase apps.</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b> <b>Below you'll find a technical comparison between App Grid and Software Center, done by the AppCenter developer </b>(the tests were performed on a Dell Mini 9):</div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">python3 vs python2;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">warm start to home screen is 2.7s vs 20s;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">warm start to details screen (eg opening an apt: link) is 2.3s vs 30s;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">full database build is 58s vs 6min24;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">initial database size is 36.7mb vs 96.5mb;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">memory usage after startup to home screen is 20mb vs 53.6mb;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">lines of code is somewhere around 5900 loc vs 56960 loc (incl tests etc).</li></ul><br /><b>Note:</b> AppGrid is currently proprietary. Its Launchpad page says "Other/Proprietary, I don't know yet" so the developer may change his mind.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Install App Grid in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><s>App Grid is available in a PPA for Ubuntu 13.04 only for now</s>. Update: the application is now available for Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10, 13.04 and 13.10. Add the PPA and install App Grid using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:appgrid/stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install appgrid</code></pre><br /><b>Report any bugs you may find @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/appgrid">Launchpad</a>.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1l52za/initial_release_of_app_grid_software_center/">Reddit</a> / <a href="http://ubuntu-discourse.org/t/initial-release-of-app-grid/960">ubuntu-discourse</a></i></div>

App Grid: New Lightweight Ubuntu Software Center Alternative

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E-book Management App `Calibre` 1.0 Released

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://calibre-ebook.com/">Calibre</a> is an open source tool to manage e-books, which features e-book syncing with popular e-book readers, library management and e-book conversion between various formats. The application is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest Calibre 1.0, released recently, features a new cover grid view of the books available in the Calibre library, a faster database backend and more. </b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/calibre-1.0_0.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Calibre 1.0" border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qQxmKyj3C7cW-KXTPjZ-dEzs7ufOwagRCj8b320U7ab6oYTHpEoCVagQ-T_SssToTgQ54cZLhCBYpAbHJzXNBAbXpxdGXyzyDCjtlEzJc5CDEyzep0X-hL7R7q9tBW-MspiBDzvGHdM/s320/calibre-1.0_0.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With Calibre 1.0, an optional <b>grid view</b> which <b>displays books by cover</b> has been added. To switch to it, click the grid icon in the bottom right corner:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/calibre-1.0_1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Calibre 1.0" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/calibre-1.0_1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new Calibre grid view</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The grid view is customizable via <i>Preferences > Look & Feel > Cover Grid</i>. Here, you can change the cover height and width, enable displaying the book title below the cover, set the cover cache size and so on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another interesting feature that was added to Calibre 1.0 is called "<b>Virtual Library</b>". Using virtual libraries, Calibre can split big libraries into smaller virtual libraries. The virtual libraries are created based on a search expression and when using such a library, Calibre behaves like it only contains the matched books so the application only displays the tags/authors/series etc. that belong to the virtual library. To create a virtual library, click "Virtual Library" on the left of the search bar, then select "Create Virtual Library":</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/calibre-virtual-library.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Calibre 1.0" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/calibre-virtual-library_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Calibre Virtual Libraries</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This can be useful to easily create a library with your favorite authors, unread books and so on.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, with version 1.0, Calibre can <b>scan your computer for all TTF and OTF fonts used in documnts and automatically embed them</b>. Further more, Calibre can "subset" fonts, meaning it can reduce their size by using only the glyphs present in the document. This option can be turned on via the <i>Look & Feel</i> section of the conversion dialog ("Embed referenced fonts").</div><br /><br /><b>Other changes in the latest Calibre 1.0 (compared to 0.9.0)</b><br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The database backend has been re-written from scratch and should be 2-3 times faster than the old one;</li><li>A new Microsoft word (docx generated by Word 2007 or newer) converter has been added to Calibre;</li><li>New metadata sources have been added, including Google Image search, Edelweiss and Big Book Search;</li><li>Re-written PDF output engine which should now support proper pagination, inserting headers and footers with templates, auto generation of a printable Table of Contents and more;</li><li>A new "Polish books" tool lets you perform various cleanup actions on ebooks such as embedding fonts, smarten punctuation, update the metadata and more. To use this tool, go to <i>Preferences > Toolbar</i> and add the Polish books tool to the main toolbar. This tool only works with EPUB and AZW3 formats;</li><li>A new ToC edit tool lets you re-arrange entries in the Table of Contents. To use it, go to <i>Preferences > Toolbar</i> and add the Edit ToC button to the main toolbar.</li></ul><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://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/calibre-metadata-sources.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Calibre 1.0" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/calibre-metadata-sources_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Calibre metadata sources</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://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/calibre-polish-book-dialog.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Calibre 1.0" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/calibre-polish-book-dialog_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new "Polish books" tool</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Calibre in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander: </b>Calibre 1.0 has just been uploaded to the Saucy repositories so it should be available via Ubuntu Software Center in a few minutes.</div><br /><b>For older Ubuntu versions, you have two options:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A. Using a PPA for Ubuntu 13.04 or 12.04 - the PPAs currently have Calibre 0.9.41</b> but hopefully they will be updated to the latest Calibre 1.0 soon.<br /><br />Using the current version in the PPAs, you won't get the new grid view but other features such as the new Virtual Library, Polish Books, Edit ToC or the new metadata sources should already be available.</div><br /><b>To install Calibre in Ubuntu 13.04, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/calibre<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install calibre</code></pre><br /><b>Or, if you're using Ubuntu 12.04, use the commands below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/calibre2<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install calibre</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>B. Using the official binary Calibre 1.0 binary</b> that includes private versions of all its dependencies. This should work with any Ubuntu version as well as other Linux distributions as long as you have <i>glibc</i> 2.10 or higher and <i>xdg-utils</i> and <i>python</i> ≥ 2.6 installed. But <b>there is a downside: there is no uninstaller </b>so if you want to remove Calibre, you must remove the folder it creates under <i>/opt</i> as well as all the files it installs under <i>/usr/local/share/applications</i> and so on.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Before using the official installer, it's recommended you remove any Calibre versions you may have installed from PPA or official repositories:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove calibre calibre-bin</code></pre><br /><b>To install Calibre using this method, use the following command:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo python -c "import sys; py3 = sys.version_info[0] > 2; u = __import__('urllib.request' if py3 else 'urllib', fromlist=1); exec(u.urlopen('http://status.calibre-ebook.com/linux_installer').read()); main()"</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://calibre-ebook.com/download">Download Calibre</a> (for Linux, Windows or Mac OS X)</b></div>

E-book Management App `Calibre` 1.0 Released

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Popular Mobile IM / VoIP App `Viber` Available For Linux

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://viber.com/">Viber</a> is an application that sits somewhere between Skype and WhatsApp, which can be used to make free calls, send text messages, photos and video messages without having to register (all phone contacts that have installed Viber are listed as Viber contacts).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Initially, Viber was a mobile-only application but a few months ago, a desktop client has been released for OS X and Windows.<b> Earlier this month, Viber Media Inc. has released Viber for Linux as a public beta. For now, there are only 64bit binaries available for download. </b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/viber-linux.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Viber Linux" border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzl4kkQ0lCwtAfYLPUNYA2qqCdGQKUWplHYEuWxrTKEyDB4udXQLvGEpFUOKRYcV8zCy8VN0fwtrbhceNqAoJeiJrVIJw6bRYESd7hzVjH-x6l-5-lpfiFmtAPu7evIhEth372hOsVzRs/s320/viber-linux.png" title="Viber Linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">On a first look, the Viber Linux client behaves pretty much like the mobile app: all your mobile contacts are displayed in the contacts list and you can text or call them and so on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But there are some differences. Firstly, you can transfer ongoing calls from/to your phone: for instance, if you get a call on the desktop app, you can transfer the call to Viber on your mobile phone with a click. And secondly, the desktop application supports video calls (desktop to desktop only), a feature that's not yet available for the mobile app.</div><br /><b>Viber for Linux features:</b><br /><ul><li>HD quality voice calls;</li><li>video calls (desktop to desktop only);</li><li>text, photo and sticker messages;</li><li>group conversations;</li><li>full sync between the mobile and Linux clients;</li><li>transfer ongoing calls between devices;</li><li>no registration or password required.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://download.cdn.viber.com/cdn/desktop/Linux/Viber.zip">Download Viber for Linux</a> (64bit only for now!)</b></div><br />To run Viber on Linux, extract the downloaded zip archive in your home folder, then run the following command to start Viber:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>~/Viber/Viber.sh</code></pre><br />For feedback, see the <a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/110404948770388605701">Viber Linux Beta testers</a> G+ community.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1l3o57/native_viber_client_published_for_linux/">Reddit</a></i></div>

Popular Mobile IM / VoIP App `Viber` Available For Linux

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Download The Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander Community Wallpapers

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander community wallpapers have landed in Saucy recently. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The wallpaper pack comes with 18 elegant images, including 3 cool salamander wallpapers:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/163_by_e4v.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMYsgnlu6-UxGIDnDIFEdhXdGGaALRYgCAJca4uW7pSXDksG8jaeVMNkFDHlcANZUHZQ8jgutpq43E80WH0m_cm2a5aTVa-gKNZrCrGq5UQxhSd8EzGjbsZ9Su5QpNTFISQlct4qF4Ik/s320/163_by_e4v.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a 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href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Taxus_baccata_by_baubusiukas.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Taxus_baccata_by_baubusiukas_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/The_City_of_Polen_by_MilanVankovski.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/The_City_of_Polen_by_MilanVankovski_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/THE_%27OUT%27_STANDING_by_ydristi.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/THE_'OUT'_STANDING_by_ydristi_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Thingvellir_by_pattersa.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Thingvellir_by_pattersa_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Untitled_by_Garazi_Unzueta.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Untitled_by_Garazi_Unzueta_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Water_Lily_by_Denis_Dugushkin.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Water_Lily_by_Denis_Dugushkin_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-unity/+archive/daily-build/+build/4901205/+files/ubuntu-wallpapers-saucy_13.04.0%2B13.10.20130823-0ubuntu1_all.deb">Download Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander community wallpapers</a></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The pack is available as a .deb and you can either install it or simply extract it, then look for the wallpapers under <i>usr/share/backgrounds</i> (inside the extracted folder).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alternatively, if you want to download all the Ubuntu community wallpapers from Karmic to Saucy, get them from <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/saucy/+source/ubuntu-wallpapers/13.04.0+13.10.20130823-0ubuntu1/+files/ubuntu-wallpapers_13.04.0+13.10.20130823.orig.tar.gz">HERE</a>.</div>

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Xubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander Not Switching To XMir By Default

<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Xubuntu logo" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDe809zSuEf7fjMZc68i98wqicEREOz-Br5_MT7mj507hJFZYmBwZtJErTv3zZaIclz3CLXgTpKkfDJElSe-nahfYxhpdFn3jfBaqFP_k2HHkUi6bhaRZPXkNN0Gv29yyKu2v4-WK1lZw/s320/xubuntu.png" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>In a Xubuntu team <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2013-August/009308.html">meeting</a>, it was decided that Xubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander won't ship with Mir & XMir by default.</b></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The reasons behind the decision is that XMir doesn't bring improvements yet and there are some issues with XMir and Xubuntu for now.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first question, "<i>Should we wait for improvements landing to XMir later (but before the FF)?</i>" was rejected with 0 votes for waiting, 4 votes against and 1 abstention. The second question was if Mir should be included by default in Xubuntu 13.10 and with 5 votes against, 0 abstentions and 0 votes for including Mir, it was decided that Xubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander won't use Mir by default.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">XMir will be evaluated for inclusion in Xubuntu during the next cycle "<i>when it has the features we want and is more mature, hopefully at that point it can be a better option for our users</i>".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the same meeting there was also a discussion about including some Xfce 4.11 components (<i>xfce4-settings</i> which brings <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-use-multiple-monitors-in-xubuntu.html" title="How To Use Multiple Monitors In Xubuntu / Xfce (Extended Display Instead Of Mirror)">improved multi-monitor support</a> and <i>xfdesktop</i> with improved settings dialog and better workspace support) as well as enabling GTK3 indicators for the panel in Xubuntu 13.10 by default, but no decision regarding this has been made yet.</div>

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Pipelight: Use Silverlight In Your Linux Browser To Watch Netflix, Maxdome Videos And More

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://fds-team.de/cms/articles/2013-08/pipelight-using-silverlight-in-linux-browsers.html">Pipelight</a> is project that brings Silverlight to any Linux browser that supports the Netscape Plugin API. Using it, you can use services that require Silverlight, such as Netflix, in native Linux web browsers like Firefox, Chrome or Midori.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/netflix-linux-chrome.png"><img alt="Netflix Google Chrome Linux" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbE_Gs7mwOXD0VcQf03yV2nZaN07v0aUSDLeZ4XQaUy16RxnOYZreoqHggtFwS-Kbgkfff4tooWL2ee7KtLl2hvdLLjI9YwWLv2fjjAs5qCuYwD5LJ6qisqbjRv6NqIFwkjdJVu4RdM1Q/s320/netflix-linux-chrome.png" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Pipelight combines the effort by Erich E. Hoover (the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-use-netflix-in-ubuntu-through.html">Netflix Desktop</a> developer) with a new browser plugin which - unlike Netflix Desktop which requires a Windows version of Firefox to run under Wine -, lets you access services that require Microsoft Silverlight using native Linux web browsers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This solution isn't Wine-free because the browser plugin continues to use Wine however, this shouldn't have a big impact on performance:</div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>"Pipelight consists out of two parts: A Linux library which is loaded into the browser and a Windows program started in Wine. The Windows program, called pluginloader.exe, simply simulates a browser and loads the Silverlight DLLs. When you open a page with a Silverlight application the library will send all commands from the browser through a pipe to the Windows process and act like a bridge between your browser and Silverlight. The used pipes do not have any big impact on the speed of the rendered video since all the video and audio data is not send through the pipe. Only the initialization parameters and (sometimes) the network traffic is send through them."</i></blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the Pipelight website, <b>the plugin has been confirmed to work "almost perfectly" using Microsoft Silverlight 5 for the following websites: <a href="http://www.maxdome.de/">Maxdome</a>, <a href="http://netflix.com/">Netflix</a> and <a href="https://sumo.tv2.no/">Sumo 2</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I've tested Pipelight with Netflix, under Chrome (Ubuntu 13.10) and I can confirm it works (and the playback was smooth!), as you can see in the screenshots in this article. Update: I've also tested it with Firefox and it works, but sometimes the browser freezes, something which doesn't happen with Chrome so I recommend using Chrome / Chromium with Pipelight.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Pipelight in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/netflix-chrome-silverlight.png"><img alt="Microsoft Silverlight Google Chrome Linux" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/netflix-chrome-silverlight_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Before proceeding, it's strongly recommended to close your web browser. Without doing this, the plugin may fail to install or crash the browser. </b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> Pipelight is available in two PPAs for Ubuntu users: a <a href="https://launchpad.net/~mqchael/+archive/pipelight">stable</a> and a <a href="https://launchpad.net/~mqchael/+archive/pipelight-daily">daily</a> PPA. Firstly, try the stable PPA and if you encounter issues, also give the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~mqchael/+archive/pipelight-daily">daily PPA</a> a try.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the Pipelight stable and Compholio PPAs and install Pipelight in Ubuntu, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ehoover/compholio<br />sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mqchael/pipelight<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install pipelight</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, start your browser and try <a href="http://bubblemark.com/silverlight2.html">THIS</a> test Silverlight applet. If it doesn't work, check if Silverlight is available in your browser plugin list (e.g.: you can type "about:plugins" in the address bar).</div><br />If you didn't close the browser before proceeding with the installation and Silverlight doesn't work, run the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>rm -rf ~/.wine-pipelight/</code></pre>and then restart the browser.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> We're not done yet. Silverlight should be working now, but some websites such as Netflix check the browser user agent and won't allow you to play any videos since Linux isn't supported. A work-around for this is to use a browser user agent switcher:</div><br /><ul><li>Firefox: install <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/uacontrol/">UAControl</a> or <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-overrider">User Agent Overrider</a> extensions and use one of the following user agents:</li><ul><li>Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120427 Firefox/15.0a1</li><li>Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:22.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/22.0</li><li>Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:23.0) Gecko/20131011 Firefox/23.0</li></ul><li>Chrome: install <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/user-agent-switcher-for-c/djflhoibgkdhkhhcedjiklpkjnoahfmg">User Agent Switcher</a>  extension and select Windows Firefox 15 from the extension preferences.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">That's it! If video playback is slow or laggy, try <a href="https://answers.launchpad.net/pipelight/+faq/2356">THIS</a> work-around.</div><br /><b>Also see:</b><br /><ul><li><a href="https://answers.launchpad.net/pipelight/+faqs">Pipelight FAQ</a></li><li><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/pipelight">Report a bug</a></li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For more information, Arch Linux installation instructions, source files and so on, visit the Pipelight page @ <a href="http://fds-team.de/cms/articles/2013-08/pipelight-using-silverlight-in-linux-browsers.html">fds-team.de</a>.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via Daniel Foré @ <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/101997050734870587600/posts/JDc2xem1rTG">G+</a></i></div>

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Cari Uang Lewat Ekiosku.com Melalui Ekilink

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