Lightweight Ubuntu Software Center Alternative `AppGrid` Now Available For Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.10

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>AppGrid</b>, the lightweight (but proprietary) Ubuntu Software Center alternative which we covered <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/08/app-grid-new-lightweight-ubuntu.html" title="App Grid: New Lightweight Ubuntu Software Center Alternative">recently</a>, was updated yesterday and it <b>should now work on Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.10</b>. <b>Initially, the application was only available for Ubuntu 13.04</b>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/appgrid-0.1.58.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="AppGrid" border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTaDON0gBgeqobmmIR1XBNzgtGX_UfncStLcWkL3OYQr_LbKUvfc3hknpvYxxTyhFBjRSoaPFRDA5dvK2e7ebWjA7caWPMaRvDwT-EbiDyXqr7voOIOJbRXumnon9XLbnt0WGzrpY5Gw/s320/appgrid-0.1.58.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest AppGrid also introduces some UI changes, such as:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">increased spacing in the home screen;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">the icon overlays have been removed from the thumbnails. Now the ratings turn green if an application is installed;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">removed orange line from tile to make rating clearer;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">added hints to details view.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a el="image_group" href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/appgrid-0.1.58-app.png"><img alt="AppGrid" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/appgrid-0.1.58-app_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Other changes include very basic RTL support, updated icons, the search box should now grab focus on startup and of course, many bug fixes.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install AppGrid in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install AppGrid in Ubuntu, use the following commands:</b></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 />Currently, the application doesn't work on elementary OS or Linux Mint.<br /><br />Report any bugs you may find @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/appgrid">Launchpad</a>.

Lightweight Ubuntu Software Center Alternative `AppGrid` Now Available For Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.10

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Free Turn-Based Strategy Game `Freeciv` 2.4.0 Released

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page">Freeciv</a> is a free and open source turn-based strategy game inspired by Sid Meier's Civilization. The game supports both single-player and multiplayer game modes and is available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X<sup style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: top;">*</sup>, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.org.zielinscy.freeciv">Android</a> and there's even a <a href="http://play.freeciv.org/">HTML5 version</a> you can play using only a web browser.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/freeciv-2.4.0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Freeciv 2.4.0" border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZRpsbDnrriOAe9ZHMrMk9wvu0iA-cgFa5IL29gEprVcoKgkvMbfcyeoI4ddohlbMuKMRTVSUnD7x01wjZnuTW12Dbq6YvgHBkJG4EmXu0hyhEF2DMZq8IaWXOs_wmgx9cwghGl2tjfA/s320/freeciv-2.4.0.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The game supports up to 126 players, AI players, Internet and LAN mltiplayer and features 50 playable units, over 300 nations, modpack support as well as a nice in-game help system. Also, Freeciv is highly configurable and can be played in multiple modes: Freeciv, Civilization, Civilization II or a custom mode.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>After more than 2 years of development, Freeciv 2.4.0 has been released recently, introducing a huge list of improvements and bug fixes, such as:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>the maximum theoretical map size has increased from 128,000 to 2,048,000 tiles; the maximum linear map dimension has increased from 512 to 32,768;</li><li>the number of playable nations has increased from 387 to 541;</li><li>the server now supports a "delegation" feature similar to that in Longturn, where one user can nominate another to temporarily take over control of the game;</li><li>there is a new "map image" feature to save an overview map as an image</li><li>new server settings: "revealmap" allows the map to be shown to all players at game start or dead players and "first_timeout" allows the first turn to have a different timeout from subsequent turns;</li><li>revamped player authentication;</li><li>player colors are now assigned centrally, and can be changed with the "/playercolor" server command;</li><li>the 'autosaves' setting gives finer control over when savegames are generated;</li><li>the freeciv-modpack utility supports more modpack types, more options (see --help), and uses the Curl library for network access;</li><li>the AI code has been heavily refactored, with a view to making it easier for people to start their own projects to write better Freeciv AI;</li><li>the unit selection dialog has been revamped to allow browsing and selecting units by combinations of location and activity, anywhere in the world;</li><li>the orientation of units is now tracked, so tilesets can provide different graphics for different unit orientations;</li><li>Many gameplay, AI and other changes.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This release also introduces a GTK3 client which, even though is fully playable, is currently considered experimental. The GTK3 client should become default in the next major release. Also, work has started for a new Qt client but for now it's not usable.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For a complete list of changes, see <a href="http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/NEWS-2.4.0">THIS</a> page.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: 2.4 clients cannot interoperate with servers older than version 2.4 and vice versa.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Freeciv 2.4 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.04 and 12.04</b> users can install the latest Freeciv 2.4 by using the <a href="http://www.playdeb.net/updates/Ubuntu/13.04#how_to_install">PlayDeb repository</a>. Because PlayDeb seems down at the time I'm writing this article, I suggest <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/05/getdeb-playdeb-repositories-down-what.html" title="GetDeb, PlayDeb Repositories Down - What To Do? Use This Mirror!">using a mirror</a> which you can add by using the commands below:</div><br /><b>- Ubuntu 13.04, Linux Mint 15, etc.:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu raring-getdeb games" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playdeb.list<br />echo "deb-src http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu raring-getdeb games" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playdeb.list</code></pre><br /><b>- Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint 13, elementary OS Luna:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu precise-getdeb games" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playdeb.list<br />echo "deb-src http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu precise-getdeb games" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playdeb.list</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, add the repository key, update the software sources and<b> install the Freeciv 2.4 GTK client</b> using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 46D7E7CF<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install freeciv-client-gtk</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The PlayDeb repository provides the stable GTK2 client and not the new experimental GTK3 client.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Download">Download Freeciv</a></b> (Windows binaries, source code)</div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">^* Mac OS X packages are no longer being created for new releases. The latest Mac version available is 2.3.0.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.le-libriste.fr/2013/09/ubuntu-12-04-13-04-freeciv-2-4-0-toujours-plus-grand/">Le-Libriste.fr</a></i></div>

Free Turn-Based Strategy Game `Freeciv` 2.4.0 Released

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Football Manager 2014 Release Date Announced

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Sports Interactive has <a href="http://www.sigames.com/news/14272/Release+date+announced++Whats+new+in+FM14++Tech+video+blog">announced</a> that Football Manager 2014 will be released on October 31. </b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/steam-football-manager-2014-linux.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Football Manager 2014 Steam Linux" border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wtFt2F6Fy9DrTCxpGc7WL4zFG-HxCYZhvaT46DX97c_3DgESXnALfUq-TGh7E-TQUBIDfE2KFcLkLS6pmh4jvRDWCrMO-JGoJqEuCIEsAR0vRkkhkI0Mbqu1trZcZFBV2-3RXQTG0DI/s320/steam-football-manager-2014-linux.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">As you probably know, the popular football (soccer) management simulation game will finally be <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/football-manager-game-coming-to-linux.html">available for Linux</a> with this release.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The announcement also states that if you pre-oder FM14, you'll get access to a fully-playable beta version two weeks prior the official release date.</div><br />On Linux, the game will have the following system requirements:<br /><ul><li>CPU: 1,8Ghz+</li><li>Memory: 1GB RAM</li><li>Graphics: NVidia GeForce 7300 GT, AMD Radeon HD 2400 Pro, Intel HD 3000/4000: 128MB VRAM</li><li>3GB of HDD available space</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Below you can watch a video that presents the match day changes in Football Manager 2014:</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/gSQlmlClC8U" width="480"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSQlmlClC8U">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You can pre-order Football Manager 2014 via <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/231670/">Steam</a> or its <a href="http://www.footballmanager.com/lang/en_GB#buynow">website</a> (49,99€ / $49,99 / £34.99).</div>

Football Manager 2014 Release Date Announced

Sports Interactive has announced that Football Manager 2014 will be released on October 31. As you probably know, the popular football (soc...

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Flowblade Video Editor 0.10 Released With New Audio Mixer, Other New Features

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/">Flowblade</a>, a multitrack video editor for Linux, has reached version 0.10, getting a new audio mixer, a range log panel, new UI icons and more.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/flowblade-video-editor.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Flowblade video editor" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutbgXP0cXEAheTWviALkzFfvd3UZvBhnthKaWO3Co5ESxUP6XPqeDco8Iwa6xqZTSpN_4T8WKb32LklXOeR9XNICd3TV7imiy5UstycHdDSXhuzVNHetlSVNite6cveQEI4BD4DqaAB8/s320/flowblade-video-editor.png" title="Flowblade video editor" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Flowblade provides powerful tools to mix and filter audio and video: cut or join videos, create movies from video clips, audio and graphics files and so on.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The application <i>"employs film style editing paradigm in which clips are usually automatically placed tightly after the previous clip - or between two existing clips - when they are inserted on the timeline. Edits are fine-tuned by trimming in and out points of clips, or by cutting and deleting parts of clips. Film style editing is faster for creating programs with mostly straight cuts and audio splits, but may be slower when programs contain complex composites unless correct work flow is followed</i>", mentions the Debian package description.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Even though it has been under development since 2009, Flowblade has only recently made it into the Ubuntu (Saucy) and Debian (testing/unstable) repositories. </div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest Flowblade 0.10 has been released yesterday and comes with some interesting changes, such as:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>new Audio Mixer window with VU meter + gain and pan controls for all tracks and master out (Requires MLT 0.8.8);</li><li>a Range Log panel has been added - this enables the user to save and name Mark In/Out ranges on media files. This is very useful when working with long files that have many areas of interest;</li><li>marks can now be placed to identify positions on the timeline;</li><li>Affine Blend compositor provides single point of control to create keyframed composites with both opacity and affine transform and all the standard blend modes (Requires Frei0r 1.4);</li><li>image sequences of numbered frames can now be imported as media;</li><li>rendering presets for commonly used file types are now available;</li><li>single track rendered transitions for quick dissolves and wipes;</li><li>The GUI was updated with over 20 new icons and custom buttons</li><li>the tabs position is now customizable;</li><li>configurable Timecode display position;</li><li>a keyboard shortcuts window has been added (<i>Help > Keyboard Shortcuts</i>);</li><li>much more. For a complete list of new features / changes, see the Flowblade <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/wiki/ReleaseNotes">release notes</a>.</li></ul><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/flowblade-audio-mixer.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Flowblade audio mixer" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/flowblade-audio-mixer_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new Flowblade audio mixer</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For more information about Flowblade, see our <a title="Flowblade: A Cool, Non-Linear Video Editor For Linux" href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/06/flowblade-cool-non-linear-video-editor.html">previous article</a> and the application <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/">homepage</a>.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Flowblade video editor</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Note: Flowblade requires a resolution of at least 1152x768.</b><br /><br /><b>Ubuntu / Debian and derivatives:</b> Like I was telling you above, Flowblade is available in the <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flowblade">Ubuntu</a> (Saucy) and <a href="http://packages.debian.org/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=flowblade">Debian</a> (testing/unstable) repositories, but it hasn't been updated to the latest version (0.10). You can<b> download the latest version from the Flowblade <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/downloads/list">downloads page</a> (deb included)</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Important: some features require MLT 0.8.8 and Frei0r 1.4 which are not available in the repositories - you can install these in Ubuntu by using a PPA such as <a href="https://launchpad.net/~sunab/+archive/kdenlive-release">this one</a> (it has both MLT 0.8.8 and the latest Frei0r from Git for Ubuntu Raring, Quantal and Precise).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Flowblade via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/flowblade/">AUR</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>other Linux distributions</b>, download the Flowblade source from <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/downloads/list">Google Code</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To help you get started with Flowblade, its developer has created a reference guide - check it out <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/wiki/FlowbladeReference">HERE</a>. </b>There are also 3 video tutorials linked at the bottom of its <a href="http://code.google.com/p/flowblade/">Google Code page</a>.</div>

Flowblade Video Editor 0.10 Released With New Audio Mixer, Other New Features

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Nuvola Player 2.2.0 Released, Needs New Maintainer

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://nuvolaplayer.fenryxo.cz/">Nuvola Player</a> is a cloud music player that integrates music services such as Grooveshark, Google Play Music, Amazon Cloud Player, Pandora, Rdio, Hype Machine or 8tracks, with your desktop.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/nuvola-player-2.2.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Nuvola Player 2.2.0" border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bBa486pvSa6mZaS8XtJs6RIwM__1eolIeKSECnp6zlr1jfkTbiG29OMK43xp2tq_zY0wd4IhT1thmsap313ufrXbVZEFcjWxreRXAbDb4qCiyumNVI2NnE6H5loWmdX14QJGhOWtrEg/s320/nuvola-player-2.2.0.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With Nuvola Player, you get notifications, Unity quicklists, multimedia keys support, Mpris v2 support (Ubuntu Sound Menu / GNOME Shell Media Player extension integration), lyrics fetching, last.fm scrobbling, proxy support and more.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nuvola Player 2.2.0</b> has been <a href="https://plus.google.com/110794636546911932554/posts/BjXGLNRKoTr">released</a> recently, bringing new features such as support for <a href="http://bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a> (an online music store and platform for artist promotion that caters mainly to independent artists) as well as bug fixes.</div><br /><b>Changes in Nuvola Player 2.2.0:</b><br /><ul><li>new service supported: Bancamp;</li><li>Nuvola Player now supports scrobbling to libre.fm, a last.fm alternative;</li><li>Last.fm love and ban actions are now available from the main menu, tray ion and Unity quicklist;</li><li>some services allow downloading songs - Nuvola player now features a simple download manager to allow downloading songs from these services;</li><li>bug fixes, including Google Play playback status detection, enable links to song downloading for Google Play, fixed metadata and playback status parsing for Deezer;</li></ul><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/nuvola-player-2.2.0-plugins.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Nuvola Player plugins" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/nuvola-player-2.2.0-plugins_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nuvola Player plugins<u><br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Sadly, the same day Nuvola Player 2.2.0 was released, a <a href="https://plus.google.com/110794636546911932554/posts/bc5fp7TgJgL">message</a> was posted on its Google Plus page, mentioning that <b>Nuvola Player needs a new maintainer</b> because the main developer, <a href="https://plus.google.com/111485183888722402983">Jiří Janoušek</a>, doesn't have enough time to continue the development. If you can adopt the project, contact Jiří at the Nuvola Player Development <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nuvola-player-devel">mailing list</a>.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Nuvola Player in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu users can install the latest stable Nuvola Player by using its official PPA. Add the PPA and install Nuvola Player using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nuvola-player-builders/stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install nuvolaplayer</code></pre><br />There are also PPAs for <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nuvola-player-builders/+archive/beta">beta</a> and <a href="https://launchpad.net/~nuvola-player-builders/+archive/unstable">unstable</a> builds.<br /><br /><b>Debian: </b>Nuvola Player is avialable in a <a href="http://ppa.fenryxo.cz/nuvola-player/README.html">repository</a>.<br /><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Nuvola Player via AUR: <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=58166">stable</a> | <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nuvola-bzr/">unstable</a> (bzr).<br /><br />For <b>other Linux distributions</b>, see the Nuvola Player <a href="http://nuvolaplayer.fenryxo.cz/download.html">downloads</a> page.

Nuvola Player 2.2.0 Released, Needs New Maintainer

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How To Disable Recursive Search In Nautilus 3.6 or 3.8 [Patch w/ PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;">The type-ahead find feature was removed from Nautilus starting with version 3.6. Now when typing in a Nautilus (3.6+) window, it performs a search in the current directory and all subdirectories instead of selecting the file or folder that matches what you've typed. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This feature is not that bad except for one thing: searching in subdirectories makes it pretty much unusable at times. If you find this behaviour annoying, you can install Nautilus with a patch created by <a href="https://launchpad.net/~dr3mro">Amr Osman</a> that allows disabling the recursive search so Nautilus only displays files and folders in the current directory, without looking in its subfolders.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The patch allows enabling/disabling recursive search in Nautilus via Dconf so you can easily switch between the two behaviors.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br />Here's an example:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-8lXTeCcJQEQ29DAqah4KNSG4D7TEoILQ0aARCFMo962Ig9VbnS23ilQP8BqytGY4Xa3seN-RYUAA-zd-oe9_O9TboCxfBdd6gX19pUk2zKiOgfglSruc5j5MPRN89m1HsBqswmSToI/s1600/nautilus-recursive-before.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-8lXTeCcJQEQ29DAqah4KNSG4D7TEoILQ0aARCFMo962Ig9VbnS23ilQP8BqytGY4Xa3seN-RYUAA-zd-oe9_O9TboCxfBdd6gX19pUk2zKiOgfglSruc5j5MPRN89m1HsBqswmSToI/s320/nautilus-recursive-before.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nautilus 3.8 <b>with recursive search</b></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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJF16oy8u7j3Zrexi_sQtdAoNnE6x3WC1PvrYVjrIghRg5Qd5Zt65JiR_cGOwhyKc3Bl0hoZpUMWfv2ShmrmSNYmAGM8H7i8X_2XOr5GYmTFifyeQISH6uhw5Euz7TUgSz1rbGffdiGhI/s1600/nautilus-recursive-after.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJF16oy8u7j3Zrexi_sQtdAoNnE6x3WC1PvrYVjrIghRg5Qd5Zt65JiR_cGOwhyKc3Bl0hoZpUMWfv2ShmrmSNYmAGM8H7i8X_2XOr5GYmTFifyeQISH6uhw5Euz7TUgSz1rbGffdiGhI/s320/nautilus-recursive-after.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nautilus 3.8 <b>without recursive search</b></td></tr></tbody></table>In the example above, I was trying to find/select the <i>genymotion-1.2.1_x64.bin</i> file which I knew I had downloaded in the <i>~/Downloads</i> folder. Using the default Nautilus 3.8 (Ubuntu Saucy), a lot of files show up when typing "gen" which is confusing and makes it harder to spot the file I was looking for. Using the patched Nautilus, only the <i>genymotion</i> folder and the <i>genymotion-1.2.1_x64.bin</i> file show up so I immediately spot the file I was looking for.<br /><br />This may not be the best example, but I'm sure many of you have noticed how annoying the recursive search is in many situations.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you prefer the old type-ahead find feature, unfortunately there's no way of getting it in Nautilus 3.6+, at least not yet. But there are some other alternatives, like downgrading to <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/get-nautilus-34-features-back-in-ubuntu.html" title="Get Nautilus 3.4 Features Back In Ubuntu 13.04 With SolusOS Patched Nautilus">Nautilus 3.4</a>, using <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-to-install-nemo-file-manager-in.html" title="How To Install Nemo File Manager In Ubuntu">Nemo file manager</a>, etc.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Nautilus patched to allow enabling/disabling recursive search</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To be able to disable recursive search in Nautilus 3.6 or 3.8, you can either patch Nautilus yourself - the patch can be found <a href="https://code.launchpad.net/~dr3mro/nautilus/fix-1164016">HERE</a>, or use Amr Osman's PPA to install an already patched Nautilus.<br /><br /><b>To add the PPA (for Ubuntu 13.04 and 13.10) and upgrade Nautilus, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dr3mro/personal<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get upgrade</code></pre><br />Once Nautilus is upgraded successfully, restart it:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>nautilus -q</code></pre><br />Then, disable recursive search using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences enable-recursive-search false</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If later on you want to re-enable recursive search, use the command below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences enable-recursive-search true</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You can also change this setting via Dconf-editor (make sure dconf-tools is installed: "sudo apt-get install dconf-tools"), by navigating to: <i>org > gnome > nautilus > preferences</i> where you should find the "enable-recursive-search" option.</div><br />

How To Disable Recursive Search In Nautilus 3.6 or 3.8 [Patch w/ PPA]

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Cross-Platform Android x86 Emulator `Genymotion` Sees New Release

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.genymotion.com/">Genymotion</a>, a fast, cross-platform Android emulator that comes with pre-configured Android (x86 with OpenGL hardware acceleration) images, has been updated recently, getting new features such as multi-touch gestures as well as many bug fixes.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/genymotion-1.2-ui.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Linux" border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzjizVISC_g5HrVnHysy1afa8n05VPMkB2j-h5n02i-8NTGhdRXR1P8o6i1MUOTHN-yWz1t3jtEZ3FerTRVsJAt-2H8AoUmbXFYfglrzXwQkXx-FOMw4ISlJlj2sLDzdLhQUJFsQBhZ8/s320/genymotion-1.2-ui.png" title="Genymotion Linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Pre-configured virtual devices available with Genymotion: Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.1.1 and 4.2.2, Nexus 7 with Android 4.1.1 and 4.2.2, Galaxy S4 / HTC One / Xperia Z with Android 4.2.2, Nexus One and Nexus S with Android 4.2.2 or 4.1.1 as well as some generic images for WXGA 10.1'' tablets and WSVGA 7.0'' tablets with both Android 4.1.1 and 4.2.2.</div><br />Also, since our previous <a title="Genymotion: Fast, Easy To Use Android (x86) Emulator With OpenGL Hardware Acceleration Support" href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/07/genymotion-fast-easy-to-use-android-x86.html">article</a>, a <b>preview WXGA 10.1'' image with Android 4.3 has been added</b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Changes in the latest Genymotion 1.2.1:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">multi-touch gestures (you can now use zoom gestures using mouse events):</li><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Right click + Move left: Zoom in;</li><li>Right click + Move right: Zoom out;</li><li>Right click + Move up: Tilt forth;</li><li>Right click + Move down: Tilt back;</li><li>Shift + Right click + Move left: Rotate Left;</li><li>Shift + Right click + Move right: Rotate Right.</li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Genymotion can now detect if a new version is available. When new versions are released, a notification is displayed;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">you can now activate the virtual keyboard in the virtual device settings;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">if it cannot use CPU virtualization option to launch a multi-CPU virtual device, then Genymotion will force number of CPUs to 1 to make it work anyway;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">fixed paid app installation not working on Android 4.2 due to internal storage;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">latest version of Google Maps does not crash any more with Genymotion;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">improved precision on GPS widget fields to use 10 digits, especially when working with latitudes greater than 100°;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">proxy settings are now applied globally and features such as GPS widget will run through an HTTP proxy.</li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/genymotion-1.2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Genymotion Linux" border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZwazWeRvhzG9yjLL7octKq0kHtlywYmoJVV_nAo7VlInAJMJRC_YX0Unslvug7Sb0Q0MaS9D2oPtY0BvBfP1EfwVQgN11jQHTi46H8NlsQvc3KkCxpIsF83Ay3rx942vZ67r8YnFt7Q/s320/genymotion-1.2.png" title="Genymotion Linux" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: If you're upgrading from Genymotion 1.1.0, you must delete the old virtual devices and create new ones to be able to take advantage of the newly added features and bug fixes. Old virtual devices will continue to work, but without these new features / fixes.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://cloud.genymotion.com/">Download Genymotion</a> for Linux, Windows or Mac (you need to sign up for a free account to be able to download it)</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For more info as well as Linux installation instructions, see our <a title="Genymotion: Fast, Easy To Use Android (x86) Emulator With OpenGL Hardware Acceleration Support" href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/07/genymotion-fast-easy-to-use-android-x86.html">previous article about Genymotion</a>.</b></div>

Cross-Platform Android x86 Emulator `Genymotion` Sees New Release

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