tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58750977863243741532024-03-05T17:59:55.209-08:00Linux UnixCelebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.comBlogger2499125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-15895265669857877932011-05-01T13:04:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.483-07:00ReText (Text Editor For MarkDown Syntax) Now Supports Tabs, Live Previews, More<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://sourceforge.net/p/retext/home/">ReText</a> is a simple text editor for MarkDown syntax that supports some popular formats such as PDF, ODT, HTML and plain text. Using ReText you can even export your documents to Google Docs (but for now, each export creates a new document).</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Since our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/retext-text-editor-that-supports.html">last post</a> about it, ReText got some very interesting new features:</b></div><ul><li>Tabs support</li><li>"Live preview" (screenshot)</li><li>Ability to select the default font</li><li>Showing Markdown documentation on first run</li><li>"Web-pages generator"</li><li>Better highlighter for HTML</li><li>KDE integration</li><li>Lots of other changes</li></ul><br />The <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/Webpages%20Generator%20">ReText wiki</a> provides a short how-to for using the new "web pages generator" feature.<br /><br /><br />Here are some screenshots featuring the latest ReText 1.0 under GNOME and KDE:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tb26lmLWFFI/AAAAAAAAEPM/eoXzEob6kps/retext-1.0.png"><img alt="ReText 1.0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tb26lmLWFFI/AAAAAAAAEPM/eoXzEob6kps/s400/retext-1.0.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tb26kD4IRqI/AAAAAAAAEPI/gb20LdI7ZSE/retext.png"><img alt="ReText 1.0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tb26kD4IRqI/AAAAAAAAEPI/gb20LdI7ZSE/s400/retext.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Install ReText 1.0 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>Add the ReText PPA and install the latest ReText 1.0 in Ubuntu 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04 using the commands below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mitya57<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install retext</code></pre><br /><br /><a href="http://sourceforge.net/p/retext/home/">Download ReText 1.0 source code</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Dmitry Shachnev for the info and second screenshot!</i></div>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-2900847624123802542011-05-01T12:40:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.484-07:00Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.0 Released, 12.5x Times Faster Than Shotwell<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tb22THKNN3I/AAAAAAAAEPE/t76cmWYlHGs/rapid-photo-downloader1.png"><img alt="Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tb22THKNN3I/AAAAAAAAEPE/t76cmWYlHGs/s400/rapid-photo-downloader1.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Rapid Photo Downloader is an application for downloading photos from digital cameras, memory cards and portable storage devices.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>Features:</b><br /><ul><li>configurable file/folder names</li><li>download photos and videos from multiple devices in the same time</li><li>backup photos/videos as they are downloaded</li><li>very hight speed download</li><li>supported RAW image formats: ARW, CR2, CRW, DCR, DNG, MEF, MOS, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, RAF, RAW, RW2, SR2, and SRW</li><li>supported video formats: 3GP, AVI, M2T, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, MOD, and TOD</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tb22Sy-4DAI/AAAAAAAAEPA/FVSVsGZPVcU/rapid-photo-downloader2.png"><img alt="Rapid Photo Download 0.4.0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tb22Sy-4DAI/AAAAAAAAEPA/FVSVsGZPVcU/s400/rapid-photo-downloader2.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.0</b> was released a few days ago, getting <b>a new, cleaner user interface</b>. The <b>new version is also a lot faster,</b> making use of multi-core systems to download and backup photos and videos. Damon Lynch, the Rapid Photo Downloader developer says the Rapid Photo Downloader is about 12.5x faster than Shotwell and 2.5 times faster than F-Spot.</div><br /><br /><blockquote>Whether you download thousands of photos every week, or your needs are more modest, Rapid Photo Downloader can make your photographic workflow more reliable and efficient. It is an essential tool for the discerning photographer.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">- Damon Lynch</div></blockquote><br /><br /><h2>Install Rapid Photo Downloader 0.4.0 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the Rapid Photo Downloader PPA and install the latest 0.4.0 in Ubuntu 11.10, 11.04, 10.10 or 10.04, use the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dlynch3/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install rapid-photo-downloader</code></pre><br /><br /><a href="http://damonlynch.net/rapid/download.html">Download Rapid Photo Downloader</a> for other Linux distributions.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Damon Lynch for the tip and all the info!</i></div>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-67746198218988109082011-04-30T01:51:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.484-07:00Indicator-Sensors Displays CPU / Motherboard Temperature On The Panel Using An AppIndicator [Ubuntu]<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbvLhsVueWI/AAAAAAAAEOo/CxMGVMkoM0M/indicator-sensors.png"><img alt="Indicator Sensors temperature Ubuntu" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbvLhsVueWI/AAAAAAAAEOo/CxMGVMkoM0M/s400/indicator-sensors.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">These days we've got a lot of comments requesting for a temperature monitor applet with Ubuntu AppIndicator support that displays the CPU / Motherboard temperature, Fan speed, etc. on the panel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Well, great news! Alex Murray has created an<b> Sensors AppIndicator which can display various temperatures and fan speeds as well as the GPU / fan speed for Nvidia graphics cards </b>(if you have installed the "<u>nvidia-settings</u>" package only!).</div><b><br /></b><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Indicator-Sensors</b> doesn't have a PPA yet so I've debianized it and uploaded it to the WebUpd8 PPA so you can install it already in Ubuntu 11.04. But please note that <u>Indicator-Sensors is currently in alpha</u> so it may not work for everyone, or you may find bugs. If that happens, report any bugs you may find @ <a href="https://launchpad.net/indicator-sensors">Launchpad</a>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Install Indicator-Sensors In Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal</h2><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install indicator-sensors</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, launch Indicator-Sensors from Dash (it's called "Hardware Sensors Indicator"). <b>Then you'll need to configure it:</b> click the appindicator and select "Preferences", then expand the various temperature modules you see in the Preferences dialog and check the box next to the temperature / voltage / fan speed you want to displayed on the panel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Only one temperature will be displayed on the panel. To see the other temperatures you've enabled in the preferences you must click the appindicator (like you can see in my screenshot above).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To have Indicator-Sensors start automatically when you log in</b>, launch "Startup Applications", add a new item and under command enter: "indicator-sensors".</div>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-42710422573458640372011-04-29T13:49:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.484-07:00How To Reset Unity, Launcher Icons Or Compiz In Ubuntu<div style="text-align: justify;">If you're using Unity and you want to reset Unity to its default settings, want to reset the Unity Launcher icons or you've changed some Compiz settings which have messed up Ubuntu and want to reset everything, here's how to do it.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Reset Unity</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to <b>reset Unity</b> (this will only reset the Unity settings in CompizConfig Settings Manager and leave the other CCSM settings intact), open a terminal (or press ALT + F2) and enter:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>unity --reset</code></pre><br /><br /><h2>Reset Unity Launcher icons</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to <b>reset the Unity Launcher icons</b> (dock bar on the left) to their initial state, run the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>unity --reset-icons</code></pre><br /><br /><br /><h2>Reset Compiz in Ubuntu 11.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbsd9ePZ3FI/AAAAAAAAEOc/oDLDGCt8Eik/reset-compiz-unity.png"><img alt="Reset Compiz" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbsd9ePZ3FI/AAAAAAAAEOc/oDLDGCt8Eik/s400/reset-compiz-unity.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Resetting Compiz in Ubuntu 11.04 is a bit different then in <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/how-to-reset-gnome-panels-compiz.html" title="How To Reset The Gnome Panels, Compiz Settings And More">older Ubuntu versions</a> because its settings in gconf are under <i>/apps/compiz-1</i> and not under <i>/apps/compiz</i> like before.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Warning: only do this if you really must and have no other option! Use both commands, or else you might not see the Unity launcher and top panel anymore! Use it at your own risk.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To reset all the Compiz settings (this includes all the plugins settings, etc.)</b> to the default values, open a terminal (<u>don't run it with ALT + F2! The top panel and launcher will disappear after running the first command but will show up after the second one so use a terminal</u>) and type:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/compiz-1<br />unity --reset</code></pre><br />If something doesn't look right after this, log out and log back in.Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-54777133050252772412011-04-29T10:16:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.485-07:00Try A Beautiful, NotifyOSD-Like Conky Setup<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbrwBJv9AxI/AAAAAAAAEOM/zuN84RRyj1Y/notifyosd_conky.png"><img alt="Conky NotifyOSD" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbrwBJv9AxI/AAAAAAAAEOM/zuN84RRyj1Y/s400/notifyosd_conky.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>"notifyOSD Conky</b>" is a simple Conky setup created by BigRZA that displays the CPU usage / temperature, RAM and HDD usage as well as the network traffic.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To use it, <a href="http://bigrza.deviantart.com/art/notifyOSD-conky-206763506">download the configuration from DeviantArt</a>,</b> extract the downloaded archive and place the configuration files in your home folder (the archive contains hidden files so press CTRL + H to see them).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of course, you'll also need Conky so install it if you didn't already:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install conky</code></pre><br />For getting the temperature to work, see step 2 in <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/conky-colors-makes-your-conky-beautiful.html">this post</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The original notifyOSD Conky configuration is partially in German and needs a few other tweaks (there are a few errors) to work properly (at least that was the case on my system). Here's how it looks on my system:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbrwBMV8mSI/AAAAAAAAEOQ/FiEGBxSfmh8/notifyosd-conky2.png"><img alt="NotifyOSD COnky" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbrwBMV8mSI/AAAAAAAAEOQ/FiEGBxSfmh8/s400/notifyosd-conky2.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I've translated it to English and removed a few bits including the temperature part and replaced it with 2 more CPU cores (I have 4).<b> If you want my modifications to notifyOSD Conky, get it from <a href="http://webupd8.googlecode.com/files/notifyosd_conky.tar.gz">here</a> </b> - all credits for this: BigRZA (remember, the files in the archive are hidden so press CTRL + H to see them).</div><br />For more Conky configurations, check out our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/search/label/conky?max-results=10">Conky tag</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[via <a href="http://ubuntu.onego.ru/articles/design/conky-notifyosd/">ubuntu.onego.ru</a>; first screenshot in the post thanks to BigRZA]</div>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-66737325903047517832011-04-29T05:54:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.485-07:00Possible New Default Applications In Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbq2Cdj9W6I/AAAAAAAAEN8/-D88BMfYNfE/BabyOcelot07.jpg"><img alt="Ocelot" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbq2Cdj9W6I/AAAAAAAAEN8/-D88BMfYNfE/s400/BabyOcelot07.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu 11.04 has just been released but but work on Ubuntu 11.10 has already started (by the way, the <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1742588">Ubuntu 11.10 repositories are available already</a>) and some very interesting blueprints have been registered on Launchpad.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Important: these are just things that are being considered, it doesn't mean the changes bellow will actually happen. For now this is just a discussion!</b></div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Thunderbird considered to be made default instead of Evolution</h2><br />Thunderbird is considered to be made default instead of Evolution, however Evolution has some advantages:<br /><ul><li>Good integration with the desktop already (eg, messaging menu and appmenu)</li><li>Integrated with existing translation infrastructure</li><li>Calendaring functionality by default, and integrated with the desktop</li><li>Support for syncing contacts with U1</li><li>Contacts sync with GMail</li><li>GNOME release process is better aligned with our 6 month cycle</li><li>Exchange support</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This were pretty strong arguments to keep Evolution default in Ubuntu 11.04, but Thunderbird is gaining ground - for example it got experimental integration with Unity already (for Thunderbird 3.3 alpha only for now).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the other hand, Thunderbird seems more actively developed, is more familiar for new users, there are a lot of extensions available and is more intuitive and easy to use (these arguments are via Launchpad too).</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So which one will it be? Thunderbird or Evolution? We'll probably find out in a few days @ UDS-O (which is held in Budapest).</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-o-default-email-client/">Blueprint</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Déjà Dup Backup Tool by default</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Many users have been complaining about the lack of a backup tool by default in Ubuntu. And honestly, such a tool makes more sense then say an email client by default (now that most people use web email) for example.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The specs propose an "invisible" UI with a coltrol center panel instead of the usual Deja Dup UI. Another interesting specification is that Deja Dup would get Ubuntu One support so you could sync in the cloud without any setup effort for the user.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Deja Dup seems to be the perfect candidate but is there room on the Ubuntu CD for a new default application? We'll see.</div><br /><a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-o-deja-dup-default/">Blueprint</a> | <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Specs/Oneiric/DejaDup">Specs</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Unity 2D installed by default</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Since <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/qt-applications-to-be-evaluated-for.html">Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot will come with Qt libraries on the CD</a> it should be a lot easier to include <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/2d-unity-to-be-available-as-option-in.html">Unity 2D (Qt)</a> too.</div><br /><a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-o-unity2d-qt-cdspace/">Blueprint</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>LightDM instead of GDM</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">LightDM might replace GDM starting with Ubuntu 11.10. Want a cool login screen? LightDM supports HTML/CSS/Javascript theming for the greeter so if it's made default, you'll finally be able to easily theme the login screen.</div><br />Other reasons why LightDM is considered:<br /><ul><li>Simpler code to maintain (GDM is a huge ~50,000 line C program and we carry 36 patches. LightDM is nearer 10,000 lines of C).</li><li>More flexible greeter development - greeters are as easy as X applications to write, which means we can have an Ubuntu specific greeter without branching the rest of the code</li><li>Speed improvements - we can run a greeter without running a full GNOME session</li><li>Display manager can be shared with Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu etc but still allow each distro to have their own greeter.</li></ul><br /><a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-o-lightdm/">Blueprint</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Default browser</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now that both Firefox and Chromium have a somewhat similar release schedule, Chromium has a chance of becoming default in Ubuntu. But does it has what it takes to become default? This is yet another question for which we should get an answer from UDS-O in a few days (starts May 9th).</div><br /><a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-o-default-browser/">Blueprint</a><br /><br /><br /><b>What do you think?</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Many thanks to <a href="http://somloirichard.hu/2011/04/ubuntu-11-10-oneiric-ocelot/">somloirichard.hu</a> for the Blueprint links and info!</i></div>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-77024752064054168832011-04-29T04:06:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.485-07:00Xubuntu 11.04 Released With Xfce 4.8, Gmusicbrowser Default, New Artwork [Screenshots]<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbqXu8sPZPI/AAAAAAAAENQ/-6Wrz2OFok0/xubuntu-11.04.png"><img alt="XUbuntu 11.04 screenshot" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbqXu8sPZPI/AAAAAAAAENQ/-6Wrz2OFok0/s400/xubuntu-11.04.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Along with Ubuntu 11.04, Xubuntu, Kubuntu and Lubuntu were also release. In this post I'll try to cover the changes in Xubuntu 11.04 - a very interesting Ubuntu flavor based on Xfce.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Xubuntu 11.04 is truly lightweight, using only 184 MB of RAM on startup (I've only tested it in VirtualBox though). It's not as lightweight as Lubuntu, but it has a lot more features and if you don't like Unity or GNOME Shell, you should really consider it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h2>New artwork in Xubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal</h2><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest Xubuntu 11.04 comes with a <b>complete makeover: a new default theme called Greybird</b> (which even though is inspired by Elementary, there are quite a few differences) and updated icons:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbqXu7MDdvI/AAAAAAAAENM/65HtyNX5hvk/xubuntu_11.04_theme.png"><img alt="XUbuntu 11.04 default theme" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbqXu7MDdvI/AAAAAAAAENM/65HtyNX5hvk/s400/xubuntu_11.04_theme.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Greybird - new default Xubuntu 11.04 theme)</div><br /><br />The reason for switching to Greybird by default:<br /><br /><blockquote>We took a conscious step from the polarizing and intense blue to something that proves easy on the eyes for everyday work (and also because one focus of the natty-release is accessibility). That's why "greybird" is not as vibrant as Elementary.</blockquote><br /><br />There's also a new default wallpaper:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TYOeEM_9n8I/AAAAAAAADiU/Ve5QTT_C5c4/xubuntu_natty_wallpaper.png"><img alt="XUbuntu 11.04 wallpaper" src="http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TYOeEM_9n8I/AAAAAAAADiU/Ve5QTT_C5c4/s400/xubuntu_natty_wallpaper.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(New default wallpaper)</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Some other changes:</b> a re-worked top panel and a new bottom launcher (hidden by default) and of course, Xfce 4.8 (which adds GVFS support for Thunar so it can now browse remote shares using FTP, Windows Shares, WebDav and SSH, XFCE panel improvements and more).</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Gmusicbrowser - default music player instead of Exaile</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbqXvn89QGI/AAAAAAAAENk/-3nxcmGsr0E/xubuntu-gmusicbrowser.png"><img alt="Gmusicbrowser" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbqXvn89QGI/AAAAAAAAENk/-3nxcmGsr0E/s400/xubuntu-gmusicbrowser.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>There's also a new default music player: Gmusicbrowser</b> which has replaced Exaile, most probably because it's not actively developed anymore. And to make the transition complete, <b>Gmusicbrowser even has Xubuntu sound menu support:</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbqXu8oL_FI/AAAAAAAAENI/47xG3YPsLHA/xubuntu_11.04_musicmenu.png"><img alt="Xubuntu sound menu gmusicbrowser" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbqXu8oL_FI/AAAAAAAAENI/47xG3YPsLHA/s800/xubuntu_11.04_musicmenu.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />Xubuntu 11.04 also comes with a <b>new default font: Droid. </b>Which is a bit weird considering Ubuntu now has its own font family.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Default applications in Xubuntu 11.04</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Xubuntu 11.04 comes with Thunar 1.2.1 Firefox 4.0, Parole Media Player 0.2.0.2, Xfburn 0.4.3, Gimp 2.6.11, Pidgin 2.7.11, Thunderbird 3.1.9, Abiword 2.8.6, Transmission 2.13.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>More Xubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal screenshots</h2><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbqXvD4wEDI/AAAAAAAAENU/dv_zS0XwUCM/xubuntu-11.04_2.png"><img alt="XUbuntu 11.04 screenshots" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbqXvD4wEDI/AAAAAAAAENU/dv_zS0XwUCM/s400/xubuntu-11.04_2.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbqXvZlxogI/AAAAAAAAENY/SvMeGEF9Qd8/xubuntu-11.04_3.png"><img alt="Xubuntu 11.04" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbqXvZlxogI/AAAAAAAAENY/SvMeGEF9Qd8/s400/xubuntu-11.04_3.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbqXvTPk6vI/AAAAAAAAENc/cKvUKlLpXR4/xubuntu-11.04_4.png"><img alt="XUbuntu 11.04 screenshots" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbqXvTPk6vI/AAAAAAAAENc/cKvUKlLpXR4/s400/xubuntu-11.04_4.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbqXvpgI6fI/AAAAAAAAENg/BjEUJ5hJEts/xubuntu-firefox-notifications.png"><img alt="Firefox Notifications Xubuntu" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbqXvpgI6fI/AAAAAAAAENg/BjEUJ5hJEts/s400/xubuntu-firefox-notifications.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Firefox notifications in Xubuntu 11.04)</div><br /><br /><br /><b><a href="http://xubuntu.org/getubuntu#natty">Download Xubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal</a></b>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-83339509217724137682011-04-28T03:41:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.485-07:00Things To Tweak / Fix After Installing Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal<div style="text-align: justify;"><i>A note before reading this post: before giving up on Unity without giving it a try... don't. Try Unity for a few days - yes, it's not a finished product but it's actually quite interesting - and if you don't like it then switch.</i><br /><br />If you've just upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, there are probably a few things you'll miss, so here is how to get them back as well as some other things you may find useful.<i><br /></i></div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Install CompizConfig Settings Manager and Tweak Unity to better suit your needs:</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiXT6XxnXI/AAAAAAAAEJs/AG1lwmZy8BE/ccsm2.png"><img alt="CompizConfig Settings Manager" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiXT6XxnXI/AAAAAAAAEJs/AG1lwmZy8BE/s400/ccsm2.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then search for CompizConfig Settings Manager in Dash and you'll find the Unity-related options under the "Unity" Compiz plugin. Some other options are under other plugins so check those out too.<br /><br />Using CCSM, you'll be able to tweak the Unity launcher reveal mode, hide behavior, change some Unity-specific keyboard shortcuts, change the Unity launcher icon size, the top panel opacity, tweak various animations and more.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Another tool for configuring some hidden Unity settings is Dconf-editor</b>. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbmUWekYj4I/AAAAAAAAEMc/vh4aGTu4W9o/dconf-editor.png"><img alt="Dconf-editor" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbmUWekYj4I/AAAAAAAAEMc/vh4aGTu4W9o/s400/dconf-editor.png" /></a></div><br />To be able to use it you must firstly install dconf-tools:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install dconf-tools</code></pre><br />Then press ALT + F2, enter "dconf-editor" and look under <i>desktop > unity</i>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Using an AMD (ATI) graphics card with the latest Catalyst 11.04 and experience bad performance / lag?</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbnNc4K_3mI/AAAAAAAAEM4/sKtLEJrTqXY/ccsm-ati.png"><img alt="CCSM" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbnNc4K_3mI/AAAAAAAAEM4/sKtLEJrTqXY/s400/ccsm-ati.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To get better performance, install CompizConfig Settings Manager (see the first tip in the post for installing it), then open it from Dash and go to the "OpenGL" plugin and uncheck the "Sync to VBlank" option.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;">(fix thanks to <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/amd-ati-catalyst-114-released-just-in.html#comment-193595689">SarfzStrife</a>)</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Is Dash displaying your hidden / private files or your porn?</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbkgwPh5HJI/AAAAAAAAEKk/htCio7Q6j-o/activity-journal.png"><img alt="Activity Journal" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbkgwPh5HJI/AAAAAAAAEKk/htCio7Q6j-o/s400/activity-journal.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Until <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/zeitgeist-is-finally-getting-options-to.html">Zeitgeist Global Privacy</a> is released, install <a href="https://launchpad.net/%7Ezeitgeist/+archive/ppa/+files/gnome-activity-journal_0.6.0-0ubuntu1%7Emaverick1%7Eppa2_all.deb">Activity Journal</a> (don't use the version in the official Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal repositories - that doesn't seem to work), go to its Preferences and on the Plugins tab, enable "Blacklist Manager" (seems you have to double click the checkbox to enable it) - now a new "Blacklist" tab should be displayed. Here, click the add button and enter the path to your private files (porn). If you want to block all files, use "*" for the path.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You can also clear the Zeitgeist history (this is the history of recent files that's display in Dash) by using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>rm ~/.local/share/zeitgeist/activity.sqlite<br />zeitgeist-daemon --replace</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: right;">(via <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/29559/how-can-i-keep-recent-files-from-appearing-in-unity">AskUbuntu</a>)</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Want to monitor the RAM / CPU usage?</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbkjZteY9iI/AAAAAAAAEKo/WveGzBV5PfI/sysmonitor.png"><img alt="Ubuntu 11.04 system monitor indicator" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbkjZteY9iI/AAAAAAAAEKo/WveGzBV5PfI/s800/sysmonitor.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Yes, the Unity top panel doesn't support any kind of applets, just AppIndicators. Luckily, there's an AppIndicator that displays the RAM and CPU usage. Install it using the commands below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexeftimie/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install indicator-sysmonitor</code></pre><br />Then, launch System Monitor Indicator from Dash.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Want the regular Firefox 4 menu like on Windows?</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbkklH2bqJI/AAAAAAAAEK0/joyEojrOgDc/firefox-menu.png"><img alt="Firefox 4 menu" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbkklH2bqJI/AAAAAAAAEK0/joyEojrOgDc/s400/firefox-menu.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In Firefox, go to the Addons Manager and disable the Global Menu Bar Integration extension, restart Firefox, then right click the menu and deselect the Menu Bar.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Do you use <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/get-dropbox-appindicator-to-work-in.html" title="Get The Dropbox AppIndicator To Work In Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal">Dropbox and the AppIndicator doesn't show up on the Unity panel</a>?</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbklPBTYaeI/AAAAAAAAEK4/q43ZTqeNMJA/dropbox-appindicator.png"><img alt="Dropbox AppIndicator" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbklPBTYaeI/AAAAAAAAEK4/q43ZTqeNMJA/s800/dropbox-appindicator.png" /></a></div><br />Fix it using the following commands:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd<br />wget http://webupd8.googlecode.com/files/fixdropbox<br />chmod +x fixdropbox<br />./fixdropbox</code></pre><br /><b>Dropbox will now start with a 20 seconds delay!</b> That's so it always starts, without this most of the time it won't show up!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu One is displayed on the Unity launcher and the Messaging Menu (why the...?) yet both entries are totally useless - none displays the current sync status.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbkjZo4TaWI/AAAAAAAAEKs/rJbLZ7x4iiM/ubuntuone-indicator.png"><img alt="UbuntuOne Indicator" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbkjZo4TaWI/AAAAAAAAEKs/rJbLZ7x4iiM/s800/ubuntuone-indicator.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you use Ubuntu One, make it usable</b> by installing the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/ubuntu-one-indicator-applet-gets.html">Ubuntu One AppIndicator</a>:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rye/ubuntuone-extras<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install ubuntuone-indicator</code></pre><br />Then launch it from the Dash.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Missing a quick way to access your Downloads / Pictures / Documents / Videos folders?</b> <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbkyqzpz8JI/AAAAAAAAELo/tRhvZCEQwk0/home-folder-quicklists.png"><img alt="Home folder quicklists" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbkyqzpz8JI/AAAAAAAAELo/tRhvZCEQwk0/s800/home-folder-quicklists.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Sure, you can access them via Dash but for a quicker solution, add quicklists to the Nautilus Home folder launcher (which is displayed by default on top of the Unity launcher) by running the following command (<u>copy all the text as a single command!</u>) in a terminal:</div><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "[Desktop Entry]<br /><br />Name=Home Folder<br />Comment=Open your personal folder<br />TryExec=nautilus<br />Exec=nautilus --no-desktop<br />Icon=user-home<br />Terminal=false<br />StartupNotify=true<br />Type=Application<br />Categories=GNOME;GTK;Core;<br />OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;<br />X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME<br />X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=nautilus<br />X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general<br />X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=nautilus<br /><br />X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=Videos;Documents;Music;Pictures;Downloads<br />[Videos Shortcut Group]<br />Name=Videos<br />Exec=nautilus Videos<br />TargetEnvironment=Unity<br /><br /><br />[Documents Shortcut Group]<br />Name=Documents<br />Exec=nautilus Documents<br />TargetEnvironment=Unity<br /><br />[Music Shortcut Group]<br />Name=Music<br />Exec=nautilus Music<br />TargetEnvironment=Unity<br /><br />[Pictures Shortcut Group]<br />Name=Pictures<br />Exec=nautilus Pictures<br />TargetEnvironment=Unity<br /><br />[Downloads Shortcut Group]<br />Name=Downloads<br />Exec=nautilus Downloads<br />TargetEnvironment=Unity" | sudo tee /usr/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop</code></pre><br />If the quicklists don't show up, you may need to log out or restart Unity.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">(tip via <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/35024/how-to-add-my-favorite-places-as-a-quicklist-in-my-homes-icon-in-unity">AskUbuntu</a>)</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Want to remove Unity Places Files / Applications shortcuts from the Unity Launcher?</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbmgb_BAmEI/AAAAAAAAEMs/BZjEmtSahNE/no-unity-place-files-apps.png"><img alt="Unity launcher" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbmgb_BAmEI/AAAAAAAAEMs/BZjEmtSahNE/s400/no-unity-place-files-apps.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Clicking the Ubuntu logo in the top left corner of the screen and then "More Apps" or "Find in Files" will let you access the Unity Places Files / Applications. You can also directly search in Dash for an application name. However, 2 more shortcuts are placed on the launcher that serve the same purpose: Unity Place Files / Applications:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbmgbyhBUuI/AAAAAAAAEMo/oDUJ-EsijKU/files-applications.png"><img alt="Unity place files applications" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbmgbyhBUuI/AAAAAAAAEMo/oDUJ-EsijKU/s800/files-applications.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Since vertical space is important even on a large monitor, if you can find your way without these 2 Unity places, you'll probably want to remove them. Here's how to do it:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- firstly make a backup of the original files (the following commands will back them up in the "backups" folder in your home directory):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>mkdir ~/backups<br />cp /usr/share/unity/places/applications.place ~/backups/<br />cp /usr/share/unity/places/files.place ~/backups/</code></pre><br />Now, to hide Unity Place Files icon, run this command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo sed -i '14i ShowEntry=false' /usr/share/unity/places/files.place</code></pre><br />And to hide the Unity Place Applications icon, run this:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo sed -i '12i ShowEntry=false' /usr/share/unity/places/applications.place</code></pre><br /><b>Only run the above 2 commands once! Then log out and log back in or run "unity --replace".</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to restore the icons, remove the first "ShowEntry=false" entry in these two files:</div><ul><li>/usr/share/unity/places/applications.place</li><li>/usr/share/unity/places/files.place</li></ul><br />Or restore your backup:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo cp $HOME/backups/*.place /usr/share/unity/places/</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: right;">(tip thanks to Richard Arkless; via <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1734534">Ubuntuforums</a>)</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">By default, LibreOffice doesn't uses the AppMenu (Global Menu) which makes it inconsistent with the rest of the desktop.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbkmLVu5PlI/AAAAAAAAEK8/5sCb-WjC5OI/libreoffice.png"><img alt="LibreOffice appmenu" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbkmLVu5PlI/AAAAAAAAEK8/5sCb-WjC5OI/s400/libreoffice.png" /></a></div><br />But you can manually <b>install AppMenu support for LibreOffice:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install lo-menubar</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: it seems the LibreOffice AppMenu doesn't always work ok so if you're experiencing any issues with it, simply uninstall it (use "remove" instead of "install" in the above command).</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Can't get the time indicator to display the weather?</b> <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbkjZv5Vg7I/AAAAAAAAEKw/EpTEV6tmFPA/weather-indicator.png"><img alt="Weather Indicator" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbkjZv5Vg7I/AAAAAAAAEKw/EpTEV6tmFPA/s800/weather-indicator.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">That's because it doesn't support it. But you can <b>get the weather in your panel by installing <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/weather-indicator-lives-on-gets-new-ppa.html">Weather Indicator</a></b> which is available in the official Ubuntu 11.04 repositories:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install indicator-weather</code></pre><br />Once installed, run it from Dash.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu Software Center doesn't let you install some application you really like, displaying the following error: "The package is of bad quality"?</b> Install the .deb using DPKG, like so:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo dpkg -i PACKAGENAME.deb</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbkm-GxtmuI/AAAAAAAAELM/HlFY6GB8vSM/gdebi.png"><img alt="Gdebi" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbkm-GxtmuI/AAAAAAAAELM/HlFY6GB8vSM/s400/gdebi.png" /></a></div><br />Or <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/how-to-make-deb-files-open-with-gdebi.html">use Gdebi to install .deb files instead of Ubuntu Software Center</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Dash takes the whole screen size?</b> This happens for some smaller screen laptops or netbooks.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TblXBQcVBPI/AAAAAAAAEME/u2u5d0Xrh0Q/dash.png"><img alt="Ubuntu 11.04 Dash" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TblXBQcVBPI/AAAAAAAAEME/u2u5d0Xrh0Q/s400/dash.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This won't work for any computer (like 10'' netbooks) but if you have a big enough resolution (like 1366x768), you can make Dash smaller (like in the screenshot above) by running the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gsettings set com.canonical.Unity form-factor "Desktop"</code></pre><br />In case you want to revert this change, use:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>gsettings set com.canonical.Unity form-factor "Automatic"</code></pre><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">By default, <b>to access the Software Sources (where you can see and add repositories and PPAs) you must open Ubuntu Software Center and only then access Software Sources.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbknhNygf7I/AAAAAAAAELY/mGG7AX01M_4/software-sources.png"><img alt="Software Sources" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbknhNygf7I/AAAAAAAAELY/mGG7AX01M_4/s400/software-sources.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Fix this by searching for "Main Menu" in Dash, then enable "Software Sources" under <i>System > Administration</i>.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Do you miss an <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/show-desktop-icon-for-ubuntu-unity.html">"show desktop" icon on the Unity Launcher</a>?</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TaXhCgmm6SI/AAAAAAAAD9Y/3IJ1PGzX6rA/show-desktop.png"><img alt="Show desktop Unity" src="http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TaXhCgmm6SI/AAAAAAAAD9Y/3IJ1PGzX6rA/show-desktop.png" /></a></div><br />Run the following commands in a terminal:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install wmctrl<br />cd<br />wget http://webupd8.googlecode.com/files/showdesktop.tar.gz<br />tar -xvf showdesktop.tar.gz && rm showdesktop.tar.gz<br />sudo mv showdesktop /usr/local/bin/</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then navigate to your home folder and drag and drop the "showdesktop.desktop file on your Unity launcher. Or use <b>SUPER + D</b> keyboard shortcut to show/hide the desktop.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Want the systray (notification area) back?</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TadE9daxn3I/AAAAAAAAD-8/Qg1hr0viThk/systray1.png"><img alt="Unity Systray" src="http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TadE9daxn3I/AAAAAAAAD-8/Qg1hr0viThk/s400/systray1.png" /></a></div><br />Enable it for all applications using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['all']"</code></pre><br />Then log out and log back in.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Important: if AppIndicators stop working or you can't enable the systray using the above command (it seems that sometimes changing this via command line fails), see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/how-to-re-enable-notification-area.html">How To Re-Enable The Notification Area (Systray) In Ubuntu 11.04, For All Applications</a> and try to only whitelist a few applications.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Don't like the AppMenu (GlobalMenu)?</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbkonib0CEI/AAAAAAAAELc/H_BCIc-5ZHk/disabled-appmenu.png"><img alt="Disabled AppMenu" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbkonib0CEI/AAAAAAAAELc/H_BCIc-5ZHk/s400/disabled-appmenu.png" /></a></div><br />Uninstall it:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove appmenu-gtk indicator-applet-appmenu indicator-appmenu</code></pre><br />Then log out and log back in.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">But this will probably remove the ubuntu-desktop meta package. If you want, you can also disable it, either for all applications or only some: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/disable-appmenu-global-menu-in-ubuntu.html">Disable The AppMenu (Global Menu) In Ubuntu 11.04</a>.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Are the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/how-to-remove-mounted-drives-from.html">external devices / mounted partitions cluttering your Unity launcher</a>?<br /></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b> <a href="http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbcd2N9QLFI/AAAAAAAAEH0/XhJJKJ9UPCo/mounted-media-unity-launcher.png"><img alt="Mounted drives Unity launcher" src="http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbcd2N9QLFI/AAAAAAAAEH0/XhJJKJ9UPCo/s300/mounted-media-unity-launcher.png" /></a></b></div><b> </b> Hide them: <br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Devices devices-option "Never"</code></pre><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Hate the new overlay scrollbars?</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TaH1DOS-WFI/AAAAAAAAD8M/XJwS77cCxXk/scrollbar.png"><img alt="Ubuntu regular scrollbars" src="http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TaH1DOS-WFI/AAAAAAAAD8M/XJwS77cCxXk/s400/scrollbar.png" /></a></div><br />Remove them:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove overlay-scrollbar liboverlay-scrollbar-0.1-0</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Just like with AppMenu, this may remove the ubuntu-desktop meta package. If that's the case, disable the overlay scrollbars instead of removing them: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/how-to-disable-overlay-scrollbars-in.html">How To Disable The Overlay Scrollbars In Ubuntu 11.04 [Quick Tip]</a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Missing your favourite applet?</b> Try finding an AppIndicator equivalent: there's a huge list on <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/list-of-application-indicators">AskUbuntu</a> and we've also posted more in-depth posts on <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/search/label/appindicator?max-results=10">most of them</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>And of course, the "ultimate fix": don't like Unity but want to use Ubuntu 11.04? Unity doesn't work with your computer's hardware? You have 3 options:</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbifv8w6ukI/AAAAAAAAEKU/FUrvDiLWWw8/ubuntu-classic.png"><img alt="Classic Ubuntu 11.04" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbifv8w6ukI/AAAAAAAAEKU/FUrvDiLWWw8/s400/ubuntu-classic.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- in the login screen, select the <b>"Ubuntu Classic"</b> session and everything will look like in Ubuntu 10.10 (except for updated packages and overlay scrollbars).</div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbifAwx3aAI/AAAAAAAAEKQ/Is_IBjJ-x-E/unity-2d.png"><img alt="Unity 2D" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbifAwx3aAI/AAAAAAAAEKQ/Is_IBjJ-x-E/s400/unity-2d.png" /></a></div><br />- <b>use Unity 2D:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install unity-2d</code></pre><br />Then in the login screen, select Unity 2D instead of "Ubuntu" session.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbHuGmaDyyI/AAAAAAAAEGM/iTaJqaPiH7w/gnome-shell.png"><img alt="GNOME Shell" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbHuGmaDyyI/AAAAAAAAEGM/iTaJqaPiH7w/s400/gnome-shell.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <b>install GNOME 3 with GNOME Shell</b> via <a href="https://launchpad.net/%7Egnome3-team/+archive/gnome3">GNOME 3 PPA</a> (warning: you won't be able to use Unity after using this PPA) or if you want to use both Unity and GNOME Shell, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/install-gnome-shell-from-git-in-ubuntu.html" title="Install Gnome Shell (From GIT) In Ubuntu 11.04 / 10.10">compile it yourself</a> (this will allow you to easily switch back to Unity if you want).</div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Do you know something else that needs tweaking / fixing in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal? Let us know in the comments!</b></div>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-7388808404309597342011-04-28T02:40:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.485-07:00Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Released - See What`s New (Screenshots And Video)<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbk0yF95v8I/AAAAAAAAEL0/x_xuxlbVjMw/Screenshot.png"><img alt="Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal final" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbk0yF95v8I/AAAAAAAAEL0/x_xuxlbVjMw/s400/Screenshot.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">After the usual 6 months of development, Ubuntu 11.04 has finally been released. I usually start these posts with "there haven't been any major or ground-breaking changes" but this time pretty much everything is new with the introduction of Unity as the default interface. Since we've been writing about the new features in Ubuntu 11.04 constantly, in this post we'll only talk about the major new features. Read on!</div><br /><br />Here is a <b>video demoing the most important new features in Ubuntu 11.04:</b><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MFvk1I-uUXw" width="560"></iframe><br />(for more videos, check out our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/webupd8">Facebook page</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Unity default</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 11.04 doesn't come with GNOME 3 / GNOME Shell</b> (in fact it's not even available in the repositories but only in a PPA) and instead it comes with an <b>interface designed especially for Ubuntu called Unity</b> (based on GNOME 2.x). Unity was already default in Ubuntu 10.10 netbook edition but besides being default for the desktop edition (the netbook edition doesn't exist anymore starting with 11.04), it was also completely re-written and now uses Compiz.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That means you can use Compiz with Unity / Ubuntu 11.04 and in fact Unity needs Compiz to run. </div><br /><br /><br /><b>Unity consists on multiple parts - Dash, launcher and top panel:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- Dash</b> - which is basically the menu and you can find it in three places: clicking the Ubuntu logo on the top left corner or clicking the Applications or Files & Folders icons on the Unity launcher and unlike a regular menu, it can be used to search for files too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiQ5_md-yI/AAAAAAAAEJU/_bNRPjbRX3E/dash.png"><img alt="Dash" src="http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiQ5_md-yI/AAAAAAAAEJU/_bNRPjbRX3E/s400/dash.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiQ5ycS7aI/AAAAAAAAEJQ/u3GleGjwzTs/dash-apps.png"><img alt="Dash" src="http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiQ5ycS7aI/AAAAAAAAEJQ/u3GleGjwzTs/s400/dash-apps.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiQ6cfspSI/AAAAAAAAEJY/gYnKJvJxaWs/dash-files.png"><img alt="Dash" src="http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiQ6cfspSI/AAAAAAAAEJY/gYnKJvJxaWs/s400/dash-files.png" /></a></div><br /><br />Right clicking the Applications icon:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiQ6UeCITI/AAAAAAAAEJc/c9qfO7LF6gw/dash-files2.png"><img alt="Dash" src="http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiQ6UeCITI/AAAAAAAAEJc/c9qfO7LF6gw/s400/dash-files2.png" /></a></div><br /><br />- <b>Launcher </b>- the "dock" on the left on which the running applications are displayed:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiXUJd5kZI/AAAAAAAAEJw/nE7NIgeOv2Q/launcher.png"><img alt="Unity launcher" src="http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiXUJd5kZI/AAAAAAAAEJw/nE7NIgeOv2Q/s288/launcher.png" /></a></div><br /><br />- the <b>top panel</b> (which is not a regular GNOME panel).<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To configure Unity you must use CompizConfig Settings Manager </b>which is not installed by default (search for it in the Ubuntu Software Center). In CompizConfig Settings Manager you'll find a "Unity" plugin under which you can tweak the Unity launcher reveal mode screen corner to trigger it (the Unity launcher is set to "dodge windows" by default), change some various keyboard shortcuts as well as some experimental, more advanced features like panel opacity, launcher icon size and more:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiXTpeYpjI/AAAAAAAAEJo/OZo5vdjuUnQ/ccsm1.png"><img alt="CCSM Ubuntu 11.04" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiXTpeYpjI/AAAAAAAAEJo/OZo5vdjuUnQ/s400/ccsm1.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiXT6XxnXI/AAAAAAAAEJs/AG1lwmZy8BE/ccsm2.png"><img alt="CompizConfig Settings Manager Ubuntu 11.04" src="http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiXT6XxnXI/AAAAAAAAEJs/AG1lwmZy8BE/s400/ccsm2.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>In Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, the notification area (systray) only works for a few applications:</b> Skype, Wine apps, Java and about 2 more. In the future, the notification area will be removed completely and replaced with appindicators - most applications that used to use the systray already have appindicator support. And for those that don't, you can <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/how-to-re-enable-notification-area.html">re-enable the systray for all applications</a> if you want.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>AppMenu (Global Menu)</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you use Unity (this is not default for the classic Ubuntu desktop - see below), you'll find that AppMenu (global menu) is enabled by default. This means the menu is not displayed in the application window but on the top panel and also, it comes with autohide enabled by default. You can also reveal the menu by holding the ALT key.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For an <b>unmaximized window,</b> the window title is displayed on the panel and hovering the window title, the AppMenu is displayed:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiXTmWsGII/AAAAAAAAEJk/6J36Dq0SltA/appmenu1.png"><img alt="AppMenu Ubuntu 11.04" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiXTmWsGII/AAAAAAAAEJk/6J36Dq0SltA/s400/appmenu1.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>maximized windows</b>, things are a bit different: the window titlebar is removed and the panel takes over its functions as well as the AppMenu: the minimize, maximize and close buttons are displayed on the panel and the same for the window title and when hovered, the menu is displayed:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiXTj-ORvI/AAAAAAAAEJg/Sx1GqK96pe8/appmenu2.png"><img alt="Ubuntu 11.04 appmenu" src="http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiXTj-ORvI/AAAAAAAAEJg/Sx1GqK96pe8/s400/appmenu2.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Overlay scrollbars</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TXp72mJUJCI/AAAAAAAADcc/bBvlxAuaH3o/ubuntu-11.04-overlay-scrollbars.png"><img alt="Overlay scrollbars" src="http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TXp72mJUJCI/AAAAAAAADcc/bBvlxAuaH3o/s500/ubuntu-11.04-overlay-scrollbars.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A new addition to Ubuntu 11.04 (both Unity and the classic Ubuntu desktop) is the use of overlay scrollbars by default, but not for all applications (because not all apps support it yet). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The overlay scrollbars are partially hidden scrollbars that become visible when you move your mouse over the side where the scrollbar should be.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Ubuntu classic - fallback mode for computers not able to run Unity and for those who don't want to use Unity</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Don't like Unity? Fear not! The classic GNOME desktop is still available as an option in the login screen - select "Classic Ubuntu":</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbifv8w6ukI/AAAAAAAAEKU/FUrvDiLWWw8/ubuntu-classic.png"><img alt="Ubuntu 11.04 classic desktop" src="http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbifv8w6ukI/AAAAAAAAEKU/FUrvDiLWWw8/s400/ubuntu-classic.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also,<b> if your hardware cannot run Unity, you will see the classic Ubuntu desktop instead of Unity</b> once you log in:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Taan4vBrjGI/AAAAAAAAD9w/mJIWXge_bo0/11.04classic-session.png"><img alt="Classic Ubuntu 11.04 desktop" src="http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Taan4vBrjGI/AAAAAAAAD9w/mJIWXge_bo0/s400/11.04classic-session.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Classic Ubuntu session in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal looks basically the same as in Ubuntu 10.10</b>: two GNOME panels, the same menu, no AppMenu by default and so on (except for overlay scrollbars - these are default on the Classic Desktop too).</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Default applications</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiXUH0ASlI/AAAAAAAAEJ0/8oGUxYsMhAA/libreoffice-banshee.png"><img alt="Banshee LibreOffice Ubuntu 11.04" src="http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiXUH0ASlI/AAAAAAAAEJ0/8oGUxYsMhAA/s400/libreoffice-banshee.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Two default applications have been replaced in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal: <b>Banshee is now the default music player, replacing Rhythmbox and LibreOffice has replaced OpenOffice.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Here are the versions in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal for the important applications / packages:</b> Nautilus 2.32.2, Firefox 4.0, Shotwell 0.9.2, Empathy 2.34.0, Banshee 2.0, LibreOffice 3.3.2, Evolution 2.32.2, Gwibber 3.0.0.1, Totem 2.32.2, Compiz 0.9.4, GDM 2.32.1, GRUB 1.99 RC1, Linux Kernel 2.6.38 (yes, with the "wonder 200 lines" patch now included by default), X.org Server 1.10 and Mesa 7.10.1 - all on top of GNOME 2.32.1.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Other changes</h2><br />There lots of other changes in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal. Here are a few more worth mentioning:<br /><br />- You can now <b>upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 using the Live CD</b> (and doing so, you can keep your settings):<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TZbVz-pmRKI/AAAAAAAAD1E/SZp2D-lZ8PM/upgrade-ubuntu11.04-livecd.png"><img alt="Ubuntu 11.04 upgrade" src="http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TZbVz-pmRKI/AAAAAAAAD1E/SZp2D-lZ8PM/s400/upgrade-ubuntu11.04-livecd.png" /></a></div><br /><br />- <b>Ubuntu Software Center now supports ratings and reviews:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbia5XUU8wI/AAAAAAAAEJ8/XWH_egKQb98/ubuntu-software-center.png"><img alt="Ubuntu Software Center ratings reviews" src="http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbia5XUU8wI/AAAAAAAAEJ8/XWH_egKQb98/s400/ubuntu-software-center.png" /></a></div><br /><br />- <b>Ubuntu One control panel has a brand new design:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbia5R8PV-I/AAAAAAAAEJ4/9KHhvqmPwxA/ubuntuone.png"><img alt="Ubuntu one" src="http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbia5R8PV-I/AAAAAAAAEJ4/9KHhvqmPwxA/s400/ubuntuone.png" /></a></div><br /><br />And many many other changes that I could never cover in a single post. For more detailed insights to Ubuntu 11.04, see our previous posts: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/final-ubuntu-1104-beta-2-has-been.html">beta 2</a>, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/ubuntu-1104-beta-released-video.html">beta 1</a>, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/ubuntu-1104-alpha-3-is-out-screenshots.html">alpha 3</a>, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/ubuntu-1104-natty-narwhal-alpha-2.html">alpha 2</a>, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/12/ubuntu-1104-natty-narwhal-alpha-1.html">alpha 1</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Unity 2D (Qt)</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>This is not available in the default Ubuntu 11.04 installation</b>, but it really deserves a mention: if you want to use Unity but your computer does not support it or simply want something lighter, there's a non-Compiz Unity available in the Ubuntu 11.04 repositories. This <b>looks and behaves like the regular Unity (more or less) but it should work on any computer:</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbifAwx3aAI/AAAAAAAAEKQ/Is_IBjJ-x-E/unity-2d.png"><img alt="Unity 2D" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbifAwx3aAI/AAAAAAAAEKQ/Is_IBjJ-x-E/s400/unity-2d.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbifA-qhlNI/AAAAAAAAEKM/7Oq0Bxpt65I/unity-2d_1.png"><img alt="Unity 2D" src="http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbifA-qhlNI/AAAAAAAAEKM/7Oq0Bxpt65I/s288/unity-2d_1.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I didn't make a video with Unity 2D for the final Ubuntu 11.04 release but you can watch an Ubuntu 11.04 beta 2 video of Unity 2D below (recorded on my netbook):</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kNYuSrkW_g0" width="480"></iframe></center><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to install Unity 2D, simply search for it in Ubuntu Software Center and then select Unity 2D in the login screen session.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download / upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you've installed Ubuntu 11.04 alpha or beta and kept upgrading using the Update Manager, you already have the final Ubuntu 11.04 version.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Starting with Ubuntu 11.04, it's very easy to upgrade even if you don't have an Internet connection, as long as you have an Ubuntu 11.04 CD - see the following for both upgrading using a LIVE cd or the regular upgrade: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/how-to-upgrade-to-ubuntu-1104-natty.html">How To Upgrade To Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal (With Or Without An Internet Connection)</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/11.04/">Download Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal</a> | Direct Bittorrent download links: <a href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/natty/ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent">32bit</a> | <a href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/natty/ubuntu-11.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent">64bit</a>.</div><br /><b>Also check out the <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu homepage</a> for download links and some info on the new release (use CTRL + R / CTRL + F5 in your browser if you still see the old layout)</b>.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Are you using Ubuntu 11.04 already? What's your impression so far?</h2>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-14827675881494055222011-04-27T14:07:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.486-07:00AMD (ATI) Catalyst 11.4 Released Just In Time For Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiFIYczEUI/AAAAAAAAEJA/JIal80kM7Ag/catalyst.11.4.png"><img alt="ATI Catalyst 11.04" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbiFIYczEUI/AAAAAAAAEJA/JIal80kM7Ag/s400/catalyst.11.4.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A quick update: AMD has released Catalyst 11.4 with support for X Server 1.10 so all of you who want to upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal should now be able to use Unity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I do not use an ATI graphics card so I can't really tell you how everything works so all I can do is give you a download link:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-11-4-x86.x86_64.run">Download ATI Catalyst 11.04</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you have an ATI graphics card, please let us know your experience with the latest 11.04 in the comments!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Many thanks to WebUpd8 reader _artem_ for the screenshot!</i></div>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-68757376661842524612011-04-27T11:37:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.486-07:00Install Emesene 2 Stable (2.11.4) In Ubuntu Via PPA<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbgztfm97wI/AAAAAAAAEIw/4tvbCmMvGmY/emesene2.png"><img alt="Emesene2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbgztfm97wI/AAAAAAAAEIw/4tvbCmMvGmY/s400/emesene2.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>After a long period of development, Emesene 2 (stable) has finally been released, this being a complete re-write of the initial Emesene in GTK / pygtk.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Starting with version 2, Emesene supports Gtalk and Facebook or any XMPP/Jabber network (along with MSN of course).</b> Other changes in Emesene 2 include: support for adium-like themes, Ubuntu Messaging Menu (and MeMenu integration for Natty) support and lots more.</div><br />Also, Emesene 2 uses "papylib" which is also used by Empathy. This brings many advantages like:<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><blockquote>Complete p2p support, msnp18, great address book and msn profile handling. Being so widespread allows you, the user, to get the latest 0day fixes from your favourite distro (if you're using GNU/Linux of course) and new features as soon as we plug them into Emesene.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[via Emesene 2 release announcement]</div></blockquote><br />For more info on Emesene 2, check out the <a href="http://emesene-msn.blogspot.com/2011/04/emesene-2114-released.html">release announcement</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Emesene 2 (2.11.4) in Ubuntu 11.04 and 10.10 and 10.04</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Important:</b> the Ubuntu 10.04 packages have not been tested. Use this PPA at your own risk!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Emesene 2 will probably be available in <b>Ubuntu 11.04</b> and Debian unstable soon but I'm really not sure when (it will probably be in Natty backports). If you can't wait, you can use our Backports / Unstable PPA. The PPA also provides packages for <b>Ubuntu 10.10 and 10.04</b> - add it and install Emesene 2 - 2.11.4 (stable) using the commands below:</div><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/unstable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install emesene<br />sudo apt-get upgrade #to also upgrade to the latest python-papyon version</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Important: if you've previously installed "emesene2" from some other PPA (package name "emesene2" - that's how some PPAs distributed Emesene 2), remove it before installing the package in the Backports WebUpd8 PPA. Our PPA uses the usual "emesene" package name for the package and not "emesene2", just like in Debian unstable and Ubuntu 11.04.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For now I'm using the unstable PPA because I've only tested Emesene 2 for a few minutes and because it uses a newer python-papyon dependency (also available in the PPA) which I'm not sure if it breaks anything. We'll see if this package will be copied to the main WebUpd8 PPA or not.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to get Facebook to work with Emesene2</h2><br />For Facebook, you must not login using just your username, but: <b>YOUR_USERNAME@chat.facebook.com</b>, where YOUR_USERNAME is not your Facebook login email but your URL username - see here: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/username">http://www.facebook.com/username</a>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-6663045483022545892011-04-27T02:06:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.486-07:00ThemeSelector: GNOME Shell Extension To Change Themes (With Previews)<div style="text-align: justify;">GNOME 3 (with GNOME Shell) is truly great and I especially like how easy it is to extend it through extensions like the new ThemeSelector extension.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://blog.fpmurphy.com/2011/04/gnome-shell-theme-selector-preview.html">ThemeSelector GNOME Shell extension</a> is a new, unofficial GNOME Shell extension that <b>adds a new tab in the Activities overview</b> where all the <b>GNOME Shell themes (not GTK themes!)</b> installed under <i>~/.local/share/gnome-shell/themes</i> show up. To change a theme, all you have to do is click it and you don't even have to reload GNOME Shell.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's a screenshot with the new ThemeSelector extension:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbfbGZjzXdI/AAAAAAAAEIY/NUteuUSRsOA/gnome-shell-themeselector.png"><img alt="GNOME Shell Themeselector extension" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbfbGZjzXdI/AAAAAAAAEIY/NUteuUSRsOA/s550/gnome-shell-themeselector.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The theme previews aren't exactly great, probably because of my large screen too, but the ThemeSelector GNOME Shell extension is still in beta.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To use the ThemeSelector extension, you need to install GNOME Shell Extensions and the GNOME Shell User Theme extension. But don't worry, despite a first look on the installation steps below, installing all of these is actually quite easy. Read on!</b></div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Install GNOME Shell Extensions and the User Theme extension in Ubuntu / Fedora</h2><br /><br /><b>If you've <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/install-gnome-shell-from-git-in-ubuntu.html" title="Install Gnome Shell (From GIT) In Ubuntu 10.04 / 10.10">compiled GNOME Shell using JHBuild</a> (tested in Ubuntu):</b><br /><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd ~/gnome-shell/source<br />git clone http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell-extensions<br />cd gnome-shell-extensions<br />./autogen.sh --prefix $HOME/gnome-shell/install/ --enable-extensions=user-theme<br />make && make install</code></pre><br /><br /><b>If you use Fedora</b>, you can probably find Gnome Shell Extensions and the User Theme extension in the repositories. If not, download the .rpm files from here (I'm new to Fedora so I'm unsure how the repositories work ... for now :D) : <a href="http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/fedora/devel/rawhide/x86_64/gnome-shell-extensions-common-3.0.0-5.6d56cfgit.fc16.noarch.html">GNOME Shell Extensions Common</a> and <a href="http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/fedora/devel/rawhide/x86_64/gnome-shell-extensions-user-theme-3.0.0-5.6d56cfgit.fc16.noarch.html">GNOME Shell Extension User Theme</a><br /><br /><br /><b>If you've installed GNOME Shell from the GNOME 3 PPA in Ubuntu 11.04 (not tested):</b><br /><br /><b>A.</b> Compile Gnome Shell Extensions:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cd<br />git clone http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell-extensions<br />cd gnome-shell-extensions<br />./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --enable-extensions=user-theme<br />make && sudo make install</code></pre><br /><b>B. </b>Convert Fedora .rpm to .deb (again not tested - thanks to <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/change-gnome-3-gnome-shell-or-classic.html#comment-191990552">ycDref</a> for the tip!).<br /><br />This is an option for those who can't get GNOME Shell extensions to compile for some reason. Using alien is not recommended.<br /><br /><br />Download the .rpms from here: <a href="http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/fedora/devel/rawhide/x86_64/gnome-shell-extensions-common-3.0.0-5.6d56cfgit.fc16.noarch.html">GNOME Shell Extensions Common</a> and <a href="http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/fedora/devel/rawhide/x86_64/gnome-shell-extensions-user-theme-3.0.0-5.6d56cfgit.fc16.noarch.html">GNOME Shell Extension User Theme</a><br /><br />Install alien:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install alien</code></pre><br />Then convert all downloaded .rpm files to .deb:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo alien -d --scripts *.rpm</code></pre><br />And install the resulting .deb files (you can also directly install them using "-i" instead of "-d").<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install the Themeselector GNOME Shell extension</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The ThemeSelector extension already comes with 5 great GNOME Shell themes by half-left: Atolm, Smooth Inset, Elementaty, Dark Glass and Deviant Art GNOME Shell themes. Here's how to install it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Download the <a href="http://fpmurphy.com/public/themeselector-0.9.tar.gz">Themeselector Gnome Shell extension</a></b>, extract it and <b>place "extension.js" and metadata.json under the /.local/share/gnome-shell/themeselector@fpmurphy.com/</b> folder (if it doesn't exist, create it). Then <b>copy all the folders you've extracted to the ~/.themes/ folder</b> (it's a hidden folder in your home directory; if some of those folders exists, merge the data).<br /><br />Now restart GNOME Shell and you should have a new Themes tab in the Activities overview.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><b>Also see: </b><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/change-gnome-3-gnome-shell-or-classic.html">Change GNOME 3 (GNOME Shell Or Classic) GTK / Mutter / Metacity Theme</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/gnome-shell-extensions-additional.html">GNOME Shell Extensions: Additional Functionality For GNOME 3 (Dock Task-Switcher, Windows Navigator, User Theme, Etc.)</a></li></ul><br /></div><br /><b>Post updated with a newer ThemeSelector version (0.9) - instructions for extracting the ThemeSelector changed!</b><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>GNOME Shell Themeselector info and the extension itself - thanks to <a href="http://blog.fpmurphy.com/2011/04/gnome-shell-theme-selector-preview.html">blog.fpmurphy.com</a>; Many thanks to Charles Bowman for the tip!</i></div>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-68702019880182915002011-04-26T13:44:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.487-07:00Basenji 0.8 (Tool To Index Your CDs/DVDs, USB Devices And Network Drives), Released<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbcsWbDjuCI/AAAAAAAAEII/d8VFShSoo2I/basenji-0.8.png"><img alt="Basenji" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbcsWbDjuCI/AAAAAAAAEII/d8VFShSoo2I/s400/basenji-0.8.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/basenji-helps-you-keep-track-of-your.html" title="Basenji Helps You Keep Track Of Your CDs/DVDs And USB Sticks Data">Basenji</a> is a cross-platform tool</b> you can use to <b>index your CDs/DVDs and USB devices so you can later search the database without having plug the media into your computer</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Basenji is very useful for those with large movies / music collections but not only. You can also use it to easily search some backups you store on removable media or your photos, etc.</div><br /><br /><b>Basenji features:</b><br /><ul><li>Audio CD Support</li><li>Metadata Extraction (image dimensions or MP3 tags)</li><li>Thumbnails</li><li>Optional daemon that automatically scans a device you plug in and adds it to the Basenji database</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Basenji 0.8</b> was released yesterday, getting lots of useful features. These were already available (some were already there for quite a long time actually) in the <a href="https://launchpad.net/%7Epulb/+archive/basenji-daily">Basenji daily PPA</a> - such as the daemon that automatically scans inserted drives, but these are finally stable enough for a wide audience. Here's the <b>Basenji 0.8 changelog:</b></div><ul><li>Added support for network drives and mountpoints</li><li>Added option to disable the iteminfo panel</li><li>Added option to hide hidden files</li><li>Added support for metadata searching</li><li>Added debugging options</li><li>Added daemon for automated drive scanning</li><li>Many new translations</li><li>Many optimizations and bugfixes</li></ul><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Basenji 0.8 in Ubuntu (stable PPA)</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Add the Basenji stable PPA and install it in Ubuntu 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04 using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pulb/ppa <br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install basenji</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also install the Basenji daemon using the following command (but the <u>daemon is not available for Ubuntu 10.04</u>!):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install volumedb-tools</code></pre><br />To learn how to use the Basenji daemon, run the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>volumedb-scanner-daemon --help</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">More about setting up the Basenji daemon @ <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/basenji-gets-scanner-daemon-which.html">Basenji Gets A Scanner Daemon Which Automatically Adds Inserted Volumes To The Database</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Download Basenji for other Linux distributions and Windows @ <a href="https://launchpad.net/basenji/+download">Launchpad</a>.</b></div>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-24513500957777751522011-04-26T12:52:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.487-07:00How To Remove Mounted Drives From The Ubuntu Unity Launcher<style>button.thoughtbot { background: #c63929; background: -moz-linear-gradient(0% 100% 90deg, #891100 0%, #B51700 50%, #c63929 50%, #EE432E 100%); background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0, 0 100%, color-stop(0, #ee432e), color-stop(0.5, #c63929), color-stop(0.5, #b51700), color-stop(1, #891100)); border: 1px solid #951100; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; border-radius: 5px; -moz-box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 0px 1px rgba(255, 115, 100, 0.4), 0 1px 3px #333; -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 0px 1px rgba(255, 115, 100, 0.4), 0 1px 3px #333; box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 0px 1px rgba(255, 115, 100, 0.4), 0 1px 3px #333; color: #fff; font-family: Ubuntu,"helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; padding: 12px 0 14px 0; text-align: center; text-shadow: 0px -1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .8); width: 180px;}button.thoughtbot:hover { background: #cb0500; background: -moz-linear-gradient(0% 100% 90deg, #a20601 0%, #cb0500 50%, #db504d 50%, #f37873 100%); background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0, 0 100%, color-stop(0, #f37873), color-stop(0.5, #db504d), color-stop(0.5, #cb0500), color-stop(1, #a20601)); cursor: pointer;}button.thoughtbot:active { background: #b30300; background: -moz-linear-gradient(0% 100% 90deg, #700d00 0%, #9c1500 50%, #ad3224 50%, #d43c28 100%); background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0, 0 100%, color-stop(0, #d43c28), color-stop(0.5, #ad3224), color-stop(0.5, #9c1500), color-stop(1, #700d00)); -moz-box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 0px 1px rgba(255, 115, 100, 0.4); -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 0px 1px rgba(255, 115, 100, 0.4); box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 0px 1px rgba(255, 115, 100, 0.4);}</style><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbcd2N9QLFI/AAAAAAAAEH0/XhJJKJ9UPCo/mounted-media-unity-launcher.png"><img alt="Unity mounted drives launcher" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbcd2N9QLFI/AAAAAAAAEH0/XhJJKJ9UPCo/s300/mounted-media-unity-launcher.png" /></a></div><br /><b>All the mounted drives</b> (this includes USB drives, NTFS and other partitions that you set to automount, etc. - basically everything that's in /media) <b>show up in the Ubuntu 11.04 Unity launcher by default</b> which is usually ok if you have a big monitor or if you don't have a lot of applications pinned to the Launcher. But<b> if you use a netbook or just want more space on your Unity launcher, here's how to change the launcher behavior so that it doesn't display any mounted drives.</b><br /><br /><br />But firstly, here is how to unmount external devices.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>How to unmount external devices</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">How will you unmount / safely remove mounted external media if you do this? You have <u>at least 2 easy options: </u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A.</b> Open Nautilus, right click on the mounted device and select "Eject" or "Safely remove drive".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>B.</b> Using "ejecter", an AppIndicator available in the official Ubuntu 11.04 repositories which you can install by clicking the button below:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="apt://ejecter"><button class="thoughtbot">Install ejecter</button></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If the above button doesn't work for your browser, open a terminal and copy/paste the following command to install Ejecter:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ejecter</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbchBbtrfdI/AAAAAAAAEH8/nr25L772W5A/ejecter.png"><img alt="Ejecter" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbchBbtrfdI/AAAAAAAAEH8/nr25L772W5A/s800/ejecter.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, press <b>ALT + F2</b> and enter "<b>ejecter</b>" to run it. To run it when your computer starts, open "Startup Applications", add a new startup item and add "ejecter" for both the name and command.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is another appindicator called "<a href="https://github.com/Eugeny/indicator-usb">indicator-usb</a>" but unfortunately it doesn't seem to work anymore (when running it on my Natty installation, nothing happens).<br /><br />By the way, <b>for a huge list of AppIndicators</b>, check out <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/list-of-application-indicators">this AskUbuntu question</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now that you know how to unmount external media easily, let's remove the mounted media icons from the Unity launcher.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to remove mounted drives from the Ubuntu Unity launcher</h2><br /><br /><b>1.</b> Install dconf-tools by clicking the button below:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="apt://dconf-tools"><button class="thoughtbot">Install dconf-tools</button></a></div><br /><br />Or install it using a terminal:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install dconf-tools</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> Press <b>ALT + F2</b> and enter: "<b>dconf-editor</b>", then navigate to <b><i>desktop > unity > devices</i></b> and change the "<b>devices-option</b>" value <b>from "OnlyMounted" to "Never"</b>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbcd2Db7hUI/AAAAAAAAEH4/_zWpn7-GUGs/mounted-media-dconf.png"><img alt="Mounted media dconf" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Tbcd2Db7hUI/AAAAAAAAEH4/_zWpn7-GUGs/s400/mounted-media-dconf.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">That's all - <b>the mounted usb drives (or any other mounted volumes) should now stop showing up on the Unity launcher.</b></div><br /><br /><br /><h3>Extra tip: also remove mounted drives from your desktop</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you decide to keep the default Ubuntu 11.04 Unity launcher behavior and display the mounted media icons on the launcher, there's really no reason to have the mounted volumes show up on the desktop too. Really now, why both on the launcher and desktop?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You probably already know how to do this, since this is an option in Ubuntu Tweak but if you don't want to install Ubuntu Tweak just for this, to remove mounted volumes from your dekstop, press <b>ALT + F2</b> and enter: "gconf-editor", then navigate to <i>apps > nautilus > desktop</i> and disable (uncheck the box) "volumes_visible".</div>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-47769089501447468972011-04-25T14:28:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.487-07:00Jupiter 0.0.50 Released, Fixes Restore Mode On Boot Function<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbXfRv9jpDI/AAAAAAAAEHQ/GUJKF1SsQtY/jupiter.png"><img alt="Jupiter" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbXfRv9jpDI/AAAAAAAAEHQ/GUJKF1SsQtY/s400/jupiter.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="http://www.jupiterapplet.org/">Jupiter</a> is an applet written in Mono designed for netbooks and laptops that you can use to switch between maximum and high performance and power saving mode, change the resolution and orientation, enable or disable the bluetooth, touchpad, WiFi and so on. If you own an Asus EeePC, there's also a separate package that adds support for Asus Super Hybrid Engine (SHE) as well as some other EeePC tweaks.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Jupiter 0.0.50 was released today (along with jupiter-support-eee 0.13)</b>, bringing some <b>updates for new Linux Kernels</b> as well as a<b> fix for the restore mode on boot</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Andrew @ <a href="http://www.fewt.com/">Fuduntu</a> also tried to add a script to the latest Jupiter so that it whitelists itself on installation to the Ubuntu 11.04 systray (as you know, only a few applications are allowed to use the systray in Ubuntu 11.04) but there were some complications so the package was released without this script.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As a <b>work-around for the Jupiter not showing up in the Ubuntu 11.04 systray</b>, I've modified the package so that <b>the first time you run Jupiter, it automatically whitelists itself for the Ubuntu systray</b>. This change is only for Ubuntu 11.04 of course. So to whitelist Jupiter, all you have to do is <b>run it from the Ubuntu menu (Dash), then log out and log back in </b>(it doesn't work without this).<br /><br />This isn't the ideal way to "fix" the Unity systray issue for Jupiter, but not everybody using the Jupiter WebUpd8 PPA reads WebUpd8 so this should get Jupiter working for everybody.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In case Jupiter fails to whitelist itself, try this: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/how-to-re-enable-notification-area.html">How To Re-Enable The Notification Area (Systray) In Ubuntu 11.04, For All Applications</a></div><br /><br /><h2>Install Jupiter in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As usual, Jupiter is available in our <b>Jupiter PPA for Ubuntu 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04</b>. Add the PPA and install Jupiter using the following commands (for any laptop/netbook):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/jupiter<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install jupiter</code></pre><br />If you own Asus EeePC, also install jupiter-support-eee - required for SHE (Super Hybrid Engine):<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install jupiter-support-eee</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you run Ubuntu 11.04 (with Unity), remember to run Jupiter from the menu, then log out and log back in or else Jupiter won't show up on your panel!</div>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-84681355565356480722011-04-25T10:28:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.487-07:00System-Wide PulseAudio Equalizer Updated For Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, Added 2 Patches<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbWt5l8F9rI/AAAAAAAAEHA/p5LL-BKE7Io/pulseaudio-equalizer.png"><img alt="PulseAudio Equalizer" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbWt5l8F9rI/AAAAAAAAEHA/p5LL-BKE7Io/s400/pulseaudio-equalizer.png" /></a></div><br />Remember the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/download-pulseaudio-system-wide.html">system-wide PulseAudio Equalizer</a>?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Today <a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/post/4930331000/natty-uploads-gnome-window-applets-nautilus-columns">I was updating</a> most of the packages in the WebUpd8 PPA that I didn't update yet (not many actually) for Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal and I've remembered about some patches for PulseAudio Equalizer so I though I'd add them with this update.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>These patches should fix the "Max Volume" bug and a bug with settings persistence.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">PulseAudio Equalizer has been <b>updated for both Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal and 10.10 Maverick Meerkat</b>. Add the WebUpd8 PPA and install the system-wide PulseAudio Equalizer using the commands below:</div><pre class="source-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-equalizer</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Oh, and if you find a bug, unfortunately there's nowhere to report it because PulseAudio Equalizer is no longer maintained.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to funnylife_ma and Fedora :) for <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10481460&postcount=343">the patches</a>!</i></div>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-57953348677126865012011-04-25T06:03:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.487-07:00Adwaita Improved: Reduced Padding For Adwaita Combo Boxes / Nautilus Breadcrumbs [GNOME 3]<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbVsbrtn9zI/AAAAAAAAEGs/RZ6vq6oxSE8/adwaita-less-padding.png"><img alt="Adwaita improved" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbVsbrtn9zI/AAAAAAAAEGs/RZ6vq6oxSE8/s400/adwaita-less-padding.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you think the new GNOME3 default theme - Adwaita - uses too much padding, try "Adwaita Improved" by yes, <a href="http://half-left.deviantart.com/">Half-left</a> again :) </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Adwaita Improved comes with reduced padding for combo boxes and Nautilus breadcrumbs bar as well as a tweak to the Nautilus sidebar to blend with the background color</b>. Check out these before and after images by Half-left:</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbVt04mk52I/AAAAAAAAEGw/AiOPnwu8KaM/gnome_3__adwaita_improved_by_half_left-d3eqzhx.png"><img alt="Adwaita improved" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbVt04mk52I/AAAAAAAAEGw/AiOPnwu8KaM/s400/gnome_3__adwaita_improved_by_half_left-d3eqzhx.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To use the Adwaita Improved theme:</b><br /><ul><li>extract the downloaded .zip and then move the "Adwaita" folder to the <i>~/.themes</i> directory (if it doesn't exist, create it).</li><li>press ALT + F2 and type "<b>r</b>" to reload GNOME Shell </li></ul></div><br /><br /><b>Download Adwaita Improved @ <a href="http://half-left.deviantart.com/art/GNOME-3-Adwaita-Improved-206172213">DeviantArt</a></b>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-17469501251735132392011-04-25T05:29:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.488-07:00Ubuntu Unity Keyboard Shortcuts Wallpapers<div style="text-align: justify;">Can't remember all the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/unity-ubuntu-1104-keyboard-shortcuts.html">Unity keyboard shortcuts</a>? Then check out the AskUbuntu keyboard shortcuts thread - you'll find two wallpapers (one is also available in German) with most of the Unity mouse tricks / keyboard shortcuts:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbVnyAUtG3I/AAAAAAAAEGo/xbI3PnYNEkw/cbjs0.resized.png"><img alt="Ubuntu Unity Shortcuts wallpaper" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbVnyAUtG3I/AAAAAAAAEGo/xbI3PnYNEkw/s400/cbjs0.resized.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbVnyP_UhxI/AAAAAAAAEGk/MtEbIQlfU24/ddQ7n.resized.png"><img alt="Ubuntu Unity keyboard shortcuts wallpaper" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbVnyP_UhxI/AAAAAAAAEGk/MtEbIQlfU24/s400/ddQ7n.resized.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately there's no SVG available so if the wallpaper resolution doesn't match your monitor, try tweaking it via the Appearance preferences (stretch/zoom, etc).</div><br /><br /><b>Get the full-size wallpapers @ <a href="http://askubuntu.com/q/28086/662">AskUbuntu</a></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">[via <a href="http://novatillasku.com/2011/04/23/unity-shortcuts-tricks-wallpaper">Novatillasku</a>]</div>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-2483566994494475592011-04-22T12:51:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.488-07:00Install GNOME 3 (GNOME Shell Or Classic) GTK / Mutter / Metacity Themes<div style="text-align: justify;">In the latest GNOME 3, changing the theme isn't as easy as you're used to. Using Gnome Tweak Tool you can change the GTK theme but how about the titlebar (Mutter/Metacity theme)? Read on!</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>How to install GNOME3 GTK themes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To <b>change the GTK theme in GNOME 3 (with or without GNOME Shell)</b>, you can use <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/introducing-gnome-tweak-tool-gui-to.html">Gnome Tweak Tool</a> which is available in the GNOME 3 Ubuntu PPA, Fedora 15 official repositories, etc. If you're using Ubuntu 11.04 and the GNOME 3 PPA, run the following command to install it:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool</code></pre><br /><br /><b>To be able to use a GTK theme, make sure it's installed in <i>/usr/share/themes/</i> </b>and not in <i>~/.themes/</i> as Gnome Tweak Tool doesn't display the themes found in <i>~/.themes</i>.<br /><br />Then, to change the GNOME3 GTK theme, open Gnome Tweak tool and select the theme you want to use on the "Interface tab":<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbHSeSFGFdI/AAAAAAAAEFo/e7toIP7Sl5M/gnome-tweak-tool.png"><img alt="Gnome Tweak Tool" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbHSeSFGFdI/AAAAAAAAEFo/e7toIP7Sl5M/s400/gnome-tweak-tool.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">On the same tab in Gnome Tweak Tool you can also change the icon theme. But please note that the top panel icons in GNOME Shell will not change when chaging the icon theme (however, if you're using the classic GNONE 3 panels, the icons will change everywhere).</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to install Mutter (titlebar) GNOME Shell theme</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To be able to change the GNOME 3 Mutter theme (I hope that's how it's called now) - that's the titlebar theme in GNOME Shell -, you need to install the theme under the ~/.themes folder. </b>Yes it's weird, but that's how it works right now, hopefully this will change in future GNOME 3 releases.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, to change the GNOME Shell titlebar theme you need to edit some gconf settings so press <b>ALT + F2</b> and enter: "<b>gconf-editor</b>" (if not installed, search for gconf-editor in your Linux distribution repositories) and navigate to <b><i>desktop > shell > windows</i></b> and change the "<b>theme</b>" value with the name of the theme you want to use:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbHSeUC2InI/AAAAAAAAEFs/XackyOt9TDE/gconf-editor.png"><img alt="Gconf editor gnome shell" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbHSeUC2InI/AAAAAAAAEFs/XackyOt9TDE/s400/gconf-editor.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><b>The changes don't take effect immediately</b> so you'll have to logout for the changes to take effect, or press ALT + F2 and enter: "<b>r</b>".<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Important: for the "theme" value, enter the folder name of the theme you've copied to your <i>~/.themes</i> folder. So if you've installed the Elementary theme under <i>~/.themes/egtk</i> folder, use "egtk" for the "themes" key value.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to change The Metacity theme in GNOME 3 (classic)</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If you use the classic GNOME3 desktop, changing the titlebar (Metacity) theme is different then changing it for GNOME Shell.</b> First of all, <b>you <u>don't have to copy the theme under <i>~/.themes/</i></u></b>, it will work with <i>/usr/share/themes/</i> too.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To change the Metacity theme in the GNOME 3 classic desktop (with GNOME panels), press <b>ALT + F2</b>, enter "<b>gconf-editor</b>", navigate to <i><b>apps > metacity > general</b></i> and change the "<b>theme</b>" value to the name of the theme you want to use:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbHWl_bBegI/AAAAAAAAEF4/cdNb3gkvRp8/change-metacity-theme-gnome3.png"><img alt="Metacity theme change" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbHWl_bBegI/AAAAAAAAEF4/cdNb3gkvRp8/s400/change-metacity-theme-gnome3.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><b>Update: for switching GNOME Shell themes easily (not GTK themes - GNOME Shell themes are different), see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/themeselector-gnome-shell-extension-to.html">ThemeSelector: GNOME Shell Extension To Change Themes (With Previews)</a></b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The instructions in this post were tested on Fedora 15 beta (with GNOME Shell), GNOME Shell built using jhbuild in Ubuntu 11.04 and the classic GNOME3 session in VirtualBox.</i></div>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-59252695653452201422011-04-21T14:40:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.488-07:00VirtualBox Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Repository, Finally Ready<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbChfORItnI/AAAAAAAAEFY/xmqfgIFloB4/virtualbox-4.0.6-ubuntu.png"><img alt="VirtualBox 4.0.6 ubuntu" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbChfORItnI/AAAAAAAAEFY/xmqfgIFloB4/s400/virtualbox-4.0.6-ubuntu.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>VirtualBox repository (contrib) for Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal has finally been created today</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides the new Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal repository, there's also a new version: <b>VirtualBox 4.0.6</b> which adds support for X.Org Server 1.10 final (for Guest Additions), some Linux Kernel 2.6.39-rc1 fixes as well as a fix for slow Linux guests with recent Kernels.<br /><br />See the complete <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog">VirtualBox 4.0.6 changelog</a>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Install VirtualBox 4 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Add the VirtualBox repository and install the latest VirtualBox 4.0.6 in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal</b>,<b> 10.10 Maverick Meerkat or 10.04 Lucid Lynx</b> using the commands below (before this, make sure you remove any VirtualBox 3.x version you may have installed):</div><br /><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -sc) contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list<br />wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.0</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For some additional features like USB 2.0 support, you'll have to install the VirtualBox Extension Pack which you can download from <a href="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads">HERE</a>.</b> Once downloaded, double click the Extension Pack and it should open with VirtualBox and you can then easily install it. If that doesn't work for you, Open VirtualBox and go to <i>File > Preferences</i> and on the Extensions tab, click the "add" button on the right (first blue diamond) and browse for the VirtualBox extension pack.<br /><br /><br />And a note for those who use an older Ubuntu version and want to try out the latest Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal in VirtualBox: to install the Guest Additions in Ubuntu Natty (guest), all you have to do is run the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-utils</code></pre><br /><br />If you're not using Ubuntu, you can get VirtualBox from its <a href="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads">download page</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to <a href="http://www.chimerarevo.com/2011/04/21/virtualbox-4-0-6-e-tra-noi-installiamolo-su-ubuntu/">Chimera Revo</a> for the news!</i></div>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-78238555075891888752011-04-21T13:47:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.488-07:00Audacious 2.5.0 Released With Option To Dock Plugins Into The GTK Interface, Configurable Columns, More [PPA]<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbCWSI4ezXI/AAAAAAAAEFI/vXIJSkr-PAw/audacious-2.5.0.png"><img alt="Audacious 2.5.0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbCWSI4ezXI/AAAAAAAAEFI/vXIJSkr-PAw/s400/audacious-2.5.0.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Audacious 2.5.0 </b>was released a few days ago, getting some very interesting new features like: <b>option to dock some of the plugins</b> (like album art, visualisation, lyrics) <b>into the GTK interface, configurable playlist columns</b>, support for GTK 3.0 (but the version in the WebUpd8 PPA is not compiled with GTK 3.0 support), a reorganized preferences window, a new New Cairo-based spectrum visualization plugin, new buttons for shuffle and repeat and much more.</div><br /><a name='more'></a>For a complete list of changes, check out the Audacious 2.5.0 <a href="http://boards.audacious-media-player.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=477#p1583">changelog</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new option to dock plugins into the interface is a bit tricky so here's how to use it: once you enable a plugin that opens a separate window, under the titelbar there is a small plugin title which you need to right click and then you can select to dock it to the main Audacious interface. I've recorded a video so you can see exactly how to do this:</div><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Zfe5WAFmgZg" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Audacious 2.5.0 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><br />As usual, the latest Audacious (2.5.0) is available in the WebUpd8 PPA for Ubuntu 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04. Install it using the following commands:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install audacious</code></pre><br /><br />If Audacious 2.5.0 fails to start for you or you get a segfault when enabling some plugins, remove the Audacious config folder:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>rm -r ~/.config/audacious</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Unlike other PPAs and the Ubuntu official repositories (Audacious 2.5.0 is not yet available in Natty but anyway), <b>Audacious from the WebUpd8 PPA is built with "libguess" enabled</b> (which provides automatic character code detection) and also, the <b>Audacious Plugins package has PSF support</b> (Playstation Sound Format) enabled.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: I've only tested it in Ubuntu 11.04 and 10.10. Even though I still maintain packages for Ubuntu 10.04, I cannot test them!</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>P.s.: Screenshot for <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/umplayer-available-in-webupd8-ubuntu.html#comment-180859151">Georgi</a> :)</i></div>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-45745683390524624312011-04-21T05:34:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.489-07:00Glipper Gets Ubuntu AppIndicator Support<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbAdNsors4I/AAAAAAAAEEw/6WR0DM91nHY/glipper.png"><img alt="Glipper" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbAdNsors4I/AAAAAAAAEEw/6WR0DM91nHY/s400/glipper.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Glipper, one of the most popular clipboard managers for GNOME finally got Ubuntu AppIndicator support in Natty. Previously, Glipper was a GNOME applet.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">What makes Glipper interesting is that it uses plugins - some of the included plugins: support for Actions, Snippets and No-Paste services. Glipper can also display a popup (use Ctrl + Alt + C) for quick access.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The latest Glipper with AppIndicator support has been uploaded a few minutes ago into the Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal official repositories</b> so you should get an update soon. <b>For Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat users, I've backported the latest Glipper from Natty</b> so install it using the commands below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install glipper</code></pre><br />Update: for a Glipper Monochrome icon (to go with the default Ubuntu theme - Ambiance), run these commands in a terminal:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>wget http://ubuntuone.com/p/9F9<br />sudo mv 9F9 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/glipper.png</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>(Monochrome icon thanks to <a href="http://identi.ca/notice/40713132">David Callé</a>!)</i></div><br />Once installed, press <b>ALT + F2</b> and type "glipper" to run it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/search/label/appindicator?max-results=10">Click here for more appindicators</a>. There's also a list on <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/list-of-application-indicators">AskUbuntu</a>.Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-13201317504110655672011-04-21T03:26:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.489-07:00UMPlayer Update; Sublime Text 2 Gets Solarized [WebUpd8 PPA]<h2>UMPlayer</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TZWXWmrHvWI/AAAAAAAADzg/prv6fA2Ospk/s400/umplayer.png"><img alt="UMPlayer" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TZWXWmrHvWI/AAAAAAAADzg/prv6fA2Ospk/s400/umplayer.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/umplayer-new-cross-platform-mplayer-gui.html">UMPlayer</a> is a new cross-platform SMPlayer fork. Since it uses Mplayer, it can play most video formats and comes with some very interesting features. For instance, it supports CSS skins so it's very easy to theme.</i> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I've updated UMPlayer to revision 143 in the WebUpd8 PPA - <b>this update brings a feature many have been asking for in the comments: the time position in the video is now remembered</b> (thanks to Steve for the tip!).</div><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Install UMPlayer in Ubuntu 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install umplayer</code></pre><br /><br /><br /><h2>Sublime Text 2</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbAEN73mRlI/AAAAAAAAEEg/iGqSTHJG5BQ/sublime-text-2.png"><img alt="Sublime Text 2 Solarized" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbAEN73mRlI/AAAAAAAAEEg/iGqSTHJG5BQ/s400/sublime-text-2.png" /></a></div><br /><i>Sublime Text 2 is a TextMate-like text editor currently in alpha which is now available for Linux too (as well as Windows and Mac OSX).</i><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/sublime-text-2-ubuntu-ppa.html">Sublime Text 2</a> has also been updated to the latest rev but besides this, <b>I've also incorporated Solarized dark and light color schemes with the Sublime Text 2 package</b>. I've also announced this on <a href="http://ppa.webupd8.org/">ppa.webupd8.org</a> but I felt this deserves a mention on WebUpd8 too.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What's "Solarized"? Check out our previous post: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/solarized-must-have-color-paletter-for.html">Solarized: A Must Have Color Scheme For Gnome Terminal, Vim, Gedit And Lots More</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Install Sublime Text 2 in Ubuntu 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04 using the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-2<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install sublime-text-2</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To get the new Solarized color schemes for Sublime Text 2</b> (Sublime Text 2 supports TextMate color schemes so these are TextMate color schemes) <b>you may have to either purge the previous Sublime Text 2</b> (<i>sudo apt-get purge sublime-text-2</i>) <b>and then reinstall or manually remove the config folder</b> (<i>~/.config/sublime-text-2</i> - you can backup some files if you've customized some settings and copy them back once you install the latest Sublime Text 2).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, select <i>Preferences > Color scheme ></i> Solarized dark or light.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of course, if you want <b>you can also manually install the Sublime Text 2 Solarized color schemes:</b> download them from <a href="https://github.com/deplorableword/textmate-solarized">HERE</a>, then place the files under <i>"~/.config/sublime-text-2/Packages/Color Scheme - Default</i>".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: Solarized for TextMate (which are used by Sublime Text 2) are currently work in progress.</div>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-14922247970775120612011-04-20T12:08:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.489-07:00Y PPA Manager 0.0.7.5 Adds Unity Launcher Quicklists<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TatEj7GLfwI/AAAAAAAAEAk/6AKpT1zic5M/s800/unity_y-ppa-manager.png"><img alt="Y PPA Manager" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TatEj7GLfwI/AAAAAAAAEAk/6AKpT1zic5M/s800/unity_y-ppa-manager.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Y PPA Manager is a GUI tool to easily add PPAs, search a package in all Launchpad PPAs, remove duplicate PPAs (only works with separate .list files), backup PPAs and other PPA-related tasks. Check out the <a href="https://launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager">Launchpad page</a> for a complete features list.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Y PPA Manager 0.0.7.5</b> has just been released, the new version adding <b>quicklists for Ubuntu 11.04 Unity launcher</b>. That means that you can now right click the Y PPA Manager icon and select to <b>add a PPA, search all the Launchpad PPAs and so on without having to launch the main Y PPA Manager interface</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The new version also comes with a lot of bug fixes like the icon not showing up (sometimes) in the Unity launcher, a bug that caused Y PPA Manager to ask for password multiple times when chaging the settings or using the PPA duplicate removal feature, changed some NotifyOSD icons, the Y PPA Manager icon when seen in Synapse / Kupfer, etc. uses the right font now and many other minor fixes and tweaks.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To take advantage of the new "quicklists" feature</b>, search for Y PPA Manager in Dash, drag and drop the icon on the Unity launcher and then right click the icon.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Y PPA Manager</h2><br />Add the Y PPA Manager PPA and install it in Ubuntu (9.10, 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04) using the commands below:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager</code></pre><br />If you find a bug, please report it @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager">Launchpad</a>.Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875097786324374153.post-90888048736833924952011-04-20T11:29:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:06:54.489-07:00Tomdroid: Sync Tomboy Notes With Your Android Device<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Ta8kf9wl1uI/AAAAAAAAEEM/Rul7IUVJNJI/device2.png"><img alt="Tomdroid" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Ta8kf9wl1uI/AAAAAAAAEEM/Rul7IUVJNJI/s400/device2.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Well, this is not new but I've somehow missed the news. Anyway, I was reading on the <a href="http://blog.launchpad.net/projects/tomdroid-tomboy-notes-for-android">Launchpad blog</a> that you can use Tomboy Notes on your Android device. The app is called "<b>Tomdroid</b>" and it <b>supports note syncing between your desktop computer and Android device</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">But there's a catch: <b>Tomdroid is read-only for now</b> meaning you can only read the notes and can't create new notes on your Android phone. But the application is still in beta so there's still hope it will support editing / creating new notes too.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to set up Tomboy Notes and Tomdroid to sync your notes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Tomboy Notes (on your computer):</b> go to the Tomboy Notes Preferences and on the "Synchronization" tab select "Tomboy Web" under Service, then click the Authorize button. This will open a page where you must enter your Ubuntu One (Launchpad) username and password. Once the authorization finishes, click "Save" in the Tomboy Notes preferences.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><b>Tomdroid (on your Android device): </b>open the Settings and click "Service", then "Authentificate":<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Ta8kfyYp0cI/AAAAAAAAEEE/W6CCZSrf7Ec/s400/device3.png"><img alt="Tomdroid - setup" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Ta8kfyYp0cI/AAAAAAAAEEE/W6CCZSrf7Ec/s400/device3.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This will work just like with the desktop Tomboy Notes: a web page will open where you must enter your username and password, then enter a name for this device and you're ready:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Ta8kfyGlkGI/AAAAAAAAEEI/4APA1IobwZA/device.png"><img alt="Tomdroid" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/Ta8kfyGlkGI/AAAAAAAAEEI/4APA1IobwZA/s400/device.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Tomdroid uses Launchpad for <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/tomdroid/">bug tracking</a>, <a href="https://answers.launchpad.net/tomdroid/">questions</a>, etc. so... well, you know what to do ;)</div><br /><b>You can find Tomdroid @ <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=org.tomdroid">Android Market</a>.</b>Celebrity Hairstyle'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993249910735371noreply@blogger.com0