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New Icons For Ubuntu Software Center, Nautilus, Software Updater And Unity Launcher Revealed [Ubuntu 13.04]

Wed, 11/21/2012 - 18:36 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

New Icons For Ubuntu Software Center, Nautilus, Software Updater And Unity Launcher Revealed [Ubuntu 13.04]

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Install MPlayer With VA-API (Hardware Acceleration For Intel / AMD GPUs) Support In Ubuntu

Wed, 11/21/2012 - 17:12 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

VA-API is an open source library/API which enables hardware accelerated video processing. It uses the GPU to accelerate video processing in order to offload the CPU.

Supported hardware includes Intel HD Graphics and G45 chipsets and newer as well as AMD Radeon GPUs (there's also a Nvidia VDPAU backend for VA-API).

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Primus: Better Performance And Less Power Consumption For Bumblebee [Optimus Hybrid Graphics Chipsets]

Wed, 11/21/2012 - 17:12 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

Primus brings better performance and less power consumption when using Bumblebee, by replacing VirtualGL. According to the Bumblebee G+ page, this has the following advantages over the optirun (VirtualGL) solution used by default in Bumblebee:

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Team Fortress 2 Available On Linux For Non-Beta Steam Accounts

Mon, 11/19/2012 - 20:26 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
Team Fortress 2, a free to play first-person shooter (FPS) multiplayer game, is now available for everyone using the Linux Steam client, and not just those who have received a beta invitation, so non-beta users shouldn't see the "server is too busy" error when trying to download the game any more.
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How To Use Multiple Monitors In Xubuntu / Xfce (Extended Display Instead Of Mirror)

Mon, 11/19/2012 - 20:26 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
In multi monitors setups, Xubuntu / Xfce clones (mirrors) instead of expanding the display to the external monitor. So here are two ways of getting proper multi monitor support in Xfce / Xubuntu.
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How To Use Netflix In Ubuntu Through Wine (PPA Available)

Sun, 11/18/2012 - 17:00 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
Netflix is finally working on Linux! No, there's no native Linux Netflix application, but with a patched Wine build, you can now use Netflix under Linux.
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XBMC Media Center 12.0 Beta 1 Released With Raspberry PI And Android Support

Fri, 11/16/2012 - 20:55 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

XBMC Media Center, a free, open source digital media hub and HTPC (Home theatre PC) software has reached version 12.0 beta 1. 

Besides new features and improvements, the latest XBMC 12.0 beta 1 codenamed "Frodo" is now available on some new platforms like Raspberry PI or Android.

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How To Install Avant Window Navigator In Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

Fri, 11/16/2012 - 19:47 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

Avant Window Navigator, a very popular dock a while back, has been deleted from the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories, so to make it easier to install, I've uploaded it to the main WebUpd8 PPA.

 

 

 

 

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How To Use Hybrid Suspend In Ubuntu

Fri, 11/16/2012 - 19:46 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

using the hybrid suspend method from this article, the system initially enters suspend which is quick to resume and after the time you set, the system hibernates so it no longer uses any battery power.

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Skype 4.1 For Linux Released, Adds Option To Chat With Windows Live Messenger Users

Fri, 11/16/2012 - 19:46 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
Skype 4.1 for Linux has been released yesterday. Unfortunately, there's no official changelog, but one new feature is obvious: an option to sign in with a Microsoft account and chat with your Windows Live Messenger friends from Skype.
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elementary OS Luna Beta 1 Available For Download

Wed, 11/14/2012 - 21:08 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
After more than a year and a half since 'Jupiter', elementary OS Luna beta 1 has been released today.
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Patched NotifyOSD With Close On Click And Other Customizations Available For Ubuntu 12.10

Wed, 11/14/2012 - 21:05 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
The patched NotifyOSD maintained by Leolik has been updated recently to support Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal.

 

Using this package, Ubuntu users can customize the NotifyOSD notifications bubbles color and size, position on the screen, close the notifications on click and tweak many other options.
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Add a "New Empty File" Entry To Nautilus 3.6 Context Menu

Wed, 11/14/2012 - 21:05 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
As you probably know, a small but useful feature - at least for me -, was removed from Nautilus 3.6 (and newer): the context menu option to create a new empty text file. So here's a quick tip on how to get this feature back.
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8 GTK 3.6 Compatible Themes Available In PPAs For Ubuntu 12.10

Tue, 11/13/2012 - 18:28 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
GTK themes need to be updated to work with each new major GTK version, and because of this, some beautiful themes available for GTK 3.2 or 3.4 like Zukitwo and others, don't work with the latest GTK 3.6 available in Ubuntu 12.10 and other Linux distributions.
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Oracle (Sun) Java 6 Installer Available For Ubuntu And Debian Users [PPA]

Tue, 11/13/2012 - 18:27 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
As you know, we maintain a PPA repository which hosts Oracle Java 7 and 8 installers for Ubuntu and Debian users. WebUpd8 reader Eugene San has modified the package to install Oracle (Sun) Java 6, which is required for Android development, and he has asked us to upload it to our Java PPA.
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How To Install The Latest MDM Display Manager From Linux Mint 14 In Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04

Tue, 11/13/2012 - 18:27 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

The latest MDM 1.0.6, the display manager used by default in Linux Mint 14, is now available in the main WebUpd8 PPA, for Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10.

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Linux Mint 14 RC Available For Download

Mon, 11/12/2012 - 14:24 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" release candidate, based on Ubuntu 12.10, has been made available for download yesterday and, like the previous version, is available for download in two editions: MATE and Cinnamon.
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Steam For Linux: Download The First Ubuntu-Like Skin

Fri, 11/09/2012 - 18:18 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

WebUpd8 reader Martin Kozub has created an Ubuntu-like skin for the new Linux Steam client which includes the Ubuntu font, default Ubuntu colors and window buttons (Ambiance), thin scrollbars as well as Ubuntu (Humanity) back and forward icons.

 

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Fallback Mode (Classic Session) To Be Dropped From GNOME 3.8

Thu, 11/08/2012 - 21:18 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

The fallback mode, also known as the classic GNOME session, will no longer be included starting with GNOME 3.8, the next stable GNOME release.

 

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Install GNOME Mplayer 1.0.7 In Ubuntu 12.10

Thu, 11/08/2012 - 21:18 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

GNOME MPlayer 1.0.7 has been released recently, getting support for MPRIS v2 (e.g. Ubuntu Sound Menu integration), along with other enhancements.

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