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How To Set Up Compiz In Xubuntu 12.10 Or 12.04 xubuntu compiz

Fri, 11/02/2012 - 11:05 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
This article shows how to set up Compiz in Xubuntu (w/ Xfce) 12.10 or 12.04. I've tested the instructions below on Xubuntu 12.10, but they should work on Xubuntu 12.04 as well - there are some minor differences which I've explained below.
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Ubuntu 13.04: Alpha Releases Dropped, Only One Beta Milestone

Wed, 10/31/2012 - 16:11 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
For Ubuntu 13.04, all alphas and the first beta release have been dropped from the release schedule, so Raring Ringtail will have only one beta version and obviously, the final stable release.
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Kazam Screencaster 1.3.2 Gets New UI, Screenshots Support

Wed, 10/31/2012 - 15:21 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
A new Kazam Screencaster version has been released today, which brings a complete UI overhaul, support for taking screenshots and other new features.

 

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How To Get A Complete GNOME 3 Desktop In Ubuntu 12.10, Without Installing Ubuntu GNOME Remix

Tue, 10/30/2012 - 16:14 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
If you're using Ubuntu 12.10 with Unity or some other desktop environment and want to switch to a complete GNOME 3 desktop experience without installing Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10, you can do this by simply installing a few packages.
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Xnoise Media Player Gets New Album Art View

Tue, 10/30/2012 - 16:14 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

Xnoise 0.2.13 has been released today, introducing a new Album Art view, similar to the one available in Banshee or in Rhythmbox through the CoverArt Browser plugin, along with a new application icon created by Reda Lazri.

 

 

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GPaste GNOME Shell Clipboard Manager Available For Ubuntu 12.10 (GNOME Shell 3.6)

Tue, 10/30/2012 - 16:14 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

GPaste, a native GNOME Shell clipboard manager, is now available for Ubuntu 12.10 / GNOME Shell 3.6 through the WebUpd8 GNOME 3 PPA.

GPaste features uris support (remembers copied files, not just text), a command line tool, option to backup / restore clipboard history, image support and other useful options.

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Tweak Unity With Unsettings 0.08, Now With Ubuntu 12.10 Support

Tue, 10/30/2012 - 16:13 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

Unsettings, a tool that lets you tweak Unity, has reached version 0.08, getting support for Unity 6 and thus Ubuntu 12.10. Unsettings can be used to tweak most Unity settings, like disabling the global menu or overlay scrollbars, change the GTK or icon theme and many others.

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The Faience Pack Gets A Beautiful New GTK3 Theme, GNOME Shell And Icon Themes Updated

Mon, 10/29/2012 - 15:00 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

The Faience pack has been updated today with new and improved icons for the icon theme, GNOME Shell 3.6 support for the GS theme and there's also a beautiful new GTK3 theme.

 

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Steam For Linux Beta Testing Survey

Sat, 10/27/2012 - 10:18 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

Valve has posted a Linux Beta survey which they will use to select the 1000 users who will test Steam for Linux.

 

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Xfce: Sync To VBlank Support For The Xfwm Compositor [PPA For Ubuntu 12.10]

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 21:20 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

If you're experiencing screen tearing in Xfce 4.10, you'll be glad to know there's a patch that fixes this, which you can install right away.

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Clementine Music Player 1.1 Available For Download

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 21:19 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

Clementine, a cross-platform music player inspired by Amarok 1.4, has reached version 1.1, getting podcast support with gpodder.net integration, modbar support along with other new features.

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Insync Repository Available For Ubuntu, Linux Mint And Debian Users

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 21:19 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

Insync, an unofficial Google Drive client for Linux, is now available in a repository for Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Debian users and it's recommended you add since you'll get automatic updates.

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DockBarX Sees New Release, Now Available For MATE Desktop Too

Wed, 10/24/2012 - 20:56 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
DockBarX 0.90.3 has been released. For those not familiar with DockBarX, this is an application launcher / switcher that works as a GNOME2 panel applet, Avant Window Navigator applet or as a stand-alone dock.
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How To Enable Intel SNA Acceleration In Ubuntu

Wed, 10/24/2012 - 20:55 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
SNA is a 2D acceleration architecture for the open source Intel Linux graphics driver that provides improved X.Org driver performance, and thus, better desktop user experience. The name stands for "Sandy Bridge New Acceleration" and contrary to its name, it not just for Sandy Bridge but for previous Intel graphics generations as well.
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Lubuntu (w/ LXDE) 12.10 - Quick Overview

Wed, 10/24/2012 - 20:55 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

Lubuntu, an official Ubuntu flavour starting with version 11.10 which uses LXDE, a lightweight desktop environment by default, has reached version 12.10.

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Things You Do After Installing Ubuntu 12.10

Wed, 10/24/2012 - 20:54 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
If you've been following WebUpd8 for a while, you've probably noticed that we used to make a post with things to tweak after each Ubuntu release (here are the 12.04 and
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`Photo` Is A Fancy Image Viewer Written In Qt [Ubuntu PPA]

Mon, 10/22/2012 - 14:24 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

Photo is a fast, fancy and highly configurable image viewer written in Qt.

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Cairo Dock 3.1 Released With Better Unity Integration

Mon, 10/22/2012 - 14:24 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

Cairo Dock is a tool that can be used as a complete panel/launcher replacement thanks to its huge list of features: besides the fancy launcher / application switcher, it comes with applets like menu, Messaging Menu, systray, trash, weather and many others.

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Ubuntu Tweak Development Stopped

Fri, 10/19/2012 - 12:13 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

The Ubuntu Tweak developer has announced today that Ubuntu Tweak will no longer be developed.

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Prefer GNOME Shell? Download Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10

Fri, 10/19/2012 - 12:13 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 has been released!

Ubuntu GNOME Remix, a Linux distribution which aims to become an official Ubuntu flavour, uses GNOME Shell as the default "shell" and tries to provide a "mostly pure GNOME desktop experience built from the Ubuntu repositories".

 

 

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