For those who missed it, the widely-used SDL library among commercial and open-source games is finally up to its version 2.0 release candidate. SDL2 has long been in development and as of last week the release is quite near…
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SDL 2.0 Finally In Release Candidate Stage
June 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Highly Configurable GNOME Shell Theme `Elegance Colors` Sees New Release
June 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Elegance Colors, a highly customizable, chameleonic GNOME Shell theme, has reached version 2.2.0, bringing some major configuration UI changes, new theme customization options, performance improvements and more. Since our last article, the theme has also got support for GNOME Shell 3.8 (it now supports both 3.6 and 3.8).
Elegance Colors is a GNOME Shell theme that can automatically change its colors based on the current GTK theme or wallpaper. But that’s not all: the theme comes with a configuration GUI that lets you change most of the GNOME Shell theme elements, so you can basically make brand new themes using it.
The configuration GUI lets you change the panel text color, border color and width, change the gradients for the background, search entry and more, change the buttons colors, set the theme roundness, enable or disable drop shadows, set the transition duration and many other settings.
Further more, the theme comes with some default presets (which change the theme look completely): Google, Numix, Pantheon, Gaia, Dark Shine, Clear, Matte, Tron Legacy and Ubuntu Phone. You can also export or import presets from the Elegance Colors Preferences.
Changes in Elegance Colors 2.2.0 since our previous article:
- supports GNOME Shell 3.6 and 3.8;
- major UI changes with better organized options in the GNOME Tweak Tool style;
- undo/redo abilities;
- many new options to customize the theme;
- the text color of highlighted elements is now automatically adjusted
- 5 new presets (there are 10 presets now);
- you can now use symbolic colors and add custom CSS and images in the configuration file/preset (this isn’t available via GUI);
- performance improvements.
Note: don’t confuse this with the GTK theme: only the GNOME Shell theme, meaning the top panel, the Activities Overview, some dialogs like the shutdown dialog and Dash are part of a GNOME Shell theme so the GTK theme won’t change its colors!
Here are a few more Elegance Colors screenshots:
Install Elegance Colors in Ubuntu
Before installing the theme, make sure you’ve installed the GNOME Shell User Theme extension. This is a part of the official GNOME Shell extensions pack which you can install it in Ubuntu using the following command:
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensionsThen, install Elegance Colors GNOME Shell theme in Ubuntu (for GNOME Shell 3.6 and 3.8, so Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 only) using the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:satyajit-happy/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-theme-elegance-colorsOnce installed, start the Elegance Colors process, required only once (it will then start automatically when you log in):
elegance-colorsAnd finally, use GNOME Tweak Tool to change the current GNOME Shell theme to “Elegance Colors”. This can also be done via command line:
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.user-theme name 'elegance-colors'For other Linux distributions downloads or more info, see Elegance Colors @ DeviantArt or GitHub (includes Fedora / openSUSE and Arch Linux packages).
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GCC 4.8 Release Series
June 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The GNU project and the GCC developers are pleased to announce the release of GCC 4.8.1. This release is a bug-fix release, containing fixes for regressions in GCC 4.8.0 relative to previous releases of GCC.
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KDE Vivaldi Tablet Upgraded, Closer To Release
May 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The KDE Vivaldi Tablet, which has been a project led by Aaron Seigo for having a Linux-friendly tablet powered by Plasma Active and Mer Core, is finally getting closer to hopefully seeing the light of day…
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Libjpeg-Turbo Gets New Release
May 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The libjpeg-turbo library, which is the increasingly-used fork of the JPEG library that provides faster performance through SIMD optimizations, has out a new release…
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Sega To Release Football Manager 14 For Linux
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As pointed out in our forums, Football Manager 2014 will see a native Linux client…
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LXLE 12.04.2 Release Update Blognotes
May 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I often say, Lubuntu and LXLE are like a Ford Mustang and a Ford Shelby Mustang. Both are Fords, both are Mustangs, but the Shelby version is much more feature rich, with very different goals/purpose. Same is true for LXLE.
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Wine 1.5.31 Pulls In New Gecko Release
May 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Wine 1.5.31 has been released as the latest bi-weekly development milestone…
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Zorin OS 7 Release Candidate out now
May 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Pre-release version of Zorin OS 7 Core available for testing, the RC including Linux Kernel 3.8 and an overhauled graphical interface
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Zorin OS 7 Release Candidate out now
May 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Pre-release version of Zorin OS 7 Core available for testing, the RC including Linux Kernel 3.8 and an overhauled graphical interface
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KDE 4.11 Will Be The Last Major KDE4 Workspaces Feature Release
May 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
For those that didn’t hear already, KDE 4.11 will be the last Plasma Workspaces feature release in the KDE4 series and this upcoming version will be maintained for a period of two years…
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Mesa 9.1.3 Release Corrects Some Bugs
May 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
