Install/Upgrade to Linux Kernel 3.7.6 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Linux Kernel 3.7.6 is the sixth maintenance release of the kernel 3.7 series that brings more improvements and various bug fixes. The installation of this kernel is very easy, you may download the appropriate deb packages from here and install them with Ubuntu Software Center. Or simply follow the instructions below which will help you install this new kernel with a few terminal commands.

Here are some of the fixes for Kernel 3.7.6 taken from the changelog:

•     drm/i915: fix FORCEWAKE posting reads

•     ALSA: hda - Fix non-snoop page handling

•     ALSA: hda - fix inverted internal mic on Acer AOA150/ZG5

•     ALSA: hda - Add a fixup for Packard-Bell desktop with ALC880

•     ALSA: usb-audio: fix invalid length check for RME and other UAC 2 devices

•     ath9k_hw: fix chain swap setting when setting rx chainmask to 5

•     DM-RAID: Fix RAID10's check for sufficient redundancy

•     xfs: fix periodic log flushing

•     iwlegacy: fix IBSS cleanup

•     xfs: fix _xfs_buf_find oops on blocks beyond the filesystem end

•     x86, efi: Fix 32-bit EFI handover protocol entry point

•     x86, efi: Fix display detection in EFI boot stub

•     smp: Fix SMP function call empty cpu mask race

•     NFSv4: Fix NFSv4 trunking discovery

•     NFSv4: Fix NFSv4 reference counting for trunked sessions

•     NFS: Fix error reporting in nfs_xdev_mount

•     Bluetooth: Fix incorrect strncpy() in hidp_setup_hid()

•     kvm: Fix irqfd resampler list walk

•     drm/radeon: fix cursor corruption on DCE6 and newer

•     drm/radeon: fix a rare case of double kfree

•     drm/radeon: fix error path in kpage allocation

Linux Kernel 3.7.6 Installation

To install Linux Kernel 3.7.6 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint (12.10/12.04 and Linux Mint 14/13 or older), open the terminal and issue these commands at your own risk:

cd /tmp 

wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47950494/upubuntu.com/kernel-3.7.6 -O kernel-3.7.6 

chmod +x kernel-3.7.6 

sudo sh kernel-3.7.6 

sudo reboot

Nvidia Troubleshooting

For unexpected problems with the Nvidia driver, you may fix your system using the following instructions:

- Press CTRL+ALT+F2 and enter these commands:

cd /usr/src/linux-headers-3.7.6-030706/arch/x86/include 

sudo cp -v generated/asm/unistd* ./asm 

sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-current

Kernel Removal

For complete removal of kernel 3.7.6, you can use this command:

sudo apt-get purge linux-image-3.7.6*

How to Schedule Pins on Pinterest Using Pingraphy

One of the techniques I use most when managing my social media accounts is automation. I love using Buffer to schedule posts for Twitter, LinkedIn, and my Facebook page. I also use HootSuite from time to time to schedule posts for Google+.

When it comes to Pinterest, there aren’t many tools available for scheduling your posts. Pingraphy is a “Pinterest management tool for brands” that can help you schedule pins, among other things.
You can check out the other features after creating your account. For now, let’s see how to schedule pins on Pinterest via Pingraphy.
1. Log in to Pingraphy using your Pinterest email and password. For those of you using Facebook or Twitter to log in, there doesn’t seem to be a way to log in using those methods; you’ll need to create an account on Pinterest using your email.
2. Drag the Pingraphy bookmarklet to your bookmarks bar.

3. When you find an item or items that you want to pin, click on the Pinography bookmarklet and choose the item(s).
4. Once you click on the “next” button, another window will pop up. Here, you can choose the board that the item(s) should be pinned to. You can also edit the description and URL of each item if needed.

5. Finally, choose to “upload now” or “schedule” the pin.
6. When you click on “Schedule,” you’ll be able to choose a start time, interval between each pin (if you’re adding more than one item), and time zone.
Pingraphy is obviously set up to schedule pins in bulk (i.e. you can select more than one image at a time), which is why you can choose a start time and interval. If you only have one item to schedule, you can leave out the interval.

7. You can also enhance your images by adding effects, changing the orientation, cropping, changing the brightness, and more.

8. Once scheduled, you can see your item(s) on the Pingraphy dashboard, along with the time(s) they’ll get posted.

From what I’ve gathered, there doesn’t seem to be a limitation to the number of pins that you can schedule. As you can see, with Pingraphy it’s really easy to schedule pins from anywhere on the Web.

Kdenlive 0.9.4 Video Editor for Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/11.10/10.04/Linux Mint (New Released)

Kdenlive is a free open-source video editor for GNU/Linux and FreeBSD, which supports DV, AVCHD and HDV editing. Kdenlive relies on several other open source projects, such as FFmpeg, the MLT video framework and Frei0r effects.

Fixes include:

• [User Interface] DVD wizard menu broken
• [Transitions] Adding a key frame to composite transition changes the position
• [User Interface] crash with automatic scene split
• [User Interface] DVD wizard does not produce iso if no menu
• [Rendering] DVD wizard loop option for menu is broken
• [User Interface] Slider in preview window not draggable
• [User Interface] Automatic audio alignment
• [Rendering] Unsupported audio codec: pcm_s16le
• [Rendering] Kdenlive exits without comments after clicking on rendern (fileformat independent)
• [User Interface] crash when zooming out timeline
• [File Loading] Crash opening file
• See complete list of Fixes

New features introduced in this release 0.9.4:

• Automatic audio alignment
• Exchange of Render > Generate script > File Dialog to a standard full featured one?
• remove useless parameters from the transcode stabilize gui
• Render to raw YUV
• Remember window size/position and zoom in titler
• Realtime update when changing effect values
• Move playhead to mouse position on key press [p-key]

To install Kdenlive in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the terminal:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sunab/kdenlive-release
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install kdenlive

That's it

Fotoxx 13.02 Allows Now To Convert An Image Into Cartoon-like Drawing (More Features) - Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Fotoxx has been updated to version 13.02 bringing more new features and improvements. Fotoxx is an image editor that allows users to perform various adjustments and effects on their images.

 Fotoxx 13.02 has added the following features:

• Color space conversion is supported using LCMS (e.g. Adobe RGB <--> sRGB)

• A photo of a page in a thick book can be squared and flattened; the print is stretched out where the page curves down at the binding.

• A photo can be converted into a cartoon-like drawing.

• The thumbnail gallery view has three sort options: file name, file mod date, and photo date (EXIF).

• Metadata is kept when a RAW file is converted to TIFF/JPEG/PNG

• Brightness distribution graph allows selection of colors, and reflects only the visible part of a zoomed image.

• Some bugs were fixed

Fotoxx 13.02 Installation

For PPA installation (not updated so far), you can install Fotoxx 13.02 with these commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway 

sudo apt-get update 

sudo apt-get install fotoxx

For manual installation of Fotoxx in Ubuntu/Linux Mint, here are the commands:

1. i386

sudo apt-get install dcraw ufraw libc6 libtiff4 xdg-utils libimage-exiftool-perl 

cd /tmp 

wget -c http://goo.gl/m8YQq -O fotoxx-13.02-i686.deb 

sudo dpkg -i fotoxx-13.02-i686.deb

2. amd64

sudo apt-get install dcraw ufraw libc6 libtiff4 xdg-utils libimage-exiftool-perl 

cd /tmp 

wget -c http://goo.gl/Bz5YD -O fotoxx-13.02-x86_64.deb 

sudo dpkg -i fotoxx-13.02-x86_64.deb

Linux Lite 1.0.4

Jerry Bezencon has announced the release of Linux Lite 1.0.4, an Ubuntu-based distribution with a customised Xfce desktop: "Linux Lite 1.0.4 final for 32-bit processors with PAE support has been released. If you already have the CVF version installed, there is no immediate need to install this final version, just keep updating via Install Updates on the Menu. The only change of note is the updating of the Help & Support manual. Changelog: all system software updated; Firefox 18.0, added new default theme and icon set; added Steam for Linux (requires NVIDIA driver 304.22 or higher or ATI experimental drivers); added keyboard shortcuts information to the Help & Support manual; added open USB storage device in file manager on insert; added two new right-click menu options, Task Manager and Screenshot; replaced PCManFM with Thunar...." Here is the full release announcement with several screenshots. Download (MD5): linux-lite-1.0.4-32bit.iso (720MB).

OmgSuite theme for Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/Linux Mint 14/13 (GTK + Gnome Shell)

Omg-Suite based on myColors and Silent Night gtk2 theme. This theme is clean, elegant designed for those who like dark themes and three versions of GTK3 available (black, dark grey, and light grey), two versions of GTK2 available, author also made theme for Gnome Shell.

Themes tested on Ubuntu 12.10/12.04 with GTK 3.6/3.4 and Gnome Shell 3.6/3.4

1st: OmgSuite theme for Chrome/Chromium (Click Here)
2nd: zonColor Wallpapers used in screenshots, Also checkout Black Wallpapers
3rd: zonColor-Icons used in screenshots, Also checkout icons collection
4th: You can use Gnome-tweak-tool or Ubuntu-Tweak to change icons and themes.

To install OmgSuite theme in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install omg-suite

That's it