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Clinica Medical Records Manager Adds Backup & Network Service

Last updated: August 31, 2013

The simple Medical Records Manager Clinica released version 0.3 with backup import/export functionality, network sharing service, as well as other improvements and bug fixes.

As you may know, Clinica is a simple tool for the desktop to mantain medical records. With it, you can:

Search, edit and save patients
Manage doctors associated with them
Keep track of your scheduled visits and various events using the builtin calendar
Search for medicines online and many more with the plugins

The new release Clinica 0.3 add below changes:

Reworked the UI to fix some usability issues
Moved the CMake build system
Added an abstraction to the DataProvider to allow integration with external data sources.
Added a Network service to share data across LAN
Added a DBus service to ease integration in the desktop environment.
Added Backup and Import/Export functionality
Gtk+-3.0 only
Various fixes
Added integration of files in the visits
Added a local medicine database
Allow to search medicines in more than one database

Install Clinica

For Windows user, download Clinica from Launchpad page.

For Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and Linux Mint. Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal, run below commands one by one to install it from PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:phcteam/clinica

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install clinica

Once installed, you can open it from Unity Dash home. Enjoy!

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137 Wallpapers of Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander Wallpaper Contest

Last updated: August 28, 2013

Here are the 137 Wallpapers of Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander Wallpaper Contest. You can download all of them by the link at bottom.

Below are a few of them:

You can download and install the DEB, which will save all the wallpapers into /usr/share/backgrounds/, the default location for Ubuntu Wallpapers.

You can also download the tar.gz pack

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Touchpad Indicator Updated: Enable / Disable Touchpad via Mouse Wheel

Last updated: August 28, 2013

Touchpad Indicator has been updated to 0.9.5 with the ability to change touchpad status using Mouse Wheel. The developer announced in his blog:

“It is certainly much more comfortable turning the mouse wheel (regardless of whether it is up or down) to do two clicks to change the status of the touchpad, first to display the menu and the second to select the option.”

In the new release, keyboard shortcuts now reside in dconf instead of gconf, specifically in org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings. To set a specific keyboard shortcut for toggling Touchpad-Indicator, go to org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybindings in Dconf Editor

Touchpad Indicator 0.9.5 also fixes below bugs:

# 1036808 Ubuntu 12.04 Suffers suspension after an internal error
# 1062694 Touchpad status resets to ‘ON’ when laptop lid is closed.
# 1075029 watchdog.py got some problem
# 1099821 keyboard shortcut does not work well
# 1111784 watchdog fails to enable touchpad on mouse removal
# 1192930 indicator Touchpad not working correctly.
# 1197984 Unable to save preferences
# 1198003 Cant enable Autostart
# 1036529 When unplug enable Wont get my External mouse
# 1131179 enabled touchpad indicator shows when it is disabled
# 1114511 Touchpad-indicator has gone berserk and Enables and disables randomly

Install Touchpad Indicator:

The PPA has been updated for Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04 users. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands one by one to install Touchpad Indicator:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install touchpad-indicator

For Ubuntu 12.04 and its derivatives, you may download and install the DEB package (didn’t test).

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Qmmp 0.7.2 Released: Install / Upgrade in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.04

Last updated: August 27, 2013

The Qt-based Multimedia Player Qmmp released version 0.7.2 a few hours ago. It fixed some bugs and removed unimplemented function. Here’s how to install / upgrade to this release in Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and their derivatives.

As you may know, Qmmp is a Qt audio player with WinAmp-like interface. It supports MPEG1 layer 2/3, Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Opus, Native FLAC, Ogg FLAC, Musepack, WavePack, tracker modules (mod, s3m, it, xm, etc), ADTS AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Monkey’s Audio (and other formats provided by FFmpeg library), PCM WAVE (and other formats provided by libsndfile library), midi, chiptune formats (AY, GBS, GYM, HES, KSS, NSF, NSFE, SAP, SPC, VGM, VGZ, VTX)

Changes in Qmmp 0.7.2:

fixed queue update bug
fixed track length formatting
fixed api documentation
fixed gcc warnings
fixed memory leaks
fixed wildmidi config path
fixed playlist autosave feature
fixed possible segmentation fault
fixed title format update bug
removed unimplemented function

Install or Upgrade the Qmmp via PPA:

The PPA has updated for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal and Ubuntu 12.04 Precise users. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run following 3 commands one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:forkotov02/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qmmp qmmp-plugin-pack

There are a few Qmmp skins, you can use them by place the extracted folders under “$user Home/.qmmp/skins/” folder. You may press Ctrl+H to see hidden file folders.

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Classic Menu Indicator 0.08 Has Been Released

Last updated: August 26, 2013

After about one year and a half, Classic Menu Indicator finally released a new version 0.08. It brings a few improvements and adds support for more languages.

As you may know, ClassicMenu Indicator is a indicator applet for Unity, that provides the main menu of Gnome2/Gnome Classic.

New features in ClassicMenu indicator 0.08:

ClassicMenu Indicator has its own icon now
added support for some configuration options
improved handling of missing/unusable icons
extended “ClassicMenu Indicator” submenu
added Estonian, French, Croatian, Japanese, Malay, Brazilian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified) language support
changed the way commands are run

To install Classic Menu Indicator 0.08, just download and double-click to install the DEB:

ClassicMenu_indicator_0.08_all.deb

The source code is also available for downloading from here.

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Calibre 1.0 Released: Install / Upgrade in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10

Last updated: August 24, 2013

After a year since the last major release, Calibre 1.0 was released with lots of new features, such as a grid view of book covers, a new, faster database backend, the ability to convert Microsoft Word files, tools to make changes to ebooks without needing to do a full conversion, full support for font embedding and subsetting, and many more.

A new ‘cover grid’ view of the books in your calibre library
Excellent for judging your books by their covers :) To use click the button with the icon of a grid in the bottom right corner of the main window. It can be configured via Preferences->Look & Feel->Cover Grid

A new, faster database backend
The database backend in calibre has been re-written from scratch. The new code is smaller, more robust and much faster than the old code. The exact speedup will depend on the number of books and number and type of custom columns in your library. Users have reported calibre startup times decreasing by a factor of 2-3 times.

RTF Input: Add option to ignore WMF images iinstead of replacing them with a placeholder.
Closes tickets: 1213599

Content server: Make virtual libraries available as searches from the start page. They work just like saved searches, clicking on a virtual library will show you all the books in that virtual library.

Read the official announcement

Install Calibre 1.0 in Ubuntu

It’s very easy to install or upgrade calibre 1.0 in Ubuntu and its derivatives, such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS.

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal for running commands. Copy the code below by Ctrl+C, and paste in terminal via Ctrl+Shift+V. Finally hit enter:

sudo python -c "import sys; py3 = sys.version_info[0] > 2; u = __import__('urllib.request' if py3 else 'urllib', fromlist=1); exec(u.urlopen('http://status.calibre-ebook.com/linux_installer').read()); main()"

Press Enter to use the default installation directory, and it’ll automatically download calibre and install it on your system as well as the dependencies.

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How to Install / Upgrade Kernel 3.10.9 in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.04, 12.10

Last updated: August 21, 2013

The latest Linux Kernel 3.10.9 has been released. All users of the 3.10 kernel series are urged to upgrade as soon as possible. Here’s how to install / upgrade in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, 12.04 Precise and 12.10 Quantal.

Linux kernel 3.10.8 has a problem on networking, so the Kernel 3.10.9 was announced few hours later with a fix. See the official announcement.

Install / Upgrade Kernel 3.10.9

The mainline kernel PPA has updated Debs packages for Debian / Ubuntu based users. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. Then download and install the Debs.

for 32-bit system:

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.9-saucy/linux-headers-3.10.9-031009-generic_3.10.9-031009.201308201935_i386.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.9-saucy/linux-headers-3.10.9-031009_3.10.9-031009.201308201935_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.9-saucy/linux-image-3.10.9-031009-generic_3.10.9-031009.201308201935_i386.deb

for 64-bit system:

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.9-saucy/linux-headers-3.10.9-031009-generic_3.10.9-031009.201308201935_amd64.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.9-saucy/linux-headers-3.10.9-031009_3.10.9-031009.201308201935_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.9-saucy/linux-image-3.10.9-031009-generic_3.10.9-031009.201308201935_amd64.deb

After that, both 32-bit and 64-bit run below command to install the kernel

sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.10.9-*.deb linux-image-3.10.9*.deb

Finally apply changes to grub boot loader:

sudo update-grub

You can remove the downloaded packages after the kernel is properly installed.

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Install Nvidia OpenGL 4.4 Driver 325.05.03 in Ubuntu, Linux Mint

Last updated: August 20, 2013

Nvidia has announced driver 325.05.03 for Linux provides beta support for OpenGL 4.4 and GLSL 4.40 on capable hardware. You will need any one of the following Fermi or Kepler based GPUs to get access to all the OpenGL 4.4 and GLSL 4.40 functionality:

Quadro Series:K600, K5000, K4000, K2000D, K2000, 6000, 600, 5000, 410, 4000, 400, 2000D, 2000

GeForce 700 Series:GTX TITAN, GTX 780, GTX 770, GTX 760

GeForce 600 Series:GTX 690, GTX 680, GTX 670, GTX 660 Ti, GTX 660, GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GTX 650 Ti, GTX 650, GT 645, GT 640, GT 630, GT 620, GT 610, 605

GeForce 500 Series:GTX 590, GTX 580, GTX 570, GTX 560 Ti, GTX 560 SE, GTX 560, GTX 555, GTX 550 Ti, GT 545, GT 530, GT 520, 510

GeForce 400 Series:GTX 480, GTX 470, GTX 465, GTX 460 v2, GTX 460 SE v2, GTX 460 SE, GTX 460, GTS 450, GT 440, GT 430, GT 420, 405

Check out the official announcement for a complete list of fixes and improvements.

It’s easy to install this driver in Ubuntu and its derivatives, such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS. Just close the graphical session and run the installer in command line. To do so, follow the below steps:

1.) Download the Driver 325.05.03 by the links below. You may check your system type (32-bit or 64-bit) by System Settings -> Details.

Download for Linux 32-bit

Download for Linux 64-bit

2.) You have to switch to command console by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1, login via your username and password. Then stop the graphical session. For the default Ubuntu Unity, run the below command:

sudo stop lightdm

For Linux Mint, run this instead:

sudo service mdm stop

3.) Give executable permission to the downloaded file:

chmod a+x ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-325.05.03.run

4.) Now run the installer and follow the on screen prompts to start installing Nvidia Driver:

sudo sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-325.05.03.run

When done, restart your machine via:

sudo reboot

(Optional) To remove this driver, re-run the step 2), and then run:

sudo ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-325.05.03.run --uninstall

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Install / Upgrade KDE 4.11 in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.04, 12.10

Last updated: August 17, 2013

The KDE Community announced Plasma Workspaces 4.11 a few days ago. Now it’s available in Kubuntu Backports PPA, here you can install / Upgrade to KDE 4.11 in (K)Ubuntu 13.04, (K)Ubuntu 12.04, (K)Ubuntu 12.10.

New in KDE 4.11:

Plasma Workspaces 4.11 Continues to Refine User Experience

Gearing up for long term maintenance, Plasma Workspaces delivers further improvements to basic functionality with a smoother taskbar, smarter battery widget and improved sound mixer. The introduction of KScreen brings intelligent multi-monitor handling to the Workspaces, and large scale performance improvements combined with small usability tweaks make for an overall nicer experience.

KDE Applications 4.11 Bring Huge Step Forward in Personal Information Management and Improvements All Over

This release marks massive improvements in the KDE PIM stack, giving much better performance and many new features. Kate improves the productivity of Python and Javascript developers with new plugins, Dolphin became faster and the educational applications bring various new features.

KDE Platform 4.11 Delivers Better Performance

This release of KDE Platform 4.11 continues to focus on stability. New features are being implemented for our future KDE Frameworks 5.0 release, but for the stable release we managed to squeeze in optimizations for our Nepomuk framework.

Read the official announcement.

Install / Upgrade KDE 4.11

Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal. When it opens, copy (Ctrl+C) the code and paste (Ctrl+Shift+V) in terminal and hit enter to add the Kubuntu Backports PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

Then update package lists and upgrade your system:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade

If you’re going to install the Kubuntu desktop, run below commands instead:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

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Kernel 3.10.7 Released: Install / Upgrade in Ubuntu, Linux Mint

Last updated: August 16, 2013

Linux Kernel 3.10.7 has been released. All users of the 3.10 kernel series must upgrade. Here’s how to install / upgrade in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal, and Linux Mint.

Linux kernel 3.10.7 is a pretty big release that brings PowerPC enhancements, updated drivers (including DRM ones), as well as improvements to the EXT4, CIFS, ReiserFS and Btrfs filesystems. See official release announcement.

Install / Upgrade Kernel 3.10.7

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands to download the DEBs:

For 32-bit system, run below 3 commands:

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.7-saucy/linux-headers-3.10.7-031007-generic_3.10.7-031007.201308150319_i386.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.7-saucy/linux-headers-3.10.7-031007_3.10.7-031007.201308150319_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.7-saucy/linux-image-3.10.7-031007-generic_3.10.7-031007.201308150319_i386.deb

For 64-bit:

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.7-saucy/linux-headers-3.10.7-031007-generic_3.10.7-031007.201308150319_amd64.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.7-saucy/linux-headers-3.10.7-031007_3.10.7-031007.201308150319_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.7-saucy/linux-image-3.10.7-031007-generic_3.10.7-031007.201308150319_amd64.deb

After downloading the packages, both 32-bit & 64-bit can run below commands to install them:

sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.10.7*.deb linux-image-3.10.7*.deb

Once installed, update grub to apply changes and you’re done!

sudo update-grub

(Optional) To remove Linux Kernel 3.10.7, run this command in terminal:

sudo apt-get purge linux-image-3.10.7*

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Qmmp 0.7.2 Released: Install / Upgrade in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.04

Classic Menu Indicator 0.08 Has Been Released

Calibre 1.0 Released: Install / Upgrade in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10

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Install / Upgrade Kernel 3.10.9

Install Nvidia OpenGL 4.4 Driver 325.05.03 in Ubuntu, Linux Mint

Install / Upgrade KDE 4.11 in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.04, 12.10

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Install / Upgrade KDE 4.11

Kernel 3.10.7 Released: Install / Upgrade in Ubuntu, Linux Mint

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