As of January 8, 2014, iOS7 does not work. See
After compile libimobiledevice freshly downloaded from git, it's now able to download pictures from iPhone
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libimobiledevice/+bug/1207812
Apparently they are working to update the library. P.S. compiling the library uses a lot of time to install various dependent libraries. Also the default install path is different, so need to manually create link to make the library work. Don't do it unless there is free time.
See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eclipse/+bug/1208019
Find the launcher ".desktop" file, add "env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=" to unset the environmental variable.
Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=