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Numix Announces New Linux Distribution
The folks behind the Numix Project, popular for its GTK and icon themes, have announced that they are working with Nitrux S.A. on a new Linux distribution.GNOME as a base"We are basing our shell on...
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How To Set Up Unlocator DNS Under Linux To Access Netflix, Hulu, CBS, ABC,...
Tunlr, a free DNS service that allowed its users to access US-based on-demand Internet streaming providers from outside the US, was shut down recently. For those who are looking for a reliable...
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Create Classy Slow Motion Videos In Linux With slowmoVideo
slowmoVideo is a Qt application for Linux and Windows that can be used to create beautiful slow motion videos. But don't think all it does is change the video playback speed! The tool can smoothly slow...
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Portal 2 Released On Steam For Linux (Beta)
Portal 2, a popular first-person puzzle game developed by Valve, is now available on Steam for Linux, as beta.The game, released in April 2011, can be played in single-player campaign or in cooperative...
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GNOME Shell Clipboard Extension GPaste 3.8 And 3.3 Available In PPA
GPaste is a clipboard management system that comes with a command line interface as well as a GNOME Shell extension. The application features URIs (remembers copied files, not just text) and pictures...
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Modify PDF Files In Linux With Master PDF Editor
Master PDF Editor is a multi-platform application written in Qt that allows you to create, edit and encrypt PDF and XPS files. The tool can be used to modify or add text, insert images, split, merge or...
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Fix "Cannot add PPA. Please check that the PPA name or format is correct" And...
Yesterday I encountered an issue in Ubuntu related to CA-certificates which resulted in errors when trying to add PPA repositories, cloning GIT repositories and more and I decided to make an article on...
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XBMC Media Center 13.0 Gotham Beta 1 Released
XBMC Media Center 13.0 "Gotham" Beta 1 has been released, bringing improvements across all platforms, such as hardware decoding on Android, proper PulseAudio support for Linux, improved settings,...
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MATE Desktop 1.8 Released
After 11 months of development, MATE 1.8 has been released, bringing various refinements and new features such as support for Metacity as window manager, side-by-side window tiling and more, as well as...
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Dukto LAN File Transfer Tool Is Easy To Use, Multi-Platform
Dukto R6 is an open source, multi-platform LAN file transfer tool, useful to transfer files form one computer to another without having to worry about configurations, operating systems, clients,...
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Command Line YouTube Player `mps-youtube` Gets YouTube Playlists Support, More
mps-youtube, a command line tool to search, play and YouTube videos with local playlists support, has received quite a few changes since our previous article about it. The most important new feature is...
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How To Disable The Spotify Tray / AppIndicator Icon In Ubuntu
The native Spotify Linux client uses a tray icon / appindicator that can't be set by the icon theme so it doesn't integrate with the rest of the Ubuntu desktop. Furthermore, Spotify is integrated in...
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Ubuntu Touch Emulator: Installation And Usage In Ubuntu 14.04, 13.10 And 12.04
A while back, Canonical released an experimental Ubuntu Touch emulator running Unity 8 and Mir. Back then, there were a few bugs, including a nasty one on 64bit that could break the system, but they...
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ClassicMenu Indicator 0.9 Released With New Configuration Options
ClassicMenu Indicator is, like the name says, a classic, old GNOME style menu available as an AppIndicator so it can be used in Unity, as an alternative for those who dislike Dash, but it should also...
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Ubuntu Touch X86 Emulator: Better Emulator Performance, Faster Startup...
Yesterday I wrote about installing Ubuntu Touch Emulator (ARM) in Ubuntu, but as you've probably noticed from the video or from your own experience if you've installed it, the ARM emulator is very...
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Automate Tasks In Linux Using Actionaz, A Powerful Tool That Can Emulate...
Actionaz is task automation tool written in C++ / Qt, available for Linux and Windows. Using it, you can run repetitive tasks automatically, all without having to know any programming languages.The...
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Download The Ubuntu 14.04 Community Wallpapers
The community wallpapers that will be included by default in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS have been revealed today:DownloadThe images above are small and for presentation purposes only. These wallpapers should...
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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Default Wallpaper Revealed
In a rather vague article posted yesterday, Michal Izydorczyk revealed a wallpaper that was later confirmed to be the default Ubuntu 14.04 LTS wallpaper.I couldn’t post about it since I wasn't sure...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Themes To Use Borderless Window Decorations
Back in Ubuntu 11.04, the default Ubuntu themes (Ambiance and Radiance) had the window borders removed. That change was reverted because of some Unity 2D related issues but it looks like borderless...
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Unity 7 Gets Its Own LockScreen [Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr]
Yet another interesting Unity 7 change will make it into Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr: Unity will get its own lockscreen. Update: this feature landed in Ubuntu 14.04 last night. The new Unity lockscreen...
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