XBMC 13.0 `Gotham` Released
XBMC Media Center 13.0 "Gotham" was released yesterday, bringing improvements across all platforms, such as hardware decoding on Android, proper PulseAudio support for Linux, improved settings, support...
View ArticlePandora Linux Client `Pithos` 1.0 Released, Install It In Ubuntu 14.04
Pithos, a Pandora.com Linux client, was updated to version 1.0 recently. With this release, Pithos was ported to Python 3, GTK3 and GStreamer 1.0 but that's not all that's new - there are also some new...
View ArticleHow To Delay Startup Applications In GNOME / Unity [Quick Tip]
Quick tip for GNOME/Unity users: If you want to add a delay to a startup application, the easiest way to do it is to add the "X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay" parameter to the application autostart desktop...
View ArticleUbuntu AppIndicator That Displays Bash Scripts Output On The Panel:...
Sysmonitor Indicator is an Ubuntu AppIndicator that can display the CPU, memory, swap, filesystem and network usage as values on the panel. Furthermore, the AppIndicator comes with a very interesting...
View ArticlePushbullet Indicator: Send Files, Links And Notes To Your Android or iOS...
Pushbullet is a service that lets you easily send files, links, notes, lists, etc. to your Android or iOS device from your desktop or from your desktop to your iOS / Android device. It can be used via...
View ArticleInstall Atom Text Editor In Ubuntu Via PPA
Atom is an open source "hackable text editor for the 21st Century" developed by GitHub, which is currently in beta. Currently, there are Atom binaries only for Mac OS X.Until now, to use Atom in Ubuntu...
View ArticleNew Unreal Tournament Game Will Be Available For Linux, Free
After announcing Linux / SteamOS support for the latest Unreal Engine 4.1 about two weeks ago, a recent announcement posted on the Unreal Engine wiki mentions that the next Unreal Tournament game will...
View ArticleHow To Install GNOME 3.12 In Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)
GNOME 3.12 was released a while back but it wasn't included by default in Ubuntu 14.04, so here's how to install GNOME 3.12 in Ubuntu GNOME 14.04.Currently, GNOME 3.12 is available in the GNOME 3...
View ArticlePinguy OS 14.04 Released, See What`s New
After releasing the Mini ISO about 2 weeks ago, +Antoni has released PinguyOS 14.04 (full) recently, an Ubuntu (14.04) remaster that ships with many popular applications and tweaks.Pinguy OS is an...
View ArticlePopcorn Time 0.3 Released With TV Series Support, New User Interface, Other...
Popcorn Time, an open source Netflix-style torrent streaming application for Linux, Windows and Mac which is quite popular these days, was updated to version 0.3 beta recently, bringing some major...
View ArticleQuick Updates: Ubuntu Touch Emulator x86, Y PPA Manager, DockBarX Xfce Plugin
Ubuntu Touch EmulatorThe Ubuntu Touch Emulator package from the Phablet Tools PPA now has x86 support. The ARM instances are very slow but now by using the Phablet Tools PPA, you can create x86 Ubuntu...
View ArticleConfirmed: Next 3 Linux Mint Releases Will Be Based On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
A while back I was telling you that Linux Mint might use the same LTS base for Linux Mint 17 as well as the next 3 releases. Well, Clement Lefebvre, the Linux Mint Project Leader, announced today that...
View ArticleInstall Snakefire (Campfire Linux Client) In Ubuntu Via PPA
Snakefire is a Qt Linux client for Campfire, a team collaboration tool with real time chat, popular among developers. Because there were no Ubuntu packages for Snakefire, WebUpd8 reader +Rael has...
View ArticleAtom Text Editor Ubuntu PPA Update
Today I've updated the Atom Ubuntu PPA with the latest Atom code from GitHub and, while the application still doesn't work on 32bit, there is some good news: Atom uses dynamic libraries now, so you...
View ArticleBetty Is Like Siri Or Google Now For The Command Line (Translates Plain...
Betty is like Siri or Google Now for the command line. Well, sort of. The tool translates plain English into commands: it displays the command it runs and obviously, the command output, in the...
View ArticleFree Ancient Warfare Game `0 A.D.` Alpha 16 Released
Wildfire Games has released the sixteenth alpha version of 0 A.D., an open source, historical real-time strategy game which features excellent graphics and sound. The new alpha brings an improved AI, a...
View ArticleFresh Player Plugin: Pepper Flash Wrapper For Firefox And Other...
Fresh Player Plugin is a new (alpha!) wrapper that allows Linux users to use Pepper Flash from Google Chrome in Firefox, Opera and other NPAPI-compatible browsers.As you probably know, the latest Adobe...
View ArticleSopCast App TV-Maxe 0.10 Released, Adds Option To Bypass Blocked Ports, More
TV-Maxe is an application that allows you to watch TV online via different streams, such as SopCast (but not only). The application features HTTP / infrared remote control support, multiple playback...
View ArticleSpotify For Linux Gets A Refreshed User Interface, Other Changes
Spotify is a music streaming service that comes with native clients for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux as well as mobile devices such as iOS, Android, BlackBerry, etc. The service is available in...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome Stable (35) For Linux Updated With Aura UI Stack, Notification...
Google Chrome stable for Linux was updated recently (version 35) with important changes: Aura is now used for the user interface (replacing GTK2) and also, a Notification Center and App Launcher were...
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