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On Demand System Tray For Ubuntu: `Indicator Systemtray Unity`

If you still need a system tray in Ubuntu (Unity), you don't need the patched Unity any more. Instead, you can simply install `Indicator Systemtray Unity`, a new AppIndicator which adds a system tray...

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Fedora Post Install Tool `Fedy` Updated With New UI, Fedora 22 Support

Fedy 4.0 was released recently, bringing a completely rewritten, fully native GTK3 user interface as well as Fedora 22 (to be released tomorrow) support.Fedy (previously called Fedora Utils) is a tool...

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Grive2: Grive Fork With Google Drive REST API And Partial Sync Support [PPA]

Grive was an unofficial, open source command line Linux client for Google Drive. I say "was" because the tool no longer works due to Google changing it's API recently and Grive not being maintained any...

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Fedora 22 Released, See What`s New [Workstation]

Fedora 22 Workstation was released today and it ships with the latest stable GNOME 3.16, a new default package manager and other interesting changes. Let's take a look at what's new! GNOME 3.16Fedora...

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Yet Another Network Speed Ubuntu AppIndicator

Indicator Netspeed Unity is an Ubuntu AppIndicator which displays the current network upload / download speed on the panel. Despite its name, it should work with any panel that supports...

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Nemo 2.6 Gets A Plugin Manager, More [`Nemo With Unity Patches` PPA Updated]

While Nemo 2.6 wasn't officially released yet (Cinnamon 2.6 is currently undergoing testing in the Linux Mint Romeo repository), its source has been available for some time on GitHub. I've been using...

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Cinnamon 2.6 Officially Released [Video, Screenshots]

Cinnamon 2.6 was released yesterday, bringing important changes like improved multi-monitor (with multi-panel) support, redesigned and reorganized system settings, a plugin manager for Nemo as well as...

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SysMonitor Indicator, Sticky Notes Indicator And Systemtray Unity Indicator...

Systemtray Unity Indicator, Sticky Notes Indicator and SysMonitor Indicator were updated recently. Read on to see what's new.Systemtray Unity IndicatorSystemtray Unity Indicator is a new Unity...

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BQ Aquarius E5 HD Ubuntu Edition Available For Pre-Order

Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is now available for pre-order in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland.The phone, made by the Spanish smartphones, tablets, electronic readers, and 3d printers...

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Try Nuvola Player 3 Beta (Cloud Music Player With Tight Desktop Integration)

Nuvola Player is a cloud music player supports various services such as Google Play Music, This is My Jam, Rdio, Deezer, Bandcamp, Spotify, Jango, Mixcloud and KEXP Live Stream. Its purpose is to...

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Workarounds For Not Being Able to Mount The Windows 8 Partition In Linux Due...

If you reboot Windows 8 / 8.1 and boot into a Linux distribution, you'll notice that you can't access the Windows partition and an error similar to the one below is displayed:Error mounting /dev/sdb2...

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Get New Wine Features Faster With `Wine Staging` [PPA]

Wine Staging is a Wine version which provides bug fixes and features that aren't yet available in regular Wine versions.Wine Staging (formerly known as Wine Compholio) was initially created for...

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How To Stream To Twitch From Linux Using OBS Studio

OBS Studio is a free, open source application which allows video recording and live streaming. The app can be used to stream to various popular websites such as Twitch.tv, YouTube, Hitbox.tv, Vaughn...

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Fresh Player Plugin Gets Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding Via VA-API And...

Fresh Player Plugin was updated recently with support for hardware accelerated video decoding via VA-API and VDPAU, along with video capture support (ALSA, JACK, PulseAudio) and other...

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Quick Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition Review

Back in September 2014, Meizu - one of the top smartphone manufacturers in China -, released the Meizu MX4 phone running Android OS. In may 2015, this high-end, premium looking phone was made available...

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Install LibreOffice 5.0 In Ubuntu Or Linux Mint Via PPA

LibreOffice 5.0 was released last week and it includes numerous changes, such as UI improvements, better HiDPI support, new icon theme by KDE called Breeze, much improved Spreadsheet, better filters...

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Use Facebook Chat In Pidgin With Purple-Facebook

Facebook shut down their XMPP service earlier this year and because of this, Pidgin/libpurple no longer supports Facebook Chat. For those of you who want to use Facebook Chat in Pidgin, there's a new...

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Download Torrents And YouTube Videos With FrostWire

FrostWire is a free, open source Java downloader, BitTorrent client and media player, which comes with a built-in multi-tracker search (like TPB, Yify, Mininova, etc.) as well as YouTube and SoundCloud...

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How To Install Facebook (And Others) Emoticons In Pidgin [Quick Tip]

Quick tip: If you're using the new Facebook Chat plugin for Pidgin, you may want to add support for Facebook's official emoticons, so here's how to do it.To add Facebook (including secret) emoticons to...

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Power Management Tool `TLP` 0.8 Released

TLP 0.8 was released recently, bringing various ThinkPad improvements, systemd "predictable network interface names" support along with other changes and bug fixes.For those not familiar with TLP, this...

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