New Official Proprietary GPU Drivers Ubuntu PPA Released
In an effort to make it easier to install the latest proprietary graphics drivers in Ubuntu, a new official PPA was released today.Currently, the PPA ships Nvidia drivers only (and it's not clear if it...
View ArticleHamachi Linux GUI `Haguichi` 1.3.0 Released With New UI
Haguichi, a Hamachi GUI for Linux, was updated to version 1.3.0 and with this release, the app has migrated from Mono and GTK2 to Vala and GTK 3 and uses a completely revamped user interface.With the...
View ArticleQt Music Player `Yarock` 1.1.3 Released, Available In PPA
Yarock 1.1.3 was released recently with a new radio service: Radionomy (which has replaced Shoutcast), support for importing APE files in the playqueue, MP4 audio tag reading and more.Yarock is a Qt...
View ArticleXubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf To Get A New Panel Layout Switcher
According to a Launchpad bug report, a new application, called Xfce Panel Switch, should be included by default with Xubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf. The package is currently in the Wily new queue.Xfce...
View ArticleUbuntu 15.10 To Ship With Gnome's Overlay Scrollbars By Default
Note: this change initially landed in Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf in July (when I was on holiday), with some theming tweaks following up until recently, and it seems nobody mentioned this, so I decided...
View ArticleLive Cricket Scores Ubuntu Indicator
Cricket Score Indicator is an AppIndicator which displays live cricket scores from ESPNcricinfo on the panel.The indicator displays both international and domestic live cricket scores in the...
View ArticlePlay SRT Subtitles On Top Of Any Video With Penguin Subtitle Player
Penguin Subtitle Player is a simple open source Qt5 subtitle player which can be used to display SRT subtitles on top of online video streaming websites that don't support subtitles or don't allow...
View ArticleUbuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf Beta 1 Flavors Released
The first beta for the Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf flavors (Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu MATE, Lubuntu and Ubuntu Kylin) was released today. Let's take a quick look at what's new!Kubuntu 15.10...
View ArticleTerminal Emulator `Terminator` Sees New Release
Terminator is terminal emulator which includes numerous useful features such as multiple terminals in the same window (split view), notifications, supports saving and restoring custom layouts and much...
View ArticleDockBarX Xfce4 Panel Plugin Updated With Panel Blending
Quick update: The DockBarX Xfce4 Panel plugin was updated to version 0.4.1 recently, bringing a pretty important new feature: panel blending.DockBarX is an application launcher / switcher which is...
View ArticleEnpass Password Manager 5.0 RC Released With Browser Extensions For...
Enpass 5.0 RC was released recently (64bit only for Linux), bringing one of the most requested features: browser extensions for both Firefox and Chrome on Linux and Windows (and for Safari on Mac),...
View ArticleExtract Individual Tracks From Audio CD Images With Flacon
Flacon is a Qt tool which can be used to extract individual tracks from audio CD images which contain an entire album, such as WavPack, APE, FLAC, WAV or True Audio, based on the information provided...
View ArticleGNOME 3.18 Released, See What`s New
After six months of work, GNOME 3.18 was released today, bringing some important Files application improvements, built-in Firmware upgrades, as well as a new preview application called 'To Do'.Changes...
View ArticleUbuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf Final Beta Available For Download
Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf final beta (beta 2 for the flavors) was released last night, bringing updated applications (including most GNOME 3.16.x apps), GNOME's overlay scrollbars by default for GTK3...
View ArticleFoxit PDF Reader Sees New Linux Release
Foxit PDF Reader for Linux was updated recently, after years of no new releases. The new version brings support for opening PDFs in tabs, annotations and more.Foxit Reader is a popular free to use (but...
View ArticleSMPlayer 15.9 (Stable) Released With mpv Support, More
SMPlayer, a Qt front-end for mplayer, has reached version 15.9.0 recently, this being the first stable version to support mpv. There are various other new features as well, like support for 3D stereo...
View ArticleUbuntu 15.10 And 15.04 Update Disables JAyatana (Global Menu And HUD For Java...
JAyatana is a project that integrates Java Swing applications (such as NetBeans IDE, IntelliJ IDEA, Android Studio, jDownloader and so on) with Ubuntu's global menu and HUD. Starting with Ubuntu 15.04,...
View ArticleCreate A Custom Ubuntu Or Linux Mint ISO With PinguyBuilder
PinguyBuilder is a script which allows creating a customized Live CD/Live USB (remaster) of Ubuntu or Linux Mint, that can be used either as a distributable ISO or as a backup.The script is a fork of...
View ArticleCircular App Launcher `Gnome Pie` 0.6.7 Gets New Clipboard Slice Group, Other...
Gnome Pie 0.6.7 was released recently with a new experimental feature: clipboard slice group, along with other changes.Update:version 0.6.8 was released which adds two new themes (Simple Clock and...
View ArticleGo For It!: A Simple Todo.txt-Based To-Do List Manager And Timer Productivity...
Go For It! is a simple, yet very useful 2 in 1 productivity app which includes to-do list management as well as a timer, available for Linux and Windows. The to-do list and timer are used together:...
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