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Turtl: Secure, Open Source Evernote Alternative

Turtl is a secure, open source Evernote alternative, available for Linux, Windows, Mac, and Android. An iOS version is "coming soon". Firefox and Chrome bookmarking extensions are also available.The...

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Rclone Synchronizes Files Between Multiple Cloud Storage Services (Command Line)

There are command line tools available for synchronizing files from / to cloud storage services, but they usually only support one service. Like Grive2 for Google Drive, the official Yandex.Disk...

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How To Prevent The Super Key From Opening Dash On Top Of Fullscreen Windows...

In Ubuntu (Unity), the Super (Windows) key is used to open Unity Dash. Accidentally pressing the Super key when playing fullscreen games can be quite annoying, because Dash covers quite a bit of the...

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How To Completely Disable Mouse Acceleration In Linux

Some desktop environments don't provide a way to change the mouse acceleration (GNOME and Unity for instance), and even for those that do (like Cinnamon), you can't completely turn it off. Here's how...

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Quick Updates: Guake 0.8.7, WebTorrent Desktop 0.12.0, TLP 0.9

Guake 0.8.7Guake is a drop-down terminal emulator for GNOME (GTK2). The application is inspired from consoles in computer games, such as Quake, in which the console slides from the top of the screen...

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Switch Between Multiple Lists Of Apps Pinned To Unity Launcher With `Launcher...

Launcher List Indicator is a simple AppIndicator that makes it easy to switch between multiple lists of Unity Launcher icons (apps pinned to the launcher).The indicator allows saving applications that...

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MATE Dock Applet Gets Unity-Like Progress Bar And Badge Support

MATE Dock Applet is a MATE Panel applet that displays running application windows as icons. The applet features options to pin applications to the dock, supports multiple workspaces, and can be added...

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How To Install And Configure Bumblebee In Ubuntu 16.04 (With Nvidia-361 Or...

The Bumblebee package available in the official Ubuntu 16.04 repositories needs a tweak to work with Nvidia 361 graphics drivers. Furthermore, if you want to use a newer Nvidia graphics drivers...

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Multiload-ng 1.2.0 Released With Color Schemes Support, More

Multiload-ng, a graphical system monitor for Xfce, LXDE, and MATE panels, was updated to version 1.2.0 recently, getting color schemes support, a redesigned preferences window, and more.The latest...

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Google Earth For Linux Update Brings Fixes For Panoramio Pictures And Various...

Google has updated Google Earth recently, fixing some of the issues that were occurring on Linux, such as Panoramio pictures not working, as well as various crashes.Google Earth had quite a few issues...

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QOwnNotes Is A Note Taking And Todo List App That Integrates With ownCloud

QOwnNotes is a free, open source note taking and todo list application available for Linux, Windows, and Mac. The application saves your notes as plain-text files, and it features Markdown support and...

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How To Install Avant Window Navigator In Ubuntu 16.04 Or Linux Mint 18

Avant Window Navigator is a dock / task manager for Linux, which was very popular a while back. Its developers lost interest with the introduction of Unity, and after several years of inactivity, the...

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Vivaldi 1.4 Released With Theme Scheduling

Vivaldi, the web browser aimed at power users, was updated to version 1.4 (stable) today. There aren't as many changes as in the previous release, but a few interesting improvements.The latest Vivaldi...

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Ubuntu 16.10 Available For Download [See What`s New]

Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) has been released. The new version ships with Unity bug fixes, updated applications, including the GNOME 3.20 stack, an alternative experimental Unity 8 session, along with...

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Audacious 3.8, Terminix 1.3.0, Atom 1.11.1, MATE Dock Applet 0.75 [PPA...

I've been away for a while and there were quite a few application releases that I had to update in the WebUpd8 PPAs, so here's what I've updated and what's new (I won't post minor updates...

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Multiload-ng 1.4.0, GNOME Twitch 0.3.0, Sublime Text 3 Build 3126 [PPA...

The first WebUpd8 PPA updates part is HERE.Multiload-ng 1.4.0Multiload-ng is a graphical system monitor for the Xfce, LXDE, and MATE panels (for both GTK2 and GTK3), forked from the old GNOME Multiload...

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FunYahoo++: New Yahoo Messenger Plugin For Pidgin / libpurple [PPA]

Yahoo retired its old Messenger protocol in favor of a new one, breaking compatibility with third-party applications, such as Pidgin, Empathy, and so on.Eion Robb, the SkypeWeb and Hangouts developer,...

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SpaceView: Ubuntu File System Usage Indicator

SpaceView is an Ubuntu indicator which displays the file system usage, created as a response to an AskUbuntu question.The AppIndicator displays a list of devices in its menu, and clicking on any of...

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Update Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Linux Kernel Without Rebooting With The Canonical...

Canonical launched the Canonical Livepatch Service recently, an "authenticated, encrypted, signed stream of livepatch kernel modules for Ubuntu servers, virtual machines and desktops", applying...

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Prime Indicator Plus Makes It Easy To Switch Between Nvidia And Intel...

Prime Indicator is an AppIndicator for laptops with Nvidia Optimus, allowing users to quickly switch between Intel and Nvidia graphics.The original Prime Indicator hasn't been updated since February,...

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