Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, the Ubuntu Online Summit for Ubuntu 15.10 takes place right now, the developers discussing about the future Ubuntu releases. Canonical’s Mark Shuttleworth has announced today that a new Ubuntu Touch phone will be released this year and that the Ubuntu 15.10 will be code named Wily Werewolf, but …
Hello Linux Geeksters. Due to the fact that Canonical has discovered a bunch of kernel exploits on Ubuntu 14.10, they have decided to update the kernel. So, Kernel 3.16.0.31-generic (3.16.0-31.41) have been implemented on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn. Unfortunately, the ABI has been changed an so, the kernel packages have a new version number, so …
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Hello Linux Geeksters. Unity celebrated its fourth birthday at the beginning of this week. For those users who are new to Ubuntu, Canonical has replaced GNOME with Unity starting with Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal. But the first Unity based Ubuntu system was Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Remix, a special flavor for netbooks. Due to the fact …
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As you may know, Shotcut is an open-source, multi-platform video editing software, having the below features: supports oodles of audio and video formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg supports many image formats such as BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, TGA, TIFF as well as image sequences no import required – native editing frame-accurate seeking for …
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Arronax is an open-source application that allows the users to easily create .desktop files (valid for following DEs: GNOME, KDE, MATE, ROX, RazorQt, Trinity, Unity and XFCE) and Quicklist icons for Unity. It can be used as either a Nautilus plugin or as a standalone application. The latest …
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Hello Linux Geeksters, As you may know, Midori is a lightweight web browser, used by default on the XFCE4 desktop environment and on Elementary OS systems. The latest version available is Midori 0.5.8.1, which has been released a while ago, coming with improvements for WebKit2 and Adblock, which got rewritten from C to Vala. In …
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, MKV Extractor Qt is an open-source graphical MKV software written in Python 3 and Qt4, used to extract tracks from Matroska (MKV) files and to convert DTS audio to AC3, a file usable on Freebox v5. The latest version available is MKV Extractor Qt 5.1.4, which has been …
Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, the Unity Dash stores all the searches performed by the users, while Zeitgeist remembers the latest opened files. If you are concerned about your privacy, the easiest way to disable all the Unity features that store the recent activity is to install Privacy Indicator. The latest version available …
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As you may know, Canonical has created a special Ubuntu Snappy Core image for the Raspberry Pi 2 ARM mini computer, to help the users familiarize with Ubuntu for the Internet of Things OS. The Snappy Ubuntu Core has been updated a lot lately, adding fixes for node-snapper, a tutorial for node-to-snap, enhanced chatroom snap, …
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Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Cool Retro Term is an open-source terminal emulator written in Qt5, that mimics the 80s style monochrome monitors. It is available in different colors and styles, replicating old Apple or IBM consoles (terminals). The latest version available is Cool Retro Term 1.0, which has been released a while …