Wednesday, 31 December 2014

Nootka 1.1.14 released, learn classical score notation on Linux Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, OpenSUSE, Arch Linux and Fedora


Nootka 1.1.4 released, learn classical score notation on Linux Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, OpenSUSE, Arch Linux and Fedora

Nootka is an open source and cross-platform application that allows users to learn or teach classical score notation. It has been designed from the ground up to be used by guitarists and musicians who want a good music scoring application.

The program can also be used for ear training. It is translated into English, French, Polish, Russian, German and Czech languages, supports scordature, includes a level editor, an exam mode, automatic detection of played sounds, and several name-callings for musical notes.

What's New in version 1.1.4 Alpha
  • playing/pitch detecting of melodies
  • exam/exercises adjusted to play/guess melodies
  • many other changes
  • ported to Qt5

Easily and quickly discover the rules of musical notation

With its interactive interface written with the help of the Qt GUI toolkit, users will be able to easily and quickly discover the rules of musical notation. A wide range of guitars are included, allowing guitarists to learn how to fine-tune them for the best possible results.

It is also possible to analyze results. In addition, the application includes a plethora of exercises for classical score notation and natural sound of guitars. It’s also possible to create your own set of music scoring exercises.

Download Nootka 1.1.14 alpha

Install Nootka 1.0.1 stable on Debian 7 "wheezy", Debian 6 "squeeze",  Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

32 bit :
wget -c http://liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net/project/nootka/Nootka-1.0.1/nootka_1.0.1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i nootka_1.0.1_i386.deb
sudo rm -rf nootka_1.0.1_i386.deb
64 bit :
wget -c http://liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net/project/nootka/Nootka-1.0.1/nootka_1.0.1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i nootka_1.0.1_amd64.deb
sudo rm -rf nootka_1.0.1_amd64.deb

In case “dpkg” indicates missing dependencies, complete the installation by executing the following command:
sudo apt-get install -f
Follow this page for installation on other linux distribution.

ZevenOS 6.0 'Goodbye Edition' is released, Linux distribution designed for computers with old hardware components

ZevenOS 6.0 'Goodbye Edition' is released, Linux distribution designed for computers with old hardware components

ZevenOS 6.0 'Goodbye Edition' is released, Linux distribution designed for computers with old hardware components

ZevenOS is a free and open-source operating system with a focus on providing users with a low on resources and easy-to-use distribution of Linux that features a BeOS-like graphical interface and support for old hardware components. It is derived from the world’s most popular free OS, Ubuntu.

What's New in This Release: 
  • Deskbar replaced by xfce4-panel ‘deskbar’ mode (old Deskbar still available via repository)
  • new Ubuntu 14.04 base
  • OpenShot 1.4.3 with Youtube Upload support and a lot more features
  • Abiword 3.0.0
  • Audacity 2.0.5
  • Claws-Mail 3.9.3
  • Firefox 34
  • Gimp 2.8.10
  • Inkscape 0.48.4
  • Thunar 1.6.3
  • Updated Icon and GTK-Theme
  • ZRAM enabled by default
  • Sysctl Tweaks for better responsiveness
  • Updated scripts to include btrfs-snapshot.sh script from Neptune
ZevenOS 6.0 'Goodbye Edition' is released, Linux distribution designed for computers with old hardware components

ZevenOS 6.0 'Goodbye Edition' is released, Linux distribution designed for computers with old hardware components

BeOS-like graphical desktop environment powered by Xfce

We hate to ruin the surprise, but the default desktop environment of ZevenOS is Xfce, which has been highly customized to look and act like a genuine BeOS interface.

It features no panels or docks, but only a system tray area that also acts as a task manager on the upper right side of the screen and a multifunctional right-click context menu from where the user can also navigate the main menu and launch applications.

Includes a great selection of open source applications

As expected, the distro includes only lightweight applications. Among some of the most important ones, we can mention Geany IDE, Shotwell image viewer and organizer, GIMP image editor, Claws Mail email client, Mozilla Firefox web browser, Pidgin multi-protocol instant messenger and DeaDBeeF audio player.

Additionally, the Liferea news reader, GNOME MPlayer video player, Transmission torrent downloader, AbiWord word processor, Gnumeric spreadsheet editor, Thunar file manager, Inkscape vector graphics editor, XChat IRC client, Brasero CD/DVD burning software, Audacity audio editor and Synaptic Package Manager are also installed.

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Linux Deepin 2014.2 is released, Linux distribution based on Ubuntu and dedicated to the Chinese community

Linux Deepin 2014.2 is released, Linux distribution based on Ubuntu and dedicated to the Chinese community

Linux Deepin 2014.2 is released, Linux distribution based on Ubuntu and dedicated to the Chinese community

Linux Deepin (formarly Hiweed GNU/Linux) is an open source and freely distributed operating system based on the Ubuntu Linux distribution and featuring its own desktop environment, theme, icons, and login manager.

What's New in This Release:
  • Enabled brand-new Deepin themes, making the system interface more beautiful;
  • newly added the feature of drag and drop re-ordering to the residing icons in Dock;
  • newly added four kinds of re-ordering modes in the Launcher (by name, by category, by installation time and by frequency of use);
  • newly added the functions of Icon, Cursor and Fonts setting in the Personalization Setting module;
  • improved multi-screen display function;
  • strengthened the network function and added the function of state memory;
  • simplified the operation of choosing time zone in Control Center;
  • newly added the function of daylight saving time.
Linux Deepin 2014.2 is released, Linux distribution based on Ubuntu and dedicated to the Chinese community

Availability, boot options and system requirements

It is available for download as two sets of Live DVD ISO images, one for the English language and anotjer one for Chinese users. All of them are supported on both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures, and can be deployed to a USB flash drive of 2 GB or bigger, as well as written to a blank DVD disc.

From the boot prompt, users can try or install the operating system, boot an existing OS installed on the first disk drive, as well as to change the language, keyboard layout, and check the disc for defects (only if using a DVD media).

Recommended system requirements include an Intel Pentium IV 2GHz processor or better, at least 1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended for best performance), at least 10 GB of free disk space, a modern video graphics card from Intel, AMD or Nvidia, an AC97, SoundBlaster or HDA sound card, and a CD/DVD-ROM devices or USB port.

Astonishing desktop environment, powerful applications

As mentioned, Deepin uses its own desktop environment, which is very futuristic and provides users with an astonishing graphical session comprised of a single dock located at the bottom edge of the screen, from where users can launch applications.

Among the includes software, we can mention Google Chrome web browser, Nautilus file manager, Mozilla Thunderbird email client, Pidgin instant messenger, Remmina remote desktop client, Gedit text editor, Kingsoft office suite, as well as Deepin Software Center, Deepin Game Center, DMusic audio player, DPlayer video player, and DSnapshot screenshot utility. 

Download Linux Deepin 2014.2

FileZilla 3.9.0.6 / 3.10.0 RC1 is released and Available for Linux Platform

FileZilla 3.9.0.6 / 3.10.0 RC1 is released and Available for Linux Platform

FileZilla 3.9.0.6 / 3.10.0 RC1 is released and Available for Linux Platform

FileZilla is a free, cross-platform and full-featured FTP (File Transfer Protocol) solution for the Linux and Open Source ecosystems. It is also compatible with the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

New features:

  • Reduced memory consumption of large queues
  • Preliminary support for Windows 10 technical preview
  • MSW: FileZilla running on a 64bit Windows can now use up to 4GiB of RAM, up from 2GiB

Bugfixes and minor changes:

  • Fixed memory leaks in SFTP component
  • Fixed fzsftp crashing on disconnect if using keyfiles
  • Various code cleanup and minor fixes

Features at a glance

The application is easy to use, supports multiple languages, and provides users with support for encrypted file transfers, proxy, MODE Z transfer compression, and speed limits. It can be used to transfer files larger than 4GB, as well as to resume transfers. It supports well known file transfer protocols, including FTP, FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS) and SFTP (SSH FTP). In addition, support for proxy includes SOCKS5, HTTP/1.1 and FTP-proxy.

It also comes with a powerful site manager that allows users to easily organize their FTP connections as they see fit. You will be able to add as many details about a connection as you want, including preferred encryption, logon type, comments, server type, proxy bypass, default local and remote directories, server timezone offset, transfer mode, and character encoding.

Among other unique features, we can mention support for bookmarks, drag and drop support, filename filters, editing of remote files, keep-alive support, remote file search, file logging support, IPv6 support, folder comparison, synchronized directory browsing, and network configuration wizard.

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Tuesday, 30 December 2014

Meld 3.12.3 released, An Open Source software project that provides a diff and merge tool for the GNOME desktop environment

Meld 3.12.3 released, An Open Source software project that provides a diff and merge tool for the GNOME desktop environment

Meld 3.12.3 released, An Open Source software project that provides a diff and merge tool for the GNOME desktop environment

Meld is an open source piece of software designed from the ground up to act as a visual diff and merge utility that integrates well with a wide range of Concurrent Versions Systems (CVS). It is distributed along with the GNOME desktop environment, installable as a standalone application 

Requirements

  • Python 2.7 (Python 3 not yet supported)
  • GTK+ 3.6 (3.12 in development)
  • GLib 2.34 (2.36 in development)
  • PyGObject 3.8
  • GtkSourceView 3.6 (3.10 in development)

Features at a glance

Key features include the ability to edit files in-place, perform two-way and three-way merge and diff operations, view comparison updates on the fly, support for syntax highlighting, built-in regular expression text filtering functionality, as well as support for navigating between merges and diffs.

In addition, it lets the user to view local and global differences with changes, conflicts and insertions marked, compare two or three folders using the file-by-file method, manage files, filter out folders and files, and merge and visualize  independent changes of a single file.

Another interesting feature is the built-in support for a plethora of version control systems, among which we can mention the popular Git, Mercurial, Subversion, and Bazaar. Also, the program includes basic version control actions and a command-line interface.

What's New in This Release:
  • Fixes:
  • Fix inconsistent file chooser when cancelling file selection (Kai Willadsen)
  • UTF-8 encode patches created from the patch dialog (Kai Willadsen)
  • Fix text-wrapping reset caused by the commit dialog (Kai Willadsen)
  • Fix text background display on certain themes (Kai Willadsen)
  • Fix for launching Meld with certain Git environment variables (Kai Willadsen)
  • Add GTK's settings.ini file for font blurriness fix on Windows (Kai Willadsen)
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CopyQ 2.4.3 Released, Available for Linux Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian and Most Popular Linux Distro

CopyQ 2.4.3 Released, Available for Linux Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian and Most Popular Linux Distro

CopyQ 2.4.3 Released, Available for Linux Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian and Most Popular Linux Distro

CopyQ is a multi-platform, freely distributed and open source software project that has been designed from the ground up to act as an advanced clipboard manager on GNU/Linux and Windows operating systems. It supports text and image file formats, and includes editable and searchable history.

What's New in This Release:
  • Plugin for tagging items
  • Plugins can provide script functions and commands
  • Improved automatic commands execution
  • Fixed gradients, transparency and other style improvements
  • Fixed decryption with newer version of GnuPG
  • Fixes for Qt 5 version

Supported operating systems and availability

The application is written in the Qt GUI toolkit, which means that it’s cross-platform, supporting the Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. On GNU/Linux, it is available for download as source and binary archives for the Arch Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, openSUSE, Fedora, Gentoo and other distributions. Both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures are supported at this time.

CopyQ 2.4.3 Features :
  • Supports Linux and Windows.
  • Experimental support for OS X 10.9+.
  • Store text, HTML, images and any other custom format.
  • Customize tray menu.
  • Save items in tabs or tree.
  • Quickly browse through items (fast navigation, filtering with matched text highlighting).
  • Sort items, create new, edit, remove, copy/paste to different tab.
  • Variety of system-wide shortcuts (e.g. show main window or tray, edit clipboard, copy next/previous, paste as plain text).
  • Immediately paste to focused window from tray or main window.
  • Fully customizable appearance (colors, fonts, transparency).
  • Advanced command-line interface and scripting.
  • Ignore clipboard copied from some windows or containing some text.
  • Apply custom commands on selected items or automatically when new matching clipboard content is available.

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Catfish 1.2.2 released, A versatile file searching utility for Linux that uses different backends like locate

Catfish 1.2.2 released, A versatile file searching utility for Linux that uses different backends like locate

Catfish 1.2.2 released, A versatile file searching utility for Linux that uses different backends like locate

Catfish
is an open source, free and handy graphical application designed in GTK+ to provide GNU/Linux users with a capable file search utility that helps theme to locate their files on the local file system.

Supports locate, slocate and beagle search engines

It is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for different file searching backends, which are intractable, configurable only via the command-line interface. Catfish is known to support popular search engines, such as locate, slocate, tracker or beagle.

Its user interface is designed to be simple and lightweight, and the configuration options for each backend are taken directly from the command-line options of the respective search engine. It works well with all GNU/Linux operating systems.

Designed for GNOME

The application’s GUI is modern, as it follows GNOME’s HIG (Human Interface Guidelines) specifications. While it is designed for the GNOME desktop environment, Catfish can also be used on other open source desktop environments or window managers, such as MATE or Cinnamon.

What's New in This Release:
  • Fix typo in CatfishWindow.py (LP: #1372166)
  • Fix right-click activating previous item (LP: #1372165)
  • Updated translations.
Catfish 1.2.2 PPA Available for Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10, and 13.04, 13.10, 14.04 LTS, 14.10, 15.04

If you want to install the latest version in Ubuntu (or Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Mint, etc.), simply add the Catfish-Stable PPA.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:catfish-search/catfish-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install catfish

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Gespeaker 0.8.5, eSpeak speech synthesizer application for Linux Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Ubuntu Derivative system


Gespeaker 0.8.5, eSpeak speech synthesizer application for Linux Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Ubuntu Derivative system

Gespeaker is an open source and totally free graphical software implemented in Python around the GTK+ toolkit as a graphical user interface front-end for the eSpeak speech synthesizer software.

Supported operating systems and requirements

It’s fully compatible with various open source desktop environments/window managers, including GNOME, Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon and LXDE, on either Ubuntu, Debian, Arch Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux or any other GNU/Linux distribution, supporting both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.

Runtime requirements include Python 2.x, eSpeak for the speaking system implementation, the librsvg library for loading SVG files, PyGTK for the graphical user interface, ALSA for the playback functionality, as well as the python-dbus-common and python2-xdg Python modules for the DBus interface and to store the application’s configuration.

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Isoplex 1.0.4 released, Available for Linux Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian and Mac OS X

Isoplex 1.0.4 released, Available for Linux Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian and Mac OS X

Isoplex 1.0.4 released, Available for Linux Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian and Mac OS X

Isoplex is a free and cross-platform computer software designed in the style of the famous Popcorn Time application, giving users free access to millions of movies for free. Yes, there’s no catch, simply download the program, install it, search for your favorite movies and watch them with a single mouse click.

What's New in This Release:
  • Support of different audio/video codecs was improved
  • Work of Play torrent section was perfected
  • Caching of server responses was added to speed up the download of watched screens
  • The app launching speed was a little bit increased

Supported on Linux, Windows and Mac

Being a cross-platform software, Isoplex is officially supported on GNU/Linux (installable only on distributions that use the DEB package management system, such as Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, and their derivatives), Microsoft Windows (Windows 7 and Windows 8), as well as on Mac OS X. It is available for download as native installers for the aforementioned operating systems, supporting 32-bit and 64-bit systems.

Install Isoplex 1.0.4 on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

For Linux system 32 bit :
wget -c http://isoplex.isohunt.to/files/isoplex-ia32-1.0.4.deb
sudo dpkg -i isoplex-ia32-1.0.4.deb

For Linux System 64 bit :
wget -c http://isoplex.isohunt.to/files/isoplex-amd64-1.0.4.deb
sudo dpkg -i isoplex-amd64-1.0.4.deb
Install isoplex 1.0.4 :
sudo dpkg -i isoplex-*.deb

In case “dpkg” indicates missing dependencies, complete the installation by executing the following command:
sudo apt-get install -f

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Install/Upgrade Linux Kernel 3.19 RC2 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 15.04 and Linux Mint 17.1

Install/Upgrade Linux Kernel 3.19 RC2 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu  15.04 and Linux Mint 17.1

Install/Upgrade Linux Kernel 3.19 RC2 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu  15.04 and Linux Mint 17.1

Linux kernel is the essential part of any Linux operating system. It is responsible for resource allocation, low-level hardware interfaces, security, simple communications, basic file system management, and more. Written from scratch by Linus Torvalds (with help from various developers), Linux is a clone of the UNIX operating system. It is geared towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliances.

Linux Kernel 3.19 RC2 Changelog :

[regression] braino in "lustre: use is_root_inode()"
amdkfd: init aperture once per process
arm64: Replace set_arch_dma_coherent_ops with arch_setup_dma_ops
drm/i915: Invalidate media caches on gen7   
drm/i915: Force the CS stall for invalidate flushes
drm/i915: Disable PSMI sleep messages on all rings around context switches
ipmi: Finish cleanup of BMC attributes
ipmi: Fix compile issue with isspace()
nouveau: bring back legacy mmap handler
Merge branch 'msm-fixes-3.19' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~robclark/linux into drm-fixes
Merge tag 'topic/atomic-fixes-2014-12-17' of git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm-intel into drm-fixes
Merge tag 'drm-intel-next-fixes-2014-12-17' of git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm-intel into drm-fixes
Merge tag 'drm/tegra/for-3.19-rc1-fixes' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~tagr/linux into drm-fixes
Merge tag 'amdkfd-fixes-2014-12-23' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~gabbayo/linux into drm-fixes
Revert "drm/gem: Warn on illegal use of the dumb buffer interface v2"
agp: Fix up email address & attributions in AGP MODULE_AUTHOR tags
drm/i915: vlv: fix IRQ masking when uninstalling interrupts
drm/i915: move RPS PM_IER enabling to gen6_enable_rps_interrupts
drm/i915: sanitize RPS resetting during GPU reset

For more information on the major Linux Kernel Changes in the upcoming version 3.19 RC2 Vivid please consult this page.

To Install/Upgrade Linux Kernel 3.19 RC2 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu  15.04 and Linux Mint 17.1, Linux Mint 17, , open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands :

For Linux System 32 bit :
wget -c http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.19-rc2-vivid/linux-headers-3.19.0-031900rc2_3.19.0-031900rc2.201412290135_all.deb \ http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.19-rc2-vivid/linux-headers-3.19.0-031900rc2-generic_3.19.0-031900rc2.201412290135_i386.deb \ http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.19-rc2-vivid/linux-image-3.19.0-031900rc2-generic_3.19.0-031900rc2.201412290135_i386.deb
For Linux System 64 bit :
wget -c http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.19-rc2-vivid/linux-headers-3.19.0-031900rc2_3.19.0-031900rc2.201412290135_all.deb \ http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.19-rc2-vivid/linux-headers-3.19.0-031900rc2-generic_3.19.0-031900rc2.201412290135_amd64.deb \ http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.19-rc2-vivid/linux-image-3.19.0-031900rc2-generic_3.19.0-031900rc2.201412290135_amd64.deb
Install Linux Kernel 3.19 RC2 : 
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Atfer install complete, update grub and reboot your computer and choose new kernel in grub :
sudo update-grub
sudo reboot
The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

WARNING: Installing a new kernel may render your system unusable or unstable. If you proceed with the installation using the instructions below, make sure you back up any important data you have to an external hard drive.

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Sunday, 28 December 2014

QMPlay2 14.12.28 is released, Available for Arch Linux, Gentoo, OpenSUSE, Windows and Mac OS X


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QMPlay2 is an open source and multi-platform software project that allows you to play all sorts of video files from the comfort of your Linux, Windows or Mac desktop. It is backed by the amazing and powerful FFmpeg multimedia framework and features an integrated Wrzuta.pl and YouTube browser.

Features at a glance

Key features include support for a wide range of video and audio codecs, including MP3, AC3, AAC, FLAC, OGG, support for playing Internet streams supporting the HTTP, RTSP, RTMP, MMS, and YouTube protocols, support for a wide range of subtitles, including SRT, SUB and SSA, as well as support for playlists, which can be saved or imported.

Additionally, the application features a tabbed interface, allowing you to easily navigate between the main components, which are called widgets in the app. These include the video player, equalizer, video downloader, YouTube viewer, Internet radio, FFT Spectrum, simple visualization, playlist and information. Each one can be detached from the main window.
 
You need (devel packages):
- Qt4 or Qt5 (including QtOpenGL, OpenSSL(for https) and QtDBus on Linux/BSD)
- portaudio (default on non-Linux OS, if you want to compile portaudio module on Linux, change "src/modules/modules.pro")
- libasound (for ALSA module on Linux)
- pulseaudio (optional, if you don't want to compile pulseaudio on Linux, remove it from "src/modules/modules.pro")
- ffmpeg >= 1.2 (libavcodec, libavformat, libavutil, libswscale, libswresample or libavresample*)
- libva (vaapi) and libvdpau - only on X11
- DirectDraw SDK - only on Windows
- taglib >= 1.7 (>= 1.9 recommended) (you can disable it in "src/gui/gui.pro")
- libcdio and libcddb
- libass
- libxv
*libavresample:
Uncomment last three lines in "src/qmplay2/qmplay2.pro"

Running compilation script:
Windows (Cross-compile):
- install all required MinGW packages (I recommend ArchLinux unofficial MinGW repository),
- some libraries are incompatible, uses unneeded libraries or doesn't exists in repository - you must built them on your own,
- notice that QMPlay2 uses static linking for some libraries,
- run compile_win_cross
You can also compile it on Windows, but you must build toolchain for your own!
I'm using my own PKGBUILDs for many MinGW libraries.
Visual Studio can't compile QMPlay2.
Linux/BSD:
- if you don't want to open Xterm or Konsole - "export NOTERM=1",
- if you want to prepare *.desktop files for system use - "export SYSTEM_BUILD=1",
- if you want to compile with qt suffix (for example "qmake-qt5") - "export QT_SUFFIX=-qt5",
- run compile_unix,
- QMPlay2 is in "app" directory, you can move its contents into /usr directory if $SYSTEM_BUILD == 1

The source is available now and you can download for Arch linux, OpenSUSE, Gentoo. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations. 

Saturday, 27 December 2014

Krossword 0.18 alpha is released, Available for Linux OpenSUSE 13.2/13.1 and Gentoo [KDE Environment]

Krossword 0.18 alpha is released, Available for Linux OpenSUSE 13.2/13.1 and Gentoo [KDE Environment]

Krossword 0.18 alpha is released, Available for Linux OpenSUSE 13.2/13.1 and Gentoo [KDE Environment]

A crossword puzzle game and editor for KDE.
It's based on KrossWordPuzzle[1] by Friedrich Pülz[2] (code from the last revision available on KDE svn[3]). The development has stopped since many years and the original author is unreachable (various attempts to contact him).
For these reasons we (Cilium[4] and me) had to fork it.

General aims of the project:
- maintain the codebase;
- simplify the code where possible aiming to port it to Qt5/KDE Frameworks 5;
- improve the user experience.

Currently it's in alpha stage with some rough edges.

You can contribute with:
- translations (currently available bs, cs, de, eo, es, et, fr, ga, gl, hu, it, mai, mr, nds, nl, pl, pt, pt_BR, sk, sv, tr, ug, uk);
- themes;
- crosswords;
- reporting online *.puz providers (even not-English ones);
- packages;

Changelog of Krossword 0.18 alpha :

- Added language support (with KrossWordPuzzle old translations. Thank you KDE translators!).
- Added a French provider (mots-croises.ch, just the free crosswords).
- Added a new English provider (ChrisWords.com).
- Reworked menu layout (better organization).
- Added a new plain theme (Ink).
- Improved default theme.
- And various minor changes and fixes.

Download for OpenSUSE 13.2/13.1
Download for Gentoo

PeaZip 5.5.2 is released, 7-Zip based Open Source RAR 7Z ZIP tool for KDE Desktop

PeaZip 5.5.2 is released, 7-Zip based Open Source RAR 7Z ZIP tool for Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Mandriva using KDE Desktop

PeaZip 5.5.2 is released, 7-Zip based Open Source RAR 7Z ZIP tool for Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Mandriva using KDE Desktop

PeaZip is a cross-platform, desktop neutral file archiver utility that provides an unified portable GUI (Qt and GTK2) for many Open Source technologies like 7-Zip, FreeArc, PAQ, UPX...

Create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, *PAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP files

Extract over 150 archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, ZIPX and many more...

Features of PeaZip includes extract, create and convert multiple archives at once, create self-extracting archives, split/join files, strong encryption with two factor authentication, encrypted password manager, secure deletion, find duplicate files, calculate hashes, export job definition as scripts.

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Hedgewars 0.9.21 released, Open Source clone of the Worms game for the Linux operating system

Hedgewars 0.9.21 released,  Open Source clone of the Worms game for the Linux ubuntu, linux mint, fedora, opensuse, debian, redhat, slackware, mageia and most popular linux distro.

Hedgewars is an open source and multi-platform turn based strategy (TBS) video game especially designed to act as a Worms clone, but with hedgehogs. It supports GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X systems.

How the game works?

In this game, each player controls a team of several hedgehogs, using only one of them per turn to attack and kill the opponents, with the ultimate goal of winning the game. Each hedgehog has its own weapons and abilities. You will be able to move the hedgehogs around the terrain in different ways, such as jumping, walking or by using various objects (rope or parachute).

The game also includes several different weapons to choose from, including grenade, bazooka, cluster bomb, UFO, desert eagle, shotgun, fire punch, dynamite, baseball bat, mine, or pneumatic pick.

Hedgewars 0.9.21 released,  Open Source clone of the Worms game for the Linux operating system

Hedgewars 0.9.21 released,  Open Source clone of the Worms game for the Linux operating system


What's New in This Release: 
  • New Map Generation:
  • There's a type of randomly generated maps: Perlin Maps! Old randomly generated maps should be more diverse now, too. We've also added a stylish slider for adjusting land generation detail.
  • Better World Edge: Sea!:
  • The sea world edge has been revamped and is looking great! It also supports freezing and saucer-based travel.
  • New Hats
  • Better Frontend:
  • Moved room status filter to top left of rooms list.
  • Game scheme screen has a "Script parameter" field now. This allows to make more customizable scripts/modes.
  • High resolution previews!
  • Preview for dynamic maps generated by game style scripts (e.g. "ShoppaMap))!
  • New Mission: Climb Home:
  • A little something for the shoppers! In this epic mission you are a long way from home and must race against the rising tide as menacing mines and capricious cakes seeking to undo you.
  • New Training:
  • There are seven new Target Practice missions to help you improve your aim!
  • Some of the old training levels have been modified to give you improved statistics at the end of the mission.
  • New Modes: Tech Racer:
  • Currently, the Hedgewars server hosts a variety of awesome racing maps.
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QtAV 1.4.2 is released, An advanced library software for creating feature rich media playing application on Linux


QtAV 1.4.2 is released, An advanced library software for creating feature rich media playing application on Linux

QtAV 1.4.2 is released, An advanced library software for creating feature rich media playing application on Linux Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Debain, Redhat, Slackware, Arch Linux and Most polular linux distro

QtAV is an open source library software written in Qt and designed to be used for creating full featured media playback applications for Linux, Microsoft Windows and BSD operating systems.

What's New in This Release:
  • Async load
  • Faster seek and preview. Thanks wm4(mpv developer)
  • Better a/v sync solution. Now can play high fps video better than ANY other players.
  • DXVA: enable HEVC decoder if libavcodec runtime supports. LAVFilters ffmpeg supports it.
  • Cedarv improvements, nv12 output support, neon code from libvdpau-sunxi
  • Multiple OpenAL instances support
  • AVInput class to extend media sources. Support play from qrc resouces.
  • Display the first frame after seek
  • Better clock error correction
  • Fix play frame by frame issues
  • Fix QML video shake
  • More details for error signals
  • Apply user options in the next playback
  • Dynamic load libass (submodule 'capi' is required)
  • VA-API: fix blurred bottom line issue. works on libav >= 9 now.
  • Progress is start at 0 by default even if 1st pts is not 0.
  • Fix capture issues: capture current displayed frame, easier api
  • RGB48 support. OpenGL only supports RGB48LE.
  • Link to static ffmpeg support
  • Fix open error if input url/path contains special charactors

QtAV 1.4.2 Features at a glance

It features support for seek, resume, pause, video capture, music playback, volume control, fullscreen, stay on top, frame by frame playback (only forward), support for both local and network files, as well as support for the Libav and FFmpeg projects.

Support for hardware decoding is implemented for the CedarX, VAAPI and DXVA2 APIs. It can save video files in the YUV and RGB formats, and implements support for OSD (On-screen display), custom filters, aspect ratio, music playback, volume control, and playing speed control.

It can also be used to rotate or shear any video file using GraphicsItemRenderer, allows for playing a specific audio track by choosing audio channels and media streams, and support multiple rendering engines, including Direct2D, OpenGL, QPainter, XV, and GDI+.

To install QtAV 1.4.2 on Linux Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Debain, Redhat, Slackware, Arch Linux and Most polular linux distro you can follow this link for download single file or install using terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) :

Change to root :
sudo su
Download QtAV 1.4.2 via wget in terminal :
wget -c http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project/qtav/release/1.4.2/QtAV1.4.2-Linux64.run
Set permission this file for accees
chmod +x QtAV1.4.2-Linux64.run
Run/Install QtAV 1.4.2 :
./QtAV1.4.2-Linux64.run
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Friday, 26 December 2014

Calibre 2.14.0 is released, A graphical ebook library management software compatible with many devices and platforms



Calibre 2.14.0 is released, A graphical ebook library management software compatible with many devices and platforms

Calibre is an open source e-book library management application designed for the 21th century, for the digital world that were are living in right now. It lets users to manipulate digital books in any way possible. It helps users to easily read ebooks on their personal computer, convert ebooks from one format to another, create electronic books based on recipes of your very own ideas.

Features at a glance

The software can download news from a sleuth of various sources, and comes with a content server for online access. Syncing ebooks to a supported mobile reader device is also possible with Calibre. E-book library management is the the main component of the application, displayed every time you open the application. From here, you can convert and organize e-books in a simple manner. It imports and exports many ebook formats, including ePub, MOBI, AZW, DOC, XML, etc. Just like any other software that can be extended via plugins, Calibre features an internal collection of add-ons, which provide support for editing metadata of ebooks, or add support for various ebook readers.


What New in version 2.14.0
  • New Features:
  • Metadata review dialog: Automatically insert series number when selecting a series from the completion dropdown. Also if the user does not specify a series number, use 1 as the default, instead of not setting the series.
  • Closes tickets: 1404692
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fix regression that broke error reporting for save to disk for books that contain no formats.
  • Closes tickets: 1405674
  • Metadata download: Fix metadata download not working for titles that contain a apostrophes in languages other than English.
  • Closes tickets: 1403677
  • Fix deleting a book from both the library and the device causing the next selected book to be incorrect, when the library is sorted by the On Device column.
  • Closes tickets: 1404629
  • FB2 Output: Fix generation of FB2 sections based on a multi-level Table of Contents in the input document.
  • Closes tickets: 1393514
  • Tolino Shine driver: Fix option to swap main memory and SD card not working on OS X.
  • Closes tickets: 1404793
  • FB2 Input: Workaround for broken FB2 files produced by convertonlinefree.com.
  • Closes tickets: 1404701
  • OS X: Workaround for OS X installs that have incorrect permissions set on their home directories. calibre will now no longer refuse to start on such machines.
  • MOBI Input: Dont crash on corrupted JPG images.
  • Closes tickets: 1404590
  • Fix column icons not displaying for custom comments type columns
  • Closes tickets: 1404234
  • Metadata review dialog: Show a confirmation for the 'Reject all remaining' button.
  • Closes tickets: 1404386
  • New news sources:
  • OSEL.cz by spacekpe
  • Courier Mail by Krittika Goyal
  • Improved news sources:
  • Nikkei News
Follow this page for Install Calibre 2.14.0 on Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Debian and the most popular linux distro.

Popcorn Time 0.3.6 Beta is released, watch TV and movies on Linux, Mac OS X and Android


Popcorn Time 0.3.6 Beta is released, watch TV and movies on Linux, Mac OS X and Android

Popcorn Time is an open source and multi-platform software project that has been designed from the ground up to provide users with a next-gen, torrent-based free video streaming application that allows anyone to easily watch their favorite movies and TV shows in style and with a minimum effort and fuss.

What's New in This Release:
  • The mighty beasts that are Chromecast and AirPlay we've once again attempted to tame, same goes for the subtitles loading issues.
  • On top of all that, Popcorn Time 0.3.6 also includes a VPN. It's still in Alpha but it's working for us, so we've decided to let you all try it out. Let us know how it works!   
  • Introducing Popcorn Time for Android!

Features at a glance

Key features include a powerful and attractive graphical user interface that looks the same on all supported platforms, support for both 1080p and 720p movies, two different view modes (Movies and TV Series), built-in search engine, support for bookmarks, support for viewing movie trailers via YouTube, and support for subtitles.

Under the hood, availability and supported OSes


The application uses the powerful and open source FFmpeg cross-platform audio/video codec library, which means that it will play movies on GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. Linux users can be download it via Softpedia or from its official website as binary archives for the 64-bit and 32-bit hardware platforms. Be aware though, that it is still in development!

Download For Mac OS X 10.7
Download For Linux Flatform 32 bit & 64 bit
Download For Android

uGet 1.10.4/1.99.4 Dev released, A very powerful and feature rich download manager for Linux/UNIX operating systems

uGet 1.10.4/1.99.4 Dev released, A very powerful and feature rich download manager for Linux/UNIX operating systems

uGet 1.10.4 Released, you can install on Linux Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Arch Linux, Debian, Opensuse, Mageia and Fedora

uGet is an open source graphical software that provides users with a lightweight and low on resources download manager utility for Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

What's New in version 1.99.4 Dev :
  • curl plug-in: retry all URI (include mirrors) every time.
  • curl plug-in: response error if file size is different.
  • aria2 plug-in: change lowest speed limit to 128 byte/sec.
  • aria2 plug-in: Don't change node name If URI scheme is "magnet".
  • aria2 plug-in: Don't change URI If URI scheme is "magnet".
  • aria2 plug-in: Don't set uploading status if no downloaded data.
  • magnet: get and show name from magnet URI.
  • Adjust layout of Download Form for GTK+ 3.12.
  • Implement multiple wildcards in Sequential Batch.
  • Fix: discard filename option from command-line.

Features at a glance

The application’s main features are download queue, download resume, advanced download categories, clipboard monitor, batch downloads, support for multiple connections, FTP login and anonymous FTP support, download scheduler.

Additionally, it can be integrated into the Mozilla Firefox web browser via the FlashGot extension, provides a quiet mode, robust keyboard shortcuts, CLI/Terminal usage support, folder auto-creation, download history management, multi-language support, Aria2 plugin, and the ability to shutdown the computer when the downloads are finished.

Features a familiar user interface

It features a familiar user interface, written in GTK+, that is very similar to the one of the uTorrent BitTorrent client. It’s comprised of a Category sidebar, a summary section, and the main section, where it displays the currently downloading files. The Category sidebar features only the Home category, which includes Active, Queuing, Finished and Recycled sections. However, users can add new categories from the Category menu.

When adding a new download, the application will provide users with numerous options, such as where to save the file, add referrers, authentication, set the download status (paused or active), set retry limit and delay, add proxy, add a custom cookie or post file, change user agent, set maximum upload and download speeds, and enable or disable retrieving of timespace.

Install/Update uGet 1.10.4 on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04 via PPA :

By using the official uGet PPA repository, ppa:plushuang-tw/uget-stable, you will be kept up to date with the latest versions of uGet automatically through Ubuntu's Software Updater.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:plushuang-tw/uget-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install uget
More info : http://ugetdm.com/downloads-ubuntu

Install uGet 1.10.4 on Linux Debian :

Latest versions of uGet are available via the Testing (Jessie) and Unstable (Sid) repositories. In Debian, you can install and update via the official repos on a fairly reliable basis.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install uget
Install uGet 1.10.4 on Linux Fedora 21, Fedora 20, Fedora 19, Fedora 18 :

Fedora's official repositories have the latest version of uGet (1.10.4) in Rawhide, Fedora 20 and Fedora 19 repos. Fedora is also fairly reliable with new versions so installing from the repo is fine to do.
sudo yum install uget
Install uGet 1.10.4 on Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya via ppa:

By using the official uGet PPA repository, ppa:plushuang-tw/uget-stable, you will be kept up to date with the latest versions of uGet automatically through Mint's Update Manager.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:plushuang-tw/uget-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install uget
Install via the openSUSE repositories

openSUSE's official 13.1 repository has 1.10.3 but the unstable packages of 13.1 contain 1.10.4. Alternatively, you can install uGet 1.10.4 from the openSUSE Factory.
or just use this 1 Click Install from the Factory.
sudo zypper install uget
Install via the Mageia repositories

Mageia's official repositories have version 1.10.3 of uGet in Mageia 4 and Cauldron repos. We have submitted a bug to the Mageia project in hopes of having uGet updated in their repos. If you'd like for Mageia to update uGet please comment on this bug to let them know. Enable the Core repository in Cauldron on "Install and Remove Software" for possible updates.

Bug: To show your interest in having uGet updated to 1.10.4 in Cauldron, comment on this bug.
sudo urpmi.update -a
sudo yum install uget
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Thursday, 25 December 2014

Darktable 1.6.1 released, install on Linux Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS) and linux mint


Darktable 1.6.1 released, install on Linux Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS) and linux mint

Darktable 1.6.1 released, install on Linux Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS) and linux mint

what is darktable ,darktable is an open source application that provides both amateur and enthusiasts photographers with a virtual lighttable and darkroom that allows them to manage their digital negatives in a single and handy database. It has been designed from the ground up to be used for developing RAW images from digital cameras.

Features at a glance

Key features include an astonishing graphical user interface designed for the modern computer user, support for importing single image files, folders, and scan for devices, ability to categorize images by numerous filters, such as ISO, color label, rights, creator, publisher, camera, date, time, title, lens, aperture, etc., as well as to access recently used collections.

Changes in this release of darktable 1.6.1:
General/Misc:

  • High DPI monitor support
  • Map view now allows to only show images from the current collection on the map
  • Slideshow
  • Darktable-cli now works without a running X server for use on headless systems
  • Support for audio notes playback
  • Sticky preview
  • Added the option to overwrite files when exporting to disk
  • Crawler that syncs all xmp files on start
  • Support huge images (> 32 bit pixel index). darktable can open 26770x13385 TIFFs and should in theory be able to process arbitrary sized images. don't try this on a 32 bit system though!
  • Lens iop presets are copy/pastable between different images
Output:
  • Tiff read/write rewritten, works on 32-bit float now, supports compression
  • Allow setting PPI for exported JPEGs, defaulting to 300
  • Pwstorage libsecret
  • Use HTTPS when exporting to flickr
Darkroom:
  • New defringe image operation
  • Automatic mode for levels module
  • Allow to disable white balance
  • New colour reconstruction mode for highlight recovery that tries to add both colour and structure to clipped areas. thanks to a1ex from magic lantern!
  • Better basecurve tool to create basecurves from raw/jpg pairs
  • Soft boundaries in sliders (right click and type 8 in exposure compensation for example)
  • Input colour gamut mapping to avoid problems with saturated blues causing purple artefacts
Color:
  • Color conversion speedup (openmp for lcms2 case)
  • Add linear Rec2020 as a build-in profile
  • Embedded icc profile support for png/tiff (read/write)
LUA scripting:
  • Copy, move, reset and delete images via lua
  • Handle progress bars via lua
  • Limited manipulation of libs an views UI via lua
  • Import and export styles via lua
  • Trigger lua when the grouping mode changes
  • Trigger lua when the overlay mode changes
  • Trigger lua when the active view changes
  • Manipulate snapshots via lua
  • Handle more types of preferences, including enums, directories and file names
  • Lua API is now versioned: use darktable.configuration.check_version to check
  • Lua API incompatibilities: darktable.modules has been removed, use darktable.new_format and darktable.new_storage to access the constructors
Performance improvements:
  • Many speed improvements by adding sse code for image operations
  • Make white balance work faster
  • Make invert work faster
  • Much faster exr export with optional compression (multicore support)
  • Speedup of pfm writing
  • Speedup of amaze. it is still slow but not as bad as it used to be
Internal improvements:
  • Module parameter introspection
  • Clang/address-sanitizer/etc compiler warnings fixed
  • Flip iop used for raw auto-orientation (simplifies code)
  • Complete rawspeed migration for raw loading
Bug fixes:
  • HDR bracketing fixes
  • Masks cleanup and bugfixes
  • Correct lens detection for compact cameras
  • Avoid clipping in vignette, lowpass, shadows & highlights, a/b channels of colorcontrast and tonecurve
New Cameras supported:
  • Initial support for x-trans sensors
  • Mew demosaicing algorithms: markesteijn for x-trans and vng for x-trans and regular bayer raws
  • There is support for several dozens of new cameras, and loads of new noise profiles for denoising have been added. Check out the full list in the release notes on github.
Others:
  • Updated user-manual
  • Lots of small performance improvements and code cleanup.

Darktable is a platform-independent application that runs on GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris, and Mac OS X operating systems. Officially supported distributions of Linux include Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Arch Linux, Gentoo, Funtoo, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, and SUSE Enterprise Linux.

To Install/Update Darktable 1.6.1 on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems via PPA, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

It works well on both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures, but the developers recommend to use the application only on the 64-bit hardware platform for better performance
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pmjdebruijn/darktable-release
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install darktable exiv2
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Tuesday, 23 December 2014

Kodi 14.0 Helix Released, Install on Linux mint and ubuntu derivative system via PPA


Kodi 14.0 Helix Released, Install on Linux mint and ubuntu derivative system via PPA

Kodi (formerly XBMC Media Center) is an open source and very powerful project that provides all the necessary tools for transforming your regular PC into a bona fide HTPC, which if used in conjunction a big screen TV and a Hi-Fi audio system, will transform your living room into a veritable home theater.


Kodi 14.0 Helix Changes : 
Below we will give a snapshot of the most important fixes done since the first release candidate.

* Bump FFmpeg to 2.4.4
* Fix problem with setting content on new and existing video sources
* Fix spinner in video settings for choosing hardware or software decoding
* Fix recording history in PVR
* Separate sort order in PVR window for each directory
* Fix PVR preview video scaling for AMLCodec on Android
* Fix restart option on Win 8.1
* Fix crashes on certain Intel GPU when playing video
* Fix crashes on certain videos on Android 5.0 devices (Nexus Player and ADT-1)
* Fix LPCM (audio/L16) streaming via UPnP
* Use correct art type when appending art to item lists
* Fix python PIL package on Windows that caused crash on weather add-on
* Updated GUI translation files
Features at a glance
Key features include powerful media management capabilities, a fluid Interface, plug-ins that allow for great extensibility, cinematic effects and visualizations, built-in multimedia codecs, themes, and much more. The application can play your entire collection of music files, supporting all the popular formats like MP3, FLAC, WAV, WMA or OGG. It also provides support for cue sheets, audio tagging and smart playlists.

Your entire video collection can also be played by Kodi, supporting all the major video formats like AVI, MP4, DivX, XviD, DVD Video, MKV, and many more. In addition, it includes support for Internet streams. The program provides support for organizing and viewing your favorite TV shows, which will be sorted by episodes and seasons. Moreover, Kodi can be used to display an entire collection of digital photos.

To Install on Linux Ubuntu (13.04, 13.10, 15.04 Vivid Vervet, Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr), Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0 and other Ubuntu derivative systems via PPA, Use the command line terminal and enter the following commands. Follow the prompts as you would any other software installation :

Stable PPA
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kodi
 UnStable PPA
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/unstable
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install kodi

Optional, to remove kodi, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:
sudo apt-get remove kodi
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Install Opera 27 on Linux Mint and Ubuntu Derivative System via PPA

Install Opera 27 on Linux Mint and Ubuntu Derivative System via PPAInstall Opera 27 on Linux Mint and Ubuntu Derivative System via PPA

Install Opera 27 on Linux Mint and Ubuntu Derivative System via PPA

Opera is a free software product designed from the ground up as a replacement for the default web browser of your GNU/Linux operating system, packed with a highly customizable layout, as well as a bunch of unique features and technologies that are not available on any other similar product.

Features at a glance

Key features include a built-in pop-up blocker, integrated search, tabbed browsing, mouse gestures, advanced security, customizable speed dial, support for add-ons, as well as support for a skins.

Additionally, it features a turbo mode that will load web pages faster on slow Internet connections, it features support for bookmarks that can be imported from any other popular web browser, and include a threat analyzer tool that will warn you in case you visit a malicious website.

Furthermore, the program comes with a comprehensive settings dialog that allows the user to configure and tweak the default functionality of the web browser to suit his or her needs, as well as to add add-ons for extra functionality.

What's New in version 27.0 Build 1689.33 Beta
  • For Windows XP users we’ve fixed the issue with opening PDF files. “Adobe Reader is out of date” message should no longer appear. (DNA-30631)
To Install/Update Install Opera 27 on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems via PPA, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

Setup key with:
wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -

Setup repository with:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list'

Setup package with:
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install opera
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Google Chrome 39.0.2171.95 released, Install on Fedora, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Google Chrome 39.0.2171.95 released, Install on Fedora, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Google Chrome 39.0.2171.95  released, Install on Fedora, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Google Chrome, or Chrome, is a web browser software that tries to compete with major players, such as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, and even the Opera web browser. It is available for the Linux, Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X operating systems. But Google Chrome is more than a web browser, as it combines sophisticated open source technology, borrowed from the Chromium application, into a minimal design, all in order to help users surf the web much faster, a lot easier, and safer than ever before.

Features at a glance

A unique functionality of the Google Chrome application is its ability to search the web directly from the address bar. Just type one or more words in the address bar and immediately get suggestions for popular web pages. The application displays thumbnails of your top websites on the new tab page, a function that is popularly called Speed Dial. This functionality is also available on other similar products, and it allows you to easily access your favorite web pages instantly, with lightning speed, from any new tab.

What's New in version 39.0.2171.95
  • This release contains an update for Adobe Flash as well as a number of other fixes.
To Install/Update Google Chrome 39.0.2171.95 on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

32 bit :
wget -c https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb

64 bit :
wget -c https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
In case “dpkg” indicates missing dependencies, complete the installation by executing the following command:
sudo apt-get install -f
Install Google Chrome 39.0.2171.95 stable on CentOS 6.5, CentOS 7, openSUSE 13.2, openSUSE 13.1, openSUSE 12.3/12.2/12.1, Fedora 21, Fedora 20, Fedora 19, Fedora 18:

OpenSUSE 32 bit :
wget -c https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.rpm
sudo zypper install google-chrome-stable_current_i386.rpm
OpenSUSE 64 bit :
wget -c https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
sudo zypper install google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm

Fedora 32 bit :
wget -c https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.rpm
sudo yum install google-chrome-stable_current_i386.rpm
Fedora 64 bit :
wget -c https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
sudo yun install google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
Not Debian/Ubuntu or Fedora/openSUSE? There may be a community-supported version for your distribution here.

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FFmpeg 2.5.2 released, Install on Linux Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Deepin, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Studio

FFmpeg 2.5.2 released, Install on Linux Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Deepin, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Studio

FFmpeg 2.5.2 released, Install on Linux Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Deepin, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Studio 
 
FFmpeg is an open source utility that allows Linux, Windows and Mac OS X users to playback, convert, record and stream video and audio files. It is used in almost all Linux distributions. It is a command-line software that can encode, decode, demux, mux, transcode, stream, play and filter almost any media format available. FFmpeg uses libavcodec, the most advanced audio/video codec library for Linux and UNIX-like systems.

Features at a glance

The software is comprised of a multimedia streaming server for live broadcasts, a simple media player based on the powerful SDL library, a simple multimedia stream analyzer, a library that contains functions for simplifying programming, and another library that includes muxers and demuxers for multimedia container formats. Additionally, it comes with support for input and output devices, media filters, a library for performing highly optimized image scaling and color space/pixel format conversion operations, and a library for performing highly optimized audio rematrixing, resampling and sample format conversions.

What's New in version 2.5.2 :
  • Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2014-12-03, libav 11 as of 2014-12-03.
  • It includes the following library versions:
  • libavutil 54. 15.100
  • libavcodec 56. 13.100
  • libavformat 56. 15.102
  • libavdevice 56. 3.100
  • libavfilter 5. 2.103
  • libavresample 2. 1. 0
  • libswscale 3. 1.101
  • libswresample 1. 1.100
  • libpostproc 53. 3.100
To install FFmpeg 2.5.2 on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jon-severinsson/ffmpeg
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
sudo apt-get install frei0r-plugins
 To remove FFmpeg 2.5.2 in Ubuntu derivative system, do :

sudo apt-get remove ffmpeg
The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Converting videos and audios has never been so easy.

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.avi

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