Install/Update Wine 1.7.37 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint via PPA

Wine 1.7.37 is released, you can install, update or upgrade on your linux ubuntu/ Linux mint via PPA
 
Wine stands for "Wine is not an emulator" and it is an open source command-line software that's capable of translating Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly for integrating Windows applications into your Linux/UNIX desktop. For regular Linux users, the above means that the Wine software will allow them to run applications which are designed to be installed only on Microsoft Windows operating systems.

We can’t list here all the applications that are compatible with Wine, but we can assure you that most of them are. In order to find out if a certain apps runs on Linux via Wine, we suggest to test it yourself. Numerous Windows games also work well on Wine, which can be configured to support Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Windows Vista, Windows 2008 Server, Windows 2008 R2 Server, Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating system.
 

Considering the fact that the Linux and Open Source software ecosystem is thriving with many alternatives to popular Windows apps, we feel obligated to suggest Wine only to those of you who are really tight to a certain application that has no correspondent in the Linux world.

The Wine development release 1.7.37 is now available.
What's new in this release:

• Interface change notifications.
• Support for the UTF-7 encoding.
• A number of graphical fixes for themed controls.
• Wininet now implemented on top of Win32 sockets.
• Various bug fixes.

How to install Wine 1.7.36 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint via PPA :

Because it is available via PPA, installing Winehq 1.7.36 (development) on the listed 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 is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine package. Like this:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.36 and winetricks, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

How to Completely removing Wine:

sudo apt-get remove wine

rm -rf $HOME/.wine

rm -f $HOME/.config/menus/applications-merged/wine*

rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/applications/wine

rm -f $HOME/.local/share/desktop-directories/wine*

rm -f $HOME/.local/share/icons/????_*.xpm

- See more at: http://media-opensource.blogspot.com/2015/02/install-update-winehq-1736-on-ubuntu.html#sthash.AgNFMUTw.dpuf

How to install Wine 1.7.36 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint via PPA :

Because it is available via PPA, installing Winehq 1.7.36 (development) on the listed 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 is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine package. Like this:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.36 and winetricks, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

How to Completely removing Wine:

sudo apt-get remove wine

rm -rf $HOME/.wine

rm -f $HOME/.config/menus/applications-merged/wine*

rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/applications/wine

rm -f $HOME/.local/share/desktop-directories/wine*

rm -f $HOME/.local/share/icons/????_*.xpm

- See more at: http://media-opensource.blogspot.com/2015/02/install-update-winehq-1736-on-ubuntu.html#sthash.AgNFMUTw.dpuf

How to install Wine 1.7.37 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint via PPA :

Because it is available via PPA, installing Winehq 1.7.37 (development) on the listed 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 is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the wine package. Like this:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.37 and winetricks, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo apt-get remove wine1.7 winetricks

How to Completely removing Wine:

sudo apt-get remove wine
rm -rf $HOME/.wine
rm -f $HOME/.config/menus/applications-merged/wine*
rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/applications/wine
rm -f $HOME/.local/share/desktop-directories/wine*
rm -f $HOME/.local/share/icons/????_*.xpm

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

Nootka 1.1.5-beta released, available for openSUSE 13.1/12.3 and Fedora 20/19

Nootka 1.1.5-beta released, available for openSUSE 13.1/12.3 and Fedora 20/19

Nootka is open-source application to help with learning (also with teaching) classical score notation. Mostly it is for guitarists, but it can be used for ear training as well.

Features:

• interactive interface to discover the rules of musical notation
• exercises with possibility to create own sets
• accurate method for detecting sung and played sounds
• natural sound of guitars
• clefs (treble, bass and others) and grand staff
• analyze of results
• different kinds of guitars and theirs tuning
• Czech, French, German, Polish and Russian translations

Binary packages are available for Linux, Windows and Mac OSX

Changelog Nootka 1.1.5-beta :

- improvements of melodies in exams
- bug fixes
- ready for distribution

Available for :

openSUSE 13.1
openSUSE 12.3
Fedora 20 (x86_64)
Fedora 20 (i686)
Fedora 20 (x86_64)
Fedora 20 (i686)
Fedora 19 (x86_64)
Fedora 19 (i686)
Fedora 19 (x86_64)
Fedora 19 (i686)

Belle 0.5 alpha is out, available for Arch Linux, Gentoo, Ubuntu and Mac OSX

Belle 0.5 alpha is out, available for Arch Linux, Gentoo, Ubuntu and Mac OSX (KDE Graphic Editor)

What is Belle?

Belle is a cross-platform and easy-to-use visual novel maker, that lets you create visual novels and other 2D games for the web.
Belle is already functional and quite stable, with most features implemented, however it's still a work in progress.

Easy to use

Belle doesn't require coding, like most visual novel engines do, instead everything is done through a visual editor, which has a similar design to Novelty. Optionally there's the ability to extend games using Javascript.

Easy to distribute

Games made with Belle run natively on modern browsers, so you don't need to worry about compiling and distributing libraries.
On top of that, by using the web as a medium, your games become easier to access and play.

Changelog: Belle 0.5a

#### [Editor]
- Added "New Project" option.
- Added synchronization between resources and cloned objects on scene(s). (not active by default)
- Assets are now exported to a separate file (assets.js).
- Improved usability of condition's text edit.
- Implemented character state in Show action.
- Fixed ChangeState action not loading correctly.
- Set proper detection of animated images.
- Fixed images not showing in add character dialog.
- Fixed issues in Show Action.
- Improved editing of Slide action.
- Fixed object z-order when importing project.
- Fixed opacity in ObjectGroup objects.
- Fixed crash when switching character states.
- Fixed crash when switching to a ChangeBackground action.
- Improved ObjectGroup editing.
- Fixed many (other) bugs.

#### [Engine]
- Major redesign and rewrite.
- Improved pause screen.
- Improved load screen.
- Added support for animated images in canvas.
- Fixed strange behaviour with text baseline due to floating point coordinates.
- Removed stroke when drawing the object's background.
- Fixed drawing bug when hovering a button.
- Added meta tag to force IE to use the correct document mode.
- Improved overall event detection.
- Improved Slide animation.
- Fixed many (other) bugs.

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FlightGear 3.4.0 is out, A free flight simulator project that runs under Linux, Mac OS X and Windows platforms

FlightGear v3.4 is out, available for Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Gentoo, or for Solaris, FreeBSD and Mac OSX

FlightGear is an open source and cross-platform cooperative flight simulator software. It also known as the world’s best free flight simulator that runs on Linux/UNIX, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

Features at a glance

Key features include flight dynamics models, accurate and extensive world scenery database, detailed and accurate sky model, open and flexible aircraft modeling system, as well as moderate hardware requirements.

In addition, the program features built-in support for multiple displays, as well as a number of networking options that allow it to communicate with GPS receivers, external autopilot, external flight dynamics modules or other FlightGear instances.

Its extensive world scenery database includes over 20,000 real world airports, taxiways, directional airport lighting, accurate terrain worldwide, scenery night lighting, paged scenery tiles, sloping runways, as well as correct runway placement and markings.


Support OS System

Savvy tech users should know that the application is written entirely in the C++ and C programming language, using OpenGL, and it requires a 3D-enabled graphics card with OpenGL drivers, a 32-bit or 64-bit 2-3Ghz class CPU and at least 512MB or RAM.

It is supported on the Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, IRIX, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows OSes. On Linux/UNIX it is available for download as a source archive, as well as pre-built binaries for various Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Gentoo, or for Solaris, FreeBSD and IRIX systems.

However, the best way to install FlightGear on your Linux distribution is to use the default Software Center or Package Manager application and the pre-built binary packages from the default software repositories (third-party repos are also provided the the community for Ubuntu distros).

What's new in FlightGear 3.4.0:
Performance:

• Improved frame-rates on some systems from more efficient use of Uniforms
• Reduced memory occupancy for scenery tiles
• AI models are now rendered based on display size rather than range
• AI/MP models may now define objects as being part of the interior, which will not be rendered at large distances

Usability:

• Built-in web server now includes a moving map, a screenshot grabber, and supports SVG-based panels
• In-application launcher for Mac, based on Qt5

Graphics:

• Improved rendering of runway and other lights under ALS
• Landing and spotlight support for ALS

Scenery:

• Improved materials XML format making customer material definition easier
• Procedural rock material definition

JSBSim:

• Synchronization with latest JSBSim

Highlighted new and improved aircraft:

• Extra EA-500
• North American P-51D Mustang
• Cessna Citation II
• F-14b

Other:

• Firewall exceptions are automatically added during setup on Windows systems
• Aircraft moved to a SVN repository.

Bug fixes:

• See our bugtracker for an extensive, yet incomplete, list of the bugs fixed in this release.

To install FlightGear v 3.4.0 Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS) and Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana via PPA :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:saiarcot895/flightgear-edge
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install flightgear

Macintosh OSX (supports OSX 10.8, 10.9, 10.10)

• Note to Mac users: we have another build in the pipeline which we anticipate will support 10.7-10.10, so you may wish to postpone upgrading until this message is updated.
• Download the Mac OS X installer here: [Mirror 1] [Mirror 2] [Mirror 3].
• Quick install instructions: double click on the downloaded .dmg file.  Then from the window that opens up, drag the FlightGear icon to your “Applications” folder.  When the install is complete, you can run FlightGear from your Applications folder.

Linux

If you love Linux (like we do) and don’t see the newest version of FlightGear available yet for your favorite distribution, please let your distribution maintainers know how badly you want FlightGear packaged for your system — and once it’s there, let us know so we can put a link right here!  If you see any out-dated information here, please let us know.  We will update this section as packages are built and made available.

• Ubuntu: Launchpad PPA for FlightGear (Updated for version 3.2; contributed by Saikrishna Arcot)
• Gentoo: This is a link to the overlay (git) for FlightGear 2.10 (contributed by Christian Schmitt)
• openSuse: Option 1: Install FlightGear stable. (currently FG 2.8.0.)
• openSuse: Option 2: Install the latest FlightGear development version. (Git version)
• Fedora/Redhat: Search here for FlightGear rpm’s.

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

Install FocusWriter 1.5.3 on Ubuntu/Linux Mint via PPA

FocusWriter is a simple, distraction-free writing environment. It utilizes a hide-away interface that you access by moving your mouse to the edges of the screen, allowing the program to have a familiar look and feel to it while still getting out of the way so that you can immerse yourself in your work. It’s available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X, and has been translated into many different languages.

Features:

• TXT, basic RTF, and basic ODT file support
• Timers and alarms
• Daily goals
• Fully customizable themes
• Typewriter sound effects (optional)
• Auto-save (optional)
• Live statistics (optional)
• Spell-checking (optional)
• Multi-document support
• Sessions
• Portable mode (optional)
• Translated into over 20 languages

Changes in version 1.5.3

• Released on August 17th, 2014
• FIXED: Find did not take smart quotes into account
• FIXED: Style hierarchy was not always loaded in ODT
• FIXED: Ignored text sections in ODT files
• FIXED: Was not reading styles for OOXML files
• Translation updates: Hebrew, Portuguese (Brazil), Swedish 

To Install FocusWriter 1.5.3 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:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppasudo
sudo apt-get updates
sudo apt-get install focuswriter

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

FreeFileSync 6.14 Released, available for for Linux Ubuntu 14.10, OpenSUSE 13.2, CentOS 7.0 and Mac OS X

FreeFileSync is a free, open source folder comparison and synchronization software for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. It also works on 64bit operating systems on all platforms. The program can be installed in two versions: as a standard installer on Windows or as a portable application (no registry entries). Powered by a clean, easy, intuitive interface, this tool offers a myriad of features for synchronization purposes.

Features

•Detect moved and renamed files and folders
•Copy locked files (Volume Shadow Copy Service)
•Detect conflicts and propagate deletions
•Binary file comparison
•Full support for Symbolic Links
•Automate sync as a batch job
•Process multiple folder pairs
•Comprehensive and detailed error reporting
•Copy NTFS extended attributes (compressed, encrypted, sparse)
•Copy NTFS security permissions
•Support long path names > 260 characters
•Fail-safe file copy
•Cross-platform: Windows/Linux
•Expand environment variables like %USERPROFILE%
•Access variable drive letters by volume name (USB sticks)
•Native 64-bit support
•Keep versions of deleted/updated files
•Optimal sync sequence prevents disc space bottlenecks
•Full Unicode support
•Highly optimized performance
•Include/exclude files via filter
•Local and portable installation
•Handle daylight saving time changes on FAT/FAT32
•Use macros %time%, %date%, et al. for recurring backups
•Case sensitive synchronization
•Built-in locking serializes multiple jobs running against the same network share

Changelog FreeFileSync 6.14 :

New buttons allow changing the order of folder pairs
New keyboard shortcuts for rearranging folder pairs
Preserve comparison results when deleting a specific folder pair
Allow inserting new folder pairs into the middle of the list
Append status to log file names when warnings occur
Don't interrupt immediate comparison when starting a .ffs_gui file for slow devices
Work around wxWidgets bug eating up command keys in text boxes (Linux)
Fixed incorrect parameter error when checking recycle bin on drive mounted with Paragon ExtFS (Windows)
Use colon as time stamp seperator in log file names
Refactored basic low-level file traversal routine
Optimized file icon startup procedure
Fixed occasional failure to set modification times on Samba shares (OS X)
Transfer creation times during file copy (OS X)
Support copying file times with nano-second precision (OS X)

Click in here to download for Linux Ubuntu 14.10, OpenSUSE 13.2, CentOS 7.0 and Mac OS X

DVDStyler 2.9.2 released, available for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows

DVDStyler 2.9.2 released, available for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows

DVDStyler is a cross-platform free DVD authoring application that makes possible for video enthusiasts to create professional-looking DVDs. DVDStyler provides over 20 DVD menu templates, allowing you to create your own menu designs and photo slideshows. After you select your DVD label name, video quality, video format, aspect ratio, and audio format, you can select a template to add video materials to. DVDStyler's interface supports drag-and-drop so you can add project buttons and movies around with ease. Some basic video editing operations such as trimming and cropping are also available.

Features

• create and burn DVD video with interactive menus
• support of AVI, MOV, MP4, MPEG, OGG, WMV and other file formats
• support of MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, Xvid, MP2, MP3, AC-3 and other audio and video formats
• user-friendly interface with support of drag & drop
• flexible menu creation on the basis of scalable vector graphic

What's new in DVDStyler 2.9.2 :

• fixed muxrate

DVDStyler 2.9.2 available on PPA Launchpad, to install 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:dvdstyler-maintainers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dvdstyler

Optional, to remove dvdstyler, do:

sudo apt-get remove dvdstyler

Download file from DVDStyler Home

• Windows binary: DVDStyler-2.9.2-win32.exe (25 MB), DVDStyler-2.9.2-libav-win64.exe (33 MB)
• Mac OS X binary: DVDStyler-2.9.2-MacOSX.dmg (28 MB)
• Source code: DVDStyler-2.9.2.tar.bz2 (6.3 MB), wxsvg-1.5.3.tar.bz2 (466 KB)
• Debian and Ubuntu packages: see InstallationDebian+
• Portable Application Description: pad.xml, pad-osx.xml, pad-src.xml