Showing posts with label fedora. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 31, 2015

Official Atom 64bit RPM And DEB Packages Available For Download [Quick Update]

Atom Text Editor Fedora

I'm sure many Atom users already know this, but I didn't get to write an article about it, so here's a quick update: the Atom developers have started providing 64bit DEB packages for more than a month. Also, 4 days ago, they added official 64bit RPM packages.

Of course, this doesn't mean I'll stop maintaining Atom in the failsdownloads Ubuntu Atom PPA - that's still useful because it makes it easier to update Atom and also, because the PPA offers 32bit packages, which the Atom website doesn't provide for now.

For those not familiar with Atom, this is a "hackable text editor for the 21st Century" developed by GitHub, which is currently in beta. The text editor features Node.js integration, allowing you to seamlessly mix usage of Node and browser APIs. And of course, since it's developed by GitHub, it features built-in Git integration.

For more information about Atom, see THIS article (includes instructions for installing Atom in Ubuntu 32bit+64bit via the failsdownloads Atom PPA).



thanks to Evante
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Friday, October 30, 2015

Professional Video Editor `Lightworks` 11.5 Goes Stable For Linux

After being in beta for almost a year, Lightworks, a professional video editing and mastering software, has reached version 11.5 stable, this being the first Lightworks release for Linux. The new version is of course also available for Windows.

Lightworks

According to Wikipedia, "Lightworks was an early developer of computer-based non-linear editing systems, and has been in development since 1989". The application was used in some renowned Oscar and Emmy Award award-winning films, including The King's Speech, Martin Scorsese's Hugo and The Departed, Mission Impossible, Pulp Fiction, Braveheart and Batman.

Lightworks is available as free to use or with a a pro license that costs $7.99 | 5.99€ | £4.99 a month or $79.99 | 59.99€ | £49.99 a year or a one time fee of $279.99 | 214.99€ | 179.99.

The difference between the free and paid (pro) version is that the free version is limited to web formats such as MPEG4/H.264 at up to 720p while the pro version has a much wider range of output options, includes project sharing, 3D stereoscopic output, user-definable project locations, rendering and Hardware I/O support.

It's also worth mentioning that Lwks announced a while back that Lightworks will become open source. That was four years ago and I'm not entirely sure what's the current status of that, but hopefully Lightworks will go GPL at some point.

Lightworks Ubuntu
Lightworks 11.5 running under Ubuntu 14.04

The new Lightworks 11.5, released today, includes new features such as:
  • import, Render and Export as background tasks;
  • added support for Retina displays;
  • YouTube export option including direct upload;
  • AC3 audio decode support removing the need for third party decoders;
  • fully customizable user interface;
  • smarter menus with fast access Export and FX favourites;
  • powerful new Multicam improvements;
  • playback controls added to source and edit viewers;
  • much more!

A full list of changes in the latest Lightworks 11.5 can be found HERE (PDF).

Even though this is considered a stable release, there are some known issues and limitations for both Windows and Linux. For instance, on Linux there is no Firewire support, no Quicktime/MPEG4 export option, now .wmv support, only ATI and Nvidia cards are supported, audio may not be present on some uncompressed avi files and there are only 64bit deb and rpm files available for download, among others. For a complete list and more info, check out the Lightworks 11.5 changelog PDF.

Lightworks comes with the following recommended specifications on Linux:
  • Debian Distros: Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Xubuntu 13.10, Mint 15, 16;
  • RPM Distros: Fedora 18, 19;
  • Chipset: Intel i7 chipset or faster, fast AMD chipset;
  • Memory: 3GB RAM or higher;
  • Screen: Two high-resolution displays (1920 x1080) or above;
  • Graphics card: PCI Express graphics card (NVIDIA or ATI) with 1GB or higher and support for OpenGL;
  • Storage: Separate media and system drives (these can be internal or external as long as the the interface is suitably fast: eSATA Firewire 800);
  • Sound: Compatible sound card and an audio monitoring system;
  • Optional: Lightworks Console;
  • Optional Lightworks keyboard;
  • System drive: 200MB Disk space for Lightworks installation;
  • Internet: Internet connection for activating Lightworks (first time only).


Download Lightworks 11.5 for Linux or Windows


Note that to be able to download Lightworks 11.5 for Linux, you need to register and agree to the Terms and Conditions:

Download Lightworks (available for Linux - deb and rpm 64bit only, and Windows)

If you're new to Lightworks, I suggest you take a look at the official tutorials.

Thanks to Imri for the tip!
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Monday, October 26, 2015

How To Install GNOME 3.12 In Fedora 20 Via Repository

If you're using Fedora 20, there's a repository maintained by Richard Hughes (the GNOME Power manager and PackageKit maintainer, among others) you can use to install the latest GNOME 3.12.

GNOME 3.12 Fedora 20

I tested the GNOME 3.12 Fedora 20 repository in VirtualBox and I didn't encounter any major issues (this is the repository I've used for upgrading to GNOME 3.12 in Fedora 20 to record the video in our GNOME 3.12 article) however, the repository maintainer notes that since the repository only had a small amount of testing, it's probably better to try it in VirtualBox rather than on a production system. So use it at your own risk!

If you want to try GNOME 3.12 in a virtual machine, you can also do this by using the GNOME 3.12 live CD.

That being said, let's proceed.


Install GNOME 3.12 in Fedora 20


1. Add the GNOME 3.12 repository in Fedora 20 by using the commands below:

- 32bit:
su -
echo -e "[rhughes-f20-gnome-3-12-i386]\nname=Copr repo for f20-gnome-3-12 owned by rhughes (i386)\nbaseurl=http://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/rhughes/f20-gnome-3-12/fedora-\$releasever-i386/\nskip_if_unavailable=True\ngpgcheck=0\ncost=900\nenabled=1" > /etc/yum.repos.d/rhughes-f20-gnome-3-12.repo

- 64bit:
su -
echo -e "[rhughes-f20-gnome-3-12-i386]\nname=Copr repo for f20-gnome-3-12 owned by rhughes (i386)\nbaseurl=http://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/rhughes/f20-gnome-3-12/fedora-\$releasever-i386/\nskip_if_unavailable=True\ngpgcheck=0\ncost=900\nenabled=1\n\n[rhughes-f20-gnome-3-12-x86_64]\nname=Copr repo for f20-gnome-3-12 owned by rhughes (x86_64)\nbaseurl=http://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/rhughes/f20-gnome-3-12/fedora-\$releasever-x86_64/\nskip_if_unavailable=True\ngpgcheck=0\ncost=800\nenabled=1" > /etc/yum.repos.d/rhughes-f20-gnome-3-12.repo

2. Upgrade to GNOME 3.12 in Fedora 20:
yum update

Once the update is completed, log out and log back in (though a system restart is probably better to avoid running into issues).
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Fedora 22 Released, See What`s New [Workstation]

Fedora 22 workstation screenshots

Fedora 22 Workstation was released today and it ships with the latest stable GNOME 3.16, a new default package manager and other interesting changes. Let's take a look at what's new!


GNOME 3.16


Fedora 22 Workstation ships with GNOME 3.16 by default and the most important change in this release is probably the new notification system, which has replaced the old Message Tray.

In GNOME 3.16, the notification history can now be accessed from the date/time menu (the calendar widget from the Top Bar):

Fedora 22 workstation screenshots

... while legacy "tray" icons are displayed in an expandable "drawer" that uses autohide and it's available in the bottom left corner of the screen:

Fedora 22 workstation screenshots

Furthermore, the notification popups, called "banners", are now displayed at the top of the screen:

Fedora 22 workstation screenshots

In the screenshot above you should notice a dot next to the date/time indicator - this indicates unread notifications.

Other changes in GNOME 3.16 include:
  • refreshed GNOME Shell theme (including monochrome icons for the applications menu);
  • scrollbars are displayed only when needed (see screenshot below);
  • GTK+ 3.16:
    • OpenGL support;
    • themes can now simultaneously support multiple GTK+ versions, by including version-specific CSS;
    • a new widget called GtkPopoverMenu was added and it can be used for creating menus contained with popovers;
    • many GTK+ Inspector changes including a much improved user interface;
  • GNOME apps:
    • GNOME's Image Viewer has been redesigned and it now uses header bars;
    • Files (Nautilus) 3.16 comes with bigger icons/thumbnails by default, reorganized menus, improved grid and list views as well as a new popover for changing between views, zoom level and sort order. Also, with the latest Files app, users can now move files and folders to the trash using the Delete key instead of Ctrl + Delete, like in previous versions;
    • Installation of GStreamer codecs, fonts, and certain document types is now handled by Software;
    • Maps can now display information bubbles which show the address, wheelchair accessibility along with links to Wikipedia articles. Also, the latest GNOME Maps comes with built-in Foursquare support, which allows you to check-in;
    • Calculator now displays previous calculations so you can easily copy previous figures;
    • Boxes comes with an updated properties interface, a new menu makes it possible to send keyboard shortcuts that cannot be entered directly into a box and more;
    • smart playlists have been added to Music, so you can view frequently played and recently added tracks. It is now also possible to star your favorite tracks;
    • two new games were added: a sliding blocks game called Taquin and 2048;
    • three new preview applications were added: Calendar (which already comes with Google Calendar sync), Characters (character map application) and Books (e-book viewer) - these are not installed by default in Fedora 22 but are available in the repositories;
    • a new IDE for GNOME, called "Builder", is now available as an early preview (it's not installed by default but it's available in the repositories).

See our GNOME 3.16 article for more information (including a video).

Here are a few screenshots with some of the changes mentioned above, taken under Fedora 22 Workstation:

Fedora 22 workstation screenshots

Fedora 22 workstation screenshots


Fedora 22 workstation screenshots

Fedora 22 workstation screenshots

Fedora 22 workstation screenshots


Other changes


Fedora 22 Workstation includes quite a few under the hood changes, including a new default package manager: DNF (under the hood, it uses an improved dependency solver, called hawkey, along with librepo for repository operations and libcomps for package groups), which has replaced Yum.

DNF provides better performance and memory footprint along with a "strict API definition for plugins and extending projects", notes the Fedora 22 release announcement.

Most DNF commands are similar to Yum (and /usr/bin/yum now redirects to /usr/bin/dnf, with a deprecation notice) and the same RPM package repositories are used however, there are some differences:
  • updates that don't work are skipped - this is similar to Yum's "--skip-broken" (which isn't available for DNF), but it evaluates the impact of the problem against the entire transaction;
  • repositories that don't work are skipped;
  • dependencies are not upgraded on package installation;
  • when removing a package, DNF will automatically remove any dependent packages that were not explicitly installed by the user;
  • by default, DNF will check for updates in configured repositories hourly, starting ten minutes after the system boots;
  • unlike with Yum, DNF allows removing all kernel packages, including running package.

Even more changes:
  • the Software tool and PackageKit now support searching for packages in disabled repositories;
  • Fedora 22 introduces the Preupgrade Assistant (not installed by default), a diagnostics utility which assesses the system for possible in-place upgrade limitations and provides a report with the analysis results;
  • GDM uses Wayland by default, instead of Xorg, bringing the transition to Wayland one step closer. The default GNOME session continues to use X;
  • input devices use a new driver: "libinput", which replaces other drivers such as synaptics, and provides improved support for multi-touch devices and software emulated buttons (this is only installed by default on new Fedora 22 installations);
  • The default console font has been changed to eurlatgr in Fedora 22. The new font has the same typeface as the previously used latarcyrheb-sun16 font, but supports a broader range of characters from the Latin and Greek alphabets as well as some commonly used symbol;
  • The Terminal now notifies you when a long running job completes (this is a Fedora-specific feature, that's why I didn't include it in the GNOME 3.16 changes above).


Default packages


Fedora 22 workstation screenshots

Fedora 22 Workstation ships with Firefox 38.0.1, LibreOffice 4.4.3.2, Shotwell 0.22.0, Rhythmbox 3.2.1, Transmission 2.84, Empathy 3.12.10 along with version 3.16.x of the core GNOME applications (Nautilus, Gedit, Terminal and so on), on top of GNOME Shell 3.16.2 and GTK+ 3.16.3.

Under the hood, Fedora 22 Workstation uses the Linux Kernel 4.0.4, systemd 209, Mesa 10.5.4 and Xorg Server 1.17.1.


Download Fedora 22


Before installing Fedora 22, make sure you check out the common bugs list and the official release notes.

Download Fedora

It's also important to mention that three new websites were released along with Fedora 22 today:

To easily install codecs, Java and various popular apps that aren't available in the Fedora repositories, along with tweaks such as improved font rendering, you can use Fedy, a Fedora post-install utility which was updated to version 4.0 recently and it already supports Fedora 22.

info via
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Sunday, October 25, 2015

Fedora Post Install Tool `Fedy` Updated With New UI, Fedora 22 Support

Fedy 4.0 was released recently, bringing a completely rewritten, fully native GTK3 user interface as well as Fedora 22 (to be released tomorrow) support.

Fedy 1.4

Fedy (previously called Fedora Utils) is a tool which lets you install various packages which are not available in the official Fedora repositories, such as Adobe Flash, Oracle Java, Atom, Brackets and many others, as well as a few tweaks, like better font rendering or junk cleanup.

Changes in Fedy 4.0:
  • fully native GTK3 UI;
  • rich plugins list with icon and description;
  • ability to search the plugins list;
  • easy overview of what's installed and what's not;
  • easy way to undo tasks;
  • tasks continue to run when the window is closed;
  • revamped plugin system to make it easier to write plugins (with a JSON formatted metadata file);
  • for plugins downloaded from third-party sources, Fedy now tries to detect and prevent malicions commands from running.

Fedy Tweaks

If you want to add your own custom plugins, simply add them to ~/.local/share/fedy/plugins (you may want to check out some existing plugins HERE).

There are also two features that are no longer available in the latest Fedy: the CLI version was removed and tasks cannot be cancelled once started. Fedy developer +Satyajit Sahoo says that he may add the command line interface back if there's enough demand.

Also, with this release, Fedy (which as you might know, will be available by default in Ozon OS), has been moved from OBS (openSUSE Build System) to Ozon's repository.

Thanks to this move, many things which were previously done manually are now packaged and available via this repository. Another upside to this is the fact that Fedy can support new Fedora versions before OBS (OBS is usually available for new Fedora releases after the stable version is released).

That's why the latest Fedy 4.0 already supports Fedora 22, even though OBS doesn't yet support it. 

Unfortunately, not all the packages the app can install are available from the Ozon OS repository, that's why there are a couple of things that don't yet work on Fedora 22: the Brackets and livna (which provides the libdvdcss packages) repositories - that's because Fedora 22 is not stable yet and these repositories weren't updated to support Fedora 22 for now.


Install Fedy


To install the latest Fedy in Fedora, you can use the following command which will download the Fedy installer script and run it:
su -c "curl https://satya164.github.io/fedy/fedy-installer -o fedy-installer && chmod +x fedy-installer && ./fedy-installer"
To download the source, report bugs, etc., see the Fedy GitHub page.
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Friday, October 23, 2015

Google Web Designer Available For Linux

Google Web Designer, a tool developed by Google which is currently in beta, is finally available for Linux. The following Linux distributions are currently supported: Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSUSE and Fedora.


Google Web Designer is a program for creating interactive HTML5 websites and ads for any device. Using it, you can create content using drawing tools, text, 3D objects, add animations and Google Fonts directly from the Google Web Designer interface and more. The tool "outputs clean human-readable HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript".

The application comes with a repository so, like with the other Google products for Linux, you'll get automatic updates when new versions are available.

Unfortunately, Google Web Designer doesn't integrate with Unity's global menu for now. Other than that, the application worked great in my test under Ubuntu 14.04.

Update: some users have reported that Google Web Designer doesn't work on non-English systems. If that's the case for you, here's a work-around. Firstly remove its folder under ~/.local/share/:
rm -r ~/.local/share/google-web-designer
And then start Google Web Designer using the following command:
LANGUAGE=en_US google-webdesigner


Arch Linux users can get Google Web Designer via AUR.

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Monday, October 19, 2015

Intel Graphics Installer For Linux 1.0.4 Available For Download [Ubuntu 13.10 And Fedora 20]

The Intel Linux Graphics Installer was updated to version 1.0.4 and the new version supports Ubuntu 13.10 and Fedora 20.

Intel Graphics Installer for Linux

The Intel Graphics Installer for Linux is a tool developed by Intel that allows users to easily upgrade to the latest graphics drivers for Intel hardware. The installer automatically adds a repository used for upgrading the packages provided by Intel - that means that besides the Intel Linux Graphics Installer, you can also use the Ubuntu Software Updater, apt-get, etc. to upgrade the packages.

Intel Linux Graphics Installer 1.0.4 was released about two weeks ago but I didn't get to write about it when it when it was released and then the website stopped working. Sorry for the delay!

The latest Intel Linux Graphics Installer 1.0.4 brings the 2013Q4 Intel Graphics Stack which includes OpenGL 3.3 API support, Fast Boot support and power savings features, among many other changes. A complete list of changes can be found HERE.

Important note: The Intel Linux Graphics Installer does not support Intel GMA 3600 "due to the complex package dependencies of the binary graphics drivers for the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3600 Series used in the Intel Atom Processor N2600 Series and Intel Atom Processor N2800 Series" - use the drivers available with your Linux distribution instead.


Download Intel Graphics Installer for Linux


This hasn't happened for some time, but I'll add this note anyway: in the past, this installer caused some serious issues for some users so I suggest you only use it if you know how to downgrade the packages in case something goes wrong.

I couldn't test the installer because it's only available for Ubuntu 13.10 and I'm using Ubuntu 14.04.

If you have questions about the installer or Intel Linux graphics, visit the Intel Linux Graphics forums.


The installer itself doesn't work in Ubuntu derivatives like Linux Mint however, you can manually add the repository if you're using a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 13.04 - see THIS article for how to add it.

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Saturday, October 17, 2015

Ozon OS "Hydrogen" Alpha Available For Testing

Numix Project and Nitrux S.A. released Ozon OS "Hydrogen" alpha yesterday.

Ozon OS "Hydrogen" alpha is based on Fedora 20 and it uses GNOME Shell and Gnome apps by default, customized with various extensions. The newly released alpha is aimed at developers and ships with only part of the Atom Shell: Atom Dock, Launcher and Panel, so it's not really interesting for regular desktop users. However, the beta (and obviously, the final release) should include a lot more exiting stuff.

Here are a couple of Ozon OS Hydrogen alpha screenshots (but, as I said, there's not much to see right now):

Ozon OS

Ozon OS

Current Atom Shell features include:
  • Atom Dock: intellihide, per workspace task separation and transparent background on App Overview;
  • Atom Panel: display legacy tray icons and appindicators on the top panel;
  • Atom Launcher: a simplified App Launcher with applications sorted by frequency of use.
Many other features are planned, but not yet available.

Besides the extensions mentioned above, Ozon OS "Hydrogen" alpha uses GNOME 3.12 with a custom GNOME Shell theme by default and has the RPMFusion repository enabled - other than that, it's just stock Fedora 20.

According to its roadmap, Ozon OS "Hydrogen" beta will use Fedora 21 as a base and it will ship with its own GTK and icon themes (some icon design experiments here and here) (along with the rest of artwork: Plymouth, wallpapers, etc. - see how to submit wallpapers for inclusion in Ozon OS HERE), along with various OS tweaks, preinstalled vendor video drivers and so on.

The plan is to release Ozon OS "Hydrogen" (final) a month or so after the Fedora 21 release.


Download Ozon OS "Hydrogen" Alpha


Download Ozon OS "Hydrogen" Alpha:

If you want to download the Ozon OS Atom Shell / extensions and use them with your current Linux distribution, see its GitHub page (the extensions will hopefully be available on Gnome's extensions website soon).

Also see the initial announcement (from February, 2014) which provides some extra information: Numix Announces New Linux Distribution


Thanks to Satya and indirectly :), Georgi for the info! via G+
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Fedora 20 Available For Download

Fedora 20 screenshots

Fedora 20 "Heisenbug" has been released, featuring the latest stable GNOME 3.10 along with other interesting changes.


GNOME 3.10


Fedora 20 ships with GNOME 3.10 by default, with comes with some important changes:
  • the old system status menus have been replaced with a new System Menu
  • improved login and lock screens: better layout, nicer transitions, prettier lock screen notifications, etc.;
  • "header bars" or "client side decorations" are used by default by some of the GNOME core apps like Nautilus, Documents and so on;
  • many Settings (Control Center), including: new option to change the login screen background, new date and time settings, new display settings, the background can be selected from your Flickr photos;
  • fine grained scrolling when dragging the scroll bar handle, or scrolling while holding the shift key;
  • and of course, updated core apps.

Fedora 20 screenshots

Fedora 20 screenshots

Fedora 20 screenshots




GNOME Software, a new application that was introduced with GNOME 3.10, is used by default in Fedora 20, replacing the old gnome-packagekit frontends:

Fedora 20 screenshots


This is a tool for browsing and installing applications and at the moment, it doesn't support reviews or displaying application screenshots:

Fedora 20 screenshots


Other changes


  • ARM is now an officially supported architecture;
  • You can now run ARM VMs on x86 hosts using standard libvirt tools: libvirt virsh, virt-manager and virt-install;
  • Cinnamon 2.0 is available in the Fedora 20 official repositories - more about Cinnamon 2.0, HERE. To install the complete Cinnamon desktop in Fedora (including Nemo, etc.), use yum groupinstall "Cinnamon Desktop", then select Cinnamon from the login screen;
  • The latest E17 (0.18) stable desktop is available in the Fedora 20 repositories - to install it, use "yum install @enlightenment" and select it from the login screen;
  • Network Manager improvements:
    • users are now able to add, edit, delete, activate and deactivate network connections via command line using the "nmcli" tool;
    • support for bonding and bridging interfaces;
  • experimental support for adding solid state drives (SSDs) as fast, transparent caches to traditional HDDs;
  • Fedora 20 has migrated to BlueZ 5;
  • Sendmail and Syslog have been removed from the minimal installation and from the Live Desktop DVD - systemd journal now takes the place as the default logging solution;
  • For the KDE spin, Fedora 20 uses KDE Plasma workspaces 4.11 with a new Plasma-nm applet for network management and a new display manager called SDDM (a lightweight display manager that uses QML for the user interface), replacing KDM.


Default applications


Fedora 20 screenshots

Fedora 20 ships with the following default packages: Nautilus 3.10.1, GNOME Control Center (System Settings) 3.10.2, GNOME Settings Daemon 3.10.2, Evolution 3.10.2, GNOME Documents 3.10.1, GNOME Clocks 3.10.1, Empathy 3.10.2, Totem 3.10.1, Cheese 3.1.2, Rhythmbox 3.0, Firefox 25, Shotwell 0.15.0 and LibreOffice 4.1.3.2, among others, on top of GNOME 3.10 with GTK 3.10.4, Linux Kernel 3.11.10, Mesa 9.2.3 (with 9.2.4 available as an update) and Xorg Server 1.14.4

GNOME 3 applications such as Maps, Bijiben, Weather, Photos, Web (Epiphany), Music, Boxes or Tweak Tool are not installed by default but the latest 3.10 version is available to install from the Fedora 20 repositories:

Fedora 20 screenshots


Download Fedora 20


Before installing Fedora 20, make sure you check out the list of common bugs. Also check out the official release notes.

Download Fedora


And as usual, to install codecs, Java and various tweaks, use Fedora Utils.
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Intel Linux Graphics Installer 1.0.3 Released For Ubuntu 13.10 And Fedora 19

Intel has released an update for for its Linux Graphics Installer, available for Ubuntu 13.10 and Fedora 19.

Intel Linux Graphics Installer

The Intel Linux Graphics Installer is a tool developed by Intel that allows users to easily upgrade to the latest graphics drivers for Intel hardware. The installer automatically adds a repository used for upgrading the packages provided by Intel - that means that besides the Intel Linux Graphics Installer, you can also use the Ubuntu Software Updater, apt-get, etc. to upgrade the packages.

The latest Intel Graphics Installer 1.0.3 for Linux brings the latest Intel Graphics 2013Q3 Stack, which comes with support for Solid Intel Celeron N2810 processor with Intel HD Graphics support, SNA enabled by default and power savings improvements for 4th Generation Intel Core processors with Intel HD Graphics. There's a huge list of improvements so check out the official release notes for more information.


Download Intel Graphics Installer for Linux


Before downloading and installing this package, please note that in the past, this installer caused some serious issues for some users so I suggest you only use it if you know how to downgrade the packages in case something goes wrong.

I couldn't test the latest Intel Linux Graphics Installer because it's only available for Ubuntu 13.10 and I'm using Ubuntu 14.04.

If you have questions about the installer or Intel Linux graphics, visit the Intel Linux Graphics forums.


The installer itself doesn't work in Ubuntu derivatives like Linux Mint however, you can manually add the repository if you're using a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 13.04 - see THIS article for how to add it.

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Mozilla Thunderbird 38.0.1 is out, Install on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, Elementary OS, Deepin, Peppermint, LXLE, Linux Lite, Debian, Robolinux, SparkyLinux, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva, Arch Linux, Manjaro, ROSA Desktop etc


Install / Update Mozilla Thunderbird 38.0.1 on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Pinguy OS, Elementary OS, Deepin, Peppermint, LXLE, Linux Lite, Debian 8 "jessie", Debian 7 "wheezy", Debian 6 "squeeze", Robolinux, SparkyLinux, Fedora 22, Fedora21, Fedora 20, CentOS 7, CentOS 6, OpenSUSE 13.2, OpenSUSE 13.1, Mageia 5, OpenMandriva, Arch Linux, Manjaro, ROSA Desktop etc

Thunderbird is a free email application that's easy to set up and customize - and it's loaded with great features!

Sending and receiving emails is like breathing these days, and you will need a reliable and extremely stable application to do it right. Mozilla Thunderbird is one of those rare applications that provides users with a feature-rich, easy to use and extendable email client. Besides begin an email client, the software is also a very good RSS news reader, as well as a newsgroup and chat client. It is supported and installed by default in many Linux operating systems.

Features at a glance

Among some of its major highlights, we can mention adaptive junk mail controls, saved search folders, global inbox support, message grouping, privacy protection, and comprehensive mail migration from other email clients.

Mozilla Thunderbird is designed to be very comprehensive. It will help users communicate better in an office space, allowing them to send, received emails, chat with their colleagues, and stay updated with the latest news.

Few know that the application provides users with a built-in web browser functionality, using a tabbed user interface and based on its bigger brother, the powerful Mozilla Firefox web explorer. Another interesting feature is the ability to add extensions, popularly known as add-ons, which will extended the default functionality of the application.

What New in Mozilla Thunderbird 38.0.1 :

  • GMail supports OAuth2 authentication, removing the need to manually select "allow less secure applications" in Google options for the account.
  • Ship Lightning calendar addon with Thunderbird and enable with an opt-out dialog
  • Filter sent messages
  • Filter messages when archived
  • Enable search in multiple/all address books
  • Add support for Yahoo Messenger in Chat
  • Support Internationalized domain name URLs for RSS feeds
  • Show expanded columns in folder pane
  • Allow file-per-message (maildir) local message storage
  • Add a Learn more link to the support page in feeds subscribe dialog
  • Add reading position marker line to conversations
  • The editor for twitter should show inputtable character count

Installation instructions:

Mozilla does not provide a repository for Thunderbird, but the installation steps are quite easy anyway and should not create difficulties on any Linux distribution.

The latest versions of Firefox are available as pre-compiled libraries via the Mozilla FTP, so we need to download the archive (i386 or i686 for 32 bit systems and amd64 or x86_64 for 64 bit systems), extract it and run the thunderbird file. Also, it is advised to remove previous versions of Thunderbird, move Thunderbird to /opt and create a symlink, for an easier usage.

The below instructions should work on all the popular Linux systems, including Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Pinguy OS, Elementary OS, Deepin, Peppermint, LXLE, Linux Lite, Debian 8 "jessie", Debian 7 "wheezy", Debian 6 "squeeze", Robolinux, SparkyLinux, Fedora 22, Fedora21, Fedora 20, CentOS 7, CentOS 6, OpenSUSE 13.2, OpenSUSE 13.1, Mageia 5, OpenMandriva, Arch Linux, Manjaro, ROSA Desktop etc

How to install Thunderbird on 32 bit Linux systems:
$ wget ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/38.0.1/linux-i686/en-US/thunderbird-38.0.1.tar.bz2
$ tar -xjvf thunderbird-38.0.1.tar.bz2
$ sudo rm -rf /opt/thunderbird*
$ sudo mv thunderbird /opt/thunderbird
$ sudo ln -sf /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird /usr/bin/thunderbird
To start Thunderbird, just open a terminal, type thunderbird and hit enter.

How to install Thunderbird on 64 bit Linux systems:
$ wget ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/38.0.1/linux-x86_64/en-US/thunderbird-38.0.1.tar.bz2
$ tar -xjvf thunderbird-38.0.1.tar.bz2
$ sudo rm -rf /opt/thunderbird*
$ sudo mv thunderbird /opt/thunderbird
$ sudo ln -sf /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird /usr/bin/thunderbird
To start Thunderbird, just open a terminal, type thunderbird and hit enter.
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Nvidia Linux Display Driver 352.21 is released, Install on Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSuse, Debian, RHEL, Slackware and Arch Linux







Install Nvidia Linux Display Driver 352.21 on Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Fedora 21, Fedora 20, Fedora 19, Fedora 18, OpenSuse 13.2, openSUSE 13.1, openSUSE 12.3, Debian 8 "jessie" (upcoming), Debian 7 "wheezy", Debian 6 "squeeze", RHEL, Slackware, CentOS 6, CentOS 7 and Arch Linux

Nvidia Linux Display Driver is a proprietary OpenGL video driver that tries to bring support for the graphics cards produced by Nvidia on Linux-based operating systems. This version supports only the 32-bit architecture. For 64-bit support, see this link. Even if it provides a settings panel, the Nvidia Linux Display Driver is not an application. It is a hardware driver, which provides some instructions that tell an operating system how to use a piece of hardware

Release highlights since 352.09:


  • Added support for the following GPUs:
    • Tesla K40t
    • GeForce 720A
    • GeForce 920A
    • GeForce 930A
    • GeForce 940A
    • GeForce GTX 950A
    • GeForce GTX 980 Ti

  • Added GLX Protocol support for the following OpenGL extensions:
    • GL_ARB_copy_buffer
    • GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object

  • Fixed a bug that caused the Display Configuration page of the nvidia-settings control panel to automatically generate layouts with multiple displays occupying the same position when enabling or disabling Base Mosaic.
  • Updated nvidia-settings to allow the use of the standard Display Configuration page when SLI Mosaic is enabled.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the kernel to report errors when unmapping DMA allocations on kernels with CONFIG_DEBUG_DMA_API enabled.
  • Fixed a bug that caused a kernel crash if SLI Mosaic and G-SYNC were used at the same time on a configuration with more display devices connected to one GPU than another.
  • Fixed a bug in nvidia-settings that caused the application to crash when saving the EDID to a file.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the "mkprecompiled" utility included in the driver package from reading files correctly.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause an Xid error when terminating a video playback application using the overlay presentation queue in VDPAU.
  • Updated nvidia-installer to avoid recursing too deeply into kernel source trees under /usr/lib/modules, mirroring an existing restriction on recursion under /lib/modules.
Supports a wide range of Nvidia GPUs

In our tests, we’ve discovered that the Nvidia Linux Display Driver supports much more Nvidia graphics cards than the open source Nouveau driver. It plays well with most of the ION, ION LE, Quadro Plex, Quadro Sync, GRID, NVS, nForce Professional 3000, Quadro FX, Quadro Blade, as well as all the GeForce series.

All in all, if you have a PC or laptop equipped with an Nvidia GPU, and you have issues with the default Nouveau open source driver, you may want to install the Nvidia Linux Display Driver. It’s also the number one choice for gaming users.

Install Nvidia Linux Display Driver 352.21 on Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSuse, Debian, RHEL, Slackware and Arch Linux 

How To Install Nvidia Linux Display Driver 352.21 on Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Fedora 21, Fedora 20, Fedora 19, Fedora 18, OpenSuse 13.2, openSUSE 13.1, openSUSE 12.3, Debian 8 "jessie" (upcoming), Debian 7 "wheezy", Debian 6 "squeeze", RHEL, Slackware, CentOS 6, CentOS 7, Arch Linux, 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 from Single file installation :

For Linux 32 bit :
# wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/352.21/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-352.21.run
# chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86-352.21.run
# ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-352.21.run

For Linux 64 bit :
# wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/352.21/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-352.21.run
# chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-352.21.run
# ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-352.21.run

For Linux System 32 bit ARM, do :
# wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86-ARM/352.21/NVIDIA-Linux-armv7l-gnueabihf-352.21.run
# chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-armv7l-gnueabihf-352.21.run
# ./NVIDIA-Linux-armv7l-gnueabihf-352.21.run

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Angry IP Scanner 3.3.3 Released, Install on Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Mageia and REDHAT


Angry IP Scanner 3.3.3 Released, Install on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Debian 8 "jessie", Debian 7 "wheezy",  Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Fedora 22, Fedora 21, OpenSUSE 13.2, OpenSUSE 13.1, Mageia 5, Mageia 4 and REDHAT


Angry IP Scanner (or simply ipscan) is an open-source and cross-platform network scanner designed to be fast and simple to use. It scans IP addresses and ports as well as has many other features.

It is widely used by network administrators and just curious users around the world, including large and small enterprises, banks, and government agencies. It runs on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and possibly supporting other platforms as well.

Download version 3.3.3 below or browse all 3.x releases
 

Install Angry IP Scanner 3.3.3 on Ubuntu / Debian / Linux Mint :

To Install/Update Angry IP Scanner 3.3.3 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 17.2 Rafaela, 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 64 bit :
$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk ant rpm wine
$ sudo wget http://github.com/angryziber/ipscan/releases/download/3.3.3/ipscan_3.3.3_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i ipscan_3.3.3_amd64.deb

For 32 bit :
$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk ant rpm wine
$ wget http://github.com/angryziber/ipscan/releases/download/3.3.3/ipscan_3.3.3_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i ipscan_3.3.3_i386.deb

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

Install Angry IP Scanner 3.3.3 on Fedora / Mageia / OpenSUSE / REDHAT :

To Install/Update Angry IP Scanner 3.3.3 on Fedora 22, Fedora 21, OpenSUSE 13.2, OpenSUSE 13.1, Mageia 5, Mageia 4 and REDHAT derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

For OpenSUSE 64 bit :
$ wget http://github.com/angryziber/ipscan/releases/download/3.3.3/ipscan-3.3.3-1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo zypper install ipscan-3.3.3-1.x86_64.rpm
For OpenSUSE 32 bit :
$ wget http://github.com/angryziber/ipscan/releases/download/3.3.3/ipscan-3.3.3-1.i386.rpm
$ sudo zypper install ipscan-3.3.3-1.i386.rpm
Fedora 64 bit : 
$ wget http://github.com/angryziber/ipscan/releases/download/3.3.3/ipscan-3.3.3-1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo yum install ipscan-3.3.3-1.x86_64.rpm
Fedora 32 bit :
$ wget http://github.com/angryziber/ipscan/releases/download/3.3.3/ipscan-3.3.3-1.i386.rpm
$ sudo yum install ipscan-3.3.3-1.i386.rpm


Running
Make sure you have Oracle Java or OpenJDK installed - check your distribution. GCJ is not recommended.

DEB and RPM packages will install appropriate 'desktop' files, so Angry IP Scanner will appear in the applications menu, under either Internet or Networking. Alternatively, you can just type ipscan to launch the application.
Jar files are launched by either double-clicking or typing java -jar jar-file.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.
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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 :
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Install/Update KDE Plasma 5.3.1 on Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSUSE, Fedora and Arch Linux

KDE Plasma 5.3.1 is out, Now you can install KDE Plasma 5.3.1 on (K)Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSUSE, Fedora and Arch Linux


KDE Plasma (formerly K Desktop Environment and KDE Software Compilation and KDE Plasma Workspace and Applications) is an open source project comprised of numerous packages, libraries and applications designed to provide a modern graphical desktop environment for Linux and UNIX-like workstations.

What New in KDE Plasma 5.3.1:
  • Bluedevil
  • Fileitemactionplugin: Don't use blocking DBus calls. Commit. Fixes bug #347113
  • Applet: Fix showing incorrect device name in connect failed notification. Commit.
  • Update pin-code-database.xml. Commit.
  • bluez-qt
  • Don't ignore interface name in DBus properties changed signal. Commit.
  • Breeze
  • Cleanup tests in scrollarea event filter. Commit. Fixes bug #347971
  • Default to Qt::AlignVCenter (instead of Qt::AlignTop) when vertical alignment flag is not set. Commit. See bug #346679
  • Make sure iconSize is valid before rendering. Commit.
  • Sanitize button positioning. Commit.
  • Pass iconSize as button's parameter rather than trying to calculate it from geometry and offset. Commit.
  • Implement SH_ItemView_ActivateItemOnSingleClick in kde4. Commit.
  • Build on ARM. Commit.
  • Plasma Addons
  • DateTimeRunner: Fix off by 1 error. Commit. Fixes bug #346021
  • Kimpanel: fix window position when coordinate is outside screen. Commit.
  • KInfoCenter
  • Extract messages from Modules/base into the catalog kcminfo. Commit. Code review #123864
  • KIO Extras
  • Don't mangle UDS_TARGET_URL to UDS_LOCAL_PATH in UDSEntries. Commit. Code review #123781
  • KWin
  • Fix presentwindows crash on disabling closebuttons. Commit. Code review #123865
  • No VBO upload for zero vertex count. Commit. Fixes bug #347900. Code review #123865
  • [effects] Fix loading of trackmouse effect textures. Commit. Code review #123862
  • Show Desktop: activateNextClient prefers desktop. Commit. Code review #123783. See bug #346837. See bug #346933. See bug #347212
  • Show Desktop: break state with activation (only). Commit. Code review #123783. See bug #346837. See bug #346933. See bug #347212
  • Show Desktop: keep desktop group visible. Commit. Code review #123783. See bug #346837. See bug #346933. See bug #347212
  • Showing Desktop: keep docks visible. Commit. Code review #123783. Fixes bug #346933. Fixes bug #347212. See bug #346837
  • Fix CM reselection. Commit. Fixes bug #347813. Code review #123826
  • Lazy setting of xbc properties on qApp. Commit. See bug #346748. Code review #123777
  • Stall wobbling while screen is transformed. Commit. Code review #123733. Fixes bug #338972
  • Ignore elevation list while screen is locked. Commit. Fixes bug #347466
  • Prefer query Screens::refreshRate(). Commit. Fixes bug #347360. Code review #123693
  • Add Screens::name(int screen); STUB but for XRandr. Commit.
  • Add OutputInfo class to obtain output names. Commit.
  • Add refreshRate to Screens. STUB but for XRandr!. Commit.
  • Forward resource modes next to crtcs. Commit.
  • Desk grid: do not recreate DesktopButtonsViews. Commit. Fixes bug #347339. Code review #123668
  • Make switchWindow FROM stickies act on current VD. Commit. Fixes bug #331512. Code review #123640
  • UpdateXTime before sending a takeFocus message. Commit. Fixes bug #347153. Code review #123639
  • Window aperture always needs to cancel. Commit. Fixes bug #347174. Code review #123636
  • Do not switch desktop on resizing windows. Commit. Code review #123599
  • Break desktopshowing state from cover & flipswitch. Commit. Code review #123550. See bug #346837
  • libkscreen
  • Handle backend being deleted during GetConfigOperation. Commit. Fixes bug #347626. Code review #123860
  • BackendLauncher: delete and unload backends before returning from main(). Commit.
  • XRandR: use intermediate screen size when applying config. Commit.
  • Fix crash introduced in previous commit. Commit.
  • Fix potential crash when running ConfigOperation in exec() mode. Commit. Fixes bug #346575
  • Muon
  • Make sure the apt notifier gets initialized. Commit.
  • --debug. Commit.
  • Polish Discover menu configuration. Commit.
  • Improve display of the update button. Commit. Fixes bug #343210
  • Use proper icon to identify updates. Commit.
  • Only emit about found updates when they change. Commit. See bug #346622
  • Oxygen
  • Default to Qt::AlignVCenter (instead of Qt::AlignTop) when vertical alignment flag is not set CCBUG: 346679. Commit.
  • Fix popup menu items getting stray highlighted. Commit. Fixes bug #332377. Code review #123807
  • Implement SH_ItemView_ActivateItemOnSingleClick. Commit.
  • Plasma Desktop
  • Require xorg-evdev >= 2.8.99.1. Commit.
  • Fix translation of strings in kcm/touchpad.kcfg. Commit.
  • Fix toolbox positioning. Commit. Fixes bug #347857
  • Abort window highlight effect before launching present windows. Commit. Fixes bug #347395
  • Remove redundant proxy. Commit.
  • Fix force stripes on vertical. Commit.
  • Add FindEvdev cmake module. Commit. Fixes bug #347749. Code review #123808
  • KAStats: Properly resetting model when clear is called. Commit.
  • Fix reverse scroll in Mouse KCM. Commit.
  • Don't close when emptying Recent* categories. Commit.
  • Adjust margins in vertical panels as horizontal. Commit.
  • Don't add menu actions twice. Commit.
  • Fix 'Add to Desktop' against the Folder containment being unreliable. Commit.
  • SQLite supports offset only of limit is specified. Commit.
  • Clean up some debug junk. Commit.
  • Keeping ResultSet open as little as possible and fixing the count limit. Commit.
  • Grab on the right item; fixes regression from 1c38100f while retaining the crash fix. Commit.
  • Fix missing signal connect + some speed optimizations for KAMD submenu reveals. Commit.
  • Fix race condition between PlacesModel and deriving URL from UI state. Commit.
  • Use TextMetrics for lower bound. Commit.
  • Ignore press events on scrollbars and make sure smooth scroll is disabled when not autoscrolling. Commit.
  • Improve visibility of running widget checkmark. Commit. Code review #123539. Fixes bug #342112
  • KActivitiesStats: Obey the item count limit for the ResultModel. Commit.
  • Remove use of KCoreAddons.Format; KDirModel now returns preformatted data. Commit. Fixes bug #346567
  • Plasma Media Center
  • Use correct header for used class. Commit.
  • Plasma Networkmanager (plasma-nm)
  • Fix typo in END_TLS_AUTH_TAG. Commit. Fixes bug #347416
  • Drop WiMAX support for NM 1.2.0+. Commit. Code review #123657
  • Editor: request secrets when "secretkey-flags" is not present in setting. Commit.
  • Add option to show/hide menu bar. Commit. Fixes bug #347141
  • Plasma Workspace
  • [libtaskmanager] Use windowClass from KWindowInfo instead fetching from X each time. Commit. See bug #340583
  • Adjust the one pixel gap for right aligned panels. Commit. Fixes bug #347873
  • Process updates scripts even after we load the default layout. Commit.
  • Enable translations for devicenotifications dataengine. Commit. Code review #123846
  • Add missing TRANSLATION_DOMAIN for dataengines keystate, network, rss, weather. Commit. Code review #123854
  • Default to desktop sorting. Commit.
  • ++paranoia;. Commit.
  • [notifications] Make notifications work properly with --reverse. Commit. Code review #122648. Fixes bug #343251
  • [notifications] Clip the NotificationItem to prevent painting outside of its rect. Commit. Fixes bug #346419
  • [digital-clock] Add timezone filtering by region too. Commit. Code review #123740. Fixes bug #346681
  • [klipper] Ensure global shortcut actions work. Commit. Fixes bug #345945. Code review #123727
  • Guard access to kscreen configuration. Commit. Fixes bug #346590. Code review #123648CHANGELOGCHANGELOG:Fix crash on Plasma startup caused by a race condition
  • [digital-clock] Use KCMShell.open for the formats KCM. Commit. Fixes bug #347032
  • Make ConfigFile() reuse the Corona's KSharedConfigPtr when its config file is requested. Commit.
  • Fix second arg not being used when parent is a ConfigGroup. Commit.
  • [digital-clock] Fix missing function return. Commit.
  • [digital-clock] Change the id of the root item. Commit. Fixes bug #346841
  • When switching activities, use only the running ones. Commit. Fixes bug #347029. Code review #123597
  • [notifications] Clear notification from show queue if it's closed before it's shown. Commit. Fixes bug #342605
  • [notifications] Always check first if the dispatch timer isn't running already. Commit. See bug #342605
  • Fix a crash in PowermanagementEngine::populateApplicationData when the given name is empty. Commit. Code review #123555
  • Check for model existence. Commit. Fixes bug #346870
  • Only restart Timer when the dialog is visible. Commit.
  • Fix running applet calculation. Commit.
  • Manually keep track of jobs sources. Commit. Code review #123502. Fixes bug #346673
  • Match window switch dialog borders with addwidgets/switch activity. Commit. Fixes bug #345614. Code review #123506
  • [notifications] Replace ' with ' as ' is not supported by StyledText. Commit. Fixes bug #346710
  • Disable indeterminate animation for suspended jobs. Commit.
  • Fix last commit. Commit.
  • Fix logic in argument check in plasma-windowed. Commit. Fixes bug #346311
  • Powerdevil
  • Consider overall percentage when emitting battery warning on startup. Commit. Code review #123704. Fixes bug
Full Plasma 5.3.1 changelog

A beautiful, modern and traditional desktop environment

It combines ease-of-use, superior graphical design and powerful functionality with the unique features and architecture of the Linux operating system. It’s comprised of the KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE Applications components.

Additionally, it contains extra add-on for the panel and desktop, a download manager, an instant messenger, an addressbook, a document viewer, a multimedia layer called Phonon (similar to GStreamer on GNOME), and accessibility functionality, such as a powerful text-to-speech system.

How to Install/Update KDE Plasma 5.3.1 on Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSUSE, Fedora and Arch Linux :

to Install/Update KDE Plasma 5.3.1 on (K)Ubuntu and Debian and other Debian derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:
$ sudo apt-get build-dep qtbase5-dev
$ sudo apt-get install libbz2-dev libxslt-dev libxml2-dev shared-mime-info oxygen-icon-theme libgif-dev libvlc-dev libvlccore-dev doxygen gperf bzr libxapian-dev fontforge libgcrypt20-dev libattr1-dev network-manager-dev libgtk-3-dev xsltproc xserver-xorg-dev xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-dev libpwquality-dev modemmanager-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libepoxy-dev libpolkit-agent-1-dev libnm-util-dev libnm-glib-dev libegl-mesa-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libqt5x11extras5-dev libwww-perl libxml-parser-perl libjson-perl libboost1.55-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev 
to Install/Update KDE Plasma 5.3.1 on OpenSUSE and other Debian derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:
$ sudo zypper si -d libqt5-qtbase
$ sudo zypper in libbz2-devel libxslt-devel libxml2-devel shared-mime-info oxygen-icon-theme giflib-devel vlc-devel doxygen gstreamer-0_10-devel gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-devel docbook-xml-slides docbook-xsl-stylesheets xcb-util-keysyms-devel perl-JSON boost-devel libxcb-devel libXrender-devel xcb-util-wm-devel xcb-util-devel xcb-util-image-devel gettext-tools
$ sudo zypper in gtk3-devel # for kde-gtk-config
$ sudo zypper in grantlee5 # for kdevplatform
$ sudo zypper in libkdcraw-devel liblcms2-devel # for gwenview
Optional for kdeplasma-addons: libibus >=1.4.2 (see http://software.opensuse.org/package/libibus-1_0-5

to Install/Update KDE Plasma 5.3.1 on Fedora and other Fedora  derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:
$ sudo yum-builddep qt phonon-backend-vlc phonon-backend-gstreamer
$ sudo yum install gcc-c++ ruby doxygen git bzr flex bison gperf socat boost-devel bzip2-devel libxslt-devel libxml2-devel shared-mime-info oxygen-icon-theme giflib-devel xcb-util-keysyms-devel perl-JSON perl-Pod-Usage "*xcb*-devel" perl-XML-Parser NetworkManager-glib-devel xapian-core-devel libxkbcommon-devel libxkbcommon-x11-devel  systemd-devel libwayland-cursor-devel libwayland-server-devel libepoxy-devel gtk3-devel sane-backends-devel libattr-devel libcanberra-devel libusb-devel libxkbfile-devel fontforge-devel libical-devel gpgme-devel cyrus-sasl-devel openldap-devel libpwquality-devel polkit-devel

to Install/Update KDE Plasma 5.3.1 on Arch Linux and other Arch Linux  derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

Arch Linux: All the dependencies used for building frameworks can be installed by running:
$ sudo pacman -Sy phonon-qt5 qt5-webkit qt5-script qt5-svg qt5-tools qt5-x11extras enchant jasper openexr libutempter docbook-xsl shared-mime-info giflib libxss upower udisks2 bzr git doxygen perl-json perl-libwww
$ <your_AUR_helper> kf5-akonadi-git

Enjoy! I hope this article adding you more clarity.
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Kadu 1.5 released, install on debian, ubuntu/Linux Mint, OpenSUSE, Gentoo, Arch Linux, Mandriva and Mac OSX


Kadu 1.5 released, install on debian, ubuntu/Linux Mint, OpenSUSE, Gentoo, Arch Linux, Mandriva and Mac OSX

Kadu is an open source graphical software that provides users with a multi-protocol instant messaging solution for the Gadu-Gadu protocol. It supports GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

The application is fully functional, good-looking and fully compatible with the widely used Jabber/XMPP protocol. It offers a familiar, user-friendly, easy to use and flexible graphical interface.

What's New in This Release :
  • otr: #2895 fixed: strange error messages when using libotr5-4.1.0 (Vogel)
  • history: #2902 fixed: clear history menu item dissappears after a second (Vogel)
Featured of Kadu :

Among some of its major features, we can mention message encryption, file transfer support, graphical messages, emoticons, support for numerous plugins, easy and comprehensive configuration, as well as bot, annoyers and spammers protection.

However, its power consists of the numerous standard plugins maintained by the Kadu developers, as well as external add-ons created and maintained by users. They add support for SMS, MPD media players, Growl notifications, and much more.

Whether you want to encrypt your conversations, add sound support from external applications, set auto away messages, add custom notifications, add support for FALF media players, protect yourself against unwanted chats, or store chat history, you need a plugin.

Install Kadu 1.5 on Debian 8 "jessie" (upcoming), Debian 7 "wheezy", Debian 6 "squeeze", Kali linux 1.0.9, Kali Linux 1.0.8 (and old version 1.0.7, 1.0.6, 1.0.5), KNOPPIX, Kanotix, Astra Linux, Blankon Linux 9.0 suroboyo,  Blankon Linux 8.0 rote , Blankon Linux 10.0 tambora (upcoming) and old version 7.0, Univention Corporate Server and debian derivative system :

You can use the terminal instead and, as root, run:
# apt-get install kadu
Install Kadu 1.5 onUbuntu 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 :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:patryk-prezu/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kadu
sudo apt-get install kadu-external-modules kadu-themes

Installation with YaST (OpenSUSE)

Open YaST → Software management and type kadu in search box. Then choose packages from the list and confirm changes with Accept button.
Installation with console

Login as root and install kadu typing:
su
zypper in kadu
You can also install additional packages so You can list them using:
zypper se kadu

For More information about intall kadu 1.5 on other linux distro you can read in this page.

good luck !
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