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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Y PPA Manager 0.9.9.2 Adds Support For Linux Mint 16 And Ubuntu 14.04

Quick update: today I've released Y PPA Manager 0.9.9.2 which adds support for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr and Linux Mint 16 Petra.

This took a while because Linux Mint 16 ships with its own "add-apt-repository -y" command which has a bug and can't be used with gksu or pkexec so I had to find a work-around.

The new version also brings a few bug fixes and a minor but useful new feature (suggested by брайков): an "install" button was added under Manage PPAs -> List Packages so you can now easily install packages listed in PPAs already added on your system, from Y PPA Manager.

For those not familiar with Y PPA Manager, this is a tool that lets you manage Launchpad PPAs: add, remove or purge PPAs, search for packages in Launchpad PPAs as well as other useful features:

list the packages available in a PPA added on your system;
download packages from PPAs without adding them;
PPAs backup / restore, along with all the PPA keys;
update single repositories using a command line tool (by the way, when you add a PPA using Y PPA Manager, it's updated without updating all the software sources) called "update-ppa" - usage example: "sudo update-ppa ppa:failsdownloadsteam/java";
some options that should help you re-enable the working PPAs when upgrading to a newer Ubuntu / Linux Mint version;
remove duplicate PPAs;
Unity quicklists / optional AppIndicator;
more.

Install Y PPA Manager

To install Y PPA Manager in Ubuntu or Linux Mint, use the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:failsdownloadsteam/y-ppa-manager
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager

You can submit feature requests or report bugs @ Launchpad.

Y PPA Manager 0.9.9.1 Released With Ubuntu 13.10 Fixes

Today I've released Y PPA Mangager 0.9.9.1 which brings bug fixes for the latest Ubuntu 13.10 as well as some changes on how the tool works.

For those not familiar with Y PPA Manager, this is a tool that lets you easily add, remove or purge PPAs as well as search for packages in Launchpad PPAs, a feature that should be very useful when you can't find a PPA for your favourite app on failsdownloads or other similar websites. Other features include:

list the packages available in a PPA added on your system;
download packages from PPAs without adding them;
PPAs backup / restore, along with all the PPA keys;
update single repositories using a command line tool (by the way, when you add a PPA using Y PPA Manager, it's updated without updating all the software sources) called "update-ppa" - usage example: "sudo update-ppa ppa:failsdownloadsteam/java"; this feature was implemented by Satya;
some options that should help you re-enable the working PPAs when upgrading to a newer Ubuntu / Linux Mint version;
remove duplicate PPAs;
Unity quicklists / optional AppIndicator;
more.

Based on user feedback, single-click is now used for launching the tools available in the main Y PPA Manager interface. Initially, single-click wasn't even supported by YAD (the front-end used by Y PPA Manager) so this wasn't an option back when I started Y PPA Manager.

Another change based on user feedback in the latest Y PPA Manager is that the "deep search" is now used as the default search. The "deep search" is much more reliable as it only displays the packages that are available for your Ubuntu version and it also displays the package version and more. The basic (simple) search is still present - in the search dialog, check the "Basic search" box to use it.

Other changes in Y PPA Manager 0.9.9.1:

Ubuntu 13.10: fixed policy kit issue with GNOME 3.10;
Ubuntu 13.10: work-around for main window issues with GTK 3.8.3+ (this is a bug in GTK3);
Ubuntu 13.10: fixed appindicator;
Ubuntu 13.10: fixed package installation from Y PPA Manager;
fixed notifications not working sometimes in GNOME Shell;
fix backup not backing up /etc/apt/sources.list PPAs (only Launchpad PPAs listed under sources.list are backed up!);
added Faience indicator icon (thanks to Giovani Cascaes!).

Install Y PPA Manager

To install Y PPA Manager in Ubuntu, use the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:failsdownloadsteam/y-ppa-manager
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager

You can submit feature requests or report bugs @ Launchpad.

New Official Proprietary GPU Drivers Ubuntu PPA Released

In an effort to make it easier to install the latest proprietary graphics drivers in Ubuntu, a new official PPA was released today.

Currently, the PPA ships Nvidia drivers only (and it's not clear if it will include other packages like AMD drivers, etc.) and is in testing. According to the PPA description, you should wait a few days before using this PPA.

In a message posted on the Ubuntu Desktop mailing list, Jorge O. Castro notes that currently there's no difference between this and the xorg-edgers PPA and that "the real fun begins when new drivers are released".

At the time I'm writing this article, the PPA provides the latest stable Nvidia driver (352.30) as well as the latest beta (355.06), along with libvdpau 1.1 and vdpauinfo 1.0, for Ubuntu 14.04, 15.04 and 15.10, with some older packages (Nvidia 346.87) for Ubuntu 12.04.

To add the PPA (but again, you shouldn't be using it until the PPA description says it's safe to do so), use the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update

and then use Synaptic / Ubuntu Software Center to install the Nvidia driver version you want to use.

via Phoronix, Ubuntu Desktop mailing list, image via techspot

Vivacious Colors 1.1 (Icon Theme) released, Install on Ubuntu / Linux Mint via PPA

Vivacious Colors 1.1 (Icon Theme) is released, available for Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana

Vivacious Colors is a Vivid and Modern GTK icon theme. Featuring an completely NEW set of application icons(Re-designed by RAVEfinity based on Plasma-Next, Flattr and Emerald.). And amazing folders and indicators. All the icons in vivacious are modern and clean but make use of gradients and shading for more detail and sophistication. Vivacious uses a fusion of components from many great open source icon projects. But we add to and develop many new aspects of our own on top of this Including taking on new App icon development & re-design and other aspects as needed. Vivacious features 4 hand crafted folder colors by default. and 10 more installable via the folder-colors package.

Vivacious Colors is based on our tried and true Vibrancy Colors icon theme framework (Folders, Indicators, Actions etc). However we have completely replaced the rounded App icons with a newly re-designed (With some parts built from scratch) Set of vivid and beautiful application icons that come in multiple shapes and are fully SVG.

Vivacious uses Plasma Next icons as a base for our app icons. However we have overhauled the look of nearly everything (to match our design vision) We have also created lots of new icons and redesigned many aspects. The theme has also been built out so nearly all common apps and even uncommon ones "theme" with our theme! A huge thanks to the Emerald Icon theme and Vince Luice for his hard work making Plasma Next Icons more GTK friendly. Vivacious is based on Emerald and Plasma but we look different as we have gone in a different direction.

Fully tested/built to work on most major GTK desktops including:
Unity, Cinnamon, Gnome Shell, Gnome Classic, Mate, Xfce, LXDE, Openbox and more.

Theme Requires about 58 MB When installed.
And Up to 90 MB if you decide to install the 10 extra folder colors addon.

4 Colors of Folders are Selectable by default:
Stock Manila Folders, Blue, Purple, Mint Teal.

10 More Folder Colors Are Available Via "Vivacious-Folder-Colors-Addon"
Aqua ,Graphite ,Blue Vivid (Dark), Brown, Green, Purple Vivid (Dark),Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow.

How to : Install Vivacious Colors 1.1 (Icon Theme) on Ubuntu / Linux Mint via PPA :

To install Install Vivacious Colors 1.1 (Icon Theme) via PPA on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ravefinity-project/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vivacious-colors

If You Want 10 More Great Folder Colors. Then Just Install:

sudo apt-get install vivacious-folder-colors-addon\

To install Vivacious Colors 1.1 (Icon Theme) - manual instruction :

$ wget https://launchpad.net/~ravefinity-project/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+files/vivacious-colors_1.1%7Etrusty%7ENoobsLab.com_all.deb
$ sudo chmod +x vivacious-colors_*_all.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i vivacious-colors_*_all.deb

10 More Great Folder Colors

$ wget https://launchpad.net/~ravefinity-project/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+files/vivacious-folder-colors-addon_1.1%7Etrusty%7ENoobsLab.com_all.deb
$ sudo chmod +x vivacious-folder-colors-addon_*_all.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i vivacious-folder-colors-addon_*_all.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 distribution

How to Update and Install Wine 1.7.51 on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana 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.

The Wine development release 1.7.51 is now available.
What's new in this release:

XAudio2 implementation using OpenAL Soft.
Support for the new Universal C Runtime DLL.
Dropdown menu support in the standard Open Dialog.
Grayscale rendering mode in DirectWrite.
Various bug fixes.

Because it is available via PPA, installing Wine 1.7.51 (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:ricotz/unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

to update to wine 1.7.51, open terminal and follow the command :

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

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

Install PhotoFlow 0.1.4 on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Fedora 22, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana

PhotoFlow is in a early development stage. The present version allows to open an image file and apply basic editing filters via non-destructive adjustment layers. The individual layers can be activated and de-activated using the radio buttons on the right of the image. Moreover, the layers structure can be saved to disk and re-opened again via the command line.

Main features:

Fully non-destructive, layer-based photo editing workflow with realtime preview of the final image
Support for 8-bits and 16-bits integer as well as 32-bits and 64-bits floating point precision, selectable at runtime and on a per-image basis
Plugin-based architecture: new tools can be implemented as separate modules that are loaded at runtime
Allows to load and edit images of arbitrary size, thanks to the underlying rendering engine based on the VIPS library
Fully color managed workflow: user-defined input, work and output profiles, soft-proofing, etc…
Support for layer grouping and layer masks
Support for common photo editing tools: levels, curves, brightness-contrast control, blurring, sharpening, cropping, resizing, colorspace conversions, etc…, all implemented in the form of image layers
User-friendly interface to develop new tools and image filters as external plugins

Roadmap and development plans

The following list shows what features are currently planned or being implemented, in a kind of priority order:

Implement colorpsace conversions based on ICC profiles (partly implemented already)
Allow re-ordering of existing layers via drag&drop
Complete the list of supported blending modes

Install PhotoFlow 0.1.4 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Elementary OS / Fedora 22

To Install/Update PhotoFlow 0.1.4 via PPA 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:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install photoflow

Optional, to remove photoflow, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove photoflow

For Fedora 22, Photoflow is available via the COPR repositories, so you need to install the needed dnf plugin, enable the photoflow repository and install the package:

$ sudo dnf install dnf-plugins-core
$ sudo dnf copr enable oleastre/PhotoFlow
$ sudo dnf install photoflow

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

You can download the sample files used in the tutorials from here. Enjoy! I hope this article adding you more clarity.

Ambiance & Radiance Flat 15.04.3 (Themes) is out, Available for Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Debian 8 jessie, Linux Mint Debian 2 and Derivative system

Ambiance & Radiance Flat is a Modern, Beautiful and Vivid Re-imagination of the Ambiance & Radiance Color GTK 2/3 Themes. It features a Modern, Clean And "Flat" look in your choice of 13 vibrant colors. Despite it's name it is a completely new theme. Not just a simple mod of Ambiance. (We wish it was that easy. But we redesigned lots of things.)

Now With Full Support for GTK 3.14 & 3.16. Ubuntu 15.04, Debian 8, Linux Mint Debian 2, Arch, OpenSuse, Fedora and more! Plus better GnomeShell support in 15.04 build. And of coerce we still have Full support of 14.04 LTS branch.

(!) 15.04.3 Is a small fix/update making the 15.04 build as good as the 14.04.

Re-imagined Flat and Re-designed in many aspets. Ambiance Flat borrows some inspiration and similarity to stock ambiance. However we have taken it to another level with seamless tool-bars, menus and beautiful crisp clean simple look everywhere. With some awesome punchy colors.

This Theme Fully Supports:
Ubuntu 15.04, 14.10 & 14.04. Linux Mint 17, Linux Mint Debian 2, Debian 8 And Linux Or BSD Distros With GTK Versions 3.10, 3.12, 3.14 & 3.16+

Full and tested support for most popular GTK desktops Including:
Unity, Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE, LXDE, OpenBox, Gnome Classic & Fallback. Gnome Shell is now supported in 15.04 GTK 3.14 Build.

We have reworked everything, so now one theme works on all desktops. No more separate versions cluttering things up.

There Are 3 Versions:

Ambiance- The darker flavor. Dark panel, menu, toolbar etc.
Ambiance Fusion- Is a hybrid blend w/Light toolbars. Dark panel, menu etc.
Radiance- is the lighter flavor. Light panel, menu etc.

Each Color Has Two Window Button Styles:
Pro- Monochrome Window Buttons
Regular- Color Window Buttons

A Special "Classic Big Border" Window Border Theme is also included as an option for MATE and XFCE Users Who have trouble resizing small/fine window borders. Don't know if that's a issue for anyone but we want to make sure everyone can enjoy and use the theme without struggle. So we include both. This Also may fix resize issues for some users without compiz on MATE and even XFCE.

Ambiance & Radiance Flat is not by or endorsed by the original Ambiance team. It is a NEW Fully flat Ambiance like theme that is Designed by the RAVEfinity Open Source Design Project, It has been in planning & development for a long awhile. Completely redesigned top to bottom by RAVEfinity with main code based on Ambiance & Radiance Colors (Another theme By RAVEfinity) & Stock Ambiance. We keep some design elements of stock Ambiance but we have also redesigned lots of parts on our own. A lot of new design work has gone into this.

How to: Install Ambiance & Radiance Flat 15.04.3 (Themes) on Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Debian via PPA

To Install Ambiance & Radiance Flat 15.04.3 (Themes) via PPA on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Debian 8 jessie, Linux Mint Debian 2 and Derivative system :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ravefinity-project/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ambiance-flat-colors radiance-flat-colors

Download Deb file (Manual Installation) :

Ambiance Colors

$ wget https://launchpadlibrarian.net/208915514/ambiance-flat-colors_15.04.3%7Evivid%7ENoobsLab.com_all.deb
$ sudo chmod +x ambiance-flat-colors_*_all.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i ambiance-flat-colors_*_all.deb

Radiance Colors

$ wget https://launchpad.net/~ravefinity-project/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+files/radiance-flat-colors_15.04.3%7Evivid%7ENoobsLab.com_all.deb
$ sudo chmod +x radiance-flat-colors_*_all.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i radiance-flat-colors_*_all.deb

Follow this page for Other Linux Distribution

How to Install Mozilla Firefox 38.0.5 (Stable) on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS) or Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana and other ubuntu derivative system via PPA
The Mozilla Firefox project is a redesign of Mozilla's browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform, supporting Linux, Android, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. It is a fast, small and very easy-to-use web browser/navigator/explorer that offers many advantages over other similar products, such as the ability to block pop-up windows and the feature-rich tabbed browsing experience.

Features at a glance

The application offers a well designed graphical user interface that integrates search (powered by Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.), and industry leading accessibility with Find As You Type - find links and page text by simply typing. As mentioned before, the Firefox browser features comprehensive pop-up controls, which will keep unwanted advertising off your desktop. A tab browsing mode will let you open several pages in a single window, allowing you to load links in the background without leaving the page you're on.

Mozilla Firefox 38.0.5 changelog

Keep track of articles and videos with Pocket
Clean formatting for articles and blog posts with Reader View
Share the active tab or window in a Hello conversation
A race condition that would cause Firefox to stop painting when switching tabs
Fixed graphics performance when using the built-in VGA driver on Windows 7

How to Install Mozilla Firefox 38.0.5 (Stable) on Ubuntu or Linux Mint via PPA

To Install/Update Mozilla Firefox 38.0.5 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:ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox

to Uninstall, do :

sudo apt-get remove firefox

Enjoy! I hope this article adding you more clarity.

Tor Browser 4.5.2 Released, Install on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS) / Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana via PPA

Tor Browser Bundle is a free and platform-independent application designed to allow users to browser the Web anonymously through the powerful Tor network on the Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, without the need to use any third-party software.

Features at a glance

It is a portable software, allowing users to use directly from a USB flash drive, running a pre-configured web browser to protect their anonymity. The Tor software is the key component of Tor Browser Bundle, protecting users by bouncing their communications around a distributed network of relays, which are run by volunteers all around the world.

Tor Browser 4.5.2 provides a fix for the Logjam attack (https://weakdh.org/) and updates a number of Tor Browser components: Tor to version 0.2.6.9, Torbutton to version 1.9.2.6, NoScript to version 2.6.9.26 and HTTPS-Everywhere to version 5.0.5. Moreover, it fixes a possible crash on Linux and avoids breaking the Add-ons page if Torbutton is disabled.

Here is the complete changelog since 4.5.1:

All Platforms
- Update Tor to 0.2.6.9
- Update OpenSSL to 1.0.1n
- Update HTTPS-Everywhere to 5.0.5
- Update NoScript to 2.6.9.26
- Update Torbutton to 1.9.2.6
  - Bug 15984: Disabling Torbutton breaks the Add-ons Manager
  - Bug 14429: Make sure the automatic resizing is disabled
  - Translation updates
- Bug 16130: Defend against logjam attack
- Bug 15984: Disabling Torbutton breaks the Add-ons Manager
Linux
- Bug 16026: Fix crash in GStreamer
- Bug 16083: Update comment in start-tor-browser

How to : Install Tor Browser 4.5.2on Ubuntu / Linux Mint via PPA

To install Tor Browser Bundle 4.5.2 on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS) / Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana 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:upubuntu-com/tor-bundle
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tor-browser

Tor Browser Bundle 4.5.2 Removal (Optional)

To uninstall To Browser, run these commands:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:upubuntu-com/tor-bundle
sudo apt-get remove tor-browser
sudo apt-get update

Enjoy! I hope this article adding you more clarity.

How to: Install/Update FocusWriter 1.5.4 on Ubuntu or Linux Mint via PPA

FocusWriter 1.5.4 is released, Install on 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

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

The latest version available is FocusWriter 1.5.4, which has been recently released, coming with a few fixes only:

Relax version check of ZIP to handle broken ZIP files
Remove deprecated code for unsupported Mac OS X versions
Switch to static builds for Windows
FIXED: Broken shortcut for disabling focused text in Windows
FIXED: Word count did not handle dashes correctly
FIXED: Did not use correct line endings in Windows
FIXED: Incorrectly sized icon for daily progress
FIXED: Crash when importing themes
Translation updates: Esperanto, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian

Install/Update FocusWriter 1.5.4 on Ubuntu or Linux Mint via PPA :

To Install/Update FocusWriter 1.5.4 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

The latest FocusWriter builds are available via some third party PPA, so installing it is easy. All you need to do is add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index and install the focuswriter package. Like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install focuswriter

Optional, to remove focuswriter, do:

$ sudo apt-get remove focuswriter

Download for Mac OSX

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

MythTV 0.27.5 is released, Install on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS) and Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana

MythTV is an open source and free software project that allows you to build a home media theater in just a few minutes and with minimum effort. It will deploy a so-called PVR (Private Video Recorder) or DVR (Digital Video Recorder) system on any type of PC hardware.

Features at a glance

The end goal of MythTV is to have a nice interface for watching TV, recording shows, listening to music, etc., all displayed on a TV and controlled by a remote. It provides basic 'Live TV' functionality, the ability to pause, fast forward, and rewind "live" TV sessions, supports multiple tuner cards and multiple simultaneous recordings.

Because of its distributed architecture, MythTV allows multiple playback machines and multiple recording machines on the same network, completely transparent to the user. The software is designed to compress video in software using mpeg4 (from libavcodec) or rtjpeg (from Nuppelvideo).

Full support for hardware MPEG-2 encoder cards like Hauppauge PVR-250 / PVR-350 is also included, along with a wide range of add-on modules that will extend the application’s default functionality.

How to : Install MythTV 0.27.5 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint PPA

To install/update MythTV 0.27.5 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 via PPA, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mythbuntu/0.27
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mythtv

to remove, do :

$ sudo apt-get remove mythtv

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

Suricata 2.0.9 Available Now, Install on 12.04 Precise / 14.04 Trusty / 15.04 Vivid / 15.10 Wily via PPA

Suricata is an open source, multi-platform and totally free network intrusion prevention and detection engine developed by the Open Information Security Foundation (OISF) and its supporting vendors.

The IDS/IPS engine is multi-threaded

Suricata’s IDS/IPS engine is multi-threaded and has native IPv6 support. It's capable of loading existing Snort rules and signatures and supports the Barnyard and Barnyard2 tools.

It is highly scalable

You should try Suricata because its highly scalable, it recognizes most common protocols, and it can identify thousands of file types, check MD5 checksums, and extract files from archives.

Ubuntu Installation - Personal Package Archives (PPA)

The latest Suricata git/dev, stable and beta packages are available for Ubuntu in a Ubuntu PPA (launchpad).
The Suricata packages are available for the official and supported Ubuntu OS versions both in 32bit and 64bit:

12.04 Precise
14.04 Trusty
15.04 Vivid
15.10 Wily

https://launchpad.net/~oisf/+archive/suricata-stable

Installation
To setup to install the latest stable Suricata, do:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oisf/suricata-stable
sudo apt-get update

Then you can install the latest stable Suricata with:

sudo apt-get install suricata

or for the Suricata package with build in (enabled) debugging!

sudo apt-get install suricata-dbg

After installation, continue with the Basic Setup.

Upgrading
Upgrading is simple:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Remove
To remove Suricata from your system:

sudo apt-get remove suricata

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

Lollypop 0.9.32 Released, How to 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 via PPA

Lollypop is a completely free and open source and freely distributed graphical application implemented in Python/GTK+ for the GNOME desktop environment, designed from the offset to act as a simple and intuitive music player software.

Features at a glance

Key features include support for reading MP3, MP4, FLAC and OGG Vorbis audio files, support for browsing album covers, artists and music genre, built-in search, party mode, album art downloader, ReplayGain support, context artist view, as well as support for queuing songs.

Its graphical user interface is modern, easy to use, intuitive and follows the GNOME HIG (Human Interface Guidelines) specifications, which means that it integrates perfectly into the GNOME 3 desktop environment.

What's new in Lollypop 0.9.32:

Fix important issue in scanner

Install Lollypop 0.9.32 on Ubuntu or Linux Mint via PPA

To Install/Update Lollypop 0.9.32 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:gnumdk/lollypop
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lollypop

How to Build From Git :

$ git clone https://github.com/gnumdk/lollypop.git
$ cd lollypop
$ ./autogen.sh
$ make
# make install

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

How to : Install/update Why Can't I Connect? 1.11.0 on 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

Why Can't I Connect? is an open source, multi-platform and user-friendly software project designed from the ground up for users who want to diagnose their TCP/IP network connection errors.

Features at a glance

With this program, you can debug and diagnose network interfaces, debug email connections, debug database connections, debug LDAP connections, debug Internet relay chat (IRC) connections, debug Usenet connections, as well as to detect network intrusion attempts.

What New in Why Can’t I Connect? 1.11.0

Added the “Check WiFi / Wired Network Login” menu item to the tools menu and button to the toolbar. This function launches the default router login / TOS (Terms Of Service) IP address in your preferred browser
Added a check to see if the error pattern of a possible incomplete WiFi / wired network login is detected on any connection and ask if you would like to launch the default router login
Added some minor optimizations
Fixed some minor bugs

Install Why Can't I Connect? 1.11.0 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint :

to install/update Why Can't I Connect? 1.11.0 on 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

Ubuntu 32 bit :

$ sudo wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/whycanticonnect/Release-1.11.0/whycanticonnect_1.11.0-1_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i whycanticonnect_1.11.0-1_i386.deb

Ubuntu 64 bit :

$ sudo wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/whycanticonnect/Release-1.11.0/whycanticonnect_1.11.0-1_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i whycanticonnect_1.11.0-1_amd64.deb

In case “dpkg” indicates missing dependencies, complete the installation by executing the following command:

$ sudo apt-get install -f

Install Why Can’t I Connect? 1.11.0 on Fedora 19 & Fedora 20

Fedora 32 bit :

$ wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/whycanticonnect/Release-1.11.0/WhyCantIConnect-1.11.0-1.i686.rpm
$ sudo yum WhyCantIConnect-1.11.0-1.i686.rpm

Fedora 64 bit :

$ wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/whycanticonnect/Release-1.11.0/WhyCantIConnect-1.11.0-1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo yum WhyCantIConnect-1.11.0-1.x86_64.rpm

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

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

Our hope tutorial entitled "Install Kodi 14.0 Beta 2 in Linux Mint 17 Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 based distro via PPA" can be useful for visitors.

Install/Update LibreOffice 5.0.0 RC4 on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana [PPA]

LibreOffice is an open source productivity suite that provides all the necessary office components for small-business, educational and non-profit organizations. It is a fork of the well-known OpenOffice.org application.

LibreOffice 5.0.0 RC4 pre-release version had just been released, as such this version is not recommended for production use. As we know, LibreOffice is an open source productivity suite that provides all the necessary office components for small-business, educational and non-profit organizations. It is a powerful office suite; its clean interface and powerful tools let you unleash your creativity and grow your productivity.

LibreOffice 5.0.0 RC4 changelog

missing shape bg color
uninitialized scalar field
comply attributes name with
FILESAVE: Pictures on buttons, created in forms, gone after reopening form
Meta: Enhancing Impress/Draw toolbars and context menu
EDITING – Calc Function suggestion too agressive
Extend ODF to support some special scientific formats
xlsx formula not importing correctly, with Table structured references in named expressions and MATCH lookup array creation
Style preview in “Styles and Formatting” sidebar should be optional
JRE defective message unless user installs Visual C++ 2010 runtimes
UI: No bold headings in dialogues
GetImplementationName method returns com.sun.star.comp.Writer.TextDocument rather than SwXTextDocument as before
First letter selection by keyboard in combo boxes doesn’t work
CRASH – when autmatically launching table creation wizard after registration of database
Adding new record in table duplicates values in previous field
Missing shape color (PPT)

Install/Update LibreOffice 5.0.0 RC4 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Elementary OS [PPA]

To Install/Update and upgrade LibreOffice 5.0.0 RC4 on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana derivative system, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo apt-get purge libreoffice-core
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-prereleases
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libreoffice

How To Upgrade Gnome 3.16 in Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet

GNOME is a desktop environment which is composed entirely of free and open-source software and targets to be cross-platform, i.e. run on multiple operating systems, its main focus being those based on the Linux kernel.

GNOME 3.16 is the latest version of GNOME 3, and is the result of six months' work by the GNOME project. It includes major new features, as well as a large number of smaller improvements and enhancements. The release incorporates 33525 changes, made by approximately 1043 contributors. New features and improvements being introduced in GNOME 3.16 include:

Notifications Reimagined
GNOME 3's notifications system has been overhauled for 3.16. The previous Message Tray has been replaced by a new message list that provides straightforward access to previous notifications, and notification pop-ups (called "banners") have been repositioned in order to make them more noticeable and to prevent them from interfering with applications.

As with the previous notifications design, it is possible to quickly and directly respond to notifications through their pop-up banners. This allows you to do things like quickly snooze an alarm or reply to a chat message.

The calendar drop down, which is accessed from the time indicator in the top bar, has also been redesigned for 3.16. Not only does it now present the notifications history, but it also shows event reminders and world times. This gives a great overview of what is currently happening, as well as what is scheduled for the day. The addition of weather information and birthday reminders is planned for the future.

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To Upgrade Gnome 3.16 in Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
sudo add-apt-repository ppa: gnome3-team / gnome3-staging
sudo add-apt-repository ppa: gnome3-team / gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell gnome-session

After the installation is complete, restart the computer packages.

Install additional apps not installed by default like GNOME Maps (an application to display the desktop), Polari (IRC client), lightweight browser etc:

sudo apt-get install polari gnome-music gnome-photos gnome-maps gnome-weather epiphany-browser

Revert back to Gnome 3.14

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa: gnome3-team / gnome3-staging

And change the repository with a stable Gnome:

sudo ppa-purge ppa: gnome3-team / gnome3

Then restart your computer and you will sink version of Gnome, which by default comes with Ubuntu 15.04. For any issues, follow the thread below:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/630720/cannot-log-in-to-gnome-3-16-dekstop/631906#631906

How to : Install Kodi 15.0 beta 2 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint via PPA

Kodi 15.0 beta 2 is released, you can install/update on 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

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.

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.

Improvements in 15.0 beta 2 since the release of beta 1

Bump libCEC to 3.3.0 which fixes a variety of problems
Reworked the storage provider on Android. This fixes several problems with mounting points for storage.
Fix the queuing of music videos
Improvement to FF/RW of videos
Improvement to picons in livetv
Prevention of clipping of rotated text, which happened in certain skins
Improved logic to make PVR, audio encoders and audio decoders optional.
Audio decoder and PVR add-ons are now disabled by default. When you want to use these you need to enable them manually.
Fix launching of add-ons from the add-on information dialog
Show progress for add-on repository update
Properly fall back to the new language files location
Fix of grouping movie sets when navigating in smartplaylists
Fix wrong icon showing in popup dialogs
Restore volume after pass-through on Android
Combine previously split GUI text into a single string. This improves ability to properly translate them.
Included newer version of several PVR add-ons
Fix incorrect fall-back language after we made them into add-ons
Fix 8channel audio conversion on Windows
Try to detect supported sample rates on Android
Do a complete video database clean-up session to remove leading/trailing spaces and invalid characters
Prevent inserting leading/trailing spaces and invalid characters on new video scans
Add season and episode labels to PVR section
Fix possible font corruption
Remove default 250ms audio delay on Android for AMLogic chipsets
Fix subtitles showing on top of each other in certain cases

The complete list can be found on our Github beta 2 milestone.

How to : Install Kodi 15.0 beta 2 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint via PPA :

Install Kodi 15.0 Beta 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:team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install kodi

Install Encode addon

$ sudo apt-get install kodi-audioencoder-* kodi-pvr-*

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

Install/Update and upgrade Wine 1.7.47 on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana

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.

It's not a virtual machine or an emulator

However, Wine should not be confused with a virtual machine or an emulator. It provides binary compatibility, support for graphics, sound interaction, as well as support for modems, networks, scanners, tablets, keyboards, and other devices. The software’s API allows developers to integrate Wine in their projects, and as a result, numerous graphical user interfaces, both free and commercial, appeared on the Internet over the years.

The Wine development release 1.7.47 is now available.

What's new in this release:

Text drawing in Direct2D.
Support for the new thread pool API.
Toolbar state saving.
Beginnings of an implementation for proper HID support.
Support for file objects in device drivers.
Various bug fixes.

How to : Install Wine 1.7.47 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint via PPA

to Install/Update Wine 1.7.47 (PPA) 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:ubuntu-wine/ppasudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Optional, to remove Wine 1.7.47 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 winerm -rf $HOME/.winerm -f $HOME/.config/menus/applications-merged/wine*rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/applications/winerm -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 respectivedownload locations.

PhotoQt 1.2 released, Install on Linux Mint and Ubuntu via PPA

PhotoQt is a totally free, multiplatform and open source desktop application designed from the offset to act as a highly configurable, flexible and extremely fast/responsive image viewer software that boasts a modern and uncluttered graphical user interface implemented in Qt5.

What's New in This Release:

GraphicsMagick: More thorough testing and fixing
Intelligent detection of supported fileformats on first start
Colour filetype tiles of unsupported formats orange (qt formats only)
Added better SVG support
Added XCF support (depending on XCFtools)
Added PSB/PSD support (depending on libqpsd)
Smart preloading of folder, better support for large directories (15,000+ files)
Add sorting criteria for files (name, natural name, filesize, date)
Fix&Improve: Restore support for Trash on Linux
Re-worked thumbnail handling: faster, more reliable, new "smart thumbnails" mode
Option to stay centered on active thumbnail
Dynamically detect supported context menu entries
Option to switch between close/not close when selecting context menu entry
Remember zoom levels/rotation per session
Option to fit smaller images in window
Improved handling of windowed/fullscreen mode
Window always stays on top
Normal/Fancy look for closing 'x' top right
Automatic language detection on first start-up (system locale)
Change: Main animation is now 'fade-in' (+Possibility to disable altogether)
Wheel sensitivity settings
Opt-in to High-DPI pixmaps (Qt >= 5.4.0)
Fix: Proper handling of window flags
Re-ordering of settings (basic and advanced category)
Re-ordering and extending of quicksettings
Fix: Composite detection (not possible in Qt5 on Linux)
Loop and Shuffle option in Slideshow
Fix: Scaling preserves Exiv metadata
Many fixes, improvements, and removal of quite a bit of redundant code

Key features include support of a wide variety of image file formats supported by the GraphicsMagick software, support for viewing EXIF information of images, slideshow functionality, the ability to set a photo as desktop background (wallpaper), image thumbnail cache, as well as support for flipping, rotating and zooming photos with no permanent changes.

In addition, users will be able to scale images permanently, to rename, copy, move or delete image files from their file system, or to navigate between images using the mouse and keyboard peripheral devices. It integrates with the system tray area of your desktop environment, supports various command-line options, it can be configured to look and act the way you want it to, and it’s translated in several languages.

PhotoQt 1.2 released, Install on Linux Mint and Ubuntu via PPA

To install PhotoQt 1.2 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:samrog131/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install photoqt

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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Install/Update FocusWriter 1.5.4 on Ubuntu or Linux Mint via PPA :

How to : Install MythTV 0.27.5 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint PPA

Install Lollypop 0.9.32 on Ubuntu or Linux Mint via PPA

Install Why Can't I Connect? 1.11.0 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint :

Install/Update LibreOffice 5.0.0 RC4 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Elementary OS [PPA]

Improvements in 15.0 beta 2 since the release of beta 1

How to : Install Kodi 15.0 beta 2 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint via PPA :

How to : Install Wine 1.7.47 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint via PPA

PhotoQt 1.2 released, Install on Linux Mint and Ubuntu via PPA