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"Play on Linux for the first time, plus the inclusion of ‘cloud-save’ technology which means that managers can now pursue a single career from any computer, anywhere in the world. FM14 also includes integration with Steam Workshop making it easy for managers to create and share customized FM content such as photo/logo packs, new and custom competitions and tailor-made challenges using the new Challenge Editor."

• CPU: 1,8Ghz+
• Memory: 1GB RAM
• Graphics: NVidia GeForce 7300 GT, AMD Radeon HD 2400 Pro, Intel HD 3000/4000: 128MB VRAM
• 3GB of HDD available space

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Aura handles the rendering, compositing and so on, using the GPU when possible. For technical details, see THIS page.

Update: February 6, 2014: these features were removed once again from Google Chrome Unstable for Linux (version: 34.0.1825.4-1). Hopefully they will return soon.

Update February 27, 2014: the Aura UI along with the Notification Center, App Launcher, etc. are one again available in the latest Google Chrome Dev Channel Linux builds (Version 35.0.1862.2 dev aura):

Chrome Notification Center

Chrome Notification Center with Google Now cards on Ubuntu

Chrome App Launcher

Download Google Chrome unstable (dev channel)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-unstable

• for input sources, HandBrake supports most common multimedia files and any DVD or BluRay sources that do not contain any kind of copy protection;
• supported outputs:
• file containers: MP4 (M4V) and MKV;
• video encoders: H.264 (x264), H.265 (x265) MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 (libav), VP8 (libvpx) and Theora (libtheora);
• audio encoders: AAC,, MP3, Flac, AC3 and Vorbis;
• device presets;
• title / chapter selection;
• chapter markers;
• queue up multiple encoding jobs;
• subtitles support (VobSub, Closed Captions CEA-608, SSA, SRT);
• constant quality or average bitrate video encoding;
• video filters: deinterlacing, decomb, denoise, detelecine, deblock, grayscale, cropping and scaling;
• live video preview;
• comes with graphical and command line interfaces.

Install HandBrake with Unity patches in Ubuntu 15.04, 14.10 and 14.04

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mdeslaur/handbrake
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install handbrake

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 11.5 running under Ubuntu 14.04

• 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!

• 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

sudo fdisk -l

sudo mount ROOT-PARTITION /mnt
for i in /sys /proc /run /dev /dev/pts; do sudo mount --bind "$i" "/mnt$i"; done
sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/etc/
sudo chroot /mnt

• ROOT-PARTITION is the root partition, for example /dev/sda1 in my case - see step 2;
• the command that copies resolv.conf gets the network working, at least for me (using DHCP); if you get an error about resolv.conf being identical when copying it, just ignore it.

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

My Weather Indicator, an Ubuntu AppIndicator for displaying the current weather on the panel, was updated to version 0.6.8 today, receiving numerous bug fixes as well as a few other changes.

My Weather Indicator and one of its optional desktop widgets

• displays current temperature, humidity, wind, sunrise, sunset, etc. in the indicator menu;
• supports the following weather services APIs: Open Weather Map, Yahoo!, Wunderground and World Weather Online (the last two require an API which you can obtain by registering on the corresponding website);
• weather forecast;
• multiple locations support;
• optional notifications support;
• supports imperial and metric units;
• if you need more than just an AppIndicator, My Weather Indicator can also display (optional) various weather widgets on your desktop (the current version comes with 8 different widgets).

• weather applet crashes frequently in 14.04;
• crash w/ coredump on first run in some cases;
• my-weather-indicator blocks suspend / standby on Ubuntu 14.04 in some cases;
• crash with OpenWeatherMap;
• Forecast not fitting on 1024X600 screen;
• characters outside of the widget;
• weather applet crashed on login if there is no connection;
• get_dew_point raises unhandled ValueError with negative humidity;
• widgets close when reducing all windows;
• font characters in widget showing as squares in some cases;
• added support for Vietnamese font;
• local time incorrect when 24 hr format used as system time;
• Evolution crashes with yahoo service;
• Yahoo weather service always showing forecast conditions the same as current;
• Shows all day sunrise as all day sunset;
• wrong time in Dawn/Sunrise/Sunset/Dusk (i.e. "20:60");
• weather doesn't update in some cases;
• second weather location displays wrong time by -2Hrs;
• no forecast data for the next 4 days from Yahoo;
• current weather symbol for the secondary location is wrong;
• evolution only on Second Location and not working properly;
• occasional HTTP 503 errors causes applet to stop updating;
• time not synchronized from widget to PC;
• weather applet doesn't start in some cases;
• second location missing from panel after reboot;
• incorrect icons: daytime ones displayed at night;
• day/night time weather icon problem for the second location;
• auto location not working at all;
• My-weather-indicator crashes on Ubuntu 13.10 in some cases;
• crash on startup after changing weather source;
• wrong Sunrise and Sunset time;
• more.

Install My Weather Indicator in Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install my-weather-indicator python3-requests

• new commercial features:
• edit Android ID and Device ID (IMEI/MEID number) values from Genymotion;
• a new "pixel perfect" mode was added - in this mode, each pixel of the device will be displayed using only one pixel of your monitor;
• factory reset;
• clone virtual devices;
• new features for all users:
• Genymotion now supports copy/paste from the host to the virtual device, or from the virtual device to the host using Android built-in copy/paste feature;
• virtual device CPU number and memory size can now be modified from the device settings;
• bug fixes:
• you can now resume virtual devices download;
• when downloading a virtual device, Genymotion could crash if a timeout occurred. This issue is now fixed;
• the window size of the virtual device is now correctly resized to fit the host screen when rotating;
• when uninstalling Genymotion on Linux, the directory specified on installation was deleted, sometimes deleting non-Genymotion files. Genymotion now uses its own directory to fix the problem.

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• added option to switch position of categories and launchers;
• added waiting for grabs;
• allow modifier as shortcut;
• added padding to username;
• added single panel row option;
• added about entry to context menu;
• the applications are now loaded immediately;
• recognize keypad enter as return for searching;
• the menu window type hint is now set to DIALOG;
• translation updates.

Install / upgrade to the latest Whisker Menu in Xubuntu or Linux Mint

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin

xfce4-panel --restart

apt-cache policy lxsession

lxsession:
Installed: 0.4.9.2+git20140410-0ubuntu1.1
Candidate: 0.4.9.2+git20140410-0ubuntu1.1
Version table:
*** 0.4.9.2+git20140410-0ubuntu1.1 0
400 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/universe i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.4.9.2+git20140410-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe i386 Packages

• round-trip interoperability with Microsoft OOXML, particularly for DOCX, as well as legacy RTF, has improved considerably;
• a new import filter for Abiword documents has been added;
• improvements to other import/export filters;
• a new engine for Calc - massive parallel calculations of formula cells using GPU via OpenCL are now possible thanks to the new formular interpreter;
• better integration with Windows 7 and 8, with thumbnails of open documents now grouped by application and a list of recent documents, both showing on the task bar, along with other Windows-specific improvements;
• power and enterprise users on all platforms will like the new Expert Configuration window, which has been added to the Options tab;
• new start screen with a cleaner layout that makes better use of the available space - even on netbooks - and shows a preview of the last ODF documents;
• Writer: A New default template;
• GNOME3 Application Menu integration;
• support MATE and XFCE Desktops (native Open/Save dialogs);
• a new set of icons has been included in LibreOffice 4.2. This icon set, named Sifr, was designed to reach the goal of having beautiful non-distracting icons to help the user concentrate on the document;

GNOME 3 Application Menu integration

LibreOffice Sifr icon theme (not enabled by default)

New LibreOffice start screen

LibreOffice 4.2 in Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install libreoffice-style-sifr

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SMPlayer, a Qt front-end for mplayer, has reached version 15.9.0 recently, this being the first stable version to support mpv. There are various other new features as well, like support for 3D stereo filter, MPRIS v2 support, a new default theme and more.

• mpv can now be used instead of mplayer;
• mpv only features:
• you can now use two subtitles in the same time;
• it's now possible to play videos from streaming websites like DailyMotion, Vimeo, Vevo and many others (previously, only YouTube was supported). mpv uses youtube-dl so you'll be able to play videos from any website supported by it;
• added an option to step back one frame;
• a new option was added which allows setting a template for screenshots;
• support for the 3D stereo filter;
• better support for YouTube (VEVO videos);
• you can now use a proxy with SMPlayer;
• added a new action (assigned by default to key "I") which shows the current playback time, total time and percentage, for 2 seconds on the OSD;
• added the possibility to use the mouse buttons for "next chapter" and "previous chapter";
• a new option was added which allows deleting a file in the playlist from the filesystem;
• MPRIS v2 support;
• a new theme, called H2O is now the default theme.

Install SMPlayer and mpv in Ubuntu or Linux Mint

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm/smplayer
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install smplayer

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/mpv-tests
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mpv

"The release of Lightworks version 12 marks a unique milestone in that for the first time, the same version runs on the Windows, Linux and Macintosh platforms - a unique achievement for a professional, fully featured NLE.

As a result of Lightworks' intelligent software architecture, new features and fixes for all three versions will be available virtually at the same time, barring operating system-specific issues"

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• Same experience on all three platforms;
• Added new Content Manager structure:
  • Bins and Groups (previously racks) are now all visible within the content manager;
  • Multicam Bins (previously Sync groups) are now all visible within the content manager;
  • The Search function has been incorporated into the content manager (click the magnifying glass);
  • Added Clips, Subclips, Prints, Syncs, Edits, Searches, Everything and Recent filters to the content manager;
  • Added ability to create and edit Filters;
  • Added ability to create Filters based on search criteria and manage them;
  • Added the ability to drag/drop files from the OS directly into an open bin (cannot import to Filters);
  • Added the ability to import directly into an existing bin (cannot import to Filters);
  • And much more!
• Optimised the drawing pipeline to create a much more responsive user interface;
• Rewritten the Lightworks Play engine for improved playback performance;
• Added improvements to the export panel to make it easier to select a format for export;
• Added entirely new Blur effect to the Effects panel;
• Added powerful new Colour Correction effect;
• Added powerful new Selective Colour Correction effect;
• Added import of Final Cut Pro 7 XMLs;
• Added 4K support for ProRes formats (Blackmagic cameras).

Download Lightworks

• Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Xubuntu 14.04, Mint 17 and Fedora 20
• Intel i7 / fast AMD CPU
• 3GB RAM or higher
• Two high-resolution displays (1920 x1080) or above
• PCI Express graphics card (NVIDIA or ATI) with 1GB or higher
• Separate media and system drives (these can be internal or external as long as the the interface is suitably fast
• 200MB Disk space for Lightworks installation

Not so long ago I was telling you about Fresh Player Plugin, a new wrapper that's currently in alpha, which allows Linux users to use Pepper Flash (which is bundled with Google Chrome) in Firefox and other NPAPI-compatible web browsers.

Install Fresh Player Plugin in Ubuntu via PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/failsdownloads
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install freshplayerplugin

Folder Color for Caja file manager

Folder Color for Nemo (with icons enabled in menus)

• Folder Color is now themable, meaning that it is no longer restricted to the default Ubuntu / Linux Mint icon themes. Unfortunately, no icon themes support it for now, but Numix should support it soon;
• support for small icon resolution (if for instance you're using grid/list view with zoom out);
• icons in submenu: you can now see the actual folder color in the submenu, but firstly you need to enable icons in menu by using the following command: gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides "{'Gtk/ButtonImages': <1>, 'Gtk/MenuImages': <1>}" (to revert it, simply use "0" instead of "1" for ButtonImages and MenuImages).

Install Folder Color for Caja, Nemo or Nautilus in Ubuntu or Linux Mint

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:costales/folder-color
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install folder-color
nautilus -q

sudo apt-get install folder-color-nemo
nemo -q

sudo apt-get install folder-color-caja
caja -q

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/girepository-1.0/Caja-2.0.typelib /usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Caja-2.0.typelib

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/girepository-1.0/Caja-2.0.typelib /usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Caja-2.0.typelib

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