Linux Lite is a beginner-friendly Linux distribution based on Ubuntu’s long-term support (LTS) release and featuring the Xfce desktop. Linux Lite primarily targets Windows users. It aims to provide a complete set of applications to assist users with their everyday computing needs, including a full office suite, media players and other essential daily software.

Lite Updates Notify – A new application for Linux Lite. Lite Updates Notify is a desktop notification that informs the user of all available updates. Menu, Favorites, Install Updates should be run before executing Lite Updates Notify for the first time. A HUGE thank you to Ralphy for his collaboration on this challenging application.

1. Menu, Settings, Lite Updates Notify.


2. Select a notification frequency.


Linux Lite 3.4 beta is now available for testing. There have been a number of changes since the 3.2 release. Linux Lite 3.4 final will be released on April 1st, 2017. Lite Updates Notify – a new application for Linux Lite. Lite Updates Notify is a desktop notification that informs the user of all available updates. Menu, Favorites, Install Updates should be run before executing Lite Updates Notify for the first time. This is a notification only. Go to Menu, Favorites, Install Updates if the notification says you have updates to install. This is an optional application, you do not have to use it if you don’t want to and it is disabled by default. Linux Lite 3.4 is based on Ubuntu 16.04.2; however, we do not include the 4.8 kernel hardware enablement stack. The HWE stacks were never meant to be supported for the entire life of the LTS release.

Changelog:

• Kernel 4.4.0-65 (custom kernels also available via our Repository for versions 3.13 – 4.10)
• Firefox 51.0.1
• Thunderbird 45.7.0
• LibreOffice 5.1.6.2
• VLC – 2.2.2
• Gimp 2.8.20
• Base: 16.04.2

There is no upgrade to or from Beta releases. Beta releases are for testing only and it is not recommended to run them as your main or secondary operating system.

See the rest of the release announcement for more information and screenshots


Downloads:
HTTP:
Download 32bit from here – Linux Lite 3.4 Beta 32bit
md5sum: 75eae1bba1caaf85b72fb14e1030c4ad
Size: 1002mb (DVD, USB)

Download 64bit from here – Linux Lite 3.4 Beta 64bit
md5sum: 4bade47d0116de4ff6330425c811ed33
Size: 990mb (DVD, USB)

TORRENTS:
32bit Torrent from here – linux-lite-3.4-beta-32bit.iso.torrent
Hash: 8802035b9f65f677b29b340218006058018cf10a
Size: 1002mb (DVD, USB)

64bit Torrent from here – linux-lite-3.4-beta-64bit.iso.torrent
Hash: eb306daa9f490ada8c5729e59f3634a372c934a7
Size: 990mb (DVD, USB)

Deepin 15.4 Beta has the newly designed Control Center, and it includes a series of Deepin Original Applications. It is easy to use with great beauty and has improved the user experience a lot. Besides, the kernel version has been upgraded to the latest stable version, it has improved the stability and compatibility. Due to the active feedback from alpha test users, deepin 15.4 beta has an outstanding improvement on completeness and compatibility



Deepin is a Linux desktop distribution based on Debian’s Unstable branch. The deepin project develops the custom Deepin Desktop Environment, along with a collection of graphical application for playing media and installing software. The deepin project has announced the availability of a new development snapshot, deepin 15.4 Beta. The new testing snapshot includes a revamped control panel and updated kernel for improved hardware support

Changes on Deepin 15.4 Beta ;

New Control Center Makes it So Easy for Settings

The control center has rewritten and redesigned, it has weather, notifications and convenient operations, etc. in homepage and it becomes easy to change the settings, and it makes more perfect for the system with brand new interaction and design.


Brand New Installation Interface to Enjoy in a Cup of Tea Time

We have integrated the new Deepin Installer 2.0 with brand new install interface, smart detection for installation,helpful tips and scan QR code to feedback to let you enjoy the installation process.


Upgrade the Kernel to Get More Support

We upgrade the kernel to the latest 4.9.8 version to get stability and compatibility; It has more drivers and hardware support to satisfy the Intel 6th/7th gen CPUs.


Redraw the Symbol Fonts to Say Goodbye for Popup Hints

We have redrawn and integrated MT Extra and webdings symbol font for WPS to let you enjoy the editing process without worrying about the popup hints for fonts.

• Added multi-touch support(4 fingers, 5 fingers for part of the devices) for touchpad;
• Added quick access bar at the bottom of the homepage of the control center;
• Added function for recording/setting Numlock status;
• Added navigation module for Control Center;
• Added blur effects for opened windows effects;
• Added proxy settings for Control Center;
• Unified the interface of message management, dialog and notification box for Control Center;
• Optimized TTY mode and set the default language as English;
• Optimized the scrolling effects for Control Center;
• Optimized window manager V2.0 to make the animation more accurate and smooth;
• Upgrade Deepin Boot Maker to latest version;
• Upgrade QQ to latest version;
• Update the icon style for OSD;
• Fixed the issue that the weather always shows “Wuhan”;
• Fixed the issue that it does not try to get the latest weather automatically;
• Fixed memory leak issues;
• Fixed the bug that genymotion cannot load virtual machine;
• Fixed the bug that failed to connect to Wi-Fi network in dock;
• Fixed problems in alpha test and user reported problems;

Further information and screen shots can be found in the project’s release announcement. 

The Zorin OS team has announced a new release of the project’s Ubuntu-based desktop distribution. Zorin OS is designed to provide a familiar interface for people transitioning from a Windows environment. The newest version

Zorin OS a free Linux distribution designed for Linux beginners. It provides users with a computing environment that is quite similar to the desktop environments of the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X commercial operating systems. It is based on Ubuntu Linux, which says a lot about it already. Being declared the most popular free Linux operating system in the world, Ubuntu is targeted at the novice and standard desktop users.


Zorin OS 12.1 introduces an updated hardware enablement stack. The newly-included Linux kernel 4.8 as well as an updated X server graphics stack adds compatibility for newer computers and hardware in Zorin OS.

One of the new desktop features is an easy way to add app icons to the desktop. Simply open the Zorin menu and right-click on an app to view the option to add it to the Desktop or to Favorites.


Zorin OS 12.1, is a minor update to the project’s 12 series and includes mostly bug fixes and improved hardware support: “We are pleased to announce the release of Zorin OS 12.1. This new release brings together the latest software updates, bug fixes, new desktop features, performance enhancements and hardware support. Zorin OS 12.1 introduces an updated hardware enablement stack. The newly-included Linux kernel 4.8 as well as an updated X server graphics stack adds compatibility for newer computers and hardware in Zorin OS. One of the new desktop features is an easy way to add app icons to the desktop

People who are already running Zorin OS 12 can update to version 12.1 using the distribution’s Software Updater application. Further information can be found in the project’s release announcement. Zorin OS 12.1 is available in three editions (Core, Business and Ultimate). The Core edition is free to download while the other two are commercial products

Note : If you’ve already downloaded and installed Zorin OS 12, you can update your system to 12.1 by installing the latest updates from the Software Updater. In order to upgrade to the newer Linux kernel and graphics stack in Zorin OS 12, you can open the Terminal (by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T) and enter the following command:
sudo apt install –install-recommends xserver-xorg-hwe-16.04

TrueOS has as its goals to be an easy-to-install-and-use desktop and server operating system, based on FreeBSD. To accomplish this, it provides a graphical installation to enable even UNIX novices to easily install and get it running. It pre-configures desktop environments, video, sound, and networking so that the desktop can be used immediately. A graphical software installation program makes installing pre-built software as easy as other popular operating systems.


The TrueOS team has released a new snapshot of the operating system’s Desktop and Server editions. The new snapshot includes several bug fixes, a few new services and package updates. TrueOS 2022-02-22 also includes support for automounting devices and a new jail management utility

A new update for TrueOS-STABLE is available as of 2/22/17 (apologies for the late announcement). This update brings in a number of bugfixes and functionality improvements, along with a few “big-ticket” items.

Brief Changelog
Bugfixes:

• packaging upgrading.
• Lumina 4k wallpaper bug.
• dbus service status bug.
• Imported upstream OpenRC patches for service supervision/status.
• Fixes to SysAdm service (now allows stopping the supervised service).
• FreeBSD-examples upgrading bug.

Services Added:

• plexmediaserver
• open-vm-tools
• musicpd
• iocage
• tcpproxy
• miniupnp
• isc-dhcpd34

Other Updates:

• Qt version updated from 5.6.2 to 5.7.1
• Multiple minor package updates
• New about tool improvements (Thanks Graham Perrin!)
• The entire package repository is synced with FreeBSD as of Feb 19, 2017.
• The new Automounting feature is available!
• The pc-mounttray utility has been retired in favor of the new devd-based automounter and autofs.
• New Jail utilities are available.

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS for its Desktop, Server and Cloud products, as well as other flavours of Ubuntu with long-term support. Like previous LTS series, 16.04.2 includes hardware enablement stacks for use on newer hardware

Welcome to the Xenial Xerus edition of the Ubuntu Linux operating system, an open-source and free GNU/Linux distribution derived from the award-winning Debian GNU/Linux project.

Distributed as 64-bit/32-bit Live ISO images for the Desktop Edition

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is currently distributed as two Live ISO images for the Desktop Edition, suitable for deployment on 64-bit (amd64) or 32-bit (i386) hardware architectures, and five ISOs for the Server Edition, which is also available for s390x, PowerPC 64-bit Little Endian (PPC64el), and PowerPC (PPC) architectures.

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
(Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, as well
as other flavours of Ubuntu with long-term support.

Like previous LTS series’, 16.04.2 includes hardware enablement stacks
for use on newer hardware.  This support is offered on all architectures
except for 32-bit powerpc, and is installed by default when using one of
the desktop images.  Ubuntu Server defaults to installing the GA kernel,
however you may select the HWE kernel from the installer bootloader.

As usual, this point release includes many updates, and updated
installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to
be downloaded after installation.  These include security updates and
corrections for other high-impact bugs, with a focus on maintaining
stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Kubuntu 16.04.2 LTS, Xubuntu 16.04.2 LTS, Mythbuntu 16.04.2 LTS,
Ubuntu GNOME 16.04.2 LTS, Lubuntu 16.04.2 LTS, Ubuntu Kylin 16.04.2 LTS,
Ubuntu MATE 16.04.2 LTS and Ubuntu Studio 16.04.2 LTS are also now
available. More details can be found in their individual release notes:


updated images for Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Mythbuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE and Ubuntu Studio are also provided.

Download links:
ubuntu-16.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (1,482MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist)
kubuntu-16.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (1,498MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist)
xubuntu-16.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (1,239MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist)
mythbuntu-16.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (1,389MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist)
ubuntu-gnome-16.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (1,260MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist)
lubuntu-16.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (880MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist)
ubuntukylin-16.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (1,466MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist)
ubuntu-mate-16.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (1,618MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist)
ubuntustudio-16.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (2,691MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist).

Follow this page for upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04.1

Vivaldi is a feature-rich, next-generation web browser application based on the powerful and open source Chromium project, from which the popular Google Chrome web browser is derived. The application is freely distributed and cross-platform, created by the former CEO of Opera Software, built using modern Web technologies like React, JavaScript, Node.js, and Browserify.

A web browser designed for you

The main goal of the Vivaldi project is to make a highly flexible, low on resources and extremely fast web browser software that works across all mainstream computer operating systems, a web browser that is rich in functionality and designed for you, the user.


Changelog since version 1.6 (689.40)

• [New feature] Screenshot capture screenshot of entire page, selected parts of a page or the UI (VB-24136)
• [New feature] Mute/unMute tab Quick Command actions and mapable keyboard shortcut, mouse gestures: “Mute/unmute Tab”, “Mute Other Tabs”, “Mute All Tabs”, “Unmute Other Tabs” and “Unmute All Tabs” (VB-21377)
• [New feature] Add an extra warning for http websites that request passwords (VB-23666)
• [New feature] Pinned tab hibernation is seperately configurable (VB-24675)
• [New feature] Add more menu items to document context menu: Copy Page Address, Validate, Fullscreen, Bookmark Page, Bookmark Link (VB-25051)
• [New feature] Add support for opening download images in the browser itself (VB-24069)
• [New feature] Scrolling should zoom the page when mouse is over the zoom slider (VB-2119)
• [New feature][Address field] Add setting to configure top level domain expansion with Ctrl+Enter (VB-24975)
• [New feature][Bookmarks] Add support for displaying tree structure while searching (VB-24724)
• [New feature][Bookmarks] Let it be possible to add bookmarks from open pages from bookmark tree context menu (VB-25095)
• [New feature][Bookmarks][Notes] Make it possible to choose between flat and tree search in bookmarks and notes: change mode via panel context menu (VB-25091)
• [New feature][Downloads] Transfer complete notification (VB-752)
• [New feature][Extensions] Context menus for extension’s buttons (VB-9681)
• [New feature][Extensions] Component extensions can’t be hidden and re-added in the same session (VB-25060)
• [New feature][Notes] Add area selection capture to notes (VB-25162)
• [New feature][Notes] Add support for displaying tree structure while searching (VB-24823)
• [New feature][Notes] Ctrl+Shift+C should copy marked text to note (VB-4018)
• [New feature][Search field] Add Paste and Go right-click in search field (VB-21366)
• [New feature][Sessions] Allow to save only tabs from current window when saving Session (VB-14104)
• [New feature][macOS] Enable native notifications by default (VB-15151)
• [New feature][Windows][Linux]Let Ctrl+PageUp/Down select prev/next visible tab by default (VB-24877)
• [New feature][Windows][Linux] Main menu is lacking keyboard accessibility for CJK (VB-24851)
• [Address field] Google Maps URL not recognized and search opened (VB-24678)
• [Address field] Hostname/path in address bar leads to default search instead of local domains (VB-5507)
• [Address field] If the input contains a / but not a space, should navigate not search (VB-24979)
• [Address field] Pointer cursor should shown when holding Ctrl (VB-24004)
• [Address field] Top level domain removal with Ctrl clicking the URL (VB-23937)
• [Address field] URLs with two spaces get searched instead of navigated to (VB-24320)
• [Address field] Vivaldi freezes editing typed history URL in address bar (VB-25563)
• [Bookmarks] Bookmarks lose title when dragged to Speed Dial (VB-24059)
• [Bookmarks] Nicknames do not work in address field (VB-24231)
• [Bookmarks] On entering Edit mode in the panel bookmark tree should scroll to show the added/edited item (VB-10406)
• [Bookmarks] Sort context menu is mislabelled (VB-24801)
• [Bookmarks] Vivaldi tries to import from Edge using a legacy method resulting in failure (VB-24743)
• [Extensions] Badge text unreadable with some themes (VB-24126)
• [Extensions] Buttons visibility Toggle (VB-24579)
• [Extensions] Component extensions would execute actions with random results (VB-25081)
• [History] Clear typed history not working on new dialog (VB-23084)
• [IME] First character typed in address bar gets committed without converted to Japanese (VB-16325)
• [Notifications] closes Vivaldi if in other full screen program (VB-24712)
• [Panels] Position of notes and bookmarks view resets after changing the panel (VB-20332)
• [Search field] Alt+Enter clones current tab and opens new search tab (VB-23982)
• [Search field] Clicking in the field should mark text (VB-24688)
• [Search field] Does not use available space for multi-word results (VB-24236)
• [Search Field] Search “Always open in new tab” does not work when choosing a different search (VB-24813)
• [Search field] Typed history button is unusable until something is typed into the field (VB-24090)
• [Sessions] Excessive usage of resources when opening session through File -> Open Saved Session: now uses lazy load settings (VB-18923)
• [Spatial Navigation] Doesn’t work correctly with overflow:scroll (VB-6087)
• [Spatial Navigation] Fails to select links, selects entire divs instead (VB-23393)
• [Themes] Private window does not show any activity in the URL bar (VB-25435)
• [Themes] The numbers and letters of the color code don’t change when you select a different theme (VB-24209)
• [Themes] Parts of Geolocation dialog are unreadable in private mode (VB-24134)
• [Linux] Context menu show up when starting mouse gesture in reopened tab (VB-21862)
• [Linux] Update the signing key: Remove the old BF1700F8 key and add another for future usage (VB-11533)
• [Windows][Linux] Hide menu bar in UI-less, native window (VB-7812)
• [Windows][Linux] Panel activated in fullscreen mode doesn’t work back in window mode (VB-24843)
• Add Startpage private search as a new default search engine option ((VB-25174))
• Backspace and single-key shortcuts triggered on some HTML5 forms and forms with JS listeners (VB-15598)
• Clicking typed history item doesn’t update history (VB-24318)
• Context menu doesn’t always show on right-click (VB-20589)
• Crash tab using AdminLTE (VB-24960)
• Crash while trying to hide Google cast button from address bar (VB-24947)
• Download Panel doesn’t get focus if other panel is open (VB-11002)
• Further work on menu accelerators for CJK (VB-24645)
• Grayscale the favicons on tabs that are hibernated (VB-24223)
• Links opened in private in new window are not private windows anymore (VB-11809)
• Search text in PDF file doesn’t increment counter (VB-4687)
• Site info position does not take UI Zoom into account (VB-23997)
• The audio icon still animates when tab is hibernated (VB-19243)
• Typing ‘vivaldi:’ doesn’t show autocomplete options (VB-13738)
• Wrong title of Chinese language (VB-25147)
• Updated Chromium to 56.0.2924.88

Read the more of releases announce of Vivaldi 1.7

How to Install Vivaldi 1.7 (stable) on Ubuntu / Linux Mint via PPA :

To Install Vivaldi 1.7 (stable) on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 wily werewolf, 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 via PPA, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

For ubuntu 64 bit :

wget https://downloads.vivaldi.com/stable/vivaldi-stable_1.7.735.46-1_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i vivaldi-stable_1.7.735.46-1_amd64.deb

For ubuntu 32 bit :

wget https://downloads.vivaldi.com/stable/vivaldi-stable_1.7.735.46-1_i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i vivaldi-stable_1.7.735.46-1_i386.deb

After installation is finished, open ubuntu dashboard and search ‘vivaldi’


to remove complete, do :

sudo apt-get remove vivaldi-stable

Yes to continue to removing ,,,

The Elive Team is proud to announce the release of the beta version 2.8.0

Elive is an open source Linux distribution built around the Enlightenment desktop environment and based on the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. It’s main goal is to demo the main features of the Enlightenment project on a stable and reliable base.

Features at a glance

The distribution supports a plethora of Wireless devices, and can be tested in a virtual machine inside Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X operating systems. It includes a wide range of open source application for common tasks like web browsing, emailing, music playback, etc.

Another interesting feature is the ability to install other operating systems and run them on the same machine. Furthermore, you can automate tasks, run games and game emulators, share folders or access remote ones, and much more.

The Elive Team is proud to announce the release of the beta version 2.8.0
This new version includes:

• Designs preview feature included
• Gimp much improved with a more intuitive and useful interface, expanded navigation and direct access to handy tools
• Fixes in the desktop stability and performance bottleneck that was caused by a small cache
• Ebook creator tool from web articles greatly improved(cli)
• Thumbnails for Epub and Mobi files
• Welcome panel with multiple fixes
• Timezone and Time compatibility with shared Windows systems and improvements in the detection and re-using of configurations

See the release announce

Download: elive_2.8.0_beta_hybrid.iso (2,720MB, MD5, signature, pkglist).

Vivaldi is a feature-rich, next-generation web browser application based on the powerful and open source Chromium project, from which the popular Google Chrome web browser is derived. The application is freely distributed and cross-platform, created by the former CEO of Opera Software, built using modern Web technologies like React, JavaScript, Node.js, and Browserify.

A web browser designed for you

The main goal of the Vivaldi project is to make a highly flexible, low on resources and extremely fast web browser software that works across all mainstream computer operating systems, a web browser that is rich in functionality and designed for you, the user.


Changelog

• [Regression] [Windows][Linux] Crash using drop-down list in the options of extension ImprovedTube (VB-25423)
• [Regression] Extensions popup not scrolling if content exceeds screen size (VB-13241)
• [Regression] Cannot change search engine in search field with Japanese UI (VB-25427)
• [History panel] Add mapable keyboard shortcut and mouse gesture (VB-25493)
• [History panel] Displayed history does not change when the computer date changes (VB-25470)
• [History panel] Panel seems to affect performance negatively (VB-25509)
• Updated various translations
• Updated Chromium to 56.0.2924.88

Note: This build will receive updates from the snapshot autoupdate stream. Even if there are no additional changes, Vivaldi will be rebuilt for the stable autoupdate stream, resulting in another version number change.

“Final Vivaldi 1.7 release is coming next week”

As for the regressions patched in Vivaldi Snapshot 1.7.735.36, we can notice a crash on Linux and Windows systems that occurred when using the drop-down list in the options of the ImprovedTube extension, as well as the ability to change the search engine in the search field when using the Japanese language.

It also makes it possible for users to be able to scroll the extensions pop-ups even if the content exceeds the screen size. Vivaldi Snapshot 1.7.735.36 is now available for download for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows operating systems, if you want to get an early taste of what’s coming next when the final Vivaldi 1.7 release launches.

As usual, we’ll be the first to announce the availability of the new Vivaldi release, so make sure that you keep an eye on our news section if you want to be among the first to update to Vivaldi 1.7. The full changelog of Vivaldi Snapshot 1.7.735.36 is attached below for your reading pleasure, and don’t forget to send your feedback to the Vivaldi devs.

How to Install Vivaldi 1.7 RC1 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Elementary OS :

To Install Vivaldi 1.7 RC1 on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 wily werewolf, 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:


For ubuntu 64 bit :

wget https://downloads.vivaldi.com/snapshot/vivaldi-snapshot_1.7.735.36-1_amd64.deb

For ubuntu 32 bit :

wget https://downloads.vivaldi.com/snapshot/vivaldi-snapshot_1.7.735.36-1_i386.deb

After download is finished, install deb package using terminal :

sudo dpkg -i vivaldi-snapshot_1.7.735.36-1_*.deb

 
Installation is finished, open vivaldi on ubuntu dashboard :


To remove, do :

sudo apt-get remove vivaldi-snapshot

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.



Changelog Kodi 17.0 (Krypton)

The Kodi 17 changelog page in the wiki hosts a human-readable list of changes in Kodi 17.0 while those seeking a more technical listing can view the merged pull requests on our project’s GitHub repository.

Read the more release announce

How to Install Kodi 17.0 (Krypton)  on Ubuntu / Linux Mint via PPA :

To Install Kodi 17.0 (Krypton)  on Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak, Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 wily werewolf, 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 via PPA, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

To install a beta/unstable version of Kodi you must first add the unstable repository, then install XBMC. Use ppa:team-xbmc/ppa

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa

Enter to continue adding PPA kodi on ubuntu system :


Update ubuntu repository and Install Kodi :

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install kodi

After installation is finished, open kodi on ubuntu dashboard, like this :


Note that if you have any addons (such as PVR clients), these must be updated as well (they will not be updated automatically):

sudo apt-get install kodi-pvr-mythtv

Upgrading

To update Kodi when a new version is released, just do a general system/package or use the following commands in the terminal (or via SSH):

sudo apt-get update
 

sudo apt-get upgrade

Note: In some cases where additional packages are required, Kodi will fail to upgrade when using the upgrade commands as above. To install additional packages use the command below:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Uninstalling / Removing

If you need to remove and purge an application and finally removing/purging also the application configurations files, do so by using the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
 

sudo apt-get update
 

sudo apt-get remove kodi*
 

sudo apt-get purge kodi*

VidCutter is Cross-platform Qt5 based app for quick and easy video trimming/splitting and merging/joining for simple quick edits. FFmpeg based backend, which is supplied for Windows, and written in Python3 & the excellent PyQt5 GUI framework.

VidCutter 2.6.5 ChangeLog

major fixes to ensure frame accuracy between player and backend. once loaded
a video framerate is estimated and seeking/stepping by a single step, using
arrow keys or mouse wheel should be closest to a single frame in either
direction. when marking cut points the point in time to the millisecond is also
communicated to the backend. this will all improve even further witha the next
major release which will encompass a move away from Qt’s QMediaPlayer
widgets which utilise GStreamer (Linux/Mac) and DirectShow (Windows) to a
libmpv (MPV player) based client.

command line argument support added. run the app from the command line
with –help or -h for the details.

logging enabled, all issues to be dealt with can be more easily tracked via
sharing logs with app author

major code restructure for a more pluggable/adaptable architecture ie.
in future, w/ libmpv if for some reason system cannot support it then
fallback to existing backend (what we have now w/ GStreamer etc.)

Cross-platform Qt5 based app for quick and easy video trimming/splitting and merging/joining for simple quick edits. FFmpeg drives the backend with a stylishly hand edited Qt5 UI. A FFmpeg static binary is preinstalled for both Windows and macOS releases.

For non-windows, use your o/s package manager if on Linux and homebrew for Mac OS X to manage FFmpeg. It is most likely already installed on your Linux or macOS machine.

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How to Install VidCutter 2.6.5 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint Via PPA :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ozmartian/apps

sudo apt-get update

Enter to continue adding PPA for ubuntu :

sudo apt-get install vidcutter

sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:ozmartian/apps
 

sudo apt-get update
 

sudo apt-get remove vidcutter

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

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an open source application that provides users with a free alternative to commercial image editing programs, such as Adobe Photoshop or Corel Painter.

It’s a sophisticated application, specifically designed for image retouching and editing or for creating stunning digital paintings using state-of-the-art functionality. The application can be used for photo montages, free-form drawing, image conversion, cropping, resizing, as well as more complex tasks.

Features at a glance

Key features include support for layers, layer masks and channels, color management, automation, basic image editing, paths and selections, filters, scripts and plugins. Supported operating systems include Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.

While the program can import and export JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, SVG, and ICO image file formats, it can also read PDF and PostScript documents, as well as various other file formats from well known applications like Adobe Photoshop or Corel Paint Shop Pro.

A wide range of built-in filters will allow users to blur, enhance, distort, render and combine images, as well as to add shadows, borders, noise, maps, animation, and alpha to logo effects. In addition, the plugin architecture can be used to extend the default functionality of the application.

Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.8.18 to GIMP 2.8.20

Core:

 – Avoid D-Bus error message when built without D-Bus support
 – fix OS X min required conditional in gimpimagewindow.c
 – Saving to existing .xcf.bz and .xcf.gz files didn’t truncate them
   and could lead to unnecessarily large files
 – Text layer created by gimp-text-fontname doesn’t respect border
   when resized
 – avoid seeking when saving XCF files to prevent corruption with
   file network shares (fixed since 2014, but not mentioned in NEWS yet)


GUI:

 – Flow on Paint Dynamics editor dialog: the ‘y’ axis is indicating
   ‘Rate’ instead ‘Flow’
 – Vertical ruler shows artifacts if the status bar isn’t showing
 – Tablet stylus misbehaves when crossing the edge of a dock in
   multi-window-mode
 – Disable the new “automatic window tabbing” feature introduced on macOS
   Sierra
 – Improve the visiblity of slider handles with dark themes
 – Make it harder to switch to renaming if selecting already selected
   items in resource lists


Tools:

 – make toggling to color picker mode of paint tools more robust


Libgimp:

 – call gimp_file_entry_set_filename() with filename encoding


Windows Installer:

 – Reduce the memory requirement when running the installer (has
   already been shipped in a 2.8.18 installer-only update)
 – Ship an updated libcairo to fix GTK+ UI rendering problems, like
   missing palette border/bevel and shadowa under tab labels


macOS DMG:

 – Ship the Tango icon theme with the DMG for a complete set of icons
 – fix the way mime data is copied into the bundle
 – no longer copy Pango modules into the bundle
 – prevent a crash caused by drag&drop on OSX by patching the included
   GTK+
 – ship a patch for gettext to make sure the preferred UI language
   will be used


Plug-ins:

 – Prevent the Python console from closing by the Escape key
 – Help browser does not launch on OS X
 – Filter ‘Edge Detect/Difference of Gaussians’ returns empty image
 – only use -xobjective-c for compile commands
 – mkgen.pl: fix calls to write_file() routine to write to current
   directory
 – When printing, the images are composed onto a white background to
   prevent printing a black box instead of a transaprent image
 – Fix color visison deficiency display filters to apply gamma
   correction directly


Updated Translations:

 – Catalan
 – Czech
 – Danish
 – Finnish
 – French
 – German
 – Greek
 – Hungarian
 – Icelandic
 – Italian
 – Polish
 – Portuguese
 – Slovak
 – Slovenian
 – Scottish Gaelic
 – Spanish
 – Swedish


Check out the full list of fixed issues since 2.8.18.

How to Install GIMP 2.8.20 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint

To install GIMP 2.8.20 on Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak, Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 Willy Werewolf, 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 18 serena, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands :


You can update your system with unsupported packages from this untrusted PPA by adding ppa:alex-p/gimp to your system’s Software Sources.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alex-p/gimp

After adding repository, enter to continue :


Update repository and install gimp :

sudo apt-get update
 

sudo apt-get install gimp

After installation is finished, open ubuntu dashboard and search ‘gimp’, like this :


To remove gimp, do :

sudo add-apt-repository  -r ppa:alex-p/gimp
 

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get remove gimp

The source code for GIMP 2.8.20 is available from official downloads page; pre-built packages for Microsoft Windows and macOS will follow shortly and more the releases announce.

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


Includes powerful features

Linux provides users with powerful features, such as true multitasking, multistack networking, shared copy-on-write executables, shared libraries, demand loading, virtual memory, and proper memory management.

Initially designed only for 386/486-based computers, now Linux supports a wide range of architectures, including 64-bit (IA64, AMD64), ARM, ARM64, DEC Alpha, MIPS, SUN Sparc, PowerPC, as well as Amiga and Atari machines.

Changelog

How to Install Linux Kernel 4.9.7 on Ubuntu Derivative System :

To Install/Update Linux Kernel 4.9.7 on Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak, Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 wily werewolf, 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 18.1, Linux Mint 18 Sarah, 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:

Debian package kernel for ubuntu is available on Ubuntu official site, download package and open terminal :

For Ubuntu 32 bit :

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9.7/linux-headers-4.9.7-040907_4.9.7-040907.201702010331_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9.7/linux-headers-4.9.7-040907-generic_4.9.7-040907.201702010331_i386.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9.7/linux-image-4.9.7-040907-generic_4.9.7-040907.201702010331_i386.deb

For Ubuntu 64 bit :

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9.7/linux-headers-4.9.7-040907_4.9.7-040907.201702010331_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9.7/linux-headers-4.9.7-040907-generic_4.9.7-040907.201702010331_amd64.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9.7/linux-image-4.9.7-040907-generic_4.9.7-040907.201702010331_amd64.deb

After download package is finished, Open terminal and follow this command :

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Please a Few minuter untill installation is finished, and reboot your ubuntu system :

sudo reboot

and check ubuntu kernel version, open terminal and follow the command :

uname -a

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

Google Earth enables you to travel the world from the comfort of your desktop, exploring stunning satellite imagery in stunning 3D. The fluid interface makes it easy to jump from country to country and zoom right in to street level. Certain key cities around the world benefit from 3D tours which can be used to take a virtual tour of key landmarks and get a feeling of the lay of the land.

You can also search for local businesses and places of interest, and the pinpointing tools mean that it is possible to bookmark locations on the map and share them with others. This feature can also be used to create virtual sightseeing tours – perhaps to show off the route you have taken on your travels.

Google Earth enables you to travel the world from the comfort of your desktop, exploring stunning satellite imagery in stunning 3D. The fluid interface makes it easy to jump from country to country and zoom right in to street level. Certain key cities around the world benefit from 3D tours which can be used to take a virtual tour of key landmarks and get a feeling of the lay of the land.

You can also search for local businesses and places of interest, and the pinpointing tools mean that it is possible to bookmark locations on the map and share them with others. This feature can also be used to create virtual sightseeing tours – perhaps to show off the route you have taken on your travels.
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What’s New In Google Earth 7.1.8.3036

• Bugs Fixed
• Various security issues
• Some files missing from saved KMZs
• Crash in View in Maps if user logged in
• License-related problems with Earth Pro
• Incorrectly-localized user interface elements
• Settings/Preferences dialog unexpected behavior
• Windows: View in Maps frozen
• Windows: Feedback tool broken
• Windows: program hangs when saving search results
• Windows: installer doesn’t clean up files
• Mac: crash running on OS X 10.6
• Mac: installer conflicts between different Earth variants
• Linux (Debian): search crash
• Linux: installer not installing needed libraries
• Linux: spurious network warning messages
• Linux: crash viewing Moon landmarks

• Changes
• Image picker for placemark editing
• Remove Earth Pro “upsell” links
• Browser Plugin (bundled and standalone) discontinued
• High-detail terrain enabled by default
• Windows: Qt application library upgraded
• Linux: Earth Pro now available
• Linux: installers now signed

• Known Issues
• Tour guide, overlays sometimes overlap Startup Tips, About dialogs
• Windows (7): Installer drawing issues
• Linux: Earth Pro: Movie Maker, some GPS features not available
• Linux: Earth Pro: Import dialogs sometimes slow/laggy

Install Google Earth 7.1.8 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint

To install Google Earth 7.1.8 Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 Willy Werewolf, 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 18 serena, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands :

Setup key with:

wget -q -O – https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add –

Setup repository with:

sudo sh -c ‘echo “deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main” >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list’

Setup package with:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install google-earth-stable google-earth-pro-stable google-earth-ec-stable

After installation is finished, search on ubuntu dashboard :

The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 5.3, one of the most feature-rich releases in the history of the application. The office suite is immediately available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and for the first time also for the private cloud.

LibreOffice 5.3 represents a significant step forward in the evolution of the software: it offers an introduction to new features such as online with collaborative editing, which increase the competitive positioning of the application, and at the same time provides incremental improvements, to make the program more reliable, interoperable and user-friendly.

“LibreOffice is backed by a fantastic community of developers”, says Michael Meeks, a member of the board of The Document Foundation. “In 2010, only a few people were betting on our capability of attracting a large number of code contributors, which are instrumental for the success of a large code base. In six years we have attracted over 1,100 new developers and, thanks to this large community, during the last two years we have had an average of 300 people active on the source code”.


“Here’s what’s new in LibreOffice 5.3”

Probably the most important feature of LibreOffice 5.3 is its new user-friendly and flexible user interface concept called MUFFIN (My User Friendly & Flexible INterface), which many reported last year as a Microsoft Office-like Ribbon UI. In fact, the tasty new UI concept is a “personal” user interface capable of adapting to your needs and the device’s screen you’re currently using for editing LibreOffice documents.

While still experimental, MUFFIN is the big LibreOffice interface change that users requested for so long, providing a total of four different UI styles that will change depending on whether you’re deploying the office suite on a laptop or desktop computer. These include the default look with toolbars, the Single Toolbar UI, the Sidebar UI with a Single Toolbar, and a new Notebook Bar UI. You can see them all in action in the screenshot gallery below.

The LibreOffice Writer received a new “Go to Page” dialog so you can easily jump to another page of a lengthy document. Table Styles have been implemented as well with support for importing and exporting ODF table styles. New Arrows toolbox provides a bunch of drawing tools that were previously available only for LibreOffice Draw and Impress, borderless padding is now displayed by default, and you can now set the small capitals character property.

LibreOffice Calc also inherited the new Arrows toolbox from LibreOffice Draw and Impress, along with new spreadsheet functions, ODF 1.2 compatibility, support for fraction number formats, the ability to load default cell styles from a file in the user profile, various improvements to pivot tables, as well as support for enabling wildcards in formulas by default for new documents.

LibreOffice Impress now displays a Template Selector that lets you select a Template to start with, such as the brand-new Pencil and Vivid ones. Some of the existing templates received various small improvements, too. On the other hand, LibreOffice Draw ships with new arrow endings, LibreOffice Base supports Firebird 3.0.0, and LibreOffice Chart improves trend line equation.

Lastly, LibreOffice Math allows subscripts and superscripts to the intd dynamically-sized integral, improves MathML imports with the ability to import MathML’s < mspace > tags and its stretchy integral symbols, improves MathML exports with the ability to export Greek symbols and dynamically-sized integral intd, and adds new “Evaluated At” command in the “Brackets” section of the Elements window.

As for the general, under-the-hood improvements, LibreOffice 5.3 comes with a new text layout engine that uses HarfBuzz to ensure a consistent text layout on all supported operating systems, supports importing of StarOffice binary files like .sdc, .sda and .sdw, supports Microsoft Office’s default “RC4 CryptoAPI Encryption” binary document encryption, and allows users to insert PDF files as images into documents.

The OpenXML filter received numerous improvements, and LibreOffice 5.3 provides support for Microsoft Office URI schemes like ms-word:, ms-powerpoint:, ms-excel:, ms-visio:, and ms-access:. New Safe Mode dialog has been added as well, the document signing functionality was updated to support import and export of PDF signatures, as well as support for PAdES and XAdES signing of PDF files. Color palettes were also improved and the first source release of LibreOffice Online is now generally available.

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How to Install LibreOffice 5.3 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint :

Download For Ubuntu 32 bit system :

wget http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/5.3.0/deb/x86/LibreOffice_5.3.0_Linux_x86_deb.tar.gz

Download For Ubuntu 64 bit system :

wget http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/5.3.0/deb/x86_64/LibreOffice_5.3.0_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz

After download is finished, extract tarball file for installation :

sudo tar xf LibreOffice_5.3.0_Linux_*.tar.gz

Change directory to install 

cd LibreOffice_5.3.0.3_Linux_x86-64_deb/

cd DEBS/

Install Deb Package :

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Please wait until installation is finished, and open Libreoffice on ubuntu dashboard