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Signing the Ubuntu Code of Conduct may seem difficult, especially for relatively new Linux users so to make things easier, Marten de Vries has created an application called Code of Conduct Signing Assistant which should make make it easier to sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct.You need to sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct if [...] Nvidia has released a new beta version of their Linux graphics today: 319.12, which includes quite a few changes, including initial Optimus support.Nvidia Optimus is a technology used to increase battery life by switching the dedicated GPU (Nvidia) off when it’s not needed; when the dedicated GPU is off, the integrated graphics chip (Intel) is [...] Fuduntu is a Linux distribution forked from Fedora that uses GNOME 2 by default, which provides rolling updates for the applications so you can always have the latest Firefox, Chromium, VLC, GIMP, LibreOffice and so on. Fuduntu 2013.2, which has been released today, includes a new lightweight version called Fuduntu Lite, especially useful for netbooks [...] FF Multi Converter is a utility that allows you to convert audio, video, image and document files between various formats, using tools such as FFmpeg, unoconv and PythonMagick.FF Multi Converter supports the following formats:audio/video: aac, ac3, afc, aiff, amr, asf, au, avi, dvd, flac, flv, mka, mkv, mmf, mov, mp3, mp4, mpg, ogg, ogv, psp, [...] Quick update: the packages available in the repository used by the Intel Linux Graphics Drivers Installer seem to have been fixed for 64bit.About a month ago, Intel released a tool that allows Linux users to easily upgrade to the latest Intel graphics drivers. The tool comes with a repository used for the driver updates and [...] Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail final beta has been released today, this being the first and only milestone for Raring. If you’re not using Raring already, read on to find out what’s new!Note: this is the first and only Ubuntu 13.04 beta, even though the ISO says “beta 2″, however, some Ubuntu flavours already had a [...] Firefox 20, released a couple of days ago, has just landed in all supported Ubuntu versions. The new Firefox version brings a few long-awaited features such as per-window private browsing and a new download manager.Firefox 20 introduces per-window private browsing: accessing File > New Private Window, you’ll get a window for private browsing that doesn’t [...] After 8 months of development, MATE 1.6 has been released yesterday and its Ubuntu and Debian repositories have been updated a few hours ago with the latest MATE desktop. The new version comes with many changes such as Systemd-logind support, Caja (file manager) improvements and more.MATE 1.6 is “a giant step forward from the 1.4 [...] The thirteenth alpha version of 0 A.D. has been released yesterday, bringing a new civilization: Mauryan Indian, new songs, AI improvements and more. 0 A.D. is an open source, historical real-time strategy game developed by Wildfire Games, that can be played on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.Changes in 0 A.D. Alpha 13 “Magadha”:new Mauryan [...] Audience is a minimalistic, Gstreamer-based media player written in Vala. The second Audience release is getting close and its developers have invited users to help test it. There aren’t any major new features since the previous release, but a large amount of bugs have been fixed recently. So if you can help test it or [...] Bodhi Linux, a minimalistic Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that uses the Enlightenment Desktop (E17) by default, has reached version 2.3.0.The Bodhi Linux 2.3.0 release brings:Linux Kernel 3.8;Enlightenment 0.17.1;Midori 0.4.9;Terminology 0.3.0 (a really nice terminal emulator for E17);eCcess system tool (a tool that lets you change the time and date and manage users / groups) [...] In February, the Valve Steam Hardware & Software Survey stats have revealed that 2.02% of Steam users run Linux, a huge increase from January (1.12%). Oddly, the survey stats for March have revealed a decrease and Linux users running Steam are now at ~1.70%.Steam survey: OS usage stats for March 2013 (the survey is optional)One [...] GNOME 3.8 has been released today, the new version bringing many new features and enhancements, including a new application view and overhauled window layout for GNOME Shell, new setting panels for privacy, search and notifications and of course, many updates to the core GNOME apps like Web (Epiphany), Boxes, Documents and more.Let’s take a look [...] Insync, an unofficial, cross-platform Google Drive client is out of beta for Windows and Mac OSX and with this, the pricing has been revealed. Since Google hasn’t yet released a Google Drive client for Linux and Grive seems to have been abandoned, many Linux users are using Insync. However, the Insync developers have stated that [...] Red Eclipse is a cross-platform, open source first-person shooter game that supports both single (against bots) and multi-player modes. The game runs on the Cube Engine 2 and it’s very flexible, allowing players to extend the existing game modes (Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, etc.) with “mutators”, changing how the game is played.Red Eclipse 1.4 “Elara [...] Cairo Dock (Glx Dock) is a launcher / task manager that comes with a huge list of applets and configuration options. It can be used with any desktop environment / shell, so it works with GNOME Shell, Unity, Xfce, KDE and so on. There’s also a stand-alone Cairo Dock session – select “Cairo Dock” from [...] TV-Maxe, an application to watch TV stations online using various streams, such as SopCast, has reached version 0.09.The application comes with thow TV channel lists by default: an international and a Romanian one, but more unofficial lists are available on its wiki and of course, you can manually add more channels. TV-Maxe features HTTP remote [...] |
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