Thursday, September 29, 2016

How to Install Budgie Desktop 10.2.7 on Ubuntu 16.04 or 16.10

This tutorial is going to show you how to install Budgie desktop environment on Ubuntu 16.04 and 16.10. Budgie is the default desktop environment of an independent Linux distribution called Solus. The latest stable version, budgie 10.2.7, was released on Sept 10, 2016.
Some notable changes...

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Friday, September 23, 2016

How to Install Opera 40 on Ubuntu 16.04 and Enjoy Free Unlimited VPN

Opera 40 was released on September 19th, 2016.  The biggest change in this version is that a free, unlimited, no-log browser-based VPN service is included for everybody to use. Other features in Opera 40 includes:

Switch into power saving mode automatically whenever your laptop is ...

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Saturday, September 17, 2016

How to Install KDE Connect in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

KDE Connect is an application that let your android phone communicate with your computer. It’s features are as follows:

Notifications sync (4.3+): Read your Android notifications from the desktop
Reply to SMS from your desktop.
Shared clipboard: copy and paste between your...

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Friday, September 16, 2016

Lollypop Music Player 0.9.200 Adds YouTube Support

Lollypop music player is an open-source, modern music player developed by Cedric Bellegarde for the GNOME desktop environment. YouTube support was added in the latest stable version, 0.9.200, which was released on September 16th, 2016.
Install Lollypop 0.9.200 on Ubuntu 16.04, Linux Mint 18,...

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

What's New in Deepin 15.3 and How to Easily Ugrade to it

Deepin 15.3 was released on September 13, 2016. It’s a Chinese-made, Debian-based Linux distribution that caters to average desktop users.
Deepin 15.3 Features and Changes
This edition comes with a more customizable Dock. You can change the location of Dock to top, right, bottom or left of...

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Vim 8.0 Released, the First Major Update Since 2006

Vim, which stands for Vi IMproved, is a free, open-source and advanced command line text editor based on vi. Vim 8.0 was released on September 12, 2016. It’s the first major update since 2006.
Vim 8.0 New Features:

Asynchronous I/O support, channels, JSON
Jobs
Timers
Partials, Lambdas and...

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

How to Use Linux efibootmgr Command - 5 Examples

The Linux efibootmgr command line utility is a very handy tool to manage UEFI boot menu. This tutorial shows you how to use efibootmgr with 5 examples.
1 Display Current Settings
Simply run the following command. In some Linux distributions like Debian, you need to run it with sudo...

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Sunday, September 11, 2016

Install WebTorrent Desktop on Debian 8, Ubuntu 16.04 and Linux Mint 18

WebTorrent Desktop is a free, open-source streaming torrent app, available for Linux, Mac and Windows. It allows you to play audio and video files without waiting for it to finish downloading.
Features includes:

Connects to both BitTorrent and WebTorrent peers (WebRTC)
Fast and...

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Friday, September 9, 2016

Install Google Drive Ocamlfuse on Ubuntu 16.04, Linux Mint 18

Google Drive Ocamlfuse provides an easy and free way to access your Google drive on Linux. It’s a FUSE file system for Google drive, written in OCaml. This tutorial is going to show you how to install Google Drive Ocamlfuse on Ubuntu 16.04, Linux Mint 18 and then mount your Google Drive....

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Thursday, September 8, 2016

How to Disable Apport Erorr Reporting in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Ubuntu comes preloaded with a program named apport which automatically generate error reporting. It helps Canonical develop better software for the user.
Today, I was installing LEMP stack on my local Ubuntu 16.04 machine. An error occurred during the Nginx installation and a window pops up...

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How to Install Git 2.10 on Ubuntu 16.04, Debian 8, Fedora 24, Arch Linux

As you may or may not know, Git is a very popular, open-source, distributed source code management system created by Linus Torvalds who started the Linux kernel 25 years ago.
The latest version Git 2.10 was released on September 2nd, 2016. Git 2.10 brings hundreds of changes,...

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

How to Install Firefox Developer Edition on Ubuntu 16.04, Linux Mint 18

Firefox developer edition, which is a browser built specifically for web developers, was first introduced by Mozilla back in November 2014. It streamline the developement workflow so developers don’t need to bounce between different platforms and browsers. This browser comes preloaded with...

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Sunday, September 4, 2016

Install ScreenStudio Screencaster on Ubuntu 16.04, Linux Mint 18

ScreenStudio is a free, open source, GPL-licensed screencasting application, available for Linux and OS X. The latest stable version 3.0.3 was released on september 3, 2016. It’s a java-based application and depends on JRE 8 and ffmpeg.
ScreenStudio features:

Record video from the webcam ...

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Friday, September 2, 2016

How to Install Linux Kernel 4.7.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Linux kernel 4.7.2 was released on August 20, 2016. Highlights in this release:

Improvement to ARM64, ARC, MIPS, s390, x86 and PowerPC
Multiple updated drivers for AMDGPU, ACPI, BCMA, Bluetooth, GPIO, CLK, CPUFreq, EDAC, Intel i915, Nouveau, Radeon, Rockchip, I2C, InfiniBand, IOMMU, MD, MFD, ...

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Thursday, September 1, 2016

How to Install Nylas N1 Open Source Email Client on Linux

Nylas N1 is an open source and extensible desktop email client, available for Linux, Mac and Windows. The latest stable version, 0.4.49, was released on August 19, 2016.
Nylas N1 features a straightforward, modern and beautiful user interface. It’s compatible with Gmail, Microsoft hotmail,...

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