flareGet Download Manager Updated With Important Changes And Bug Fixes

Wed, 04/17/2013 - 10:30 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

flareGet, a download manager for Linux that supports dynamic file segmentation, HTTP-pipelining for accelerated downloads and more, has been updated recently, receiving quite a few improvements and bug fixes.

  • 401 reads

Euro Truck Simulator 2 Game For Linux Available As Public Beta (Steam Only)

Wed, 04/17/2013 - 10:29 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
Euro Truck Simulator 2 is a vehicle simulation game in which you can drive across Europe, picking up various cargos and delivering them.
  • 418 reads

Improve Power Usage / Battery Life In Linux With TLP

Wed, 04/17/2013 - 10:29 — hotice — www.webupd8.org

There are various tweaks that you can apply to your laptop to save battery power, but many of them depend on the hardware, Linux distribution, some are outdated or too hard to apply for regular users and so on.

  • 458 reads

Fix: Google Chrome Can`t Be Installed In Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Due To Missing libudev0 Dependency

Wed, 04/17/2013 - 10:28 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
Google Chrome can't be installed in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail (fresh install) for now because of a missing dependency: libudev0. Until Google fixes this, here's how to install the missing dependency so you can use Google Chrome (any version) in Ubuntu Raring.
  • 445 reads

Get The Ubuntu Touch Feeling On The Unity Desktop With These Launcher Icons

Wed, 04/17/2013 - 10:28 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
A few days ago we had an article about a new Unity Revamped PPA that adds some tweaks to Ubuntu 12.04, among which there were some nice Ubuntu Touch-style assets for the Unity Launcher.
  • 359 reads

Ubuntu One Music Store to be Removed from Rhythmbox in 12.04, 12.10

Tue, 04/16/2013 - 16:42 — admin — feedproxy.google.com

Ubuntu One Music Store to be Removed from Rhythmbox in 12.04, 12.10

Tue, 04/16/2013 - 16:42 — admin — feedproxy.google.com

Ubuntu Button Tweaked to Meet ‘Cultural & Aesthetic’ Expectations

Tue, 04/16/2013 - 10:43 — admin — feedproxy.google.com

The Ubuntu button in 13.04 has received a last minute change: the background swirl now spins in a clockwise direction.

Ubuntu Button Tweaked to Meet ‘Cultural & Aesthetic’ Expectations

Tue, 04/16/2013 - 10:43 — admin — feedproxy.google.com

The Ubuntu button in 13.04 has received a last minute change: the background swirl now spins in a clockwise direction.

Ubuntu Website Undergoes Subtle Revamp

Mon, 04/15/2013 - 18:08 — admin — feedproxy.google.com

Some minor changes have gone live over on the official Ubuntu website from Canonical.

The most notable change at first glance include a revamped site header that now stretches the width of the screen.

Elsewhere:

Ubuntu Website Undergoes Subtle Revamp

Mon, 04/15/2013 - 18:08 — admin — feedproxy.google.com

Some minor changes have gone live over on the official Ubuntu website from Canonical.

The most notable change at first glance include a revamped site header that now stretches the width of the screen.

Elsewhere:

Install Mplayer and Multimedia Codecs (libdvdcss2,w32codecs,w64codecs) on ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)

Mon, 04/15/2013 - 16:00 — admin — www.ubuntugeek.com

MPlayer is a movie and animation player that supports a wide range of codecs and file formats, including MPEG 1/2/4,DivX 3/4/5, Windows Media 7/8/9, RealAudio/Video up to 9, Quicktime 5/6, and Vivo 1/2. It has many MX/SSE (2)/3Dnow(Ex) optimized native audio and video codecs, but allows using XAnim’s and RealPlayer’s binary codec plugins, and Win32 codec DLLs.

Set Up Bumblebee With Bumblebee Configurator GUI [Nvidia Optimus]

Mon, 04/15/2013 - 11:16 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
The latest proprietary Nvidia graphics drivers, released a few days ago, include initial Optimus support for Linux, but there's still a long way to go until Linux will get full Optimus support.
  • 414 reads

Fix Skype Not Working In Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail [For Users With Proprietary Nvidia Or AMD Drivers]

Mon, 04/15/2013 - 11:15 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
Some Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail users are having issues with Skype not starting when using the proprietary Nvidia graphics drivers (it crashes / segfaults). So here's a work-around you can use to get it to work until this is fixed in Ubuntu / Skype.
  • 850 reads

7 Subtle Unity Changes You Might Not Notice in 13.04…

Sun, 04/14/2013 - 17:57 — admin — feedproxy.google.com

Ubuntu 13.04 will be released later this month, and whilst many will be focusing on the big bang-whizz changes – like new animation effects, features and app changes, few will give much attention to the subtler changes. 

So we’re doing our bit to champion the ‘little things matter’ with this list of 7 subtle spots of Unity polish you might not have ever noticed…

7 Subtle Unity Changes You Might Not Notice in 13.04…

Sun, 04/14/2013 - 17:57 — admin — feedproxy.google.com

Ubuntu 13.04 will be released later this month, and whilst many will be focusing on the big bang-whizz changes – like new animation effects, features and app changes, few will give much attention to the subtler changes. 

So we’re doing our bit to champion the ‘little things matter’ with this list of 7 subtle spots of Unity polish you might not have ever noticed…

Jedi Outcast Linux Port is in the Works

Sun, 04/14/2013 - 03:55 — admin — feedproxy.google.com

After Disney shut down LucasArts recently, Raven Software open sourced Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy.

The source code was made available on SourceForge, however it was pulled down after few days as some proprietary stuff was included in the public repository.

Install Friends App (Gwibber Rewritten In QML) In Ubuntu 13.04 Or 12.10

Fri, 04/12/2013 - 14:33 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
Gwibber, the microblogging client available by default in Ubuntu, has been rewritten in QML recently and is now called Friends App.
  • 396 reads

Easily Install Minecraft In Ubuntu Via PPA Using An Unofficial Minecraft Installer

Fri, 04/12/2013 - 14:32 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
`Unofficial Minecraft Installer` is a script available in a PPA that can be used to easily install the popular Minecraft game in Ubuntu and derivatives (Linux Mint, elementary OS and so on).

 

  • 336 reads

How To Use The Intel Linux Graphics Drivers Repository In Ubuntu-Based Linux Distributions (Linux Mint, Etc.)

Fri, 04/12/2013 - 14:32 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
The Intel Linux Graphics Installer only supports Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 (and Fedora), and even though the drivers should work on other Ubuntu-based Linux distributions like Linux Mint, the installer doesn't work and the Intel repository isn't adde
  • 669 reads

Lubuntu Icon Theme `Box` Sees New Release, Download It Now

Fri, 04/12/2013 - 14:31 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
The Lubuntu icon theme called "Box", that was introduced with Lubuntu 12.10, has reached version 0.38, getting many new and improved icons.

 

  • 365 reads

Easily Sign The Ubuntu Code Of Conduct With CoC Signing Assistant

Fri, 04/12/2013 - 14:31 — hotice — www.webupd8.org
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.

 

  • 319 reads

Installing Minecraft on Ubuntu Just Got Easy

Fri, 04/12/2013 - 12:45 — admin — feedproxy.google.com

Installing Minecraft on Ubuntu Just Got Easy

Fri, 04/12/2013 - 12:45 — admin — feedproxy.google.com

VLC 2.0.6 Released With Boatload of Bug Fixes

Thu, 04/11/2013 - 19:29 — admin — feedproxy.google.com

A new version of VLC is available for download.

Syndicate content