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See What`s New In Kubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)
Mon, 04/29/2013 - 08:57 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgKubuntu 13.04, the KDE-based Ubuntu flavor, has been released yesterday. Let's take a quick look at what's new.
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Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser Plugin 0.8 Released
Mon, 04/29/2013 - 08:56 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgCoverArt Browser, a Rhythmbox plugin that lets you browse and play music using an album art view, has been updated to version 0.8 recently, getting improvements such as option to export embedded cover art in the album tracks, new light and dark icon theme and more.
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Xubuntu 13.04 Available For Download - Quick Overview [Screenshots, Video]
Mon, 04/29/2013 - 08:56 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgXubuntu 13.04 has been released yesterday, along with the other Ubuntu flavors. Xubuntu uses Xfce as the default desktop environment and is a great alternative for those who prefer a traditional desktop layout with a panel on top, panel applets and so on.
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Download Ubuntu Tweak 0.8.4, Now Compatible With Ubuntu 13.04
Thu, 04/25/2013 - 17:38 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgUbuntu Tweak, the popular tool that besides tweaking lets you easily install various applications that aren't available in the Ubuntu repositories, clean the apps / system cache and more, has been updated today, bringing support for the latest Ubuntu 13.04 along with some bug fixes.
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Ubuntu 13.10 Codename Announced: Saucy Salamander
Thu, 04/25/2013 - 14:51 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgMark Shuttleworth has announced the codename for the upcoming Ubuntu release: Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander:
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Ubuntu 13.04 Available For Download [Screenshots Tour, Video]
Thu, 04/25/2013 - 12:25 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgUbuntu 13.04 has been released today with many enhancements and fixes to Unity as well as some important performance improvements. Read on to find out more!
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7 Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)
Thu, 04/25/2013 - 12:23 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgUbuntu 13.04 will be available for download in a few hours and since many of you will be installing it as soon as it's released, here are 7 useful things you can do right after the installation.
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BitTorrent Sync: Secure File Sync Between Computers Using P2P Technology [Public Alpha]
Wed, 04/24/2013 - 09:21 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgBitTorrent Sync, a free to use (but not open source) tool that can be used to automatically synchronize files between computers using the BitTorrent protocol, is now available for all as public alpha.
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Audacious 3.4 Beta 1 Released [Ubuntu PPA]
Wed, 04/24/2013 - 09:21 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgThe first Audacious 3.4 beta version is available for download. Audacious is a fast, lightweight music player which comes with numerous plugins and two interfaces: a Winamp-like interface (it even supports Winamp 2.x skins) and a GTK interface.
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XnRetro: Add Instagram-Like Effects To Your Images With This Desktop App
Wed, 04/24/2013 - 09:20 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgXnRetro is a free to use (but not open source) tool available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X (as well as iOS and Android) that allows you to easily apply various vintage effects, borders and more to your images.
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Cloud Sync Tool `Seafile` 1.6.0 Gets Improved Collaboration Features
Fri, 04/19/2013 - 15:46 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgSeafile, an open source cloud synchronization and collaboration tool, somewhat similar to Dropbox, ownCloud or SparkleShare, that you can install on your own server, has been updated to version 1.6.0 recently, getting some interesting new features such as a Wiki module and more.
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FBMessenger: Stand-Alone Facebook Messenger For Linux
Fri, 04/19/2013 - 15:46 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgFBMessenger is a stand-alone Facebook Messenger app for Linux, very similar to the official Messenger for Windows.
This isn't an official Facebook application but it has been created by a Facebook developer and comes with the following features:
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How To Install Tiny Tiny RSS In Ubuntu (Google Reader Alternative You Can Use On Your Server)
Fri, 04/19/2013 - 15:45 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgSince Google will close Google Reader in July, many users are searching for alternatives and there are a ton of services out there, some really good, but I'm sure some of you prefer to use a feed reader you can install on your own server and Tiny Tiny RSS seems to be one of the best.
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Oracle Java 7 Update 21 (7u21) And Java 6 Update 45 (6u45) Available In The WebUpd8 JDK PPA
Wed, 04/17/2013 - 10:51 — hotice — ppa.webupd8.orgOracle has released Java 7 Update 21 and Java 6 Update 45. Both JDK versions have been updated in the WebUpd8 Java PPA.
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flareGet Download Manager Updated With Important Changes And Bug Fixes
Wed, 04/17/2013 - 10:30 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgflareGet, 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.
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Euro Truck Simulator 2 Game For Linux Available As Public Beta (Steam Only)
Wed, 04/17/2013 - 10:29 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgEuro Truck Simulator 2 is a vehicle simulation game in which you can drive across Europe, picking up various cargos and delivering them.
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Improve Power Usage / Battery Life In Linux With TLP
Wed, 04/17/2013 - 10:29 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgThere 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.
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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.orgGoogle 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.
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Get The Ubuntu Touch Feeling On The Unity Desktop With These Launcher Icons
Wed, 04/17/2013 - 10:28 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgA 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.
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Set Up Bumblebee With Bumblebee Configurator GUI [Nvidia Optimus]
Mon, 04/15/2013 - 11:16 — hotice — www.webupd8.orgThe 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.
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