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Ambient Noise (ANoise) Player Fixed For Ubuntu 16.04 And Newer

| Date: June 14, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: anoise, cinnamon, gnome shell, media player, productivity, sound, unity

Ambient Noise, or ANoise is a simple, lightweight application for playing ambient noises, such as waves, rain, fire, and so on, useful to help you stay focused and boost productivity, or fall asleep.

The application didn't work in Ubuntu 16.04 and newer until recently, when it was updated to GStreamer 1.0 and Python 3, along with some bug fixes.

Ambient Noise Ubuntu

Tool To Create Bootable Windows USB Stick From Linux `WinUSB` (Fork) Renamed To `WoeUSB`, Sees New Release

| Date: June 14, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: boot, linux, ubuntu, usb, windows

The WinUSB fork we covered a while back was renamed to WoeUSB recently, while also seeing quite a few releases for the past few days.

WoeUSB

WoeUSB / WinUSB is a tool that can be used to create a bootable Windows installer USB stick from an ISO or DVD. The application supports Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, as well Windows 10, and can be used either with a GUI or from the command line.

MATE Dock Applet Sees New Release

| Date: June 06, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: desktop environments, dock, mate, ubuntu mate

MATE Dock Applet is a MATE panel applet that displays open windows / applications as icons. The latest 0.78 version includes 5 new types of indicators, a new option to add space between dock icons, and more.

MATE Dock Applet

Why Oracle Java 7 And 6 Installers No Longer Work

| Date: June 02, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: debian, Java, jdk, linux, oracle, ppa, ubuntu

Oracle Java


Because I've received more than 50 emails about this, I though I'd make a post about it, to clear things up for everybody.

While Oracle Java 6 and 7 are not supported for quite a while, they were still available for download on Oracle's website until recently.

Tilix (Previously Terminix) 1.5.8 And Guake 0.8.9 Available In PPA

| Date: May 31, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: guake, terminal emulator, terminix, tilix, ubuntu

Tilix (previously called Terminix) and Guake terminal emulators have had new releases recently, and are both available in PPA for Ubuntu / Linux Mint.


Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) Available For Download

| Date: April 13, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: ubuntu, Zesty Zapus

Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus

Ubuntu 17.04 has been released.

The new version brings updated applications and various under-the-hood improvements, along with bug fixes. As expected, Compiz and Unity have only received minor improvements and bug fixes.

On the other hand, Ubuntu 17.04 includes the GNOME 3.24 stack for the most part (GTK3 along with Totem, Disks, Calendar, and so on). There are some missing bits, but this is still pretty important, as Ubuntu didn't use the latest GNOME since around Ubuntu 11.10 / GNOME 3.2.


Pandora Radio Client Pithos 1.3.0 Released, Available In PPA

| Date: April 13, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: appindicator, linux, pandora, pithos, radio, ubuntu

Pithos 1.3.0 was released recently and is now available in its official PPA, for Ubuntu 17.04, 16.10 and 16.04. The new version brings support for MPRIS playlist and tracklist interfaces, improved accessibility UI, and more.

Pithos

Pithos is a Pandora Radio (only available in Australia, New Zealand and the United States) client that supports Pandora features such as love / ban / tired, allows creating, editing and switching between stations, and more.

The application integrates tightly with the desktop, providing notifications, MPRIS v2 support (it integrates with the Ubuntu Sound Menu / GNOME Shell, etc. ), media keys, can inhibit the screensaver and so on.

New KDE Connect Indicator Ubuntu / Linux Mint PPA

| Date: April 07, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: android, appindicator, kde connect, ubuntu

The KDE Connect Indicator (fork) PPA maintainer is not available any more, and I was asked to create a new PPA. 

KDE Connect Indicator

Since I'm a KDE Connect Indicator user myself, I couldn't say no, so I created a new KDE Connect Indicator PPA, which provides packages for Ubuntu 17.04, 16.10 and 16.04 / Linux Mint 18.x.

Polo Is An Interesting New GTK3 File Manager (Beta)

| Date: April 06, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: file manager, linux, polo, ubuntu

Developed by Tony George, who's also behind other fairly popular applications such as Selene Media Converter, TimeShift backup tool, and more, Polo is only available for users who donate for now. The stable release will be available for all users, however, those who donate will get a few extra features.

Polo File Manager

Polo is a new file manager that aims at providing features that are missing from popular file managers. The application is currently in beta, and it lacks some feature, but it already looks very promising.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS To Use GNOME By Default; Unity 8 And The Phone To Be Discontinued

| Date: April 06, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: linux, ubuntu, ubuntu phone, unity, unity 8

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will go back to using GNOME as the default desktop environment, instead of Unity.

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