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Vivaldi 1.4 Released With Theme Scheduling

| Date: September 08, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: browser, linux, macosx, ubuntu, vivaldi, windows

Vivaldi, the web browser aimed at power users, was updated to version 1.4 (stable) today. There aren't as many changes as in the previous release, but a few interesting improvements.

The latest Vivaldi 1.4 ships with Theme Scheduling, a new feature that allows setting the browser to automatically change the theme based on the time of day. This is useful if you want to use a dark theme at night, change the theme based on your schedule, and so on.

How To Install Avant Window Navigator In Ubuntu 16.04 Or Linux Mint 18

| Date: September 07, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: avant window navigator, dock, lubuntu, ubuntu mate, xubuntu

Avant Window Navigator is a dock / task manager for Linux, which was very popular a while back. Its developers lost interest with the introduction of Unity, and after several years of inactivity, the project was taken over by a new maintainer.

Unfortunately, the new maintainer isn't too active either, but at least Avant Window Navigator was updated to work with recent Linux distributions.

Avant Window Navigator Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus

Mike Baum created an Avant Window Navigator PPA for Ubuntu 16.04 / Linux Mint 18, because the official AWN PPA wasn't updated in a while.

There are a few AWN applets from this PPA that can't be installed, so I decided to rebuild the packages in the main WebUpd8 PPA. Update: I added Ubuntu 14.04 / Linux Mint 17.x packages to the PPA.

QOwnNotes Is A Note Taking And Todo List App That Integrates With ownCloud

| Date: September 05, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: linux, macosx, notes, QOwnNotes, todo, ubuntu, windows

QOwnNotes is a free, open source note taking and todo list application available for Linux, Windows, and Mac. 

The application saves your notes as plain-text files, and it features Markdown support and tight ownCloud integration.

QOwnNotes Ubuntu

Google Earth For Linux Update Brings Fixes For Panoramio Pictures And Various Linux Crashes

| Date: September 05, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: google, google earth, linux, ubuntu

Google has updated Google Earth recently, fixing some of the issues that were occurring on Linux, such as Panoramio pictures not working, as well as various crashes.

Google Earth Ubuntu 16.04

Multiload-ng 1.2.0 Released With Color Schemes Support, More

| Date: August 30, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: applets, lubuntu, lxde, mate, system monitor, ubuntu mate, xfce, xubuntu

Multiload-ng, a graphical system monitor for Xfce, LXDE, and MATE panels, was updated to version 1.2.0 recently, getting color schemes support, a redesigned preferences window, and more.

Multiload-ng

How To Install And Configure Bumblebee In Ubuntu 16.04 (With Nvidia-361 Or Nvidia-370)

| Date: August 30, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: bumblebee, nvidia, ubuntu

Bumblebee logo


The Bumblebee package available in the official Ubuntu 16.04 repositories needs a tweak to work with Nvidia 361 graphics drivers. Furthermore, if you want to use a newer Nvidia graphics drivers version, such as 370 (which is currently in beta), the discrete card is not turned off, resulting in it being used all the time, and not just when running apps or games with "optirun", as it should.

So here's how to properly install and configure Bumblebee in Ubuntu 16.04, to get it to work with nvidia-361 and nvidia-370 (the latter from the Graphics Drivers PPA).

MATE Dock Applet Gets Unity-Like Progress Bar And Badge Support

| Date: August 24, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: applet, mate, ubuntu, ubuntu mate

MATE Dock Applet is a MATE Panel applet that displays running application windows as icons. The applet features options to pin applications to the dock, supports multiple workspaces, and can be added to any MATE Panel, regardless of size and orientation.

Mate Dock Applet Unity Badge Progress Bar Support

The latest MATE Dock Applet 0.74, released today, includes a feature requested by some of you: it can now display Unity-like progress bars and badges on top of the icons, for applications that support this. You can see this in action, in the screenshot above, for Transmission. 

Switch Between Multiple Lists Of Apps Pinned To Unity Launcher With `Launcher List Indicator` [Updated Again]

| Date: August 24, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: appindicator, tweaks, ubuntu, unity

Launcher List Indicator is a simple AppIndicator that makes it easy to switch between multiple lists of Unity Launcher icons (apps pinned to the launcher).


Launcher List Indicator

Quick Updates: Guake 0.8.7, WebTorrent Desktop 0.12.0, TLP 0.9

| Date: August 23, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: bittorrent, guake, laptop, terminal, tlp, WebTorrent

Guake 0.8.7


Guake terminal

Guake is a drop-down terminal emulator for GNOME (GTK2). The application is inspired from consoles in computer games, such as Quake, in which the console slides from the top of the screen when a key is pressed. In the same way, Guake can be invoked and hidden using a single key (though Guake can also automatically hide when it loses focus).

How To Completely Disable Mouse Acceleration In Linux

| Date: August 19, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: games, linux, mouse, tweaks, ubuntu

mouse

Some desktop environments don't provide a way to change the mouse acceleration (GNOME and Unity for instance), and even for those that do (like Cinnamon), you can't completely turn it off. Here's how to completely disable mouse acceleration in Linux (for Xorg).

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