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JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA java ide has reached the 2017.2.5 release last night with some new features and various bug fixes. IntelliJ IDEA 2017.2.5 release highlights: Allow “generate classes from database schema” for plain-JDBC developers Allow “Return of ‘null'” to be ignored when return type is java.lang.Void Add option to exclude transitive dependencies Speed up search for Maven library when exact ...

The latest long-lived branch of NVIDIA driver for Linux has reached the 384.90 release with new Quadro P5200 GPU support and various bug-fixes. NVIDIA 384.90 release highlights: Added support for the following GPU: Quadro P5200 Fixed a regression that caused display flickering at lower PowerMizer performance levels on some GPUs. Fixed a regression that prevented console restoration after a VT ...

The 1.12 release of Vivaldi web browser was released earlier today. The new release features three brand-new features, many improvements and various bug-fixes. Vivaldi release highlights: Instant access to Image Properties, right-clicking on the image and selecting Image Properties all the information available based on the image meta data. Advanced Download info, in download panel display name of the file, ...

The latest Wine development has reached the 2.17 release with DirectWrite, virtual memory improvements and various bug-fixes. Wine 2.17 brings better support for grayscale mode in DirectWrite, per-application StartupWMClass in desktop files, virtual memory compatibility improvements, palette handling improvements in WindowsCodecs, reply messages improvements in WebServices, and a total of 20 bug fixes. How to Install Wine 2.17 in Ubuntu: ...

MPV, the MPlayer-forked media player, has reached the 0.27 release earlier today with new features, performance improvements and various fixes. MPV 0.27 release highlights: handle media keys on Windows. rework of video output code for rendering API abstraction for future non-GL video outputs OpenGL updates include: support for embedded ICC profiles direct rendering support a compute shader based EWA kernel ...

JetBrains PyCharm IDE has reached 2017.2.2 release more than a week ago. Now you can easily install it in Ubuntu 16.04 and/or Ubuntu 17.04 via PPA. PyCharm 2017.2.2 fixed following bugs: An issue in the creation of Angular CLI projects Code insight and inspection fixes: “method may be static” issues, and misidentification of Python 3.7 Django: Cache conflict with Jinja ...

The latest Wine development release, Wine 2.16, was released last night with some new features and various bug fixes. Wine 2.16 adds support for pasting metafiles in RichEdit, better support for grayscale PNG images, support for safety features in library loading, better handling of transforms in GdiPlus, rendering improvements in DirectWrite, and a total of 19 bug-fixes. How to Install ...

The first maintenance release for LibreOffice 5.4 series was released last night with a huge list of bug fixes. Here’s how to install it via PPA in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, and derivatives. Berlin, August 31, 2017 – The Document Foundation (TDF) announces LibreOffice 5.4.1, the first minor release of the new LibreOffice 5.4 family, which ...

Mesa 3D graphics library has reached 17.1.8 release a day ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 17.04 via PPA. Mesa 17.1.8 has no new features but only bug-fixes that include: Fix segfault in glCompressedTextureSubImage3D [BYT] ES31-CTS.functional.copy_image.non_compressed.viewclass_96_bits.rgb32f_rgb32f radeonsi/gfx9: add a temporary workaround for a tessellation driver bug mesa: only copy requested compressed teximage cubemap faces docs: add sha256 checksums ...

The PyCharm team has announced the release of its python IDE, PyCharm 2017.2.2, a day ago after one week of release candidate. PyCharm 2017.2.2 fixed some issues on the create new project screen. An issue in the creation of Angular CLI projects Code insight and inspection fixes: “method may be static” issues, and misidentification of Python 3.7 Django: Cache conflict ...