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The SMPlayer media player has reached the 17.2 release a few days ago. Here’s how you can install it in Ubuntu and/or Linux Mint. SMPlayer 17.2 is a small release with following changes: Fix for YouTube The option to delete files from the disk in the playlist is back (enable it in Preferences -> Playlist -> Misc) The Linux package ...

The Vivaldi web browser has reached the 1.7 stable release one day ago, features a built-in screen capture tool. With Vivaldi 1.7, you can easily take a screenshot of full webpage or selection area using the camera icon from the Status Bar or with F2/⌘E quick commands and typing “Capture”. Screenshot can be saved on your disk or stored to ...

The Opera web browser has reached the new stable 43 release earlier today, the fastest version ever, brings instant page loading and Profile Guided Optimization (PGO). What’s New in Opera 43: Instant page loading is a new feature makes Opera predict which website you’re typing the address for. Once recognized, it begins loading the site in the background even before ...

QupZilla, a lightweight QtWebEngine browser, has reached a new major 2.1 release one day ago with lots of fixes and some new features. QupZilla 2.1.0 brings back some features present in 1.8 version and also a number of completely new features. bring back spellcheck bring back support for printing bring back save page action + support multiple formats bring back ...

A new stable release for the GIMP 2.8 series, GIMP 2.8.20, has been released a few days ago with various bug-fixes. GIMP 2.8.20 features the fix to the weird initial user interface language selection on mac OS. Also, an annoying oscillating switching between different input devices has been fixed in Windows platforms. GIMP 2.8.20 changelog: Avoid D-Bus error message when ...

Shotcut, a free and open-source video editor, has reached the 17.02 release one day ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.10. Shotcut is a cross-platform video editor developed on the MLT Multimedia Framework. Major features include support for a wide range of formats. No import required meaning native timeline editing. Blackmagic Design support for input and preview monitoring. ...

The KDE Plasma Desktop 5.9 was released one day ago with exciting new features. And the KDE Team announced that they will continue to provide bugfixes to Plasma 5.8 LTS. What’s New in KDE Plasma 5.9: Interactive previews to notifications. Drag and drop improvements throughout the desktop. Switch between windows in Task Manager using Meta + number shortcuts. A new ...

LibreOffice 5.3, a new stable series of the open-source office suite, was released today on February 1. The official binaries are available for download. And Ubuntu PPA will has built the packages soon. What’s New in LibreOffice 5.3: Many UI/UX improvements and the MUFFIN interfaces (Microsoft Ribbon UI) First source release of LibreOffice Online, that offers basic collaborative editing of ...

The second alpha of Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus has been released today, features images for Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu GNOME, and Ubuntu Budgie. Pre-releases of the Zesty Zapus are not encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu flavor developers ...

For those who want to install the latest Remmina 1.2.0, the default GTK+ remote desktop client, a core developer has made the new Remmina Snap app for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, and higher. Remmina is a free and open-source remote desktop client written in GTK+, aiming to be useful for system administrators and travellers, who need to work with lots ...