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Opera 46 Stable Released with Animated PNG Support

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The Opera web browser has reached the new stable 46 release days ago with stability improvements, new features and various fixes. Today’s stable release is stage two of the Reborn project. Opera 46 improves the quality of Opera Reborn by introducing more user interface changes, reducing crashes, fixing issues for built-in browser VPN, and adding support for animated PNG files ...

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Planetarium Software ‘Stellarium’ Reached New Major 0.16 Release

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Stellarium, a free, open-source and cross-platform planetarium software, has reached the new major 0.16.0 release one day ago. Features ability to run multiple software instances. Stellarium 0.16.0 is a stable version based on Qt5.6 (can still be built with Qt5.4) that introduces some new features, 38 bug-fixes, and a huge list of other changes. New features in Stellarium 0.16.0: RemoteSync ...

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PyCharm 2017.1.4 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu

PyCharm 2017.1.4, a new update of the Python IDE developed by JetBrains, was released a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17,04. PyCharm 2017.1.4 features a total of 27 bug-fixes, one new feature, and a few performance improvements. fixed debugger bugs related to IPython and Qt CPU/Memory usage improvements when editing Django ...

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Kid3 Tag Editor 3.5.0 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu

Kid3 audio tag editor

Kid3, the popular open-source audio tag editor, has reached the 3.5.0 release an hour ago. Here’s what’s new and how to install it in Ubuntu via PPA. Besides bug fixes and performance improvements, Kid3 3.5.0 brings new features like marking violations of the ID3v2 standard. It is now possible to assign keyboard shortcuts to user actions. The command line version ...

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Install MuseScore 2.1 via Snap in Ubuntu 16.04 & Higher

MuseScore

MuseScore 2.1, the latest version of the free music composition and notation software, now is available for install via Snap in Ubuntu 16.04 & higher from the beta channel. MuseScore 2.1 was released one month and a half ago. Due to lack of dependency for building it into PPA, it’s only available as AppImage for Linux. For those who are ...

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Neofetch Tells System Information in Command-Line

Neeofatch

Neofetch is a command-line interface (CLI) system information tool written in BASH. It displays information about your system next to an image, your OS logo, or any ASCII file of your choice. The main purpose of Neofetch is to be used in screenshots to show other users what OS/Distro you’re running, what Theme/Icons you’re using etc. Difference between Neofetch and ...

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Wireshark 2.2.7 Released with Updated Protocol Support

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Wireshark, the open-source cross-platform network protocol analyzer, has reached the new stable 2.2.7 release a few days ago. Wireshark 2.2.7 fixed vulnerabilities in the DOF and DHCP dissectors, infinite loop issues in the Bazaar, SoulSeek, DNS, and DICOM dissectors, as well as a memory exhaustion bug in the openSAFETY dissector. Also several crashes in the MSNIP, ROS, RGMP, and IPv6 ...

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Mesa 17.1.2 Available for Install in Ubuntu 16.04, 17.04

The latest Mesa 3D graphics library 17.1.2 was finally made into “Ubuntu-X” team PPA, available for Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 17.04. Mesa 17.1.2 is the second bug fix release for Mesa 17.1 series. It features following bug-fixes: Wayland revert commit breaks non-Vsync fullscreen frame updates Memory leak in Chromium browser. vulkan/tests/block_pool_no_free regression Build failure in GNOME Continuous See more details ...

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How to Install Scribus 1.5.3 in Ubuntu 16.04 via PPA

Scribus

The latest development of Scribus desktop publishing (DTP) application has reached the 1.5.3 release a few days ago. Since the official scribus PPA still provides the old 1.5.2 release, here’s how to install Scribus 1.5.3 via a third-party PPA. The Scribus Team is very pleased to announce the release of the development version Scribus 1.5.3, which is another major step ...

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Secure Lan Messenger BeeBEEP 4.0 Released (How to Install in Ubuntu)

BeeBEEP Lan Messenger

BeeBEEP, an open-source, cross-platform, peer to peer lan messenger, has reached the 4.0.0 release a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Linux Mint 18, and derivatives. With BeeBEEP, you can talk and send files with all your friends inside a local area network such of an office, home or internet cafe without a ...

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