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Matroska tools MKVToolNix 17.0.0 Released (How to Install)

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MKVToolNix 17.0.0 “Be Ur Friend”, a new release of the free and open source Matroska libraries and tools, was release yesterday with new features, enhancements, and various bug-fixes. MKVToolNix 17.0.0 release highlights: The word “timecode” has been changed to “timestamp” everywhere it was used in MKVToolNix. mkvextract’s command line interface has been changed to allow extraction of multiple items at ...

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Wine 2.19 Released with better Android Support

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The Wine development 2.19 was released earlier today. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu via its official repository. Wine 2.19 features supporting for 32-bit float audio on Android, named pipes now fully handled by the Wine server. supporting for a new Microsoft root certificate. more transform fixes in GdiPlus. some heap allocation optimizations, as well as a total of ...

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KeePass 2.37 Released with New Features and Improvements

KeePass 2 password manager reached the 2.37 release days ago with many new features and performance improvements. KeePass was Windows only application. Since the 2.x series, it’s working on Linux with Mono project. If you prefer a password manager with native Linux support, try KeePassXC. KeePass 2.37 release highlights: When creating a new database, KeePass now offers to print a ...

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Wine 2.18 Released with Radial gradients in Direct2D

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The Wine development 2.18 was released a day ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu via its official repository. Wine 2.18 features radial gradients in Direct2D, asynchronous message support in WebServices, virtual memory write watches improvements, freeType 2.8.1 compatibility fixes, as well as a total of 22 bug-fixes. How to Install Wine 2.18 in Ubuntu: The official Wine repository ...

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IntelliJ IDEA 2017.2.5 Released with New Features and Fixes

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 ...

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NVIDIA 384.90 Released with Quadro P5200 Support & Fixes

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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 ...

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Vivaldi browser 1.12 Released with 3 Brand-New Features

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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, ...

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Wine 2.17 Released with DirectWrite Improvements & Various Fixes

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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: ...

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MPV Player 0.27 Released with OpenGL Output Updates [Ubuntu PPA]

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 ...

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Wine 2.16 Released with New Features and Various Fixes

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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 ...

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