Texmaker, an open-source LaTeX editor with integrated PDF viewer, has reached new major 5.0 release one day ago. Texmaker 5.0 Features: new and more modern interface look highdpi support on windows and linux a spellcheck annoying trouble on kde5 has been fixed new pdf engine synctex updated to 1.18 Qt4 support has been removed, Qt5 (>=5.7) is now required updated ...

The PyCharm Python IDE has reached the new 2017.1.5 release one day ago with several bug-fixes. Here’s how to install or upgrade it in Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.10 and derivatives via PPA. PyCharm 2017.1.5 fixed following bugs: Segfault in debugger with Python 3.6 Python debugging would generate ‘unknown opcode’ errors. Test runner: nose generates a bunch of empty lines with ...

GIMP, a free and open-source raster graphics and image editor, now is available as Snap application in beta channel for testing. Daniel Llewellyn is calling for testing GIMP Snap app on snapcraft forum. It’s GIMP 2.8.20 available in beta channel at the moment. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching it from app launcher) and run command to install it: sudo ...

Gnome-Pie, a circular application launcher for Linux desktop, has reached the 0.7.1 release. The new release features initial Wayland support though it is very limited for now. Due to the current Wayland state and security concerns, Gnome-Pie in Wayland has following limitations: No key bindings. No delayed activation. No turbo activation. No mouse pointer warping. Only centered Pies. Transparent fullscreen ...

CopyQ, an open-source, cross-platform, advanced clipboard manager with editing and scripting features, has reached the 3.0.3 release days ago with new documentation, improvements and some bug-fixes. CopyQ monitors system clipboard and saves its content in customized tabs. Saved clipboard can be later copied and pasted directly into any application. CopyQ features: Support for Linux, Windows and OS X 10.9+ Store ...

Wine, an open-source compatibility layer allows to run Windows applications on Unix-like systems, announced a new development release 2.12 yesterday. Wine 2.12 features: Audio driver for Android. Some performance improvements with async I/O. More RegEdit file parser improvements. Beginnings for MSI user interface support. And following bugs has been fixed in this release: Lost Horizon crash/page fault during Chapter 2 ...

The GnuCash development team announced a new maintenance release of its personal and small-business financial-accounting software, GnuCash 2.6.17, a few days ago with various bug-fixes and some translation updates. Changes since GnuCash 2.6.16 includes: Prevent changing some Account Options if it has transactions Fix online banking wizard crashes for Windows Alert on missing account currency when opening account Gnucash 2.6.16 ...

Rapid Photo Downloader, the open-source and Linux desktop’s premier photo and video downloader/importer, has reached the new major 0.9.0 release after two and a half years of development. According to the release note, Rapid Photo Downloader has switched to Qt5 from GTK+2. It also uses Python 3.4+ to replace Python 2.7. Rapid Photo Downloader 0.9.0 release highlights: UI has been ...

By releasing NVIDIA 384.47 beta earlier today, NVIDIA for Linux driver has reached the 384 series, a new short-lived stable release series. NVIDIA 384.47 add following new GPUs support: GeForce GTX 1080 with Max-Q Design GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design GeForce GT 1030 GeForce MX150 P106-100 There are also various bug-fixes and other ...

TV-Browser, a free and open-source digital TV guide software, has reached the 4.0 release a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Linux Mint 18.x and derivatives. TV-Browser is a Java program that gets the daily TV program (more than 1000 channels) from the internet and shows it clearly aranged – like a printed ...