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How to Install GTK and Icon Themes in Ubuntu 16.04 [Beginner Guide]

Want to change the look and feel of your Ubuntu Desktop? Well, it’s easy to do this by installing and applying new GTK and Icon themes with this simple tutorial. In Ubuntu, GTK themes change the look and feel of your desktop panel, application window, menu, etc. And icon themes change the system-wide icons. Install GTK and Icon Theme in ...

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Install CPU-Z Linux Alternative ‘i-Nex’ in Ubuntu 16.04

i-Nex is a free and open-source tool that gathers and displays system and hardware components information in Ubuntu Linux. i-Nex offers a CPU-Z like interface that displays information about: CPU model, temperature, cache, usage. GPU model, OpenGL, GLX, Kernel driver, memory usage, etc. Motherboard model and BIOS info Audio info and ALSA driver. System, Desktop environment, Window manager, themes. current ...

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Nvidia 370.28 Adds PRIME Sync, Pascal Overclock [Howto-Install]

NVIDIA

NVIDIA Team announced the release of Nvidia 370.28 yesterday as the first stable release for the 370 series driver in their short-lived branch. Nvidia 370.28 adds over- and under-clocking support for GeForce GTX 1000 “Pascal” graphics cards, initial support for PRIME Synchronization to synchronize flipping between an NVIDIA PRIME display source and a separate PRIME display sink (requires X.Org Server ...

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ClipGrab Let’s You Download YouTube, Vimeo Videos in Ubuntu

Looking for an application to download videos from YouTube, Vimeo, and/or other video sites? Well, ClipGrab is a free and simple tool to do this in Linux, Windows, and OS X. ClipGrab supports downloading videos from YouTube, Vimeos, Dailymotion, Metacafe, and many other online video sites. It also features: search videos on YouTube convert videos to MPEG4, MP3, and other ...

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Install The Latest Intel Graphics Driver in Ubuntu 16.04

intel graphics driver

Intel has recently announced the release of its Linux Graphics Update Tool 2.0.2. Ubuntu 16.04 is supported so it’s easy to install the latest Intel Graphics Stack in this LTS release. The new release supports for Ubuntu 16.04, and Fedora 24, and it’s available for download at the link below: Once you downloaded the .deb package, click install it via ...

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Opera 39 Goes Stable, How to Install it in Ubuntu

Opera web browser

Opera web browser for Linux finally reached the 39 stable release. It’s now based on Chromium 52.0.2743.116. What’s new in Opera 39: ES2016 exponentiation operator Fetch API: Response construction with ReadableStream Fetch API: referrer policy 2D canvas filters createImageBitmap options Invalidvalues are no longer treated as subtitles Web Audio updates. See more in changelog page. How to install Opera 39 ...

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How to install OpenMV 0.40 via PPA in Ubuntu 16.04, 14.04

openmw game engine

OpenMV, an unofficial open source engine reimplementation of the game Morrowind, has reached the 0.40 release a few days ago. OpenMW is a recreation of the engine for the popular role-playing game Morrowind by Bethesda Softworks. You need to own and install the original game for OpenMW to work. The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version ...

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Wine 1.9.18 Supports Multiple Kernel Drivers in Single Process

Wine running Windows apps on Linux

The latest development Wine 1.9.18 has been released today for running Windows Apps/Games in Linux and other OS. The wine 1.9 release is the development series for the next stable 2.0 release. What’s new in Wine 1.9.18: Support for multiple kernel drivers in a single process. More WebServices reader support. Various improvements in joystick support. Some more work towards the ...

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How to Reset Forgotten Passwords in Ubuntu 16.04

Forgot your Ubuntu login password? Well, this quick tip is going to show you how to reset user (or root) password in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It’s easy to change a password in Ubuntu Linux via passwd command. The key is how you can get into the root command console with super user privilege. 1. Boot into root shell: For those ...

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How to Change The Unity Dash Logo Icon in Ubuntu 16.04

Customize Unity Dash Icon

For better viewing, you can change the GTK and icon themes in Ubuntu Desktop. But most icon themes do not change the Dash icon in the Unity Launcher. Accurately, the Ubuntu logo (Unity Dash icon) is the launcher_bfb.png file located in /usr/share/unity/icons. Just replace this 128×128 pixels png file with a custom icon file will change the Dash icon at ...

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