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Kdenlive Video Editor 16.12 Released [How-to-Install]

Kdenlive Video Editor

Kdenlive, KDE Non-Linear Video Editor, has reached the 16.12 release one day ago. The 16.12 release cycle brings the much requested Rotoscoping effect back and new effects, Library improvements, OGG render profile, UI fixes and as with every release much more stability. This release marks the first step towards implementing Advanced Trimming Tools which will be introduced in 17.04. For ...

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Vivaldi Browser 1.5 Released with Philips Hue Color Lights Integration

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The Vivaldi web browser 1.5 was released a few days ago with new and improved tab functionality, reader mode, a smart-home lighting integration, and many other changes. What’s New in Vivaldi 1.5: 1. New and improved tab management: You can now select multiple tabs, apply commands to them in bulk, and drag the selected tabs into stacks. You can even ...

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Avidemux Video Editor 2.6.15 Released [Ubuntu PPA]

Avidemux video editor has recently reached the 2.6.15 release with hardware decoding / encoding improvements and usability fixes. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, and Ubuntu 16.10. Changes in Avidemux 2.6.15: Added support for HEVC/VC1 with libVA Experimental Dxva2 video decoder + Dxva2/D3D display engine (Windows) Added FDK-AAC as encoder Added reload default settings Allow minimizing to tray ...

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NVIDIA 375.20 Released with X.org 1.19 Support [Ubuntu PPA]

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The first stable driver release of NVIDIA 375 for Linux has been released. Here’s how to install it in all supported Ubuntu editions via PPA. NVIDIA 375.20 is the first stable Linux driver with support for GeForce GTX 1050, GTX 1050 Ti. This release also add support for Quadro M620, M5000 SE, M3000 SE GPUs, and support for xorg-server 1.19. ...

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Qmmp Audio Player 1.1.5 / 0.10.5 Adds FFmpeg 3.2 Support

Qmmp Qt Multi Media Player

Qmmp, a Qt-based multimedia player with Winamp like interface, has just reached the 1.1.5 (for Qt5) and 0.10.5 (for Qt4) release. Qmmp 1.1.5 and 0.10.5 adds support for FFmpeg 3.2, and also fixes following bugs: fix file downloading issue in the http plugin; fix directory selection in the qsui plugin; fix possible segmentation fault; fix command line option ‘–pl-repeat-toggle’; fix ...

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digiKam 5.3.0 Released, Linux AppImage Available for Download

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The digiKam photo management software has reached the 5.3.0 release a few days ago. AppImage bundle for Linux users now is available. AppImage is an open-source project dedicated to provide a simple way to distribute portable software as compressed binary file, that standard user can run as well, without to install special dependencies. All is included into the bundle, as ...

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Claws Mail 3.14.1 Released, How to Install in Ubuntu 16.04

Claws Mail, the fast, lightweight, and GTK+ based email client has reached the 3.14.1 release one day ago with some new features, various fixes, and translation updates. Claws Mail 3.14.1 brings two new hidden preferences: ‘hide_timezone’ and ‘rewrite_first_from’. While the first one is to set the timezone of date fields sent over the network to the unknown timezone value as ...

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Wine 1.9.22 Released, How to Install it via PPA

The latest Wine development has now reached the 1.9.22 release, leading up to the Wine 2.0 stable release later this year. What’s New in Wine 1.9.22: macOS clipboard support adapted to the new design. Initial implementation of bitmap rendering in Direct2D. More WebServices implementation. A few more steps towards HID support. There are also 25 bug-fixes in this release, see ...

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NVIDIA 375.10 Linux Driver Adds GTX 1050 GPUs Support

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NVIDIA announced two new GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti gaming cards a few days ago. Now the Linux driver NVIDIA 375.10 Beta is released with the first support for both GPUs. NVIDIA 375.10 Beta, the first 375.x driver release, adds support for Quadro P6000, Quadro P5000, GeForce GTX 1050, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti GPUs. It also features: Added new ...

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Oracle Virtualbox 5.1.8 Released, How to Install in Ubuntu

Oracle Virtualbox has released a new update for the 5.1 series. Various bugs to GUI, network, Linux hosts and additions has been fixed in this release. Changes in Virtualbox 5.1.8: GUI: fixed keyboard shortcut handling regressions (Mac OS X hosts only) GUI: fixed keyboard handling regression for separate UI (Windows hosts only) NAT: don’t exceed the maximum number of “search” ...

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