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VLC Media Player 2.2.8 Released with Security Fixes (PPA)

Last updated: December 6, 2017

VideoLAN finally announced the release of VLC media player 2.2.8.

VideoLAN and the VLC development team are happy to publish version 2.2.8 of VLC media player today.

This release fixes a security issue in the AVI demuxer. Additionally, it includes the following fixes, which are part of 2.2.7: This release fixes compatibility with macOS High Sierra and fixes SSA subtitles rendering on macOS. This release also fixes a few security issues, in the flac and the libavcodec modules (heap write overflow), in the avi module and a few crashes.

For macOS users, please note: A bug was fixed in VLC 2.2.7 concerning the update mechanism on macOS. In rare circumstances, an auto-update from older versions of VLC to VLC 2.2.8 might not be possible. Please download the update manually from our website in this case.

The source tarball was available more than a week ago. It’s been made into main repository of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

For Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 16.04, I’ve wrote about how to install VLC 2.2.7 via PPA, which now contains VLC 2.2.8.

VLC is also available as Flatpak for Ubuntu 16.04 and higher. Install latest Flatpak via PPA, then open terminal and run command to install VLC via Flatpak:

flatpak install --from https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.videolan.VLC.flatpakref
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QupZilla browser 2.2.2 Released with Various Bug-Fixes

Last updated: December 5, 2017

The second bug-fix release for QupZilla 2.2 series was release a few hours ago. The new release features following changes:

  • updated available user agent strings
  • added support for “font” option in AdBlock
  • fix build with Qt 5.10
  • fix build on macOS < 10.12
  • fix showing irrelevant domain completions in locationbar
  • fix showing site icons on some systems
  • fix clearing visited links when clearing history
  • fix using system network proxy configuration
  • fix saving window geometry when closing app with Ctrl+Q shortcut
  • fix various issues with web page not being focused after restoring session
  • fix AutoScroll plugin not being able to scroll to all directions in some cases
  • Linux: add StartupWMClass to desktop file
  • Windows: fix possible isssue with uninstaller removing more files than it should

Download / Install QupZilla 2.2.2 in Ubuntu:

QupZilla can’t be built into .deb packages in all current Ubuntu releases due to outdated Qt5 libraries.

So far, the easiest way to run QupZilla in Ubuntu is to use the Appimage, a non-install single executable file:

Download the file, make it executable from its Properties window, and finally run the Appimage to launch QupZilla web browser:

Don’t see the “Run” option even after made the Appimage executable? Go to file manager’s menu Edit -> Preferences -> Behavior -> Choose the option says ‘Run executable text files when they are opened’.

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How to Install MAME Emulator 0.192 via PPA in Ubuntu

Last updated: December 4, 2017

MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) reached the 0.192 release. Here’s how to install it via PPA in Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10.

MAME is a free and open source emulator designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems in software on modern personal computers and other platforms.

The latest MAME 0.192 was release a few days ago with following changes:

  • Supports Oriental Legend 2 and Knights of Valour 2 New Legend
  • The MCU for Ping Pong King is simulated
  • Flower and Taito’s abstract maze game Marine Date are emulated better.
  • Missing graphics in the Merit Megatouch games fixed.
  • graphical fixes for FM Towns
  • heaps of improvements for the Tatung Einstein
  • No-Slot Clock support for the Apple //e family
  • support for some Brazilian CoCo clones from Prológica and Codimex.
  • The ACI Destiny Prodigy, Mephisto RISC 1MB and Mephisto RISC II chess computers are now working.

How to Install MAME 0.192 in Ubuntu:

There’s an unofficial PPA contains the latest packages for Ubuntu 17.04, and Ubuntu 17.10 so far. Unfortunately, Ubuntu 16.04 build is not updated any more since version 0.189.

1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for ‘terminal’ form app launcher. When it opens, run command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:c.falco/mame

Input your password (no visual feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue adding the PPA.

2. Then upgrade the emulator via Software Updater utility if you have a previous release installed.

or run commands one by one in terminal to install it:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install mame

Uninstall:

To remove MAME emulator, run following command in terminal:

sudo apt-get remove --autoremove mame

To remove the PPA, launch ‘Software & Updates’ utility and navigate to Other Software tab.

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Vidcutter 5.0.5 Released with Overhauled Appimage for Ubuntu 14.04

Last updated: December 3, 2017

Free and open-source video cutting and joining software, Vidcutter 5.0.5, was released a few hours ago.

The new release is mainly for users of the AppImage binary which has been overhauled and tested on Ubuntu 14.04, 15.04 + KDE Neon.

Other changes include:

  • AppImage contains latest nightly binary of FFmpeg so SmartCut will work properly.
  • fixed timeline slider tooltip displaying issue.
  • Removal of Python 3 OpenGL module to allow app to work on Linux distros containing older 3.0.1 versions of the module.

How to Install Vidcutter 5.0.5 in Ubuntu:

For Ubuntu 14.04 users, grab .Appimage from the ‘Downloads’ section in the link below:

The Appimage is a single file with most run-time and dependency libraries bundled. To run it, do:

  • Right-click and go to its Properties -> Permissions window.
  • Check the box says ‘allow executing file as program’.
  • And right-click and run the Appimage to launch Vidcutter.

For Ubuntu 16.04 and higher users, Vidcutter can be installed via its official PPA.

1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for ‘terminal’ form app launcher. When it opens, run command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ozmartian/apps

Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.

2. Then install Vidcutter either via your system package manager or run command:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install vidcutter

Uninstall:

To remove the PPA, open ‘Software & Updates’ utility and navigate to Other Software tab.

To remove the video cutting software, either use your system package manger or run command:

sudo apt-get remove --autoremove vidcutter
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Liferea Feed Reader 1.12.0 Released! How to Install

Last updated: December 1, 2017

The open-source Liferea feed reader finally reached the new stable 1.12.0 release after months of development. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 18.04.

Liferea 1.12.0 release highlights:

  • Wide view is now default view
  • HTML view now has a ‘View Image’ context menu
  • Redesign of the wide view: large icons with teaser text for better using 16:9 screen ratios and making Liferea usable on touchscreen
  • Optional AMP / HTML5 rich content fetching feature
  • Upgrade to WebKit2: This is an important security improvement!
  • Added a “Do Not Track” preference (disabled per-default)
  • Reordered columns in ‘Normal’ email-like view to have the date column always at the end
  • Plugins switched to Python3 libpeas loader
  • Full screen support for videos
  • Simplified external browser support
  • Experimental support for InoReader and Reedah online services
  • Added category/folder support for TheOldReader
  • Added folder auto-removal for TinyTinyRSS & TheOldReader
  • Removed libindicate, libnotify code, tray icon code (re-added as a plugins)
  • Some important bug-fixes.

How to Install Liferea 1.12.0 in Ubuntu:

For Ubuntu 16.04 and higher, you can easily install the new release from this PPA repository.

1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for ‘terminal’ from app launcher. When it opens, run command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps

Type your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it asks and hit Enter.

2. Then upgrade Liferea via Software Updater utility:

or run commands one by one to install the Linux feed reader:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install liferea

Uninstall Liferea:

To remove the software, either use your system package manager or run command:

sudo apt-get remove --autoremove liferea

To remove the PPA repository, open “Software & Updates” utility and navigate to Other Software tab.

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IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu

Last updated: November 30, 2017

Jet Brains announced the release of IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 earlier today. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.10, and Ubuntu 18.04.

IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 is a new massive release that includes loads of new features and dozens of important bugfixes. See the release note for details.

How to Install IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3 in Ubuntu:

There are a few ways to run the latest release of the Java IDE in Ubuntu desktop. And here are 3 of them:

method 1: Download official Linux package (NON-INSTALL), extract and run the executable to launch the IDE:

method 2: Install the Snap package for Ubuntu 16.04 and higher:

Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching ‘terminal’ from app launcher. When it opens, run command:

sudo snap install intellij-idea-community --classic

Replace intellij-idea-community with intellij-idea-ultimate for ultimate edition. And type your password (no visual feedback) when it asks.

method 3: Install the traditional .deb package via PPA to get the official Linux package and install the application shortcut automatically.

To do so, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run following commands one by one to add the PPA and install the .deb packages:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install intellij-idea-community

Also replace intellij-idea-community in the code with intellij-idea-ultimate for ultimate edition.

Uninstall:

For the snap packages, you can either remove them from Ubuntu Software, or by running command in terminal:

sudo snap remove intellij-idea-community intellij-idea-ultimate

For the PPA packages, remove them either via Synaptic package manager, or by running command in terminal:

sudo apt-get remove --autoremove intellij-idea-community intellij-idea-ultimate

And you can remove the PPA via “Software & Updates” utility under Other Software tab.

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PyCharm 2017.3 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu

Last updated: November 29, 2017

Jet Brains announced the release of PyCharm 2017.3 earlier today. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 18.04.

PyCharm 2017.3 release highlights:

  • Performance improvements: Python indexing is twice as fast, JavaScript indexing is up to 40% faster, configuring SSH interpreters is much faster (in some cases over 100x), and more!
  • The new release makes creating and selecting Python interpreters easier.
  • A new scientific mode, which puts all the tools you need for data science at your fingertips (professional version only)
  • An all new HTTP client for those who build (REST) APIs.
  • Fully supports for Django 2.0 (professional edition only)
  • Supports running Python modules (python -m )
  • Supports for SSH config files

How to Install PyCharm 2017.3 in Ubuntu:

You can easily run the new release in Ubuntu via either:

method 1: official Linux binaries. NON-INSTALL version, just extract and run executable file to launch the IDE:

method 2 (recommended): or install the Snap package. WELL integrated with Ubuntu. Support for Ubuntu 16.04 and higher:

Simply open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for ‘terminal’ from app launcher. When it opens, run command:

sudo snap install pycharm-community --classic

For sudo prompts, input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it asks and hit Enter.

For professional edition, run following command instead:

sudo snap install pycharm-professional --classic

Once installed, launch the IDE from your application launcher and enjoy!

Uninstall:

To remove the snap packages, either use Ubuntu Software or run command in terminal:

sudo snap remove pycharm-community pycharm-professional
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Qmmp music player 1.2.0 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu

Last updated: November 26, 2017

Qmmp, a Qt-based music player with winamp or xmms like interface, reached the new major 1.2.0 (and 0.11.0 for Qt4) release with many new features, improvements, and some bug-fixes.

Changes in Qmmp 1.2.0 (0.11.0) include:

  • added archive reader plugin (requires TagLib >= 1.11), file writer plugin, and icecast output plugin
  • added feature to disable notifications when another application is in the full screen mode
  • added cover tab to the track details dialog
  • added ‘--volume-status‘ and ‘--mute-status‘ command-line option
  • added feature to change user interface from command line
  • added parent directory name to the title formatting fields
  • added cache to the lyrics plugin
  • added feature to clear window title when playback is finished
  • added ‘Raise’ method implementation to the mpris plugin
  • added mount point list to the file dialog (1.2.0 only)
  • improved plugin API, cover cache, visualization support
  • improved aac plugin, sndfile plugin, mpeg,plugin, qsui plugin, audio format determination in the ffmpeg plugin
  • improved m3u, pls and xspf support
  • improved DirectSound and WASAPI support
  • added lame header and gapless support
  • improved file type determination
  • added quick search to the playlist and the file system browser
  • added feature to change toolbar icon size
  • added record button
  • added cover image alignment
  • reduced memory usage
  • improved settings
  • fixed memory leaks
  • fixed FVWM support (0.11.0 only)
  • translation updates

How to Install Qmmp 1.2.0 (0.11.0) in Ubuntu:

Qmmp has an PPA repository that offers the latest packages for Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, and their derivatives.

1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or from app launcher, and then run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:forkotov02/ppa

2. Then update and install Qmmp and its plugins:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install qmmp qmmp-plugin-pack

The commands install Qmmp 1.2.0 (Qt5 version) in Ubuntu 16.04 & higher, and Qmmp 0.11.0 (Qt4 version) in Ubuntu 14.04 & Ubuntu 12.04.

For Ubuntu 16.04 and higher users who want to install Qmmp 0.11.0 (Qt4 version), run following commands instead:

sudo apt-get update 

sudo apt-get install qmmp-qt4 qmmp-plugin-pack-qt4

Uninstall:

You can manage the PPA repository via Software & Updates utility, under Other Software tab.

To remove Qmmp music player, either use your system package manager or run command:

sudo apt-get remove --autoremove qmmp qmmp-qt4 qmmp-plugin-pack qmmp-plugin-pack-qt4
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OpenShot 2.4.1 Available for Install via Ubuntu PPA

Last updated: November 25, 2017

OpenShot video editor reached the 2.4.1 release two weeks ago. Now it’s finally available in PPA for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04.

OpenShot 2.4.1 release highlights:

  • Improved image quality.
  • Improved playback smoothness.
  • Improved stability (especially for Windows)
  • New video tutorials
  • Stability improvements and more. See the release note.

How to Install OpenShot 2.4.1 in Ubuntu:

The PPA does not support Ubuntu 17.10 so far. However, a 64-bit AppImage is available for download at the link below. Just download, make executable and run the file to launch OpenShot:

For traditional packages, OpenShot’s official PPA contains the .deb packages for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, and Ubuntu 17.04:

1. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openshot.developers/ppa

Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.

2. Then upgrade the editor via “Software Updater”, if you have a previous openshot-qt package installed.

Or run commands to check updates and install / upgrade OpenShot:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install openshot-qt libopenshot*

Uninstall:

To uninstall openshot video editor, run following command in terminal:

sudo apt-get remove --autoremove openshot-qt

And remove the PPA by launching “Software & Updates” and navigating to Other Software tab.

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Virtualbox 5.2.2 Added Improvements to High Resolution Screens

Last updated: November 24, 2017

Virtualbox 5.2.2, the first maintenance release for VBox 5.2 series, was released earlier today.

Changes in Virtualbox 5.2.2 include:

  • Various improvements for high resolution screens
  • Added functionality to duplicate optical and floppy images
  • Various improvements for the virtual media manager
  • VMM: fixed emulation so that Plan 9 guests can start once more
  • Storage: fixed regression breaking iSCSI
  • Audio: added HDA support for more exotic guests (e.g. Haiku)
  • Serial: fixed hanging I/O when using named pipes on Windows
  • Serial: fixed broken communication with certain devices on Linux hosts
  • USB/OHCI: improved behavior so that the controller state after a VM reset is closer to the initial state after VM start
  • EFI: fixed HFS+ driver which in rare cases failed to access most files on a volume
  • Shared clipboard: fixed hang with OS X host and Linux guest
  • Linux hosts/guests: fixed kernel module compilation and start failures with Linux kernel 4.14.
  • X11 hosts: better handle WM_CLASS setting
  • Linux guests: fixed various 5.2.0 regressions
  • Bridged networking: fixed duplicate EtherType in VLAN/priority tags on Linux.

How to Install Virtualbox 5.2.2 in Ubuntu:

1. If you’re still running with VirtualBox 5.1.x, open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or from application launcher. Remove old Virtualbox via command:

sudo apt-get remove virtualbox virtualbox-5.1

2. Download & install the latest Virtualbox package from the link below:

3. If you’ve added the Oracle VBox repository, you can directly install the 5.2 release from Synaptic Package Manager or via apt command, after removing the old version.

To add the repository, do:

Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add the repository:

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'

Depends your Ubuntu edition, replace xenial (for Ubuntu 16.04) with trusty (for 14.04, Mint 17.x, eOS 0.3), or artful (for Ubuntu 17.10).

Setup the keyring so to trust the updates from the repository:

wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

Finally install virtualbox 5.2 via commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.2

With the repository added, you can simply install the future 5.2 series updates via Software Updater.

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