Although they are not officially announced, VLC media player 2.2.7 (and 2.2.8 with single fix) now are available for download. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, and derivatives.
Changes in VLC 2.2.7 include:
Fix flac heap write overflow on format change
Fix crash in libavcodec module (heap write out-of band) (CVE-2017-10699)
Fix infinite loop in sami subtitle
Fix AAC 7.1 channels detection
Fix potential crash in ASX parser
Fix AVI read/write overflow
Fix compatibility with Mac OS High Sierra
Fix regression in ASS subtitle decoding for Mac OS
Fix crash during automatic update in Mac OS X. Some users might need to manually update to the newest version.
Fix Direct3D9 output with odd offsets
Fix crash in MTP
Support libupnp 1.8
And VLC 2.2.8 fixed AVI invalid pointer dereferences for demuxers.
Install VLC 2.2.7 in Ubuntu 16.04/14.04:
There are quite a few PPAs with VLC packages for Ubuntu. At the moment, you can install VLC 2.2.7 in Ubuntu easily via Jonathon F’s PPA.
1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching “Terminal” from start menu. When it opens, run command to add PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/vlc
Type in your password (no visual feedback due to security reason) when prompts and hit Enter.
2.Remove old VLC version, if you installed it from Ubuntu Software, to avoid a package conflict:
sudo apt remove --autoremove vlc vlc-nox
3. Finally run commands in terminal to check updates and install VLC 2.2.7:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install vlc
How to Restore:
To restore VLC media player to the stock version in your main Ubuntu repository, run command to purge the PPA:
The open source kart racing game, Supertuxkart 0.9.3, was released earlier today. The new release features in-game screen recording and Android support.
Supertuxkart 0.9.3 release highlight:
Reduced RAM and VRAM usage, reducing load times.
New mesh format optimized for space and hardware skinning
Code refactoring of both render pipelines
New karts Wilber, Hexley, Kiki and updated Konqi.
New tracks Cornfield Crossing and Candela City
Physics improvements and various physics bugfixes
Kart GFX improvements (exhaust and headlight)
In-game screen recording powered by libopenglrecorder
The official Linux packages are available for download at the link below:
Grab the package, extract, and run the executable to launch the IDE. You may manually create an application shortcut to be able to start it from app launcher.
For Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, you can also use the installer script that automatically downloads the IDE from JetBrains’ web server, installs it to /opt/, and finally creates an app shortcut for it.
Mozilla Firefox reached the 57.0 release earlier today. The new release, Firefox Quantum, features a completely new browsing engine makes it over twice as fast as before.
Mozilla Firefox 57.0 release highlights:
A completely new browsing engine.
A redesigned interface, and optimizations for touch screens
A unified address and search bar.
A revamped new tab page that includes top visited sites, recently visited pages, and recommendations from Pocket
An updated product tour to orient new and returning Firefox users
AMD VP9 hardware video decoder support for improved video playback with lower power consumption
An expanded section in preferences to manage all website permissions
Also various security fixes and other changes. See release note.
How to install Firefox 57 in Ubuntu:
For Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, the latest Firefox 57 will be published through Ubuntu security & updates repository.
Once it’s published (check Firefox in launchpad), you can upgrade Firefox via Software Updater:
Can’t wait? Mozilla offers non-install Linux packages (select i686 for 32-bit, x86_64 for 64-bit os):
Linux Kernel 4.14 stable was released yesterday. Linus Torvalds announced that:
No surprises this week, although it is probably worth pointing out how the 0day robot has been getting even better (it was very useful before, but Fengguang has been working on making it even better, and reporting the problems it has found).
Sure, some of the new reports turned out to be just 0day doing things that just don’t work (ie KASAN with old gcc versions, but also doing things like loading old ISA drivers in situations that just don’t make sense – remember when you couldn’t even ask if the hardware existed or not, and just had to know), but even then it’s been all good.
The appended shortlog is obviously only for the (small) haul since rc8, and it really is tiny. Not very many commits, and they are small. The biggest thing that stands out in the diffstat is the “leaking_addresses” perl script, which is actually under active development, but I put the first version in for 4.14 just so that people could see that initial state and start looking at the end result and perhaps ask themselves “should my code make these kernel addresses visible to user space”.
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How to Install Kernel 4.14 in Ubuntu / Linux Mint:
The mainline kernel PPA has made the new kernel binaries for Ubuntu, available for download at the link below:
Depends on your OS type, download and install the packages in turns:
Select generic for common system, and lowlatency for a low latency system (e.g. for recording audio), amd64 for 64bit system, i386 for 32bit system, or armhf, arm64, etc for other OS types.
To get the Kernel 4.14 from the command console, run the commands below one by one:
Start/restart your machine and select boot with the previous kernel in Grub2 -> Advanced menu. Then use Ubuntu Tweak, or other system tool to remove the Kernel 4.14, or you may see this how to remove old kernels tutorial.
The latest release of Mesa 3D graphics library 17.2.4 now is available to install easily via Ubuntu-X Team PPA in Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 17.10.
Mesa 17.2.4 was released more than a week ago with several Intel OpenGL/Vulkan fixes, memory leak fixes for the Mesa state tracker, a Vulkan windowing system integration memory leak fix for X11, and some other small fixes.
How to Install Mesa 17.2.4 in Ubuntu 16.04, 17.10 via PPA:
1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcuts or by searching for “terminal” from application launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/updates
Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.
2. Then refresh your system and install upgrades via commands: