For Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, and their derivatives, e.g, Linux Mint 17, 18, follow the steps below to add OpenShot Stable PPA and install / upgrade the latest release:
1. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add the PPA:
A new maintenance release for Oracle Virtualbox 5.1 has been released one day ago with Linux hosts and guests fixes and kernel 4.9, 4.10, 2.2.68 compile fixes.
Changes in Virtualbox 5.1.12:
VMM: fixed VERR_IEM_ASPECT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED Guru Meditations with certain Linux guests if KVM paravirtualization is enabled
VMM: fixed VERR_VMX_UNABLE_TO_START_VM Guru Meditations under rare conditions
GUI: prevent a crash under certain conditions if the VM is terminated very early
GUI: fixed certain keyboard capture issues for OS X hosts.
GUI: fixed dragging guest windows in seamless mode with the keyboard captured (X11 hosts only)
GUI: fixed a problem where the new version detected dialog was covered by the appliance import dialog (Mac OS X hosts only
Storage: fixed NVMe reset processing when doing rmmod nvme; modprobe nvme in a Linux guest
Storage: fixed creating a snapshot when the VM is running and an NVMe controller is present
Storage: fixed a problem with the LsiLogic SCSI controller where requests could be lost with SMP guests
E1000: fixed “cable disconnected” issue for Mac OS X guests
E1000: fixed “TX unit hang” issue for Linux guests only
Parallel ports: fixed port enumeration on Windows host
API: don’t crash when sanitizing certain VM names
Linux hosts: automatically disable asynchronous I/O on Linux 2.6.18 kernels
Linux hosts / guests: Linux 2.6.28 compile fix
Linux hosts: compile Linux 4.9 compile fix
Linux Additions: warn the user about a known bug with older Linux guests (e.g. Debian 7) requiring manual work to get 3D working
Linux Additions: fix the graphics driver build with Linux 4.10 and later
Windows Additions: fixed a crash in the WDDM driver under certain conditions
Download / Install Virtualbox 5.1.12 in Ubuntu:
The official Linux binary packages are available for download at the link below:
Grab the package (i386 for 32-bit, or amd64 for 64-bit) for you system and click install via Ubuntu Software.
For those who have a previous VBox 5.1 release installed, launch Software Updater to upgrade the software if you have Virtualbox Linux repository added in your system:
To manually add Virtualbox Linux repository:
1. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'
Replace xenial in the code with yakkety (for 16.10), or trusty for 14.04 and Linux Mint 17.x.
Vimix is a flat Material Design theme for GTK 3, GTK 2 and Gnome-Shell which supports GTK 3 and GTK 2 based desktop environments like Gnome, Unity, Budgie, Pantheon, XFCE, Mate, etc.
This theme is based on Flat-Plat gtk theme of nana-4. The theme offers:
dark theme, dark doder, dark ruby.
light theme, light doder, light ruby.
Following pictures are Vimix theme with Numix icons in Unity Desktop (with plank):
Vimix Light with Numix icons (Unity with Plank)
Vimix Dark with Numix icons in Unity
Install Vimix GTK Theme in Ubuntu 16.10:
The theme project page offers .deb and .rpm packages for Gtk 3.20 and Gtk 3.22. So you need at least Ubuntu 16.10.
For other Gtk3.22 or other packages, go to github.com.
After installed the .deb packages via Ubuntu Software or dpkg command, launch Unity Tweak Tool, Gnome Tweak Tool, or other configuration tool and apply new GTK themes and enjoy!
PyCharm has reached the 2016.3.1 release. For those sticking to the latest community version, here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10 via the GetDeb repository.
Mystic-Mirage has stopped maintaining PPA repository for PyCharm, you can now install only the community version from the GetDeb repository for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10 and their derivatives.
1. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add the repository:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu yakkety-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'
Then setup the keyring to trust the updates from that repository:
The Vivaldi web browser has reached the 1.6 release today, features ability to display notifications in tabs, rename tab stacks, and tab selection by domain.
Vivaldi 1.6 brings tab notifications features, which displays overlay icons on both pinned and regular tabs that notify you of new emails or messages coming through social media websites.
After enabling “Allow Tab Stack Renaming” in settings, Vivaldi 1.6 also allows you to rename tab stack by right clicking on a tab and choose “Rename Tab Stack” option.
Another feature: Tab selection by domain. You can select multiple tabs at once by simply holding Ctrl (or ⌘ on macOS) and double-clicking on one of the tabs. All open tabs from the same domain will now be selected.
Download Vivaldi browser:
Download the .deb package from the link below, then click install it via Ubuntu Software:
Opera 42, a new stable release of this Chromium based web browser, was released today. The new release features built-in currency converter and improved newsreader.
Opera 42 Features:
Built-in currency converter. Simply select the price you want to convert on the page and Opera will automatically show it in your local currency.
Even smarter and faster startup
Easier way to discover feeds. Opera’s personal newsreader offers a newspaper icon on address bar. (Disabled by default)
Download & Install Opera 42:
For those who have a previous release installed and added the Opera for Linux repository, just launch Software Updater to upgrade the browser:
Or you can download the .deb package and click to install via Ubuntu Software from the link below:
Linux Kernel 4.9 was finally released last night as ‘the biggest release’ said in the announcement. Linus Torvalds wrote on lkml.org:
So Linux 4.9 is out, and the merge window for 4.10 is thus open.
With the extra week for 4.9, the timing for the merge window is obviously a bit awkward, and it technically closes in two weeks on Christmas Day. But that is a pure technicality, because I will certainly stop pulling on the 23rd at the latest, and if I get roped into xmas food prep, even that date might be questionable.
I could extend the merge window rather than cut it short, but I’m not going to. I suspect we all want a nice calm winter break, so if your stuff isn’t ready to be merged early, the solution is to just not merge it yet at all, and wait for 4.11. Just so you all know (I already bcc’d the main merge window suspects in a separate mailing last week, I’m just repeating myself here to avoid anybody being confused about timing).
Anyway, back to 4.9 itself.
I’m pretty sure this is the biggest release we’ve ever had, at least in number of commits. If you look at the number of lines changed, we’ve had bigger releases in the past, but they have tended to be due to specific issues (v4.2 got a lot of lines from the AMD GPU register definition files, for example, and we’ve had big re-organizations that caused a lot of lines in the past: v3.2 was big due to staging, v3.7
had the automated uapi header file disintegration, etc). In contrast, 4.9 is just big.
Admittedly a chunk of that is the new greybus staging support, but that really isn’t the bulk of it – it’s just another small detail in the overall “yes, v4.9 is big” picture.
Other than just the size, 4.9 looks fairly normal. A bit over two thirds drivers (staging, GPU and networking are the bulk of it, but it’s all over), with the rest looking fairly normal too: arch updates, documentation, generic networking, filesystems..
The shortlog (16k+ commits, with another 1100 merge commits to round things out) is obviously much too big to put here, and wouldn’t be legible anyway. So as is my wont, I’m appending just the log of my merges.
New Features in Linux Kernel 4.9:
Virtual Display Support and improved GPU reset for AMDGPU.
Various fixes and improvements to Intel DRM.
Memory protection keys (MPK) support.
Support for vmapped kernel stacks.
29 more ARM machines support, including Raspberry Pi Zero, LG Nexus 5, etc.
Various file-system improvements and more.
How to Install Linux Kernel 4.9:
The Ubuntu kernel team has build the new kernel release, and the binaries are available for download at the link below:
Depends on your OS type, grab and install the packages below one by one:
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 4.9 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 4.9, or you may see this post that teach you how to remove old kernels.
Audacious audio player has reached the 3.8.1 release one day ago with new feature opus cover art support in the info bar, and following bug-fixes:
Fix randomly freezes in Windows.
Time value can become larger than the track length by dragging the progress bar beyond the end of the trough.
The ‘Do not load metadata for songs until played’ option appears twice in the QT interface preferences
Audacious GTK and Winamp like interface
How to Install Audacious 3.8.1 in Ubuntu:
The new release has been made into Webupd8Team PPA, available for all current Ubuntu releases and derivatives, e.g., Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Linux Mint 17 and 18.
1. To add the PPA, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:
2. Then upgrade Audacious player from a previous by launching Software Updater:
Or install it for the first time via your package manager or using the commands:
Kxstitch, an open-source cross stitch pattern and chart creation software for KDE, has now reached the 2.0 release with KF5 port, a number of improvements and lots of new language translations.
Patterns can be created from scratch on a user defined size of grid, which can be enlarged or reduced in size as your pattern progresses. Alternatively you can import images from many graphics formats which will allow you to reduce the number of colours and to restrict the conversion to full stitches or optionally use fractional stitches.
You may also use an image as a background. These imported images can then be modified using the supplied tools to produce your final design.
Kxstitch Features:
Creation of new patterns
Editing of existing patterns – KXStitch is also capable of reading PC Stitch 5 files.
Use of various floss pallets, DMC, Anchor, Madeira, JP Coates
Creation of custom palettes and colours.
Use of standard stitches
Free use of backstitching
Importing of various picture formats
Printing of patterns and floss keys
How to Install Kxstitch 2.0 in Ubuntu 16.04, 16.10:
Due to lack of official deb binaries, I’ve made the 2.0 release into an Ubuntu PPA, available for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Linux Mint 18, and derivatives.
You can either run commands in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) to add the PPA and install kxstitch: