For Ubuntu 16.10 users or those just installing the new version of Google Chrome browser, you may encounter “Adobe Flash Player is out of date” error while trying to play flash videos in the browser.
This is because Google Chrome does no longer come with bundled Adobe Flash Player since version 54. For Firefox, you can get the latest Flash 23 beta via this tutorial. And for Chrome browser, you need to manually update the flash via below steps:
1. Open Google Chrome and go to the components and typing following line in the address bar:
chrome://components/
2. Find out Adobe Flash Player and click the “Check for update” button.
3. Once the flash is installed/updated, restart your browser and enjoy!
For those sticking to Ubuntu Tweak for cleaning system caches, the 0.8.8 release is still available for install in Ubuntu 16.10 via a third-party PPA.
Ubuntu Tweak is simple tool for configuring Ubuntu Desktop settings, it is no longer under maintenance since May 2016. The last release is Ubuntu Tweak 0.8.8, and it’s still available in third party repositories for Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 16.10.
Install Ubuntu Tweak in Ubuntu 16.10:
While Ubuntu Tweak is stuck at version 0.8.8, there’s no future updates, so download the .deb directly from the PPA link below:
Click expand the Yakkety packages and download the “ubuntu-tweak-0.8.8-5~yakkety_all.deb” package:
Finally click to install the package via Ubuntu Software. Or run command (Ctrl+Alt+T) in terminal to install the package via dpkg:
Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak has been released. For those want to install Ubuntu 16.10 from an ISO image, here’s how to create a bootable USB stick using UNetbootin.
Unetbootin is an open-source and cross-platform utility for burning ISO into a bootable USB stick. And I use UNetbootin to install Ubuntu since it was Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty.
Requirements:
A computer with Linux, Windows, or Mac system.
USB drive with 2GB+ memory.
To get start:
1. Download UNetbootin executable from the link below:
For Ubuntu, you don’t have to download anything, just search for and install unetbootin from Ubuntu Software Center.
You may check the downloaded image via MD5SUMS or SHA1SUMS
3. Plug-in your USB drive (better to format to FAT32) and then launch UNetbootin:
It auto-detects and selects your USB drive, so all you need to do is check the “Diskimage” box and choose the Ubuntu 16.10 ISO image. And leave other options default.
4. Click OK and it starts copying files to the USB stick and this will take a few minutes:
5. When done, it prompts you to restart or exist:
Finally plug the USB drive to any computer, select boot USB in BIOS settings, and you’ll see the GRUB menu, when it boots up, with boot entries to try, install Ubuntu.
Looking for a Linux version of Everything Search Engine? ANGRYsearch helps you find files and folders rapidly in Linux with a simple graphical interface.
Linux file search, instant results as you type
Attempt at making Linux version of Everything Search Engine because no one else bothered.
Everyone seems to be damn content with searches that are slow, populating results as they go; or are cli based, making it difficult to comfortably make use of the results; or are heavily integrated with a file manager, often limiting search to just home; or are trying to be everything with full-text file’s content search.
ANGRYsearch is written in Python3 and PyQt5. It’s database can be set to two different modes in ~/.config/angrysearch/angrysearch.conf file with angrysearch_lite being set to true or false:
lite mode (Default) shows only name and path
full mode shows also size and date of the last modification, the drawback is that crawling through drives takes roughly twice as long since every file and directory gets additional stats calls
There are also 3 search mode available:
Fast mode (Default) extremely fast, but no substrings, meaning it would not find “Pirates” or “Whiplash“, but it would “Pirates” or “The-Fifth”
slow mode – enabled when the checkbox is unchecked, slightly slower but can find substrings
regex mode – activated by the F8 key, indicated by orange color background
slowest search, used for very precise searches using regular expressions, set to case insensitive
How to install ANGRYsearch in Ubuntu:
Install ANGRYsearch is quite easy since the source tarball includes a installer.sh script:
1. Download the source from the link below:
2. Extract and open the result folder in terminal:
for ubuntu 14.04 you need to install nautilus-open-terminal and restart nautilus
3. When the terminal windows opens, run command to make execute and run the installer:
chmod +x install.sh && sudo ./install.sh
Type in your password when it asks and hit Enter.
Once installed, launch ANGRYsearch from Unity Dash or App Launcher, when it opens, click update to index your Linux files/folders, and mounted Windows partitions.
Uninstall ANGRYsearch:
Although the source does not offer an uninstall script, you can run the utility via command:
Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak now is at Final freeze stage, you can now upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 16.10 dev. Then running system update via Software Updater will bring you to the final release of Ubuntu 16.10 on October 13th.
Preparation
1. First always backup important data, bookmarks, etc.
2. Launch System Settings -> Software & Updates and do:
disable or remove all third-party repositories on Other Software tab.
under Updates tab, choose “For any new version” after Notify me for a new Ubuntu version
select Open Source graphic driver in Additional Drivers and REBOOT after applied changes.
Upgrade Ubuntu Desktop to Ubuntu 16.10:
1. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to update whole system:
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
2. Launch update-manager with -d option to check Ubuntu 16.10 dev release:
sudo update-manager -d
When it prompts that Ubuntu 16.10 is available, click the Upgrade button. Follow the wizard and enjoy!
Upgrade Ubuntu Server to 16.10:
For Ubuntu server, after making a backup do following steps:
1. Install the update-manager-core package if it is not already installed via command:
sudo apt install update-manager-core
2. Configure update-manager via command:
sudo nano /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
Change the line “Prompt=LTS” to “Prompt=normal” (without quotes) and save the file.
3. Finally start upgrading via the command below and follow on screen prompts:
The Oracle Corporation has announced the release of NetBeans IDE 8.2 today. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04.
NetBeans 8.2 features:
ECMAScript 6 support
experimental ECMAScript 7 support
better Node.js support
improved Oracle JET support
PHP 7 support
Docker support
a new SQL queries profiling mode
some C/C++ enhancements
Install NetBeans 8.2 in Ubuntu:
1. First install Oracle Java via PPA, or install OpenJDK using Ubuntu Software.
2. Download the NetBeans bundles from the link below:
3. Open terminal from Unity Dash, App Launcher, or via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut key. When it opens run commands:
navigate to Downloads folder:
cd ~/Downloads
make the downloaded script executable:
chmod +x netbeans-8.2-javase-linux.sh
finally run the script:
./netbeans-8.2-javase-linux.sh
In the commands, change “netbeans-8.2-javase-linux.sh” with the package name you downloaded.
The last command launches the installer wizard, just follow it and enjoy!
To make the things easier, there’s a installer script (no ready for NetBeans 8.2 yet, check the PPA page) that automatically downloads and installs the latest version of Netbeans IDE including the Java SE, Java EE, C/C++, HTML5 & PHP plugins (‘All’ version on oracle’s download page).
To install the script, run commands below one by one:
The Blender Foundation has recently announced the release of Blender 2.78. Here’s how to install or upgrade it via PPA in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, and Linux Mint 18, 17.
What’s new in Blender 2.78:
spherical stereo rendering support for VR
a grease pencil for full 2D drawing and animations
viewport rendering improvements
freehand curves drawing over surfaces
bendy bones support
alembic support
The Cycles Render Engine has NVIDIA Pascal support
new physics capabilities, and various new add-ons.
Install/upgrade to Blender 2.78 via PPA:
Thomas Schiex is maintaining a PPA with most recent Blender release for Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, and Linux Mint 17, 18.
So you can easily install Blender 2.78 or upgrade from a previous release by following the steps below:
1. Open terminal from Unity Dash, App Launcher, or via Ctrl+Alt+T keys. When it opens, run command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thomas-schiex/blender
2. To upgrade from a previous release, simply launch Software Updater and install the updates after checking for updates:
Or install Blender for the first time or upgrade Blender via command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install blender
3. (Optional) To restore to the stock version of Blender in Ubuntu’s main repository, purge the ppa via command:
The final beta of Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak has been released, features images for Ubuntu Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, and Ubuntu Studio flavors.
Ubuntu 16.10 beta2 ships Linux Kernel 4.8, and its flavors features:
Kubuntu 16.10 ships plasma 5.7 and kde applications 15.12
LXQt images are postponed until Lubuntu 17.04
Ubuntu Gnome 16.10:
includes Gnome 3.20
Many apps updated to Gnome 3.22 while core system is still at 3.20
Most GNOME apps now have a Keyboard Shortcuts popup available in the app menu.
LibreOffice 5.2 is included.
experimental wayland session
new desktop wallpapers.
Ubuntu Mate 16.10 ships MATE desktop 1.15.1, the 1.16 release will be available via updates soon.
The final release of Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety to be released on October 13th, 2016.
Typora is a minimal yet powerful markdown editor for Linux, Windows, and OS X.
Typora gives you a seamless experience as both a reader and a writer. It removes the preview window, mode switcher, syntax symbols of markdown source code, and all other unnecessary distractions. Replace them with a real live preview feature to help you concentrate the content itself.
Typora features:
Github Flavored Markdown and extra functions including code, fences, tables, lists, footnotes, math blocks, etc.
The real live preview.
Shortcut keys
Native features on mac, such as auto-save, version control, spell check, etc.
Custom themes controlled by css files.
Export as PDF or HTML.
And much more.
Install Typora in Ubuntu:
The software offers an official Linux repository for Ubuntu, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the commands below one by one to install it in Ubuntu 16.04:
3. Finally update and install this simple markdown editor:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install typora
The repository key has an unsigned issue so you can not receive updates from the repository via Software Updater. You may remove it by launching Software & Upates -> Other Software tab after installed Typora.
And the Typora markdown editor can be removed via command:
The Audacious audio player has reached the 3.8 stable release recently. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04 via PPA.
The 3.8 release features the ability to run multiple instances of Audacious. Instances are numbered and can be started with audacious -2, audacious -3, and so on; once running, they can be controlled with audtool -2 , audtool -3 , and so on. Each instance remembers its own configuration.
Audacious 3.8 also brings new audtool commands, improvements for Windows support and Cuesheet support, features port to Qt interface, and various bug fixes.
support adding remote folders (ftp, mtp, etc.)
drag & drop from search tool into playlists.
Option to display MMM:SS instead of H:MM:SS
Audio effects and equalization can optionally be applied to a stream recording
Album artist support for FLAC and Vorbis files (read-write)
Support for the freedesktop.org startup notification protocol
Audacious 3.8 multiple instances
Install Audacious 3.8 in Ubuntu:
While Audacious 3.8 is not available in any PPA at the moment, I’ve uploaded my personal build into PPA, available for Ubuntu 16.04 and Linux Mint:
1. To add the PPA, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
Type in your password (no visual feedback) when it asks and hit Enter.
2. Then launch Software Updater, and do “partial upgrade” since the 3.8 release uses the new library versions.
Or just run command to install or upgrade Audacious player:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install audacious
3. (Optional) Uninstall Audacious 3.8 from the PPA and downgrade to the stock version in Ubuntu 16.04, run command:
