For those who are running Ubuntu 14.10 or Ubuntu 15.04, here’s how to easily install a desktop preview of the Music App 2.0 which will be installed on Ubuntu Touch devices.
I’ve tried this Music App a few days ago in Ubuntu 14.10, but got ‘std::runtime_error’ similar error although the bug has been marked as fixed.
Now the player works in my laptop. Don’t know why, all I did is remove the .cache/mediascanner-2.0 folder under my Home folder and restart computer when I was first time trying the app. Here are the screenshots:
Install Music App via PPA in Ubuntu 15.04/Ubuntu 14.10:
1. Open terminal from the Dash or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:vthompson/ppa
2. After that, update package cache and install the Music App by running below two commands one by one:
Mozilla finally announced the stable release of Firefox 36, the new release features HTTP/2 protocol support and various bug-fixes.
The full HTTP/2 protocol support in Fixfox 36 enables a faster, more scalable, and more responsive web. Firefox 36 also adds beta support for native HTML5 YouTube playback, but it’s not enabled by default. To enable this feature, go to about:config page, search for and set value of “media.mediasource.enabled” to true
Support for the full HTTP/2 protocol. HTTP/2 enables a faster, more scalable, and more responsive web.
Locale added: Uzbek (uz)
-remote option removed
No longer accept insecure RC4 ciphers whenever possible
Phasing out Certificates with 1024-bit RSA Keys
Shut down hangs will now show the crash reporter before exiting the program
Add-on Compatibility
Support for the ECMAScript 6 Symbol data type added
unicode-range CSS descriptor implemented
CSSOM-View scroll behavior implemented allowing smooth scrolling of content without custom libraries
object-fit and object-position implemented.
Defines how and where the content of a replaced element is displayed
isolation CSS property implemented.
Create a new stacking context to isolate groups of boxes to control which blend together
CSS3 will-change property implemented.
Hints the browser of elements that will be modified. The browser will perform some performance optimization for these
Changed JavaScript ‘const’ semantics to conform better to the ES6 specification.
The const declaration is now block-scoped and requires an initializer. It also can not be redeclared anymore.
Improved ES6 generators for better performance
Eval sources now appear in the Debugger. Debug JavaScript code that is evaluated dynamically, either as a string passed to eval() or as a string passed to the Function constructor
DOM Promises inspection
Inspector: More paste options in markup view
CSS gradients work on premultiplied colors
Fix some unexpected logout from Facebook or Google after restart
Various security fixes
How to Upgrade Firefox in Ubuntu:
Firefox 36 will be made into Ubuntu repositories very soon, by then you can upgrade Firefox through Software Updater in Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 or Linux Mint 17.1/13.
Diodon is a lightweight clipboard manager software which is well integrated with Ubuntu Unity and Gnome Desktop.
It features include a panel indicator, Unity Scope allows searching history, clipboard sync and a zeitgeist integration for an infinite clipboard history.
Diodon also supports images and plugins and it does just what a clipboard manager should do. If you would like more features (e.g. edit history), try CopyQ.
Diodon Indicator and Preferences
Press Super Key + b to search clipboard
Install Latest Diodon in Ubuntu:
Diodon is available in Ubuntu Software Center since 13.10 Saucy, but Canonical does not provide future updates for this app.
The developer provides a stable PPA that contains the latest builds for this software and allows to receive future updates through Software Updater. So far, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.10 are supported.
To add the PPA, open terminal from the Dash or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, run:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:diodon-team/stable
After that, you can upgrade Diodon through Software Updater. Or install the app for the first time by running below 2 commands one by one:
The second point release of Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr LTS (Long-Term Support) is out today with security fixes, newer kernel (3.16) and X support.
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS includes Linux Kernel 3.16 and an updated version of the Xorg display server from the Utopic 14.10 release. These newer enablement stacks are meant for desktop and server use only, and not recommended for cloud or virtual images.
Linux Kernel 3.16 was released in August 2014. It features 64-bit ARM EFI stub support, new Synaptics input driver, initial GK20A support, and more. See this article for details.
Download:
To download the .iso files of Ubuntu 14.04.2 and its flavors, go to:
For Ubuntu 14.04 and/or 14.04.1 users, just install all the system updates via Software Updater or run below commands one by one in a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
For the Kernel 3.16 and updated X stack, you have to install below packages manually by running command:
Paper project is a GTK3 and icon theme suite inspired by Google’s material design guidelines. They are developed by Sam Hewitt, the man behind the Moka icons project.
Paper started as a single GTK3 theme. It’s developed primarily for GNOME 3 and other GTK3 desktops. Its design is mostly flat with a minimal use of shadows for depth and looks really beautiful in desktops that make use of the GTK3 headerbars/client-side decorations (e.g. Gnome Shell).
Paper icon theme is under serious development. The GNOME icon theme is the fallback set for missing icons.
How to Install Paper GTK3 & Icon themes:
The developer has created a daily build PPA, available for Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 15.04 and derivatives.
To add the PPA, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run:
Bomi, formerly known as CMPlayer, is a graphical user interface (GUI) player based on mpv for Linux. It aims to be easy to use and also provides various powerful features and convenience functions.
By taking the advantage of mpv and GUI, bomi provides various features:
User-friendly interface: all features are available in context menu
Unlimited playback history
Automatic playlist generation and restoration
render styled subtitles such as SAMI and ASS format, bomi can render multiple subtitle files at the same time.
bomi supports hardware-accelerated decoding by GPU. bomi will utilize available native API for the system between VA-API and VDPAU.
dvd playback, image slide show, and other more basical player features.
Install Bomi player from PPA:
1. If you have CMPlayer installed on your system, you have to remove it first since it conflicts with bomi.
To do so, open terminal from the Dash or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, run below command:
sudo apt-get remove cmplayer
2. Bomi has an official PPA that contains the latest packages for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10 and Linux Mint 17.1.
To add the PPA, run below command in terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:darklin20/bomi
3. Finally search for and install bomi via Synaptic Package Manager, or by running below commands one by one:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bomi
For those who don’t want to add PPA, grab the .deb installer directly from the PPA packages page.
Nuvola Player 3, a cloud music integration for your Linux desktop, now is at beta build and is recommended for general usage.
Nuvola Player is an open-source music player that integrates cloud music services like Google Music, Rdio, Spotify, Grooveshark, Jango, etc with your desktop.
Nuvola Player 3 has been rewritten from scratch and contains plenty of improvements over Nuvola Player 2. Now it provides an official Linux repository currently supports Ubuntu 14.04 (Linux Mint 17.1), Ubuntu 14.10, Fedora 20-21 and Debian Jessie and Sid.
Supported Music Services:
Nuvola Player 3 currently ships with five music streamimg services:
Deezer 2.2 – Jiří Janoušek
Google Play Music 5.0 – Jiří Janoušek
Grooveshark 4.0 – Jiří Janoušek
Jango 2.0 – Stefano Bagnatica
This is My Jam 2.0 – Jan Vlnas
Five more services are in preparation and will be added to the repository when finished:
Rdio (Aaron Cripps)
Bandcamp (Jiří Janoušek)
Spotify (Michael Nye)
KEXP Live Stream (Michael Nye)
Synology Audio Station (Daniel Schep).
8tracks (Jiří Janoušek)
How to Install Nuvola 3 in Ubuntu:
NOTE: Nuvola Player 3 won’t replace Nuvola Player 2 in you system. You can keep using Nuvola Player 2 until Nuvola Player 3 is stable enough for you.
1. Add Nuvola Player stable repository.
Open terminal from the Dash or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, run command to create and edit a repository file:
When the file opens, paste below into it (For Ubuntu 14.10, replace trusty with utopic) and save the file:
deb https://tiliado.eu/nuvolaplayer/repository/deb/ trusty stable
2. The official website does not mention the repository gpg key. But sudo apt-get update command outputs below error:
W: GPG error: https://tiliado.eu trusty InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40554B8FA5FE6F6A
This can be easily fixed by running below command to receive the key:
ScudCloud is an unofficial, open-source Ubuntu Linux desktop client for Slack team communication tool.
Slack is a team communication tool founded by Stewart Butterfield, it offers one-on-one messaging, private groups, persistent chat rooms, direct messaging as well as group chats. All content inside Slack is searchable from one search box. Slack integrates with a number of third-party services, including Google Docs, Dropbox, Heroku, Crashlytics, GitHub and Zendesk.
So far, slack provides Mac, iOS, and Android apps, as well as Web versions. ScudCloud is an non official Linux client that uses the QT library + Webkit to render the web version of Slack, but using the QWebkit-Native bridge to improve desktop integration with:
native system notifications,
count of unread notifications at launcher icon,
launcher icon wobbling on new messages,
and channels quicklist at launcher icon.
Ubuntu users can easily install the client from the developer’s PPA. So far, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 10.04 and derivatives are supported.
Just open up terminal from the Dash or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, run 3 commands one by one to add PPA, update system cache and install the app:
