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How to Install Photivo – RAW File Processor in Ubuntu Linux

Last updated: January 8, 2014

Photivo PPA

Photivo is a free and open source photo processor for RAW and bitmap images with 16 bit precision. Photivo tries to give the user as much control as possible to express his creativity and to allow flexible adjustments for the various needs in photography.

Photivo photo processor has below features:

  • 16-bit internal processing, color managed with LCMS2.
  • Gimp workflow integration (import and export)
  • Works with RAWs and Bitmaps (8 bit bitmaps are transformed and processed with 16 bit, which usually gives better results).
  • CA correction, Green equilibration, line denoise, badpixel reduction, wavelet denoise, median filters on RAW data.
  • Perspective correction (tilt and turn), distorsion and geometry (also defish) correction
  • Demosaicing: Bilinear, VNG, VNG4, PPG, AHD, DCB, mod. AHD, VCD, LMMSE, AMaZE (needs work!).
  • RGB, R, G, B, L*, a*, b*, Texture, Detail, Denoise, Hue, Saturation, L* by Hue, Base curve.
  • Tonemapping (Reinhard 05 (RGB Brighten), Fattal et al. (Dynamic range compress)).
  • Several local contrast filters (HiRaLoAm (Local contrast), texture contrast, local contrast stretch).
  • Sharpen (Edge avoiding wavlets, USM, Highpass, Inverse diffusion, Wiener filter, Gradient sharpen).
  • Denoise, seperately on Luminance and Color (Edge avoiding wavelets, GreyCStoration, Wavelet, Masked bilateral, Pyramid) and via a hue or luminance sensitive denoise curve.
  • Adaptive saturation.
  • Film grain simulation.
  • Black and white conversion.
  • (Split) Toning.
  • Cross processing.
  • Gradual overlay (like Cokin(R) GND filters).
  • Vignetting.
  • Softglow / Orton.
  • Texture overlay (external texture)
  • Fake tilt/shift, toy effect
  • Batch mode
  • Translations: Dutch, French, German, Italian and Russian.

Photivo RAW processor

Dariusz Duma has made this app into launchpad PPA, so we can easily install it in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, Linux Mint and their derivatives via 3 commands in terminal.

To open terminal, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. Then run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install photivo
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Ubuntu’s Startup Disk Creator Is Working Now

Last updated: January 7, 2014

Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator

 

Startup Disk Creator, the default live USB creator comes with Ubuntu Desktop edition just fixed an important bug that was preventing it from running properly for years.

If you try to use the Startup Disk Creator, also known as usb-creator-gtk, you will probably fail. Most of the time, even when it’s used from a terminal, the application will crash without any errors, making it impossible to write Ubuntu images.

The problem has been fixed and a updated version now is available for Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 14.04 in the recommended updates repository.

To get started upgrading this app, first enable the Recommended Updates repository from <i>Software & Updates -> Updates</i> tab.

enable Ubuntu updates repository

Then we can upgrade the tool via Synaptic Package Manager or Software Updater after checking for updates.

Upgrade USB Creator

Finally, we can use Startup Disk Creator to create bootable Ubuntu USB, just like using Unetbootin or Universal USB Installer.

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Install Plank, the Most Lightweight Dock Launcher in Ubuntu Linux

Last updated: January 7, 2014

Lightweight Dock launcher

Looking for a lightweight dock launcher for your Ubuntu Desktop? Well, Plank may be the best choice.

Plank is meant to be the simplest dock on the planet. The goal is to provide just what a dock needs and absolutely nothing more. It is, however, a library which can be extended to create other dock programs with more advanced features. Thus, Plank is the underlying technology for Docky (starting in version 3.0.0) and aims to provide all the core features while Docky extends it to add fancier things like Docklets, painters, settings dialogs, etc.

Plank is the default dock launcher in Elementary OS Luna. See the screenshots:

Plank dock launcher in Ubuntu

Plank Dock Launcher in Ubuntu

Plank Dock Launcher in Ubuntu

Right click on an icon on Plank allows to lock/unlock icon and switch between opened windows.

There are three themes by default, but the only way to apply a theme is rename the theme folder in /usr/share/plank/themes

Install Plank:

It’s easy to install Plank in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint and their derivatives via PPA repository.

Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens run commands below one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/docky

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install plank

After that, open it from Unity Dash or Menu.

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How to Install Moka Icon Theme 2.0 in Ubuntu via PPA

Last updated: January 6, 2014

Moka icons Eclipse

Moka is a stylized Tango-esque Linux desktop icon set. They are designed to be a clear, simple and consistent. Despite being a modern theme, Moka does not use vector icons. Instead each icon has been pixel-perfectly-designed in seven sizes for the best result throughout your desktop.

Moka apps icons
 
Moka icons in Ubuntu Unity

Install Moka icons:

Moka icons can be easily installed by running below commands one by one in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) from PPA. Currently supports Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint and their derivatives.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:moka/moka-icon-theme

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install moka-icon-theme

Once installed, apply the icons set via Unity Tweak Tool or Gnome Tweak Tool.

Apply Moka icons

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vpnc-gui: Graphical Tool to Connect to Cisco VPN in Ubuntu

Last updated: January 6, 2014

Connect to Cisco VPN in Ubuntu

vpnc-gui is a simple application written in gambas3, it allows us to manage Cisco VPN connections with a convenient graphical front-end in Ubuntu Linux.

With is simple GUI you can:

  • Create vpnc file conf
  • Delete vpnc file conf
  • View vpnc file conf
  • Connect/Disconnect to a vpn Cisco connection

vpnc-gui find the existing .conf file in /etc/vpnc and setup a list of connection. If you want to connect to a vpn you simply choose the connection in the menu and click the “Connect” button.

Screenshots:

gui to connect to Cisco VPN

gui to connect to Cisco VPN

gui to connect to Cisco VPN

gui to connect to Cisco VPN

This simple application is hosted on sourceforge.net. At the moment, there’s only .DEB package available for Ubuntu / Debian user.

vpnc-gui files | via:lffl.org

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Add, Remove, Purge Ubuntu PPAs Graphically with Y PPA Manager

Last updated: January 6, 2014

Manage Ubuntu PPAs

Launchpad PPA, (Personal Packages Archive) is a common way to install apps that are not available in Ubuntu default repositories. For beginners, it’s a little complicated to manage the PPAs via the default “Software & Updates” utility. So here’s a handy tool called Y PPA Manager.

Y PPA Manager is a graphical tool developed by Webupd8 Team. With it, you can easily add, remove, purge PPAs, list packages and install them.

Y PPA Manager Main Window

Add a PPA box will do the same thing as below terminal command does:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps

Adding a PPA Ubuntu

Manage PPAs window lists enabed PPAs. With it you can:

  • Remove a PPA will disable the ppa repository. The installed packages from this ppa are still there.
  • Purge a PPA will disable the ppa as well as downgrade installed packages to default version available in Ubuntu default repositories.
  • Update package lists after adding or removing a ppa repository.
  • Edit source allows you edit the config file with text editor.
  • Lists packages will display available packages in selected ppa.

    • Manage Launchpad PPAs Ubuntu

    Y PPA Manager also allows to search PPA, install a package with a given name, backup /restore repositories, and even more.

    Install Y PPA Manager:

    Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, add the webupd8 PPA:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager

    Then update and install the tool:

    sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager

    Works on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint 13/14/15/16.

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    Ubuntu 14.04, 13.10: Boot into Text Mode / Console / Command Line

    Last updated: November 14, 2014

    boot into command line ubuntu

     

    This simple tutorial will show you how to boot your Ubuntu system directly into command line (text mode or console). If you just want a console for temporary use, press Ctrl+Alt+F1 on keyboard will switch your desktop to tty1.

    Update: Thanks to August Karlstrom, before getting started, make a backup by running the command below:

    sudo cp -n /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub.orig

    If for some reason you want to revert to original settings, just run command below in terminal:

    sudo mv /etc/default/grub.orig /etc/default/grub && sudo update-grub

    To get started, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal. When it opens, follow the below steps:

    1. Copy and paste below command into terminal and hit enter:

    sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

    This opens Grub boot loader config file with text editor.

    2. Do below changes:

    • Comment the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash”, by adding # at the beginning, which will disable the Ubuntu purple screen.
    • Change GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”” to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”text”, this makes Ubuntu boot directly into Text Mode.
    • Uncomment this line #GRUB_TERMINAL=console, by removing the # at the beginning, this makes Grub Menu into real black & white Text Mode (without background image)

    Ubuntu boot into text mode

    3. After saved the changes, update grub via command:

    sudo update-grub

    Restart your computer and see the result.

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    Minetest 0.4.9 Release, How to Install it in Ubuntu Linux Mint

    Last updated: January 5, 2014

    Minecraft like Game Minetest

    Minetest, free and open-source Minecraft-like sandbox game has reached version 0.4.9. This release brings several new features as well as various bugs fixes.

    What’s New in MineTest 0.4.9:

    Logistic changes:

    • SQLite rollback (Mario Barrera & ShadowNinja)
    • Implement HTTPFetch (kahrl)
    • Replace SimpleThread with JThread (sapier)

    Visual changes:

    • Shaders rework (RealBadAngel)
    • Add configurable font shadow (xyz)
    • Directional fog + horizon colors (Taoki)

    Other things:

    • Implement modstore search tab and version picker (sapier)

    Bug Fixes:

    • Fix line_of_sight() (sapier)
    • Fix modstore/favourites hang by adding asynchronous Lua (sapier)
    • Fix LevelDB maps (sfan5)
    • Fix Lua mapgen override param handling (kwolekr)
    • Fix leak and possible segfault in minetest.set_mapgen_params (kwolekr)
    • Fix segfault in indev cave generation due to uninitialized variable (kwolekr)
    • Check if width, height or start index of a list[] is negative (PilzAdam)
    • Fix single character formspec field labels (BlockMen)
    • Handle Lua errors in on_generate callbacks instead of throwing SIGABRT (kwolekr)
    • Update mapgen params in ServerMap after Mapgen init (kwolekr)

    Modding-related Changes:

    • Add area parameters back to calc_lighting() and set_lighting() (kwolekr)
    • Add get_light_data() and set_light_data() to LuaVoxelManip (kwolekr)
    • Add minetest.swap_node (Novatux)
    • Assume a selection box for fences (0gb.us)
    • Decoration: Add schematic Y-slice probability support (kwolekr)
    • Add sneak and sneak_glitch in set_physics_override() (PilzAdam)
    • Use a table in set_physics_override() (PilzAdam)
    • Add ‘on_prejoinplayer’ callback (kaeza)
    • Make line_of_sight return blocking node position (stujones11)
    • Remove support for optdepends.txt (ShadowNinja)
    • Add map feature generation notify Lua API (kwolekr)

    Minetest ChangLog

    Install Minetest:

    The Minetest PPA will update soon, available for Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint and their derivatives.

    To add the PPA, run command in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:minetestdevs/stable

    After that, install or upgrade the game via Synaptic Package Manager, or run below commands:

    sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install minetestc55

    Once installed, open the game from Menu or Unity Dash and enjoy!

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    How to Install Xnoise Media Player in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

    Last updated: January 4, 2014

    install xnoise ubuntu ppa

    Xnoise, a GTK media player with intuitive user interface and great speed now is available for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty in its PPA.

    Xnoise allows listening to music and playing video in a very intuitive way: You can easily search the library and drag each artist, album or title to the tracklist (to any position in any order).

    Xnoise has a whole lot of features. Among these are:

  • Simple GUI without clutter
  • Fast(!) searchable media library
  • Album Art view for a convenient view on album cover images
  • Music and Video support
  • Equalizer with sound presets
  • Automatic media folder monitoring
  • Integrated ID3/Xiph/Wma/Ape/… tag editing
  • Automatic album art fetching
  • Android device and other media player support
  • ‘Now playing’ pane
  • State restore
  • Can play virtually all media via GStreamer
  • Media key support
  • Lightweight and speedy!
  • Optional Ubuntu unity integration (Quicklists, HUD, ..)
  • Plugins for MPRIS, Magnatune, LastFm (album art and scrobbling), Lyrics fetching, Notifications, Ubuntu Soundmenu, …
  • Available for a lot of different languages

    • &nsb;
    Screenshot:

    Xnoise Music Player in Ubuntu

    Xnoise Music Player in Ubuntu

    Xnoise Music Player in Ubuntu

    Install Xnoise:

    Add the PPA to get the latest version of Xnoise. To get started, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it open run command to add the PPA:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:shkn/xnoise

    After that, install the media player after checking for updates:

    sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install xnoise
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    Install QuiteRSS News Reader via PPA in Ubuntu Linux Mint

    Last updated: January 3, 2014

    QuiteRSS News Reader

    QuiteRSS is an open-source RSS/Atom news feeds reader available for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OS/2. It’s written in Qt/С++, aims to be quite fast and comfortable.

    QuiteRSS has below features:

    • Feed and news filters: new, unread, starred, deleted (for news until restart application)
    • User filters
    • Proxy configuration: automatic or manual
    • Feed import wizard: Search feed URL if site URL was entered
    • Embedded browser (Webkit core)
    • Mark news starred
    • Automatic update feeds: on startup, by timer
    • Automatic cleanup on close using criterias
    • Enable/Disable images in news preview
    • Ability to quickly hide feed tree (for comfortable viewing)
    • Open feed or news in own tab
    • Quick news filter and quick search in browser
    • Sound / Popup notification on new news
    • Show new or unread news counter on tray icon
    • Minimize on system tray: on start, on close, on minimize
    • Import/Export feeds (OPML-files)
    • Portable (Windows)
    • Free working set (Windows)
    • Shortcuts
    • Open-source

    QuiteRSS Ubuntu

    So far, this latest release is QuiteRSS 0.14.2 (30 Dec 2013), which contains below changes:

    • Added: Option “Options->Browser->Load images”
    • Added: Feed option “Disable update”
    • Added: Shortcuts for main browser actions
    • Added: Setting for text and background colors of focused feed
    • Added: Language: Finnish
    • Changed: Load feed’s favicon from main webpage
    • Changed: Process “dc:date” while parsing feed
    • Changed: Mouse gestures. Jump to news description if there is no previous page on back-action
    • Changed: Address bar appearance
    • Changed: Send whole new’s text when share news by e-mail
    • Fixed: Adding feeds that contains “amp;”
    • Fixed: Parsing of some feeds
    • Fixed: Action “Next unread news”
    • Fixed: Recounting and displaying counters in categories tree
    • Fixed: Manual run of filter when option “Store DB in memory” is disabled
    • Fixed: Displaying focused feed, while switching tabs with enabled filter
    • Fixed: Taking account of filter text when switching news filter

    Install QuiteRSS:

    For Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint and their derivatives, we can easily install QuiteRSS from PPA.

    To do so, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal and run commands below one by one:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:quiterss/quiterss

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install quiterss

    For Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS, you can search & install this app in Ubuntu Software Center.

    For Windows, FreeBSD, other Linux and source code, go to QuiteRSS Download page

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