Intel(R) Graphics Installer 1.0.5 for Linux has been released just days ago. The NEW release added support for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr and Fedora 20.
What is Intel(R) Graphics Installer:
The Intel® Graphics Installer for Linux is a simple graphical tool that allows you to easily install the latest graphics and video drivers for your Intel graphics hardware. This allows you to stay current with the latest enhancements, optimizations, and fixes to the Intel® Graphics Stack to ensure the best user experience with your Intel® graphics hardware. The Intel® Graphics Installer for Linux is available for the latest versions of Ubuntu and Fedora.
You may check out your system type 32-bit or 64 bit by going to System Settings -> Details.
Once downloaded, double-click the package to install via Ubuntu Software Center. Or use Gdebi, which will automatically resolve and install required dependencies.
The default wallpapers of Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr LTS are now available for download in launchpad.net. There are the classic purple background and other 11 wallpapers from the wallpaper contest.
The first set of beta builds of Ubuntu 14.04 are now available for download in 8 different ‘flavors’, including:
Kubuntu 14.04 Beta 1
Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 Beta 1
Xubuntu 14.04 beta 1
Lubuntu 14.04 beta 1
Edubuntu 14.04 beta 1
Ubuntu Kylin 14.04 beta 1
Ubuntu Cloud 14.04 beta 1
Ubuntu Studio 14.04 beta 1
According to the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS release schedule, the next beta will be released on March 27th. After the Release Candidate (April 10th), the Ubuntu 14.04 final release will be available on April 17th.
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, as well as other flavours of Ubuntu with long-term support.
As with 12.04.3, 12.04.4 contains an updated kernel and X stack for new installations on x86 architectures.
As usual, this point release includes many updates, and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation. These include security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
How to upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04.4:(Thanks to h1repp from askubuntu)
The normal software updates will bring your system up to 12.04.4, but the Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE; the *-lts-saucy packages) is not part of those updates (by policy).
You can install the HWE packages manually, but there are some caveats.
To upgrade use this command line only (press Ctrl+Alt+T to open the terminal):
The –install-recommends is important. It makes sure that the xserver will install completely. Without it, xserver will only install partly, and apt will remove most of your system.
When you upgrade like this you may notice that there are configurations left over, among others those of the original xserver-xorg. You can purge them (I always do), but beware: this will remove the symlink /etc/X11/X that is used to start the XServer, so on next boot it won’t start. To prevent this, after purging left over configurations, do the following before the next boot:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-lts-saucy
This will recreate the necessary symlink and everything is fine again.
You can also download Ubuntu 12.04.4 iso with the new Saucy HWE stack at:
The open-source image converter and resizer converseen has released version 0.6.7. Now it is possible to resize a bunch of pictures with different size keeping the aspect ratio.
As you may know, converseen is a batch image converter and resizer written in c++ with the powerful Qt4 and Magick++ libraries. It allows you to convert, resize, rotate and flip automatically an unlimited number of images. With Converseen you can save your time because it can process more than one image with one mouse click!
With converseen you can:
Carry out a single or a multiple conversion.
Resize one or multiple images.
Compress images for your web pages.
Rotate and flip images.
Rename a bunch of images using a progressive number or a prefix/suffix.
Selecting a resampling filter to resize images.
Converseen 0.6.7 changelog:
Now is possible to resize a bunch of pictures with different size keeping the aspect ratio.
Added a menu item for bug signalation.
Various code improvements.
Install Converseen:
Converseen 0.6.7 has been made into Ubuntu 14.04’s universe repository, which mean Trusty users can easily install the converter from Ubuntu Software Center.
For Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint and their derivatives, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the commands below one by one to install from PPA:
The command-line irc client f-irc has reached version 1.32. This release sanitizes user interface logic. A crash in /LIST has been fixed. The user menu now automatically retrieves full names. Joining a channel from the list shows the topics as well. DCC did not work. This release can let the channel list be sorted. Improved search in channel and user input scrollback windows.
Fotoxx, a free and open source photo editing software has reached version 14.02 recently with improvements and bug fixes.
As you may know, Fotoxx is a Linux program for photo editing and collection management. The goal is to meet most user needs while remaining fast and easy to use.
Version 14.02 changelog:
Index Image Files (aka Synchronize) runs faster. Intermixing image files with
100K other files under /home/user/… has little effect on speed.
Startup time is also faster for the normal case of few new image files.
Retouch Combo: sliders were added for fast adjustment of overall brightness,
contrast and color. The curves can then be hand-tuned if needed.
Slide Show: a new transition type simulates turning a book page.
Slide Show: images are clipped to exactly fit the monitor if the difference
in aspect ratio is less than a predefined limit.
Slide Show: optionally show captions/comments above each image.
The batch Rename and Convert functions were combined for convenience.
Batch Convert has a new option to automatically sharpen images.
Paint/Clone: a “shadow” paintbrush tracks the source of copied pixels.
Retouch Combo, Trim/Rotate and Resize can recall prior settings for easier application to multiple images needing similar treatments.
Mashup: resizing/rotating an overlay image with the mouse is smoother.
Editing in a selected area: edge blending was made a bit smoother.
Search Images: select a gallery (thumbnails) report or a tabular report for
listing desired metadata along with a thumbnail image.
Block metadata edits for image types not supporting this (e.g. bmp, gif).
Bugfix: Texture function converted RGB 0/0/0 pixels into illegal values.
Bugfix: Bogus error message about exceeding geotag limits.
Bugfix: Trim function left temporary image remnants on the window.
Download:
The official download page provides the DEB packages for Ubuntu and its derivatives.
Hello dear readers. As you may know, Pear Linux OS, the Ubuntu based distribution that mimics Apple’s OS X completely, is discontinued because the developer David Tavares has sold this distribution to an undisclosed company that will develop the Linux-based operating system for its own products.
All the download links have been removed from the official website, which is no longer active. Fortunately, a new team will continue the Pear OS by developing a new OS called Clementine OS.
Clementine OS 10.8 will start development in April of 2014 based on the upcoming Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. The official website is out and now provides iso images for Pear OS 8.
Clementine OS WebSite:clementineos.hj.cx.
UPDATE 1: The developer received a letter from an American company that forced him to abandon the project. He later said that it was not Apple, but another major company. He could not disclose its name, however.
UPDATE: I found that the website is down after I spread this news around. If you’re interested in this OS, you can follow the developer on Google +
