How to install FileZilla 3.22.0-rc1 released on Ubuntu

    FileZilla is a free, cross-platform and full-featured FTP (File Transfer Protocol) solution for the Linux and Open Source ecosystems. It is also compatible with the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

FileZilla 3.22.0-rc1 New features:

•     Directory listing filters can now be exported and imported
•     Added the "not all" filter match type to filter out all items not matching all conditions
•     Added the "not all" search match type to search for all items not matching all conditions
•     Building and running FileZilla now depends on libfilezilla >= 0.7.0 (https://lib.filezilla-project.org/).
•     Building and running FileZilla now depends on GnuTLS >= 3.4.15

How to install Flowblade 1.8.0 on Ubuntu 16.04, A Feature-rich and Multitrack Non-Linear Video Editor

     Flowblade 1.8 is a multitrack non-linear video editor for Linux. Flowblade has some operational advantages over other video editors which make it faster. Simple tweaks in the latest version which make it more precise and it is robust and stable by design.

Flowblade 1.8.0 Features

Let’s dive deeper and check out the new Flowblade 1.8.0 Features..
Editing:

•     Comes with 3 move tools and 3 trim tools.
•     4 methods to insert / overwrite / append clips on the timeline.
•     Drag’n’Drop clips on the timeline.
•     Clip and compositor parenting with other clips.
•     Max 9 combined video and audio tracks available.

How to Install Arduino IDE 1.6.12 on Ubuntu

    Arduino is an open-source prototyping platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino boards are able to read inputs - light on a sensor, a finger on a button, or a Twitter message - and turn it into an output - activating a motor, turning on an LED, publishing something online. You can tell your board what to do by sending a set of instructions to the microcontroller on the board.
 

Arduino IDE 1.6.12 Changelog
[ide]
 Refactor Editor code, solving some long standing bugs and cleaning up everything.
 Add initial Cloud API integration. When plugging a new board, if an additional core is needed, the user will be prompted to install it
 Improved examples menu organization.
 Recompiled arduino-builder with Go 1.7.1 to avoid crash on OSX Sierra

[core]
 avr: Add support for internal 2.56V and 2.56V ext. cap analog references on the ATtiny25/45/85.
 Added String::toDouble().
 Update to avrdude 6.3 with patch to ignore unused fuses (burn bootloader works also wih outdated cores)

How to install SmartGit 8.0.1 on Ubuntu 16.04

   SmartGit 8.0.1 is a Git client with support for GitHub Pull Requests+Comments and SVN. It runs on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.  bug fix release fixes a couple of bugs.

SmartGit 8.0.1 Changelog
Fixed Bugs

• Git:
• Branches: misleading ahead/behind commit display in case of push.default branch != tracking branch
• Commit:
• false-positive "diverges remote branch" warning when trying to Commit&Push merge commit
• flickering if spell-checker and line-length-guide want to highlight

• Log: memory leak if having the Log window open for a long time

How To Install Rednotebook 1.14 on Ubuntu 16.04

RedNotebook is a journal app, with calendar support. Among others, it allows the users to add tags, use bold and italic characters, has support for images, spell check features, automatic saving and backup functions, and many others.

The latest version available is RedNotebook 1.14, which has been released recently, coming with changes.

•     Use new pygtkspellcheck API (lp:1592727).
•     Fix conversion from old single "Tags" category to new tags format.

How to install Shotwell 0.23.7 released on Ubuntu 16.04

    Shotwell 0.23.7 is an image organizer designed to provide personal photo management for the GNOME desktop Shotwell can import photos and videos from a digital camera directly. Shotwell automatically groups photos and videos by date, and supports tagging. Its image editing features allow users to straighten, crop, eliminate red eye, and adjust levels and color balance. It also features an auto "enhance" option that will attempt to guess appropriate levels for the image.

Shotwell 0.23.7 Changelog

•  Language updates

How to install Fotoxx 16.09 Photo Editor on Ubuntu 16.04

   Fotoxx is a free Linux program for editing photos or other images and managing a large collection. Image directories (folders) can be viewed as a scrolling gallery of thumbnail images. Navigating directories and subdirectories is simple and fast. Click on a thumbnail for a full window view of the image. The image can be zoomed, panned and scrolled using the mouse. Gallery thumbnails can vary from small to huge. Popup windows can be used to view multiple images at any scale. Galleries are also used to display image search results and albums.

  Fotoxx 16.09 changelog

Image Index:

•  Fotoxx startup is much faster when there are few new image files to index. Huge galleries also show much faster. The image index file is converted to a new format. The old file is kept for safety, and can be deleted later.
•  Indexing can be completely bypassed if Fotoxx is started from a file manager(e.g. Nautilus) to open a selected file, which displays instantly. Image edits work normally. Search and map functions are disabled because they  require the image index. The index can be updated on demand or the next  time Fotoxx starts normally. Set options using Tools > User Options.

How to Install digiKam 5.2.0 Released on Ubuntu 16.04

    After a second release 5.1.0 published one month ago, the digiKam team is proud to announce the new release 5.2.0 of digiKam Software Collection. digiKam 5.2.0 introduces a new bugs triage and some fixes following new feedback from end-users.

 digiKam 5.2.0  introduce also a new red eyes tool which automatize the red-eyes effect reduction process. Faces detection is processed on whole image and a new algorithm written by a Google Summer of Code 2016 student named Omar Amin is dedicated to recognize shapes and try to found eyes with direct flash reflection on retina.

This new tool is available in Image Editor and also in Batch Queue Manager to be able to process a set of photos at the same time. The algorithm have been very optimized for speed efficiency and for small memory fingerprint. End user can adjust just a single parameter about the reducing level of retina red color to the average of blue and green channels.

How to Install PhotoQT 1.4.1.1 Image Viewer on Ubuntu 16.04

   PhotoQT 1.4.1.1  is a simple, free and open-source image viewer that comes in very handy with its basic file management and image manipulation features. It allows you to rotate, flip and zoom images or delete, rename or move them. You can also check EXIF information and show images in a slide show.

 Features

•     Based on Qt5/QML
•     Support of many image formats (use of GraphicsMagick and Libraw)
•     Rotating, flipping, zooming images - no permanent changes
•     Scaling images - permanent change
•     Basic File Management (Renaming, Deleting, Moving, Copying)
•     Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts
•     Set-as-Wallpaper function

How to Install Opera 40 on Ubuntu 16.04 and Integrates Free Unlimited VPN

    Opera 40 with our new free, unlimited, no-log browser VPN service. With this launch, Opera becomes the first major browser to release a built-in VPN service. When turned on, the browser VPN creates a secure connection to one of Opera’s five server locations around the world.

Features in Opera 40 includes:

•     Switch into power saving mode automatically whenever your laptop is unplugged.
•     Chromecast support
•     Video pop-out improvements: more video sites and players are supported.
•     News reader now has RSS support.
•     Updated browser engine

Install Audacious 3.8 finally released

    Audacious is an open source audio player. A descendant of XMMS, Audacious plays your music how you want it, without stealing away your computer’s resources from other tasks. Drag and drop folders and individual song files, search for artists and albums in your entire music library, or create and edit your own custom playlists. Listen to CD’s or stream music from the Internet.

   Audacious 3.8 had finally been released,  it is finally possible 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 <command>, audtool -3 <command>, and so on. Each instance remembers its own configuration.

Audacious 3.8 changelog :

Support for Windows has been improved:

•     There is a new installer using NSIS, based on work by Carlo Bramini

How to install Kernel 4.7.5 released on Ubuntu 16.04

Linux kernel is the essential part of any Linux operating system. It is responsible for resource allocation, low-level hardware interfaces, security, simple communications, basic file system management, and more. Written from scratch by Linus Torvalds.

Linux Kernel 4.7.5 Hightlights

• fix the fix of copy_from_user()
• fix 'undefined reference to `___copy_from_user'
• Add braces to avoid "ambiguous ‘else’" compiler warnings
• Fix broken debug output
• avoid warning about missing braces
• copy_from_user() should zero the destination on access_ok() failure
• fix copy_from_user()
• make copy_from_user() zero the destination properly

How to Install Adobe Reader on Ubuntu 16.04

Adobe Reader software is the free global standard for reliably viewing, printing, and commenting on PDF documents.

Adobe Reader for Linux is no longer available for download from Adobe website. But we can still install it in Ubuntu through the old Canonical Partners repository.


Install Adobe Reader on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus

 Open terminal and insert command line...
 

$ sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner" $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install acroread $ sudo add-apt-repository -r "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner" $ sudo apt-get update

How to install MakeMKV 1.10.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 to Play DVD/Blu-rays Discs

   MakeMKV 1.10.2  is tool converts video clips from DVD / Blu-ray disc into a set of MKV files, preserving most information, so you may watch Blu-ray and DVD discs with your favorite player on your favorite OS or on your favorite device.

The software features:

•     Reads DVD and Blu-ray discs
•     Reads Blu-ray discs protected with latest versions of AACS and BD+
•     Preserves all video and audio tracks, including HD audio
•     Preserves chapters information
•     Preserves all meta-information (track language, audio type)
•     Fast conversion - converts as fast as your drive can read data.

Install HP Print Drivers HPLIP 3.16.9 Adds New Printers

    HPLIP is a free, open-source HP-developed solution for printing, scanning, and faxing with HP inkjet and laser based printers in Linux.

HPLIP 3.16.3, the latest 3.16.9 has been released with following new printers support:

• HP OfficeJet Pro 8732M All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet 8702 All-in-One Printer
• HP OfficeJet 6960 All-in-One Printer
• HP PageWide 377dw Multifunction Printer
• HP PageWide 352dw Printer

How to install Kernel 4.8 rc7 on Ubuntu 16.04

  Linux kernel is the essential part of any Linux operating system. It is responsible for resource allocation, low-level hardware interfaces, security, simple communications, basic file system management, and more. Written from scratch by Linus Torvalds.

 Kernel 4.8 RC7 has been released, coming with various updates and fixes

Installation instructions:

Because it is very difficult to compile a Linux kernel, Canonical has packed all the kernel releases as deb packages and made them available for everybody that uses Ubuntu or Ubuntu-based systems, via its kernel.ubuntu.com repository.

Install Firefox 49.0 Released with HTML5 on Ubuntu 16.04

   Firefox 49.0 Released Added context menu controls to HTML5 audio and video that let users loops files or play files at 1.25x speed. Fixed an issue that prevented users from updating Firefox for Mac unless they originally installed Firefox.

Firefox 49 Changelog :

• Updated Firefox Login Manager to allow HTTPS pages to use saved HTTP logins. It’s one more way Firefox is supporting Let’s Encrypt and helping users transition to a more secure web.
• Added features to Reader Mode that make it easier on the eyes and the ears
• Controls that allow users to adjust the width and line spacing of text
• Narrate, which reads the content of a page out loud
• Improved video performance for users on systems that support SSSE3 without hardware acceleration

Install VirtualBox 5.1.6 released on Ubuntu 16.04

   VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware, targeted at server, desktop and embedded use.Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.

   VirtualBox 5.1.6 released today, a maintenance release of VirtualBox 5.1 which improves stability and fixes regressions.

VirtualBox 5.1.6 changelog

•     GUI: fixed issue with opening ‘.vbox’ files and it’s aliases
•     GUI: keyboard grabbing fixes
•     GUI: fix for passing through Ctrl + mouse-click
•     GUI: fixed automatic deletion of extension pack files
•     USB: fixed showing unknown device instead of the manufacturer or product description under certain circumstances

Install Sayonara Music Player 0.9.2 in Ubuntu 16.04

   Sayonara is a small and lightweight Linux music player written in C++ with Qt5 framework. It uses Gstreamer as audio backend.

Main features

• Many supported music and playlist formats
• Media library with search function
• Directory view
• External device support
• Genre organization
• Playlist view organized by tabs
• (Dynamic) playback

Install DB Browser for SQLite 3.9.0 on Ubuntu 16.04

    DB Browser for SQLite is a high quality, visual, open source tool to create, design, and edit database files compatible with SQLite.

    It is for users and developers wanting to create databases, search, and edit data. It uses a familiar spreadsheet-like interface, and you don't need to learn complicated SQL commands

SQLite Browser 3.9.0 Changelog

Major Features

•     Strong encryption is now supported on Windows, using SQLCipher! – 5d98a19
•     Keyboard navigation in the “Browse Data” tab now works well
•     Our releases are now digitally signed on both Windows and MacOS

Avidemux 2.6.14 Open-Source Video Editor Fixing bugs and polishing.

   Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.

Avidemux is available for Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows under the GNU GPL license.

Avidemux 2.6.14 changelog

i18n:

•     A lot more is now translatable (D. Amm)
•     Hungarian translation (rezso)
•     German translation update (euma)
•     French translation update
•     PT/BR translation partially fixed
•     Dannish translation update (scootergrisen)

Vim 8.0 Released, New update install on Ubuntu 16.04 #exp.2

   Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient. It is included as "vi" with most UNIX systems and with Apple OS X.  Vim 8.0 was released on September 12, 2016. It’s the first major update since 2006.

   This the first major Vim release in ten years.  There are interesting new features, many small improvements and lots of bug fixes.

Vim 8.0 new features are:

• Asynchronous I/O support, channels, JSON
• Jobs
• Timers
• Partials, Lambdas and Closures

Vim 8.0 Released, New update install on Ubuntu 16.04 #exp.1

   Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient. It is included as "vi" with most UNIX systems and with Apple OS X.  Vim 8.0 was released on September 12, 2016. It’s the first major update since 2006.

   This the first major Vim release in ten years.  There are interesting new features, many small improvements and lots of bug fixes.

Vim 8.0 new features are:

• Asynchronous I/O support, channels, JSON
• Jobs
• Timers
• Partials, Lambdas and Closures

How to install cURL 7.50.3 released on Ubuntu 16.04

   curl is used in command lines or scripts to transfer data. It is also used in cars, television sets, routers, printers, audio equipment, mobile phones, tablets, settop boxes, media players and is the internet transfer backbone for thousands of software applications affecting billions of humans daily.

cURL 7.50.3 changelog

•  Bugfixes:
• CVE-2016-7167: escape and unescape integer overflows
• mk-ca-bundle.pl: use SHA256 instead of SHA1
• checksrc: detect strtok() use
• errors: new alias CURLE_WEIRD_SERVER_REPLY
• http2: support > 64bit sized uploads
• openssl: fix bad memory free (regression)

PeaZip 6.1.1 released – Alternative to WinRar, WinZip

PeaZip is a free and open source graphical archive manager and compression utility available for Linux, BSD, Windows. It support over 180 archive formats including rar, zip, tar and can also encrypt them. It’s a free software replacement for WinRAR with a nice-looking graphical interface.

PeaZip 6.1.1 changelog

•  BACKEND
• (Linux) p7zip updated to 16.02
• Pea 0.56

• FILE MANAGER
• Settings, archiving, and extraction screens made scrollable for better readability
• Various minor improvements and fixes

Nvidia Linux Display Driver 370.28 released, fixed a potential hang in Vulkan applications

   The Nvidia driver for Linux has reached the 370 series by releasing the 370.28 driver. Fixed a potential hang in Vulkan applications such as vkQuake and DOTA2 that use vkFences for present synchronization.

Nvidia Linux Display Driver 370.23 Beta Release Highlights

• Fixed undefined symbol references in libnvidia-glcore.so.
• Fixed a potential hang in Vulkan applications such as vkQuake and DOTA2 that use vkFences for present synchronization.
• Fixed a bug that caused the driver to not set HDMI YUV 420 4K modes correctly on some TVs, such as the VIZIO D40u-D1.

Install LightZone 4.1.5 on Ubuntu 16.04

    LightZone is professional-level digital darkroom software for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Rather than using layers as many other photo editors do, LightZone lets the user build up a stack of tools which can be rearranged, turned off and on, and removed from the stack. It’s a non-destructive editor, where any of the tools can be re-adjusted or modified later — even in a different editing session. A tool stack can be copied to a batch of photos at one time. LightZone operates in a 16-bit linear color space with the wide gamut of ProPhoto RGB.

LightZone 4.1.5 changelog : 

Bug Fixes

•     ConcurrentModificationException and ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException on OpenJDK    
• Correct focal length metadata calculation for Pentax cameras
•     Added jar files to fix missing laf-widget issue on Ubuntu Linux

How to Install qBittorrent 3.3.7 on Ubuntu 16.04

qBittorrent is a free, open-source and reliable P2P BitTorrent client, available for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Windows. It aims to provide a free software alternative to uTorrent.

qBittorrent 3.3.7 changelog : 
   
       qBittorrent v3.3.7 was released. Minor bugfixes of v3.3.6. Mac OS X builds will be delayed a little bit because Qt 5.6.1 doesn't play nice and I'll need to rebuild 5.6.0.

•     FEATURE: Delete torrent+files with Shift+Delete
•     BUGFIX: Fix 6-hour speedplot point push rate.
•     BUGFIX: Avoid spawning a new explorer.exe process when selecting "Open containing folder".

How to install FreeType 2.7 on Ubuntu 16.04

  FreeType is a freely available software library to render fonts. It is written in C, designed to be small, efficient, highly customizable, and portable while capable of producing high-quality output (glyph images) of most vector and bitmap font formats.

FreeType 2.7 changelog

• As announced earlier, the 2.7.x series now uses the new subpixel hinting mode as the default, emulating a modern version of ClearType.
• A new option `FT_CONFIG_OPTION_ENVIRONMENT_PROPERTIES' has been introduced. If set (which is the default), an environment variable `FREETYPE_PROPERTIES' can be used to control driver properties.
• After loading a named instance of a GX variation font, the `face_index' value in the returned `FT_Face' structure now correctly holds the named instance index in the upper 16bits as documented.

Install Wireshark 2.2.0 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

   Wireshark is the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education.

Wireshark 2.2.0 Changelog

• Upgrading to latest version uninstalls Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable.
• Extcap errors not reported back to UI.
• "Decode As" supports SSL (TLS) over TCP.
• Invalid coloring rules are now disabled instead of discarded. This will provide backward compatibility with a coloring rule change in Wireshark 2.2.
• Added -d option for Decode As support in Wireshark (mimics TShark functionality)
• The Qt UI, GTK+ UI, and TShark can now export packets as JSON. TShark can additionally export packets as Elasticsearch-compatible JSON.

FFmpeg 3.1.3 released, Install on Ubuntu 16.04

FFmpeg is a popular multimedia framework, that enables the users to easily ncode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play audio and video content.

 FFmpeg 3.1.3 changelog

•     avcodec/exr: Check tile positions
•     avcodec/aacenc: Tighter input checks
•     avformat/wtvdec: Check pointer before use
•     libavcodec/wmalosslessdec: Check the remaining bits
•     avcodec/adpcm: Fix adpcm_ima_wav padding
•     avcodec/svq3: fix slice size check
•     avcodec/diracdec: Check numx/y
•     avcodec/h2645_parse: fix nal size
•     avcodec/h2645_parse: Use get_nalsize() in ff_h2645_packet_split()
•     h2645_parse: only read avc length code at the correct position

How to install Darktable 2.0.6 on Ubuntu 16.04

     Darktable 2.0.5 released is the fifth bugfix release for the 2.0 series of darktable.   Darktable is an open source photography workflow application and RAW developer. A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers. It manages your digital negatives in a database, lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable and enables you to develop raw images and enhance them.

Darktable 2.0.6 changelog

New Features

•  Jpeg format writer: use libexiv2 to write metadata, like with other formats
•  Accept non-mosaiced raw files with 4 channels, assume they are RGBA (alpha channel is ignored)

How to install Natron 2.1.2 on Ubunto 16.04

    Natron is a free and open source video compositing software, similar in functionality to Adobe After Effects or Nuke

Natron 2.1.2 Changelog :

•     Viewer: A new button can now force full-frame rendering instead of the visible portion. This may be useful to remove borders artifacts when panning/zooming during playback
•     Fix a bug where the Glow node would not work correctly
•     Windows: Fix a bug where the 32-bit version would crash on launch with AMD Graphic Cards
•     Fix a bug where the Read node would sometimes show an error dialog but everything was in fact fine

How to Install Eclipse IDE on Ubuntu 16.04

    Eclipse is a well known Integrated Development Environment. It is used by developers all around the world to code their application, it is primarily developed in Java, but programmers can use it to code their applications in various languages like C/C++, COBOL, Fortran, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails etc. It is a cross platform application and runs fine on Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris and Mac OS.

Installation instructions:

    Installing Eclipse on ubuntu is not very complex process, first of all make sure to install Java on your Linux system, Eclipse needs java as pre-requisite , run following command to install java on your ubuntu 16.04 system.

 for Java 7

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

or for Install Java 8  Click links

How to Change Color of Folder Icons in Ubuntu 16.04

    Linux Mint has integrated this feature into its Cinnamon and MATE Desktops. All you have to do is to right-click on a folder and choose a color or emblem from “Folder’s color” menu

Changing Folder Color in Ubuntu 16.04:

    Open terminal and insert command line...

$ sudo apt-get remove folder-color folder-color-caja folder-color-common $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:costales/folder-color $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install folder-color folder-color-caja

Also restart your file browser via command nautilus -q or caja -q

How to install LibreOffice 5.2.1 released with new features

    LibreOffice 5.2.1 is the second bugfix release of the 5.2.x branch of LibreOffice which contains new features and program enhancements. As such, the version is stable and is suitable for all users. LibreOffice 5.2.1 version may contain a few annoying bugs which will be fixed in the next bugfix versions to come.

LibreOffice 5.2.1 Changelog :

• [fix available] Usability - libreoffice does not search XDG defined "Templates" directory
• message box fonts corrupted in libreoffice
• Impress: Instead of showing "Slide Master" view, "Normal" view is shown
• Undo crashes spreadsheet after trigger macro
• don't show duplicate index keys in dropdown list
• RTF export: fix implicit font name of non-ascii text
• GSoC firebird metadata functions
• sifr icon update

How to Install Boot Repair on Ubuntu 16.04

Grub (GRand Unified Bootloader) is the default boot loader application for most Linux/Unix systems. It lets users choose from multiple operating systems (provided you have more than one operating systems installed on your system) or boot into different kernel versions if your computer system is running only Linux operating system. If there is any corruption with this application, your computer system will depict errors during boot process and most probably it won’t boot your into your operating system(s).

    Boot Repair is the most commonly used tool to fix errors regarding Grub boot loader. First of all arrange a Live CD/DVD/ USB for Ubuntu and boot your system using this media (If you are looking to repair Grub, chances are you are already on the stage where system is un-bootable into current operating system, so yes its a valid request to use Live CD/DVD/USB at this point ).

How to install Adobe Resurrect Flash for Linux via 23 Beta

    Adobe Flash Player 23 drives innovation for rich, engaging digital experiences with new features for cross-platform browser-based viewing of expressive rich internet applications, content, and videos across devices. This beta release provides access to the Flash Player 23 runtime for Mac OS and Windows desktop environments.

    Adobe says it will release both the NPAPI and PPAPI (used in Chrome) versions of Flash Player for Linux. However, the NPAPI version will not support or add any advanced features and capabilities, like DRM, GPU acceleration, Stage 3D, etc.

How to install ImageMagick 7.0.3-0 released on Ubuntu 16.04

    ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images. It can read and write images in a variety of formats (over 200) including PNG, JPEG, JPEG-2000, GIF, TIFF, DPX, EXR, WebP, Postscript, PDF, and SVG. Use ImageMagick to resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses Bézier curves.

ImageMagick 7.0.3-0 changelog :

• Fixed reading DXT1 images with an alpha channel.
• Fixed incorrect padding calculation in PSD encoder.

How To Install Clonezilla On Ubuntu 16.04

    Clonezilla is a partition and disk imaging/cloning program similar to True Image or Norton Ghost. It helps you to do system deployment, bare metal backup and recovery.

Features:

•     Many File systems are supported: (1) ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs, reiser4, xfs, jfs, btrfs, f2fs and nilfs2 of GNU/Linux, (2) FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS of MS Windows, (3) HFS+ of Mac OS, (4) UFS of FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD, (5) minix of Minix, and (6) VMFS3 and VMFS5 of VMWare ESX. Therefore you can clone GNU/Linux, MS windows, Intel-based Mac OS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Minix, VMWare ESX and Chrome OS/Chromium OS, no matter it's 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x86-64) OS. For these file systems, only used blocks in partition are saved and restored. For unsupported file system, sector-to-sector copy is done by dd in Clonezilla.

How to Install ScreenStudio Screencaster on Ubuntu 16.04

    ScreenStudio is a free, open source, GPL-licensed screencasting application, available for Linux and OS X. The latest stable version 3.0.3 was released on september 3, 2016. It’s a java-based application and depends on JRE 8 and ffmpeg.

     ScreenStudio will let you record your desktop in a full HD video files. Overlay some text or even your webcam. It will also let you stream your desktop to services like UStream, Hitbox or Twitch.tv.

Requirements:

• Linux (Tested on Ubuntu 16.04) or Mac OS X (Yosemite)
• ffmpeg 0.9x (For Linux only... Often already installed with Ubuntu by installing libav-tools 9.x)
• JRE 8.x or above (OpenJDK is available for Ubuntu)
• A webcam (Optional)

How to Install Foxit PDF Reader 8.0 on Ubuntu 16.04

Foxit PDF Reader is a free (as in free beer) and fast PDF reader for Linux, Mac OX and Windows. The latest stable version is 8.0. Linux and Mac OS X

New Features in Foxit Reader 8.0

    ConnectedPDF-More than PDF

•    Create a ConnectedPDF document
•    Register a new version of a ConnectedPDF document
•    Request a file
•    Configure Permissions
•    Join a connected review without any third-party server

How to install Curlew 0.2.2 GTK3 Video Converter for Linux

      Curlew is a free multimedia converter for Ubuntu Linux that features small package size, few library dependencies, 100+ output formats, easy to use UI, and more.

 Curlew is written in Python and GTK+ 3, and uses FFMPEG (or Libav-tools) to transcode media files. The main features are:

•     Easy to use user interface (New GTK3 Header bar).
•     Hide the advanced options with the ability to show them.
•     More than 100 output formats.
•     Allow to edit formats.
•     Shutdown or suspend PC afer a conversion process.
•     Show file informations, file details using mediainfo.
•     Allow to skip or remove file during conversion process.

How to install Htop 2.0.2 on Ubuntu 16.04

   Htop is an interactive real time process monitoring application for Linux/Unix like systems and also a handy alternative to top command, which is default process monitoring tool that comes with pre-installed on all Linux operating systems

     Since version 2.0, htop is now cross-platform! Check out the video and slides of my presentation at FOSDEM 2016 about how this came to be. This release includes code supporting Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Mac OS X.

There are also, of course, some new features:

•     If you're using NCurses 6, htop will also support your mouse wheel for scrolling.
•     Moving meters and columns around in the setup screen is a lot more comfortable now.
•     You can now press "e" to see the set of environment variables for a process.
•     The "graph" mode for meters was revamped, inspired by James Hall's vtop.

How to install XnView MP 0.81 on Ubuntu 16.04

   XnView MP is the enhanced version of XnView Classic. It is a powerful cross-platform media browser, viewer and converter. Compatible with more than 500 formats.

XnView 0.81 changelog

•     [Bugs] GPS map issues
•     [Requests] QT 5.6.1
•     [Bugs] Delete in view mode doesn’t work
•     [Bugs] Thumbnail size change thumbnails view
•     [Bugs] Copy instead of Move action
•     [Bugs] Print custom size
•     [Bugs] Thumbnail mode & thumbnail size menu
•     [Bugs] Export after join/Capture

How to Install digiKam 5.1.0 Released on Ubuntu 16.04

   digiKam is the cornerstone of my photographic workflow. This powerful and versatile photo management application has all tools and features necessary for transferring, organizing, processing, and managing photos, RAW files, and videos. But even though digiKam can handle practically any photographic task you throw at it, there is still room for optimizing and improving parts of the Linux-based photographic workflow.

digiKam 5.1.0 to support new lead RAW cameras as: 

•     Canon 80D, 1300D, 1DX MkII
•     Fujifilm X-Pro2, X70, X-E2S
•     HTC One A9 and M9
•     Leica M and X-U
•     Nikon D5

How to Install Avidemux 2.6.13 in Ubuntu 16.04

     Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.

      Avidemux is available for Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows under the GNU GPL license.

Avidemux 2.6.13 Changelog:

•  [OsX] Toolchain updated
• [Win64] Toolchain updated
• [Linux] AppImage (universal linux64 binaries)
• [Core] Update to libav* 3.0.2
• [Edit] Improved copy mode for h264/h265 video

How To Install OpenShot Video Editor 2.1 released On Ubuntu

   OpenShot Video Editor is a free, open-source video editor for Linux. OpenShot can take your videos, photos, and music files and help you create the film you have always dreamed of. Easily add sub-titles, transitions, and effects, and then export your film to DVD, YouTube, Vimeo, Xbox 360, and many other common formats.
 

OpenShot Video Editor 2.1 changelog 

 Misc Improvements

•     Custom Profile Support
•     Improved 1.x Project Support
•     Improved Translations (fixed many spots that were not being correctly translated)
•     Improved Debug Support (in the Preferences you can enable debug mode, which dramatically slows down everything, but creates some great debug log files in the /.openshot_qt/ folder)

How to Install the Latest MPV Media Player in Ubuntu 16.04

    MPV is a free and open-source media player forked from MPlayer2. It was started to modernize MPlayer by adding modern features, and removing unmaintainable code and dropping support for very old systems.

MPV 0.19.0 changelog

Build System Changes

•     build: add --htmldir option
•     build: always require atomics
•     wscript: add proper unversioned SONAME for Android

How to install Darktable 2.0.5 on Ubuntu 16.04

    Darktable 2.0.5 released is the fifth bugfix release for the 2.0 series of darktable.   Darktable is an open source photography workflow application and RAW developer. A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers. It manages your digital negatives in a database, lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable and enables you to develop raw images and enhance them.

Darktable 2.0.5 changelog

New Features

•     Add geolocation to watermark variables

Bugfixes

•     Mac: bugfix + build fix
•     Lua: fixed dt.collection not working
•     Fix softproofing with some internal profiles
•     Fix non-working libsecret pwstorage backend